After the head catcher got the account books and letters, he didn't dare to delay, and after Sun Zhongming left with Xiao Er, he waited a little and went out of the thatched house.

After I went back, I didn't stay in the teahouse for long, and I went back with these few catchers.

The head catcher was very careful along the way, for fear of encountering an ambush on the way back, this meeting between him and Sun Zhongming was not ingenious, and more careful people will definitely find some clues!

But what he didn't expect was that the way back to the inn with him was smooth, and when they arrived at the inn and closed the door, they didn't wait for anyone to watch.

This went well, and the head catcher felt a little empty in his heart, feeling as if he was worried about it in vain!

But no matter what, it's a good thing that you don't encounter danger when you have something.

When he was catching his hair in a daze, a catcher couldn't help but ask him.

"Head, what's wrong with you, what did the guy surnamed Sun say to you?"

Being reminded by this, the head catcher also came back to his senses and hurriedly took out the things in his arms.

A ledger, several letters, and the faces of these fast catchers became serious at the moment.

They are all fast arresters in the government office, and their experience in handling cases is first-class.

As soon as they saw these things, they knew in their hearts that this case must be too small.

Sure enough, when they opened the account book and saw that it was just a few lines, it made these people present angry!

There should still be a half-ledger on this ledger, that is, a half-written new ledger.

But this is only a half-written account book, and the numbers on it are roughly calculated, which is enough to make this group of fast catchers lose their heads and tremble with anger.

What is recorded in this account book is not the money account book of their Ma family, but the number of children sold with a pen and the silver taels sold!

The Ma family is not a perpetrator of child trafficking, they belong to the status of a middleman.

The Ma family has trade documents, which means that their Ma family has a legal caravan.

They relied on this caravan to transport the abducted children to other places for sale, and they made a profit on it!

A cursory glance shows that there are thousands of children on it.

Among them, there were three digits who died on the way, more than 400 were sold to the white meat business, and those with intact arms and legs were sold at high prices along the way!!

The head catcher has already married a wife and has children at home, so he can't see this kind of thing at all.

His eyes were bloodshot and his face was red, and the hand holding the ledger couldn't help but tremble, and finally a close catcher held down his hand to prevent him from tearing the ledger in an agitation.

"Boss, you calm down, this is evidence, we have to send it to the prefect quickly and let him make a decision."

Traffickers, especially those who abduct and sell children and women, have always been sentenced harshly and will not be tolerated once caught.

What's more, the group of traffickers they met this time are still so rampant, and this case can be said to be quite bad!

The head catcher took a deep breath, let go of his hand first, and let his subordinates take the ledger away, and then slowly suppressed his anger.

He looked at the letters, took them directly and opened them, and after reading them at a glance, his appearance became more and more cold.

These letters are all written by Master Ma and other 'peers', and it can be seen from these letters that there should be people above them!

He rewrapped the letters, thought about it, took the ledger, and handed it to a catcher beside him, along with the letters.

"Shunzi, you are fast, you and Huzi will send these incriminating evidence to the master."

Junko took the letter and the account book, and he didn't talk nonsense, nodding directly.

"Boss, do you want to stay and protect Sun Gongzi?"

used to call people surnamed Sun, but now after reading the account books and letters passed by Sun Zhongming, the title has changed immediately.

This is also normal, after all, this kind of human trafficker gang can destroy one by one, Sun Zhongming can find such a group of black sheep, this is definitely a merit, and thousands of families with children have to thank him!

The headcatcher nodded, then explained.

"My brothers and I stayed, on the one hand, to protect Brother Sun from being harmed by gangsters, and at the same time, to watch the Ma family to prevent them from running away after hearing the news."

Junzi nodded, he was also neat, and he had already put the letter and account book in his arms as he spoke, and then greeted Huzi, and the two of them left.

Originally, the head catcher and others were guarding this county, and they thought that the Ma family would react after losing such an important account book.

But no, the county is still calm, Ma Gongzi will take Sun Zhongming out to drink tea and drink from time to time, during this period they also met Li Xiucai a few times, Li Xiucai is very emotional every time, while hostile to Ma Gongzi, while looking at Sun Zhongming with the eyes of a betrayer, there are many mockery and insults between words.

They met twice, and each time they couldn't help but want to come forward to help, or find Li Xiucai to explain the situation, so that he wouldn't blame Sun Zhongming.

But fortunately, the head catcher is a steady one, and he can calm down, and he didn't go to Li Xiucai because of the momentary anger, after all, at this time, more things are better than less things, if Li Xiucai suddenly changes his attitude, they are also afraid that the Ma family will be suspicious.

Therefore, no matter how ugly Li Xiucai's scolding was, they all endured it and waited for the situation to change.

However, they were nervous for seven days, and kept a close eye on the Ma family for seven days, but nothing happened.

The Ma family should eat and drink, and even on the seventh day, the people in the city were already spreading the news that the Ma family caravan was going to do business again!

The head catchers and the catchers looked at each other, not understanding what kind of way this Ma family was, such important letters and account books were lost, what should they do, they didn't suspect it at all!

Because it was so calm, the headcatchers and catchers couldn't help but conspire about it, and began to wonder if there was some trap waiting for them.

But no, on the eighth day, the prefect personally brought people to arrest people, and the Ma family was caught off guard, and the prefect found more than seventy children in their caravan who were locked in boxes and fed with drugs.

Most of them were children of wealthy families, the oldest being seven years old and the youngest being a two-year-old girl.

This can be said to be a combination of stolen goods, even if the Ma family wants to deny it!

Under the guidance of Sun Zhongming, they found Master Ma's study, and found seven completed account books inside, a box of silver tickets worth 10,000 taels, and many letters from Master Ma and other people!

This old man Ma is not a very tough person, when he sees such a big battle, his hands and feet become soft, and as soon as the officials are scared, he will recruit everything!

The prefect requisitioned the county government to handle the case, and the original county lord became a criminal and was imprisoned, and the prefect is very busy now!

But even if he is so busy, he is willing.

Although there is such a big case in the county seat directly under the central government, he will inevitably be blamed.

But this gang of abduction and trafficking of children spans several provincial cities, and already has a particularly complete supply and marketing chain, he can find it, and he can also find some of the evidence of the crime, then he will be able to make up for the merits this time, and even the merits are greater than the faults, which belongs to a dazzling resume in his rating!

Thinking about it like this, no matter how tired the prefect is, his heart is hot.

Of course, for Sun Zhongming, the hero of this incident, his favorability has also skyrocketed!

If it weren't for the fact that the other party was already married, and his daughter had already been married once, he would want to marry his daughter to him, so as to turn this excellent young man into a family!

But although it is a pity, the prefect is still willing to help Sun Zhongming.

He took Sun Zhongming with him, took him to try the case this time, and added his name to the merit book for this incident.

By doing this, the prefect is making Sun Zhongming famous.

You must know that in this era, it is not enough for you to have literary talent, you also have to be famous, so that a poor man like Sun Zhongming can be an official!

Sun Zhongming did learn a lot from the prefect's side, and he was also very grateful for the prefect's teachings, and because of this, the relationship between the two sides became more and more harmonious.

As for Sun Zhongming, on the way to try the case, he finally understood why his clumsy cover-up was not discovered by Master Ma.

In fact, the reason for this is very simple, those account books are private accounts recorded by Master Ma himself, and he has not shown them to anyone.

As for Master Ma himself, when he is old, he is inevitably dazzled, and it is a little difficult to read and write, and he will not show this kind of account to others, so it is so coincidental that the account books and letters copied by Sun Zhongming have not been found.

Even Master Ma continued to write down the account book transcribed by Sun Zhongming, and he didn't notice the handwriting problem at all.

The biggest doubt in his heart was solved, and Sun Zhongming was finally relieved.

It's just that he doesn't want to, he has more trouble to solve!

First of all, Fan Xiucai.

The injuries on his body are actually almost healed, as for why he hasn't woken up, it's all because the Ma family put a drug in the decoction for Fan Xiucai to drink.

Don't look at the Ma family's business of human trafficking, but in fact, the Ma family is not very bold.

In the face of small children who are like goods, they can easily decide their life and death.

But in the face of scholars who have a reputation for showing off their talents, they are cowardly.

Therefore, even if Fan Xiucai saw them dispose of the dead child's corpse, they didn't dare to kill Fan Xiucai directly, and all they thought about was to keep drugged him and keep him asleep.

Fortunately, the Ma family was caught, and Fan Xiucai finally came to his senses.

When he woke up and found that the Ma family had all been arrested, he was also relieved.

However, although Fan Xiucai woke up and his health was almost better, he was not ready to continue the scientific examination.

To be precise, this session is not allowed to prepare for the exam.

After being fed the drug for so long, Fan Xiucai was still affected, and his brain was a little drowsy, but fortunately, the doctor said that it was not a big problem, but just the sequelae of taking too much drug, and it would be fine if he recuperated for a while.

Fan Xiucai is also a thinker, he didn't die when he was involved in such a big incident this time, he was very content.

What's more, his name is also on the credit book this time, which is already very good.

Fan Xiucai's matter is easy to solve, and he only needs to notify his family to pick him up.

Before, Sun Zhongming and Ma Gongzi said that they were going to write a letter to Fan Xiucai's family to deceive Ma Gongzi, but at that time, Ma Gongzi looked at the letter written by Sun Zhongming, turned his head and ordered someone to stop the letter.

Sun Zhongming didn't really write it, and Ma Gongzi didn't let the letter really be sent out, so Fan Xiucai's family still doesn't know that Fan Xiucai has suffered a big crime!

This time, Fan Xiucai personally wrote the letter, and Sun Zhongming helped send the letter, and then he only needed to wait for Fan Xiucai's family to come.

The matter on Fan Xiucai's side is easy to solve, but the matter on Li Xiucai's side is not so easy to solve.

When the prefect arrived, arrested the Ma family, and exposed the guilt of the Ma family, Li Xiucai also knew that he had wrongly blamed Sun Zhongming.

It's just that although he was ashamed in his heart, after seeing that Sun Zhongming could learn from the prefect's side, but he became a clown in this case, he couldn't help but start to blame Sun Zhongming.

At the beginning, he also looked for Sun Zhongming, and said that he wanted him to pull him, and he also wanted to learn from the prefect's side, even if he couldn't follow his side, it was okay to give the prefect a hand!

But Sun Zhongming knew Li Xiucai's personality and knew that he had a bad character and did not distinguish between right and wrong, so he directly refused on the spot.

Because of his refusal, Li Xiucai completely hated Sun Zhongming.

Originally, this was nothing, Sun Zhongming himself didn't care about his resentment, and they didn't have anything to do with it, they were just fellow travelers who went to Beijing to take the exam together, at most, they just didn't go together.

But it's not over.

The Ma family's case was almost tried, and the verdict of the Ma family came down, and some innocent people were released, including the Rong girl who was in love with Li Xiucai, but was finally accepted as a concubine by Ma Gongzi.

Miss Rong was released as a victim, after all, because of Li Xiucai's previous trouble, everyone in the county knew that Miss Rong was unwilling to marry Ma Gongzi, and was forcibly sent to Ma Mansion by her family!

Fortunately, because of this reputation, Miss Rong's family was not implicated by the Ma family because of her in-laws.

But after all, Miss Rong was imprisoned for several days, and her cruel father and mother felt that she had insulted the lintel, so they did not let her enter the door, and said that she was married, and the water spilled by the married daughter was unwilling to take her in.

Miss Rong was desperate, and in the end she could only find Li Xiucai and ask to take her in.

Originally, this was very good, after all, Li Xiucai had been making trouble for so long before, for the sake of Miss Rong, and the two of them could be regarded as lovers and finally became married.

It seems as if things are going this way.

Li Xiucai seems to really like Miss Rong, even if she becomes someone else's concubine and enters a place like a prison cell, he still treats Miss Rong very well, and the two of them seem to be very affectionate.

It's just that this good was only maintained until Ma Gongzi's family was sentenced, and Li Xiucai and Miss Rong turned their faces!

Li Xiucai and Miss Rong turned their faces and the Ma family was sentenced to have nothing to do with it, but because of the love and affection of the lonely man and widow, Li Xiucai and Miss Rong lived together.

Originally, although it didn't conform to the etiquette, it was normal.

As long as Li Xiucai is willing to be responsible for Miss Rong, then this matter is not a big deal.

But unfortunately, Li Xiucai was unwilling to be responsible for Miss Rong, and also publicized this matter, so that everyone knew that he and Miss Rong had a head and tail!

Miss Rong was forced to a dead end by Li Xiucai, so she directly looked for a short time, and almost hanged herself on an old tree outside the door of the inn where Li Xiucai stayed!

Fortunately, the second child in the store found out in time, otherwise how would this inn do business in the future?

This Rong girl is going to die, so Sun Zhongming can't sit idly by, and finally comes back to take a look.

When he came back, he happened to meet Miss Rong coming back and crying and begging Li Xiucai to change his mind, and there were still people on the side who persuaded Li Xiucai again.

“…… As the old saying goes, if you can cross the same boat for a hundred years, and sleep together for a thousand years, you can be together, and it must be the fate of the world. You treated her like a jewel before, why did you suddenly turn your face and deny people! ”

This man persuaded and persuaded, and he couldn't help but ask the doubts in his heart.

This doubt is not only his, but also everyone's, everyone also wants to know, why did Li Xiucai suddenly change his face!

In fact, Miss Rong also wanted to know about this question, but no matter how these people asked before, how Miss Rong cried and begged for pity, he just kept a calm face and didn't speak.

I don't know what the reason is today, maybe he has been persuaded too many times, which made him impatient, and he finally said the reason why he turned his face.

"Why? What else can it be, isn't it her water-based poplar, shameless! ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was stunned, and even Miss Rong's crying stopped abruptly.

Then, without waiting for everyone to discuss, Miss Rong suddenly stepped forward and looked at Li Xiucai with a sad face.

"I don't know the shame of my water-based poplar?? Why am I water-based poplars, and I don't know how to be honest??! ”

This is something that Miss Rong can't bear, she thinks that she hasn't done anything to be sorry for Li Xiucai, how can he say that about her!

However, Li Xiucai looked at Miss Rong who rushed in front of him, the person he was still thinking about before, but now he only looked at her with disgust.

"You still don't admit it, you were obviously not a virgin that day, and you still said that you were not a water-based poplar? You're still in prison, I don't know how many people have played with you, I see you are dirty! ”

Miss Rong's eyes widened, her face was completely incredulous, and two lines of tears flowed from her red and swollen eyes, she looked very pitiful.

I couldn't see it to a lady on the side, and said a fair word.

"You're not right in this later life, this girl was originally married, and it's normal if she wasn't a virgin, didn't you know it before?" Miss Rong has been to the prison for a long time, didn't Li Xiucai know about it before, and said that he didn't care at all?

But Li Xiucai has his own rhetoric.

"I thought she was a kind and observant woman, and that she should be a good guard for me because we had a friendship with each other. How could I have thought that after she entered Ma's house, she went directly to the bed surnamed Ma, and she couldn't keep it at all! ”

This is even more biased.

Miss Rong was sent to the Ma family as a concubine by her family, she is a weak woman, how can she resist Ma Gongzi a big man?

What's more, any woman in the situation of Miss Rong must be disheartened, and it is difficult to have other thoughts, so she can only accept her fate in the end.

Li Xiucai's harsh criticism was completely unreasonable, but he still spoke eloquently.

As if he couldn't see Miss Rong's heart dead and hopeless, he continued to look at her with disgust, saying words that were enough to dig out her heart.

"If she is a good person, she should be killed at the moment of humiliation to show her innocence, she is still alive, she must be a greedy person who is afraid of death, where can such a woman have any loyalty at all, but she is just a dirty thing that can be done!"

After that, Li Xiucai brushed his sleeves and left, no longer caring about the disturbances outside the inn.

His gesture was like saying that the woman in front of him was no longer his beloved girl, she was filthy and obscene, and she was disgusting at a glance!

Miss Rong stood at the door of the inn and was shaky, anyone could see her despair, but these people who were watching the excitement didn't intend to help her, so you look at me, I look at you, and gradually dispersed.

However, such a gesture made Miss Rong even more embarrassed, and their departure seemed to agree with Li Xiucai's words!

Sun Zhongming stood in the corner outside and watched the whole process, at this moment he frowned and looked at the Rong girl, knowing that she really couldn't live this time, for such a poor girl, Sun Zhongming still had some pity for her fate.

Therefore, when she staggered out, Sun Zhongming stopped her and gave her a chance to start over.

Miss Rong is also a victim of this case, and Sun Zhongming is willing to help this unknown woman with a bumpy fate.

He helped Miss Rong get the way, and took her with him when he left.

In this era, the speed of news transmission is slow and easy to distort, Sun Zhongming took her farther, and no one knew her anymore, when she stayed to live, it was also possible to remarry as a widow, no one around knew her past, as long as she was stronger, life could still go on.

Miss Rong was taken away by Sun Zhongming in such a mess, and Sun Zhongming took care of her along the way, and would enlighten her from time to time, and slowly, let this hard-working girl come out of the previous blow.

Although Miss Rong became haggard and taciturn, she did give up the idea of suicide.

That's good, Sun Zhongming is also very pleased with this.

Seeing that he was about to arrive at the next county seat, Sun Zhongming was ready to put Miss Rong down.

It's just that who would have thought that as soon as they found the inn to stay, Miss Rong began to vomit more than very uncomfortable.

Sun Zhongming came to the doctor, and the doctor came to a conclusion after taking the pulse.

"Congratulations to the two of you, this lady is happy."

The old doctor touched his beard and smiled, but Sun Zhongming and Miss Rong were both frightened by the old doctor's words, especially Miss Rong, who originally had some vitality, seemed to have fallen into despair again!