Chapter 89: Help

Although they don't know why His Majesty would pay attention to a small mountain village, as his subjects, they just have to obey orders.

Before he went up the mountain, he first found the local county magistrate and explained to him how the yamen runners colluded with the villagers and allowed the kidnapping and trafficking of women.

The county magistrate said he was unaware of this and was willing to make amends and assist in the investigation.

After clearing out the yamen runners who are in collusion with the villagers of Yushan, they will follow them and surround the village.

Yu Shi asked people to bring women along on the journey.

When they arrived at the village, the villagers became alert to the sudden intrusion of outsiders.

"Who are you?"

Yu Shi smiled and talked to the village chief: "My dear, we are traveling merchants going to the capital, but our caravan got lost."

"I was originally here to explore the way and find the direction, but I never thought I would get lost."

"It's getting dark, I wonder if you guys can be kind enough to let me stay here for one night."

The village chief refused directly: "No, we can't let outsiders live in our village."

The young men behind him also looked at them eagerly, as if they would attack them immediately if they dared to step into the village.

So he took out a bag of silver and asked sincerely, "Is it not okay to give money?"

"One tael of silver per person."

With one or two taels of silver, you can stay in a lower room in the most luxurious inn in the capital, or in an upper room in the best inn in the county for ten days.

An average family only spends about four taels of silver a year.

Just staying in their village for one night would cost one or two taels of silver. How rich is that?

The villagers who had just been determined not to let them enter the village suddenly turned into waiters and did not listen to the village chief's advice at all.

"Please come in and stay at whichever house you want. My house is spacious and can accommodate three people."

"Come to my house, come to my house. We brothers are all living outside and sleeping on the floor. We have vacated the beds for you!"

Each person gets one or two taels of silver. If more people come to live in their house, wouldn't they become rich?

The village chief waved his hands in an attempt to stop them, but a big man stopped him and said, "Village chief, we usually give you face."

"You helped me find my wife, but you can't stop us from making money."

Yu Shi selected two families, and it would be better if they were not too dispersed.

In the evening, the people in the two families killed chickens and pigs to entertain them.

If they had not known their faces in advance, they would have thought that these people were the simple and hospitable villagers of Yushan.

Yu Shi called them together and told them, "Eat quickly and leave the table quickly to find a chance to vomit."

"Or find a way not to eat it."

One person asked: "Did you find anything?"

Yu Shi shook his head: "No, but since they are investigating a case of human trafficking, do you think they have drugs?"

"I don't know if they will use it, but when you go out to investigate a case, you should be careful. Don't fail to complete the task assigned by your superiors and end up losing your life."

"Doctor, if you find something wrong later, give us a signal. If the symptoms are such that you should faint immediately, just knock over the bowl and we will pretend to faint."

"If the effect is slow, just throw the chopsticks and we will get dizzy after we leave the table."

Everyone nodded.

After all the dishes were served, the doctor took a few bites and then "lost his grip" on the chopsticks, causing them to drop to the ground.

"Sorry, sorry."

The man said cheerfully: "It's okay, just let my wife take care of it."

Then he yelled into the kitchen, "Are you deaf?"

"Why don't you come and change a pair of chopsticks for the distinguished guest? Did I raise you just to eat for free?"

"If you can't hear what's going on outside anymore, I'll really make you deaf."

A woman with scars and a haggard face walked out. She knew that this group of outsiders might be the hope of rescuing her.

But she didn't dare ask for help.

Last time, a family, who seemed to be their distant relatives, came to visit Yushan and had a meal here.

The woman mustered up the courage to ask for help, but was exposed the next time.

She was beaten and locked in the cellar, and from then on she never dared to ask for help again.

Yu Shi and his companions suppressed their discomfort. The words were too vulgar.

But they still endured it and toasted each other. After drinking a few glasses, a big man suddenly vomited.

"Er Zhuang, you just can't drink alcohol. If you can't drink, don't drink it. Go outside and vomit it. Don't make the guests feel disgusted."

The man apologized to Yu Shi after he finished speaking: "My brother throws up whenever he drinks, but he likes it. We rarely drink, so I only let him take two sips, but he still threw up."

Yu Shi didn't care and expressed his understanding.

When night fell, they pretended that the drugs were taking effect and fell into a deep sleep.

The real owner of the house seemed to have fainted from sleep, as if from Chinese medicine.

Yu Shi and his group quietly found the place where the woman slept.

Perhaps because she was not allowed to sit at the table, she was very sober at this moment.

"My lady, your accent doesn't sound like you are from Yushan. Were you kidnapped?"

"We are from the government. We heard that the people of Yushan kidnapped women, so we came here to investigate."

"But there are only a few women on this mountain. Do you know where the others are?"

If the woman dared to call for help, the people he brought would immediately hack her to death.

But she seemed to be unable to hear and did not react at all.

The light was dim. There were no lights on in the mountain village at night, so they couldn't see the expression on her face.

Is she deaf?

No, she was stunned by the sudden surprise.

Save them?

Is that what she meant?

Does this mean that she has been looking forward to it day and night and dares not even dream about it?

Can she go home now?

Can I stop staying here serving a bunch of people and stop going through the endless cycle of pregnancy, childbirth, pregnancy, and childbirth?

But they weren't lying to her.

Do you really want to risk being punished again and ask for help?

She suddenly realized that she had stayed there for too long, and was afraid that this rare straw would disappear again, so she mustered up her courage and said, "I know, I know where they are."

Er Zhuang was awakened by the urge to pee. When he got up, he found a group of people approaching his house. He was shocked and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Er Zhuang, this guest is staying at your two homes. You guys have made a fortune, but you brothers didn't get a penny."

"We have several wives who have just died, and we are still waiting for money to buy another one."

"Why don't we share the benefits?"

"We'll drug them, take away all the valuables on them, kill them and throw them into the back hills to feed the wild animals."

The owner of the house disagreed: "After all, they are from outside. If people from outside find out and come into our village, won't all their secrets be exposed?"

"It's not that easy. We'll just say we've never seen it before."

"Originally, we wanted to drag you in to share the money. If you continue to hold back, don't blame us for not leaving any for your family."