Chu Anche instructed his subordinates to intercept the beating so that the village chief wouldn't be killed, not because he wanted mob justice to prevail but rather because Chu Anche planned to punish him severely through legal means.
Moreover, the village chief was burdened with debts wrought by Jian Shuyao's father, and Chu Anche was determined to penalize him using the law.
If the village chief were to be beaten to death just like that, he would have gotten off too easily.
The village chief's crimes had finally come to light.
The uproar continued without end for quite some time.
Among the crowd, the former village chief glanced at Chu Anche and understood that Chu Anche had disclosed the current village chief's crimes for the sake of Jian Shuyao's father.
By revealing these crimes, Chu Anche was also benefitting the residents of the urban village.