On a low hill three miles away from the farm, a few people who escaped stood under the spruce tree to gasp, and the five of them were all masters, with keen eyes, and could clearly see that the officers and soldiers in the farm were rampage to grasp and search things, and the people in the farm were divided into several pieces and stood around the empty field.

A red-faced man said in shock: "Senior brother, thanks to your cleverness, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to get out." ”

The person who took the lead in calling for the run, Jiang Anyi, knew that it was Zhang Tiangang, the soul breaker who fought with him in the Han Mansion. Zhang Tiangang looked at the movement in the farm intently, and there was no ruffian on his face, and asked with a solemn expression: "Is there a brother of our dart bureau in the village?" ”

The red-faced man thought for a while and said, "There should be more, Xiao Cao and the others only came back in the middle of the night last night, and they are probably still sleeping." ”

"Let's go, this matter is very important, you must tell the master to prepare as soon as possible, and I am afraid that something big will happen when it is late." Zhang Tiangang took the lead in walking to the back of the mountain and said, "First go to the ultra-short road to Yaxing, buy a few horses, the sooner the better." ”

The red-faced man asked puzzledly: "Senior brother, who is here, the Hua family is a Zhenxi man, he has a knighthood, and he is calling for wind and rain in Huazhou Huafu, plus there is an old man Han behind him, even Long Wei will give three points of face, senior brother, are you a little too careful." ”

Zhang Tiangang let out a sneer and said, "The Hua family is finished, and you have provoked people who shouldn't be messed with." Do you still remember when I went to Hanfu with my master to pay homage to my birthday two years ago, and today I led the team with the master who was against me at that time, and if the master hadn't relieved me at that time, I would have been injured in the hands of that kid. ”

Everyone gasped and exclaimed in unison, "Hot scholar." ”

Jiang Anyi didn't know that his several battles in the Han Mansion had given him an extra name in the Northwest Martial Arts - a hot scholar. Under the vigorous promotion of Old Man Luo, the Northwest Martial Arts knew that the newly born master Jiang Yanxiong (Jiang Anyi used a pseudonym at the time), and those who had fought with him said that Jiang Anyi was hot and dressed as a scribe, so he gave him the nickname of a hot scholar.

After returning to the capital, Jiang Anyi and Hua Wenqing met, Han Fu and Weiyuan Dart Bureau both knew Jiang Anyi's identity, Old Man Luo was very annoyed, he should not have listened to Hua Wenqing's instigation at that time, thinking that Jiang Anyi was here to grab business with the Dart Bureau, so that the apprentice Zhang Tiangang and Jiang Anyi formed a bond.

Originally, he was just a little regretful, when he heard that Jiang Anyi came to Huazhou to temporarily take charge of the post of assassin Shi, Luo Shiming couldn't sit still, if Jiang Tingshi was small-minded and wanted to deal with the dart bureau, it would be an easy matter, just find a fork, you can seal the dart bureau, I believe that other peers are very willing to see it, and even help the government collect their illegal affairs.

Old man Luo brought a heavy gift to beg Han Yuanqing, and Han Yuanqing wrote a letter to Hua Zheng and asked his in-laws for help. Hua Zheng is a character who can drill a big hole with a seam, and he agreed, but asked Weiyuan Dart Bureau to help him search for wandering orphans everywhere, and each child gave one or two money. Luo Shiming has a request for others, coupled with the severance of commerce and trade with the Western Regions, the business of the dart bureau plummeted, so he notified the dart bureaus in various places to help secretly kidnap people, Zhang Tiangang was shrewd, and Luo Shiming asked him to take charge of the matter.

Ma San already knew that this He Gongzi was the new Lord Thorn Shi, and the sweat on his head rolled down, wetting the green bricks on the ground. Jiang Anyi got Xinfei's hint, and he didn't ask, and drank tea unhurriedly.

Footsteps sounded, Jiang Anyong walked in from outside with a stone, and said in a loud voice: "Brother, I found it." ”

Ma San "pounced" and fell to his knees, crying: "Adult, the little one is willing to confess." ”

Jiang Anyi and his younger brother looked at each other and smiled, this was an agreement between the brothers in advance, if Ma San hadn't confessed in half an hour, let An Yongjin say "found" and scare Ma San. Ma San was a thief with a weak heart, thinking that Jiang Anyi had found those corpses, and he confessed immediately.

As soon as the heart was broken, Ma San asked what to answer. The Western Regions Coalition invaded, and the people were displaced, some died in the war, some were captured as slaves by the Western Regions Army, and some fled their homes and were displaced, begging for a living. Hua Zheng saw a good opportunity to kidnap people, and joined forces with the Han government, at first he still collected the displaced people, but later found that it was better to take them away directly, and no one would care about the life or death of these people.

This farm is used by Washington to trap the displaced people, and after the people arrive at the farm, Washington sends people to the government to obtain a deed of sale, and sell these people legally. But some of the children died because of poor nutrition or illness, and more than a dozen people were buried under poplar trees by the small river outside the village.

Ma San also kept an eye on it, and did not tell the truth, only saying that he was assigned by Hua Ren, the housekeeper of Washington, to run the business of the tooth shop, and he was doing a serious business, and the matter of the dead man in the village had nothing to do with him, and he didn't know whether Master Hua knew about it.

The more Jiang Anyi listened, the more angry he became, the teacup in his hand was crumpled into pieces with a "snap", and he shouted angrily: "The collusion between officials and businessmen is intolerable to disregard people's lives." ”

At this time, Sima Hua Siyuan arrived with the government soldiers and officials of the government office, human trafficking is a case of the state government, and the matter of the farm should be handed over to the government for disposal. Jiang Anyong took his 500 soldiers back to the barracks, and these soldiers were more or less bulging in their arms, smiling one by one.

Before leaving, Jiang Anyong hesitated to tell his brother the news that someone had escaped, and saw that his brother and Hua Sima were talking, so he simply decided to talk about it after returning home in the evening.

Jiang Anyi explained the case to Hua Sima, and then took him to look under the poplar tree, where the corpses of more than a dozen children were lined up, which was unbearable. Hua Siyuan scolded angrily: "Hurt the heavens and reason, let the Hua clan be disgraced, if the old marquis is still there, he will definitely kill these unfilial descendants with his own hands." ”

Hua Siyuan's ancestors and Hua Lao Hou Ye are cousins, and they have taken root in Huazhou with Hua Hou Ye and reproduced their offspring, and they have not broken off each other. Later, Zhenxizi Hua Songlin was really not like words, even his uncles, nephews, and brothers were splitting up, and the Hua family was dispersed, and Hua Siyuan's fathers broke off contact with Hua Houye.

When he came to Hua Zheng's generation, he took the initiative to talk to Hua Siyuan about his relatives, but Hua Siyuan knew that Hua Zheng was slippery and had a discord with his own temperament, so he had eaten together a few times and then there was no follow-up. Later, Hua Wenqing was admitted to explore flowers, and Hua Zheng never came to Hua Siyuan again.

Jiang Anyi said: "Not long after I came to Huazhou, there was such a big case, Zhang Beijia is not in good health, and this matter will bother you to spend more time." You just have to let it go, no matter who is involved, I will be in charge, I really can't, and Long Wei. After this matter is clarified, I will report to the Son of Heaven and give an explanation to the people of Huazhou. ”

In the west courtyard, the girls, boys, and adult men and women who were confiscated were placed here, and there were about 200 people, filling the entire courtyard. Jiang Anyi and Hua Siyuan walked in and stood under the corridor of the aisle, everyone looked at them blankly, at a loss.

Jiang Anyi said softly: "You don't have to be afraid, this official is Jiang Anyi, the assassin of Huazhou, and I am here to rescue you out, and you are all safe." ”

The silence was echoed by a pair of blank eyes. Jiang Anyi scratched his head a little embarrassed, and said: "Don't be afraid, everyone, if you are robbed, the government will be responsible for finding your family, if you don't have a family, the government will settle you, there is no place to go, and the government will help you find work to earn money to support yourself." ”

Now there was a reaction, first of all, the adults fell to their knees and shouted, "Thank you, sir." ”

The children did the same, knelt down and kowtowed, and shouted in a disorderly voice, "Thank you, master." ”

It is not easy to resettle more than 200 people, Jiang Anyi thought for a while and said to He Sima: "When I searched the farm just now, I found that there was a lot of grain in the farm and a lot of dwellings, so I simply placed these people here first, and waited for the situation to be clarified. ”

He Siyuan nodded and said, "This is very good, don't worry, my lord, I will send someone to guard to prevent accidents." ”

Outside the village, Siyu and Qin Ziyan came with a few dragon guards, accompanied by He Hua's father, He Laoshi, according to his identification, the creditor who forced the debt was Hua Qing, the steward of Washington. He Hua and others were in the mansion, and Jiang Anyi sent a stone to pick her up in the farm.

The interrogation in the farm continued, and according to Ma San's confession, Qin Ziyan and He Sima interrogated the rest of the village together. At first, these people were very strict-mouthed, but when He Sima took them to the poplar forest by the river, he told them that Ma San had confessed, and if they still had a hard mouth, the crime would be increased, and these people had to tell everything they knew.

Jiang Anyi looked at the thick confession and frowned. In the nearly two years since the invasion of the Western Regions, more than 500 people have been captured and plundered by Washington, and Feng Daoliang, a member of the army in Sicang, and his subordinates have issued a deed of sale recognized by the government to provide protection for human trafficking in Washington. There are more than 500 people, only four taels of female babies, six to eight taels of male babies, ten to twelve taels of adult servants, and twenty taels of adult men, which is only more than 4,000 taels of silver.

He Siyuan was familiar with the situation of the government, and reminded softly: "My lord, it's not me who is playing right and wrong, this Feng joins the army and has a close relationship with Zhang Beijia, and Zhenxi Nan and Zhang Beijia are sworn brothers, and adults should be careful with Zhang Beijia." ”

Jiang Anyi nodded, after taking office, he only saw Zhang Beijia once, this Beijia has been on sick leave, and he does not interfere in the affairs of the government on the surface, but secretly instructs the army and the officials to make it bad, Jiang Anyi knows all these situations. It's just that Jiang Anyi also has scruples, when he took office in Fuluo County, he once made his predecessor, the county and the state government's records and military personnel lose their officials, dismiss their posts, be fined silver, and go to prison. This time I came to Huazhou, I was going to send another driver to prison as soon as I took office, and I am afraid that no one in the officialdom will want to partner with him in the future.

In the confession, Jiang Anyi unexpectedly found that among the arrested guards there were actually people from the Weiyuan Dart Bureau, it seems that the Weiyuan Dart Bureau, the Han Mansion, and the Washington Mansion are very closely connected, whether the Han Government has intervened in the matter of human trafficking, and whether the black-clothed people who kidnapped people at night are the people of the Weiyuan Dart Bureau, think about it deeply, is the loss of heavy weapons such as winch crossbows and repeating crossbows related to the three families? Many questions rose in Jiang Anyi's heart.

It was busy until the middle of the unitary hour, leaving two hundred soldiers to guard the farm, and Qin Ziyan took six dragon guards to hide in it, so there should be no problem with safety. Jiang Anyi and He Siyuan escorted more than 60 guards and stewards in the farm, Ma San and others, back to Huiye Mansion, Hua Wenming's treatment was good, and Jiang Anyi arranged a carriage for him.

The sunset is full of sky, reflecting the fire red for half a day, and the spruce trees on the hill are like burning torches in the red light, as if they want to burn the sky out of a hole.