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Wang Sanbao's wife and son never expected that Zhao Baoding would actually dare to kill someone over a disagreement. They screamed in terror, but Zhao Baoding showed no signs of leaving, seemingly blinded by rage. In an instant, he leaped onto the bed and plunged a knife into Wang Sanbao's son. The boy hurriedly tried to dodge, but behind him was a wall—where could he escape to?
With one swift strike, Zhao Baoding drove the chopping knife deep into Wang Sanbao's son's neck, nearly severing his head. Upon witnessing her son's murder, Wang Sanbao's wife transformed her fear into fury and lunged at Zhao Baoding, engaging him in a struggle.
However, Zhao Baoding had the knife. He stabbed Wang Sanbao's wife repeatedly in the back, delivering about ten blows until she finally fell silent. Zhao Baoding knew that there were five people in Wang Sanbao's household, including his elderly mother and younger son.
At that moment, the neighbors were alerted by the commotion and began to stir. Realizing he had little time left, Zhao Baoding quickly moved to the east wing of the house. Wang Sanbao's mother, unable to move easily, heard the disturbance but did not get out of bed. Zhao Baoding felt no sympathy; he struck her neck with a single blow.
Having searched both the main house and the east and west wings without finding Wang Sanbao's younger son, Zhao Baoding heard the neighbors opening their doors and decided to flee. It would later be revealed that he was not escaping for his own sake but because he needed to kill Wang Sanbao's younger son before being captured by the police.
The neighbors saw a figure darting out from Wang Sanbao's home, faintly visible with a chopping knife in hand. They immediately reported it to the police department, which rushed to the scene upon learning of a homicide. By the time they arrived, four members of Wang Sanbao's family were already dead.
Everyone was stunned; blood covered every surface—the floor, the bed, even the beams above. What once was a home now resembled a hellish nightmare. Some children who came to see what was happening were so frightened they cried out loud. When the police arrived and gathered testimonies from witnesses, they quickly identified Zhao Baoding as the prime suspect.
The police then went to Zhao Baoding's home and found it empty; his chopping knife was missing as well. They concluded that he was indeed responsible for the crime. In truth, this case was not difficult to solve, and Zhao Baoding had not made any effort to conceal his actions.
However, Dongguan Village was adjacent to Qing Mountain. The police soon discovered traces of blood on a knife and realized that Zhao Baoding had fled into the mountains. They immediately dispatched teams to search for him, but with rugged terrain and darkness enveloping the area, finding him in those mountains proved to be no easy task.
After an entire night of searching, they still had not located Zhao Baoding.
Meanwhile, let us turn our attention back to Wang Sanbao's younger son. At that time, he was at a friend's house on the eastern edge of the village playing video games. The village children were not closely monitored; it was common for them to stay out for hours without anyone worrying too much since it was such a small place—how could anyone get lost?
As Wang Sanbao's younger son hummed a tune on his way home, reminiscing about the excitement of his game, he returned only to find police cars parked outside his house. Although he heard their sirens, he never imagined they were there for his family. When he saw what had happened inside his home, he stood frozen in shock—no tears fell from his eyes; he did not break down; he simply stood there in the yard until someone noticed him.
With no other relatives left alive in Wang Sanbao's family, it meant that Wang Sanbao's younger son had become an orphan.
In the following days, he stayed at the Village Committee while the killer Zhao Baoding remained at large. The mountains were vast, and since Zhao Baoding was responsible for planting trees in those woods, he knew them intimately. It became nearly impossible for law enforcement to locate him within such a short timeframe.
The capture of Zhao Baoding was quite dramatic. For about three days, the search in the mountains yielded no results; there were no signs of life or death. Moreover, the police had other cases to investigate, which led to a sudden decrease in manpower for the search here.
At that moment, Zhao Baoding came down from the mountain. The police presence had significantly diminished, and he could have easily escaped. However, as previously mentioned, Zhao Baoding had not gone up the mountain to flee; he had other matters to attend to. Today, realizing that the police were fewer in number, he knew it was his opportunity.
With a chopping knife in hand, Zhao Baoding charged into the Village Committee building, knowing that Wang Sanbao's youngest son was residing there. After hiding in the mountains for three days, surviving on tree roots and grass, this day had finally come. He intended to kill Wang Sanbao's son without leaving anyone alive.
What Zhao Baoding did not anticipate was that the village chief was currently discussing Zhao Baoding's escape with the Detective Captain from the Police Department, making it a fortuitous encounter for them. Despite this, Zhao Baoding showed no intention of backing down; upon spotting Wang Sanbao's son in the distance, he rushed forward with his knife.
Chaos erupted instantly. No one expected Zhao Baoding to be so deranged as to brandish a knife against an eight-year-old child right under the noses of both the police and the villagers.
Immediately, several officers subdued Zhao Baoding on the spot and took him directly to the police station. The details of the case were clear: Zhao Baoding had killed four members of Wang Sanbao's family and even attempted to commit murder in front of the police at the Village Committee.
Such actions were incredibly reckless and heinous, showing utter disregard for law enforcement. The negative impact on Dongguan Village was immense. Once at the police station, Zhao Baoding confessed to his crimes and detailed how he had murdered Wang Sanbao's family.
During interrogation, an officer asked, "You killed four people without anything to say?"
The seemingly dull villager looked at the officer and shocked everyone with his response: "I do have something to say; I regret it. I regret not knowing that Wang Xiaochuan wasn’t home that night. If I had known, I definitely wouldn’t have chosen that night to act."
Soon after, police uncovered Zhao Baoding's motive for his actions. Years ago, there was a policy called Reforestation that required previously cultivated land to be replanted with trees. However, farmland couldn't magically transform into forests; it required labor from local people. Wang Sanbao took on this task and hired villagers to plant trees, with Zhao Baoding being one of them.
Wang Sanbao promised each villager a monthly payment of one thousand yuan for their work planting trees but later claimed he could not fulfill this promise. Since reforestation is not an overnight process and results are not immediately visible, Wang Sanbao often used non-compliance in tree planting as an excuse to withhold wages.
However, what constituted "non-compliance" was subjective; if he deemed it non-compliant, then it was so. The villagers found themselves powerless against Wang Sanbao’s authority. As a result, they often received only six or seven hundred yuan each month; if anyone threatened to leave, they would lose their previous wages altogether.
The villagers reported this issue to the village chief, who turned a blind eye. To avoid losing their past wages entirely, they continued working under these conditions. Meanwhile, Wang Sanbao profited handsomely from this contract and ultimately became the wealthiest man in the village.
From then on, Wang Sanbao, relying on his wealth, began to meddle in all matters of the village, causing conflicts with both the police and the villagers. Zhao Baoding often used this situation to his advantage, and some of his words reached Wang Sanbao's ears. Although Wang Sanbao did not show any overt hostility towards Zhao Baoding, he certainly did not treat him kindly.
Later, five spots opened up for students from the village to attend Key High School in the city, which was seen as the best opportunity for the village's youth to escape their circumstances. Zhao Baoding's son, Zhao Gen, had always excelled academically, consistently ranking among the top three students in the village; it was assumed that one of those spots would be his.
However, Wang Sanbao disagreed and forcibly took away Zhao Baoding's son's spot, submitting his own eldest son's name instead. Naturally, Zhao Baoding was furious and confronted Wang Sanbao about his actions. Wang Sanbao claimed that Zhao Gen was already capable of getting into Key High School without needing a spot from the village, so there was no reason to waste one.
Zhao Baoding did not believe this for a second. The other high-achieving students had their spots secured, yet his son was left out—wasn't this blatant revenge? Because of this incident, Zhao Baoding frequently approached both the village chief and Wang Sanbao. But Wang Sanbao had gathered a group of local thugs to intimidate Zhao Baoding and even harass Zhao Gen.
In such an environment, Zhao Gen's academic performance quickly declined. Zhao Baoding reported the situation to the school multiple times, but whenever the police arrived, the thugs would scatter. When no one was around, they would go back to harassing Zhao Gen. Although everyone in the village knew that these thugs were working for Wang Sanbao, there was no concrete evidence to act upon.
Zhao Baoding stood outside Wang Sanbao's door every day. One time, after drinking too much, Wang Sanbao let slip his true feelings. He told Zhao Baoding, "That's right; I did all of this. But what are you going to do about it? I won't let your son go to school—what can you do? Stop blocking my door every day."
"Those thugs can do more than just beat people up. If you keep pushing me, I might just have someone assault your daughter. Get lost!" Wang Sanbao had completely lost his temper.
After that encounter, Zhao Baoding never returned to confront Wang Sanbao again; people began to say that he was afraid.
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