Boss Xue in the room was dumbfounded.
All the abducted women and children were taken over by Ji Xiansi, and the brothers were not allowed to work before the next transaction.
How to trade without goods? How to explain to the buyer?
The deposit has been collected!
Although the truth is indeed as what Boss Xue just said, the two parties have been trading for several years and have never seen the buyer's true face, but this does not prevent Boss Xue from knowing the power of the other party.
The gates of Kyoto City have not been closed for hundreds of years, but that does not mean that anyone and goods can come in and out at will. The thousands of forbidden troops guarding the city gates and the eight battalions stationed outside the city are not decorations.
All people entering or leaving Kyoto must provide a road guide or corresponding identification, and all goods must be unpacked, inspected and tax paid.
In recent years, the mysterious buyer has bought goods from Boss Xue for no less than a thousand people. Counting the other three cities, the total number is probably as many as five or six thousand.
With so many abducted women and children, how do buyers transport them out of the city?
Just thinking about this question makes Boss Xue shudder.
"Second brother, can you believe what you said about Rong? Does he really want to cooperate with us to make money together, or does he have other purposes?"
"Brother, now it's clear that Rong is targeting us two brothers. Whether he is sincere or not, we two brothers have no way out."
"What do you mean?"
"Although the buyer's power is unfathomable, Rong Fei's knife has already been put to his neck. It's always good to live a few more days. And if you cooperate with Ji Xian Division, there may not be a chance of survival."
"Sir, just now, the agents from the Jixian Division took the transfer order signed by Rong Fei and transferred a large number of agents from our Yamen and the Criminal Department. They divided them into three batches and went straight to the three cities in the East, West, and North. It seems that they are about to take action."
Kong Xiwen hurried into the bedroom and said to Chen Xiusong who was lying on the bed.
"Oh, troubled times, troubled times! It seems it's time for me to change places."
Chen Xiusong sat up and sighed with a sad face.
"Sir, I'm sorry for being stupid. It's just human trafficking. Why is it like this? You have paid a lot to secure your current position. If you persist for a few more years, you will have the opportunity to become the prime minister. It would be a pity to give up now."
Kong Xiwen asked puzzledly.
"You are still young and your understanding of some things is too shallow. Let me ask you, so far, how many missing persons reports have the Yamen received this year?"
"Well, there should be more than three hundred piles."
Kong Xiwen answered uncertainly.
"It was the whole last year."
Chen Xiusong asked again.
"About five or six hundred piles."
"How many people were recovered?"
"There are less than ten people, and the rest of the missing people are missing."
"This is the problem. In less than two years, seven to eight hundred people have come to the Yamen to report the crime, and there will only be more people who have not reported the crime. I roughly speculated that since I took over as the governor of Kyoto, the city of Kyoto has been inexplicably... Far more than 10,000 people have disappeared. More than 10,000 people were born with no trace of their bodies and no trace of their bodies. Where could they have gone?"
"They were probably smuggled out of the city and sold."
"Which gate should we go out of? How to get out? Why didn't the imperial guards guarding the city report it? Are they all blind and stupid?"
hiss!
Kong Xiwen couldn't help but take a breath of cold air.
He had never seriously thought about this issue before, but now that Chen Xiusong had put it to the point, he felt a chill down his spine.
The Imperial Guard is involved in human trafficking!
The two are both teachers and friends, and their relationship is irreversible. Therefore, just by looking at Kong Xiwen's expression, Chen Xiusong could already guess what he was thinking.
"After all, the military is not as rich as the civil servants. It would be okay if the imperial army was just looking for money. But think about it, the people being sold are women and children. Women's beauty can make money, but children can use it. What are you here for?"
"Death...dead warrior! Sir, do you suspect that Fan Liren's assassination some time ago is related to human trafficking?"
"Shh... don't
Make a statement. These are just guesses, I just hope I am wrong. "
"My lord, when did you find out?"
"Do you know why the backlog of cases in Kyoto Prefecture has been increasing over the years? It's not that I don't have the ability to solve the case, I really don't dare. If all other cases are solved, but the number of missing persons cases is increasing, the Holy Lord and the cabinet will inevitably Suspicion. In desperation, we can only ignore all cases and hide the water in the sea, so naturally no one will find it."
"Then why didn't you stop the Immortal Division this time when they came to investigate the case?"
"Stop? Hahaha, that's easy to say. What did you ask me to do to stop you, and why did you stop me? That Rong Fei came out of nowhere and didn't even pay attention to the Ministry of Revenue and Jingyuan Houfu. I'm a little How can the governor fight with him?
At that time, I could only pray secretly that Rong Fei wouldn't discover the clues, but it just happened to be the opposite. All these years of forbearance I have put in have been wasted. I just hope that I will not be implicated. I am lucky. "
Manager Liu escorted the murder suspects Shi Lanxi and Zheng Hang to the Jixian Division, and the victim's body was also taken away. Chunxiang, who was still in shock, would not be able to receive guests in the near future. She was placed in the backyard to recuperate, and the room of the deceased was also sealed.
Without the fun and excitement, the crowd of onlookers dispersed, but the heat of the murder and the topics it raised became the focus of people's discussion.
Especially when they watched Rong Fei, who had recently become famous in Kyoto, handle the case in person, everyone's interest was even higher.
The people participating in the poetry meeting on the first floor were all well-known literati in the city of Kyoto, or young talents who came to Beijing from all over the country to look for opportunities to become famous. These people were self-conscious about their status, so naturally they didn't bother to go upstairs to watch.
Seeing that the murder case had been solved, the first floor became lively again, the audience returned, and the poetry meeting was able to continue.
It's a pity that although the audience has returned to their seats, their interest points and topics are no longer related to the poetry meeting. Everyone is discussing the recent murder case and honors and crimes with great interest.
The news that the emperor and Rong Fei recognized their relatives has spread.
Rong Fei, who has the triple identity of being an imperial relative, the best arrester in the world, and the fifth-level arrester of the Immortal Division, and who is obsessed with solving crimes, is obviously more topical and gossipy than the Poetry Club.
There is a certain point in holding a poetry meeting. The first people to write poems are those who are of lower rank or lack of talent and learning. After leading them to heighten the atmosphere, it was time for some talented people with outstanding talents and profound qualifications to shine on the stage.
Moreover, at every poetry meeting, the initiator would invite several seniors to come and sit down, euphemistically calling it guidance and knowledge, but in reality, he wanted to use the words of these seniors to promote his reputation as a reserve.
The initiator of today's poetry meeting was Ren Jinhan, the son of the new Minister of Rites, who invited two Hanlin officials, Xu Jingchuan and Kou Yucheng, to sit down.
The poetry meeting continued. In order to lift the cold atmosphere as quickly as possible, Ren Jinhan sent two talented people who were already well-known in Kyoto to write poems. After the poems were completed, two Hanlin officials read them aloud.
The poems written by these two talented men are good, and the two Hanlin scholars also worked very hard, reciting them with emotion and emotion, and their voices were hoarse.
But after the recitation, only a few people applauded and applauded, and most people were still whispering about the murder case and the crime just now.
Not only the outside circle of spectators, but also the many talented and Confucian scholars in the inner circle who participated in the poetry meeting.
Ren Jinhan glanced at the positions where Liu Yingrong and Zhu Leyao were standing. Liu Yingrong was one of the four great lords in Kyoto City, the first of the four beauties, and a frequent visitor to poetry gatherings.
But Ren Jinhan didn't recognize Zhu Leyao sitting next to Liu Yingrong.
Although Zhu Leyao was also dressing up as a man, how could he hide it from Ren Jinhan, a veteran of flowers? At a glance, it was obvious that she was a woman, and her status was not low. Otherwise, the relationship with Liu Yingrong would not be so close.
Everyone in the capital knew that Liu Yingrong didn't like men, so she gave up the thought of getting a wife and climbing a high tree. I just don't know if this woman who is disguised as a man but can't hide her cuteness is the daughter of the prostitute's family, and whether she hates men as much as Mr. Liu Yingrong does.
Therefore, in this poetry gathering, in addition to using poems to become famous, all the talents had another idea to attract the favor and heart of this mysterious beauty.
But at this moment, people are watching the thoughts of the visitors and the beauty.
Everything turned to the murder case just now and Rong Fei, which made the founder of the poetry club, Ren Jinhan, and a group of talented and Confucian scholars who came with high expectations very depressed.
Each desk at the poetry meeting is equipped with pen and ink paper so that you can make a draft before writing the poem. At this time, Liu Yingrong was scribbling on the paper with a brush in her hand, while Zhu Leyao was talking excitedly to the side.
Liu Yingrong was not composing a poem, but laying out the clues and evidence in the murder case one by one, while Zhu Leyao was supplementing.
Soon all the clues and evidence were sorted out, Liu Yingrong bit her pen and said with a frown.
"With just these clues and evidence, how Rong Fei guessed the murderer and the entire crime process, as if he had witnessed it with his own eyes, is too incredible."
"Hehe, let me just say that Rong Fei is very powerful. Even you, sister, can't do it. Doesn't that mean that Rong Fei is more powerful than you?"
Zhu Leyao's eyes almost turned into crescent moons when she smiled, and she said happily.
"You two have only just glanced at each other's affairs, and now you're starting to brag about yourself. Be careful that you end up having nothing but joy."
Liu Yingrong tapped Zhu Leyao's head with her pen and said with a smile.
"Rong Fei is indeed very powerful. I am not praising him because of... or anything like that. Didn't the Emperor's brother also recognize his talent and make him the best catcher in the world?" Z.br>
The two women were chatting and laughing, not noticing that Ren Jinhan had come around behind them at some point.
The two women spoke in a very low voice, so Ren Jinhan could not hear them naturally, but Liu Yingrong could clearly read the words written on the paper.
Another murder!
It’s Rong Fei again!
This guy surnamed Rong must have come to cause trouble today, but why did he steal all the limelight?
He's just a lucky little official, why!
Ren Jinhan thought angrily.
At this time, there was a sudden commotion in the building, and Ren Jinhan heard someone shout in surprise.
"Look, is that Miss Yunxiang's personal maid?"
Ren Jinhan perked up after hearing the words, and immediately put those irrelevant things behind him. After tidying up his clothes, he put one hand behind his back and the other in front of him. In a posture that best reflected his temperament, he followed everyone's instructions. Look in the direction you are going.
I saw a pretty maid, holding a bouquet of pale yellow rue flowers in both hands, slowly walking down the spiral staircase from the sixth floor.
At this time, not only the first floor, but also everyone on the second, third, fourth, and fifth floors heard the news and gathered on the railing beside the verandah, staring at the maid holding the yellow flower in her hand.
"Is the poetry meeting over? Miss Yunxiang has started selecting people?"
"No, it's only halfway through."
"That is how the matter?"
"You ask me how I know, just look at it and you will know."
Under the gaze of thousands of eyes, the maid holding the yellow flower in her hand did not feel any nervousness or panic. She walked slowly with a faint smile on her face without squinting. When she reached the stairs on the second floor, her body suddenly changed direction and walked He stopped in front of a closed room on the second floor.
"Hey! Why aren't you going to the poetry club on the first floor?"
Someone wondered.
"You don't know who is in that room, do you?"
Someone beside him laughed strangely.
"Who is it?"
"Isn't that the room that Rong Fei entered just now? Why did the little girl holding the yellow flowers go there? Was she looking for Rong Fei?"
Zhu Leyao held Liu Yingrong's arm and asked strangely.
Rong Fei!
It’s Rong Fei again!
Why is this guy everywhere?
Hearing Rong Fei's name, Ren Jinhan's face was deformed with anger.
