Starting out as a drug dealer in 1988

Zhao Wenhao was both angry and amused at the moment. He had felt something strange the moment he saw the dagger stuck in his shoulder blade. He had never expected such a mistake to happen.

He reached out and pinched Zhao Aiguo's arm hard, then Zhao Aiguo suddenly opened his eyes and jumped up from the ground.

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, someone pinched me."

"Ah! He's pretending to be dead!"

The crowd surrounding Zhao Aiguo were so frightened that they retreated one after another. Some even knelt on the ground, not daring to move.

"Aiguo, are you back?" Wei Chunlan was also startled, but not like the others. "You still can't bear to leave us mother and daughter!"

"Uh...ah..."

Zhao Aiguo was also frightened by the scene before him and didn't know what to say.

He clearly remembered that someone threw a dagger at him. He only felt a pain in his back and fainted in fright. He didn't expect to see everyone surrounding him when he woke up.

"Don't be afraid, he just fainted."

Zhao Wenhao quickly stepped forward to explain. At that time, the villagers believed in the legends of ghosts and gods. If he didn't explain it clearly, who knows what rumors would spread.

"Just fainted?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was still skeptical, until they saw that Zhao Aiguo did not show any abnormality, then they finally believed it.

"Aiguo, what's going on? Did you see anyone hurt you?"

Seeing that her husband was really fine, Wei Chunlan burst into tears of joy. She went up to Zhao Aiguo and grabbed him, wanting to help check his injuries.

"Just now, when I came back, I saw someone trying to set fire to the back door, so I rushed over to stop him. But he was very strong and had a dagger in his hand. I was no match for him and he dealt me ​​a heavy blow.

I vaguely thought I heard someone shouting 'crab', and then I fainted. I don't know what happened next."

Zhao Aiguo endured the pain in his shoulder blade and told everyone what had happened half-truthfully.

In fact, he didn't fight with the crab at all. He was scared and ran away at the beginning, otherwise he would not have suffered just minor injuries.

"Crab? Is he about 178cm tall, with a flat head, small eyes, and a crab tattooed on each arm?"

Zhao Wenhao, who was standing aside, seemed to be thinking about something, and then he thought of someone.

Even before he stopped, Zhao Wenhao had been thinking about who had such a deep grudge against his family. After much thought, it seemed that apart from Ma Hongzhi, there was no one else.

Now that Zhao Aiguo specifically mentioned crabs, he remembered the last fight with Ma Hongzhi and his two friends. One of them was shirtless, and the crab tattoo on his body was particularly eye-catching.

In this way, it can basically be concluded that the arson incident was committed by Ma Hongzhi or was directed by Ma Hongzhi.

"Yes, yes, yes, he has a flat head and small eyes. As for whether he has any tattoos on his arms, he was wearing clothes and I didn't see any." Zhao Aiguo nodded in response.

With this sentence, Zhao Wenhao became more certain about who did it.

However, it was early morning and he couldn't contact the county criminal investigation team for the time being. The police station hadn't arrived yet, so he could only wait.

"Oh, forget about everything else. Aiguo's back is still bleeding. Let's rush him to the hospital."

Wei Chunlan couldn't care less about anything else. Her only concern was her husband's safety. Now that her husband had woken up, although he was no longer seriously injured, he had been stabbed by a dagger. If something happened to him again, she didn't know what to do.

"Yes, yes, why don't we send him to the hospital for a checkup first."

Zhao Aimin didn't care about the daily conflicts with his elder brother and insisted on going to the hospital.

"Then please, second uncle, please help take these two people to the town hospital. I will stay here. I think someone from the police station will be here soon." Zhao Wenhao made arrangements quickly.

In fact, in his opinion, Zhao Aiguo's minor injury was not a hindrance at all. But since everyone insisted, he naturally couldn't object.

Soon, someone pushed a cart over, helped Zhao Aiguo onto it, and pulled it away.

The police station responded promptly. In less than half an hour, two police officers on duty arrived at the scene on motorcycles.

By this time, thanks to everyone's efforts, the fire had been completely extinguished, but the four houses had been burned beyond recognition, with even the roof beams teetering and threatening to collapse at any moment.

"You're saying that your father saw one of the suspects and heard another call him 'Crab.' As for the other, he only heard the voice but didn't see the person. Is that right?"

The two policemen looked at each other and confirmed.

Obviously, these two are very familiar with people called "crabs", otherwise they would not have such expressions.

In fact, this was indeed the case. Crab was a local troublemaker who frequently caused trouble in the town. The police station had already filed a record of him. Naturally, the police were familiar with him.

Crab is just an accomplice, Ma Hongzhi is the real murderer behind the scenes.

Zhao Wenhao hurriedly explained the grudge between his family and Ma Hongzhi to the two police officers, and then said earnestly: "Two police comrades, I can say with certainty that this incident must have been done by Ma Hongzhi. Apart from him, no one else has such a deep grudge against my family."

"You can't say that. Catching a murderer requires evidence. None of you saw it with your own eyes, so how can you be so sure?"

One of the older policemen directly refuted Zhao Wenhao's words without waiting for him to finish speaking.

Zhao Wenhao frowned, somewhat displeased. "Then you can go and detain the man first, and then interrogate him. Oh, by the way, your Director Liu is not on duty today. I will visit him after daybreak and explain everything to him."

Obviously, the policeman in front of him was quite familiar with Ma Hongzhi and must know the relationship between Ma Hongzhi and Ma Yaoming, otherwise he would not have said such words.

Even though Zhao Wenhao deliberately brought up Liu Zhigang, the older policeman still didn't care.

In his opinion, a poor boy from the countryside could only know Director Liu at most. As for their so-called friendship, haha, it was probably just a pretense.

"Alright, we'll go look for that 'Crab' right away. If we can find him, we'll naturally ask him about his accomplices. Sign this transcript and wait for our news at home."

The older police officer spoke in a stern tone and handed over the written transcript without waiting for Zhao Wenhao to argue again.

As expected, if you don’t have a certain status in this society, it’s simply a fantasy to expect others to pay attention to you.

Zhao Wenhao signed reluctantly. After the two policemen left, he immediately ran to the village committee and called the home of Fang Jianxin, director of the county public security bureau.