Chapter 325 The Abducted Woman
"Should we let her in?" The driver turned around and asked everyone.
Everyone turned their heads to look at Ling Yao, waiting for her decision.
Ling Yao glanced at the small mountain village not far away and saw the shadows of torches there, which were obviously coming this way. "I'll go down and take a look."
She asked the driver to open the door and stepped out of the car.
"I'll go down with you." Chu Lie stood up and followed Ling Yao. He also saw the torches and knew that those people were coming for the woman outside the car.
When the woman saw Ling Yao, she was stunned by her appearance. Then she came to her senses and cried and begged, "Please save me. I was kidnapped here by them. I am from Shanghai. I was kidnapped by them when I went home during the school holidays."
Ling Yao looked at the woman. Although she was very thin, her facial features showed that she was very beautiful before. "Get in the car first."
"Thank you! Thank you!" The woman thanked him excitedly. It has been more than a year since she was kidnapped here. During this period, she didn't know how many times she had escaped, but she was caught and beaten every time.
She was scared of being beaten, and gradually gave up the idea of escaping.
Today, when she got off work, she saw this bus from a distance, and the idea that had been suppressed in her heart rose again. She must seize this opportunity, otherwise she will be trapped in this mountain for the rest of her life, living a dark life.
As soon as the woman got into the car, a dozen villagers holding torches arrived and surrounded the car.
"Put my wife down, or we will smash your car." The man standing in the front threatened. He spent two hundred yuan to buy this woman, and she hasn't given birth to a baby for him yet. How can he let her escape?
Hearing this, the woman trembled with fear and curled up in the corner, not daring to move. She looked at Ling Yao pleadingly, hoping that she would not hand herself over to those villagers. If she was taken back by those villagers, she would be beaten badly by them.
Thinking of the man's ferocity, the woman trembled even more.
Ling Yao gave the woman a reassuring look and was about to get off the car, but Chu Lie had already gotten off.
His steps were steady and powerful, with an inviolable majesty.
Chu Lie looked around at the villagers with an expressionless face, his voice low and cold, "Do you know that selling women is illegal?" His question was like a sharp blade in the cold wind, ruthlessly cutting the air and piercing people's hearts.
Upon hearing this, the villagers were frightened and took a few steps back, with horror on their faces. They didn't expect there would be soldiers on the bus. They have a natural awe of soldiers and police.
Ling Yao stopped and smiled as she looked out of the car at Chu Lie who was confronting the villagers. It seemed that she didn't need to come forward.
Seeing that the villagers did not help him, the leading man took a deep breath and said with courage: "But...but I bought her for 200 yuan. She is my wife. You have no right to interfere..."
Chu Lie smiled coldly, "You are suspected of human trafficking, which has constituted a crime. You will be severely punished by law!"
The man was frightened, his face turned pale as paper, and his body trembled involuntarily, "No...it's not that serious...I just bought a wife. This is how we buy wives in our village...My grandmother and the wife of the village chief were all bought...How can this be considered a crime..."
The man defended himself, not noticing that countless angry eyes were falling on him.
The villagers around him wanted to beat this idiot to death. The other party has already said that human trafficking is a crime, but he just confessed them all. What a fool.
Chu Lie glanced at everyone, and his voice was so cold that it made people shudder, "Then count them one by one, no one can escape."
"Uncle village chief, what should I do? I still have my mother to take care of, I can't go to jail."
"Yes, village chief, you should think of a way quickly."
"How should I know?" The village chief was also anxious and panicked. Because their village is relatively remote and deep in the mountains, there are no girls willing to marry here. In order to continue the family line, they can only find another way and buy wives from outside. So there are ten households in the village, and eight of them buy wives.
The leading man also realized the seriousness of the matter, and looked at Chu Lie and pleaded: "Comrade Soldier! I don't want a wife anymore, please let me go, I will never buy a wife again."
The village chief nodded in agreement, "Yes, we will send away all the girls we bought, please let us go, I promise that no one will pay to buy a wife in the future, comrade soldier! Please let us go this time."
Chu Lie ignored the village chief, "Whether to let you go or not, it is not my decision, it is the law that counts." Whether it is the human traffickers or the villagers who buy and sell people, he hates them very much.
If they don't buy, the human traffickers will not abduct those women and children, and there will not be so many broken families. So these people must be severely punished by law.
The village chief staggered and sat on the ground powerlessly. He knew that what awaited him would be severe punishment by law.
The villagers exchanged glances with each other.
One of the villagers bent down and whispered in the village chief's ear: "Village chief, why don't we fight him?" Now the opponent is on their territory, and this is in the wilderness, and they will not be discovered if they kill someone.
The village chief's eyes moved slightly, and he glanced at the bus, and he was a little hesitant. He actually had this idea just now, but he didn't know how many people were on the bus, and who they were. If they were all soldiers, he would have no chance of winning.
"Village chief, do you want to watch us all get arrested and go to jail?"
"Yes, once we are arrested, how will our families live?"
"Let's fight them."
"I'll call some more people." The villagers decided to go all out.
The village chief hesitated for a moment, stood up, and looked at Chu Lie with a smile, "Comrade soldier, I don't want to fight to the death, so let's take a step back, you let us go, and we won't fight you hard, just pretend this thing doesn't exist."
Chu Lie curved his lips sarcastically, "Do you think it's possible?" He is a soldier, he will never do anything to abuse his power for personal gain, he must be worthy of the people and the country.
The village chief's face darkened instantly, his eyes were full of ferocity, "If that's the case, then you guys don't leave here. Huzi, go to the village and call people, tell them to bring their guys, we'll have a big fight today." For the villagers, for the future of the village, he took a risk.
Chu Lie looked calm, not frightened by the village chief's words at all.
Ling Yao heard the village chief's words and curled her lips in mockery. These people are really not afraid of death!
"Chu Lie." Ling Yao called softly.
When Chu Lie heard Ling Yao calling him, he realized that he was not only alone now, but also Ling Yao and the others. He walked quickly towards Ling Yao, "Ling Yao, you ask the driver to drive away from here, leave this place to me." He knew that he would face a fierce battle next, but he didn't want to implicate Ling Yao.