Rebirth of the Evil Stepmother and the Four Villainous Children

Zhou Rongrong shook her head and said, "They don't look very good. They are severely malnourished. Some of them seem to have problems with their joints. I'll try to see if I can fix them when the time comes."

Xie Wuyou nodded and said, "Yang Tian is here."

He had indeed come. It was impossible for him, the head of a county, to conceal the mobilization of border troops, so he naturally hurried over and found out what had happened as soon as he arrived.

To be honest, Yang Tian was really misunderstood in this matter. He had only been in office for a year in Zhao County, and the people's hearts were not yet won over. With the prefect in place and the Zhaojia Village being respectful to the people under them, deceiving their superiors and concealing the truth from their subordinates, Yang Tian had no idea what the situation was here.

But he has been doing this all the time. Those yamen runners in the yamen will never return if they face such pirates.

I and the prefect reported the matter several times but received no response. Some said there were no casualties and that it was inappropriate to use border troops to suppress the bandits, and so on.

Moreover, there has been no case of missing people in Zhao County. Even when I went to the provincial capital and met the county magistrates of other counties, they had never heard of this incident.

But now there are so many missing people here, even Yang Tian himself did not expect it.

I thought I could move up a bit with Zhou Rongrong's bamboo paper and the high-yield rice, but something like this happened in my jurisdiction, so it's good enough that I didn't move my head.

When Yang Tian was still worried about his head, when he saw Zhou Rongrong holding the child, Yang Tian finally realized how wrong he was and how stupid he was.

All those excuses seemed weak and feeble. I just hated myself for not handling the situation in time, allowing this group of people to do such a heartless thing.

He followed Du Wen to pack his clothes without saying a word. Zhou Rongrong looked at his busy back and asked Xie Wuyou.

"What will happen to him?"

Xie Wuyou said: "With the Yang family manipulating the court, he was not involved. At most, he was charged with dereliction of duty. I'm afraid he won't be promoted for many years."

Zhou Rongrong nodded and said, "Fortunately, they were all rescued, but I don't know how many people were involved."

Since there was no news about such a large-scale missing persons case, it is impossible that only a prefect was involved.

Xie Wuyou's eyes turned cold, bloodthirsty and cold: "No one can escape."

Zhou Rongrong carried a bag that was bigger than herself and went into the dungeon again, distributing it to everyone.

The women's clothes all have a hood, which covers their faces so that their faces cannot be seen clearly. Each of them is protecting their eyes to avoid the sun's rays.

Leading people into the long corridor, there were pairs of numb eyes under the black cloth. Some people had walked up these steps for many years.

Finally, all the people came out. When the soldiers saw these people, they turned their eyes away and dared not look anymore. They were soldiers and their responsibility was to protect them. However, so many people were tortured like this. Zhaojia Village had existed for ten years.

If they had been more proactive, how could Zhaojia Village have existed for so long?

Everyone was in a very heavy mood; the placement of these people became a problem.

Xie Wuyou called Yang Tian over but it was not yet time to call him to task.

"What are you going to do with the resettlement of these people now?"

Yang Tian said: "Your Highness, I want to arrange for them to live in the backyard of the county government first, and ask a doctor to take a look at them and take care of their health. I will see if these girls are willing to go home. If they are willing, I will ask someone to send a letter to their families. The most important thing now is to take care of their health first."

Yang Tian's mind was a mess and he couldn't say anything. At a rough glance, there were more than fifty people.

When those people heard that they were going to the government office, except for the men, the children and girls were extremely repulsive. They had great distrust of the government and naturally refused to go. They looked eagerly in the direction of Zhou Rongrong, and even though they could not see their eyes, Zhou Rongrong could feel the scorching light.

Zhou Rongrong was helpless, wondering if there was any place in the village to accommodate so many people?

After much calculation, there is no problem for the kids to live together in their own yard. After all, it would be inappropriate to suddenly separate them. Among these dozen girls, their own yard can accommodate five or six at most, and no more.

But I think there shouldn't be any problem with Shen Yun and the others.

Seeing that Zhou Rongrong was silent, Li Hao thought that what she said was all lies to him, so he opened his mouth to ask, with a hint of pleading in his tone.

"You, you, you don't want us anymore?"

Zhou Rongrong said naturally: "No, I was wondering where you will live when you come back with me. But I just thought of a place to live, so there is no problem. I just don't know how the county magistrate will do it."

As the eldest of these children, this child was very responsible. He appeared on his own and negotiated with Yang Tian.

"Sir, the girl said she would support us. We want to go with her. We won't go to the government office. We are afraid."

When everyone heard this, they nodded in agreement. The beautiful girl saw that all the sisters were nodding and she didn't know what was going on, so she nodded along with them.

Seeing that so many people agreed, Yang Tian had nothing more to say. Zhou Rongrong was a very reliable person, so he nodded and agreed.

"Then I'll trouble you, Madam Zhou. All these expenses will be paid by the government."

Now that it has been confirmed, there is nothing more to say. Zhou Rongrong is going to bring the person back, and she has to fulfill her words.

The two discussed for a while and decided that the matter would not end now, as there were still many things to be dealt with. So they split up into two groups. Xie Wuyou went to deal with the remaining matters, Zhou Rongrong took people home, and Du Wen took the army back.

County government.

Xie Wuyou, who was already worried because Zhou Rongrong was not around, became even more worried when he saw Yang Tian. He was very angry and personally rode a horse with a group of people to Tongzhou Prefecture to meet Mr. Sheng and find out what kind of person he was.

The person being escorted behind him was Zhao Daxiong. They arrived at Tongzhou Prefecture in half a day. Lord Sheng had been controlled and put into a cell. Now he didn't understand that it was the order from the big Buddha. Those people broke into the mansion without saying a word. What was there to stop them?

This does not exist in the border army. Military orders are as important as mountains, not to mention the prince's orders. Who cares if you shout and say you are the prefect? ​​A person who is about to die did not show any good face to Lord Sheng.

They locked people up in the cells like dead dogs, without any food or water to drink. All the concubines, wives, daughters, and sons of Lord Sheng were thrown into the cells together.

It was not until Xie Wuyou arrived with the dying Zhao Daxiong pressed down behind him that Lord Sheng realized that his death was near, and his old face was filled with dejection.

The coldness revealed in Xie Wuyou's eyes, that indifferent gaze seemed to push people into the abyss step by step.

"Do you have anything to say in your defense? I am listening."

Lord Sheng had nothing to say and just collapsed on the ground. He didn't care that he had just howled that the ground was too dirty and needed a bamboo mat or something. He nodded in a daze.

Seeing this, the yamen runner beside him quickly gave Lord Sheng paper and pen, and said Xie Wuyou.

"Write it down. Write down the names of all the people. If you miss one, not only will you die, but your three clans will also die. I will make sure they die without a burial place."

If someone else said this, it might sound threatening, but the person who said this was Xie Wuyou. He said that he would kill your three clans, and that meant three clans, not one more or one less. Even if you escape to the ends of the earth, the soldiers of the Great Zhou could kill you.

Who in the court can contend with such power?

Lord Sheng tremblingly wrote down the names of more than a dozen people. Some of these people were high-ranking officials in the court whom Xie Wuyou knew, and some were county magistrates from surrounding counties.

Xie Wuyou put the paper away, sat on the chair that was brought to him, leaned back on the chair, and pointed at the handle with one hand, which showed his extreme impatience.

Lord Sheng had no strength left in his body and began to stammer about the truth of the matter.

Officials in the Great Zhou Dynasty were not allowed to go to brothels, so Lord Sheng saw a business opportunity and began to cooperate with Zhao Daxiong. He first kidnapped young girls, tamed them, and then sent them to a secret courtyard in the capital to be playthings for those bigwigs.

But as time went on, it wasn't just beautiful women who were being trafficked; men and children were also being trafficked.

The beautiful boys and girls were sent to shameful places, and the young and memoryless ones were sold to people in the mountains to be child brides or adopted as sons.

Those disobedient children had their joints broken, were twisted into a twisted shape, starved, poisoned and made mute, and then sent outside to beg. These children did not live long, some only lived for a few months and some even died within a week.

Those girls with ordinary looks were either sold to the frontier as slaves, or drugged and made mute by being sent to be prostitutes. In short, these people had a destination, and their trafficking involved not only Tongzhou Prefecture, but also other prefectures.

After getting what he wanted, the only thing left was to capture the person. Xie Wuyou acted quickly and kept the news secret until a secret letter was delivered to the capital.

Everyone in Beijing was in danger, so the matter was given to Li Jing for investigation. All the officials involved and the bandit leaders were sentenced to death by being torn apart by a chariot.

The decree came down quickly. Considering that the victims were all in Dashan Village, Xie Wuyou specially took these people to Zhao County. Zhou Rongrong brought people to watch the punishment.