Zhao Xin sat in the palace, flipping through the pile of memorials that had piled up on his desk. Life was as busy now as it had been when the Cui family was still around.
"Your Majesty, the minister from the previous court has come to report."
"Tell him to go back and write a memorial and submit it to the higher authorities. Don't you see that now I am..."
"Your Majesty, this matter cannot wait any longer. We can't wait any longer for the memorial to be submitted. It will be too late then!"
Then the memorial was presented. It was such a thick thing that no one knew how much was written on it. When Zhao Xin opened it, what he saw was so shocking that he was completely stunned.
"Is this true?"
"Your Majesty, these are all true. How dare I lie to you now?"
"Is this child trafficking true?"
"Your Majesty, this is indeed true!"
There is a big commotion at the border right now, and there is also such a mess in this city, and most of them are about the human traffickers.
"What are the laws of the Great Qin?"
"Previously, those who kidnapped and sold children were executed and dismembered, and those who knew about the sale were also punished. Now, those who kidnapped and sold children are also punished by being slicing them to death, and those who knew about it are also punished by being slicing them to death."
"Catch him, arrest him severely! He dares to do such a shameful thing in this war. Catch him and execute him by slow slicing!"
"yes."
Zhao Xin then glanced at his ministers. He was unfamiliar with their faces, and he had never seen them before. He then opened his eyes and scanned them, feeling somewhat surprised.
"A capable general of the late emperor?"
"Your Majesty, you are too kind. The Great Qin is now your Majesty's. Although I was once the right-hand man of the late Great Qin Emperor, that is all in the past."
That wasn't his intention. He was quite surprised that this person was so loyal to him. But when this happened, he really frowned.
This child trafficking incident is a serious matter.
Whoever kidnapped the child at this critical moment, the Qin laws also have relevant punishments.
What's going on? Is he blatantly walking into a gun barrel, or is he obviously thinking that he can't catch anyone? Or what?
Who are you showing this to?
I originally thought that this matter would be over so easily.
After the news of child trafficking spread for nearly three days, there was no further news. It was as if the children had simply vanished.
Now, let alone arrest, there is not even a single suspect. However, all the missing babies are boys.
In this day and age, if a baby girl died, people would probably be too happy to report it.
I thought I would never be able to figure this out, but one day someone suddenly showed up. He hurriedly pushed open the door of the main hall and walked in.
Zhao Xin took a quick look and saw that it was Su Lie, who had been secluded for a long time. Why did he come here so quickly? Could it be that something big happened to him?
"Your Majesty, I'm wondering if there were a few missing children in the capital. Word has reached our Evil House. I heard it's quite a few, and my father has sent me here to investigate with you, Your Majesty."
At first glance, this sounds fine. If it's an investigation, then go ahead.
But why does he sound so guilty? Zhao Xin was a little suspicious and then opened his eyes to judge people.
There is no change compared to previous data.
Su Lie shouldn't do such a stupid thing as stealing someone else's child. So even though I had my doubts, I still believed him.
Then he waved his hand and asked Xiao Chenzi to come over and put all the information he had found in front of Su Lie for him to look at.
Su Lie had an idea after taking a quick glance at the image of the person described above.
"After comparing them, I think I know who this person is. It seems that this person has some connection with our Evil House."
"Then just tell me who it is. I don't want you to have any connection with the insider. If you take the child, you will be punished with the same crime. I don't need to tell you how serious the laws of the Great Qin are now. You should think carefully before you speak."
"I'm not familiar with this person, Your Majesty, you don't have to worry. He's just a person who has some connection with our Evil House. If I'm not mistaken, he's a famous puppeteer in the Western Regions. He's good at using puppets.
"It's possible to transform into anyone, and it can be considered a supernatural realm."
It's like using magic to this level. The more you need, the more you will be punished by heaven. The more secrets you reveal, the faster you will die and it will also damage your virtue.
"Okay, stop beating around the bush and just tell me what the solution is. I don't want to hear you tell a useless story from beginning to end."
"It's useless to just look for this person in Daqin right now. I've seen this person before. Why would he stay in Daqin after kidnapping a child? He must have already left."
"Looking for him nowadays is like looking for a needle in a haystack. You can't find him at all."
Su Lie had approached him before. He'd heard that this person would agree to any request if they were lucky enough to meet him. As for the money, he could afford it personally, so he just wanted this person to help him treat his father's illness. But now that his father had recovered, there was no point in asking this person.
As for the issue of child trafficking, I heard there is a very cruel prescription in ancient medicine.
He took out the hearts of the twenty-four children and boiled them into a pot of thick soup. Then he ate the hearts alive and drank the bowl of thick hot soup.
It not only improves one's cultivation, but also makes one immortal.
Later, he even had the souls of 24 children as ghost puppets. But now, calling them ghost puppets is probably an exaggeration. He is clearly raising little ghosts.
"And Your Majesty, I'm telling you, if this person kidnaps the children, you'd better go find him as soon as possible. Because if you're too late, these children probably won't come back."
"And it's very likely that he's already been dismembered. After all, this child's meat is much more fragrant than an adult's."
"Oh, you do understand quite well. I haven't even tasted the taste of this child's meat. How could it be that you have eaten it before?"
"Why do you act so knowledgeable about clothes? If you don't know me, you might think you've tried it all. I'm telling you, don't be the one who steals the child."
Otherwise, he would disregard the laws of the Qin Dynasty and directly behead people...nowadays it should be called Lingchi.
"In that case, where do you want me to find this person? If we can't find him now, the entire Qin capital area will be in turmoil. And these missing children just happen to be the children of merchants."
This group of merchants filed a lawsuit directly, beating the drums so hard that they could shake the sky just to make their case.
Don’t you see that the minister came from eight hundred miles away just to deliver this memorial?
This shows how much he cares about this matter.
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