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Chapter 374 In the house (6K+)

After thinking about it, there are people who are lazy and fish in troubled waters, and he would not dare to do evil things if he had ten or eight guts!

The county magistrate of Wudi felt uneasy. He watched Lin Yan approaching with soldiers and horses, got off his horse, and walked towards him.

Well, as expected of the jade-faced judge, he is much younger than him!Seeing that he was the same age as his son, it just felt more scary than when he was facing his son.It's not that he looks scary, but that he has a cold aura all over his body and the densely packed soldiers and horses behind him, as soon as he approaches, it makes people feel inexplicably terrified.

"Lin...Lin Shaoqing, my servant..."

"Lin Yan, Shaoqing of Dali Temple." The files in his hand were piled up like a mountain, so he naturally didn't have time to talk nonsense with the Wudi county magistrate who was so nervous that he stuttered. After shaking the waist card in his hand in front of the Wudi county magistrate, his expression Suddenly sullen, he asked, "Is there a pair of salt merchant father and son named Liang in your Wu city?"

In a small town as big as a palm, he would know a thing or two even if he asked the shopkeeper of a larger shop, let alone Liang Yuanwai and his son, who were well-known in the city.

Wudi county magistrate's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words, and hurriedly said, "I know... I know, they..."

Such a tense and bewildered appearance made Lin Yan frowned, and sighed inaudibly: It seems that in such a small town as big as a palm, it is easy to have such parents who like to "keep things quiet".

Wu Youcai is such a person, and so is the county magistrate of Wudi.It's not necessarily a villain, even if you bump into him on the road on weekdays, you can occasionally do one or two good things.

It's just that when you meet a wicked person, you definitely don't dare to face it head-on.

Lin Yan didn't make a sound, just frowned and looked at the Wudi county magistrate who came out and the Wudi county government officials who came out with him, together with the helpless clerks, it was not enough. to twenty.

Although people who practice martial arts don't necessarily have to be rough, such as Chongyan, if he doesn't open his mouth, who can tell that the "rich flower" who usually sleeps on the imperial concubine's bed, oh no, is the "rich grass" who knows martial arts?
It's just that even if it's not a raw, big and three-thick look, it's always a bit of tendon.But looking at the less than [-] officials in front of him, together with the county magistrate of Wudi, all of them look "weak" in it, and I am afraid that if he just hits a guard around him, he can knock down a few of them. .

How can such a physically fit official work in the Yamen?I'm afraid that even the farmers who work daily can't beat it!Lin Yan was a little dissatisfied, but these matters were out of his control, and he could only speak up to Shangfeng after returning to Beijing.

"Yes." Amidst the apprehensive expressions of the officials in Wudi County Yamen, Lin Yan said lightly, "Someone came to report that the Liang family and his son abducted and sold an innocent girl into a brothel to make money."

The county magistrate of Wudi, who was uneasy after hearing this, was stunned: Is there such a thing?is that a lie!This kidnapper is abducting and selling young children for money!But as far as the Liang family and his son are concerned, how can the money earned from selling young children compare with selling salt?

Don't Lin Shaoqing, who is known as the jade-faced judge, know what he knows when he thinks about it with his toes?

Lin Yan ignored the astonishment of the county magistrate of Wudi. He had brought enough manpower this time, and he was not afraid of the opposition of the county magistrate of Wudi.

Of course, with the status of Bingmatong Dali Temple Shaoqing in hand, the county magistrate of Wudi would not talk nonsense when he was full, at most he kept up with Lin Yan by muttering a few words in his heart.

"Lin Shaoqing, right now we're going to..." The magistrate of Wudi came back to his senses after being stunned for a moment, and quickly followed Lin Yan with a flattering smile on his face.

Lin Yan squinted at him, and said, "Go and arrest the Liang family father and son!"

County Magistrate of Wudi: "..." Is it so straightforward?Arrest people right away?

The ground under his feet seemed to tremble slightly. Looking at the soldiers and horses who couldn't see their heads at a glance, the county magistrate of Wudi felt that his eyes were a little dazzled: Is this Lin Shaoqing's investigation method?
Use these soldiers and horses to arrest people directly?Well, with such abundant martial virtues, most common felons might not be able to resist.

To arrest the Liang family and his son, he must go to the Liang family's mansion. Almost everyone in Wudi City knows the location of the Liang family's mansion, and it is the largest and most magnificent house on the street.

After notifying the county magistrate of Wudi, asking him to take someone with him to fetch him, Lin Yan got on his horse and turned the horse's head around.

This direction... Seeing this, the county magistrate of Wudi hurriedly shouted: "Lin Shaoqing, wait a minute, the Liang family mansion..."

"Don't go there." Lin Yan didn't even look at him, so he raised his hand, led the soldiers and horses to turn around, and said, "Go to Mr. Liang's private house."

Wu County Magistrate: "..."

Previously, I thought that Lin Shaoqing was able to arrest people purely by virtue of martial arts!It was only now that Lin Shaoqing seemed to have figured out the movements of the Liang family. It turned out that this was the way the jade-faced judge investigated the case!The county magistrate of Wudi wiped the cold sweat off his forehead with his sleeve, and hurriedly led his men to trot after him.

A palm-sized small town is the same as Baoling City, and it is easy to attract people to watch anything, and the same is true for today's events.

Not only did it involve the well-known big salt merchant in the city, but also Mr. Shaoqing from Dali Temple, who also said that the big salt merchant went to abduct and sell young children. No matter which part of these involvements is singled out, it can make people What surprised me a lot was that the front of the Liang family mansion was already crowded with people who came to watch the excitement. From time to time, words such as "Dali Temple", "Jade Faced Judge", "Salt Merchant" and "Young Tong" floated around. come out.

"This is the same as our Baoling!" Seeing the crowded crowd, Chun's mother knocked on the melon seeds and said with emotion, "It's true that no matter where the people are, they like to watch the excitement."

Lin Yan who brought the soldiers and horses came over and got off the horse. Mother Chun looked at it for a while, and the old problem suddenly relapsed. She nodded and shook her head again and said, "This Lin Shaoqing is really good, but he is a little sloppy and slovenly. Look at her eyes. Turned blue."

Every time I see this Lin Shaoqing, there is something wrong with her clothes or her condition, which is really strange!Jiang Shaoyan was also a little puzzled by this.

Lin Yan, who was evaluated as "sloppy", looked back at the crowd after getting off his horse: I have to say, even though his eyes were blue from the sloppy and tired, this "jade-faced judge" could stand against the backdrop of all the officials in the Wudi county government. There was still a bit of "jade face", and there was a whisper of discussion in the crowd.

Words such as "handsome" and "good-looking" are endless.

Lin Yan, who was looking around the crowd, didn't care about these things, but glanced at the crowd in front of him, he was relieved when he saw Jiang Shaoyan and his party at the farthest position, nodded slightly at her, and then led the soldiers and horses into the The private residence of the Liang family.

It's not that the guards of the Liang family didn't want to stop them, but faced with so many soldiers and horses, even the most loyal guards on weekdays fell silent and stepped aside after seeing them.

What is this blocking?He didn't mind disobeying the officers and soldiers for his master, but in the face of so many soldiers and horses, he disobeyed. Apart from costing his own life, what's the difference in the result?
At this time, Mr. Liang was still in the Liang family mansion. Lin Yan's move was too sudden. No one thought that the jade-faced judge who was far away in Yancheng would suddenly lead his troops. After entering the city to meet the county magistrate What's more, he came directly without even entering the yamen.

Mr. Liang's private house was surrounded by people at this time, no matter who was inside or what was inside, it was impossible to fly.

Less than a moment after the officers and soldiers entered, they began to lead people outside.

The beauties from Mr. Liang's private house, which were rarely seen by ordinary people in the past, were brought out one by one.Not all of them are glamorous for no reason, and there are quite a few ordinary girls who are delicate and not outstanding.

The people watching the excitement started discussing excitedly.

"I thought the beauties hidden in the back house by Mr. Liang are so beautiful, but it seems that they are only mediocre. My mother-in-law was a little more beautiful than some of them when she was young."

"That's right! I heard that Mr. Liang's mother is a beauty, but Mr. Liang's requirements for beauty are not as high as Mr. Liang's!"

"That's right! It's better for Mr. Liang to show off in daily life. He usually takes those beauties out to buy cosmetics and jewelry. I see that those beauties are much better than these!"

"Maybe Mr. Liang doesn't value beauty, but talent and character!"

"This... I don't know, talent and character are not written on the face, so that people can see it at a glance."

……

The people were talking.

Jiang Shaoyan looked at the beauties who were brought out and said nothing, but the "well-informed" mother Chun didn't know why her heart skipped a beat when she saw this situation, and a sense of something bad came spontaneously.

It's just that what's wrong, what's wrong, she can't tell for a moment, but her "well-informed" instinct makes her feel that something is wrong, so that she subconsciously glances at Jiang Shaoyan.

The Fourth Miss Jiang had a serious expression on her face. She looked at the beauties brought out for a moment, and then her eyes fell on the gate of Mr. Liang's private house again.

The people in this mansion were brought out from this gate.

Fortunately, Wudi is a small city, and there are not too many people in the whole city, and the streets are quite spacious. Soon, a piece of land was specially cleared at the gate, and the beauties brought out of the house, along with the servants and servants, were taken away. to the clearing.

As the officers and soldiers came out more and more slowly, more and more people were on the open space, and the people watching said with emotion: "It should be almost there."

There are quite a lot of people in the Liang family's private house, and the clothes of the servants and servants are acceptable, just like the servants and servants of other rich families in this city.

There seems to be no problem except that there are more people.

As for those beauties... their expressions were considered calm, although they were afraid, they didn't cry, and they didn't have any injuries. Seeing that Mr. Liang should treat them pretty well on weekdays.

It has been more than half a day since the officers and soldiers who brought a beauty out just now went in again, and the crowd of onlookers were full of chatter.

"It should be almost there!"

"I saw no one was there."

"This Mr. Liang looks like a monkey, but the beauty raised by himself, even if he refuses to give porridge to do good, it seems that he can't say anything about him."

There is no law that stipulates that the rich must do good deeds. The Liang family's move is at most being said to be stingy behind the scenes, and there is really no problem beyond violating the laws of the Great Zhou.

……

Mother Chun frowned and turned her head to look at the girl beside her.

The girl's gaze remained fixed on the gate of Liang's private house, as if she was waiting for something.

Almost all the people in the Liang family's private house have been taken away, and the soldiers beside him will go to Lin Yan who is standing in the house of Mr. Liang in the main courtyard, and report: "Lin Shaoqing, everyone has been taken out, and the house is already dead. There's no one left."

As soon as these words came out, Lin Yan, who usually responded to every sentence of his opponents, did not nod his head with a "hmm" as usual, indicating that he understood, but turned his head to look at In the room, I closed my eyes.

This action stunned the general, and subconsciously held his breath.

After a long while, a rustling sound came to my ears, the sound was not loud, but it was very conspicuous in the room where no one was making a sound at this time.

This is... the soldier was taken aback.

"There is someone." After Lin Yan spoke, he opened his eyes again, pointed to the ground under his feet and said, "There is a secret room below, and there are people in the secret room."

The tone of these words was light, but the voice was sure and unquestionable, as if he knew it early in the morning.

Hearing this sentence, the general answered "yes" quickly, then turned around and raised his hand to beckon people to search for the mechanism.

Lin Yan watched the soldiers and others move the tables and chairs in the house to find the mechanism, and pursed his lips in silence.

Miss Jiang Si told them early in the morning that there is a secret room hidden under the main house of this house, there are people in the secret room, and they are looking for those people in the secret room.

The reason why he is so sure is that what the young master Liang is doing is something that is "not tolerated by the world" and cannot be explained to outsiders. It is something that will shock the world once it is exposed.

Even in the Liang family, besides Mr. Liang himself, only Mr. Liang's most trusted confidants knew about this matter. Naturally, such confidants would not be able to confess casually upon asking.

It can only be done if there are all human and material evidence, making it impossible for people to deny it.

Just as he was thinking like this, he heard a "click", and the earphones rang, and an official who was holding a vase on the ancient rack in his hand said excitedly: "I found it!"

Along with the sound of gears turning, the long calligraphy and painting hanging in the middle of the main house changed. With the flipping of the calligraphy and painting, a secret door gradually appeared in front of everyone.

A few soft weeping sounds came out from the secret door, the sound was not loud, but it was horrified to the ears of the officials who were looking for evidence.

This voice...why is it so immature?

……

The generals who went in this time really stayed for too long, and the common people who came to watch the fun couldn't help but began to whisper to each other.

"I can see that there should be no one."

"Why hasn't this jade-faced judge come out?"

"What are you doing in there?"

……

Waiting for the people to get anxious, the voices of discussion spread among the crowd, and the restlessness fermented. Even Chun's mother moved her feet and continued to wait impatiently, but the girl beside her never moved, nor did she look at her. Move away from the gate.

Seeing this, Chun's mother moved her lips: "Jiang..."

It was only when she said the word "Jiang" that the girl suddenly became serious and said, "Here we come!"

The sound of "coming" startled Chun's mother, she instinctively looked towards the gate of the house, only to see that a soldier appeared at the gate of the house, and he came out of the house with a child in his arms.

The child was covered with an officer's and soldier's gown, covering his head, so that no one could see the child's appearance, but the new skirt and jacket on his body could still tell that it should be a girl, judging from his height, it seemed that he was only four Looks like five years old.

This is the first one, but not the last one. One after another, the children were carried out by the officers and soldiers. The heads of the children were all covered with robes. It seems that they are all girls, young in age, and the tallest looks only seven or eight years old.

The people who were waiting outside and discussing seemed to be choked by someone collectively. They stopped what they were saying and looked at the girls who were carried out one by one.

The noise disappeared in an instant, replaced by a dead silence.

The child who was carried out did not make a sound, the officers and soldiers did not speak, the common people did not speak, not even the beauties, servants and servants who were placed in the Liang family's private house on the flat ground outside.

This situation... and thinking of the beauties brought out by the officers and soldiers just now, how can Mother Chun not understand?Her face was extremely ugly, and she couldn't help muttering: "This beast..."

Of course it's a beast, to reach out to a child who doesn't understand anything!
Originally thought that Mr. Liang was only fond of young girls, but it turned out that the so-called young girls were just a cover. He actually... Mother Chun's breathing was stagnant, and she subconsciously looked up at the girl. Water dripped out, and although she didn't look away, she seemed to feel her mother Chun's gaze, and the girl suddenly said, "The disappearance of the Miss Liang family...do you understand?"

Seeing these girls at this time, what is there that I don't understand?Mother Chun thought to herself: What a good "brother" who hugs his little sister and refuses to let go!What a "good" master who doesn't punish for losing his young lady!What a kidnapper with no clues!

What kind of kidnapper stole Miss Liang?It's clearly self-stealing, so the so-called disappearance of Miss Liang's family is probably...

The girl took a deep breath, paused, and said, "Then the young lady of the Liang family grew up to be round and jade-like, and Yuxue is cute, so she is the most liked by this person!"

Therefore, when Miss Liang disappeared, she should have first fallen into the hands of Mr. Liang. When she was seven or eight years old, for some reason, it might not be to Mr. Liang’s liking, or she might be afraid of Miss Liang. The longer he grows up, the more he looks like Mrs. Liang, so Mr. Liang will naturally not keep Miss Liang's family anymore.

Coupled with the fact that Chun's mother began to accept girls when she was seven or eight years old, the beauty of the Liang family lady who looked so much like Mrs. Liang would naturally not be missed by Chun's mother, so... just let her go!
Step by step, every step is very shrewd.

"At that time, Miss Liang was still young, but she was found back one day. Except for some gifted children, most people can't remember clearly." Jiang Shaoyan turned her head to look at her. Yanchun's mother said, "Besides, she is in a brothel again, and she has a lot of daily contact with people, and the things about her childhood will become more and more vague. I'm afraid that even she herself can't remember it."

It really is a big salt merchant who calculates his interests, and he calculates every step to the point!With this calculation ability, Mr. Liang really looks like Yuanwai Liang, so it's not surprising that he can do business like this.

To tell the truth, Mr. Liang's scheming ability is really powerful, even calling Chun's mother ashamed.At least she wasn't calculated to take over that Miss Liang's family?When the Liang family wanted to find Miss Liang one day, she was the only one who was suspected of "abducting" Miss Liang, and Mr. Liang himself picked them all up.

It's a pity... No matter how scheming he was, he happened to meet this Miss Jiang Si, and after many years of hiding it, he was ruined in the end.I don't know if it's luck or misfortune for Mr. Liang.

The behavior of people like Mr. Liang is really bad. According to the laws of the Great Zhou, no matter how they are sentenced, they cannot escape the word "death", so the rest is left to Lin Yan.

After Lin Yan came out of the house, he looked up at Jiang Shaoyan in the corner of the crowd, and nodded to her.

Jiang Shaoyan saluted knowingly, turned her head and left the crowd.

"Let's go!" The girl stepped into the carriage, rubbed her slightly tired eyebrows, turned her head and glanced at Mother Chun, and said, "Your matter is settled for the time being, and you can talk to Mrs. Yang later. , so... she will think highly of you, and she will feel more at ease to leave some errands to you!"

Mrs. Yang is really hypocritical and difficult to deal with: the person she cooperates with cannot be too smart, because she is very stingy and doesn't like people who are smarter than herself; It's just an abandoned child, you can give it up at any time.

In this case, it is very important to grasp the degree.

In the previous two meetings with Mrs. Yang, Mrs. Chun has been classified as "stupid" in Mrs. Yang's heart. Now it's time to be a little "smart" so that Mrs. Yang can rest assured that she will entrust Mrs. Chun with a heavy responsibility.

Chun's mother listened to the girl's arrangement in silence, and said "OK".

What else can I say other than "good"?Just as she couldn't fly out of a girl's palm, so Mrs. Yang couldn't fly out of a girl's palm, she just had to be obedient.

Wu Di's "egg seam" can be considered solved, but Mother Chun has a lot of questions in her heart.

"Miss Jiang Si, how do you know?" Mother Chun asked seriously.

Xiangli took a cushion and put it behind Jiang Shaoyan, and slashed at Chun's mother fiercely, and said, "Can't you ask a few less questions? Anyway, my lady knows everything, why are there so many?"

Chun's mother: "..." She is curious!Also, your lady is not a fairy, how could she know everything?

I don't know if it was her illusion, but she always felt that Miss Jiang Si in front of her seemed a lot tired these days compared to the previous days, but she couldn't tell where she was tired.

Leaning on the cushion, Jiang Shaoyan closed her eyes, and after a long silence, she asked, "Mother Chun, what do you want to ask?"

Mother Chun thought for a while, and first asked a question: "Miss Jiang Si, how do you know that Miss Liang's abduction was carried out by guards?"

"A shrewd son of a salt merchant who doesn't have the slightest reputation for kindness, after losing a young girl who he likes so much that he 'wouldn't let go', he didn't sell his servants, and even the punishment was painless. Something is wrong in itself!" Jiang Shaoyan closed her eyes and said, "Besides, Wudi is a small town the size of a palm. No one has an impression? It is really perfect that the kidnapper can do so without leaking any traces. Whether it is the kidnapper or the Liang family's own reaction is not right, there is naturally the possibility of guarding and stealing."

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