Chapter 169: Caught by the Police
Chapter 169: Caught by the Police
But why were the police blocking their door? Xia Mo frowned, a bad feeling lingering in his heart.
But they were almost home, they couldn't just turn around and leave this time. Besides, even the monk could escape the temple, so their home was right here.
Xia Mo frowned and looked at the man, and asked, "Brother Ling, what do you mean by this?"
"Let's go and take a look first." Ling Chuan's face was gloomy. The incident happened suddenly and he couldn't figure out the reason.
At this time, someone also saw them.
The crowd began to stir, and Liu Zheng and Liu Yong walked towards them at a rapid pace.
"Village chief, Brother Dayong, sister-in-law, what happened?" Xia Mo asked with a frown.
Liu Zheng looked at them, then at the goods on the two men's ox carts. His solemn and stiff face softened a little. "Did you just come back from the city?"
"Yes, Grandpa Village Chief." Xia Mo responded, and glanced at the officials who were walking over, "Why did these officials come to my house?"
"Someone said you kidnapped a girl, but they returned to Liujia Village before you did. Bah..." Qi was furious, while Liu Zheng and Liu Yong also looked embarrassed.
Just as Liu Zheng was about to speak, the officers came up to them first. The leading officer glanced at Xia Mofu with an expressionless face and said, "Are you Liu Ze and Ling Chuan?"
Xia Mo frowned: "That's right, I wonder why the official came to our house so late at night?"
The chief officer didn't reply to him. He just frowned and looked at them for a few seconds, then shouted to the crowd behind him, "Who can come over and take a closer look? Are they these two people?"
As soon as the two officers finished speaking, Xia Mo and Ling Chuan were surrounded by the other three officers. Then, Xia Mo saw a hunched, timid man slipping over.
Xia Mo and Ling Chuan both frowned when they saw this. They had obviously never seen this man before. However, after looking at them for a moment, the man suddenly jumped up exaggeratedly, pointed at them and shouted: "Sir, that's right! It's them! I saw them with Miss Tang with my own eyes."
The chief officer raised his hand and said, "You are suspected of kidnapping Miss Tang Yue'er, so you have to come with us." After that, the other three yamen runners took another step forward and blocked the road behind them.
"No, sir, are you mistaken? You see, they came back even later than you did, how is it possible..." Qi said anxiously, but was shouted at by the leading officer.
"Shut up! If you interfere with my work, I'll take you away with me!"
When Qi heard this, her face turned pale. Liu Yong held her hand with a stern face and told her not to argue with the other party for the time being. Liu Zheng also looked troubled.
"Sir, I have been the village chief for decades. How could we not know what kind of people these two kids are? And Ling has also served in the army. He is an upright person. It is impossible for him to kidnap two girls."
"Yes, sir, even if we were given a hundred or eighty courage, we would not do such a thing. We are really good citizens, and we don't even know the Miss Tang you mentioned."
Xia Mo listened to some of the conversation and now understood why the officers wanted to arrest them, but the man who testified against them obviously did not want to give up.
"How can I not know you? I saw you two talking outside my shop today!"
"Does it mean we know each other just because we exchanged a few words? My husband and I were walking together peacefully at the time, but she suddenly stopped us and insisted on talking to us. If she can still rely on us and say that we know each other, isn't that a bit unreasonable? Besides, did you really see her walking with us?"
What the hell is going on? The girl got lost on her own, and he put the blame on him and Brother Chuan?
After listening to the young man, Ling Chuan also looked at the man with a hawk-like gaze, "Since you saw us talking, you should also have seen that we were not traveling together. What is your intention in slandering us like this?"
"So the girl was not with you at all?" Liu Zheng asked anxiously. After seeing Xia Mo nod solemnly, he immediately turned to the leading officer.
"Sir, since they all said that there is no such thing, we have watched those two kids grow up. They would never do such a wicked thing as abducting a girl."
It is often said that the people should not fight against the officials. Even in this situation, Liu Zheng and Liu Yong still tried their best to protect them and speak for them. Xia Mo and Ling Chuan were very grateful.
"Whether or not, you come back with us first, and the honest official will naturally uphold justice." The officer's tone was a little irritable.
"That's right. If you haven't done anything shameful, why don't you dare to take a trip?" The man didn't dare to look at Ling Chuan, who had a dark face and a very scary aura, but hid behind the officer and shouted.
A cold light flashed across Xia Mo's eyes, and his mind was clear: "Sir, we had a brief conversation with Miss Tang today, but after that we really parted ways. My husband and I went to visit Mr. Xie. As long as we ask them, we can prove that we did not take the woman away."
"It was obviously you, I saw it with my own eyes..." The man wanted to speak more but was interrupted by the leader of the police.
"That's enough!" He said in a low voice, and then said to Xia Mo and Ling Chuan, "There are still some doubts about this matter. We will report it to the adults when we return, but you must come with us. If you keep talking nonsense, don't blame us for being blind."
It seems that this time, they have to leave.
Xia Mo and Ling Chuan looked at each other.
Without saying a word, they understood that this was most likely a scheme by a villain, but they did not know who had schemed against them for the time being.
Ling Chuan held the young man's hand, with a trace of guilt in his eyes. But Xia Mo shook his head at him and smiled silently. People are not omnipotent and can do everything.
"Hurry up, stop dawdling. I'm waiting to go back for dinner." An officer said impatiently and touched the knife at his waist warningly.
"Okay, we'll go with you." Xia Mo said, looking at Liu Zheng and the others, asking them, "Grandpa Village Chief, Brother Dayong, and sister-in-law, please help us put these things away."
Qi: "Ze'er, Lingchuan, you really want to go with them, this..."
"Stop talking nonsense!" The leading officer interrupted Qi again.
Xia Mo shook his head at Qi. A head-on confrontation would be like hitting a rock with an egg. Since they couldn't get away for the time being, they could only let nature take its course.
Liu Zheng also knew this very well, and could only say pale words: "Don't worry, the innocent will be innocent, and the truth will come out. We will help you put these things away."
"Yeah." Xia Mo responded, and he and Ling Chuan followed the officer who kept urging them.
Watching their backs disappearing into the night, Liu Zheng and Liu Yong sighed helplessly. What was going on?
Liu Zheng glanced at the people who had not dared to say a word just now but now started to whisper and criticize Xia Mofufu for being taken away. He scolded them in a serious manner and asked them to disperse quickly.
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