On the street, Kang Le, like a madwoman, searched everywhere for her child.
She grabbed passersby, crying desperately, "Have you seen my child?"
"My children are missing, they are gone."
"They're all I have left. How can I live without them? God, please give them back to me..."
She cried so bitterly, just like a mother who had truly lost her child.
Yet, I felt exceptionally at peace.
Her subordinates found three groups of human traffickers, and she selected the group she chose. The group was of average skill and would steal children and then leave the capital to sell them to other cities.
After leaving the city, they were protected by assassins in the shadows.
Upon reaching the next city, the assassins would disguise themselves as ordinary wealthy merchants, promptly buy the two children, and secretly settle them.
The children will be safe.
Today went exceptionally smoothly; as soon as the subordinates reported back, the traffickers had already taken the child straight to the city gate.
Heaven is on her side.
She has no more worries.
Thinking of the glory of ascending the throne in the future, Kang Le covered her face with her sleeve, her cries became even more shrill, but the corners of her lips were turned up.
The women, who were also mothers, couldn't bear it. Some went forward to comfort her, while others advised her to report it to the authorities.
Kang Le just shook her head and cried, "I am a sinner, the government will not care, my child must have been murdered."
The implication was that the emperor was the one being referred to.
Those who understood the implication in her words dared not meddle any further, which was exactly what Kang Le wanted.
She staged this performance today only to let the emperor know that her child had been abducted, not to alarm the authorities.
Wanxing pouted, "It's such a pity they don't go into opera. We should really hide these two kids away and let her get anxious."
"Her weakness should remain by her side."
Ye Zhen said, "If the child isn't sent there, how can there be a reason to remove her right-hand woman?"
Then, everyone saw two carriages stop beside Kang Le.
Ye Zhen got out of the car. "I went out to check the accounts today and found a group of human traffickers. I was about to arrest them and take them to the government office when I heard that you lost your child. There are several children in this car. See if your child is among them."
Kang Le was thinking that if he cried for another half an hour, he would find an excuse to go home when he heard Ye Zhen's words.
Their expressions froze.
She prayed silently that it wasn't her children who had been found.
Before she could react, Ye Zhen had already helped her up. "Look, maybe God is protecting you. Your child is in the car."
As they spoke, Wanxing and Yinyue lifted the carriage curtain, revealing several unconscious children inside.
Seeing this, the other onlookers urged Kang Le, "I think your child looks like he was taken away by a kidnapper. You should go and check on him."
When Kang Le saw that the children she had finally managed to send away had been brought back by Ye Zhen, she was so angry that she almost ground her teeth to powder.
For a fleeting moment, she wondered whether she should acknowledge the two children.
But Han Zijin stepped out of the crowd and looked at the carriage. "Aren't these the two children that Kang Le had with another man behind my back?"
Kang Le blushed, blaming Ye Zhen for meddling. Feigning excitement at having found what she had lost, she pushed Ye Zhen away and ran towards the two children.
She thought to herself that once it was done, she would definitely cut Han Zijin and Ye Zhen into eighteen pieces.
Ye Zhen stood steadily and said slowly, "It's good that it's yours. The traffickers are in the carriage behind."
However, according to their confession, two children were secretly sold to them by neighbors for money; it's unclear if they were your two children.
Upon hearing this, Kang Le's heart sank.
To ensure the child's safety, she did have contact with human traffickers, but not as Ye Zhen claimed, though this could not withstand further investigation.
Before he could think any further, Xie Tingzhou said, "Whether it is or not, we'll know after an investigation."
In addition to being the commander of the Martial Virtue Division, he also served as the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review. Today, he happened to be patrolling the vicinity with officials from the Court of Judicial Review.
The officials from the Court of Judicial Review acted swiftly and decisively, conducting a public interrogation.
When Ye Zhen arrested the child traffickers, they were already being blackmailed. Buying children from others is completely different from stealing children.
They naturally confessed that it was their neighbor in the Kang Le tenement who sold her two children.
Xie Tingzhou's eyes darkened. "According to the laws of Dayuan, the ringleader of human trafficking shall be hanged, and accomplices shall be exiled three thousand li. Men, come with me to arrest this important criminal."
Ye Zhen said to Yin Yue, "Everyone has children. To harm the children of neighbors is a heinous crime that must not be tolerated. You should also take some people to help."
The people agreed with this and deeply resented Kang Le's neighbors, and they all followed suit.
Kang Leyin's subordinates, who were hiding in the shadows, saw this scene and hurriedly went back to report it.
But Ye Zhen and Xie Tingzhou already knew the secret of Kang Le's small house, which is why they took advantage of today's events to wipe out everyone in the tenement. How could they allow them to escape?
The people in the tenement dared not reveal themselves and had to pretend to be ordinary citizens when they were detained.
Kang Le nearly collapsed when he saw the group of people who had been arrested.
Her grand ambitions hadn't even begun when she was struck by this calamity. She forced herself to remain calm, "Young Master Xie, who sold my child? And why have they arrested everyone?"
Xie Tingzhou said calmly, "Most of these people are skilled and have strange characteristics. For the safety of the nearby people, they will be taken to the Dali Temple for interrogation. If they are found innocent, they will be released."
It's impossible to release it.
The emperor, who was concerned about Kang Le, learned of today's events and summoned Xie Tingzhou to the palace.
Xie Tingzhou didn't hide it from him and told him about Kang Le sending the two children away.
The emperor immediately realized what Kang Le was planning to do: "Find a pretext to deal with those people."
Every last bit of manipulators we can get rid of is a bit of them.
Tse Ting-chou also shared this idea.
After giving him some more instructions, the emperor released him from the palace and then rewarded Ye Zhen with some gold and silver as a commendation to encourage people to act bravely and righteously.
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