Chapter 3 Catching a Human Trafficker

Li Zhengda returned home without even having time to change into his court robes. He ordered his trusted steward Zhang to bring a few people with him to wait in the warehouse.

Although Butler Zhang didn't understand, as a servant, especially the confidant of his master, it was natural for him to do whatever his master wanted him to do.

After a while, the sound of the warehouse being opened was heard, and Li Zhengda clenched his fists.

The door was opened, and Sun Minghao was wearing a dark green brocade robe, holding a sunken wood fan in his hand, and a heart-shaped pendant hanging around his waist.

He tapped his palm with the fan in his hand and instructed the people behind him: "Put your things away quickly and leave through the back door. Don't let anyone find you."

After Sun Minghao gave the order, he went out. Then a group of men in brown shorts came in carrying several boxes. As soon as they put the boxes away, they were caught and their mouths were blocked.

Li Zhengda took Butler Zhang out of the warehouse and saw the scum Sun Minghao standing outside waiting. Without Li Zhengda saying anything, Butler Zhang went up and grabbed Sun Minghao and pinned him down.

Sun Minghao still didn't understand why he was captured? He saw Li Zhengda coming out from the direction of the warehouse. His eyes widened immediately. Thinking about his current situation, he realized that he had been discovered.

However, he still had a bit of unrealistic fantasy, and said with a wry smile: "Father, what are you doing? Why did you let Butler Zhang capture me? But what did I do wrong?"

Li Zhengda was too lazy to waste time talking to him. After knowing what he had done, he felt disgusted if he said any more words to him.

He ordered the butler to carry the people and the large boxes out of the mansion and send them to the Dali Temple. This scene happened to be seen by the ministers who came to watch the fun. Looking at the wooden boxes, they knew with their toes that these were the stolen goods that Liu Fen wanted to frame Li Zhengda.

The ministers looked at the wooden boxes, including Sun Minghao who was being escorted, and all had the same thought in their minds, that is, Shen Shixu was such a terrifying person that they absolutely could not afford to offend him.

They all went home to tell their families about this and told them not to offend Shen Shixu. So without Shen Shixu himself knowing it, his name became famous among the circles of dignitaries in the entire capital.

At this time, Shen Shixu was riding a tall horse and parading in the streets surrounded by the runner-up and third place winners!

Today, the top scholar is parading through the streets. The shops on both sides of Chang'an Avenue are already full of people. Those who have nowhere to go stand on the street, leaning their heads out to see how graceful the top scholar is.

Shen Shixu listened to the people on both sides of the street shouting "Wenquxing has come down to earth", "As handsome as Pan An", "Highly talented", and his fair face was suddenly stained with a layer of blush, and his small and delicate earlobes were red as blood.

He looked at Yang Mingxuan and Yan Huaimin beside him. The two of them looked calm and composed, as if they did not hear the embarrassing shouts in their ears. From time to time, they raised their hands to greet the people on both sides.

Shen Shixu even doubted whether he was making a big deal out of nothing. Just when he calmed down and raised his hand to greet the people on both sides, he noticed an old lady wearing a headscarf and a floral double-breasted shirt, holding a sleeping child and nervously squeezing out of the crowd.

It looked like a grandmother brought her grandson to watch the fun, but the child fell asleep and she was anxious to take him back, but was afraid that the child would be woken up by the shouting of the crowd.

But Shen Shixu always felt that something was strange, so he kept staring at it, and he really found something wrong. This auntie's figure was too muscular!

It doesn't feel like an auntie, but more like an uncle dressed as an auntie.

Thinking of this, Shen Shixu thought of a profession that has never been cut off from ancient times to the present, even in the future - human trafficker!

Shen Shixu also wondered if he was overthinking, but even if he was wrong about such an important matter, he couldn't let it go easily.

A child is always the most important person in a family. Without him, the family will fall apart.

So Shen Shixu shouted directly to the place where the aunt he suspected was, "Catch the human traffickers, the aunt wearing a floral double-breasted shirt and a headscarf is a human trafficker, catch her quickly, don't let her run away!"

Shen Shixu was originally the focus of the crowd, and when they heard his words, they became agitated.

No one doubted his words, and everyone looked at the lady wearing a floral top and a headscarf.

I don’t know if it was because she was guilty, but after Shen Shixu said this, the aunt ran away with the child.

When everyone saw her trying to run, they rushed over to stop her. One of them took a running start, then leaped into the air and kicked her.

The blow hit the old lady right on the back. Even a martial arts master would not be able to withstand being hit by something weighing more than 100 pounds, let alone this elderly lady. She let out a scream.

And this scream was not at all the sharp sound of a woman, but rather very rough, obviously a man's voice.

Looking at his attire, it was clearly women's attire. The onlookers then understood that this man was indeed the human trafficker that Mr. Zhuangyuan had mentioned.

Mr. Zhuangyuan is worthy of being the top scholar. His eyesight is better than that of ordinary people. He spotted the human trafficker from such a distance.

Shen Shixu also heard the scream and got off his horse. Yang Mingxuan and Yan Huaimin didn't expect that they had actually caught a human trafficker, so they also got off their horses.

The three of them walked through a gap that the people had specially left for them. The first thing Shen Shixu did when he walked over was to check on the baby in the arms of an old lady nearby. It was a very beautiful baby.

The little face was white with a rosy glow, the thin and thick eyelashes were like a small fan, the mouth was slightly pouting, and there was a pair of gold bracelets on the wrists that were clenched into fists, and the body was wrapped in a layer of patched clothes.

Looking at the pair of gold bracelets, Shen Shixu knew that the abducted child was from a wealthy family. He then removed the tattered clothes wrapped around the child, revealing the child's own clothes, which were made of the finest Huanhua brocade.

"This child is not from an ordinary family. If the child is abducted, the family must be very worried. We should quickly send the trafficker and the child to Jingzhao Prefecture. His family may be waiting there."

After looking at the child, Shen Shixu turned to the young man who had captured the trafficker and said, "This young man is quite agile. Could you please take this trafficker and the child to Jingzhao Prefecture?"

When Li Daniu saw that the champion who seemed like the bright moon in the sky was talking to him, his face immediately turned red and he stammered, "Thank you, thank you for your compliment, champion. I will send him to Jingzhao Prefecture right away."

Shen Shixu smiled and bowed to him, "Thank you very much, young man!"