Chapter 726: Human Lives Matter

The lobby is an important place for office trials, the second hall is a place for pre-trial cases and retreat, and the third hall has always been called the back hall and the convenient hall, which is the dividing line between the inside and outside of the yamen. Receiving superiors and officials, hearing confidential cases, and even meeting with subordinates are all carried out here. The three halls of the Yamen of the Guangdong Political Department are three large tiled houses that sit in the north and face the south, and there are two sour branch wood Taishi chairs next to the big case in the inner room, and there are eight back chairs on the left and right sides on both sides and pedals, in addition to a few paintings and calligraphy on the wall, and a large plaque with gold characters on a black background hanging above the big case in the middle, and the word Mingjing is written on it.

Because of the four words of human life, Zhang Yue immediately ordered to pass people in, and when he saw it in the three halls at this moment, he saw that the other party knelt down respectfully and saluted, he couldn't help but look at the sweaty appearance and fat figure, and found that there was no impression. It's just that he remembered the name of Chu Ji on the post, and he also knew that the other party had helped a lot in the previous Pingguang matter, so he nodded and motioned for him to get up, and raised his hand to invite someone to sit down.

"My lord, the grass people took the liberty to ask to see them today, but they were really anxious and had no choice."

Although the door in this back hall is open, it is so hot and stuffy, Chu Fatzi didn't dare to bring the big banana fan that he never left his hand every day, and he came all the way from the Yamen of the Political Secretary, he was sweating profusely, and he could even catch a drop of sweat rolling down from both sides of his forehead. After saying the first sentence, he settled down, and said again: "Qiu Jiuniang, who was released after the trial of the Li Wen Institute closed the case of privately leaving the country, sold some dim sum snacks in Huangpu Town for a living, and the grass people thought that her skills were good, so they recommended her an errand to help the cook upstairs in Caiyun. This is a good thing, but who knew that early this morning, she found the grass people scarred, saying that she did not know the whereabouts of a group of abducted and trafficked people, and was chased and killed, and almost lost her life! ”

"There is such a thing!"

Zhang Yue was shocked and angry, and his brows suddenly furrowed. The reason why he didn't investigate that case on a large scale before was just because of the lack of manpower, coupled with the constraints of the new officials in the past, it was inevitable that he would be shocked if he rashly moved this line. I thought that I had already killed the chickens and monkeys, no matter who it was, I should always restrain myself for the time being, and wait for my hands to free up my hands and then pay attention to this matter. Moreover, he also let people know that the mayor of Huangpu Town, Li Lao, and so on, took care of Jiuniang. The more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and immediately asked, "Where is she now?" ”

Chu Fatzi helped Jiuniang once, but he thought that such an ordinary girl would run into the hands of the new fantai, so he escaped, maybe it would come in handy in the future, so he took a hand. But this morning's encounter really startled him, but it wasn't long before someone arrogantly put a threatening post on his door, and his original nosy thoughts suddenly turned into the annoyance of being despised by others. Hearing Zhang Yue's question, he immediately understood that the other party had to ask, and his heart was suddenly overjoyed.

"It's in the courtyard of the grass people's house. It's not that the grass people are talkative, a good girl's house was slashed on the back with a knife, but she found the grass people's shop in Huangpu Town, and the guy there was clever and immediately sent it out, and invited a doctor in time. The doctor said that if he deviated a little further, he would have to lie in bed for the rest of his life. As soon as the little one placed her in another courtyard, who knew that someone came to the door and posted a post, saying that it was a fugitive slave who was chasing the noble family, and the grass people immediately expelled her......"

"Don't say it, you can take us to see her now!"

Chu Fatzi originally thought that Zhang Yue was going to meet someone, and he was ready to go back again, but he didn't expect Zhang Yue to be willing to condescend to meet someone in person, so he hurriedly agreed after being stunned. Because Zhang Yue instructed him to park his car at the back door, he didn't dare to disobey at all, and when the car arrived at the back door and waited for a while, he saw Zhang Yue come out of the door with two entourages in uniform, and his car was calmly faced, and the two entourages got on the horse.

Along the way, Chu Fatzi had the intention to provoke the conversation, but he opened his mouth several times, but he was defeated under Zhang Yue's cold face. It wasn't until he entered his annex through the back door that he sent Zhang Yue into the house, and seeing that the two entourages followed in, he stayed at the door and breathed a long sigh of relief. Thinking of the arrogant words that the man had left behind when he came to the door this morning, he couldn't help but sneer.

Although the man's words were ruthless, he left the post and hid his head and tail and did not see him, he was nothing more than a local. There are only a handful of people who have the courage to do so. Twenty years in Hedong and twenty years in Hexi, the rise of the three is also a matter of more than ten years, do you really think that this Guangdong is their world? If you want to talk about the backstage, according to their tossing method, there is no backstage in the world that does not fall!

Although it is an annex of the merchant's house, it stands to reason that there should not be silk and satin inlaid with gold and silver, but when Zhang Yue came in from the outside, he saw a gold-inlaid interstitial screen and a silver bamboo curtain, which was the quilt of the tent on the Luodian bed in the inner room. Only at this time, he didn't have time to pay attention to these arrogant people on the top of the uniform, and when he saw a little girl seeing him, she panicked and rushed to the bed and yelled twice, and her mind immediately fell on the woman who supported her and turned her head.

"Big ...... My lord? ”

Jiuniang didn't expect Zhang Yue to come in person, stared at Zhang Yue for a while, and raised her hand to rub her eyes with difficulty, she realized that she didn't recognize the wrong person, and her tears almost fell. After squinting her eyes hard, it was easy to suppress the sour feeling, and when she saw Zhang Yue sitting down on a chair at the head of the bed, she instinctively begged: "My lord, please save them, now only you can save them!" ”

"Don't rush, speak slowly!"

Only then did Jiu Niang realize that she was too eager just now, but as soon as she stopped, she felt a sharp pain on her back, and she couldn't help but grab the futon under her. It was a long time before she recounted the previous night's events in fits and starts.

It turned out that Caiyunlou had just closed at that time, because the night market in the town had not yet ended, she wanted to earn more money, so she went to set up a food stall as usual. Who knew that when she came back, she took a shortcut, and happened to see several carriages parked at the door of a secluded house in the north of the town.

Because she saw that many people with black cloth covers on their heads were pushed and shoved into the door one by one, she didn't even dare to make a sound, and after listening to some words, she thought of herself who had been abducted and trafficked, so she ran out in a panic. was found out at odds, and he almost lost his life. Thanks to the fact that she had been to Chu Fatzi's shop, the two guys over there were both a little righteous, so they sent her out of town.

After saying this, she didn't care about the injury on her back, she suddenly struggled to get up, and actually knelt there and kowtowed a few times: "My lord, when Lord Xiong tried the case of the people's daughter, I heard that he later raided the house of the wicked woman, and received the grace of the lord, and sent someone to send all the children of the good family who were abducted and trafficked back to their hometowns, who knows that now someone has suffered another disaster!" The folk girl has heard that the people who are sold to Fanguo will end up worse than playthings, and I beg the adults to be benevolent and save them again! ”

"So, since they already know that they have been seen by you, if they rush over now, they may not be able to catch them?"

Hearing this, Jiu Niang couldn't help but be stunned. She has been soft on the outside and strong on the inside since she was a child, and it is best to fight unevenly, and she almost fell overseas first, so she naturally can't see others falling into the fire pit again. But when she thought about it now, she didn't think that others would leave people there after the leak, so she had a gloomy expression on her face.

"I knew it earlier...... If only it had been a little earlier, if these people had been sent to sea, they would never have come back......"

"Although you are a woman, you can treat others with yourself, and you are seriously injured and still think about others, which makes Xu Mei ashamed." Seeing this young girl biting her lip and clenching her fists, Zhang Yue unconsciously felt a little deeply appreciative, and immediately stood up, "Don't worry, the wind direction is not right at this time, and you won't be able to go to sea for a while." Although there must be people going to empty the building now, there will always be corresponding clues left. You tell me the location of the house, and I'll have someone look it up. It's just overnight, and they won't be able to escape to Guangdong! Even if you run out, I will send someone to track it down! ”

Jiuniang originally thought that Zhang Yueken would come forward to take care of this matter, but when she heard that he promised to take care of it to the end, she suddenly felt relieved and nodded unconsciously. Ne said the place she saw last night, and when she saw Zhang Yue turn around to leave, she couldn't help but remind her loudly: "My lord, the two guys who sent me yesterday said that these people must have been doing this for more than a day or two, and there must be a big backstage behind them." I know you're a good officer, but you have to be careful. ”

Zhang Yue, who had already walked to the edge of the door, stopped suddenly, looked back, and saw Jiu Niang supporting the edge of Luodian's bed with one hand, and his clear eyes were staring at him, he couldn't help but smile: "You just have to rest assured that you can recuperate, you don't have to think about it." ”

Coming out of the back room with a smile, his face suddenly sank, and when Niu Dang and Zhang Bu stepped forward and opened the curtain in front of him, he stepped out of the door, just in time to see Chu Fat Man pacing back and forth there. Thinking of Jiu Niang's reminder just now, he naturally didn't think that this seemingly honest fat man was just pure kindness at this moment, so he coughed lightly.

"Your Excellency is out!" Chu Fatzi hurriedly rushed up with a smile on his face, glanced at Zhang Yue's face and whispered, "Jiu Niang will stay here for treatment here, and the grass people will definitely invite the best doctor and use the best medicine......"

"Do you know a saying, nothing to do, nothing to be courteous, either a traitor or a thief?" Zhang Yue suddenly interrupted Chu Fatzi's words, and seeing that he showed an extremely embarrassed expression, and then forced out a smile, he waved his hand and said, "No need to explain to the company." Earlier, when you listened to your father's wishes, this favor was enough, if there is anything, you might as well say it directly, no need to beat around the bush and hint and play a sharp edge. It's like what Jiu Niang said today, you really don't know anything about it? ”

Being forced by Zhang Yue like this, big drops of sweat oozed from Chu Fatzi's forehead, and the hands in front of him unconsciously closed together. After a while, he smiled and said, "It's the grass people who shouldn't have those messy thoughts. This commodity selling people out of the country has not been a day or two for a long time, it was the most prosperous in eastern Fujian earlier, and then somehow it spread to our Guangdong, especially Qiongzhou Mansion because it is too poor, many people are taking the initiative to sell their children. As long as you sign a deed of sale, who cares whether the person is sold to a good family, or sold to a fanzi outside the country? As for the person who harmed Jiuniang last night, the grass people really don't know where the sacredness is, but the grass people have the courage to say, since the adults took office, who else has such a bold backstage? ”

Leaving the Chu Family Annex in a car, Zhang Yue couldn't help but think carefully in his heart. When he first arrived, he used his strength to make the eunuchs of the city transposition, and used this matter to win over the capital and the division, and the merchants also used a divisive strategy, some suppressed and some co-opted, it stands to reason that those grain merchants who have lost a lot in the grain business, and the human traffickers who have thrown rats into the human trafficking will not dare to have no scruples at such a time. That Chu Fat Man undoubtedly meant that there was a backstage behind this, but what other amazing people in Guangdong he didn't know? Now there are no eunuchs here, and there are no chief military officers, who is it?

I couldn't think of it for a while, and Zhang Yue didn't bother to spend his brain any longer, so he found a secluded place to get down halfway through the car. Because Niu Dare Zhang Bu only had two horses, he sent Niu Dare to go back first, ignoring this muttering guy, and rushed to Wu'an Street in Yaozhou in the west of the city with Zhang Bu. Knocked on the door from the back door and entered, as soon as he saw Zhang Qian, he straightforwardly explained today's incident as it was, and as he expected, Zhang Qian also frowned.

"The Celestial Empire is a big country, how can it be reasonable to sell its people to foreign countries? This matter must be investigated! Leaving this categorical sentence, Zhang Qian couldn't help but groan, and finally nodded and said, "Okay, leave this matter to me." Although today's Jinyiwei is not under my control, they are under the management of Dongchang, and they have to sell me a face, so Lu Feng is my apprentice. I sent someone to Jinyiwei for a trip, they are the head snakes, and it is natural to find out such a thing. Human life is at stake, and this kind of evil thing must be forbidden! ”

With Zhang Qian's words, Zhang Yue naturally let go of a matter of concern. Even if Yuan Fang is there, this Jinyi Guard Station in Guangzhou, I am afraid that he can not easily dispatch and transfer, and only Dongchang, which is above Jinyi Guard, has this power. However, Zhang Qian is the head of Dongchang, and it is a matter of one sentence to mobilize, there is such a shortcut, Zhang Qian is anxious for justice and righteousness, so the fool will not use it.

After discussing with Zhang Qian for a while, Zhang Yue said goodbye, and this time he was finally able to return to his official office with peace of mind. Knocked on the back door and entered, and asked Zhang Bu to settle the horses, he thought about it, and then instructed him to go back and find a proper place near the Chu family annex to monitor the movement and see who came to the door. After explaining this, he was about to go inside, when a rider happened to gallop in a hurry, and he dismounted with a drop in the reins, but it was Peng Shisan. At that moment, Zhang Bu stepped forward and called out to Peng Shisan, master, and led another horse before leaving.

The two talked all the way into the moon gate in the east, and a sharp-eyed mother-in-law came forward with a smile on her face, bowed her knees and shouted loudly: "Third young master, there was news just now, saying that the sister-in-law of the Peng family is happy!" ”

A sentence of the sister-in-law of the Peng family made Zhang Yuelao not come back to his senses for a long time, and when Peng Shisan passed by like a gust of wind, he remembered who this was referring to, and suddenly couldn't help laughing.

Peng Shisan's wish came true this time, and he was the same as Zhang Fu, who had children in his early forties.