Chapter 648: Episode 344 Gathering Together
May had swiftly descended upon Fuzhe County, instantly ushering in intense heat.
The weather was no longer the mild warmth of spring days. Instead, it was replaced by a sun fierce as fire, bursting fiercely from the clouds, scorching the ground hot and searing. Standing under the sun for just a short while during daylight would burn the back of one’s neck, causing fine beads of sweat to trickle and itch, even slightly painful.
By evening, the heat gradually dissipated. The folk at Lianshun Escort Agency had hidden indoors all afternoon and could finally breathe a sigh of relief and venture into the courtyard to see the sun. Just as they were preparing to go home, they suddenly heard a commotion outside the courtyard gate, with Han Hu’s voice faintly discernible among the noise. They all instinctively stopped in their tracks, and someone ran to the front hall to call Meng Yuhuai out.
Meng Yuhuai quickly crossed over to the corridor, stood with his hands behind his back, and squinted his eyes slightly, his gaze sweeping toward the gate. Sure enough, he soon saw Han Hu noisily barging in, with a couple of "spies" in tow, cursing as he pushed them in front of him. Seemingly unsatisfied, he kicked each of the two men in the buttocks twice.
The two men crouched on the ground, their heads drooping, not daring to make a sound.
"These idiots!"
Rolling up his sleeves, Han Hu loudly said to Meng Yuhuai, "They didn’t even wait to reach Chiyun Mountain before rashly acting, slipping drugs into our food, thinking to sneakily steal a full cartload of goods, but we caught them red-handed! Fortunately, that evening we were staying in an inn owned by someone we know, and the owner and helpers all helped us seize them on the spot! Hmm, they have already confessed; it was Shenglong Escort Agency that paid them to create trouble here. Yuhuai, would you like to interrogate them further?"
A cold glint momentarily flashed in Meng Yuhuai’s eyes, and he couldn’t quite describe the feeling in his heart.
His heart had cherished old affections, but to some people, the words "brotherly love" meant nothing at all.
"I am not a government official; it’s not my turn to conduct an interrogation."
He lifted his head, looked around at everyone in the courtyard, and said sternly, "You all heard the origins of these two men; there’s no need for me to elaborate further. People in our line of work cannot tolerate such actions. According to everyone, how should we deal with them?"