When Su Ze heard about harvesting and cutting, he became angry.
The so-called harvesting and cutting of raw materials is a crime in the Ming Dynasty Law.
Su Ze's Criminal Procedure Skill is also Level 1. This crime is sentenced in the Ming Dynasty Laws, "Anyone who harvests or mutilates a human being shall be executed without delay, and his property shall be forfeited to the family of the deceased. Although his wife, children, and family members do not know about it, Moved two thousand miles side by side and settled down. Killed for the followers."
The reason why the sentence is so severe is because harvesting and cutting is a very cruel crime.
The so-called harvesters are a kind of human traffickers and professional beggars.
They kidnapped the children and sold them if they could be sold. If the children could not be sold, they would break their limbs and let them go to the streets to beg.
Hearing that there were such crimes in Nanping City, Su Ze couldn't help but ask: "Does the county government not care about it?"
Chen Chaoyuan said helplessly: "The abducted people are all orphans living on the streets, and no one has filed a lawsuit. How can the government take care of them?"
Su Ze also understood that the Ming Dynasty officials emphasized that the people should not be punished but the officials should not be punished. The people captured by the harvesters were all orphans living on the streets. If no one complained, there would be no one to take care of them.
Chen Chaoyuan said: "The name of the kid just now is Peng An. He is the leader of the kids in the city. He wants me to help him go to the Yamen to report the crime."
Chen Chaoyuan's clan brother is a litigator. He is very aware of the style of the Yamen. He sighed and said, "I am not suing personally. Nine times out of ten, the Yamen will not accept the case."
Su Ze felt even more angry. He asked, "Are these harvesters still colluding with the Yamen?"
Chen Chaoyuan shook his head and said: "It's not necessarily collusion. Harvesting and harvesting is a serious crime and a low-level activity. How can people in the public servants collude with them? It's just that these people hide in the market and are difficult to catch. Once they are established, If the case cannot be solved, the judicial yamen above will investigate the crime, and the yamen will naturally be unwilling to intervene."
Su Ze suddenly understood that the reason why the yamen was unwilling to intervene was because he had passed the exam.
The case detection rate is also an important criterion for the assessment of the superior judicial yamen. Once the case is filed, it must be solved, which is why the yamen is unwilling to accept it.
There are countless murder cases in Nanping City, but they were all ended in a hurry because they were not filed.
Su Ze thought for a moment and said, "I must take care of such unscrupulous matters."
Chen Chaoyuan looked at Su Ze with admiration, but he added: "These harvesters are hiding in the market and running around the city. Even the government can't do anything to them. What is Brother Su going to do?"
Su Ze thought for a moment and said, "When I find someone to come over, if anyone has quick legs and feet, go to Changning Guard and invite someone to come to the city."
Chen Chaoyuan said: "Just those newsboys."
Chen Chaoyuan immediately went out and caught up with the newsboys.
When the leader Peng An saw Su Ze, he bowed respectfully to Su Ze. Su Ze replied:
"It was Su who didn't think carefully and harmed you."
Peng An said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "What do you mean, Mr. Su? It is none of Mr. Su's business that these people are doing evil in the city. We want to thank Mr. Su for his benevolence and allowing us to live with full stomachs!"
Su Ze looked at this half-grown child who spoke politely and had an extraordinary demeanor, so he asked:
"Have you read the book?"
Peng An held his head high and said, "I have been enlightened."
Being able to study for enlightenment proves that his family background was not bad. It seems that Peng An's family used to be well-off, but he did not know what happened and ended up living on the street.
Su Ze didn't ask any more questions, but said, "I need one of you to go to Changning Guard and find someone to come to the city to deal with those harvesters."
Peng An said: "Let me go, I know where Changning Guard is."
Su Ze nodded, took out a piece of silver and said, "Pay attention to safety and go back as soon as possible."
These children often do some work of informing people, but Peng An handed the money to Su Ze and said:
"Ms. Su is helping us, how can we ask for money from sir? It's just a trivial matter of running errands. Please sit down at the county school, Mr. Su, and I will bring him to you right away!"
The more Su Ze looked at him, the more he found Peng An pleasing to his eyes. He was indeed a poor man's child who had long been in charge. This child was so sensible that it made people feel sorry for him.
Su Ze calmed down and went to the county school with Chen Lin.
This time, Xiong Yue still didn't come to school. Hai Rui said that Xiong Yue's mother had a recurring illness, and Xiong Yue took care of his mother at home.
By this calculation, Xiong Yue's mother had been ill for more than half a month. Su Ze and Lin Chen looked at each other. They were classmates and it seemed they were going to visit the doctor.
Hai Rui also has an old mother in his family. His father died early in his life and it was his mother who raised him alone. He is very filial to her.
He also admired Xiong Yue's filial piety and said to everyone: "There are many things going on in the county, and I can't leave. I have asked someone to bring him a tael of silver. If you go to visit the doctor, you should also take my thoughts with you." Bar."
Su Ze knew that Hai Rui was an honest official, so he paid him to teach him to study, and he had to farm at the county school every month.
Hai Rui still had to save up his salary to send it back to his hometown, but he even squeezed out a tael of silver to help Xiong Yue. The three of them felt very touched.
Hai Rui quickly regained his composure and started a new round of lectures.
This time, the content of Hai Rui's lectures was no longer limited to the Four Books and Five Classics, but began to incorporate some content from Tang and Song Dynasty prose and history books.
The content of these prose and history books is naturally not within the scope of the examination, but these articles can be quoted when writing eight-legged essays, and some allusions can also be used.
At this point in the Eight-Part-Article Examination, steady arguments can no longer win the favor of the examiners. If you want to be admitted to high school, the arguments must be novel and the arguments must be reasonable, which requires a lot of reading.
This is naturally why the imperial examination is unfair to the children of poor people. They can only afford to read the Four Books and Five Classics. The prose works of the Qin, Han, Tang and Song Dynasties are hidden in the libraries of wealthy people, and the price of complete sets of history books is prohibitive for ordinary people.
The three of them listened attentively. At the end of two hours, Su Ze's imperial examination skills had increased by 60 points, reaching Level 5, 520/1000.
Sure enough, listening is fast!
Now I can gain 30 experience points by studying by myself every day. If I come to the county for four days a month, I can gain 50-60 experience points every day.
Calculating this way, you can gain more than 800 experience points in a month.
This speed is no longer slow, but if you want to break through to Lv10 before next year's provincial examination, this speed is still not enough.
Only by continuing to improve intelligence attributes or finding new ways to quickly increase imperial examination skills can it be possible to reach Lv10 before next year's provincial examination.
After school ended, I saw Peng An and someone standing in front of the county school gate, waiting for Su Ze.
Seeing Peng An panting, he knew he was running over.
The man behind Peng An stood up and said with a playful smile to Su Ze: "Xiong Wu pays homage to Mr. Su."
Su Ze asked Peng An to go back to Changning Guard to find Xiong Wu.
This guy used to be the leader of Luohanjiao in Nanping County, and he was a member of the Hongyang Sect who came south to preach. He had a complicated identity and was connected to all three religions in the county.
Naturally, people like Xiong Wu have the best way to deal with harvesters.
After listening to what Su Ze said, Xiong Wu immediately said: "These guys who have lost their humanity, I will let them die without a burial place even if Prime Minister Su Su openly says it!"
Su Ze looked at Xiong Wu and said, "You don't need to do anything, as long as you find out where these harvesters are hiding."
Xiong Wu chuckled and said, "Xiangong Su has found the right person. Xiong will do it now."
Chen Chaoyuan looked at Xiong Wu and said, "Brother Su, why does this servant look familiar?"
Su Ze smiled and said, "This guy was originally the leader of the Arhat Knuckles in the city. After he was defeated by the Chen family, he stayed in the Chang Ning Guard. It's just right to use him."
"Xiong Wu? I didn't expect this guy to be missing for so long. It turns out he went to Changning Guard!"
Peng An on the side had naturally heard of Xiong Wu's name. When Su Ze asked him to go to Changning Guard to find Xiong Wu, Peng An had not yet connected this name with the name of the Arhat Foot leader in the city.
Mr. Su Su was indeed a big shot, and Peng An admired Su Ze even more.
Xiong Wu also moved very quickly. By the time it got dark, he had already returned to the editorial office.
"Ms. Su, Mr. Xiong has found out that this group of harvesters live in the abandoned earth temple in the south of the city, and a few others live in nearby alleys."
"Have you ever alerted someone?"
"Don't worry, Mr. Su, Xiong knows."
Su Ze nodded. He still underestimated Xiong Wu's energy in the city's underworld, but he got the news so quickly.
Xiong Wu grinned and said, "Xiangong Su, when will we take action?"
Su Ze glanced at Xiong Wu and said, "Let me find out clearly, how many are there?"
Xiong Wu immediately said: "This group of harvesters and harvesters is a local beggar group. The leader of it is Leda, who was originally a wandering beggar. I don't know where he learned the evil method of harvesting and harvesting, and gathered seven or eight local beggars. , to do such an unjust thing."
When Xiong Wu saw the anger on Su Ze's face, he immediately said: "Ms. Su! I can kill all these guys in one fell swoop with just me!"
Su Ze did not take Xiong Wu's suggestion, knowing that those who committed such serious crimes must be desperadoes, and they also had hostages on their hands, namely the abducted children.
Su Ze said to Peng An: "Take my name card again and go to the city to find these people."
Peng An acted quickly, and in less than half an hour, he saw the three Chen brothers and Chang Ningwei, who were errands in the county town, arriving at the entrance of the editorial department.
"Mr. Su!"
Chen Bofei's powerful voice came, which scared Xiong Wu to tremble instinctively.
The three Chen brothers are government officials and Xiong Wu is a street gangster. Hearing their voices is like a mouse meeting a cat.
Su Ze came out and saluted everyone and said: "This kid should tell you what happened. Such a heartless person still needs your help."
Chen Bofei immediately said: "What did Mr. Su say? It is our duty to catch bandits, let alone such a crazy person!"
The government officials recommended by Su Ze to Changning Guard also agreed. When they saw Su Ze's invitation, they immediately jumped out of bed and rushed over. On the way, they heard about these crimes of harvesting and killing people, and they were even more angry. .
Everyone slapped their scabbards, and Su Ze saw that the atmosphere was almost over, so he waved his hand and said, "We must catch them all! Let's go!"
Chen Chaoyuan and Lin Qingcai also said: "Brother Su, we are going too!"
"Then let's go together!"
At this time, in the abandoned earth temple in the south of the city, Leida was lying on the wooden board, counting the coins offered by his subordinates.
He had a leprosy face. In the past, he always used this face to get involved in the happy events of people in the city, forcing his family to give him money before leaving.
This guy got something for nothing, had wine and meat every day, and lived happily for half his life.
But since last year, Legg has gotten older, and the leprosy on his face is not as scary as before, and he gradually loses money.
This guy didn't know where he learned the method of harvesting and cutting raw materials. He abducted a homeless child from the city, broke his arm, and begged for half a month with the help of this child. He actually made more money than he had extorted before. many.
Now Leda became more and more rampant. He gathered seven beggars in the city and worshiped in the Earth Temple. Leda became the leader and was known as the Happy Gang.
During this period, they were frantic and abducted more than a dozen children. What made people and gods even more outraged was that the first child they abducted had been tortured to death.
Having done this dehumanizing act, Leida was even more drunk now and then. After begging every day, these demons gathered together in the Earth Temple.
Leda squeezed out a leprosy on his face, and a thin child, trembling all over, served the food and wine. This child was Peng An's newspaper boy, and was abducted by Leda here.
Before his limbs were broken, Leida left him to serve him.
Leda took two sips of wine, and then hit the child who brought the wine. Hearing the child's frightened sobbing, Leda and his men burst into laughter.
Just as Leda was laughing wildly, the door of the Earth Temple was kicked open.
Chen Bofei, who was wearing official official uniform, took the lead and charged directly into the palace with his saber raised.
When he saw the official's clothes, he was so frightened that he was so drunk that he immediately got behind the Earth Temple and tried to escape through the back door.
As soon as he opened the back door, he was kicked to the ground. He felt a burning pain in his chest and his ribs were about to be broken.
"Ouch! You compensate me!"
Leda started to blackmail people instinctively, but soon thought of his situation, rolled nimbly and prepared to escape through the window.
But how could Su Ze give him a chance? He quickly stepped forward, drew out his saber, and nailed the big palm to the ground.
At this time, Leda let out a painful howl, and Su Ze kicked him, knocking him out with a force of 10 points.
This guy is so cheap.
Su Ze murmured, and Chen Shufei, who was about to rush over to protect Su Ze, swallowed. Is this Mr. Su a military general or a scholar?
You, a famous scholar in the county, do you want to be so brave?
This group of beggars was originally a rabble, and they were subdued in just three strikes, five divided by two.
Su Ze felt even more angry when he saw the children being tortured in the back room of the Tutu Temple.
The three Chen brothers were equally angry when they saw such a scene. Chen Zhongfei, who was working in the prison, immediately said: "These scumbags! When they go to prison, I will definitely deal with them!"
Of course Su Ze knew the methods of ancient prisons, and these guys would have to suffer again before Ling Chi was executed.
Chen and Lin couldn't bear seeing these children: "Brother Su, what should we do with these children?"
Su Ze thought for a while, and a female figure appeared in his mind. He said, "I know a place to put them."
(End of chapter)
