Brother Jia Sheshu of the Red Chamber

Mo Gu and his party stayed in Luoyang City for three days, not only to send the rescued children back, but also to interrogate the traffickers.

Fearing that the officials responsible for the interrogation in Luoyang were not strong enough, Mo Gu deliberately asked Xia Dequan to interrogate the group of human traffickers himself. Although he didn't have any old mothers in the palace, he had old eunuchs in the palace, so he was strong enough when he tortured people!

Sure enough, Xia Dequan knocked the mouths of these traffickers open in less than a night.

It is not the first time that this group of human traffickers have killed all the abducted children. Last time when the whole city was sealed off, they also killed all the abducted children. The bodies of several children were buried in the Under the child's cellar.

The magistrate of Luoyang hurriedly asked people to dig the cellar, and saw the densely packed bones of many children, at least a dozen or so, of different ages. Judging by the time, this group of human traffickers probably started doing it more than ten years ago. This trafficker thing.

Mo Gu hated this kind of trafficking and killing of children the most, not to mention killing his children, so he immediately gave four words: 'severely punished according to the law'.

In addition to the trafficking and killing of children, many other children, women and children were sold to various parts of Dajin by human traffickers. Looking at the dense records above, Mo Gu sighed slightly. This human trafficker has bought children for more than ten years, so he must have handled them There are more children than I remember, and even if I vaguely remember so many, I am afraid that more children will be sold from them.

Mo Gu snorted displeasedly, "Those children should be retrieved as much as they can, and no matter how bad they are, they must find a place to settle them properly. Don't begrudge money."

As a man sitting on a golden mountain, he has a strong waist and is not afraid of spending money!

Every time he said a word, the third prince and Xia Dequan answered yes.

After all, these children have been abducted and trafficked for many years. It is not easy to find their parents, especially if there are many girls among them. I am afraid that even if they remember their parents, their parents will think they are dirty and refuse to take the children back. In this case, it is better to choose another place to resettle.

After Mo Gu explained in detail, he said again: "Although this matter is handed over to the government, let a secret guard come down and see what they do."

Xia Dequan said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't worry, if you want to come to Luoyang County Magistrate, you won't dare to mess around."

Even the Holy Majesty watched this case in person, and he issued an order to punish him severely according to the law. Some of the prefects of Luoyang dared to give a light sentence.

The third prince wondered: "Why doesn't your lord let me stay here to investigate?"

As a father whose two sons and daughters were almost killed, he hated these traffickers even more than the Holy One, so he volunteered to stay and investigate the matter thoroughly, but he didn't believe it. Let the matter go, but the Holy Majesty refused for some reason.

Although it was a refusal, it was obvious that the Holy Majesty was also very concerned about this matter, otherwise he would not have kept the hidden guards on purpose, and Jingkou asked the magistrate of Luoyang to punish him severely according to the law.

Mo Gu smiled helplessly. Although he wanted to kill the traffickers, he still remembered a principle, "The imperial power cannot be allowed to override the judiciary."

With the third prince watching over Luoyang, does the magistrate of Luoyang dare not to impose heavier punishments on these traffickers?Although the death of the trafficker is inevitable, but because of the third prince, maybe he will be sentenced to death or something. In this case, the sentence will be too much.

"What's wrong with that?" The third prince gritted his teeth and said, "For people like human traffickers, the heavier the sentence, the better."

It's best to come to Zhu Jiuzu to dispel his hatred.

Mo Gu sighed: "In this way, the imperial power will be placed above the judiciary. At that time, everyone will only know how to deal with the faces of the royal people. Where will the judiciary be controlled? The emperor broke the law and committed the same crime as the common people, but if the imperial power Above the judiciary, who will dare to sentence the prince and grandson in the future?"

As an emperor, he must not affect judicial decisions because of his own preferences.The establishment of the judicial system is not achieved overnight, but it is really easy to destroy it. It only takes one or two judicial injustices to make people give up on the judiciary.

Therefore, all these years he has acted in accordance with the law, even if he separated the Lin family back then, he also acted in accordance with the law, even if there was any discomfort, he would let Jia Baobao take the little ghost to scare people in private, not as the saint Order, otherwise, if he really uses the status of the Holy Majesty to suppress others, can Mrs. Lin live until now?

The third prince was about to refute that there is still a clan mansion in this world, but after thinking about it for a while, he fell silent. The descendants of the royal family are good and bad, and he dare not say that no one has broken the law. Of course there are no big mistakes, but there are many small mistakes, but has he ever entered the clan mansion?Of course not.

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that only the eldest brother and the fourth brother rebelled in these years, and they really entered the clan's mansion to live for a few days.

Mo Gu sighed: "This case cannot be opened, but I asked the hidden guards to stay. If there is anything wrong with the Luoyang magistrate, I will ask someone to take over and investigate the matter."

In fact, the sentence he said earlier about severe punishment according to the law was a bit too much, so he couldn't get too involved, lest his death would affect the handling of the case by Luoyang magistrate.

Although the third prince was not allowed to stay, Mo Gu also guaranteed that someone would monitor the magistrate of Luoyang to ensure that he acted according to the law.

The third prince was silent for a long time, and for the first time sincerely and solemnly knelt down and said: "I obey the order."

The imperial power cannot override the judiciary, which means that although he is a prince, he may not have more power than others in his hands in the future, but for some reason, instead of being dissatisfied, he has a different feeling.With the Jin Dynasty in the hands of Shengshang, I am afraid that it will lead to a more prosperous future.

After appeasing the third prince, Mo Gu also asked about the situation of those children: "Have those children found their parents?"

In addition to the traffickers, the resettlement of those children is also a top priority.

Xia Dequan replied respectfully: "Most of them have been recovered, but some children are too young to remember their parents at all. It is really difficult..."

This group of traffickers is not limited to those who were caught for no reason, but also some other accomplices, but those people were lucky, they left the city first, but they were not encountered by them, some children were not caught by them for no reason They were abducted by a group of people. It is really difficult to find out the origin of those children.

Xia Dequan hesitated and said: "Although there is a sales office that can be placed, but the old slave thinks, it is better to let the children stay with their parents and relatives..."

Although he is an eunuch, he also knows that although the Salesian Bureau can help arrange for children, the Salesian Bureau really has mixed good and bad, and it is definitely not a good place to go.Although he and the third prince's situation could afford to raise a child, but as a eunuch's adopted son, his future prospects would be limited. When he arrived at the third prince's mansion, he would also become a slave, and he missed the child for no reason.

These children are fat and vain, and they can be seen as children of a good family. Following them is really a waste.

"Oh!" Mo Gu raised his eyebrows slightly, "Why didn't the child's parents come to report the crime?"

Xia Dequan sighed: "Many of them were abducted from other places. Although they were notified, they are from all directions, and I don't know where to notify them..."

Mo Gu pondered slightly, "Can you roughly infer from the children's clothing?"

In this age when one dares not to overstep, there are rules for what status one wears and what clothes to wear. No matter how bad the accessories on the body may be marked with a store, it is easy to find someone by following the line.

Xia Dequan shook his head and said, "The clothes and accessories on these children have already been taken away by traffickers, so it's not easy to check."

If they leave a piece of clothing, or some trinkets, they can still have some clues to guess, but right now there is nothing, it is really difficult to check.

"Let me go and have a look." Mo Gu pondered: "With my ability, I think I can see some of the children's memories, and it's also convenient to find their parents."

Xia Dequan was overjoyed, he had intended to ask Mo Gu to take action, but he didn't know if casting mana would hurt the holy dragon's body, so he didn't dare to speak rashly, but he was still a little worried, and quickly asked: "Will it hurt?" Got the holy dragon body?"

"It's nothing." Mo Gu waved his hand, "It's just watching a few children's memories, it's nothing."

Although I couldn't understand what Mo Gu was talking about, it didn't prevent Xia Dequan and the third prince from thinking about this method very grandly, Xia Dequan quickly took Mo Gu to look at those children.

Xia De didn't feel at ease about letting others take them with him, so he handed over the remaining few children to the maids on the dragon boat to take care of them. Keeping them busy was better than having one or two of them thinking about how to climb the dragon bed.

It was also the first time for Mo Gu to go back and see those children. The young ones were only a few months old, and the older ones were only one or two years old. The children were all white, fat and cute. At a glance, they could tell that they were not children from ordinary families, no wonder Xia Dequan was also unwilling to arrange these children randomly.

Mo Gu hugged the older child casually, touched his forehead with his palm, and saw the memories in the child's mind in an instant. The children's memories were all fragmented, and they were nothing more than parents, brothers and sisters-in-law, with a few nurses and maids. It can be roughly seen from his memory that he is the son of a local rich man.

Mo Gu traveled with the trafficker based on the accent in the conversation in the child's memory, and roughly figured out where the child came from, and then sketched the face of the trafficker who abducted the child, "Let someone catch up with this guy, he is also a trafficker. "

As a cultivator, although he has never studied art, it is not difficult to draw the appearance of a human trafficker.

Xia Dequan was amazed, because Emperor Jingrong was not good at the Four Books and Five Classics, and there were few elegant acts of reciting poems and painting on weekdays. He originally thought that Emperor Jingrong was not good at this way, but he never expected that although the outline of the drawn figure is simple , There is no special technique in the falling ink, and it is impossible to tell that he learned from that painting method, but a few simple strokes can paint the appearance and temperament of the trafficker.

The third prince's eyes lit up, if he hadn't remembered that Mo Gu was the Holy One, he would have shouted that I would have asked for one too.

Mo Gu not only drew the human trafficker, but also drew the appearance of the child's parents, so that Xia Dequan could find the person easily.

Mo Gu looked at the memories of three children in a row, and when he saw the last baby who was just born, Mo Gu couldn't help laughing, "I didn't expect it to be his child."

Xia Dequan wondered, "But the acquaintance of the Holy One?"

But looking at the eyes of the Holy Majesty, there was no sign of joy or anger at all.

Mo Gu sneered slightly, "He thinks so."

Hearing the sarcasm in Mo Gu's mouth, Xia Dequan and the third prince dared not speak any more. Don't look at the third prince as if he is very nervous, but he is actually the most knowledgeable, otherwise it would be impossible to sit firmly in the Ministry of Industry The real power position of the right servant.

Mo Gu paused slightly, "This child's situation is a bit special, so let's take it with him for now."

"Yes." Xia Dequan, who knew that Mo Gu had a hobby of raising his younger brother, smiled and said, "Do you want the old servant to let the palace servants make the preparations first?"

He secretly thought, this thing's side hall is currently occupied by people, although there is some space in the back hall, it is not suitable for a baby, or should it be sent to Mo's residence in the capital?

"No!" Mo Gu casually picked up the child and coaxed him, "We will go to Jinling in a while, the child's parents are in Jinling City, so we should return him to his parents by the way."

It is a coincidence that the child's father is none other than the son of Xue Yi, brother of the Xue Hao clan.

However, this child was not born by Xue Wang's family, but by Xue Yi's aunt, and the circumstances of this child's abduction are also somewhat special. The old mother around her was sent to the traffickers.

Mo Gu shook his head secretly, as expected of the original Mrs. Wang, this attack is really ruthless, but is she still the king's family or the original king's family in Jinling?Even if Wang Ziteng will be able to look like a different person in the future, it will definitely not happen in the past few years. If Xue Yi knows, the Xue family may just divorce his wife if something goes wrong.

Mo Gu is too lazy to take care of the Xue family's affairs, but he just ordered the maid to take care of the child with all his heart, and hand it back to his father when he arrives in Jinling. I think Xue Yi lost his son once, so he should pay attention to it later. .

Regardless of the Xue family's affairs, not long after Mu Jing wrote the letter, Mu Jing's sister-in-law Miao really came here with her lovely little Chong Chong.

Mu Jing's sister-in-law, Miao Shi, only had one son, and she always regarded this sister-in-law as her own daughter. When she found out that the second child of Jia's family and his wife intentionally harmed Mu Jing, her brows stood on end in anger, and she didn't even care about her husband and children. , I went to Beijing alone with my cute little Chongchong.

Although it's a little strange for the sister-in-law of the Mu family to come alone, but the mother's family is worried about being pregnant, and it's not a strange thing to send someone to take care of her. It's just that there is no birth ceremony, and she just holds such a jar with empty hands...

Although she was puzzled, Mrs. Jia also knew that the backgrounds of some eldest grandsons' wives were different from ordinary people's, so she just said with a smile, "Why did the in-laws come here suddenly?"

She couldn't help but give Mu Jing a blank look. When her natal sister-in-law came, she didn't even say in advance that during this filial piety period, it's good to receive guests.

Mrs. Miao waved her hand and said, "I couldn't wait any longer, so I came here first, don't blame the old lady."

Old lady Jia was stunned for a rare moment, why can't she wait?

However, Mrs. Jia was also knowledgeable and interesting, she only greeted a few words, and then let Miao and Mu talk on their own.

As soon as Miao entered the Ming Dao Hall where Mu Jing lived, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, "Ah, I said good Jing'er, how can you bear this day?"

Just now I was talking to old lady Jia, she laughed so hard that her face froze, she had to be careful with every word, not even daring to breathe, it was lucky that my sister was able to stay in this kind of family for so many years.

Mu Jing smiled indifferently: "The old lady is very nice, sister-in-law, you are too nervous."

Mrs. Miao gave Mu Jing a blank look. She is truly a fool, and thanks to her younger sister's nerves, she could not stay here any longer. If she put on a face and hurt her eldest sister-in-law, Xiao Jing'er in her family might really not be able to handle it.

Miao waved her hand and said, "Tell me about your second uncle and his wife."

Mu Jing whispered what she knew. According to her, the second uncle and his wife were somewhat jealous of them, but they didn't dare to say what they dared to do.

"Hmph!" Miao's face was sullen, "I'm not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. I see that your second uncle and his wife's eyes are not right, and I'm afraid that one day they will be dark. Let's take precautions first."

She randomly picked some small bugs and placed them on the table, and said with a smile: "Let me think about this matter, and see if it would be better to let that little cutie come out."

Mu Jing watched her sister-in-law playing with bugs since she was a child, and she didn't think much of it, so she said with a smile, "I know my sister-in-law loves me."

But thinking of the child in Wang's stomach, Mu Jing said with a bit of scruples: "The second uncle and his wife are fine, but Wang has a child in her stomach, I don't know..."

"Don't worry." Miao said with a smile: "Since my little cuties are parasitic in her body, they will naturally protect her. Otherwise, wouldn't they let the cuties be buried with them, and they won't be able to hurt the child in her stomach."

It's also because outsiders don't understand, in fact, Gu worms can be used well to strengthen the body. Isn't her little sister Jingmei a good example, she has been healthy and healthy since she was a child, and she has never suffered from any illness.

Miao's Gu, even people in the Jianghu are hard to guard against, let alone Jia Zheng and his wife, the two of them were unknowingly bewitched by Miao.

The Miao nationality has always been monogamous. As a Miao girl, the Miao family knew from Mu Jing that Jia Zheng slept in the same room after his wife became pregnant. Meditation Gu, to keep him from sleeping with other women except his own wife.

Because the Jia family was still in the heat of filial piety, and the filial piety period was inconvenient, the Miao family didn't stay long, and only stayed for a few days before leaving in a hurry. What to do, but I don't know if it's because of the presence of outsiders, but Jia Zheng has become much more obedient and stopped sleeping in the Tong room, which made the old lady Jia heave a sigh of relief.

Even if Jia Zheng himself is careful and knows how to take contraceptive pills for Tongfang's maid, it's hard to guarantee that Tongfang's maid will think about it and want to take advantage of her pregnancy to take advantage of it, and it will be fine at other times. Fang is pregnant... I am afraid that Jia Zheng's reputation, which is not much left, will directly fall to the bottom of the valley.

But what she never expected was that... Jia Zheng couldn't sleep in Tongfang for a while, but he couldn't sleep in Tongfang later on.

At the same time as Mo Gu's southern tour, Jia Yuan's [-] days finally passed, and Jia Li hurriedly begged Mrs. Jia to take a few concubines to Qingxu Temple to offer incense, so as to help Yu Ting visit his descendants transport.

Of course, it seems that luck of descendants is just a title, the main reason is that everyone wants to catch their breath. After all, Jia Yuan’s funeral is extremely mournful, and several daughters-in-law and granddaughters are also busy every day, even if it is Jia Li who doesn’t care. Shi is very tired, let alone others.Taking advantage of this opportunity to offer incense, Jia Lishi wanted to take a few concubines out for a walk, so he could breathe a sigh of relief.

Seeing that everyone was really tired during this time, Mrs. Jia agreed after hesitating for a while, but she reminded, "After all, it's still the time of filial piety. Come back as soon as possible after you relax. People have spoken."

She paused and said: "Min'er is weak, and her eyes are always very bright. After all, this Qingxu Temple is a place where people come and go, so don't take your children with you."

Ever since Min girl ran into a ghost last time, she didn't dare to let Min girl go to those shaded places. Even Jia Yuan's funeral was avoided if she could, and she tried not to let Min girl go.

Jia Li replied respectfully: "Yes, my wife understands."

Even if Mrs. Jia didn't say anything, she didn't plan to take Min girl to Qingxu Temple to offer incense. Min girl is very tired these days, it's better to let her have a good rest in the room.

Although Mrs. Jia asked people to talk to Mrs. Mu and Mrs. Wang, she didn't intend to take the two daughters with her. After all, both of them were pregnant with Liujia, and they were very tired recently, so the strength followed her. It was time to go to incense, so Jia Lishi just said it politely, and also frantically hinted that the two should not go, after all, the flesh and blood in the belly are important.

Mrs. Mu really didn't go with her. Although she was in good health, she was about to give birth and it was not convenient for her to move, so she just happily offered a sesame oil money of ten taels of silver. However, Mrs. Jia never expected that Mrs. Wang would say to follow! ?

Looking at Wang's stomach, Jia Li couldn't help being a little dumbfounded, "You still want to go out like this?"

Although Wang's pregnancy is only about six months, no matter how you look at it, the belly is not only six months. If the imperial doctor hadn't diagnosed Wang's pregnancy as twins, even Jia Zheng would be suspicious. , but just looking at her stomach is shocking, so how about letting her follow them up the mountain?

Wang Shiqiang smiled and said: "Naturally, the daughter-in-law will follow and serve the wife."

"This..." Although Wang's words sounded nice, Jia Li's eyes couldn't help but fall on Wang's stomach. Under such circumstances, who would dare to lead her out.

Jia Lishi was about to be tough and forced Wang Shi to go back to her room and rest in bed, only to hear Wang Shi whispered: "Madam please take pity on my daughter-in-law, daughter-in-law..."

Mrs. Wang glanced at the Rongqing Hall where old lady Jia was located with some fear, and said in a low voice: "The old lady just had someone call my concubine to go over..."

Speaking of this, Jia Li didn't understand, and Wang didn't really want to burn incense, or she didn't care about her body, she wanted to take refuge.

"Forget it." As someone who has been tossed by the old lady before, Jia Lishi understands a little bit, "I just drive slowly, if my body can't hold on anymore, don't force it, but..."

Jia Li looked at Wang's belly, frowned slightly, and said: "But you will move around at that time, your belly...it's really inconvenient for others to see."

Speaking of which, she also took Wang's out at the risk. You must know that Wang's belly can't be hidden anymore. Outsiders have vaguely guessed that Wang's pregnancy is unmarried. If outsiders see Wang's belly , wouldn't it be true that the Jia family will still have a good reputation by then.

Wang gritted her teeth secretly, although she hated it to the core, she still smiled politely: "Yes, my wife understands."

The good-natured mother and daughter went out on a trip, but there was one more person. The three sisters of the Jia family naturally felt that the extra Wang was an eyesore, and coupled with Wang's obvious stomach...

Shi Ting and Shu Ting had children and daughters under their knees, that's all, they were just worried that the Wang family would be seen by others, and it would be bad for the Jia family's reputation, but Yu Ting was very jealous, and his eyes were hot. , It is inevitable that some sour words were said in his mouth.

As a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wang knew that these three sister-in-laws were all born as concubines, but she knew that these three concubines had always been raised by Jia Li and had a very good relationship with Jia Li, so how dare she talk back to Yu Ting? , I could barely hold back my breath.

At first, Jia Li would try to persuade her, but in the end she couldn't persuade her anymore, so she had to let Yu Ting finally get to the Qingxu temple, and the mother and daughter Jia Li were respectfully welcomed by Taoist Zhang. Rejoice in the main hall, while the Wang family was sent to the courtyard in hiding.

As soon as Wang Jingni got out of the carriage, she couldn't help vomiting, tears and snot came out, she just felt so uncomfortable and wanted to cry, and then she really lay down on the ground and cried bitterly.

She thought she could breathe a sigh of relief when she came out, but then she knew that Jia Yuting's venomous tongue was no less than that of old lady Jia.

She hated, really hated, hated Jia Yuting, hated Jia Lishi, hated Jia Zheng who made her belly bigger, hated the flesh and blood in her belly, and hated herself who was blind back then!

"Girl!" He Nanny had also faintly heard some Jia San's words of mocking the girl before, her girl is the daughter of the royal family, but she is a petite in the family, so someone like this will be laughed at even if she says a little more.

As for the food, clothing, housing and transportation on weekdays, let alone, even if the Wang family’s fortunes are in decline, and they sneak back to their hometown in dust, but the mansion has never wronged any girls. If you want to eat, you can just go there. It’s like Jia’s mansion. , I can't even eat something.

Of course, what Nanny He said has passed. The Rongguo family has a great career. Although they intend to separate, they have not yet separated. Wang Jingni has twins in her womb. It will be harsh on Wang Jingni's food, but During the period of filial piety in the Rongguo Mansion, meat and fish were not allowed, but Wang Jingni liked to eat fried food, so she couldn't eat it.

Wang Jingni cried and vomited, and her expression became a little disgusted. Mother He was reluctant to give up, and asked in a low voice: "Miss, do you want to go outside for a walk?"

During this period of time, she was really bored, and she was suffering from anger every day, and if she didn't go out for a walk, she was really worried that the girl would get sick from boredom.

Wang Jingni's eyes lit up, but she rubbed her stomach, and couldn't help but said secretly: "How can I meet people with my current state?"

It's really impressive, so let's just sit down and tell the truth about her being pregnant out of wedlock.

He Nanny persuaded: "Girl, tie up your belly and put on a veiled hat."

After wearing the veiled hat, who would recognize the girl?

Wang Jingni's heart moved slightly, she hesitated again and again, and finally slipped out quietly.

This Qingxu Temple is located on Yunmeng Mountain in the suburbs of Beijing. The mountain is not high, but there are many strange peaks and rocks, and there are waterfalls and springs everywhere. It can be said to be unique in the suburbs of Beijing. Dispersed, my mood eased a lot, but I walked a little far before I knew it.

Walking and walking, Wang Jingni seemed to vaguely hear his wife's voice, and the wife's voice was high-pitched, with a hint of anger.

Not only her, but even Nanny He heard, "Girl, this is..."

"Hush!" Wang Jingni gestured, "Let's go quietly."

Her heart was beating really hard, inexplicably, and she always felt that there must be something wrong with it, if she got her wife's handle, would she still need to swallow her anger and endure the cynicism of that girl Jia Yuting?