Liu Guangyao hurriedly stopped him, "No, no, Shen Ying, you are not serious! Do you really want to go to the county town and watch the county magistrate try the case with your own eyes?"
"What else can I do? I have already said it, I have to keep my word and give everyone an explanation!" Shen Ying said righteously.
He also agreed, "Yes! We should all go and take a look."
Then she looked at Su Tai, "Xiao Tai, do you want to go with us?"
Su Tai thought about it and agreed, "I'll go. It should be no problem to leave the child to Madam Tang to take care of for the time being."
When Xu heard this, she wanted to go too.
Qi Yan and his wife have already prepared the ox cart.
The other villagers discussed and decided to send one person from each household to support the cause. With more people, they would not be afraid of being bullied by the forces from the county.
Mr. Pu was even more impressed when he saw how united the people of Shenjiazhuang were.
On the way, he thanked Su Tai again, "Mrs. Shen, our two families have a long-standing friendship, but I have only just met you now. I am really sorry."
The Pu family's restaurant also sells Shen Yi's pot cakes, but because it is a small business, Master Pu did not personally take care of it. It was his managers who were busy with the business. Now that Su Tai has helped him so much, he really feels bad.
Su Tai didn't take it to heart at all. "Mr. Pu has a big family and mainly runs a cloth business. I can understand that. But as for Little Twelve's situation, Mr. Pu will have to take him to see a doctor for a thorough check-up.
This child is very strong and tenacious, otherwise he wouldn't have survived."
Thinking of Little Twelve's injuries, Master Pu couldn't help crying again and clenched his fists in anger, "Mrs. Shen reminded me that I will find a doctor for the child when we get to the county town. In addition, we have to settle the accounts with them!"
He didn't know how other children got lost, but his child disappeared during the days when there was a big opera in the town. He had never doubted the opera troupe before, but now that he knew what happened to Shenjiazhuang, he had absolute reason to believe that it was done by Rong Laosi and his men.
Some things are difficult for the government to do, but he doesn't have so many concerns. Rong Laosi's group is dead!
When Su Tai heard this, she was completely relieved.
It's not that she hates evil, but she has completely offended Rong Laosi and others. If Rong Laosi and others were not dead, she would be in danger. Now that Master Pu is here, she can rest assured.
The ox cart swayed slowly into the county town.
The first thing Lu Tong did when he returned to the county government office was to find the county magistrate to explain the matter clearly.
Although the county magistrate was dissatisfied with Lu Tong's decision to execute first and report later, he endured it because he would also gain benefits if the matter was done.
What Rong Laosi and his group did could not be made public. Before, it was his so-called brother-in-law, the owner of the gambling house, who had been making deals with the officials. The detectives turned a blind eye and did not report it, so the county magistrate pretended to be unaware of it.
Now that the window paper has been broken, no one dares to protect them anymore.
Rong Laosi's group originally wanted to struggle and ask for help, but when they saw the constables who had accepted their bribes hiding away one by one, they got so angry that they grabbed those people and bit them.
The county magistrate and Lu Tong only then realized that there were so many corrupt officials in the county government office. The county magistrate was forced to take it seriously.
The matter involves too many issues and cannot be resolved overnight.
The villagers could not afford to waste time, so a group of them went back first. However, Shen Ying and He insisted on staying and went to the county government every few days.
Seven or eight days later, Shen Ying and his wife came back, and with them were the people from the opera troupe.
Su Tai also came over to inquire about the situation after receiving the news.
When He saw her, she immediately brought Chunxiang beside her to Su Tai and said cheerfully, "Xiao Tai, this is my daughter, now she is called Chen Chunxiang."
Su Tai had a question mark on her forehead, "Auntie, have you recognized your relatives?"
"What's there to acknowledge? This is my biological daughter, who I carried for ten months!" He's eyes were red as she explained, "The child was less than three years old at the time, and we lost her when we took her to the market.
Moshi Town is such a remote place, and it's not often that children get lost. I searched for him like crazy for a long time but couldn't find him. We also reported him to the police, but they were of no use and they couldn't find him at all.
Since the government can't help us, we have to find one ourselves. Such a young child, and a girl, can't be sold casually. Unless an ordinary family has no children, no one will want her. After thinking about it, only people and those places might buy such a young child.
We asked around and became friends with a matchmaker named Hua Gu in the county. Hua Gu was a nice person and had been helping us to make inquiries. During this period, Hua Gu said that there were many new people entering the brothel, and she also mentioned the Rong family opera troupe and talked about the past.
I just remembered that when my child was lost, a group of jugglers came to town. They were Rong Laosi! I suspected that Rong Laosi and his gang had kidnapped my child, but we couldn't be sure and couldn't go to their house to ask, so my old man came up with the idea of inviting a troupe to perform a big show.
Of course, we were not sure that they had stolen the child. In addition, the Rong family opera troupe had been well-known in the county over the years, so we thought that perhaps we had guessed wrong. We had to meet them at least to put our minds at ease. We did not expect that such a big mess would arise!"
The old couple have been feeling very guilty these past few days. They absolutely had no intention of taking advantage of the children in the village. They didn't expect Rong Lao Si to be so bold that he actually did it and caught five children at once!
"Hey! Please stop talking! Fortunately, there was no danger and the child was found. If I feel really sorry for the villagers, I will set up a buffet for everyone to calm down!" A big man said in a loud voice.
Xu nodded hurriedly, "Yes, yes, in three days, just three days! We will have a buffet, everyone come and eat! Plenty of fish and meat!"
After saying that, Xu looked at Su Tai again, "Xiao Tai, Shen Yi is not at home, can your family still get fish?"
Su Tai nodded, "There is a small pond at home with a lot of fish in it. I don't eat them often, so there should be a lot left."
"That's great! I'll buy them all!" Xu was very excited.
Then he started to arrange to send money and food to the families whose children were almost abducted.
Shen Ying was not angry at his wife's spendthrift behavior, but smiled as if he was very happy.
Chunxiang followed He to identify people, and when she was almost done, she went to Su Tai to apologize, "Madam Shen, I'm sorry, it was me who asked Little Twelve to go back with you that day. I saw that you were very generous, and I thought your family was powerful in the village and could protect Little Twelve. I didn't know that Madam was raising four children alone, and almost caused you a lot of trouble. You really deserve it."
Su Tai helped her up. "It's all over. You mean well. I won't pursue it. But what happened to them?"
Su Tai pointed at Haruqin and the others.
Chunxiang hesitated and said, "They and I were all wandering around since childhood. When we went to the county government that day, they immediately interrogated Rong Laosi and his gang. Some of the older women in the brothel still remember the approximate time we were abducted, and some even know where we were abducted.
The official notified everyone that Chunqin and the others had found their families, but (End of this chapter)
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