Chapter 1121 - 359: The Murderer, The Opportunity
More than twenty chicken thieves were temporarily locked up in the vacant rooms of the Mo Family Ancestral Hall, guarded by eight villagers in rotation.
The bound and tied leader of the chicken thieves, unwilling to be easily captured, actually incited the villagers guarding them to help him escape his predicament, offering various benefits including money and beautiful women.
The villagers were unmoved and took the opportunity to severely beat up the leader, warning him to behave himself. In their eyes, a person who dreams of getting rich by petty theft like stealing chickens and dogs will certainly not achieve great things. If one really had the ability to obtain gold and silver treasures, why would he bother coming to a remote place like Liu Yang Village to steal chickens? Preposterous!
The leader of the chicken thieves failed to achieve his goal and was beaten up instead, wishing he could bite those villagers to death. However, his hands were tied behind his back, and his legs were bound from his ankles to his thighs, making it impossible for him to even sit up or stand, leaving him cursing and swearing to vent his frustration.
At dawn the next day, the village chief and several elders represented the entire village in a preliminary interrogation of the chicken thieves. After confirming that the theft at Old Man Sun’s house and the chickens stolen from eight other households were indeed their doing, they turned to the father and daughter of Mo Family to inquire about how to deal with them.
Mo Qingze threw the question to Mo Yan, and it was clear from the way he stood by, listening, that he had no intention of voicing an opinion.
Having thought about the problem the day before, Mo Yan asked Yang Bao, "Have their exact identities been clarified?"
Yang Bao replied, "Yes, aside from the leader, the others are from various villages around Jing City, with two of them coming from Village Gao and Lower King’s Village."