Chapter 355

Today Li Jianmin not only brought over a dozen or so lackeys, he also called in Along-arm excavator.

The old ancestral hall in the village, which has a history of several hundred years and is of wooden construction; in Place, this counts as a relatively well-preserved ancient building.

Using an excavator to demolish an ancient building constitutes destructive demolition.

But Li Jianmin obviously doesn't care about that.

Protecting ancient buildings is the responsibility of the cultural relics department.

Li Jianmin has no concept of cultural relic protection in his mind; what he cares about are only the eight main pillars inside the hall, each made of decay-resistant golden-thread nanmu wood, worth a fortune.

Under Li Jianmin's shout.

The dozen or so lackeys wielding sticks immediately stepped forward to clear the way, forcefully driving back the onlooking villagers to clear obstacles for the excavator behind.

Seeing this, Lin Dongfan wasn't in a hurry either; he simply gave Yang Qing a glance.

Yang Qing, understanding instantly, immediately drew his sidearm, took up a stance of one man holding the gate against ten thousand, guarding the hall's entrance with the barrel pointed at Li Jianmin's brow: "Get lost!"

"Having a gun makes you impressive, huh?"

Li Jianmin gave a cold smile, dragging a stick as he stepped step by step toward Yang Qing.

At this moment, Lin Dongfan also walked to Yang Qing's side.

Together with Yang Qing, he guarded the hall's entrance.

Lin Dongfan stared straight at the step-by-step approaching Li Jianmin: "Surname Li, are you trying to challenge our bottom line?"

"No, I'm a reasonable person."

When he was still three steps away from Lin Dongfan and Yang Qing, Li Jianmin halted his steps.

Li Jianmin gave a light chuckle to the two: "This ancestral hall, our Brother Han already bought it for eight hundred thousand; now this hall bears the surname Lu! We're demolishing our own ancestral hall—what right do you two have to stop us?"

Lin Dongfan replied calmly: "On what basis? Just because this ancient building is a cultural relic! Without approval from the cultural relics authorities, no one has the right to buy or sell, let alone demolish."

"You say it's a cultural relic, so it is? Produce the documents." With a sneer, Li Jianmin arrogantly extended his hand.

Lin Dongfan narrowed his eyes and frowned: "Illiterate, listen up—I'll give you a quick legal lesson. First, the responsibility for determining cultural relics lies with the cultural relics authorities; ordinary citizens need not prove it themselves, you should go to the relevant department for documents. Second, according to the Cultural Relics Protection Law and related regulations that grant citizens rights and duties to protect cultural relics, any unit or individual discovering acts of damaging cultural relics has the right to dissuade, report, or stop them."

What is dimensional crushing? This is dimensional crushing.

In a martial showdown, Li Jianmin lacks the guts, after all Yang Qing is holding a gun; in a war of words, Li Jianmin's mind can't squeeze out much substance, and he's completely ignorant of the relevant legal knowledge.

He also didn't know whether Lin Dongfan's guy was speaking correctly.

He only knew that he'd been labeled with the "illiterate" hat.

Yang Qing suddenly issued another warning: "Legal illiterate, can't you understand human speech? Hurry up and get your people out of here!"

"Fine, I'm leaving."

Li Jianmin cast aside a cold smile, turned, and pulled out a cigarette to light.

By the road ahead there was a string of unlit firecrackers.

Li Jianmin picked it up and shouted laughing, "Principal Yuan, forever! I respectfully send Principal Yuan on his way!" After lighting the firecrackers, he casually tossed them beside the coffin.

That coffin had long been soaked in gasoline by Yuan Qiang.

As the crackling firecracker sound went off, sparks flew everywhere, eliciting a booming noise; the originally gloomy and solemn black coffin instantly erupted in roaring flames.

This scene left the surrounding villagers shocked and ashen-faced.

The first thing everyone thought of was dying without a whole corpse—just how depraved must a person be to commit such a heinous act?

An old man cried out in pain: "Quickly go fetch water……"

"Don't!"

Lin Dongfan's face also flushed with anger, but he had to dissuade the villagers from their blind action; there was a lot of gasoline on the coffin, and using water to extinguish would only cause the fire to spread and intensify.

It might even burn down the old ancestral hall.

Li Jianmin turned and laughed at Lin Dongfan: "Yo, Section Chief Lin, look at this—maybe it's heaven's will. I originally just wanted to see Principal Yuan off, but I ended up setting the coffin on fire."

"!!!"

Lin Dongfan gritted his teeth, rolled up his sleeves, and stepped step by step toward Li Jianmin, his gaze already cold as a blade.

But Li Jianmin showed not the slightest fear.

Li Jianmin openly sneered: "Want to hit me? I'm afraid you won't dare to act. Let me tell you plainly, this old ancestral hall—I'll tear it down sooner or later. If you've got the guts, spend your life guarding it……"

"Master Fan, don't act rashly!"

Seeing Lin Dongfan accelerate forward, Yang Qing's face changed dramatically and he blurted out.

It was already too late.

Before the words even finished landing, Lin Dongfan had already punched Li Jianmin in the head.

Accompanied by a muffled "uh!"

Li Jianmin's jaw was knocked askew, his body staggered a few steps, then he fell beside the blazing coffin, instantly engulfed in flames.

Engulfed in flames, Li Jianmin didn't struggle—this indicates he died on the spot.

His lackeys, seeing this horrifying scene, were all terrified and ashen-faced, dropping their sticks and turning to run.

Yang Qing watched Li Jianmin engulfed in flames, shook his head speechlessly, thinking this time he's really done for.

Suddenly.

The volunteer teacher Xu Yue suddenly knelt, tears in her eyes, pleading with the surrounding villagers: "Please, uncles and aunts, give Section Chief Lin a testimony; I'm kowtowing to you. Section Chief Lin didn't intentionally kill anyone—he was trying to stop the mob……"

Xu Yue's kowtow left Lin Dongfan startled, thinking, Is this really necessary?

An auntie quickly helped Xu Yue up: "Teacher Xu, don't do that, get up quickly—you're good people, we know……"

"Who says he's a good person? He's a murderer!"

The village chief Yuan, who had been hiding and not showing up, suddenly emerged, his loud voice shocking the whole crowd into silence.

No villager dared to make a sound.

Lin Dongfan gave a cold glance: "You're the village chief?"

"Hmph! You injured my son, and now you've killed Li Jianmin—do you think I'm afraid of you?" Village Chief Yuan is the fattest person in the village, big‑bellied and full of energy.

The characters include Village Chief Yuan, Li Jianmin, Yuan Qiang, Principal Yuan, Lin Dongfan, Yang Qing, the Provincial Criminal Investigation Brigade, and the Provincial Department; Village Chief Yuan is a title, Yuan Qiang is his son, and Principal Yuan is the principal.

We need to list each name that appears. Let's list all proper nouns:

- Lin Dongfan

- Yang Qing

- Provincial Criminal Investigation Brigade

- Provincial Department

- Village Chief Yuan

Also, Village Chief Yuan, Yuan Qiang, Principal Yuan, and Li Jianmin are characters to list, while Lin Dongfan and Yang Qing are already in the glossary.

Also, the Provincial Criminal Investigation Brigade and Provincial Department are in the glossary.

Also, 'Village Chief Yuan' is a title; we should not list just 'Yuan' alone.

Also, we list Village Chief Yuan, Yuan Qiang, Principal Yuan, and Li Jianmin as persons.

Also, we need to ensure that each distinct name, such as Village Chief Yuan, is listed.

Now we also check for any other names; perhaps Village Chief Yuan is the only village chief, with no other places.

Now we need to output glossary list after translations, in format:

He glared angrily at Lin Dongfan: "I've already called the police—you can't get away today!"

"Let me introduce you." Lin Dongfan pointed at Yang Qing, smiling calmly: "This is Yang Qing of the Provincial Criminal Investigation Brigade. We now suspect you and your son Yuan Qiang of colluding with Li Jianmin to murder Principal Yuan."

Don't slander!

Yuan Village Chief's eyes were about to bulge out.

He stuck out his neck and roared: "Who murdered Principal Yuan? This is baseless—don't talk nonsense! But beating someone to death is a fact; everyone present saw it with their own eyes!"

Lin Dongfan gave a faint smile, said no more, and handed the matter over to Yang Qing.

Today Yang Qing didn't have handcuffs on him, so he found a sturdy rope in the ancestral hall and bound the village chief's hands behind his back on the spot: "Whether you're suspected of murder isn't up to you to decide."

"You're not arresting the real killer, you're arresting me? What nonsense is this? Let me go!" The village chief, both bewildered and furious, shook hard twice, trying to break free of Yang Qing's grip.

The more he struggled, the tighter Yang Qing bound him: "Someone like you, a rural scoundrel—I should arrest you, or else leave you to harm the villagers? Behave!" At that moment, Yang Qing also had his own little scheme, thinking that to get the whole village to speak up for Lin Dongfan, he first had to dispel the villagers' fear.

And the source of the villagers' fear was precisely this village chief Yuan.