During the meal, Shen Wan heard that Song Ziyu had been working all afternoon. She refused to listen to anyone's advice, so she told Dongxue and the others to leave her alone. If she wanted to work, let her do it. Just keep an eye on her and don't do anything wrong. Good things will come to pass.
Early the next morning, Shen Wan called the servant who had arranged to deliver a message to the imperial city yesterday, and asked him to call two more skilled servants so that if anything happened on the way, they could take care of each other.
The three servants packed up their things and set out for the imperial city.
In the morning, Mr. Liu from the Yamen came to Shen's house.
"Thanks to the county boss for finding out that the man was a kidnapper yesterday."
Capt. Liu sat on the chair and said, "We took the man back to the Yamen for interrogation yesterday. At first he was tough, but after he was sentenced, we summoned them all.
He is indeed a kidnapper, working with his mother-in-law to kidnap ignorant girls.
After abducting the person, he beat, scolded and threatened the girl to make her obedient, and then took her to a place far away from her home and sold her."
Liu Captou's mouth became dry as he spoke. He picked up the teacup and drank two sips of tea, then continued: "It just so happened that this time he brought five abducted girls and sold them to our Jiangzhou. Four of them were sold to Hualou. , there was only one stupid person left. If the flower house could not be sold, it was sold on the street.
I originally planned to sell it and leave immediately, but how could I have known that your fiery eyes would have revealed it to me, the county lord."
"The kidnapper's wife was also caught, and the four girls who were sold into the flower house were also rescued. If it had been one day later, my mother would have arranged for them to pick up the guests."
The oldest of the girls was only fifteen years old. Before they were rescued, they had been beaten several times. When they were rescued, they were all trembling with fear.
Hualou violated the law by buying abducted and trafficked girls from good families as prostitutes, and was also banned. Her mother is now in prison.
"Then none of them were..." Shen Wan didn't say it clearly, but he felt that Capt. Liu could understand what she meant.
Liu Captou said: "No, the innocence is there. The kidnapper knew that the price would be high only if the girl was innocent and sold to the flower house, so he didn't touch her.
Moreover, according to the kidnapper's wife, when he was driving in the early years, he fell off the shaft of the car and was trampled by a cow. He was no longer humane.
The buds of the girls in the flower house are also auctioned, so the girls are all clean."
It's okay if not. Shen Wan asked this because she wanted to know that Song Ziyu was not bullied.
After hearing this, Hui'er, who was standing behind Shen Wan, said angrily: "That kidnapper has already suffered retribution, and he still does such evil things. He won't stop until God accepts him!"
Liu Captou said: "This time God allowed them to meet the county boss, didn't he just want to take them in?
They kidnap and traffick women from good families, and they will be hanged."
No matter how many times it was done, how many people were abducted, or whether the abducted people were harmed, as long as you are involved in this matter, you will be hanged.
"However, the silly girl Madam brought back was not kidnapped by them, but picked up by them on the roadside."
Shen Wan smiled and said: "It's a coincidence that this silly girl turned out to be the daughter of an old acquaintance I met in the Imperial City. I just received a letter a few years ago saying that their daughter was missing. I never thought that she would meet her in Jiangzhou. arrive.
I only recognized the person after I took him home and cleaned up.
I have sent someone to send a message to her parents, and we will see if they will come to pick her up after the New Year, or if I will send her back directly."
"That's really a coincidence."
Liu Captou nodded and sighed.
The silly girl the county magistrate randomly rescued on the street turned out to be the daughter of an old acquaintance. What a coincidence!