Bury the Qing Dynasty

Chapter 252: Harvest and Cut?

From Yongcheng to Fengyang, there are not a few prefectures and counties to pass through along the way. It happens that Zhu Jinsong is not particularly anxious, so he wanders through prefectures and counties along the way, stopping here for two days and there for three days. It can be regarded as happy.

It's a pity that Zhu Jinsong's good mood came to an abrupt end when he just arrived in a village near Fengyang.

On the head of the village, a woman's legs were spread wide, her hands kept patting her thighs, and she cried out from time to time. Several women around her kept persuading her, but they couldn't stop the woman from crying. A dozen steps away from these women, a group of young and strong people also gathered together, many of them had sticks and hatchets in their hands, and some men dressed as peasant association guards each carried flintlock guns in their hands, and from time to time Some people raised their arms and shouted something.

Coincidentally, the appearance of Zhu Jinsong and the others seemed to set up a target for the young men in this village. When someone pointed at Zhu Jinsong, all the young men took up their swords and guns and surrounded him. They left Zhu Jinsong and his party.

Ke Zhiming was frightened to death by this horror.

Under normal circumstances, when the emperor goes out to search, secret agents such as Tiandihui, Jinyiwei, and Dongchang must be the first to act. They must inquire clearly about the villages and towns they pass along the way, but if there is any danger, it must be resolved in advance. In a situation like Gao Dasong, soldiers and horses had to be specially mobilized to allow the emperor to get involved only when everything was safe.

Fortunately, the unknown old Wangzhuang in front of me belongs to the kind of firm adherence to the emperor and the court in the news from Tiandihui and Jinyiwei, and belongs to the kind of safe zone where you can pass by with a few entourages. , but when the emperor was about to reach the village, he found that the young men in the village were discussing something at the village with sticks and flintlock guns...

To put it in a small way, this matter is the dereliction of duty of Tiandihui and Jinyiwei. If it is said in a big way, I am afraid that thousands of heads are not enough.

Just when Ke Zhiming was thinking about whether to apologize quickly with death, one of the young adults was also separated, and soon came to Zhu Jinsong and others.

This made Ke Zhiming feel a little relieved.

Since one person was separated, and he was still empty-handed, without sticks, flintlock guns, etc., it meant that something happened suddenly in the village, not someone who wanted to target Zhu Jinsong, the Ming emperor.

The man approached, bowed to Zhu Jinsong who was riding on the horse, and said, "May I ask if the guest passed by this road?"

After Zhu Jinsong nodded, the man continued to ask: "Dare to ask the guests, did you meet anyone on the road? Especially, did you bring someone with a child who was about two or three years old?"

Zhu Jinsong thought for a while, and after confirming that he hadn't encountered such a person along the way, he said, "I haven't met such a person along the way. Dare to ask brother, what happened here?"

The man slapped his thigh, and sighed, "I lost another two-and-a-half-year-old child in my village! These smallpox kidnappers don't know where they will take this child to his mother!" "

Zhu Jinsong was a little confused.

again?
There are children in the village who have been abducted, and more than once?
This is not right, because the Ming Law has extremely strict regulations on many crimes, and can even be said to be extremely cruel.

For example, harvesting, cutting, and patting flowers, once caught, the perpetrators will be killed regardless of master and slave, all of them will be mollified, their homes will be ransacked, and their families will be wiped out. This is the most common law in the Ming Dynasty: "Everyone over seventy and under seven years old does not need this rule." The provisions of the law have been deliberately deleted, which is three points harsher than treason and disrespect.

At least, Zhu Jinsong didn't see any begging children who were cut off along the way, or even beggars. The political department, state capital, counties, townships, and villages conduct grid-based investigations. Once children who have been cut off are found, they will be sent to nursing homes. Those who can do some work will be arranged to do some work. Those who are really unable to work The government sent people to take care of them, and healthy beggars were also directly dragged to the construction site to work.

In short, it is very dangerous to be a beggar in Daming, and it is a serious crime that will implicate the whole family to death. Although it is impossible to completely eliminate the phenomenon of someone abducting children, under the threat of torture and extermination, this kind of Things ended up being a lot less.

The problem is, according to the man in front of him, has a child been lost in this village before?
After thinking for a while, Zhu Jinsong simply asked: "Brother, according to what you mean, it seems that there is more than one child lost in the village?"

The man was obviously not in the mood to explain slowly to Zhu Jinsong, he just nodded and said: "If something like this happened in the village today, we won't keep guests."

Zhu Jinsong hurriedly called to stop this man: "Wait a minute! How long has that child been missing? He is not talented, and his family has a lot of contacts. He has many friendships with officials and gentlemen in our county, state, and mansion. You might as well explain the matter in detail. Tell me, I'll send someone to the government to report the case, and the officials will come forward to investigate, okay? In addition, my dozen or so servants also have war horses, and there are some followers behind me, who can also help you find your children."

The man who was a little impatient at first, after hearing what Zhu Jinsong said, he directly performed the face-changing trick in Sichuan opera, and said gratefully: "That would be great, if we can find the child, we will All the people in Laowang Village are grateful for your great kindness and virtue, then the Wang family must set up a longevity tablet for the young master, and the incense will continue day and night!"

Zhu Jinsong didn't really believe in this impromptu promise, and even if he did, he wouldn't care too much. Zhu Jinsong just asked again: "How long has the child been missing? The shorter the time, the more likely it will be found." bigger."

The man quickly replied: "Go back to the son, the child has been lost for about half an hour."

Zhu Jinsong hummed, and after thinking about it secretly, he turned his head and told Ke Zhiming: "Send someone to investigate, with the village as the center point, within a radius of fifty miles, even if it is a mouse hole, we have to open it up and find it." !"

As Zhu Jinsong's voice fell, four of the more than ten horse guards following Zhu Jinsong came out and rushed towards four different directions.

The joy on the man's face was even stronger, Dang even slightly bowed and stretched out his hand, leading Zhu Jinsong to the direction of the village: "Young master, please come to the village for a rest?"

This guy doesn't doubt that Zhu Jinsong is bragging, because even if he doesn't have eyesight, just look at Zhu Jinsong's outfit and the horse under his crotch, and the followers behind Zhu Jinsong are all riding extremely well Horses are also enough to prove Zhu Jinsong's strength-if you compare the bloody BMW Zhu Jinsong rides to a Bugatti, and the thoroughbred horses ridden by those entourages to a longbow, isn't it easy to understand?
It looks very powerful.

And Zhu Jinsong was not polite, and just followed the man into the village.

Anyway, if I help you find children, you should take care of me for a meal or two, right?At worst, I will leave some money for you before I leave.

While walking, Zhu Jinsong asked: "I just heard from my brother that another child has been lost in this village, that is to say, it has been lost before?"

The man said: "Going back to my son, our village has lost many children since Qian Deaf forty years ago. When the old man became the emperor of the Holy Emperor, the number of lost children has decreased a lot, but every once in a while. After a year or two, he would still be lost, even if he reported to the government, the government would send manpower, but the child still couldn't be found."

Zhu Jinsong nodded, and then asked: "Do you lose both boys and girls? Or only boys or only girls?"

The man said: "Whoever steals girls, now brothels are strictly controlled, and they are not allowed to keep them from childhood, so no one will steal girls easily."

Zhu Jinsong hummed, and asked again: "Then, is it just your village that lost the child, or the nearby villages as well?"

The man replied, "Throw them all away!"

Zhu Jinsong stopped asking, and just nodded thoughtfully.

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When Zhu Jinsong followed that man into the village to rest, those captains of Jinyiwei who had received Zhu Jinsong's order went crazy.

Regardless of the reason, children were abducted under the eyes of the emperor anyway. What is this?This is the dereliction of duty of Jinyiwei and Tiandihui!
How can Jin Yiwei, who has always claimed to be the emperor's pro-army, endure this?
In order to find the missing child in the shortest possible time, these captains of the Jinyiwei directly found the staff of the nearby Jinyiwei and Tiandihui, and then notified the guards and guards who were following nearby, and directly sent Lao Wangzhuang as the leader. In the center, everything within a radius of fifty miles was blocked!
Just as Zhu Jinsong said, even if it is a mouse hole, it has to be searched. All the government buildings, private houses, shops, and inns have been turned upside down, and even the mountains and wilderness have to be checked.

Naturally, it is impossible not to alert the thieves who abducted children with such a vigorous search method.

The thief holding the child was a little panicked: "What should I do? These horses are all eagle-claw grandchildren, and they are almost here."

But the other thief said angrily: "Don't ask us, we don't know, damn it, whose child do you think we abducted, why is it so expensive?"

The thief holding the child shouted in a low voice: "The more expensive he is, the worse our death will be! So what should we do now? Throw him here? Or just kill the child and settle everything immediately?"

The other thief was even more angry, and slapped the thief who was holding the child fiercely, and shouted in a low voice: "You are crazy! Let's throw the child away, those eagle-clawed grandchildren can take the child back to do business, we still have I hope, if you kill the child, how can those grandchildren of Yingclaw give up?"

"Listen to me, let's put the children in a conspicuous place on the road and let them find them. Once they find them, they will naturally disperse. Let's stay away from that old Wangzhuang in the future."

"Damn it, it's really crazy. In a place like Laowangzhuang, where no shit is like a bird, there is such a precious child? Could it be the emperor's illegitimate child raised here?"

The thief who was holding the child shivered violently, and said with a mournful face: "Senior brother, don't scare me, I heard that the emperor has Jinyiwei under his command, and all of them are supernatural, just in case..."

The other thief slapped the thief who was holding the child again, and shouted in a low voice: "Fart has great powers! You have lost so many children in the past few years, you will not ask Jin Yiwei for help when you are a government?"

"Let me tell you, Jin Yiwei is also a human being, and he also needs to eat, drink, and scatter. Even if some abilities are beyond the reach of ordinary people, they are still formed by mortal bodies. As long as we are more careful, they will not find us."

The thief who was holding the child felt relieved, and began to slowly follow the brother in his mouth towards the direction of the main road.

And the development of the matter did not meet the expectations of the brothers among the thieves. After those "grandchildren of eagle claws" found the crying child, they just continued to search for a while and then ended the search. relieved.

(End of this chapter)