The Ming Dynasty took an unconventional approach

Chapter 394 Life is Yours
"Did you see it?" Pan Yun pointed at the gate of the county government office and said, "I'll give you some money. You can wait here until dawn, then beat the drum and go in. Don't say you came out of Wanchun Tower. Just say you were kidnapped and brought here. You want to go back home. According to the law, the government office will send you back home."

The girls had never been to the government office before, and were terrified for a moment. They whispered, "What if they don't send us?"

Pan Yun said, "If they don't send it, you can recite the law to them. I will teach you to recite a passage, and they will not dare to refuse to send it."

"I'll give you money. I'll give you a beating first and then a sweet treat. You guys can all give them some money. Remember, don't give them too much."

Pan Yun took out money from his sleeves and gave it to them, ten taels of loose silver notes per person, one tael and five taels, and a string of copper coins.

Pan Yun taught them to hide the silver bills on their bodies and put the copper coins in their sleeves.

"Have you decided? Who will go to the government office?"

The girls looked at each other, and finally four of them took a step forward.

All four of them were abducted and are loved by their families. They are sure that their families are looking for them.

They are also willing to believe the government.

Pan Jun nodded slightly and taught them to recite the legal provisions word by word.

Old Zhu's sentencing of human traffickers was extremely severe. For human trafficking, if it was a single person committing a single crime, the punishment would be 100 strokes of the cane, exile 3,000 miles, or a three-year prison sentence.

But if the crime is committed by a team, the penalty is death;
If anyone commits such acts as abuse, causing disability, or cutting off the ears of a living being, he will be sentenced to death by slow slicing.

If four girls go to report the case together, it means they are a team and will definitely be sentenced to death.

Pan Yun told them, "If they ask you about the details of your abduction, tell them the truth. Just don't say you were sold to Wanchun Tower. Just say you were locked up in a dark room and you don't know where it is."

"But today we heard a commotion, and it seemed like someone was shouting that there was a ghost, so you took advantage of the chaos and fled."

A little girl looked painful and asked unwillingly: "Why can't we get out of Wanchunlou?"

Pan Yun touched her head and said, "To keep you alive."

"Keep this grudge in mind. If you have the ability in the future, destroy these brothels that illegally buy people. If you don't have the ability, the most important thing is to stay alive."

Pan Yun said, "The courtyard we passed through when we came out just now was specially used to entertain dignitaries. I'm not sure if you can survive if you are summoned out of Wanchun Tower?"

Pan Yun's words scared them, "Then, then let's not go..."

They looked at Pan Yun in fear, "If we don't go to the county government, will we be unable to go home?"

"No," Pan Yun smiled at them and said, "There are many ways to go home. There are ways to report to the authorities and ways to not report to the authorities."

The girls didn't seem to understand.

"How are we going to go back if we don't report to the police?" A hoarse and weak voice sounded.

Pan Jun looked in the direction of the sound and saw a girl lying on the bed. She had woken up at some point and was staring at Pan Jun with her bright eyes.

Pan Jun smiled slightly, pointed his finger diagonally across from the county government office, and said, "There is an escort agency over there. If you don't want to go back through the government office, I can ask the escort agency to take you away."

Pan Yun said: "In addition to the escort agency, there is also the pawnbroker. In this world, as long as there is enough money, there are many people who can solve our problems for us."

Finally, Pan Yun brought the sixteen girls back to the inn.

He took it back quietly without alerting the shopkeeper and his employees.

It just shocked Wang Cong and Hu Jing.

There were so many people that they filled up the entire room.

Oh, Hu Jing’s room.

Hu Jing had been worried the whole night. He hadn't slept much to begin with, and was awakened immediately by the shock.

He looked at the people in the room with shock.

Fortunately, everyone was very quiet. Apart from the sound of opening and closing doors, they moved very quietly and tried not to make any noise.

Most of the girls had injuries on their bodies, but their faces were clean. Even the three girls who were tortured and almost died in the torture room had no injuries on their faces. At this moment, they were staring at Hu Jing on the bed with their round eyes.

Hu Jing looked away awkwardly, and could only lower his voice to ask Pan Jun, "You really did steal the person out, but why did you bring him to my room?"

Pan Yun: "Because there are already many people in our room, your room has been requisitioned."

Hu Jing: "...then what should I do?"

Pan Yun: "I'll ask Wang Cong and Yan Bai to carry you to their room later."

Hu Jing didn't ask stupid questions like why they didn't get a room for them. At this moment, they were still on the run and Wanchunlou might come looking for them. It was not appropriate for them to appear in public at this time, and naturally it was not appropriate for them to let the inn know.

He said with a sullen face: "I suggest you send them to the government office with great fanfare, so that they can return home safely."

Pan Yun: "That's what I thought from the beginning. I had it all planned out. I put them all in front of the county government office. At dawn, the war drums sounded, and the gate of the county government office opened. Outside were more than a dozen miserable young girls, and then the people who got up early came to watch."

Hu Jing: "...Then why didn't you do it?"

Pan Yun: "Xiao Hong made too much noise."

Hu Jing looked puzzled: "Xiao Hong?"

Pan Yun: "Oh, a friend. She has seen you before, but you haven't met her yet. I'll introduce you to each other later."

"In short, it would make too much noise, and some girls were sold by their families, so I gave them the right to choose. If they want to go back through the county government, they can go through the county government. If they don't want to, I will hire someone else to take them back."

Right after she said that, all the girls chose to follow her.

Alas, it seems that the credibility of the government office is not good. Compared with the county government, they actually trust her, a person who showed up halfway, more.

Pan Jun shook his head in his heart.

Hu Jing: "Escort agency?"

Pan Yun asked sincerely, "Does Mr. Hu have a better solution?"

Hu Jing pursed his lips and said, "No, but the escort agency... must have cost a lot, right?"

Pan Yun said generously: "We are not short of money now."

Wanchunlou is the one that makes the most money, and the money we get from Wanchunlou today is more than enough to provide for them.

Hu Jing looked at her with complicated eyes and asked, "What about those girls who were sold by their families? Even if we ask the escort agency to send them back, they might be sold again in the future."

Buying and selling children is actually a common practice among the people. Not only parents can sell their children, but also brothers, grandparents, and even uncles, aunts and other collateral relatives can sell them.

However, there are many places where people can be sold.

There are two most lowly kinds: the women become prostitutes, and the men enter the palace and become eunuchs.

In these two types, the parents and family get the most money, but the child's life is basically ruined.

What kind of good family can sell their daughter to a brothel?

So Hu Jing never cared about such things.

Hu Jing said: "People in the underworld basically don't care about such things, because saving them only saves them from suffering for a while, and they will be sold again afterwards, just like reincarnation."

"They will probably blame you in the future if they go through too much pain."

There were sobs in the room. When Hu Jing looked over, the girls' shoulders trembled. One girl said in a trembling voice, "Hero, we won't hate you. That's ungrateful. Even if you're sold again, you're hating your family. What does that have to do with you?"

Pan Yun chuckled and said, "Who said I was going to send you home too?"

She turned to them and said, "You are different from them. You were sold by your family. So you have repaid your parents for their kindness in raising you. From now on, you have no relationship with that family. The rest of your life is your own."

　good night

　　(End of this chapter)