dhibooks Chapter 125 The Dust Settles
Chapter 125 The Dust Settles
When the police station came, Gu Jianguo was standing by the rice field with his eldest nephew.
Early summer is the most beautiful time for Shanghe Village. From the mountains to the countryside, there is a lush green, engraved with the words "beautiful mountains and clear waters" in this ordinary small mountain village.
In the paddy field, small milky white flowers emerge from the tender green ears of rice. They stick quietly to the ears of rice, only swaying slightly when the breeze blows.
Even if you sniff it closely, you can't smell the little flowers. They seem plain, but they are pregnant with the hope of a good harvest for the working people.
The grain seeds cultivated by Gu Mingdong with supernatural powers are full of vitality under sufficient fertilizer and careful care.
Gu Mingdong is very sure that this batch of improved grains will definitely bring them surprises when the autumn harvest comes this year.
Gu Jianguo did not have the confidence of his eldest nephew, but he bent over and inspected the paddy fields. When he finished, he grinned and said, "The growth is good. As long as there are no mistakes when grouting, our production team will definitely have a good harvest this year." .”
They are all old farmers, and they can get a general idea from the growth of rice.
This is all thanks to Gu Mingdong's "advanced" farming technology. Gu Jianguo tried his best to defy all opinions and watched every step by himself so that no one could order him.
Gu Mingdong suggested: "Wait for the rice to bud and apply fertilizer again, the harvest will be better."
Looking at the lush rice fields, Gu Jianguo, who was scolded by the town leader because of a murder case in the production team, felt much better.
"The grouting is the most important thing, and there really can't be any mistakes." Until the end, Gu Jianguo couldn't feel completely at ease when the rice hadn't been received in the warehouse. After all, he had issued a military order in front of Secretary Wang at the beginning of the year.
Gu Jianguo knew that as soon as Liu Dazhu's incident happened, Secretary Wang must have regretted it in his heart.
However, the fertilizers have been taken away, and most of them have been used in the field, and now they can't be allowed to return them.
Only after the autumn harvest, when Shanghe Village's harvest is actually placed in front of Secretary Wang, will he know that the decision made at the beginning of the year was correct.
After seeing the rice fields, Gu Jianguo took Gu Mingdong to look at the sweet potato fields. Apart from rice, the most grown food in Shanghe Village is sweet potatoes and pumpkins. In addition, there are also taro potatoes, but the amount is much smaller.
Compared with his two own sons, Gu Jianguo is more willing to drag Gu Mingdong around, because his son is stupid, he knows how to say good things, and often dislikes trouble, but the elder nephew is different, he can always give advice every time.
It's like a large field of sweet potatoes in front of me. It was originally the private land of the production team. Later, according to the rules above, there is a limit to the private land of every household. If it exceeds, it must be shoveled.
However, it is a waste of good land to be abandoned, so Gu Mingdong simply suggested that this part of the land be gathered together as the public land of the production team.
Although it is not suitable for growing rice, it is still no problem to grow sweet potatoes and pumpkins. How to divide the harvest is their own business.
After thinking about it, Gu Jianguo felt that it was not a violation of the policy, so he agreed.
At the beginning, someone was chattering: "There is endless work to do all day long, and the team leader even found something else for us to do, lest we take another day off."
After hearing this, Gu Jianguo asked him: "When the time comes, do you want sweet potatoes and pumpkins? If not, you don't have to do it."
In one sentence, everyone's mouths were successfully blocked.
There is nothing more reassuring than a well-grown crop, especially since the famine has not passed for a few years, and the members of the production team are thinking about saving more food.
Sweet potatoes and pumpkins are also full. Although eating too much heartburn, it is better than nothing.
Like the production team next door, their team leader was afraid of taking responsibility, so he refused to do more. All the plots that were eradicated were left empty and overgrown with weeds, turning them into wasteland. It was a pity to look at them.
In such a comparison, Gu Jianguo is strict, but at least he is willing to do practical things.
When Gu Jianguo was bending over to look at the sweet potato vines, Li Tiezhu rushed to report: "Captain, two police officers came from the village. It is estimated that Liu Dazhu's matter has come to an end. They asked the production team to All the people are going to the sun-drying field.”
When Gu Jianguo heard this, he didn't care about continuing to look at the crops, so he wiped his hands and walked over there.
Gu Mingdong also followed.
On the grain drying field at the entrance of the village, two police officers stood with serious faces, and the commune members who rushed over to watch the commotion did not dare to approach, so they gathered around and muttered.
"The captain is here."
The members made way for Gu Jianguo to go in.
Gu Jianguo hurried in: "The two police comrades have worked hard, you came here on purpose today, is it possible that something about Liu Dazhu has come to fruition?"
The older policeman nodded, and he glanced at Gu Mingdong who was following behind, feeling a little familiar.
Suddenly thought, this is not the young man who was brave enough to catch the traffickers before, and later picked up a dumb girl on the road, and brought her home to raise her as a daughter.
Old Anan took a smack, and secretly thought that the same rice raises all kinds of people, and they all belong to the same production team. Some are brave and pure-hearted, and some kill and set fire.
Gu Mingdong also recognized this old Ann, who had dealt with him several times, and nodded with a smile.
Old An'an also nodded slightly to Gu Mingdong, his face softened a lot: "Captain Gu, are everyone here? Has the criminal Liu Dazhu's family arrived?"
Gu Jianguo saw that Liu Aihua was already there pulling Liu Xiaozhu, but the widow Liu was nowhere to be seen.
"Go and call Dazhu his mother."
After a while, Widow Liu came over with a panicked expression. After more than a month, she looked much older.
"Comrade Public Security, how is Dazhu in my family? Has it been investigated and released?"
After saying this, the members were speechless.
"Is Widow Liu crazy? Her son has killed people, so how could she be released again?"
"I heard that he was so crazy that even the police dared to beat him at the police station."
"But don't let it go back, what if you kill someone then?"
A group of educated youths were filled with righteous indignation. No matter how bad Lin Aiguo was, he would not be guilty of death. Who knew that he would die if he went out.
If such murderers are not punished, how can they dare to live in Shanghe Village in the future: "Comrade Public Security, murder pays for life, you must seek justice for Lin Zhiqing!"
Wu Mengting and Qian Zhiyi stood at the end, Qian Zhiyi snorted coldly in a low voice: "Lin Aiguo deserves to be beaten to death by a psychopath for running around in the middle of the night."
He felt very comfortable in his heart. He fell down the mountain and was injured before. Qian Zhiyi thought there was something wrong at home.
But now that Lin Aiguo died, Qian Zhiyi's confidence returned.
It's been like this since childhood, those who dare to fight against the Qian family will be in bad luck, Lin Aiguo deserves to be beaten to death if he dares to talk loudly with him.
The Du brothers also stood behind, seeing the maliciousness on Qian Zhiyi's face at this moment, the two brothers looked at each other and couldn't help but stay away from him.
Lin Aiguo had offended Qian Zhiyi, but the crime was not enough to kill him. Now everyone is dead, and the death is so miserable, but Qian Zhiyi is making sarcastic remarks here, which shows that he has a cold heart and is not a friend.
Wu Mengting also had no intention of observing the faces of others, she was carefully looking at Gu Mingdong.
But Gu Mingdong, who was standing next to Gu Jianguo, looked indifferent, showing no expression.
Wu Mengting clenched her fists, suspecting that Lin Aiguo's matter had something to do with Gu Mingdong, but she couldn't find any evidence.
She pursed her lips, and when Lin Aiguo died, she was greatly relieved, and the shackles that had been pressing on her body disappeared.
Wu Mengting, who lowered her head slightly, rolled her eyes wildly. If Gu Mingdong did this, would she hold Gu Mingdong again? Wouldn't it be...
"Comrades, be safe and don't be impatient. We will enforce the law impartially." The old man pressed his hands and motioned for everyone to be quiet.
"The verdict has come down. Although Liu Dazhu is mentally ill, the evidence of the murder is convincing. The killing of the educated youth has a bad influence. The Mucang Judgment will be executed in ten days."
Mu Cangjue?
When Widow Liu heard these two words, she rolled her eyes and pouted.
Liu Aihua quickly supported her mother, her eyes were also a little dazed.
Old man An glanced at the orphans and widowed mothers, and sighed in his heart, there was a murderer in the family, the old ones, the young ones, I am afraid that life will be difficult in the future.
It's pitiful, and you still have to pay for killing: "Captain Gu, this incident involves educated youths, and the impact is very bad. At that time, your production team will need to send ten members to the execution ground to watch the execution."
Gu Jianguo's face changed slightly: "This...why do I have to watch the execution."
The old Anan explained: "Liu Dazhu is a member of your production team in Shanghe Village. The superiors are worried that the members next to your production team will follow suit, so they ordered that they must go to see the execution, which serves as a warning and education."
Gu Jianguo quickly explained: "Comrade Public Security, Liu Dazhu beat people to death only when he went crazy. The other members of our production team don't have this problem."
The members below also disagreed, and yelled: "Yes, only the Liu family has mental illness. Why should we go to see it if we are not ill? It has nothing to do with us!"
Someone else shouted: "Liu Dazhu's surname is Liu, let the Liu family see it."
The shriveled old Liu stood in the crowd with a sullen face and hunched back.
As soon as Gu Jianguo came to power, such vicious incidents occurred in the production team. It was a good opportunity to kick him out, but it was Liu Dazhu who killed someone!
Now the production team is saying that Liu Dazhu has been insane for a long time. He beat his wife and mother before, and began to blame the old Liu for protecting his nephew.
The rumors intensified, and some even said that the Liu family had a hereditary mental illness, and they might go crazy one day.
Fortunately, the Liu family is also a big family in Shanghe Village, with a large number of people, and it took several quarrels to suppress this message.
It's just that in this way, old Liu don't say that he took advantage of this incident to get in power, and the prestige accumulated over the years was wiped out.
The shriveled old Liu originally thought about taking back the position of captain in three years, but now it's better, it's impossible!
Seeing the commune members arguing themselves, Old An An said loudly, "Don't make any noise. The Liu family must send out five people, and the rest of the commune members must also send out five people. Make up ten people to watch the execution."
"When these ten people come back after watching, they have to tell the execution scene to other members, and educate and warn the entire production team."
As soon as Gu Jianguo heard his tone, he knew that the matter was fixed and there was no way to change it: "Comrade Public Security, let's discuss it before deciding on the candidate."
The old Anan nodded: "Now Liu Dazhu is classified according to the death caused by mental illness. You can choose the candidates yourself, but you must be present, otherwise the superiors will think that your production team is deliberately covering up and conniving, and the nature will be different."
Because of the incident in Shanghe Village, their police station also suffered a suspension. Fortunately, Liu Dazhu was crazy.
Gu Jianguo naturally agreed again and again.
After being notified of this, the two police officers planned to leave.
Gu Mingdong took them out of the village, and asked on the way: "Comrade Public Security, did Liu Dazhu explain the reason for the beating?"
Old Anan sighed: "Liu Dazhu is mentally abnormal, he feels that the whole world looks down on him."
Ordinary people are always afraid of being locked up, not to mention the confession directly, but Liu Dazhu is different. He tried to assault the police many times without telling him, and he was completely unable to communicate normally.
Seeing that there was no one around, the old man revealed, "We visited the educated youth institute. This educated youth Lin had an unpleasant affair with other educated youths before he left the house. He suspected that his things had been stolen."
"He appeared at the other side of the grove at night, maybe he went with Liu Dazhu, but one of them died and the other went crazy, and we didn't find any other evidence, so we can only close the case by beating someone to death due to mental illness gone."
When they found this clue, the police station suspected that Lin Aiguo had lost something, and when the suspicion reached Liu Dazhu, the two clashed, leading to the final vicious incident.
But the educated youths said they didn't know what Lin Aiguo had lost, and they didn't find any clues from Liu Dazhu's house, so they closed the case early.
After all, there is no doubt that there are physical evidences for Liu Dazhu beating someone to death.
Gu Mingdong was not afraid that Liu Dazhu would tell the truth. The two pieces of paper had long since been reduced to ashes. Even if Liu Dazhu said it, the police would only think that he was even more crazy and had hallucinations.
Seeing his serious face, old Anan patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "This incident happened to your production team, I'm afraid you won't be able to be rated as advanced this year, but fortunately Liu Dazhu is a psychopath, this matter won't affect you for long. "
Liu Dazhu characterized it as a mental illness and beat people to death, which is a good thing for the production team of Shanghe Village.
Gu Mingdong asked again: "Can Lin Zhiqing's family not come?"
When mentioning this matter, Old Anan also sighed: "The bureau notified his family, and when he heard that he was beaten to death by a mental patient, the Liu family couldn't come up with any money, so they said it would be no trouble to come over here. Help with it."
It was Lin Aiguo's own brother who answered the phone. He first asked if there was any compensation and how much, but he changed his tune after hearing about the situation of the Liu family's orphans and widows.
It's a long way from Beijing, and the travel expenses are quite a lot, but the son died without even showing his face, which is very embarrassing.
After sending off the police, Gu Mingdong returned to the sun-drying field.
I thought that going to the execution ground to observe the sentence was something that members of the commune would avoid, but who knew that when he sent someone back, he saw an unexpected scene.
Members are scrambling to get there.
This made Gu Jianguo very helpless: "Have you thought about it clearly? This is to see Mu Cangbo, not to see an opera."
"Captain, we've thought it through."
"I haven't seen Mu Cangju yet, so I just want to see what it's like."
"Anyway, someone has to go, so I will make a contribution to everyone."
Gu Jianguo was afraid that members of the commune would not be willing to go, so he had to mobilize each family, but now it is good, but there are not enough places.
"Since there are many people who want to go, let's draw lots directly. Those who are willing to go come and catch, and whoever catches it will go."
The women backed away one after another. They didn't want to watch the bloody scene, but there were a few men eager to try it.
Gu Jianguo saw that his eldest nephew was also waiting in line to draw lots, and suddenly asked strangely: "A Dong, do you want to see it too?"
"After all, he is a neighbor. I want to see him off for the last time." Gu Mingdong wanted to know what would happen to the wisp of black mist left by Bai Xiaohua if Liu Dazhu died.
Although according to Zheng Tong's statement, the possibility of the black mist continuing to cause chaos is extremely low, but who knows if there is any possibility, what if the black mist continues to harm people?
He doesn't feel relieved if he doesn't see it with his own eyes.
The lottery was drawn very quickly, and Gu Mingdong easily caught it. This kind of cheating was no difficulty for him.
The members of the commune were easy to choose, but it was difficult when they arrived at Liu's house, and all of them shirked and refused to go.
Gu Jianguo frowned and said, "You should have heard it just now. Comrade Public Security said that at least five people will go to the Liu family, and one less will do."
"If you don't want to go, the higher-ups will investigate it, and our production team will have to suffer along with it."
Everyone in the Liu family had a bitter face, and they scolded Liu Dazhu bloody from the bottom of their hearts.
Aunt Liu even yelled: "Although our family's surname is Liu, we've already done business with them, so it's not my turn, Captain, I think Liu Dazhu's mother and younger brothers and sisters will go. Then pick two people from the old man's family, wouldn't the five be enough? They are the real relatives."
As soon as I said this, I got the support of the Liu family: "Yes, yes, they are the closest, so they should be allowed to receive education."
Widow Liu woke up faintly and heard this, and almost fainted again.
Gu Jianguo was also in a dilemma, and looked at the shriveled old Liu: "Brother, what do you think should be done?"
The shriveled old Liu wished he didn't have this nephew, so he said coldly, "Just do what they say."
Gu Jianguo couldn't bear it: "Aihua and Xiaozhu are still young, isn't it appropriate?"
At such a young age, I can't be frightened by watching it.
Widow Liu cried and shouted: "You bastards, you don't want to save your own nephew, but you want to see a joke, old man, why did you leave so early, leaving our orphans and widows without support? .”
Usually, as long as she does this, the old Liu's family will always look down on her.
It's a pity that Widow Liu miscalculated this time, and now the old Liu family can't wait to get rid of them, so how can they sympathize.
"All right, all right, why cry? What's the matter? Do you have any objections to the police station's decision?" Third Aunt Liu yelled, "I think you are the one who should receive education the most. If you teach your children well, Da Zhu will be beaten to death." person?"
The members of the Liu family agreed one after another:
"Da Zhu was so sensible when he was a child, but he was spoiled by her."
"She still has the face to cry. If I were her, I would quickly find a rope and hang myself, and kowtow to the man to admit my mistake."
Widow Liu's cries were stuck in her throat, and she glared at them fiercely.
Liu Aihua pursed her lips, knowing that her family could not escape. Although the family had been separated, they were brothers and sisters.
She stood up and said, "Captain, I can go with Mom, but Xiaozhu is still young, can he not go?"
Before Gu Jianguo could speak, Liu Xiaozhu held his sister's hand tightly: "Sister, I'm not afraid, I want to go with you."
"All three of you have to go, none of you can escape." Aunt Liu snorted coldly.
In the crowd, Wang Mazi frowned, and suddenly shouted: "I think Xiaozhu is too young, it's not good to be frightened when the time comes, why don't I go for him."
He spoke so abruptly that the other members were taken aback for a moment, and then looked at him strangely.
Wang Mazi's face froze, and he said embarrassingly, "I just can't see you bullying the two children."
"Yo, Wang Mazi, when did you become so kind?"
"Don't just look at Widow Liu, you want to be a cheap father for these two children."
"You dare to think, but it's a pity that the surname is not Liu. Did you replace it?"
Widow Liu looked at him with her mouth open, and suddenly began to cry. This pitiful look made the soft-hearted woman sigh.
Little did she know that in Widow Liu's heart, she was not feeling sorry for her daughter and youngest son at the moment, but regretting that she slept too soundly that day.
If she had found out that Da Zhu accidentally killed someone earlier, she would have found a way to take the blame, but it was too late now.
The woman cried so much that no one knew what was going on in her heart.
After listening to Wang Mazi's words, Gu Jianguo took another look at him, shook his head and said, "You have good intentions, but this will not work."
Liu Aihua's eyes flashed slightly, she subconsciously grabbed her younger brother's hand, and said, "Uncle Wang, thank you for your kindness, but no need, I will go with my younger brother."
Wang Mazi glanced at her unexpectedly, his lips trembled, and he finally sighed and said nothing.
In the end, the three members of the Liu family were asked to go together. After some discussion, the old Liu family took the eldest son with them, and they finally made up ten people.
On the day of Liu Dazhu's execution, the other members of Shanghe Village were all excited, as if they were going to the market, but the members of the Liu family all bowed their heads and walked at the end with expressionless faces.
The shriveled old Liu and his son were sullen and silent, and they were clearly different from the widow Liu.
Ever since Liu Dazhu caused big troubles, the old Liu has often been complained by his son and daughter-in-law at home.
Gu Mingdong glanced at the last three people, Widow Liu's face was numb, like a walking dead.
Liu Aihua's sister and brother held hands, and there was no superfluous expression on their faces.
When the members of the Shanghe village production team arrived at the place, they realized that Liu Dazhu was not the only one who was executed this time, but all the death row prisoners in Xiyuan town together.
The execution ground is located in an open space to the west of Xiyuan Town. It is high on all sides and low in the middle. At the moment, the four sides are full of people, all of whom came nearby to watch the excitement.
However, any production team that has been sentenced to death has to send people to watch the execution at this moment, so as to serve as a warning and education.
After the members of Shanghe Village arrived, they had to sign and draw a pledge to prove that they were indeed there.
There were a lot of onlookers, Gu Mingdong glanced at Liu Aihua and his brother, and said in a low voice: "You follow me."
Liu Aihua nodded quickly, and followed behind him with her younger brother.
Li Tiezhu also got the lottery of the spectators. At this moment, he glanced at Gu Mingdong unexpectedly, but also walked over sideways, helping the siblings to block the crowd.
Gu Mingdong glanced at him.
Li Tiezhu smiled: "Liu Dazhu is Liu Dazhu, and his younger siblings are younger siblings."
Gu Mingdong patted him on the shoulder.
Soon, the crowd of onlookers made a loud noise.
Several heavily tied men were escorted into the execution ground, and each had a cardboard with their crimes written on their chests.
Liu Dazhu stood among the condemned inmates, with a sign on his chest that read: [Liu Dazhu, male, 25 years old, a villager of the production team of Shanghe Village, Xiyuan Town, was violently beaten to death when he became ill due to mental illness, and the impact was bad...]
"Da Zhu!" Widow Liu wailed, and her whole body went limp.
"Mom!" Liu Aihua choked her tightly.
Li Tiezhu frowned and said: "She fainted before it even started, so it won't be counted as us not watching the sentence."
The staff next to her hurried over to help, but stunned her and woke her up.
After Widow Liu woke up, she just sat slumped and looked forward foolishly.
Liu Aihua wanted to comfort her, but she didn't know what to say, she just hugged her younger brother and pressed his head in her arms so that he wouldn't see the bloody scene.
"Hey, that's your team's murderer, right?" Someone next to him accosted.
Li Tiezhu said with a dark face: "He is insane."
Needless to say, the onlookers could also see that Liu Dazhu was mentally abnormal. The other condemned prisoners were dragged into the arena with their legs weak in fright when they were about to die, or they tried to calm down and held their heads upright. That last bit of decency.
Liu Dazhu was tied up by Wuhuada, and he wanted to bite the people around him on the road. He opened his mouth when he couldn't move his hands and feet, and almost bit off the ear of the death row prisoner on his right.
The guard had no choice but to gag his mouth as well.
Seeing this, Li Tiezhu explained to the people around him: "You see, he is crazy himself, and it has nothing to do with the atmosphere of our production team."
The person who spoke just now said: "Since you are sick, why don't you lock yourself up."
Li Tiezhu couldn't answer anymore, he just hummed and said: "Then who would have thought that he would suddenly fall ill and beat someone to death."
Gu Mingdong didn't care to listen to the words next to him, his attention was all on Liu Dazhu.
After seeing each other for a few days, Gu Mingdong was completely unable to see the black mist. On the contrary, Liu Dazhu seemed to have completely lost his mind. No wonder the police station closed the case with mental illness.
The execution process was faster than he expected. After a few gunshots, the condemned prisoners fell to the ground one by one.
The moment the gunshot rang out, Liu Aihua suddenly covered her younger brother's eyes, but she gritted her teeth and persisted.
Suddenly, a thick palm blocked her view and isolated her from the outside world.
Widow Liu had no intention of taking care of her children, so she wailed again and passed out again.
Faintly, Gu Mingdong heard exclamations from other parts of the crowd. Apart from Widow Liu, some people fainted directly, probably the family members of the rest of the condemned prisoners who were forced to watch the execution.
Liu Dazhu's absurd life has come to an end.
Gu Mingdong scanned the lifeless corpse over and over again, making sure that the black mist had disappeared completely, and then he looked away.
The entanglement between Bai Xiaohua and Liu Dazhu came to an end.
"Let's go." Gu Mingdong turned the two children around, not letting them see the scene of the execution ground.
On the way back, Widow Liu's legs were so weak that she could barely walk, and she was able to walk only with the support of her children.
The rest of the commune members chattered about the execution ground just now, clearly with a bit of excitement, but Gu Mingdong's face was calm, as if he had just returned from a trip to the vegetable market.
Li Tiezhu turned his head and asked, "Adong, you were bloody just now, aren't you afraid?"
"Death is like a lamp going out, so there is nothing to be afraid of." Gu Mingdong said lightly.
Without waiting for Li Tiezhu to speak again, Gu Mingdong said: "Everyone is dead, and there is nothing to say. If you have this time, you might as well think about the things in the field."
Li Tiezhu patted his head, and said hey: "That's right, the dead are not as important as food."
Liu Dazhu's death caused a great uproar, but he disappeared without a trace after his death. The production team lost two people, but the life of the commune members remained unchanged.
Because of the intimidation of the execution ground, the atmosphere of the production team became very popular for a while. In the past, some people dared to fight when they got angry because of the quarrel.
The first thing Gu Mingdong did when he returned to the production team was to find Wu Mengting and get the letter.
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