"Men are usually not on guard, so they're easy to take advantage of. Selling them to the Northern Liao can fetch a lot of silver. They like young and good-looking women!"
When Ling Jiheng heard this, he stood up and kicked the other person in the heart.
Human traffickers are already despicable, but they also bully their own blood relatives and sell men from the Yong Dynasty to Northern Liao. How is this different from being a traitor and a pervert?
Maybe they even passed the news of the Yong Dynasty to the enemy.
Ling Jiheng closed his eyes and asked Ling Yi to go back to the military camp to look for someone overnight.
This matter was too big for him to handle privately. If he could find out something, he would have made a great contribution!
Ling nodded and went to the barn to get the horse. Seeing the messy carriage, he was filled with anger.
He went back to report to his master before leaving with a small bag on his back. Ling Jiheng saw him to the door: "Don't worry, safety comes first!"
"I understand. Master, please take care of yourself here and wait for me to come back!"
After Ling Yi left, Jin Bao dragged the old man to the side room, said something to Ling Jiheng, and began to search for valuables in the house.
The food that General Zhou had given the old man, and which had been hidden there, was put back on the ox cart, along with cakes and other things, without leaving anything behind.
Jinbao searched very carefully and soon found a bag of silver. He opened it and counted it, and there were seventy-eight taels.
It seems like a lot, but it is not much for those who make a living by trafficking in human beings.
Jinbao threw the stolen money aside and continued to search. Soon, he found the problem.
A large amount of valuables were hidden in the rat hole in the kitchen, under the wardrobe in the main room, and on the beams of the old man's son's room.
There are also lists, account books, household registration certificates, and correspondence.
Jin Bao came to Ling Jiheng with a serious face. Ling Jiheng opened one of the letters and narrowed his eyes after reading it.
Let Jinbao break their legs. Even if they are reconnected in the future, they will still have difficulty walking.
"How much money did the people of Bei Liao give you to make you willingly work for them?"
The old man thought that after they made a profit, they would let him go. But he didn't expect Ling Jiheng to ask such a deadly question.
His face was full of resistance, he gritted his teeth and said nothing.
Ling Jiheng didn't care. A wicked smile flashed across his face and he winked at Jin Bao. Jin Bao came in with a small hammer and pulled out the tooth for the old man's son.
"We share happiness and hardship. You two, father and son, one without nails and the other without teeth, are a perfect match!"
The old man's son stared at the hammer in horror, and looked at his father in disbelief: "No, no, Dad, tell him, tell him!"
He was still young and didn't want to be toothless. Once those things fell out, they would never grow back. He didn't want his speech to be lisp-like and he didn't want to be unable to eat meat!
The old man closed his eyes, unable to bear to see his son's miserable state. He thought that if he pretended to be dead, Ling Jiheng would give up.
Unexpectedly, Jinbao directly pinched the old man's son's chin and knocked it with a small hammer. Ha, two teeth fell to the ground along with blood foam.
Old man: “…” This is a real devil!
"I'll tell you, I'll tell you!" Under pressure from the emperor, the old man told the whole story of how he entered the industry, how he passed on information, and his superiors and subordinates.
Ling Jiheng took a piece of paper and wrote it down, and asked the two of them to put their fingerprints on it.
It was bright outside the window. Jin Bao yawned, forced himself to cheer up, and went to cook for Ling Jiheng.
After a quick bite, the two took turns sleeping on the kang. Although the door was closed, they still had to be wary of the old man's accomplices.
Fortunately, everything went smoothly. In the evening, Ling Yi was seen, followed by Fu Huanping and a dozen young soldiers in plain clothes.
Ling Jiheng handed the letter and confession to Fu Huanping: "This is the result of my interrogation. It may not be comprehensive. You can refer to it."
Fu Huanping nodded. "I never thought there would be such a scum under the noses of the Zhou family army. Thank you so much, Master Ling!"
Ling Jiheng waved his hand: "I didn't expect it either. I'm quite unlucky. I just made a random choice and ended up walking into a den of wolves. If I didn't have some skills, I would have been killed!"
After listening to Ling Yi's story about their experiences, Fu Huanping broke out in a cold sweat for them.
Who would have thought that there are people who specialize in trafficking young and good-looking men? This is really outrageous. Only those wildly grown people from Northern Liao can do such a thing!
Ling Jiheng didn't take any of the stolen goods, but he accepted the other party's offer to take him home, fearing that something unexpected would happen and delay his return home.
"Let them take you home and bring some mushrooms to the camp.
From now on, the camp will go to Qingshan Village every seven days and ask the villagers to prepare the same amount as last time, preferably double it."
Ling Jiheng smiled and said, "Okay, I'll make the arrangements. I heard there's a girl in the cellar who's...a relative of theirs, and she's mentally unstable."
Jinbao and I were not able to go down and investigate, so we just gave them some food."
Fu Huanping read the confession and understood what the girl had experienced. He nodded and said that they would handle the matter here.
Seeing that it was getting late, Ling Jiheng bowed and found a room with Ling Yi and Jin Bao to rest.
The two soldiers who were going to follow them back to Qingshan Village also took the opportunity to sleep.
The wind and snow are still blowing outside the window. They still have a long way to go tomorrow, so they need to stay alert and be careful.
Meanwhile, Fu Huanping interrogated the prisoners overnight and searched the entire courtyard. He found that Ling Jiheng's questions were clear and the search was thorough, which greatly reduced their burden.
Fu Huanping looked at the names on the list, his brows brimming with sternness. He ordered an investigation and, once the charges were confirmed, an immediate arrest.
Those who were sold also need to be rescued.
Although most of the victims had no background, he really saw the young master of the landlord Xie's family among them.
I don’t know how that child got so unlucky that he was targeted, and whether he is still alive now.
However, if he was sold to a place like that, even if he was rescued, he would be ruined.
Fu Huanping sighed and had no intention of telling Ling Jiheng all these twists and turns.
He had just arrived and was not clear about the distribution of power in Yunrou County, let alone knowing that the landlord was a relative of County Magistrate Huang.
When the young master went missing, we reported it to the police and searched the whole city for him.
Who could have imagined that people would be taken to Northern Liao and subjected to inhumane treatment? It’s heartbreaking to think about it.
Looking at the two lifeless people, Fu Huanping stepped forward and kicked them twice, directly breaking their vitals.
He let out a long sigh, put the stolen goods, or evidence, on the ox cart, and prepared to take it back to the military camp.
Early in the morning, when it was just light, Ling Jiheng woke up from his sleep.
Although the old man didn't succeed the night before, it did leave him with a psychological trauma.
Ling Jiheng wiped the sweat from his forehead, missing his wife. After a quick wash, he prepared to set off.
Jin Bao and Ling Yi also had a restless night, either being woken by noises outside or dreaming of being coveted by others.
After finally making it to dawn, they had a simple meal and left the village accompanied by two soldiers.
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