Gao Ting's whole body suddenly felt bad.
Have I dug up your ancestral graves?
Come again!
He stood up subconsciously, not caring about his shamelessness. As soon as he put down the teacup, greased the soles of his feet, he was about to run away.
This bunch of bitches are different from others. They have never changed their gangster nature and have no dignity at all. They really know how to beat people.
However, as soon as he slipped out of the door, he heard the sound of drums coming from the front office.
His steps froze for a moment, and he turned around little by little with some difficulty.
Dengwengu!
"Someone who listens to the drum...the chief officer must accept it. Those who fail to accept it will be punished by a higher penalty."
As long as someone knocks on this thing outside, you have to go to court to accept it.
However, although he was a little frightened, he felt much more reassured. Since they had beaten the drum and wanted to accept the case openly, it meant that it was not a serious matter, at least he would not be beaten!
"Let's go and take a look at the front -"
Gao Ting stabilized his mind, held up his slightly crooked hat, coughed dryly, and acted as if what happened just now had never happened. He looked around and gave orders in a dignified voice.
"Gaomingfu, long time no see——"
Wang Zi'an looked at Gao Ting with a smile on his face.
Gao Ting:......
With some difficulty, he forced out a smile.
"I have met the Marquis of Chang'an, the Duke of Ji, the Duke of Su, and General Niu——"
With a somewhat flattering expression, Gao Ting first said hello to these unethical killers, and then turned his attention to Kong Yingda and Lu Deming who came together.
My heart felt hot, and I suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
Ah, that’s great——
In front of these two great scholars, these bitches won't be fooled again, right?
"You come here today, this is-"
The matter in West Market has caused a stir in the city, and Gao Ting naturally knows about it. Therefore, he subconsciously looked around and asked with caution while looking for the master of suffering.
"Reporter, these bitches are stealing children on the street——"
As he said that, Niu Jinda kicked Guo Sandao, Jin San and others over one by one.
The West City belongs to Chang'an County, and you bring me Wannian County to cause trouble!
However, this matter is not difficult.
The other party is just a scoundrel in the market, and he also took the stolen goods. I will just punish him according to the law. This is all a trivial matter. It deserves such a big fanfare. Are a group of big guys coming here to scare me?
Although Gao Ting complained in his heart, he still smiled flatteringly at Niu Jinda and others. He didn't dare to ask who the sufferer was. He was afraid that if he asked, these big guys would all be vying to be the sufferer——
Pretending to forget that a complaint requires a victim.
Turning around, he looked directly at Guo Sandao, Jin San and others with dignity.
"You three, who are you by name? Do you know that stealing a baby girl on the street is not tolerated by the king's law. Both people have stolen the goods. The evidence is conclusive, what else can you say——"
Guo Sandao and others knelt there and kowtowed repeatedly without saying a word.
"The villain Guo Sandao (Jin San, Wang Gouzi) pays homage to the adults. The villain is guilty. The villain was confused for a moment. Please punish the villain -"
Good attitude!
Gao Ting couldn't help but nodded slightly.
Although he lives in Wannian County and rarely interacts with these market scoundrels, he has heard of these people and they are all free-spirited people.
Looking at it today, isn’t this quite clever?
This is good, it saves you a lot of pain.
“Tell me the truth, you are engaging in human trafficking by stealing baby girls——”
When Guo Sandao heard this, he immediately kowtowed.
"I don't dare. I am over thirty and have no children. I just saw that the girl was smart and cute, so I wanted to take her back as my daughter to support her. I hope I will have someone to care for when I grow old -"
"According to your ancestors——"
Before he could finish his words, Niu Jinda and Cheng Yaojin kicked him in the butt, causing him to be eaten by a dog.
His front teeth fell out on the spot, and his nose was bleeding.
Gao Ting couldn't help but his eyes twitched and he subconsciously shrank his neck.
These old thugs are so violent that they beat people whenever they disagree with each other——
Although several people fought against the defendant in the court, which was somewhat against the rules, he wisely chose to be temporarily blind and pretend not to see!
Anyway, he is just a market gangster. As long as he can't be beaten to death, it won't be a big problem.
"You mean, you want to take her back and raise her as a daughter?"
Gao Ting couldn't help but frown.
What about coaxing fools?
However, when he asked again, Guo Sandao and others immediately insisted that they would make an impromptu decision and wanted to take her home and raise her as a daughter. In any courtyard, he was still afraid of being killed on the spot, but here in the court, his courage suddenly became stronger.
Unless these people want to rebel, who dares to openly kill people in court?
They don't deal with the government once or twice, so they naturally have their own wisdom.
In the Tang Dynasty, although the crime of plundering and trafficking in human beings was the same, the penalties were very different.
According to the law of the Tang Dynasty: "Anyone who sells people as slaves will be hanged; those who become slaves will be exiled for three thousand miles; those who become wives, concubines and descendants will be detained for three years."
That is to say, those who plunder people, if they sell people as slaves, they will be hanged; if they sell people to big families as slaves, they will be exiled for three thousand miles; but if they sell people to others as wives, concubines or descendants, they will only be punished Three years of hard labor.
Therefore, these three people are now refusing to recognize them until they die. They insist that they just want to go home and raise them as daughters, and they will not recognize anyone else.
Although Qin Shubao, Cheng Yaojin and Niu Jinda were very angry with these three dogs and wanted to crush them to death, they couldn't really crush them to death here.
Wang Zi'an couldn't help but frown.
He brought people here just to borrow the hands of the government to dig out this cancer of human trafficking. He really didn’t mean to cause trouble to Gao Ting. He had no choice. In his impression, Gao Ting, the magistrate of Wannian County, was the one he knew well——
But he is not in the mood to watch Gao Ting enforce the law in a civilized manner. Just kidding, we are still waiting to go back for dinner!
So, he frowned, walked directly in front of Guo Sandao, and activated his super hypnosis instantly.
"Look at me - answer honestly, how many people have you stolen and trafficked in total, and where have they been sold -"
Guo Sandao subconsciously raised his head, glanced at Wang Zi'an, and was instantly attracted by Wang Zi'an's eyes. I just felt in a trance, subconsciously.
"I don't remember, there were probably hundreds of people..."
hiss--
Everyone gasped, Gao Ting shivered in fright, Jin San and Wang Gouzi immediately softened and collapsed directly to the ground.
My boss, is he going crazy?
It’s over, dead—
You dare to admit this kind of crime!
Although this is the second time he has seen Wang Zi'an's hypnosis, Gao Ting still feels his scalp numb. This thing is so evil. If you ask me anything, just say it——
Is this sorcery?
"Where was it sold?"
Wang Zi'an resisted the urge to strangle him and asked in a calm tone.
"I don't know. We are only responsible for handing people over to the prince - only a small part of them are handled by ourselves. Some are sold to brothels, and some are given to our brothers as wives..."
Prince?
Several big guys couldn't help but look at each other.
Unexpectedly, I pulled out the radish and brought out the mud, and caught a big fish!
Gao Ting couldn't help but cheer up.
Looking at Wang Zi'an, his eyes suddenly became hot.
It seems that the Marquis of Chang'an is not that cheating, and he actually gave himself such a big contribution.
The matter was not committed within one's own jurisdiction, but the case was solved by oneself. This merit is fully deserved and cannot be escaped!
"Who is the prince?"
Wang Zi'an directly asked the question on everyone's mind.
"I don't know, but on the eighth, eighteenth and twenty-eighth of every month, we will send the people we have obtained to a farm outside the city..."
This is a big fish to catch!
What are you waiting for——
Without saying a word, Gao Ting summoned the government officials and led the team himself, and rushed straight to the position Guo Sandao had told him.
Come all come!
How could Qin Shubao, Cheng Yaojin and Niu Jinda miss this kind of watching heat - well, how could they miss this kind of scene of punishing rape and eliminating evil.
Hu La La, followed by their respective servants and guards.
This time, there are a lot of manpower.
A team of several hundred people——
Especially the guards at the residence of Qin Shubao, Cheng Yaojin and Niu Jinda, most of whom were veterans from the battlefield, were now taking action and issuing orders and prohibitions. Although they were not wearing armor, they looked murderous, even more so than usual. The soldiers patrolling the city you see here are all elite.
…
Wang family.
Wang Yan just breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Wang Zhong crawling in.
"Master, something bad is going on -"
Wang Yan's scalp suddenly became numb and he felt that his heart was not in good condition.
What happened today? Are you still finished?——
"what's the situation?"
He didn't dare to be careless, so he stood up and looked at his confidant butler.
"Zhi'an and Cheng Yaojin bypassed Chang'an County and took these idiots Guo Sandao directly to that bastard Gao Ting in Wannian County. They were worried about something happening, so they kept people watching. They came back just now to report , saying that Gao Ting, Wang Zi’an and Cheng Yaojin’s group of killers led people directly to the west of the city——”
When Wang Yan heard this, a cold air penetrated the Tianling Cap.
That idiot Guo Sandao, does he want to die?
How dare he involve the Wang family!
Although he couldn't figure out how Guo Sandao could be so stupid as to seek death, it was too late to say anything at this time.
He stood up suddenly and stared into Wang Zhong's eyes.
"How are things going over there?"
Wang Zhong took a step forward and lowered his voice.
"Wang Yuan has been sent to his hometown to temporarily avoid the limelight, and the young men and women have also been urgently transferred to the paper mill and salt mine - as for the women and children..."
Wang Zhong's tone paused.
"According to the master's instructions, we dealt with it——"
The expression on Wang Yan's face softened slightly.
"It's a very important matter, there must be no mistakes, otherwise——"
Wang Yan took a deep breath, with a bit of coldness in his eyes.
"Send someone to call Wang Yuan back -"
Wang Zhong couldn't help but shrink his eyes slightly, then quickly lowered his head, received the order in a low voice, and hurried out.
He looked towards the west of the city, his eyes a little cold.
"Wang Yuan, I've tried my best, everything depends on your luck——"
…
Guo Sandao, Jin San and others had already collapsed into a ball of mud.
He was thrown on horseback like a pig and drove straight to the west of the city.
The farm they talked about was more than twenty miles away from Chang'an City, but fortunately it was not far from the official road.
When they arrived at the end of the field, they spread out without saying a word and surrounded the entire village.
After searching one by one, we finally stopped in front of a large courtyard.
"right here--"
The terrifying energy just now has passed. Now that things have happened, Guo Sandao has also figured out that people like him are finished. The only thing he can ask for now is to be punished and meritorious service. In this serious crime of losing one's head, the accomplice and the principal are completely different things. What if he can survive?
So, I gave it a go.
Taking the people with him, he rushed in at the first opportunity.
However, the farm was empty except for an old slave who was deaf and mute. After gesticulating for a long time, everyone realized that the farm had long been robbed and empty.
"It shouldn't be. Today is only nineteen. When we came to see people off yesterday, we saw that there were still quite a few people -"
Guo Sandao and others, who were eager to survive, suddenly felt numb and looked at the empty farm in disbelief.
"A monk who can escape can't escape from the temple. Who owns this farm? You can naturally find out once you find out -"
Gao Ting immediately sent someone with his official documents to Chang'an County to request assistance in the investigation.
For land sales like this, the county government will naturally have relevant records.
Others searched the yard carefully without believing in evil.
It was obvious that the people who left were in a hurry and did not have time to pack up many things, leaving behind many traces of life, but other than that, almost nothing was found.
Although, this also confirms what Guo Sandao and others said, there are many people living here.
"It's really evil. When I came here yesterday, there were seventy or eighty people here. How could so many people hide in a mouse hole?"
Jin San couldn't help but curse.
It sounds unintentional, but it sounds intentional.
Gao Ting immediately asked people to carefully search every piece of land, especially the underground cellars, wells and the like.
Soon, someone found a lot of broken bowls, tattered clothes, some whips, instruments of torture and the like that had just been used in the cellar.
But these people just disappeared out of thin air.
"It's really evil——"
Guo Sandao and others, who originally expected to arrest people and make meritorious deeds, couldn't help but cursed. Jin Sangen directly pulled open his crotch and peed into a well in the corner.
"Let you run away and wait until you come back to drink my urine——"
But while he was peeing, inspiration came to him.
Why?
Because he has done this kind of immoral thing often, after peeing in it, there should be a splashing echo, but there is no obvious sound even after peeing in the well!
He couldn't help but stretched his head and took a look inside, and then looked back at his boss with some confusion.
"Brother, when did this well dry up? I remember there was still water when I came here last time-"
Hearing this, Guo Sandao and Wang Gouzi couldn't help but raise their heads and take a look.
Sure enough, there was no water, and it felt as if the well was half shallow.
The three of them poked their heads here and soon attracted the attention of other people. After the news reached the ears of Gao Ting, Wang Zi'an and others, it instantly attracted the attention of several people.
"Send someone down to take a look—"
In less than half a quarter of an hour, frightened cries came from below.
Looking at the miserable situation in front of me.
Qin Shubao, Cheng Yaojin, Niu Jinda and others' faces were as heavy as water, Kong Yingda and Lu Deming's beards were trembling, Gao Ting couldn't help but his scalp was numb, and Wang Zi'an pursed his lips tightly and said nothing.
dead body.
They were all children of seven or eight years old, most of them girls!
He checked them one by one without saying a word and found that most of them were knocked unconscious and thrown in and buried alive. There were even a few children who were still conscious after being thrown in because there were obvious signs of struggle.
Kill and silence!
Wang Zi'an squatted on the ground, carefully cleaning the mud from the children, and then closed the children's eyes, with murderous intent in his heart, almost boiling with desire.
PS: The regulations about Dengwen Drum in the article are from the Tang Xianqing period. The plot needs to be drawn in. Big guys who are good at textual research should not take it seriously.
