Under the dilapidated roof and rubble, the shocking wood was slapped on the crumbling wooden table several times, and one pair after another was brought in for interrogation by the servants.

Because Shiya Village is located in a high mountain, it is difficult to communicate with the outside world, and it is particularly patriarchal, resulting in adult men everywhere, but it is difficult to find a wife.

Naturally, these men who did not have daughters-in-law refused to endure loneliness, and the perennially low fertility rate was also a headache for county officials, until the first woman was bought into the village.

At first, the men in Shiya Village still paid a high price of dowry to marry the daughters of some poor families, but after all, there were only a few who could afford this money, and those who only had a few copper plates in their trouser pockets chose another way.

The women bought from the hands of the human teeth were cheaper, some were slaves, some were women of unknown origin, and the latter were often more popular.

These women who are taboo and anxious to get rid of trouble, both in appearance and temperament, put them in the small villages in the mountains, and slowly grind, they become things in the palm of their hands.

Shan Tao sat beside Du Yingqiu, she watched one after another women who looked numb and even distracted being brought up, and the hand holding the armrest was squeezed tighter and tighter.

She remembered that in her previous life in the palace, she was lying in the arms of the queen mother, and the queen mother held herself and looked in the direction outside the city gate.

The queen mother said that the people are suffering, and the harem is not her destination, but the many people outside the palace gate who have suffered from war, hunger, and illness are.

Looking at the crowd of beings in front of him, Shan Tao felt anger and regret in his heart for the first time, not because of his hatred, but he had never met but was difficult to ignore.

Xu felt her daughter's emotions, Du Yingqiu put her hand behind Shan Tao, and said softly: "Tao Tao, the difficult situation of women is only the tip of the iceberg in the current dynasty, even in our dynasty, there are still uneven situations, these need time, and they also need people's hearts." ”

Sun Jishuang, who was sitting on the other side of the mountain peach, heard Du Yingqiu's words, and the title made his mouth tremble, and he glanced at the mountain peach quietly.

When the suffering was staged in front of everyone's eyes over and over again, and even some were customary, a special couple once again woke everyone up.

It was an old husband and young wife, the man's eyebrows were thin, dry and thin, like a thin monkey out of shape, smiling with a jagged yellow tooth, which was very eye-catching.

And the woman who was half-dragged up by him looked no bigger than Shan Chunhua, her hair seemed to be twisted and messy, her bare arms were full of scars, her belly was bulging, and she was holding a half-grown child in her hand.

Wen County Decree asked according to the process, basically all men answered, about women's affairs, no essay on how patient and gentle the county order, women did not say a word.

In the end, Shan Tao saw the clue, stood up with his fists clenched, gritted his teeth and said, "My lord, this woman seems to have a strange tongue and can't speak." ”

When the woman heard this, she looked at Shan Tao and nodded slowly, opening her mouth, but only half of her tongue was left.

Afraid of frightening this hard-working woman again, Shan Tao and Du Yingqiu took her aside to rest.

The screams of the men in the hall sounded, and although the women could not see the punishment, they were very excited, and her eyes were red and shining with tears, and finally she shed tears, but she could only make ahhhhhhhhh

This is the smooth flow of revenge.

Shan Tao checked the woman's pulse, and all the ones she brought before had been checked one by one, but this was the first pregnant woman.

"The child in your belly, I can help you get rid of it." Shan Tao wiped the tears on the woman's face with a handkerchief, "It may affect your future fertility, depending on your ......"

Before she finished speaking, the woman nodded frantically, held Yamamo's hand and opened her mouth to say something, and finally held the pen and wrote tremblingly.

"I gave birth to a baby girl before, and he drowned me just after birth, I don't want children, and neither do his sons, they are all demons who suck my blood and eat my flesh!"

The half-grown child she gave birth to was a boy who could already speak, and was indifferent to his mother's suffering and his father's torture, even clapping his hands and laughing.

The loss of humanity here is terrifying.

All the women were diagnosed and treated by Shan Tao one by one, and the medicinal materials brought were insufficient, so they could only pick up the important ones first.

There are not a few who are pregnant, and occasionally a few want to keep the child, and the rest of the land will be aborted even if they can no longer have children in the future.

There is still the possibility of healing for physical injuries, and the most sad thing for Shan Tao is that several women who have gone crazy because of the inhuman treatment they have suffered all year round, such a disease can not be cured by taking medicine.

The woman who couldn't speak, named Shan Danqing, was fifteen years old, could write and draw, and had been helping on the side, and she was also the one who knew the most about what happened to the women in the village.

"Do you remember where your home is and what your loved ones are like?"

When Du Yingqiu asked about this, few people responded, and there was silence.

Or Shan Danqing slowly wrote on the paper: "We who came out of purgatory have no place in the world. ”

Looking at the shocking words, Du Yingqiu remembered that she was still in an era of dogmatic oppression of women, and she had lost her reputation and innocence, even if she saved her life and returned to the place where she came from, she might not be able to deal with herself.

The punishment is easy, but how to settle these victims is more important.

The interrogation lasted for a whole day, and there were only a handful of families in Shiya Village who were normally married, and most of them relied on buying and selling.

Among them, women are most commonly beaten and scolded, giving birth year after year, baby girls are abandoned, brothers and even fathers and sons are wives...... The sins are innumerable.

Looking at the thick dossier, Wen Xianling hoarsely raised his throat and coughed a few times, "What can really be convicted is the abduction and trafficking of a woman from a good family, and the second is the discord between the housekeepers, and they are not guilty to death." ”

Not to mention Shan Tao and the others, even the servants can't see it, "My lord, these foolish people are really hateful, if they are just locked up for a few days, I am afraid it will be difficult to appease the suffering of those women." ”

In the aftermath of the disaster in Cangjiang County in the past few months, Shan Tao has already seen the means of this Wen County Commander.

is young in officialdom, there is still a handful of blood, he is not afraid of offending people, and there is no shortage of silver, compared to literati, he is more like a jealous and hateful knight.

Sure enough, a hint of coldness flashed in Wen Xianling's eyes, "Naturally, you can't let them go easily, but you can't do what you want with the law." If the guilt in the statute is not sufficient, then help them to set the fire on fire. ”

The village chief is one of the few people in Shiya Village who has not been punished, and he insisted that his daughter-in-law was married by Ming Media, and he also helped arrest many people in the village, looking eager to make up for it.

As night approached, Wen Xian Ling eased his expression and said to the village chief: "There are many criminals in the village, and I am afraid that I will disturb the village chief for the night tonight, so I will send them back to transfer some more manpower and return tomorrow." ”

"Don't bother, don't bother, the villain is not responsible, so the adults bother." The village chief was in a cold sweat, bent down and smiled, and led everyone to his guest room.

After dinner, a total of ten people went down the mountain to transfer troops.