Chapter 2005 Let’s go and have a look
The police officers were temporarily seconded to the bustling city to maintain public order, so they walked through a block and entered a place with lanterns. There were many families living here, and there were also some stalls scattered around. When they heard screams from afar, some people came over here curiously.
Manbao and the others were sweating profusely from controlling the car. Seeing these people was like seeing a savior, and they immediately shouted: "Help, help quickly——"
They didn't see the people being tied to the back of the car and being dragged away. When they saw the little girl driving the car shouting for help, the people with a strong sense of justice immediately pushed and shoved and ran forward together.
Seeing that someone was finally willing to help them, Manbao immediately shouted to the back: "I want to stop the car, I want to stop the car."
The little girl at the back immediately reined in her horse when she heard it. Changyu was following closely and was not paying attention for a moment. He screamed and quickly reined in his horse, but it was too late. A person behind the second car screamed.
Chang Yu heard this and tried to pull the horses aside, but accidentally stepped on another one. Furious, she threw away the rope and jumped off the cart, angrily saying, "I won't drive anymore!"
The man's calf was constantly being stepped on by the horse's hooves. Fortunately, the horse's hooves didn't step on the bones, only a little flesh, but it still hurt.
Chang Yu jumped out of the car, walked up to him with a whip in hand, pointed at him and said, "If you scream again, I'll whip you, believe it or not?"
The trafficker immediately bit his lips tightly and dared not scream anymore.
He didn't think being whipped was more painful than being stepped on by a horse, but he was afraid that if she whipped the horse, it would be frightened and rush forward...
The two human traffickers tied at the back were both pale and dared not scream.
The people who were running towards them finally arrived. When they saw the people being towed behind the carriage, they looked at the girls driving the carriage with unpleasant eyes.
Manbao immediately explained, "They are all human traffickers. They wanted to dig out our eyes after they caught us. We had a hard time escaping. Can you brothers, sisters-in-law, uncles, and aunts help report us to the authorities?"
Then everyone looked at the person lying on the ground covered in blood and their eyes became unhappy.
Someone immediately ran to find the police...
At this time, the crowd was finally evacuated, and the guards and palace servants who were mixed in with them also came out in a panic and reunited with Bai Shan and the others. As soon as the two sides met, they asked, "Where is the princess?"
Bai Erlang, who had been hiding behind a stall, saw that the street in front of him had become a little less crowded and people could walk normally, so he immediately pulled Mingda back to look for people.
Bai Shan and the guards looked at each other, and when they were all sweating, Bai Erlang came back holding Mingda's hand, "I was scared to death, scared to death, you are all here."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Princess Mingda. Her hair was just a little messy, and she looked fine. She didn't look frightened, so everyone finally felt relieved.
Princess Mingda's maid immediately stepped forward to support her and whispered, "Princess, shall we find a place for you to wash and groom?"
Bai Shan had already asked, "Where are Manbao and Princess Changyu?"
Bai Erlang said, "They should be fine too."
After all, Manbao has always been reliable.
County Magistrate Tang also thought so, but he still hurriedly sent someone to look for her, but he did not allow anyone to call her "Princess", only to call Zhou Man's name.
"With so many people being diverted, could it be that they have already left this street?"
Bai Shan looked at the crowd that had gradually dispersed and the injured who were carried to the side, pursed his lips and said: "Even if she left at the beginning, she would come back. She is a doctor..."
Bai Shan remembered something and immediately said to a guard, "Go back to our Bai family's lantern shed and see if they have returned there."
County Magistrate Tang also immediately sent people to various intersections to search for the person, making sure he was found.
But within two quarters of an hour, messages came back from all sides, saying, "They haven't returned to the Bai family's lantern shed."
"I called out at the three-way intersection, but no one answered."
"So is the four-way intersection."
“There’s no Five Roads intersection either.”
Then a guard came back carrying something that had been trampled beyond recognition, and said in a cold sweat, "This looks like the barbecue that Master Zhou and Princess Changyu were carrying."
County Magistrate Tang turned his head to look at the injured person nearby, and asked with a sullen expression, "Are all the injured here tonight? Are you sure there are no fatalities?"
The officer immediately replied, "No one died, but there were two seriously injured. They are still being treated. The doctor at Baicaotang said that the chances of survival are slim."
He immediately said, "But they are both men."
Bai Shan said: "They will be fine, they must have gone somewhere."
Manbao has his father-in-law by his side, so he will definitely be fine.
Bai Shan was pondering when a yamen runner suddenly came running in and reported, "Sir, a family who lost their child is causing a commotion at the county government office. They're demanding the traffickers and the child. There's more than one family missing, five in total, and not all of them lost their children on this road."
Lord Tang and Bai Shan couldn't help but look at each other, both of them had a bad feeling in their hearts.
Those human traffickers wouldn’t be such a coincidence...right?
Lord Tang felt his heart was not feeling well. He immediately said, "Go quickly, seal the city gates... No, no, no, we can't seal them. Go back to the county government office and send out Lao Lu and the other old men. Have them guard the three city gates. Have them put up their signs. Everyone who leaves the city gates will be closely monitored by the county. Anyone they deem suspicious will be arrested."
"Yes!" The officer took the order and left.
County Magistrate Tang started walking. Mingda asked, "Do you want to go back to the palace to dispatch some personnel?"
"No!" County Magistrate Tang flatly refused. After a moment of consolation, he offered Princess Mingda a smile and said, "Your Highness, my superior is Lord Yin. He commands not only Jingzhao Prefecture but also the Imperial Guards. If you need to mobilize troops, just go to him. There's no need to return to the palace."
If he goes back to the palace to look for him, he may not be able to find him, but he may lose his head first.
It would be better for him to use the people from Jingzhao Prefecture and the Imperial Guard to look for them first. It would be faster to ask Yin Li for troops than to go back to the palace to do so.
but……
County Magistrate Tang pondered. These human traffickers might have captured someone tonight, but they might not leave immediately. He was more inclined to believe they might hide somewhere and wait for the rumors to die down before leaving the city.
But the capital is so big, where can he find their hiding place?
County Magistrate Tang began to think about the various prostitutes and gangsters under his jurisdiction, thinking that these people might know something.
A fierce look flashed in County Magistrate Tang's eyes. He was just wondering if everyone should have a good Mid-Autumn Festival when a guard trotted over on horseback. He dismounted and reported, "Sir Tang, we were ordered to patrol the area and found Master Zhou and Princess Changyu, as well as... human traffickers, near the East Market."
Thinking of the miserable appearance of those human traffickers, the guard lowered his head and said, "Sir, you should go and take a look."
Those traffickers looked like they were about to die. If we went there too late, I'm afraid they wouldn't even have their confessions.
See you tomorrow
(End of this chapter)
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