Zhao Zhen knew the situation. Seeing that everyone in the room was captivated by his aura, he broke the silence and said, "Then tell me what they did."

"I'm too lazy to tell them, Cao Xiu!"

Zhao Jun roared.

Cao Xiu, who was outside the door, heard the sound and walked in holding a vase.

Everyone's eyes turned to the door.

"Bang!"

The teacup in Zhao Zhen's hand fell to the ground.

Lu Yijian and others opened their mouths wide.

His face was full of disbelief.

They saw.

There is a human head on that vase!

Even though Zhao Zhen had already learned about the situation from Cao Xiu, he still felt a chill when he actually saw it.

Zhao Jun stood up from his chair, walked indifferently to Ping'er and asked, "What's your name?"

"My name is Ping'er."

Ping'er still raised her innocent face, kept smiling, and answered with clear words.

This smile of hers seemed to have penetrated into her bones.

Because only by keeping this smile every time she was taken out for exhibition and facing the audience could she have food to eat and survive.

"Where is Ping'er from?"

"Ping'er doesn't even know where she's from."

"Why are you in the bottle?"

"My mother-in-law said that Ping'er can only survive in a bottle."

"Is Grandma hitting the bottle?"

"My mother-in-law treats Ping'er very well and never hits her."

"Do you remember your parents?"

"My mother-in-law is my parent."

"Cao Xiu, take Ping'er out."

Zhao Jun was already in tears.

That old lady Cai has been caught. After interrogation, it was found that Ping'er was abducted as a child.

Because she was born thin, someone found that she was not suitable to be a prostitute, but was more suitable to be a person in a bottle, so they cut off her limbs and kept her in the bottle for six years.

If you don't obey, you will be slapped. Only if you learn the rhetoric taught by Grandma Cai can you have food to eat.

Even if she was rescued, Ping'er would only speak well of Grandma Cai.

Because if she didn't remember the words, she would not only go hungry when she returned, but would also be beaten violently.

Zhao Jun didn't know what Ping'er had experienced in the past six years.

He only knew that Ping'er had almost become a person who could only answer questions mechanically, maintain that innocent smile, and only blow on the door curtain when he was bored occasionally.

She was turned into a bottle alive!

"Hehehe."

After Cao Xiu took Ping'er away, Zhao Jun wiped the tears from his eyes, turned his head and questioned them fiercely: "Come, everyone, explain to me. Is this your prosperous Song Dynasty? Is this the best place under the feet of the emperor?"

There was silence.

Zhao Jun continued, "According to the Imperial City Bureau's investigation, Ping'er was a girl they abducted six years ago. She was only five years old at the time. Because she was born weak, they chopped off her limbs and turned her into a person in a bottle."

"These words were taught to her by that old lady Cai. If she said them incorrectly, she would be severely beaten immediately."

"She lives in this tiny bottle now. Her body is less than three feet long. If she leaves the bottle, she will die immediately."

"And there are at least seven or eight more bottles like this in Wuyou Cave. Because making them is difficult, and the slightest mistake can result in death, so over the years, they have killed more than a hundred girls in order to create people in bottles."

"It's difficult to be a bottle dweller, so there are few of them. But it's not difficult to be a beast or a beggar. They break the legs of boys and girls, firstly to prevent them from escaping, and secondly to exploit the sympathy of the people, making them go around the city begging for money. All the money they collect is taken away by the people of Wuyou Cave."

"Wuyou Cave has nearly 10,000 people. I only destroyed a branch with less than 200 members, and rescued only over 30 victims. Hundreds of people suffer inhumane treatment here every year. Wuyou Cave and Guifan Tower harm thousands of people every year. What do you think? Is this the Song Dynasty under your rule?"

At the end, Zhao Jun questioned them almost like a roar.

No one spoke.

Everyone remained shocked and silent.

How could these high-ranking husbands know about the filthiness under the ground?

They are not deceived.

But in their eyes, the life and death of these ordinary people have never been important.

"Lü Yijian, are you mute?"

Seeing no one said anything, Zhao Jun grew even more furious. He suddenly roared at Lu Yijian, "The people backing Wuyou Cave are Liu Yuanzhi, Ma Yi, and Gao Dingyi from Kaifeng Prefecture. Gao Dingyi is from the Han family, and Ma Yi is from the Ma family. They're all relatives of yours. Explain to me, don't you think it's a shame to take all this money earned by victimizing the people? Doesn't your conscience hurt?"

"I, the old man, have never taken their money."

Lu Yijian's words were pale and powerless at this moment. He could only move his lips and say, "You did a great job on this matter."

He indeed had never taken money from the Ma and Han families, because compared to the Lu family, these two families were just poor relatives.

But it is undeniable that both the Ma family and the Han family have produced prime ministers, so there is an marriage between the two families. This time, Lu Yijian came here, not only because Zhao Jun surrounded Kaifeng Prefecture and went too far, but also to plead for people from the two families.

But now it seems.

Not to mention begging for mercy, it would be difficult for Lu Yijian to walk out of Chongde Hall intact under Zhao Jun's bombardment.

"Now you know what I did well? What were you doing before?"

Zhao Jun sneered, "After all, you guys are so high and mighty, what business do you have with the lives of the common people? You may have left a good reputation in the historical records, but in my opinion, you are no different from those beasts down there."

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