Chapter 2006 Private Settlement
Of course, he didn't say this out loud. So when County Magistrate Tang and his men rode their horses to the edge of the East Market, a small street with few stalls, they saw Princess Changyu cracking her whip twice on the people on the ground and angrily saying, "How dare you call you good citizens and say we're framing you! Do I... do I need to frame you?"
Zhou Man not only refused to dissuade her, but also encouraged her from the side, "Good job! My parents said that human traffickers should be cut into pieces, and we only gave them a few whips."
County Magistrate Tang's anxiety subsided. He slowly slowed down his horse, but Bai Shan and the others behind him were anxious. They ran past him and shouted from a distance, "Manbao!"
Manbao and Changyu turned their heads together and saw them. They immediately felt that their backers had arrived, so they waved and called out, "We are here, here."
The two guards who stayed behind stopped the angry people nearby and breathed a sigh of relief. It's good that they are here, it's good that they are here. The people on the ground looked too honest and simple. They cried and said that they were wronged. They also said that Zhou Man and others were powerful and had deliberately captured them for fun. Most of the onlookers now believed them.
There was no way. Princess Changyu was too strong and powerful, and the traffickers who were being dragged looked too pitiful. There were only three people in their team, and one of them had gone to report the news, leaving only the two of them here to protect her. They didn't dare to call out the princess's name.
Bai Shan and his companions rode up at a whirlwind speed. After jumping off their horses, they pushed through the onlookers and came forward. They saw seven people lying on the ground, their bodies battered and bruised. One of them had her clothes half torn off. They immediately looked away and asked the two men, "Why are you here?"
Manbao immediately complained, "We were caught by human traffickers."
"Nonsense," Chang Yu retorted, his chin raised in a haughty manner. "It was clearly us who went deep into the tiger's den and caught the traffickers."
Manbao was stunned for a moment, then immediately nodded and changed his words, "Yes, we recognized them as human traffickers, so we went deep into the tiger's den and caught them all in one fell swoop."
County Magistrate Tang got off his horse, followed by a large group of guards and yamen runners. With a wave of his hand, he separated the onlookers who were reluctant to disperse from him.
He snorted and asked, "Are you proud of taking risks?"
Manbao immediately lowered his head guiltily.
Princess Changyu immediately said, "This princess saw injustice and came to the aid of others. We are confident that we can capture them. Look, aren't they lying there now? Why aren't you proud?"
Mingda shouted in disapproval: "Sister, a son of a wealthy family should not sit in the hall."
Princess Changyu: "If you were there, you would definitely not say that."
Manbao nodded quietly.
Mingda thought about it and then stopped talking.
County Magistrate Tang felt a little tired, but he could only greet Princess Changyu first, then turned around and asked the group of little girls huddled together, "Who among you is Erniu?"
Two of the girls immediately stood up.
Everyone: ...
The two little girls were also shocked. They looked at each other and said, "I am the second girl."
County Magistrate Tang: "...Which of you two was lost on the main street?"
The shorter girl on the right took a step forward.
Seeing that she was only about seven years old, County Magistrate Tang reached out and patted her head, saying soothingly, "Your parents are waiting at the county government office. How were you abducted?"
As soon as the little girl heard the name of her parents, tears immediately flowed. The fear that she had been suppressing came flooding back. She closed her eyes and burst into tears, sobbing, "I was holding my mother's hand, always holding it, but when I looked up, she wasn't my mother anymore. I didn't recognize her, but she said she was my mother and covered my nose with a smelly handkerchief. Then I felt like I was being hugged, and then I knew nothing, wuwuwu..."
Seeing her crying, County Magistrate Tang had no choice but to push her towards Zhou Man and said, "Hurry up and comfort her."
Then he went to ask the next one, asking how they were abducted.
The little girl had been thinking about it all the way, so it was very clear at this moment. She could answer it as soon as County Magistrate Tang asked. Most of the time, they would hold someone's hand and walk away with them, and by the time they found out, it was too late to look for their biological parents.
Others were even more confused, "...I couldn't find my mother, and she said she was my aunt, from the same village as my mother, and knew where my mother was. I thought she was kind and knew my mother, so I followed her."
There are also "He came up to hug me directly, and when I screamed, he beat me, saying that I was disobedient, thinking only about buying delicious food and not wanting to go home. I said I didn't know him, but no one believed me..."
The more they talked, the more aggrieved the children felt. They knew they would definitely be beaten by their parents when they returned home. The thought made them even sadder. So each one started crying when they were asked. In less than a quarter of an hour, all eleven little girls started crying.
The older ones knew how to hold back their tears and just lowered their heads and cried quietly. The younger ones simply closed their eyes and howled at the sky with their mouths open, their tears streaming down like a spring. Not to mention County Magistrate Tang, even Man Bao and the others were frightened and frantically tried to persuade them.
Chang Yu also howled twice, "Stop crying, didn't I rescue you? Why are you crying?"
The girls cried even harder. They had just been driving a carriage, and the horse had stepped on someone...
The crowd watching were also shocked. This person really was a human trafficker. He looked kind and spoke so pitifully just now, yet he was actually a human trafficker!
Who is the most hated prisoner in the world?
That's a human trafficker!
Even those who rebelled are not as hateful as them!
Someone spat in the middle and cursed, "Those who steal other people's children and cut off their family line should be cut into pieces."
“Kill them!”
Seeing the crowd rioting, County Magistrate Tang quickly sent people to stop them. The girls were startled by the adults' anger, and the younger ones cried even louder.
Hearing the noise getting louder and louder, Changyu was annoyed and wanted to whip them again to scare them, but Manbao suddenly raised his head and looked behind her.
County Magistrate Tang and others also heard the noise and looked up. They saw the prince coming towards them at the end of the street with a group of guards.
The crowd was immediately driven to both sides. The prince rode forward on his horse and looked down at them. He saw that Mingda and Changyu were standing well and did not look like anything was wrong. The main thing was that Changyu was holding a horsewhip.
There was still a lot of blood on the whip, and seven miserable people were lying on the ground. He frowned, glared at Chang Yu secretly, and then said to County Magistrate Tang, "Did these people offend the princess?"
County Magistrate Tang was about to report when he heard the prince ask this question. He thought it made sense and agreed.
The prince felt around but didn't find any money, so he looked away.
Eunuch Wu immediately presented a purse.
The prince dropped his purse, looked down at the seven people who looked miserable, and said, "Let's settle this privately."
Everyone: ...
See you at 6pm
(End of this chapter)
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