Returning wealthy individuals develop their hometowns and become rich in the 1980s

"Stop! Police!"

Led leisurely by Xu Guangcai, the village secretary of Xiazai Village, several policemen had just passed through the village gate when they heard barking dogs. Before the policemen could scold the barking yellow dogs, one of them shouted, and the others looked towards the village wall. They saw a barefoot man about to climb over the wall to escape.

"Don't move, or I'll shoot!"

Wei Xucheng, who was about to climb over the village wall, was so frightened by the shout that his legs went weak and he fell down from the wall, landing on his bottom and crying out in pain.

Two police officers stepped forward, pinned Wei Xucheng's arms to the ground, and shouted, "What's your name?"

"Wei... Xucheng!"

Wei Xucheng was startled by the scene, and feeling guilty, he stammered, "Officer, I haven't done anything wrong! Have you arrested the wrong person?"

The officer in charge, Old Wang, chuckled. "You haven't done anything wrong, but you've done something really serious!"

"I'm innocent!"

Wei Xucheng immediately struggled to get up, but the two policemen holding him down saw that he was still not behaving himself. One of them clenched his fist and punched Wei Xucheng in the ribs. The pain made Wei Xucheng immediately wilted and dared not struggle anymore.

Seeing that Wei Xucheng's hands were handcuffed, Officer Wang led his men into Wei Xucheng's room. On the floor beside the bed, he picked up a cigarette butt and, upon closer inspection, saw the words "Agarwood" clearly visible on the label.

On the table next to them, there were three unsmoked "Agarwood" brand cigarettes that were just casually placed. Old Wang, the police officer, also put them into the evidence bag.

Outside, Xu Guangcai cursed in exasperation, "You little rascal, what kind of trouble have you caused that made the police go to such lengths to arrest you!"

"I...I didn't, old Party Secretary. I just wander around our village all day long. What big trouble could I possibly cause? Stealing some sweet potatoes from the brigade wouldn't warrant seven or eight policemen coming to arrest me!"

Wei Xucheng was still stubbornly refusing to admit that he had been drinking with those four thugs. He thought that the police didn't know, and that as long as he kept quiet, it would be as if nothing had happened.

Old Wang, the police officer, waved a cigarette butt in front of Wei Xucheng. "What kind of cigarette is this? Where did you get it?"

broken!

Wei Xucheng's heart skipped a beat. This was bad. He quickly shook his head and said, "I didn't know. Someone gave it to me, and I just took it and smoked it. Officer, is smoking this kind of cigarette illegal? If I had known it was illegal, I would never have accepted that person's cigarette!"

"Heh! You're still putting on airs with me, kid," Old Wang, the police officer, said to his two colleagues guarding him. "Put him in the car and keep him under guard first. Once we've gathered all the evidence and stuff, we'll head back to the county."

Xu Guangcai hurriedly leaned over and said to Old Wang, "Officer Wang, is there some misunderstanding here? Wei Xucheng may be a bit of a scoundrel, but he can still distinguish right from wrong when it comes to important matters."

"Secretary Xu, whether this is a misunderstanding or not, we need to investigate thoroughly before making a decision. This is a major case involving six lives, and three criminals are still at large," Officer Wang replied sternly. "Anyone involved in this case is a suspect and must be brought back to the station for questioning!"

Upon hearing this, Xu Guangcai could only nod and step aside. Two policemen escorted Wei Xucheng toward the village gate, heading toward the police car parked in front of the village committee office. At that moment, a group of people swarmed around them.

The two police officers were on high alert. Seeing the villagers surrounding them, they immediately shouted, "What are you doing? The police are arresting people! What do you want?"

"Comrade, what did my son do wrong?" Wei Kunyao stood at the front, his trousers still rolled up and the mud on his legs not yet washed off, indicating that he had rushed back from the fields.

"We can't say the specifics right now. After the investigation at the bureau, we'll issue a document to your village committee. Please make way and don't obstruct our investigation!"

Seeing that he couldn't get anything out of the police, Wei Kunyao cursed at Wei Xucheng, "You unfilial son, what have you done to make the police come to our door to arrest you? You've completely disgraced the Wei family!"

"Dad, I didn't do anything! I've been framed!"

"You can't take him away!" the Wei clan members behind Wei Kunyao suddenly shouted at the two policemen, "Without any evidence, how can you just enter the village and arrest someone!"

"Yes, Xucheng has always been a good child, someone who respects the elderly and cares for the young. How could you take him away without any evidence!"

"What are you doing!"

Upon hearing the commotion, Officer Wang, standing at the village gate, shouted at the crowd, "Do you know what you're doing? We're the police!"

"Can the police just arrest people at will?!"

"Old Wei!"

Xu Guangcai followed him out and saw that it was Wei Kunyao and his men blocking the police station. He shouted and went over to pull Wei Kunyao aside, whispering to him, "Your Xucheng is involved in that shooting case in the county. The police are here with evidence to arrest him!"

"The shooting!" Upon hearing this, Wei Kunyao flew into a rage, leaping towards the handcuffed Wei Xucheng and slapping him across the face. "I'll teach you to hang out with those scumbags!"

"Stop! Stop hitting him!"

The police quickly separated Wei Kunyao, who was still yelling and hitting Wei Xucheng. "My friend, don't get agitated. He's a suspect in the county police station now. If you injure him, we'll have to take him to the county hospital for a medical examination!"

"Oh dear, what terrible thing have I done to deserve this?! To have given birth to such a worthless brat!"

The police ignored Wei Kunyao, who was still slapping his thigh and howling, put Wei Xucheng in the car, and drove out of Xiazhai Village and headed out of the village.

Wei Kunyao was helped home. His younger brother, Wei Kuncheng, heard the news and ran over. "Big brother, how did Xucheng get arrested by the police?"

"Second Uncle, Secretary Xu said that Xu Cheng was implicated in the shooting at the county high school," said Qiu, Wei Kunyao's wife, wiping away tears. "The police even found cigarettes given to them by the thugs in Xu Cheng's house, saying it's evidence!"

"Since when can cigarettes be used as evidence to arrest people? I'm telling you, brother, you shouldn't have let anyone take Xucheng away. Now that he's been arrested and taken to the county, even if he's covered in mud, he won't be able to explain himself!"

Wei Kunyao rubbed his face in distress, lowered his head and remained silent. His eldest son had been arrested, and he was now panicked and didn't know what to do!

Seeing his elder brother's reaction, Wei Kuncheng tried, "Brother, how about we go to Aunt and beg her to put in a good word for Xucheng with the county public security bureau?"

Wei Kunyao raised his head, then shook it. "Going there would be a waste!"