Chapter 265 Human Trafficker

After returning home in the evening, the family learned about the human trafficker from Shen Su and He Ying.

Old Madam Shen could not help cursing, "What black-hearted people they are. They can do such a thing. They should all be arrested and beheaded."

How is kidnapping a child who is treated as a treasure different from tearing out someone's heart?

"Dad, will this case be tried by Jingzhao Prefecture or handed over to the Dali Temple?"

"Not necessarily. The man was arrested by Jingzhao Prefecture, so he will probably be tried there. But if he has accomplices and it's a serial case, then the Dali Temple will probably take over."

The children who were taken away today were lucky. After being brought back to Jingzhao Prefecture, they were examined by doctors and were found to be in good health. The families of the children also quickly came to Jingzhao Prefecture to take the children back.

A total of four traffickers were arrested today. After interrogation by Xie Hui, it was discovered that one of them was a relative who had quarreled with the child's parents. He deliberately kidnapped the child to scare the parents, and the other three were in cahoots.

"Where did you plan to take the child?"

"It was my fifth sister-in-law. She said she knew someone who could take the child away. She said some families couldn't have children, so they wanted to buy the child. I thought that such a family would definitely be good to the child, so what I did was not a bad thing, don't you think?"

The man's name was Lei Rong, nicknamed Big Ears. He said it was the first time he had done this. He saw a child who was separated from his family on the street and he just picked him up and walked away. The child was crying, which made the people from the Imperial City Bureau realize that something was wrong. Among the three people, the other couple seemed to be doing this more than before. Experienced people are often more difficult to interrogate, so this matter has to start with Big Ears.

He seemed to be unaware of how serious a matter it was to kidnap a child. When he was arrested, he even had the time to look around the cell.

Xie Hui told him: "Those who kidnap children will be beheaded in serious cases. Do you know that?"

"What?! Beheading?!" Big Ear's face changed and he immediately wanted to jump up from the chair, but he was quickly held down by the constable behind him.

"How did you get to know the Fifth Sister-in-law you mentioned? If the government investigates and finds out that this is your first time, and you didn't succeed this time, but you took the initiative to give useful clues to the case, then the government will naturally give you a lighter sentence."

"I'll tell you, sir, I'll tell you everything! My fifth sister-in-law and my fifth brother, that other person, are from the same family. One time, I went to buy some wine, but I didn't bring enough money, so I was kicked out by the waiter of the tavern and ridiculed. My fifth brother paid for me and took me to his house to drink. After that, we often visited each other. Before the New Year, my fifth brother said that he was short of people in his business and asked if I wanted to work with him."

"Did he make it clear to you that the so-called business was kidnapping children?"

Da Er rubbed his hands and said, "My fifth sister-in-law said she knows a few wealthy men who have no children. She also said that what we are doing is to help them."

"Why did you come to the capital?"

"I don't know. My fifth brother and his wife came when they said they would. Sir, this is my first time. I held the baby today. He was not well dressed and was left alone. I think the family doesn't care about the child. So the child will live a much better life in the master's house than now."

Xie Hui gave him a cold response and asked him, "You still think you did a good thing, right?

Da'er swallowed, and seeing Xie Hui's frightened expression, he shut up and said nothing.

"Besides you, do the fifth brother and his wife have any other helpers?"

Da Er was afraid that he would be beheaded if he said one less word, so he answered whatever was asked. When he heard Xie Hui's question, he shook his head at first, but soon said to Xie Hui, "I have seen strangers coming out of the homes of my fifth brother and his wife several times. They didn't seem to be from our town. By the way, sir! Last night, I heard my fifth brother ask his wife if Lao Liu succeeded."

"Sixth Brother? Have you ever heard Fifth Brother talk about him before?"

Big Ear shook his head, "I really don't have that."

This big-eared fellow knew very little. According to what he said, if he helped to steal a child, he would be rewarded with twenty taels of silver, and all he had to do was hand the child over to the so-called fifth brother and his wife.

Judging from his confession, the fifth brother and his wife must be the mastermind among the three people, and there may be superiors behind these two people, and even the subordinates developed by the two of them should not be just Da'er.

Xie Hui did not ask him any more questions. He glanced at the interrogation record and stood up to continue questioning his fifth brother and his wife.

"Sir, when will you let me go?"

Xie Hui ignored him, and the constable behind him pushed him back, "Let you go? Wait a minute."

It was obvious that these two people were not as easy to deal with as Big Ear. Xie Hui stayed up all night and confirmed that they had other accomplices.

When Xie Hui came out of the cell, it was almost dawn. Today was the 16th day and he had to go to court. Xie Hui did not go home, but went to court after a simple wash in Jingzhao Prefecture. Jingzhao Shaoyin did not have to go to court, but Xie Hui had the identity of Ning'anbo in addition to Shaoyin, so he still had to go.

Xie Hui told the court that Jingzhao Prefecture and the Imperial City Administration had arrested three human traffickers last night, and after interrogation they had confirmed that the human traffickers had accomplices.

When the emperor heard about the human trafficker, his expression became serious.

"This matter is of great importance. We will ask the Imperial City Division of the Dali Temple and Jingzhao Prefecture to work together to handle the case. We must catch all the traffickers in one fell swoop."

"I obey your order."

After the morning court session, Xie Hui first went back to Jingzhao Prefecture. The three people who were arrested last night now had to be transferred to the Dali Temple. After Xie Hui returned, he escorted the prisoners and brought the records of last night's interrogation to the Dali Temple again.

After not being here for a while, everything in the Dali Temple was still very familiar to Xie. However, Xie recalled the purpose of his coming here and thought that if it was for a case, it would be better for him to never come back in his life.

The prisoner was taken to the cell, and Xie Hui took the case file to Shen Yun's duty room.

"You look like you haven't slept all night?"

"Yes, I interrogated three people all night last night. The records are all here. Except for Lei Rong, the other two almost didn't confess anything useful." Xie Hui frowned. He felt a headache after not sleeping all night.

He ignored his discomfort and continued, "But it is certain that they have accomplices, and they are not just committing crimes in the capital."

Shen Yun nodded. "The Dali Temple will send a letter of inquiry to each prefecture as soon as possible. Let's hand these people over to the Dali Temple for interrogation for the time being. You can go back and take a rest first."

"Yes, uncle." Xie Hui paused for a moment and then said, "Lei Rong said that he saw the fifth brother interacting with a stranger who was not from their town. Do you think it is possible to let Manman paint the portrait?"