Nanren Street and Luoxiang Lane are the most ordinary streets and alleys in Stone City. Most of the people living around them are ordinary people.
Sun Zairen had already determined that Jia Lian would not harm him, so he naturally tried his best to curry favor with him.
He brought Jia Lian and others to a remote courtyard gate and said respectfully: "Master, this is where we are."
Jia Lian got off his horse and took a look. It was quiet all around and it was a good place to live.
"Is this your home?"
"Back to me, I live next door. When I bought this house, I thought it was too spacious for our family of three to live in, so I separated part of it and opened another door to rent it out and make some money.
Oil and rice money.”
Sun Zairen's words made Jia Lian somewhat impressed.
It seems that this young novice is doing well in Nanjing City. Not only did he buy a big house and obey his wishes, he also married a wife and had children!
You must know that the other party was a little monk with no roots and duckweed before. He had no choice but to go down the mountain and return to secular life. Within a few years, he had settled down in a big city and lived a happy life.
This is much more difficult to achieve than those with extraordinary backgrounds, which shows that he is a smart person who knows how to specialize.
Unfortunately, he was eventually defeated by Jia Yucun and was turned into an army by Jia Yucun.
It can be seen from this that Jia Yucun is indeed the number one plague god in the Red Mansion! Every good person who met him, especially those who helped him, without exception, did not end well!
Zhen Shiyin, Lin Ruhai, Jia Zheng, Wang Ziteng, little novice monk...
Thinking of this, Jia Lian couldn't help but feel wary!
Should the letter of recommendation that Lin Ruhai gave him be delivered to Jia Zheng for him...
Sun Zairen didn't know that he was looked down upon by the noble man, so he stepped forward and knocked on the door.
"who……?"
A thin girl's voice came from inside.
Jia Lian saw that the courtyard door was not closed in the first place, so he waved Sun Zai's people away, stepped forward and pushed it open gently.
At first glance, there was almost nothing in a half-sized, cold courtyard. Under the threshold, a little girl of eleven or twelve years old, wearing thin clothes, was sitting in front of a wooden footbath, washing her clothes.
She looked up and saw Jia Lian and others. She immediately showed a nervous look, stopped moving her hands, and asked weakly: "Who are you looking for? My father is out for something..."
Jia Lian walked in silently and looked at the timid girl in front of him.
The thin face cannot hide the beautiful appearance. Between the white eyebrows, a small pink rouge mark stands out.
With just one glance, Jia Lian was sure that this must be Xiangling. She was the woman ranked first in the twelve hairpins, and she was also the only girl with a verdict in the list.
“The rhizome of the lotus flower is fragrant for a while, but it will be hurt by the reality in life.
Ever since a lonely tree grew up in two places, it has caused the fragrant soul to return to its hometown."
This poem, which foreshadows her fate, makes people feel distressed just by simply reading it.
Jia Lian walked up to her and gently stretched his hand into the wooden basin in front of him. The biting coldness hit him, causing him to retract his hand reflexively.
It was already winter, and she was washing her clothes in the ice-cold water. No wonder her ten little fingers were all red from the cold!
Sun Zairen saw that Jia Lian was a little angry, and he quickly expressed indignation: "This is all the kidnapping's doing! I have no ability and only know how to eat and drink, so I asked her to help the neighbors wash clothes to earn money.
She was also reluctant to buy firewood, so on this day, she was only allowed to use cold water."
After saying that, Sun Zairen said to Xiang Ling who was a little nervous: "Miss Yinglian, don't be afraid, this adult is here to save you!"
Hearing Sun Zairen's words, Xiangling became even more uneasy. She huddled up and hugged her legs without saying a word.
Seeing this, Sun Zairen shook his head at Jia Lian and said: "Young master, I don't know that there is a kind of kidnapping in the world, they are lazy and lazy ones. They specialize in kidnapping young girls, raising them until they are twelve or thirteen years old, and then selling them to others as concubines. They usually succeed.
Selling for a good price!
The kidnapper was afraid of being exposed, so he usually beat and scolded them since they were young, so they only dared to say to outsiders that the kidnapper was their biological father.
Presumably the same is true for Miss Yinglian.
The villain was just suspicious at first, so when the kidnapper was not at home, he came over and asked Miss Yinglian secretly, but she refused to tell the truth. If I pressed her, she would only cry and say that she did not remember what happened when she was a child.
,so……
That’s why the villain is not telling the truth, so he hasn’t reported it to the official for the time being.”
Sun Zairen glanced at Jia Lian cautiously, fearing that Jia Lian would hold him responsible.
In fact, the kidnapper didn't come here last month, but rented his house half a year ago. He had already been very familiar with the kidnapper's situation.
It's just that he himself has a rough life and has no chivalrous heart, so even if he found out that this girl was Zhen Yinglian, he didn't want to meddle in others' affairs.
Kidnappers are usually desperadoes and are not easy to mess with. Besides, if you report a kidnapper, even if you are not retaliated against, no one will rent his house. Why bother!
Jia Lian glanced at the young novice monk and did not argue with him.
Even Jia Yucun, a third-grade Yingtianfu Yin, didn't care. This young novice had never received any great favor from the Zhen family. So what reason did he have to condemn the young novice's indifference?
Moreover, given the little novice's ability, let alone whether Xiangling could be rescued, even if she could be rescued, I'm afraid she wouldn't be able to properly relocate her.
He also had to thank him. If it weren't for the little novice monk, he would certainly not have been able to find Xiangling so easily. And once Xiangling fell into Xue Pan's hands again, the outcome would be difficult to change.
Yin turned his head, looked at Xiangling and said, "Yinglian, do you still remember your father and your mother?"
Xiangling only hugged her legs tighter.
Jia Lian frowned and continued to ask gently: "Then do you still remember Jiao Xing?"
Jiao Xing is Xiang Ling's mother's personal maid, who has played with Xiang Ling since she was a child.
Xiangling trembled, raised her head and glanced at Jia Lian, then shook her head.
But Jia Lian already understood. He turned around and asked the little novice: "Do you know where the kidnapper went?"
"Mostly eating and drinking in a nearby tavern..."
"Zhao Sheng, Feng Fei, you two follow him and go find him for me."
It seems that Xiangling still has some memories of what happened when she was a child, but she doesn't dare to reveal a word to others because of fear.
Thinking about it, only when she saw the kidnapper being taken care of with her own eyes could she be made to speak.
After Zhao Sheng and others left, Jia Lian saw that he could not talk to Xiang Ling, so in order not to scare her, he went outside to wait.
As expected, the little novice monk knew the kidnapper's path very clearly, and in just one meal, he worked with Zhao Sheng and others to twist the kidnapper back.
"Dad~~"
Hearing the kidnapper's yelling and cursing, Xiangling walked to the door of the courtyard blankly, not knowing what to do.
The commotion here also caused the neighbors to come out and watch.
When the kidnapper saw this, he shouted loudly: "Oh my God, come and see, there's a murder, a bully is robbing a girl!!"
"Shut up!"
Zhao Sheng had a bad temper, and he had a big mouth when he heard the words, which made the kidnapper roll his eyes.
Jia Lian got on his horse and saluted the people around him with cupped fists: "This man is a kidnapper who specializes in abducting young girls. He is truly a heartless person. I am going to take him to the Yamen and ask Mr. Fu Yin to make a decision."
Jia Lian's words are obviously more credible than those of the kidnapper. How could anyone who robbed a civilian girl dare to take the initiative to go to court?
They all started talking: "Yeah, yeah, I've noticed a long time ago that he's not a good person. He doesn't do his job all day long, so he just beats and scolds his daughter and makes her daughter work. I originally said he wasn't his biological son, eh, it turns out he is.
The unscrupulous kidnapper!"
"She's not her biological child. You can tell by her appearance that she's not. That girl's hair is so beautiful and neat. She must have been abducted by him from a wealthy family. What a hateful kidnapper. This makes people separated from each other and separated from each other.
.
So I advise you, if you have daughters at home, you should be careful to avoid meeting such people!"
Some people discussed it, and some people cheered it.
Jia Lian ignored the kidnapper and rode forward, then said to Xiang Ling: "Come up, let's ask Mr. Qingtian to make the decision for you..."
Xiangling has already reached the age where she understands human affairs. She may be afraid of strangers, but she should have some natural trust in the local parents, who are known as the great masters of Qingtian, just like ordinary people.
Otherwise, Jia Lian wouldn't have to go to such trouble and just beat the kidnapper half to death and send him to Yingtian Mansion.
Xiangling still didn't dare, but the uncles, aunts and grandmothers next to her couldn't help it anymore and said one after another: "My dear daughter, just follow this master. I believe that this master and Mr. Fu Yin will definitely be able to make the decision for you."
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With such words in his ears, he took another look at "Dad" who was in Wang Sheng's hands, showing no resistance and just wailing desperately, and finally nodded silently.
Seeing this, Jia Lian leaned down, took Xiang Ling's hand, and with a strong push of both hands, he hugged her onto the horse.
Then Jia Lian said to the people around him: "Fellow folks, kidnapping and selling young girls is a shameless act. I kindly ask all folks to go to the government office with me and ask Mr. Fu Yin to give this person a canonical punishment to serve as a warning to others!"
"Okay, that's how it should be~!"
"This lord is truly heroic and courageous!"
As soon as Jia Lian said this, the people around him no longer had any doubts and were filled with indignation. Many of them voluntarily followed Jia Lian and others.
Many families in various families have daughters. Who can bear to have their daughter kidnapped, beaten, scolded, and sold for money by these kidnappers?
Just taking it in gently, the hatred in my heart was beyond words, and I wanted to see what would happen to this kidnapper.