"No one else?"

"Nope"

"Then do you know if Master Zhang went to Xiaojiang Village?"

"I don't know, the things outside, the lord has always been arbitrary, and he doesn't let these women in our backyard mix"

"Okay, you go down first, come here, take the personal guards beside Lord Zhang" The concubine left, and after a while, a tall man with a saber walked in, only to see him kneeling on one leg, "Buckle to see the prince, buckle to see the adult"

"Well, get up and talk"

"Yes"

"You put the process of Master Zhang coming here, the more detailed the better."

"Yes, the subordinates followed Lord Zhang to the county mansion first, and stayed here that night, and the next day the subordinates followed Lord Zhang to Xiaojiang Village, he picked a few families and inquired about selling people."

"Stop, what do families say about selling people?"

"People in the village said that it was nothing, and what was written on the plaque was unwarranted, and those who said it was rumor-mongering should not be ignored."

"Hmph, how can a murderer say that he kills someone, how can a person who sells people say that his family sells people, isn't there no three hundred taels of silver here? It's strange that a thief can shout to catch a thief, well, you go on."

"The subordinates saw that after the village chief whispered a few words to the county order, the county order mentioned a little girl in front of Lord Zhang, saying that she was only eight years old this year, because she was born with congenital deficiencies before, she had been lying on the kang, unable to speak or move, and she was completely cured a month ago, and Lord Zhang was curious, so she went to that family together."

"Is it really as Huang County Ling said?"

"Yes, my subordinates also see that little girl is extremely beautiful, at a young age, she has such a heavenly appearance, Lord Zhang, he ......."

"Tell the truth"

"Lord Zhang almost lost control at that time, his eyes actually showed the kind of eyes that only men have when they look at women, and then asked how old the little girl was, asked how she recovered, and asked these words, after the little girl left, the adults asked some official business, and then visited a few houses, and then went home"

"Tell me what happened after you came back."

"The county order and the village chief sat together, had dinner together, and drank a lot of wine, but Huang County ordered a few boxes of gold and silver treasures in the middle, and then Lord Zhang ordered his subordinates to send people to load them into the car, and when he went to sleep, Huang County ordered to send three women to Mr. Zhang's bed, and after Mr. Zhang finished, he sent the women away, and Mr. Zhang was left in the house at that time."

"Oh? What's different in between? Let's say you feel weird."

"Yes, it seems that the door of Mr. Zhang's room opened in the middle, and then closed again, but no one came in or out, I was in front of me, and there was no one."

"Well, I know, you go down first, and I'll summon you if there's something."

"Yes, there is still one thing for the subordinates"

"Say"

"The boxes of gold and silver treasures in the car are also gone, and when they disappeared, it is as bizarre as a murder case."

King Jiangyang and Cheng County Ling glanced at each other, "Lord Wang, there must be something in this, from the clues provided by these two people just now, it can be clearly known that Master Zhang took bribes, not only took bribes, but he also fell in love with an eight-year-old girl, and wanted to take possession of it, he is forty and six this year, and he can be the girl's grandfather at this age!" “

"Well, judging from the boxes of money sent by Huang County's order, there must be something in between, it must be something that needs to be concealed by Lord Zhang, or if you want him to turn a blind eye to it, forget it, the village chief is also involved."

"Yes, Lord Wang, I have a hunch that the selling of people is true"

"Tomorrow, we will pay a private visit to Weifu, first go to the restaurant in the county to listen to what they say, and then inquire with the small merchants and vendors, and then take someone to Xiaojiang Village, and ask someone to see all the warehouses of the county government."

"Yes"

King Jiangyang muttered to himself, "Xiao Jiang Village, Xiao Jiang Village, hey, that is the hometown of that great Empress Jiang, how could it be like this, this group of people really deserve to die, they smeared the former Empress Jiang, if this is the case, all those people in the village who sold people should die"

The next day, the two of them wore ordinary cotton clothes, didn't even bring their entourage, didn't eat breakfast, went out of the house directly from the back door, came outside, and saw where there is still a county seat in Shaming County today, and finally found a shop that opened the door to do breakfast business, and the two walked in.

"Shopkeeper, come and have two bowls of wontons, do you have any steamed buns?"

"Yes"

"Two more baskets of steamed buns"

"Good class, please wait"

The small shop is not big, there is a wooden screen in the middle, inside is the kitchen, and there are two tables outside, Cheng Lianyu walked to the kitchen door, "Shop, why is our county so deserted, what about people?" I've been here before, but it's not like this."

"Hey, you're a businessman, don't you know about this?"

"I just went to the south for a trip to Yuanshang, didn't I just come back here, what's going on, you tell me, we should listen to Xihan"

"You sit, the buns are ready, I'll serve the buns to the two guests first, and the wontons will be ready immediately"

Cheng Lianyu sat down, the shopkeeper was an old man, inside was his mother-in-law, cooking wontons, he sat on the chair on the side, "The guests eat first, it's not delicious when it's cold, you eat while you eat, I'll tell you about the things in our county"

"If you want to say this, there is nothing to hide, all the towns and villages here know that what is written on the sign is also true, not a word is bad, let's talk about this small Jiangcun first, the selling people are also true, the daughters of every family, when they are old, they are all bought by some rich merchants, and the rest are sold to neighboring villages."

"Why?"

"Why? Because Queen Jiang's hometown has beautiful women, which are all famous, which man doesn't like to be beautiful, so the people who come from the south and the north want to marry a beautiful girl from Xiaojiang Village, they didn't dare to think about it before, but then something happened to Xiaojiang Village at the foot of the mountain, and some people fled to this Xiaojiang Village,"

"At first, they were poor, and they had no choice but to sell their daughters, but later because the girls in their village were too sought-after and tasted the sweetness, they were out of control, and they have been like this for decades."

"No one sued?"

"Sue what? The village chief and the county magistrate made money, and the top turned a blind eye, and whoever dared to sue would be put in prison, and slowly selling his daughter became a custom in Xiaojiang Village."

"The village chief is also in charge of selling people inside?"

"He, at first, he was not the village chief at all, just a villager, I don't know why he climbed the county order, so he made money and became the village chief, he not only sold his own daughter, but also sold other people's, and profited from it"

"How do you know so clearly"

"Hehe, my daughter-in-law's brother bought a girl from a small Jiangcun village as a daughter-in-law, she looks good, but in their village she can only be regarded as ordinary"

"Their village does not pay attention to men, as long as they give birth to a girl, they will let them eat well and wear well, and the girls of each family are sold by the person with the longest generation, you haven't been to see it, every household is a blue brick house, and there is surplus money in hand, it is the richest village in our county."

"Hey, the girl in that village is like goods, whoever bids higher gets it, although she doesn't have to worry about eating and drinking on weekdays, but she doesn't feel like a person."

"There are no people who oppose the sale of people?"

"Yes, if you look at the houses in the village, you can tell the difference, the adobe houses are all families who don't sell their daughters, but they are not surnamed Jiang, they are the families of refugees from other villages merged into their village."

"Oh, I see, I have a chance to go to that village to see, but what's going on with the Huang County Order? Did you know? “