The office, which had been noisy just moments before, suddenly fell silent. Everyone's eyes were fixed on Wu Xingbo, who was speaking.
Wu Xingbo stood up straighter, as if he had said something really awesome.
Liu Bo directly pushed Secretary Diao away from in front of him, took two steps at a time, and in an instant stood in front of Wu Xingbo.
"You're telling me to be humane? You're telling me to be humane to Zhang Xiaohu and his group of poachers? Then why don't you go and tell them to be humane to us?"
"Zhang Xiaohu is 40 years old this year. He started poaching at 18. He has taken thousands of lives. Let's not even talk about the animals. Do you know how many police officers and innocent civilians have died at his hands?"
"In 1987, two patrolmen and five forest rangers encountered them in the mountains. Without a word, they beat the five rangers to death. They then stabbed the two patrolmen to death, one by one. They wanted to know how many times a person would die from the slashing."
"In 1989, two twelve-year-old girls from Wangjia Yingzi, Badi, were collecting firewood in the mountains when they were spotted by poachers. Regardless of their age, they abducted, raped, and eventually killed them, leaving their bodies on the side of the road."
"In 1990, a female police officer was followed home at night by Zhang Xiaohu's brother, Zhang Xiaolong. They raped and then killed her in front of her family. They even killed her two-year-old child and wiped out the entire family."
"If you were to tell me, that's all too far back. It's hard to tell whether it's true or not. So, let's just say six years ago, Zhang Xiaohu and his gang killed seven police officers. They wiped out a patrol team from the Third Company Forest Farm, and also killed one officer from our Third Station. The dead officers from the Third Company had all their body parts removed."
When Liu Bo said this, his tiger eyes were filled with tears. Hang Jiaqing beside him covered his face with his hands, his shoulders trembling, and Lin Shuyue's heart also trembled.
She knew forest police job were dangerous, but she had no idea they were this dangerous. Especially in the recent case Liu Bo had just mentioned, was Hang Jiaqing's partner among those whose features had been mutilated?
Hang Jiabai held Lin Shuyue's hand tightly. At this moment, Hang Jiabai finally understood why Hang Jiaqing never talked about Zheng Moli. He also understood why the whole family, even though they were very anxious about Hang Jiaqing's affairs, never urged him.
Lin Shuyue also understood why Yin Xin was so disappointed yesterday. Perhaps in Yin Xin's heart, she didn't care who Hang Jiaqing liked or what his status was. All she wanted from the beginning to the end was for Hang Jiaqing to move on from the past.
Liu Bo reached out and tightly gripped Wu Xingbo's shoulders. "You said we were inhumane for using chili and mustard extract on them. Then tell me, are they being humane to us? Tell me, tell me!"
Wu Xingbo is only twenty years old this year. Before coming to Mandian Forest Farm as an officer, he was an uneducated playboy. Relying on his father who was the deputy director, he spent his days idling on the streets, and was proficient in eating, drinking and having fun.
After being sent to the desolate Mandian Forest Farm, Wu Xingbo never took his work seriously, spending his days idling and meddling in everyone else's work. The ordinary employees at Mandian Forest Farm were too angry to speak out against him.
"Idiot." He Tingting gritted her teeth. Lin Shuyue looked over and saw tears in He Tingting's eyes.
Liu Bo wasn't done yet. "The person who rescued our officers from Zhang Xiaohu's clutches had their child frozen to death yesterday because of this incident. Another child was sent away. If the officers at the bottom of the dam had arrived a little later today, that five-year-old girl would have been buried alive in the snow pit."
"Don't they need humanity? Go and talk to them and tell them what humanity is." Liu Bo pulled Wu Xingbo out the door.
Wu Xingbo was lazy and didn't know the difference between farmland and agriculture. Although Liu Bo was already in his forties and was about to retire and become a civilian, he had been exercising hard over the years. Wu Xingbo was pulled so hard that he staggered.
"Let me go! Do you know who I am?" Wu Xingbo had never been so embarrassed since he was a child. He was raised by his grandparents, and since he was a child, if anyone treated him badly, his grandparents would come to their house and punish them.
Over time, children who were not much older than Wu Xingbo all avoided him and gave in to him. When he wanted to steal something from others or ask others to help him do something, the sentence he said most often was this.
When he arrived at Mandian Forest Farm, everyone praised him, which made Wu Xingbo feel like the boss, second only to his father, third only to his grandfather.
Liu Bo had long known that there was such a person at the headquarters, but with the idea that less trouble is worse than more, he never paid any attention to people like Wu Xingbo.
But today he didn't think so. The word "inhumane" sent Liu Bo raging. Today, Wu Xingbo accused them of using chili and mustard extract to break out of Zhang Xiaohu's encirclement, which was inhumane.
He spoke out for Zhang Xiaohu and others, but who would speak out for the thousands of innocent police officers who died tragically at the hands of poachers? Those police officers, whose very identities were inherently hostile to poachers, would inevitably suffer torture and death if they fell into the hands of poachers. Where was their humanity?
Where is their humanity?
"Even if the Jade Emperor comes, I'm not afraid. I, Liu Bo, will remain unchanged. I'll be waiting here for you, waiting for your humane father to come. I'll see what he dares to do to me, what he can do to me!"
Liu Bo said this, and with a shove, he pushed Wu Xingbo over to where Zhang Xiaohu and the others were. "Don't you want humanity? Go and talk to them about it!"
Wu Xingbo was pushed so hard that he lost his balance and fell beside Zhang Xiaohu and the others. Houses these days weren't soundproof, and Liu Bo's voice was so loud that it could be heard clearly even outside.
Zhang Xiaohu had long been curious about the stupid that had asked for humanity from them, and their eyes could now barely open.
He chuckled, revealing his large yellow teeth. "Hey, let me see who this is! Turns out it's just a kid who hasn't even grown all his hair yet! When I heard that just now, I thought it was the real body of the Miraculous Buddha!"
There's a type of person who has absolutely no skills, but have a loud mouth, and all they say is bullshit and nonsense. Such people are hated by both the black and white worlds.
Wu Xingbo had just gotten up from the ground, and his expression fell apart when he heard this. He looked blankly at Zhang Xiaohu, who was mocking him.
He couldn't understand why he, who was speaking for Zhang Xiaohu and the others, not only they didn't appreciate him but also said this to him?
Lin Shuyue and Hang Jiabai were leaning against the gate and looking. Next to them was He Tingting. There were not many people in the office hall at this time. Everyone came out with Liu Bo.
Lin Shuyue saw this scene and felt indescribably happy. There was a saying on the Internet in later generations that was particularly true: in troubled times, the saints are killed first. And what Wu Xingbo was doing now was the behavior of a saint.
As a public official, he shouldn't have said that. On Zhang Xiaohu's side, they wouldn't feel any gratitude for Wu Xingbo's words. They'd just think he was an idiot.
At moments like this morning, it was either life or death. They would do anything to achieve the slightest chance of survival. Zhang Xiaohu was captured, and although he was angry and annoyed, he accepted it.
Those who work in their line of work have long known that there is only one way out for them, and that is death. That is why they are so arrogant and cruel to their enemies.
Zhang Xiaohu's words made the brothers behind him laugh. One of them even said loudly, "You want to tell others how to fight when you're barely even grown? Go home and get your mother's milk."
"Hahaha."
These insulting words and these laughs made Wu Xingbo almost unable to stand. He looked around and found that no forest police officer was laughing, but they looked at him with extremely cold eyes, as if in their eyes, he was not a person, but a puddle of snow on the ground, a stone, or a branch.
He couldn't understand why he had just said a few words and aroused the anger of the people on both sides! His eyes unconsciously fell on one of the people in Zhang Xiaohu's crowd.
The man was about twenty years old. Although his face looked like a pig's head, it was still relatively handsome compared to the other ugly pig heads.
He looked at Wu Xingbo like this, forced a smile, and then closed his mouth in pain. Wu Xingbo looked away immediately as if he was burned, but it was too late.
Lao Zhang's gun was already pressed against his head without him noticing: "After searching for a long time, I finally found you, traitor."
Wu Xingbo's face changed drastically. Even if he was a fool, he knew what the word "traitor" meant. He quickly turned to look at Secretary Diao, but Secretary Diao didn't look at him.
Liu Bo was still standing in front of everyone, and they were looking at Wu Xingbo quietly.
Zhang Xiaohu slapped his thigh and laughed, "That's right, this guy is a traitor. I got your patrol deployment map from him. Besides this, we also got a lot of your personnel lists from his father."
"Do you know how we accurately ambushed your Third Company patrol six years ago? We got the patrol list from Wu Zhenzhong. As for the patrol route, we got it from Secretary Diao."
"In addition to this, Minister Zheng of the Armed Forces Department and Minister Liu of the Political Department also received a lot of money from us."
Zhang Xiaohu's words made the faces of several people who were named in the crowd change drastically. Team Huang from the headquarters immediately called his men to control them.
Zhang Xiaohu was a relatively honest man, a fact known to everyone in Mulan County, but he had one special advantage. Generally speaking, unless something went wrong, he would protect his partners very well. This was why Director Wu of the Forestry Bureau, Secretary Diao, and others chose to work with him.
But Zhang Xiaohu was also a madman. Now that he was captured, there was basically no chance of him escaping. So he wanted to drag everyone down with him, and those who had helped him were not allowed to escape.
Seeing Secretary Diao and the others being controlled, Zhang Xiaohu laughed: "My money is not that easy to take! Hahahaha."
Zhang Xiaohu's frenzied behavior frightened everyone present. The County Forestry Bureau and the County Public Security Bureau exchanged glances, with the Forestry Bureau representative remarking, "There's no good ending for trying to get the skin of a tiger."
The traitor was caught so easily, but the people at the scene were not so happy.
How many innocent people died because of the greed of this group of people.
Hang Jiaqing looked at Secretary Diao and wanted to rush forward and ask him to die for Zheng Moli.
Zhang Xiaohu looked at Hang Jiaqing and said seriously, "It's such a pity that I couldn't kill you. If I have another chance, I will definitely kill you. Let you die in the most painful way."
After Zhang Xiaohu finished speaking, he looked at Lin Shuyue, a character who had appeared out of nowhere. Before today, none of the information he had obtained mentioned her. "Little girl, you showed up at the wrong time. If you had shown up a few minutes later, this wouldn't have happened. If we had known earlier, we should have run faster and just killed them."
"What a pity, there is no such thing as knowing it earlier." Zhang Xiaohu clicked his tongue.
Hang Jiaqing's eyes were still slightly red as he looked at Jin Wangsheng, who was squatting among the poachers. "It's true that there's no such thing as knowing things in advance. Jin Wangsheng, did you know that your parents died tragically at home?"
Jin Wangsheng suddenly looked up and looked at Hang Jiaqing. Hang Jiaqing looked at him silently. After a moment, Jin Wangsheng looked at Zhang Xiaohu.
Zhang Xiaohu didn't think his subordinates would betray him, but just in case, he decided to take preemptive action. After all, if the incident happened, Jin Wangsheng would be killed, and he didn't want to expose his protection. Someone would have to take the blame, and Jin Wangsheng, the spy, was the perfect person to blame. His parents were his biggest concern, so there was nothing wrong with sending them down to accompany him.
As for Wu Xingbo's inhumane remarks, that's just ridiculous. Talking about humanity to a murderer like him is like trying to persuade a Buddha to return to secular life, or telling a murderer to be a good person.
Now that the matter has been exposed, Zhang Xiaohu is not afraid. He glanced at Jin Wangsheng and said, "Yes, I did it. But I think you should be mentally prepared."
Zhang Xiaohu had always treated traitors in this way. Jin Wangsheng knew this, but he thought he would be an exception because he was sent out by Zhang Xiaohu himself to be a traitor!
He stood up from the ground and rushed towards Zhang Xiaohu. Zhang Xiaohu did not dodge and was knocked to the ground. Jin Wangsheng squatted down and bit his neck.
Jin Wangsheng bit while crying, and soon, blood flowed from Zhang Xiaohu's neck. Zhang Xiaohu didn't even cry out in pain.
The poachers just watched their leader being bitten by Jin Wangsheng with numb eyes and indifferent.
In the end, Wang Benguo pulled Jin Wangsheng away. Liu Bo said to Zhang Xiaohu, who was lying on the ground, "You deliberately provoked Jin Wangsheng and wanted to die at his hands, right? We just won't let you succeed."
Zhang Xiaohu smiled: "As expected, there are no fools in this world."
The County Public Security Bureau took Zhang Xiaohu and his men away. They were escorted there by the patrol, and Liu Bo and his men followed closely behind. They couldn't trust anyone now; who knew if there were any traitors still escaping the county?
After such a big incident, most of the leadership team of Mandian Forest Farm left. Lin Shuyue and Hang Jiabai did not leave, so He Tingting arranged a car to take them back.
Hang Yuhua and Yin Xin, who had already received the news, were waiting at the gate. Seeing them return, they held their hands tightly and said, "It's good that you're back. It's good that you're back."
Yin Xin doesn't have many expectations for her two sons. Every June 13th, she prays for their safety and health in front of the efficacious Buddha.
Thank God. Yin Xin knelt on the ground, facing the east Aobao, and kowtowed devoutly.
Twenty years ago, Yin Xin didn't believe in gods or Buddhas, believing she could rely on herself. But after her second daughter died, she joined the people around Mulan County and embraced the efficacious Buddha. For years, she prayed for her second daughter to be reborn in a good life, and for her two sons to be safe and healthy, and to overcome misfortunes.
Her Buddha responded. Yin Xin stood up and took Lin Shuyue and Hang Jiabai back home. She kept peach branches, willow twigs, and grapefruit leaves in her house year-round; she wanted to cleanse them of their bad luck.
Lin Shuyue didn't know what the Efficacious Buddha was. She had never heard of this Buddha. She saw Hang Jiabai shaking his head at her, meaning that he would tell her later.
At the door of the Hang family, Lin Shuyue saw Cao Manjin in the Wei family yard. Beside her was a little girl about three or four years old. She had yellow hair and a face so thin that it seemed as if her eyes took up half of her face. Because she was thin, her clothes looked loose.
She timidly followed behind Cao Manjin and looked at Lin Shuyue and the others. Cao Manjin blocked the wind blowing towards her tightly.