Reborn in 1985: From Selling Braised Duck to Becoming the World's Richest Man

"What happened? Why was Song Qiang arrested?"

"Is that even a question? Even the police officers from the local police station have come. They must have done something wrong."

The surrounding villagers were discussing it amongst themselves.

"This is none of your business, go back to work." Village Chief Song waved his hand and shouted to the villagers.

But people love to watch a good show, and once they see something exciting to see, they're reluctant to leave.

"Why are you arresting me? Let me go!"

At this point, Song Qiang still hadn't realized his mistake, and continued to struggle and shout.

"Be quiet!"

The police officer who had apprehended him pressed down firmly with both hands, issuing a warning.

"The victim has already reported the robbery you stopped at the entrance of Liangjia Village, and now you've caught them red-handed. Come with us to the police station for questioning!"

Wang Jiu glanced at Song Qiang and the others, and said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing Wang Jiu's words, the thugs all showed a look of panic.

They just wanted to make some money to spend, but they didn't expect to alarm the police station.

At this moment, Mr. and Mrs. Song, along with Song Mei, also returned from outside.

"Officer, is there some misunderstanding here? How could my brother possibly commit robbery?" Song Mei spoke first.

“The stolen money is still here. Could this be a misunderstanding?” Wang Jiu said in a deep voice.

"Sister, save me! I didn't rob anyone! I just didn't like Liang Ming when he came to break off the engagement, so I gathered a few brothers to teach him a lesson!"

When Song Qiang saw his parents and sister return, it was as if he had seen saviors. He quickly said:

"This money wasn't stolen by me; it's compensation that Liang Ming and I demanded."

As soon as Song Qiang said this, the villagers around him showed a look of disdain.

"Song San's family is shameless. When their daughter got engaged, they desperately demanded a dowry from the groom's family. Before the wedding, the father had already spent most of the dowry money."

"The daughter even took her younger brother to ask the man for money to buy a radio."

"Now this former brother-in-law is actually leading people to beat up his former brother-in-law and even rob him. Is there something wrong with the feng shui of our Songjia Village?"

Hearing the villagers' words, Village Chief Song also fell into self-doubt.

Could it be that there's really something wrong with the feng shui of our ancestors?

It seems I need to find a fortune teller to take a look before Qingming Festival.

Song's mother, Zhou Mei, immediately spoke up to Wang Jiu, saying, "Officer, you heard it all, didn't you? My son didn't rob anyone. He just asked Liang Ming for some compensation for breaking off the engagement."

“Yes, officer, my brother is innocent, Liang Ming is the one who is wrong!” Song Mei hurriedly said.

"I don't care what your family's relationship with the victim's family was before, robbery is robbery!"

Wang Jiu interrupted the Song family members and said in a deep voice:

"And from what your son said, he initially gathered a gang and tried to intimidate and beat others."

"We will also keep this charge of attempted intentional injury on record."

What was initially thought to be an isolated robbery has now turned out to be a premeditated and planned crime committed by a gang.

This makes the case serious.

Hearing Wang Jiu's words, Song Mei and the others were stunned.

Why does it seem like Song Qiang's crime is more serious now?

"Song Qiang, and the rest of you, come with us!" Wang Jiu waved his hand, preparing to let the police officers take the criminal away.

"No, I won't go! Let me go!" Seeing the police trying to take him away, Song Qiang panicked and shouted at Song San:

"Dad, save me! The gun is behind the door."

Judging from his posture, he intended to have Song San take the gun and snatch him back from the police.

But Song San was a timid person, and he dared not go against the police officers at the police station, so he quickly said:

“Son, you’re scared out of your mind. We don’t have any guns in our house. You should go back with the police and cooperate with the investigation.”

Seeing that Song San was unwilling to save him, Song Qiang was completely desperate.

However, the police officers from the local police station who were present immediately became serious upon hearing that there were firearms inside the house.

One of the policemen quickly walked behind the gate of the courtyard and found a homemade gun.

"Village Chief Song, what's going on? How come there are still villagers with guns?"

When Wang Jiu saw this, his face darkened, and he reprimanded Village Chief Song.

Although the gun ban was not enacted until the mid-90s.

However, in the early 80s, the state also issued relevant gun control documents, stipulating that individuals, except for hunters and units that need to use guns, are not allowed to possess firearms.

Especially in 83, when the authorities launched a crackdown campaign, a large number of homemade guns and hunting rifles were confiscated.

There were no hunters in Songjia Village. A few years ago, the police station asked the village collective to mobilize the villagers to hand over their homemade guns, and Songjia Village did so.

Seeing that there were still people with homemade guns in Songjia Village, Wang Jiu's expression turned grim.

"This..." Village Chief Song's expression also turned somewhat unpleasant.

He had previously asked Song San's family if they had any homemade guns, and the other party had sworn they didn't. He never expected that they would actually have one hidden away.

This is going to get him killed!

"Take the men and their guns away!" Wang Jiu didn't want to waste any more words. He escorted Song Qiang and his gang back to Taoyuan Township Police Station.

This gang robbery case is considered a major case in Taoyuan Township.

After Wang Jiu brought the man back, he consulted with the director and secretary, and the reply he received was to "handle him severely, quickly, and strictly"!

After a night of interrogation, Song Qiang and others were sent to the detention center on charges of armed robbery, gang crime, and attempted assault. Now, they just have to wait for the rest of the process to be completed before they can officially start their prison sentence.

……

The next morning, Liang Ming had just gotten up and finished washing up when the sound of a tractor came from outside the yard.

"Brother Liang Ming, I heard you were robbed on your way back from our Stone Village yesterday. Are you alright?"

Zhang Wen, the village chief of Shitou Village, personally delivered the duck meat that Liang Ming had requested. As soon as he got out of the car, he asked Liang Ming with concern.

Liang Ming didn't expect that news of his robbery would spread so quickly that even the people of Stone Village knew about it.

"Brother Zhang Wen, thank you for your concern. I'm fine, it's just that my money was stolen."

Liang Ming said with a smile.

"It's good that the person is alright. I heard they've been caught and are in detention. You should be able to get your money back soon," Zhang Wen said.

"He's already in detention?" Liang Ming was also taken aback.

He didn't expect the police station to act so quickly and to have determined Song Qiang's crime so soon.

“Yes, those guys were unlucky; they ran into a crackdown period,” Zhang Wen sighed.

Liang Ming then remembered that the crackdown on crime by the authorities started in 83 and would not end until next year.

Over the next three years, all criminal cases will be dealt with severely in order to quickly restore social order.

Song Qiang and his group ran right into the line of fire.