At first, the woman wasn’t screaming too loudly, but as she heard the commotion and barking of dogs from the distant village, her screams grew louder.
In fact, the noise from Run Sheng kicking the door had already alard the village, but by the ti the nearby villagers ca out, Run Sheng had already carried the woman into the ancestral hall.
In the pitch dark, it would take the villagers a while to figure out exactly what had happened.
"Was there anyone else in her house?"
"A man," Run Sheng said, "but after I glared at him, he just cowered on the bed, not daring to stop ."
Clearly, the woman’s husband was a coward, not even brave enough to protect his own wife. However, such a man could be ruthless to drivers passing through from other places.
Perhaps it was the man’s account of the woman and now her screams that finally made the villagers realize what had happened and where to go.
Soon, Li Zhiyuan saw a group of people, each holding a flashlight, running towards this place.
Run Sheng lifted the woman, holding a steel pipe to her head, and shouted nacingly: "Take one more step, and I’ll kill her!"
Clearly, it was a line from a martial arts film, but together with Run Sheng’s booming voice and the hostage, it really did stop the first group of villagers from advancing.
"Brother Runsheng..."
"Huh?" Run Sheng was stunned for a mont, "Xiao Yuan, did I do sothing wrong again?"
Li Zhiyuan sighed, never mind, it doesn’t matter, just placate Righteous again.
The boy shouted forcefully towards the entrance of the ancestral hall: "What did you do to Zhu Yang, the kind-hearted truck driver who gave us a ride? His license plate is Su F, he’s carrying steel cables, and he’s got letters for his wife and daughter in his truck!"
Fearing they might not rember which one, Li Zhiyuan specifically provided many identifying details.
Soone in the crowd then yelled: "He’s already dead, he loved reading, didn’t he? So I stuffed all his books into his belly, let him read his fill down there, hahaha!"
And then the crowd laughed.
Obviously, it wasn’t their wives who were taken hostage, so they weren’t too concerned.
Of course, they couldn’t just rush forward now; in the event that it caused an accident to the woman, it wouldn’t look good since they were all from the sa village.
"So it’s you! The village chief even asked us to look for you, we didn’t expect you’d actually be hiding in the village!"
"Well, that saves us the effort of looking further since you’ve co to us."
As the second and third waves of villagers arrived, the numbers grew. There weren’t many households in the village, practically every able-bodied adult man and woman had co.
Moreover, they seed convinced that the two outsiders in the ancestral hall couldn’t escape, so they didn’t bother to conceal their intentions, and they spoke openly and brazenly.
After all, who worries about dead n telling tales?
At this mont, the crowd parted to make way for soone; it was the owner of the repair shop who had earlier directed them, saying the road ahead was dangerous.
The owner pointed at Run Sheng and said: "Let her go, we’ll let the two of you leave safely, and from then on have nothing to do with each other!"
Clearly, it was a line ant to fool idiots. How could they possibly let soone leave alive.
The reason why this village was so ruthless, leaving no survivors, was to maintain secrecy.
Furthermore, when a driver from out of town disappears, with no surveillance and no record, it would be hard for the police, inford by relatives from afar, to even determine the missing section of the road, let alone the missing province or city.
Those long-haul truck drivers also don’t call ho every other day; their families have no idea what jobs they pick up on a whim.
Li Zhiyuan shouted: "What you’re doing is illegal, and the police will co catch all of you."
This child’s voice, coupled with his words, once again provoked laughter from the crowd.
The village chief reiterated: "Be reasonable, let her go, and you can leave safely. We keep our word!"
"We don’t believe you unless I see the police co here, otherwise we won’t let her go."
Seeing their offer repeatedly rejected, the villagers began to press forward.
Li Zhiyuan continued to shout: "Don’t co any closer! You’ve already committed so many cris and yet have no thoughts of repentance. Do you really want to add mistake upon mistake, continuing to harm us?"
This ti, not only did the villagers continue to laugh, but even Run Sheng beside him couldn’t help looking at the boy; he felt that Xiao Yuan wouldn’t say these naive nonsense.
"Ah, my throat hurts," Li Zhiyuan rubbed his throat, but he still had to keep shouting, "Don’t co any closer, this makes feel threatened, if you want to harm , I will have to protect myself!"
This line, Li Zhiyuan felt unsatisfied because it seed too deliberate.
At this point, although Run Sheng didn’t understand, he managed to find so kind of pattern and started to shout:
"No further advance is allowed, otherwise it would be an illegal attack on civilians. Please return to the right path imdiately, stop your illegal activities, recognize reality, and it’s not too late to turn back, or bear the consequences!"
Illegal attack on civilians...
Li Zhiyuan couldn’t help but laugh, his eyes almost brimming with tears.
Tonight, which was already quite bizarre, beca even more absurd and ridiculous thanks to Brother Runsheng’s addition.
Run Sheng continued to shout: "Leniency to those who confess, severity to those who resist. Acknowledge your cris promptly, surrender voluntarily, that is the righteous path!"
"Damn, are these two idiots?"
"Charge!"
Three people could no longer hold back and took the lead in running up the steps to the entrance of the ancestral hall.
Run Sheng didn’t waste words. He swung his steel pipe fiercely at them. The three n had not expected this big fool to be so vicious and strong; even though they were ard with hamrs and cleavers, they couldn’t withstand the terrible force of Run Sheng’s steel pipe and were beaten to the ground, their heads bloody.
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