Chapter 264: Casting Nets and Fishing
"The little girl is young and energetic, and her body is fine, but she must not suffer from the slightest cold, keep warm and recuperate for three months, and she will be able to recover as before."
The doctor's words gave Song Che a reassurance.
Jiang Yuntian sealed the Rejuvenation Building, and after some interrogation, he found that many girls were sold by Chen San and forced to become prostitutes by the old bustard.
Traffickers are the most heinous offenders.
Chen San was immediately searched for in the whole city.
But what is surprising but not surprising is that someone found a male corpse with a severed throat in the snow outside the city that night, and after being identified, he was the human trafficker Chen San.
This is undoubtedly the Ma family unloading the mill and killing the donkey. Coco's kidnapping can also be seen as revenge from the Ma family.
In order to prevent this incident from happening again, the barracks added another ban, strictly prohibiting non-commissioned officers from going out alone unless there are special circumstances.
Although the Ma family did not dare to kill people openly, they could rely on their own power to carry out black hands behind their backs.
Bright knives are easy to dodge, but hidden arrows are difficult to defend.
It was November 21, six days before Matthew's birthday.
Ning Yehong also came to the barracks again with intelligence, and it is reported:
The two families who were wiped out by the "Japanese Kou", one surnamed Wang, the other surnamed Kong, as Song Che expected, there were men in the two families who went to the sea to pan for gold, one was called Wang Qi, and the other was called Kong Si;
These two are the pillars of the family, and in order to change poverty and get rich overnight, they often go to sea together to make money.
According to relatives of the Wang and Kong families, Wang Qi and Kong Si left home last year and have disappeared without a trace since then, and even their families think they have died overseas;
Surprisingly, they returned home in the middle of the month.
Do you know that since July last year, the Japanese plague has become increasingly serious, the imperial court has issued a sea ban, and the coastline has been blocked.
Either they are widows, or they survived.
In addition to Wang Qi and Kong Si, there is also a man named Peng San who often goes to sea with them, and the relationship between these three people is very good.
If Wang Qi and Kong Si both returned, Peng Thirty would be the same.
Peng San's family lives in Donghe County, Taizhou, and there is only one old mother in the family, so the family moved in the middle of this month, and they didn't even bring their luggage, which is more like they are fleeing.
It was impossible for the old woman to leave by herself, so it must have been her son Peng San who came back and sensed the danger, so he hurriedly took her away.
Wang, Kong, and Peng must have known some secret before they were sealed and destroyed, and this matter must have a great connection with the Japanese and gold.
If you find Peng San, you may be able to solve all the mysteries.
Nowadays, in order to prevent the Japanese from wandering in disguise as civilians, there are strict checkpoints between the prefectures, and if there is no way to quote the papers, they will be expelled at least and arrested at worst.
Peng San fled without even bringing his luggage, and he didn't have any road certificates, and he was probably still in Taizhou.
Peng San knew that he had a secret, so it was impossible for him to go to his relatives, but where could he go with his old mother? And how to avoid the extermination?
Song Che may be able to satisfy him.
The next day, Song Che issued a notice in the name of the Taizhou Army:
An additional area will be divided into the barracks, called the "homeless camp", which will be specially designed to house the homeless people in Taizhou, and provide tents and food.
There is food, drink, clothing, shelter, and the protection of the army, Peng San, will you come? Even if you don't come, you should bring your old mother with you, right?
Sure enough, on the first day of the notice, countless homeless people came to move in with their families.
Song Che instructed the registered soldier to pay special attention to a bachelor man about thirty years old, seven feet tall, dark-skinned, with a sixty-year-old mother, as for the name and address, Peng San is likely to lie.
Huainan's pacification policy was gradually implemented, and most of the displaced people who came to the camp were temporarily resettled, managed by the army, and arranged for transfer by the state government.
For example, if a certain township has completely solved the trouble, the state government will send people to escort the displaced people back there.
The camp was opened for three days, accommodating nearly 1,000 people, setting up tents for them according to the specifications of the army, sleeping in bunks, eating in a big pot of rice, if you want to say how good the welfare is, it will definitely not be much better, after all, Taizhou itself is not rich, but at least there is no need to eat and sleep in the open, and endure hunger.
"Strategist, a mother and son are here today, and the conditions of the person you are looking for match the conditions, but the man's name is Xie San, and he lives in Qingyuan Town in the south."
The soldier entered the account and complained.
The nets were cast, and the fish was loaded.
"Bring him here."
Song Che deliberately emphasized: "Remember, it's 'please', not grabbing, don't be too ostentatious." ”
The soldiers should be gone.
Soon, a seven-foot-tall black man was brought into the military tent.
He has been working overseas for many years and has naturally dark skin.
Xie San's expression was obviously a little uncomfortable, and he said tentatively: "I don't know what the military advisor is looking for me?" ”
Song Che asked first: "I heard that you are from Qingyuan Town?" ”
Xie San was stunned and nodded: "The villain is exactly." ”
Song Che smiled and said: "Then we are fellow villagers, my ancestral house is also in Qingyuan Town, and I have not returned to the township for a long time since I entered the official career." ”
Xie San just laughed.
"Sit down, fellow." Song Che pointed to the chair.
Xie San said: "The grass people are in a humble position, and they don't dare to sit on an equal footing with the military advisors. ”
Song Che waved his hand, "Hey, don't be polite, the fellow sees the fellow countryman, his eyes are teary, I only have a few words with you, you don't have to think too much." ”
Xie San sat down and sat upright.
Seeing Xie San like this, Song Che already knew it, and he asked in a normal tone: "By the way, I remember that there is a thousand-year-old locust tree at the entrance of the town, and it is growing well now?" ”
Xie San nodded without thinking about it: "Okay, it's growing well, it's an ancient tree in Qingyuan Town, can it be good." ”
"Is the fellow really surnamed Xie? But I remember that there was no one surnamed Xie in Qingyuan Town. Song Che revealed a hint of suspicion.
Xie San's face changed greatly, and he hesitated for a long time, and finally came up with a suitable reason: "Strategist, you haven't been back for too long, maybe you remember ...... wrong?"
"Hmm...... That's true, a hundred years of vicissitudes, ten years of changing the world," Song Che pursed his lips, stared at Xie San and asked:
"But the locust tree has grown for thousands of years, how did I not know that there was such a thing?"
"Huh!"
Xie San sprang up from his chair.
Song Che stared at Xie San with a sharp gaze: "I'm not from Qingyuan Town, and neither are you, you don't even call Xie San, but Peng San, you live in Donghe County, and your mother's surname is Xie, right?"
Xie San didn't say a word, his nervous expression, and the sweat on his forehead had already given the answer.
"This camp was built to find you, you don't have to be afraid, I'm not a wolf."
Song Che took out a small sack of linen cloth from his sleeve, poured all the golden sands in it on the desk in front of Xie San, and asked:
"Come, tell me about it."