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Chapter 250 Rampant Kidnap; Sudden Change of Mind
"Hold your head and squat down!" She blew the whistle while shouting, and ran towards the man and woman.

But the latter ran away as fast as he could, trying to slip away by taking advantage of the crowded environment.

The nearby citizens who didn't know the truth were looking around, and the female patrol police managed to squeeze through a group of people and chased after them.

As the distance got closer, she grabbed the woman's left hand and held it firmly.But when the young man found out that his accomplice had been arrested, he immediately turned around and rushed over, trying to rescue his accomplice.

The two sides were fighting together in an instant, the woman was struggling desperately, and the young man was also pushing and pulling.

"Let go!!!" The female patrol officer yelled sharply, but to no avail, the man and woman were still violently resisting.

Facing the two people's full resistance to arrest, she was too small to fight with four fists, and she was completely at a disadvantage.

This scene happened right in front of Zhou Changfeng and Xia Xiaoshi, only ten steps away.

The former didn't want to get involved in this sudden incident at first, which was completely different from last time.Anyway, there are people around, and the two being chased will definitely be subdued by passers-by.

But once it gets mixed up, I will have to go to the inspection department again tonight.After all, the first Lantern Festival after the newlyweds is more or less commemorative.

But things often went against our wishes, and suddenly, another figure rushed out from the crowd.

A male voice from a passer-by exclaimed, "Knife! He has a knife!"

Zhou Changfeng followed the prestige, and saw two short and sturdy men rushing towards the wrestling female patrol officer and the two suspects with their knives raised.

Grass!I almost forgot that this kind of child trafficking gangs usually travel together and take care of each other!

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhou Changfeng snatched the candied haws from Xia Xiaoshi's hand, and pulled out the hairpin stuck in her bun.

At this time, the baton that the policewoman was carrying had already rolled aside, and she was trying to draw a gun from her waist.

But as soon as she took out her own gun from the holster, the two accomplices with knives rushed to her and stabbed her down.

At this moment, the candied haws, which had been hardened by the cold weather, flew straight towards the back of the head of one of them with unbiased precision.

In the next second, Zhou Changfeng held the hairpin with his right hand and flung it out vigorously. The hairpin made of tungsten steel spun three times in the air like a flying needle.But it is a pity that in the end, it failed to hit with the sharp point, but hit it vertically, causing no damage.

Now he didn't have time to complain about his troubles, so he bent down and picked up the two-foot-long ash wood baton.

The so-called one inch long and one inch strong, a stick of more than sixty centimeters is completely worth the small short knife of more than ten centimeters.

Zhou Changfeng knocked down the daggers in the hands of the two knife-wielding accomplices sharply, but what he saw out of the corner of his eye made his heart skip a beat—the female patrolman who was stabbed let go of her hand because of the severe pain , the young man has seized the revolver.

Fortunately, the citizens nearby did not stand idly by. They were just bewildered by the series of situations just now. After recovering their senses, a group of young and strong men rushed forward and quickly subdued several suspects here.

Zhou Changfeng threw away the baton, and under the surrounding flickering lights, it could be seen that the female patrol officer was stabbed in the lower abdomen, bleeding profusely, and the pool of blood under her body was expanding at a speed that could be seen by the naked eye.

He hesitated for a moment, picked up the pistol and fired into the sky, hoping to make other patrolmen around come to help faster.

"boom--"

The sound of gunshots spread very far at night, Zhou Changfeng put down the gun, turned around and shouted loudly: "Bandages! Stop the bleeding! Cloth strips, towels, handkerchiefs, whatever you have!"

Most of the women who were hiding far away were taken aback for a moment, and then searched for it one after another.

Who has nothing to do with a towel, and a handkerchief if you want to.

Soon Zhou Changfeng had more than a dozen handkerchiefs of different colors at hand, but there were no straps long enough to be used as bandages.

He anxiously said: "Hurry up! Long, long!"

People looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing where to find the long straps that met the requirements.

At this time, a thin and tall girl boldly asked: "Is... Is it okay to wear silk?"

The so-called peibo is a long belt that hangs between the shoulders, arms, and waist, usually made of silk.

This thing is a pure decoration, and it is convenient to travel. Even though today is the Shangyuan Festival, many girls choose to wear ancient clothes, but most of them will not make trouble for themselves.

But there are still some people who wear such a long belt to go out for the sake of being elegant and unrestrained.

"Hold on, hold on." Zhou Changfeng glanced at the dagger stuck in the lower abdomen of the policewoman, and said in relief, "It's not a fatal injury, it's okay."

It is not advisable to pull out the small knife according to the trauma treatment, otherwise it may cause bleeding to intensify.He quickly folded the handkerchief into strips and pressed it next to the knife wound, and the dark red vein blood instantly soaked it.

Then, he put on another folded handkerchief, and finally wrapped the piece of silk around his body twice, so that the dressing was completed.

"Cold...a little...cold..."

"Don't fall asleep, hey, keep your eyes open."

The commotion and gunfire here quickly attracted other nearby patrol officers, and within a few minutes, two people arrived.

Now that there is no Internet, it is very difficult for ordinary people to get in touch with professional knowledge. They must either consult a doctor or go to the library to find it themselves. Therefore, even if there are interested people, most of them will be discouraged by these troubles.

And in later generations, in addition to various brochures, sometimes when I stumble across related videos inadvertently, I will click in and watch them for a while. Over time, I can learn more about them.

So when the patrolmen who came to support saw such a bandage, they subconsciously judged that Mr. Zhou was a doctor.

"Someone help me!"

"Hey, there's a lot of blood! Hurry, hurry to the doctor!"

"Doctor! How is she...?"

Zhou Changfeng, whose hands were covered in blood, wiped the blood with a handkerchief and replied, "There should be intestines, no organs were injured, just debridement and suture."

During this period, several suspects were severely beaten by the angry citizens, punched and kicked, all with dead hands.

The short and stout man with the knife was thrown from the city wall by people. The city wall around Jubao Gate was as high as four feet, and his upper body hit the ground first and almost died on the spot.

Patrolmen, who are accustomed to this, don't care what happened to a few human traffickers. At least in this case, the idiom that the law does not blame the public is applicable.

Since ancient times, the Chinese legal system has imposed very severe sentences on this kind of "slightly selling people". The Han Dynasty was the most severe, followed by the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

For example, in the "Nine Chapters Law - Stealing Law" of the Han Dynasty, there is a clear text law that "... if you sell someone a little bit, you will be guilty of the same crime as Jia. If you have not sold a little bit, you will be fine."

Punishment is a typical penalty left over from ancient times. First, the flesh and bones are cut, then the limbs are cut, and the throat is finally cut.However, since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, many large and small punishments have been eliminated, and the remaining five punishments are fixed as the familiar ones of cane, stick, imprisonment, death, and death, among which "death" is divided into beheading, hanging, and chopping.

However, even after the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the sentences for traffickers were often a hundred rods, three thousand miles, three years in prison, and so on.

And if abuse is found, it is often directly upgraded to hanging.In view of the fact that most of the trafficking gangs cannot serve delicious food and drink in the actual situation, they usually cannot escape death.

"There is a problem with your combination. This kind of key point should not be acted by one person."

"Manpower is tight today, not enough."

After learning of Mr. Zhou's true identity, the patrolmen were embarrassed and thanked him again and again, but he complained about the police force arrangement in the Jubaomen Tower.

To put it simply, the Jiangning county police are usually enough, and only a grand festival like the Shangyuan Festival will be a little nervous in a year.

Therefore, it is reluctant to expand the scale.In other words, the Advisory Council was not willing to allocate funds, thinking it was a waste of money.

After all, the local inspection department would not object to distributing more funds, and recruiting more people would save time and effort, and if the chicken thief ordered it, he would be able to secretly pay for it.

A deputy superintendent sighed: "This kind of people only picks when the crowds are crowded, and they succeed repeatedly. There have always been abduction and trafficking cases during the Lantern Festival. Last year, there were more than 40 cases in one night in Jiangning County today."

"So many?" Zhou Changfeng frowned upon hearing the words, "How many broke in the end?"

"Uh... I can only say... not high."

"Can't say it? You can't even have ten cases."

The deputy superintendent replied helplessly: "Sir, this is no comparison to a murder case. The murderer behaves abnormally and is easy to identify. There are many people of this type who are well-dressed and well-dressed. They don't look like thieves who sell children at all. "

Later, several dying suspects were handcuffed, then handcuffed with ropes by patrol officers, and dragged away.

For Zhou Changfeng and Xia Xiaoshi, although they were not invited to the nearby inspection department this time, the happy Shangyuan Festival was still disturbed by this.

Because the hairpin was pulled out by someone from Zhou, the latter had disheveled hair, so he had to go to the food stall under the city wall to get a pair of chopsticks to replace it temporarily.

The two lost all interest, wandered around for a few more laps and then went home.

Some people are happy and some are sad, but the supposedly peaceful Lantern Festival has become a good day for the younger generation. It is hard to imagine that one night that should be leisurely has to face the sadness of being separated from flesh and blood.

This day is also the most fearful day for the officials of the criminal halls, criminal chambers, and inspection departments of the state government offices in the north and south of the river. If it is less than in previous years, that is fine;

As far as the capital is concerned, there is not much difference from last year. During the Shangyuan Festival, Yingtianfu received a total of 92 reports of missing children, 44 in Jiangning County, 31 in Shangyuan County, and 17 in Shangfang County.

As a result, Dai Binshi, the director of Yingtian Mansion's Criminal Office, collapsed.

Since he took office, even though he has tried everything possible, the situation of rampant child trafficking on the Lantern Festival has not changed.

This is all right, the road to official career is blocked.

One can imagine the despair of a person who has tried his best but has gained nothing.

The age of forty should be the most glorious age for a man with a successful career, but the cold current situation seems to have poured a basin of ice water on him, cooling his heart.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, such officials with poor political performance would not go away, after all, they did not dereliction of duty or make mistakes.But after that, it will be extremely difficult to get promoted. There is a high probability that they will stay in the same position for a long time, or be transferred at the same level. They will wait until they are about to retire and return to their hometowns, and then they will be given a "friendship move" and promoted to a higher level.

As for finding ways to make connections, the feasibility of this is very small. Why don't the superiors give priority to promoting other people with bright resumes?Unless this person is really good and has core competitiveness.

For an official fan, such a blow is probably no less than revenge for killing his father.

Dai Binshi couldn't help weeping when he recalled the past while drinking to drown his sorrows. The majestic fourth-rank torture hall of Yingtian Mansion was crying at home.

He once felt that he was not smart enough to beat mere Xiao Xiaoxiao, but his wife reassured him that he was already very good all the way to where he is today, and that although he is not a prodigy, he can be considered a leader among others, which made him feel more relaxed.

The next day, Dai Binshi, who had recuperated his energy, became ruthless, determined to fight to the end with those thieves who ruined his official career.

The entire capital was disturbed by the Yingtianfu police who attacked everywhere. Led by the arrested suspects, the menacing criminal police and patrolmen searched and arrested all suspicious inns, warehouses, and abandoned houses.

The citizens who wanted to enjoy the ten-day holiday of the Shangyuan Festival were deeply affected and complained constantly.

Zhou Changfeng returned to the station on the 24th to prepare for departure, which was a week away from the wedding honeymoon that Westerners are used to, but Ming people don't pay attention to this.

At first, he and a group of military officers thought that going to Fushan Mansion for drills was the real purpose—practice first, and then wait a few months before going east, because it would take time for Western forces to withdraw from the Dongying Islands.

However, when the army column carrying the [-]st Marine Regiment was adding coal and replenishing water in Xuzhou, it suddenly received an order from the Navy Department of the Metropolitan Government, requesting to immediately change the destination and go to Haizhou instead.

Don't you want to go to Fushan Mansion for a landing combat drill?Good guy, I won't act right now, will I?

Haizhou, Lianyungang in later generations, is now an important base of the Ming Navy's Eastern Fleet.

Because the level of development here is much lower than that of Shanghai, Hangzhou and other places, there will be much less concern about the crowds, so some cutting-edge warships and fighters will be deployed here for drills first.

While waiting for a transfer at the train station, everyone gathered on the edge of the platform to discuss.

"Is this going to take immediate action?" Zhu Lishuo said in surprise, "But it's not even March yet."

Thoughtful Zhao Hanfeng pondered: "I guess it's going to be real, maybe the court suddenly changed its mind."

"The Western garrison has not withdrawn yet, sending troops now...Maybe it is to show off its might? I personally feel that there is an intention in this regard." Yao Liangchuan speculated.

Xie Wancheng who was on the side waved his hand disdainfully, "What's the point of thinking about it? Do whatever you want, but this small state is meaningless, I'm afraid it's not just waiting for the wind, it will end in ten days and half a month."

Yao Liangchuan glared at him, "You bastard, you have to suffer to be happy?"

Zhou Changfeng has no mood swings about this. The risk of this military operation is not high. The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion and the Ministry of War have also prepared for many years, and it is generally very safe.

Solve it early and finish it early, and strive to go home before the Dragon Boat Festival, and it will never be later than the Qixi Festival.

Land in Edo and capture the Japanese king alive!

　I died laughing, I experienced massage and cupping yesterday under the instigation, and my body fell apart.

　　There is one more tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)