Shen Ying explained: "She has four children to take care of at home. She can't always run away. It was great that she came to help last night."
"That's true!" Seeing that there was no trouble in the village, Liu Tiechui turned around and asked about the child's situation.
It just so happened that Shen Quezi and his friends had just returned with their children, so they hurried over to reply.
In front of the town magistrate, Shen Quezi cried bitterly, "My Lord! You have to help me! My child has never suffered such a great suffering since she was a child. Her originally good skin is now covered with ulcers and she has a fever and is comatose. I only have this precious girl! If anything happens to her, I will not live anymore, wuwuwu."
The others were similar to Shen Quezi, crying and cursing Rong Laosi and Qiu, and some were so emotional that they kept shouting that they wanted to kill Rong Laosi and Qiu.
Liu Tiechui's men tried their best to stop them.
Shen Ying and Liu Guangyao also tried their best to persuade the man to stop.
Chunxiang listened to the noise outside in silence in the room, tears streaming down her face. She envied the rescued children for no reason. If only she had a family that loved her! Unfortunately, the same people have different fates.
She smiled bitterly and shook her head. Even though she couldn't hear any noise outside, she didn't dare go out, for fear of being angered by the angry villagers.
On the third day, Lu Tong finally entered the village with a group of officials.
After receiving the news, Su Tai hurried out to meet him.
After Lu Tong learned of her identity, his expression eased a lot. He just nodded slightly at her and turned his attention to Liu Tiechui, "What's the situation now?"
Liu Tiechui recalled Rong Laosi's arrogant and domineering look yesterday, and his face darkened instantly. "He is a shameless scoundrel who is fearless and even threatened me, saying that his brother-in-law is the owner of a big gambling house in the county. Lord Lu, what do you think?"
Lu Tong sneered and raised the corner of his mouth, "The big gambling house in the county? It's just a mob! Lead the way!"
When Rong Lao Si and Qiu were brought in front of Lu Tong, they were still swearing and didn't know what was happening.
Lu Tong was so angry that he smashed the teacup at Rong Laosi's head, and he finally calmed down.
"Rong Lao Si, let me ask you, do you admit that you stole the villager's child?"
Facing Lu Tong's serious face, Rong Laosi began to cry out, "Sir, this is unfair! I just lead a troupe to perform operas to make a living, how could I do such a thing that violates the law? If I really had this ability, I wouldn't have lived such a hard life!"
"Hard work? As far as I know, you have been traveling far away from home under the pretext of performing opera, kidnapping local children and handing those children over to brothel madams to train them. Is that true or not?" Lu Tong immediately exposed Rong Laosi's secret.
Rong Lao Si felt a little guilty, but he still tried to argue.
Lu Tong shook his head. "The actors under your command have confessed. They even told us when and where you stole the child. According to the laws of Langya, unless the biological parents sell their children or the children sell themselves voluntarily, you cannot force others to sell themselves. You used illegal means to force them to comply. Now they all accuse you of doing evil. What do you say?"
"I, I, I didn't! I didn't! They volunteered! They volunteered! And if we hadn't chosen them, they would still be in the brothel and would have lost their virginity long ago. They should thank us!" Rong Lao Si said it with confidence, and he almost bluntly called Chunqin and the others ungrateful.
Chunxiang, who was being guarded in the yard, looked a little pale. Facing the encouragement of the villagers, she could only smile bitterly, "The boss is right about this. We were taken out of the brothel by them. We don't remember anything before that."
"Chunxiang! Just because you forget doesn't mean we forget!" Chunqin and the others rushed over, kneeling in the yard and shouting, "Sir, I remember that when I was four years old, I was playing in the village and was knocked unconscious and taken away. I can't remember the situation in my hometown, but I remember the jujube trees. There were many jujube trees in our village."
Liu Tiechui pondered and said, "Lord Lu, it seems that only Qilian County in the northeast of Lizhou grows jujube trees. It seems that the girl's family is in Qilian County."
Lu Tong agreed with this.
Dong Ri also said loudly: "I was still a child when I was abducted, but I remember that my parents treated me like a treasure. Our family was well-off, and I often ate meat when I was a child. I don't think my parents would sell me on their own initiative. I must have been abducted by human traffickers."
“And us.”
Others rushed to tell their own stories, trying their best to prove that they were abducted and not sold by their families.
Rong Lao Si and Qiu's faces turned pale. They could only grit their teeth and shirk responsibility. "Even if this is the case, it has nothing to do with us. We redeemed them from the brothel."
Chunqin retorted excitedly, "Bah! You are in cahoots with the brothel's madam. When we are no longer useful, you will send us back to the brothel to serve customers, or beat us to death. You two are so unscrupulous that you will get your comeuppance sooner or later!"
From the moment Chunqin came out to testify, she was ready to fight to the death and put her whole self into it.
"What? They have beaten people to death?" He was so frightened that her face turned pale and she was about to collapse.
Xu, who was standing beside her, quickly supported her.
Chunqin said confidently: "As far as I know, they killed six actors, all three years ago. One of them was forced to lose his innocence by Rong Laosi, and was beaten to death by Qiu's jealousy. The other two escaped and were caught, and were also killed by them.
The other three were younger and didn’t learn well, so they died when they were punished. They are demons, not human beings at all!”
"Chunqin! You bitch, just wait and see if I won't skin you alive when I get back!" Mrs. Qiu was furious and threatened and cursed.
Chunqin was shocked and frightened, but also a little pleased. "You all heard it, didn't you? She was always shouting and killing people. She was like this to the people in the opera troupe, not to mention the brothels. There were girls who were unwilling to receive customers being beaten to death every day, and some who were sick were thrown into mass graves to die. It was all done by these beasts!"
The others, perhaps out of sympathy, hugged each other and cried.
Lu Tong's purpose of coming here today was not so pure. He was more concerned about his future. He didn't expect to hear so many horrific and dirty deeds. He was furious, "Come here! Arrest Rong Lao Si and Qiu and punish them severely!
In addition, I have sent people to raid the brothel and the gambling house, and have all the people detained. I will make a decision after I have interrogated them."
Su Tai winked at Shen Ying.
Shen Ying hurried forward and saluted respectfully, saying, "Your Excellency loves the people like your own children, which is a blessing for our Zhaohua County! I have an unwelcome request, and I hope that Your Excellency can allow us to go to the county town and wait for news."
Su Tai stepped forward and agreed, "Lord Lu, this matter was caused by our village. If it weren't for our village's drama, so many children wouldn't have been implicated and suffered. Although everyone doesn't say it on the surface, they must be angry with us in their hearts. The village chief also wants to do it himself so that he can give an explanation to the other villages later." (End of this chapter)
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