We have all the space treasury in hand, so mere exile is nothing.

The Lord Magistrate raised his eyebrows: "You know a lot, but even if I am familiar with you, this matter still needs to be investigated thoroughly before talking about it."

Ye Qingran naturally understood this truth, but the village chief was really eloquent and flattering. She was not sure whether the prefect would turn a blind eye because of her few words. .

After all, judging from the last poisoning case, the prefect is very thoughtful, and so-called kindness has to be ranked behind the case, so we can't rely on connections to solve this matter at this time.

When it comes to eloquence, she doesn't think she is any worse than the village chief.

She changed her tune and praised: "That's true. There are not many fair and honest people like you, sir. I believe that we will be able to get justice after the investigation. If these damn human traffickers continue to cause trouble, I don't know if they will do it again." How many people have been sold as slaves, and those people are all your subjects."

The Lord Magistrate understood what she meant by handling the situation and nodded: "When the matter is found out, I will definitely give you an explanation. Don't worry."

Seeing him like this, Ye Qingran did feel a little relieved, but he continued: "Now that we have your assurance, we can rest assured. This village chief is not only good at sophistry, but also extremely insidious. After I discuss with him He hurt me when I was there, and then took away my silver. Please be careful of his sneak attacks when you are reviewing me! Your safety is more important than anything else."

Hearing this seemingly caring but actually complaining words, the magistrate couldn't help but laugh, and then said: "You are a smart girl. I have my own decision. I will not let go of anything he did. There’s no need to say more.”

Although he guessed what he was thinking, he had to say that these words still had some effect. The prefect immediately sent someone to detain the village chief alone, and then prepared to interrogate him one by one.

But she didn't hear it. The prefect muttered in a low voice when he left: "It's a pity that she is a girl. She is so smart and courageous. If she were a man, he would definitely do something good, and maybe he could help the Ye family to be rehabilitated and clean up. injustice."

Seeing the magistrate leave, Ye Qingran turned back to find Chu Qingyun and the others.

At this time, they found a safe place to rest. Jiang's foot injury was basically healed. The wounds in other places were very shallow and would heal in a few days. It was nothing serious.

Chu Qingyun was superb in martial arts and protected himself very well. He only suffered a little superficial injury, which was harmless.

Seeing that everyone was safe and sound, Ye Qingran felt a little relieved.

Ye Guodong said: "This incident seems to be an accident, but I always think that someone planned it. Otherwise, how could such a coincidence happen?"

Ye Qingran nodded: "I think so too. Besides, these people have contacts with dignitaries in the capital, and they are probably still related to those people in the capital, but this time, it is not like Prime Minister Wang's style. "

"It seems that there are quite a few people in the capital watching you. It is obvious that the news of your escape has spread a long time ago. I just hope it has not reached the ears of the emperor."

Chu Qingyun shook his head and sighed, "In this case, it would be a bit difficult to handle."

Several people began to worry about this matter again. After a moment of silence, he shouted again, "Ying Yi, go carefully check the connection between this village and the outside world. The clearer the better."

"Yes, my lord."

After Yingyi agreed, he immediately flew out, not knowing how he would investigate the matter.

But soon, he came back from another direction. After saluting Chu Qingyun, he replied: "My lord, I have checked it out. This village is often in contact with the capital, but I am short of time and haven't been able to check it out yet." Find out who it is."

Chu Qingyun waved his hand: "It doesn't matter. There are some treacherous and cunning people in the capital. Even if we check, we may not be able to find them. That's it, leave first."

Hearing Ying Yi's answer, Ye Guodong snorted: "There is no good person in the capital!"

But as soon as he finished speaking, he heard the prefect's voice coming from behind: "Brother Ye, why do you say that? Did something happen to you?"

As soon as this voice came out, everyone was shocked.

They didn't expect the prefect to come back suddenly at this time, so they kept silent, but it was not suitable to let him know at this time, so they all remained silent and no one answered.

But he was asking Ye Guodong, and he couldn't avoid it no matter what.

After thinking for a while, he replied: "It's nothing, it's just that we got together and remembered some things that happened when we were still in the capital. As you know, it's the same in the capital as in the officialdom, everyone is working for their own interests. Fighting each other is troublesome even thinking about it now.”

The prefect hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, those people have no humanity at all, and they still are like this to this day."

In order to change the subject, Ye Qingran interjected and asked, "Have you finished your questions, sir? How is the situation?"

After hearing her question, the prefect came back to his senses, nodded and replied: "That's about it. It is indeed as you said, this is a hidden human trafficking den. The people bought and sold here are all women and girls from good families. , there is no such thing as a contract of sale, the situation is very bad."

He seemed to be very disgusted with such behavior and frowned, "I will report this matter truthfully. You have also been wronged. I will inform you of the subsequent punishment methods for this matter, so please don't worry."

"Thank you for this, sir, otherwise I would have risked my life here today. If I have the opportunity in the future, I will definitely come to thank you."

Ye Qingran took his family and Chu Qingyun to greet the prefect, and after praising and thanking him, he sent him away.

As soon as he left, all the villagers in the village were also taken away, and the girls and women who were kidnapped also left, waiting for the officers and soldiers to take them home.

After seeing them all gone, Ye Qingran said, "We have to leave here as soon as possible. After all, those people in the capital are still staring at us. We can't stay in this place for too long. It's too dangerous."

Others nodded without any objection.

Before Jiang was caught, they had already planned their departure route. Although it has changed now, it does not affect anything.

They found a clean room in the village, ate, drank, and rested for the night, and got up and set off before dawn.

I originally thought it would be safer to travel during this time, but I miscalculated.

As soon as they walked into the woods, a man with a wrinkled face stopped them, followed by a group of boys. It didn't take much thinking to figure out that they were here to rob.