The sixth act is not afraid of evil spirits but afraid of foreign devils
Obviously, given the current intimacy between Roger and Chen Fengqi, there was no possibility of him staying for dinner, and Roger really didn't have much appetite to eat with a murderer either. So after agreeing on the matter of returning the body, Roger went back to the hotel directly.
"Mr. Luo, Mr. Luo, you're back! How was it? Is Chen Yanwang willing to lower the price?" As soon as he returned to the hotel, Zhang Dogzi pounced on him like a dog, grabbing onto Luo Jie and firing off questions like a machine gun, completely disregarding whether the other person had reacted or not.
Roger smiled and said: "Chen Yanwang didn't give a discount."
"Ah!? Not going down!? Ah...... I told you, that Chen guy isn't so easy to talk to..."
"However, Mr. Chen said, 'Tell him to come and collect the person tomorrow, no need for money.'"
"What?! No... no money?! Then the 250 bucks are all gone?!" Zhang Dogzi clearly didn't dare to believe his ears, in his impression those officials were all like evil spirits, letting them not take money was like asking a sow to climb a tree.
Well, naturally, Roger, who can make sows climb trees, is even more incredible.
"Uh, never mind, you can just go pick him up tomorrow!" Roger said with a very affirmative tone, "If it doesn't work out, do you think I'd be able to smile about it?"
"That... that's really thanks to your kindness!! Thank you, your great kindness and virtue, our whole village will never forget! Even after we die, we'll still remember you!" As he spoke, Zhang Dogzi suddenly bent his knees as if to kneel down.
Roger, a modern man, couldn't bear such a grand gift. He hurriedly pulled Zhang Dogzi up and said with an embarrassed face: "If you really thank me... just don't die and remember it all, whoever wants to drive the crane westward will first come to me to reminisce about old times... this... forget it..."
"Hehe... hehe... I... I'm not good with words, don't mind me." Zhang Dogzi scratched the back of his head in embarrassment. "Then... Mr. Luo, you'll come back to our village with me tomorrow, right?"
"No, I won't go back for now. There are still some things to take care of here, but it won't be long before I'll come to your village again. You'd better treat me to a good meal then!"
"That's natural, Mr. Luo, you are our village's great benefactor, if there's anything that needs to be done in the future, just let us know, our villagers may not have much else, but everyone has a bit of strength."
"Uh-huh, I know. It's getting late today, have you had dinner? If not, let's go eat something together and we can also find two people to help us move on the way."
Zhang Dogzi shook his head: "One person is enough, hiring more people will cost money, anyway, no one will rob a hearse on the road."
"Alright then, suit yourself, let's go and have dinner now."
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The next morning, as soon as it was light, Roger and Zhang Dogzi hastily ate breakfast and rushed to the police station, thinking that they could bring back the body early and put their minds at ease.
When the two of them arrived at the police station, it was not yet open, but there was a sly-looking man wearing a police uniform waiting at the door. As soon as he saw Roger and Zhang Gouzisheng rushing towards the police station, he guessed that they must be there to claim the body and greeted them with a fawning expression.
He took a look at the two men - one was dressed in a neat Zhongshan suit, while the other was wearing a short jacket and driving an ox cart. The sly and cunning man immediately distinguished who was the real master.
"You must be Mr. Luo, yesterday Officer Chen had already informed us, and we have been waiting here since dawn, just waiting for you to arrive."
"Haha, that's really made you wait a long time." Roger said with a sarcastic smile, he didn't have any good feelings towards this kind of person who would take advantage of the dead to get rich.
"Not long, not long." The sly and obsequious man nodded and smiled fawningly, "It's really Mr. Luo who has been troubled, isn't it just a few country bumpkins? And yet they've gotten you to come so early in the morning with such a big fuss! Ah, people like you who are so considerate of strangers are truly rare indeed! Oh dear, look at me, I got carried away and forgot about the main thing. Mr. Luo wants to claim the body, right? Please follow me then."
All the way along, that cunning and sinister figure led them to a secluded house, where several police officers were already waiting. On the ground, five corpses were covered with mats and laid out there.
As soon as he saw the corpse, Zhang Dogzi immediately wailed and rushed over, lifted up the mat to confirm it was someone from the village, then knelt down in front of the body and knocked his head twice on the ground. After that, he covered the body with the mat again, completely disregarding the foul smell and pus, picked up the corpse and carried it onto the ox cart.
Because of Chen Fengqi's special instructions, the police didn't dare mention asking for money again and just stood by coldly watching Zhang Dogzi lift the bodies onto the ox cart one by one.
Until the last body was settled, the vicious policeman standing in the middle spoke up: "Alright, are you done moving everything? If you're done, then TMD hurry up and get out of here! Don't leave this whole truckload of filthy goods here, it's even more smelly than a latrine!"
Although Chen Fengqi had spoken out, they didn't dare to disobey him, but after all, it was ruining someone else's good deed. How could those arrogant police officers be allowed to get away with this?
As soon as this was said, Zhang Dogzi, who was putting on his clothes, immediately stopped and turned his head fiercely, staring at the policeman with a pair of bloodshot eyes that didn't know whether they were crying or angry.
The police officer didn't expect that this seemingly honest Zhang Dogzi would dare to stare at him, and his anger suddenly surged up, shouting: "What are you staring at!? Do you believe I'll ruin you!?"
He reached for his baton at his waist.
"Look at this, it's going to get physical! That sly and cunning guy immediately jumped out, loudly scolding: "What are you doing?! Are you crazy, Tiger?! This is Chen Laoye's order, be careful or I'll have your head on a platter! You're in front of someone who just returned from that flower flag country, he knows many foreigners. If you scare him, no need to wait for Chen Laoye, I'll skin you alive!"
As soon as the sly and cunning one spoke, the police immediately wilted, glared at Zhang Dogzi with a fierce gaze, and then led his subordinates to slip away.
Roger couldn't help but sigh in frustration, a sense of inexplicable depression rising up within him - what's wrong with these people nowadays? They bully the honest and kind, yet are intimidated by this one fake title... This world has truly reached a point where it needs to change.
Watching Zhang Dogzi finish harnessing the ox cart, Roger bowed to the corpses on the cart and then pulled out a stack of paper money from his bag to hand over to Zhang Dogzi.
"This is a bit of an apology from me, I still have some things to take care of in Haikou, when you get back can you help me cook for them?"
Zhang Dogzi's eyes were red as he took over before, "Bang" and knelt down on the ground, rushing towards Roger and hitting his head again: "Mr. Luo, we've taken the things, we'll definitely burn them for them... You... Your great kindness and virtue will never be forgotten in this life!"
He watched as Zhang Dogzi hurriedly drove the ox cart to transport the five corpses away. Roger let out a long sigh of relief and muttered to himself, "Finally, one thing off my mind. Now I should go take care of some real business... Finding the American Consul is a hassle, but if it goes well, it's not a bad opportunity to establish myself here. Seeing how those people fear Americans, if I can really get in good with them, doing things will be much more convenient in the future."
