If one's unfilial daughter ran away and stole his money, what should a poor father from a very remote village do?
Also, if malicious people abducted the children from their village, what should they also do?
Of course, report to the police!
For Zhao Guo, it did not matter that he was the head of a village full of sinners, or that everyone had indirectly cooperated with trafficking by being the buyers. He was wronged! They were deceived! So, justice should be demanded!
With this unreasonable logic repeatedly leaving the middle-aged guy's mouth, which was his excuse in leaving the village without the company of others, he managed to convince the villagers that he must go.