Chapter 174 Beating Up the Kidnapper
As he spoke, Lin Changning stepped on the trafficker's chest, lifted his toes, and pulled the man up. Then he squatted down in front of the trafficker, looking at the trafficker's terrified eyes with a kind smile.
Then, Lin Changning punched the trafficker in the mouth, grabbed the man's hair, stood on the high platform, and watched as the trafficker spat out four or five teeth.
The crowd below was stunned for a moment. Wan Jin, standing in the front row, raised his fist and began to shout, "Well done!"
Seeing one person cheer, the others also began to cheer. The human traffickers in the crowd, looking at the slightly out-of-control situation, were a little stunned. One of them gritted his teeth and said, "There's only one person up there. Why don't we go first, snatch the person back, and then run? The small boats on the river are ready. As long as we get on the boats, we can all escape."
Another man, watching his brother get beaten bloody up there, clenched his fists and shouted, "Let's give it a shot!!!"
A group of people slowly crept forward, reaching into their pockets to pull out daggers. As they approached the platform, seven or eight of them raised their daggers and rushed forward, attempting to stab Lin Changning.
Lin Changning sneered inwardly, finally unable to hold back any longer. He turned around and delivered a flying kick, sending one person flying. He then dodged another person's dagger and punched that person in the face. This was no sparring match; Lin Changning was not holding back at all.
One punch was enough to leave a person lifeless.
Wan Jin and his group saw several people flip over and climb onto the platform, helping Lin Changning knock the group of people to the ground. When the crowd below saw the fight break out, they turned and ran, and the crowd instantly turned into chaos.
The group finished the fight in less than 4 minutes. Lin Changning clapped his hands, snorted coldly, counted the heads, and found that several had still escaped.
Lin Changning's voice was chilling: "Wan Jin, Lu Shan, cripple all their arms and knock out all their teeth."
Lin Changning stood on the platform, coldly looking at the group of people who were being pressed to the ground. One of them was particularly stubborn, hurling all sorts of swear words at Lin Changning.
Lin Changning signaled the border troops to release the man. As soon as he was freed, the man threw a punch at Lin Changning. Lin Changning twisted his hand, and the man let out a piercing howl. The arm that had thrown the punch was now limp and stuck to his side. Lin Changning swept his leg, tripped the man to the ground, and then kicked him hard in the thigh.
With a crack, the man let out another wail, but Lin Changning remained unmoved. After measuring with his toes, he stepped on the other thigh.
A clear cracking sound came from the man's body, and Lu Shan couldn't help but shudder. Sure enough, the commander had held back when he sparred with him.
Lin Changning grabbed the man's other intact arm and chopped it down with a chop.
This time there were no cries of pain; the person had already fainted.
When Qi Rong arrived, this was the scene he saw: the sunny, cheerful, and spirited young man he had brought out was now crippling his limbs with a gloomy expression.
Qi Rong frowned, led a group of guards over, grabbed Lin Changning's wrist and looked her up and down: "Are you still injured?"
Lin Changning's expression brightened when he saw the person who arrived: "Second Brother, what brings you here? I'm not injured."
Qi Rong glanced at the people lying on the ground: "Are they all human traffickers?"
Lin Changning nodded: "Yeah, they're really arrogant. They even said they'd sell my niece into a brothel."
Lin Changning got angry whenever this was brought up, and kicked another human trafficker hard.
Qi Rong frowned. Every year at temple fairs and large markets, there are human traffickers in various places. They are slippery and not easy to find, which is really annoying.
Lin Changning sighed: "It's a pity that all the people have run away. I was thinking of crippling them one by one in front of those human traffickers, so that they wouldn't dare to come to Taiyuan next time."
Realizing that Lin Changning was trying to make an example of him, Qi Rong raised an eyebrow: "This is not difficult. I'll go get someone now, and it will be done in a moment!"
As he spoke, Qi Rong turned around and gave some instructions to his personal guards. Not long after the guards left, a strange scene appeared in the streets and alleys.
A group of guards with swords at their sides banged on gongs and announced loudly: "Several human traffickers have been apprehended at today's market and are being punished here today! Fellow villagers, please come and watch!"
Lin Changning covered her face, never expecting such a method.
However, it was indeed effective. In no time, all the people who had run away gathered back, some even holding rotten vegetable leaves and stones, which they threw at the traffickers.
A rock the size of a fist flew towards Lin Changning in a flash. Luckily, she dodged it quickly, otherwise she would have been hit and given a big bump.
After smashing everything, Lin Changning looked at the indignant crowd and nodded to Wan Jin.
A group of soldiers from Daxing Border Army stood on the platform, dismembering the human traffickers one by one and knocking out their teeth one by one.
Despite the bloody scene, no one was afraid; the crowd below grew increasingly excited as they watched.
Only the human traffickers lurking in the shadows felt a deep-seated fear.
They thought they were ruthless enough, but they didn't expect that those above them were even more so.
For a moment, they didn't even dare to show their heads.
After the men finished cleaning up, a group of border soldiers escorted the people to the government office. When the officials came out and saw this group of limp, blood-covered human traffickers, they thought some serious murder case had occurred.
Upon closer questioning, it turned out he was a human trafficker, and had been beaten up like this, leaving everyone speechless.
After taking care of the person, Lin Changning looked at the bloodstains on his clothes with slight disgust, said goodbye to Brother Qi, and went home.
That same night, the remaining human traffickers left Taiyuan overnight. Meanwhile, rumors of a powerful figure known as the King of Hell in Taiyuan began to circulate privately.
Money is of course not as important as life. You can steal in other places, and at worst you'll be sent to the authorities. But Taiyuan is different. You might not even survive being sent to the government. Your teeth will be knocked out one by one, and your limbs will be crippled.
As soon as the news came out, Taiyuan and its surrounding towns were unusually peaceful, and almost all human trafficking gangs avoided the city.
After all, you can earn money anytime, but if it falls into the hands of the King of Hell, you can neither live nor die, and that's truly miserable.
The next day, the King of Chu, who was reviewing official documents, suddenly looked up at his bodyguard and asked, "Are you saying that all the unregistered residents in Taiyuan have fled overnight? And that all the illegal businesses have moved away?"
"Yes, Your Highness."
Has anything happened in the last couple of days?
"Last night, Commander Lin caught a human trafficker. In front of the people, he smashed the man's teeth and dismembered his limbs. Then he declared that anyone who dared to traffic children again would suffer a fate worse than death. This time he dismembered his limbs, next time he would boil them alive!"
The King of Chu laughed heartily: "I didn't realize this kid was so ruthless. Go to the account and get one hundred taels of silver. Send it to the Lin residence with drums and gongs, and say that Lin Qianhu has done a meritorious service by catching human traffickers, and this is a reward from the royal palace!"
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