Before coming, most people thought that the story of the mountain god was bizarre and ridiculous. Only children like Yun Ermei who were young and had limited knowledge would believe it.
But when I saw the huge candle lamp falling from the sky with my own eyes, the shock and horror in my heart were beyond words.
What was even more shocking was that a gentle female voice came from the sky: "You are here? Who is the security guard?"
The newcomers all fell silent for a moment, looking up at the sky in a daze.
It was as if he was trying to confirm the true source of the sound, or as if he was trying to digest the fact that there were gods in the world.
The sound clearly came from the sky, and that vague and ethereal feeling could not be achieved by playing tricks.
Even the ghosts in folk legends do not appear to be so sacred and terrifying.
Yunzhen directly used the "group call", but due to its limited unlocking range, only people on this mountain could hear it.
Some villagers happened to be standing on the edge of the mountain and found that they could hear it if they took a step forward, but there was no sound if they took a step back.
After trying it repeatedly, I was even more amazed.
The mountain god actually exists?!
Everyone was a little shocked.
Lu Xun, the detective captain of the Public Security Bureau, clenched his fist and stepped forward to preside over the matter:
"Hello, I'm the head of the security team. I heard that you caught the entire human trafficking group. We want to take them back for interrogation and investigation. I wonder if you can let them go?"
Being able to quickly subdue dozens of bandits by himself, he must be either a mountain god or a capable person.
Lu Xun will not underestimate anyone. If he wants to capture someone, he has to negotiate with the other party.
Yun Zhen held his chin and thought for a while, then politely declined his offer:
"Take them back, can you guarantee that they will all receive the punishment they deserve? That leader codenamed Daddy is openly entrenched in the county, and he dares to be so arrogant without anyone protecting him?"
"You can interrogate and judge here. I will supervise the whole process. Otherwise, if I let you take the people away, they might all run away in a few days."
Upon hearing this, Lu Xun frowned and remained silent, not knowing how to respond for a moment.
He has only been in the institute for a short time and doesn't know much about many situations.
If what the mountain god said is true, then the county...
Yunzhen took out a feather specimen from the drawer and counted them one by one in front of the traffickers:
"One, two, three, four, five. Go up the mountain to hunt tigers. The tiger is not at home. The one who farted is... you!"
She picked out a strong man from the group of bandits and ordered him in a vicious voice:
"You've been chosen. Hurry up! Tell us all the bad things you've done over the years! And tell us in detail what evil things your accomplices and boss have done!"
"If you dare to lie... hehe! I'll let you experience the fate of Er Mazi!"
The sturdy man was so scared that he was shaking all over, with a dull look on his face and unable to react.
He came back to his senses after Yun Zhen pushed his head, and began to confess stutteringly.
"I, Ma Lao San and I have kidnapped five women and two children, mainly in nearby villages..."
The strong man was quite obedient and confessed everything about the crimes he had committed and the people he had abducted in the past two years.
If you can remember the time and place, just tell it. If you can't remember, don't make it up.
By the end of his speech, he was so thirsty that his mouth was dry. He didn't hear the mountain god call for him to stop, and he felt panicked, so he actually started talking about the girls that he and his bandit brothers had pursued over the years.
Yunzhen didn't want to listen to the human trafficker's love story, so he interrupted him and ordered three more people in the same way.
Under the intimidation of the mountain god, most of the people who were pointed out would honestly confess their crimes.
For some people who are stubborn and ignorant, Yunzhen lets them experience the "roller coaster".
Now not only the bandits were more frightened, but even the newly arrived security team and villagers were dumbfounded.
The atmosphere on the mountain fell into an eerie silence again.
At this time, a little boy in rich clothes ran out and called out "Uncle" to Lu Xun.
Lu Xun picked up the child with a look of shock on his face, "Tiantian, why are you here?"
Lu Tianxing pointed at Ma Laosan and complained: "My aunt and I went out to buy candy, and he covered my mouth from behind and carried me away."
Lu Xun looked at Ma Lao San sharply, hugged the child and comforted him,
"It's okay, uncle is here, I'll take you home later."
The arrival of the little boy seemed to break the deadlock, and everyone shifted their attention to the human traffickers.
Many villagers and outsiders looked and found some familiar-looking people among the bandits.
"It turns out that the missing child from the next village was abducted by them. Liu Sanmao's family has been crying and shouting for months, and now they are looking for their child all over the world."
"Old Mrs. He from the county just lost a grandson. Could it be that this group of people kidnapped him?"
"Eh? Isn't this the second pockmarked boy from our village? Why is he...?"
As these words fell, a middle-aged woman rushed out from the villagers.
She ran over and hugged the dazed Ermazi, beating her chest and crying,
"How heartless! Who beat my son like this? He is an honest and law-abiding man, how could he be a human trafficker!"
"Old village chief, you have to do justice for us. The mountain god cannot wrongly accuse people like this!"
The old village chief who was suddenly called out looked at her and pointed out with disdain:
"With your son's character, who wouldn't know it? He's idle all day long but eats a good life. If he's not doing something illegal, where does his money come from?"
"Now that we have caught him red-handed, there is no one left to save him. Just buy a coffin and wait for the target practice!"
Er Mazi's mother refused to give up and immediately changed her angle to plead:
"Village chief, please forgive him this time. I will take care of him in the future. If there is a criminal in our village who is shot, no one will be able to hold their heads up high in the future! You don't want to see Qingshan Village being ridiculed and slandered. In the future, girls will not be able to get married and men will not be able to find wives. How miserable is that?"
The old village chief actually hesitated for a moment when he heard this, after all, he did have a child who was waiting to get married.
The reputation of the village was greatly affected these days. Even the villagers present were worried and tried to plead for Ermazi.
Seeing this, Yun Zhen said to Lu Xun,
"Look, we haven't even started the interrogation yet, but someone has already come out to plead for mercy. If I really let you take the person away, who knows what will happen? If I let him go just to be polite, wouldn't my efforts today be in vain?"
Lu Xun frowned and glanced at the villagers, then said to the sky with a serious face:
"I promise you that I will never shield anyone! As long as the charges are true, I will enforce the law impartially and execute the criminal!"
The overall environment is so bad these days that the number of security guards is less than that of human traffickers.
In some places, there are still situations where people band together to resist law enforcement for the sake of face or personal connections.
Can they handle such a big case properly with their own strength?
Yunzhen expressed doubts.
But she thought of a solution:
"You are short of food and starving right now, right? I can take the person back for investigation, but you must bring him to the mountain for the execution so that I can witness it with my own eyes."
"In addition, you need to properly resettle the abducted people and help them return to normal life. I will give you food, as much as you want."
After saying that, he took out a piece of brown oil paper, poured a handful of broken rice and dehydrated vegetables on it, and placed it on the open space in front of the cave.