"Then do you know who else Gou Hua is colluding with? When did he start this business? How many people do you have!" Huo Jingchen asked a series of questions and looked at the flustered Xue Kun expressionlessly.
Sensing Huo Jingchen's cold gaze, Xue Kun trembled slightly, lowered his head and replied respectfully: "The villain started working with Gou Hua four years ago. He only started working in the kidnapping industry last year. One day he was very excited.
I told the villain and his subordinates that he will lead us to make a fortune in the future. From then on, we led our subordinates to look for those good-looking children in Liuzhou City and Jingzhou City."
"But it's strange to say that Gou Hua only wants children under the age of ten, and doesn't want the rest. The villain didn't understand his intentions at first, until he saw some nobles later..."
"I just realized that Gou Hua collected these children on purpose, just to please some officials and wealthy households. Gou Hua made a lot of money and got to know Xia Xing. No, it should be said that Xia Xing was also involved in this matter.
, it was Xia Xing who helped Gou Hua cover his whereabouts, otherwise Gou Hua would not be so arrogant."
"The villain's status is low. Gou Hua will not inform the villain of these important evidences. These are all discovered by the villain himself. The villain knows nothing about the rest." After saying this, Xue Kun lowered his head and remained silent, looking unusually calm.
Very respectful.
Huo Jingchen immediately winked at Huo Yubai.
Huo Yubai immediately understood his intention, clasped his fists and bowed respectfully.
"Okay, take him down, and then bring Gou Hua and his wife over." Huo Jingchen waved his hand, signaling Huo Jingyun to take action.
Xue Kun's face became paler and he opened his mouth, but did not dare to say anything more. He shrugged his head and resigned himself to his fate and left.
"General Huo, this is none of my business! This is all what Xia Xing asked me to do, and my stupid bitch! They all forced me to do it!" Gou Hua shouted loudly as soon as he was escorted up,
His face was full of fear, and there was even a pool of water under his feet.
Seeing his cowardly appearance, Huo Jingchen glanced at him disdainfully, and was too lazy to do anything himself. He glanced at Huo Jingyun.
Huo Jingyun nodded, and with a crash, he kicked Gou Hua half-kneeling on the ground, and said in a deep voice: "Tell me! Where are the other children you sold to me at this moment?"
"I say! I say! Xia Xing, the old fox, has destroyed all the evidence a long time ago, but the villain has a backup plan, just to atone for his crimes. General Huo, the villain buried all those lists in
Everything under the jujube tree in the yard is intact! General Huo just needs to send someone to get it." Gou Hua rubbed his hands, knelt down towards Huo Jingchen, and looked at him fawningly.
"Continue." Huo Jingyun snorted coldly.
"Yes! I want to expose this stinky bitch! She is the one who made me a kidnapper! If she hadn't said that all dignitaries are good, I would have left my gambling house business and done this.
Are you going to take this matter seriously?" Gou Hua got up, kicked Wei Sanniang, who was bowing her head and said nothing, and then smiled mischievously at Huo Jingchen.
"Tell me." Huo Jingchen became interested and looked at Wei Sanniang with interest.
"Little woman, there is nothing to say. Since the general has caught us, we will be sentenced." Wei Sanniang's soft voice sounded.
"General Huo, don't look at her harmless appearance. She is a wicked woman with a heart of snakes and scorpions! She was the one who said she was bullied to a terrible extent by the brothel madam, so the villain redeemed her from the brothel.
But the villain has been very law-abiding these years!"
"If she hadn't been encouraging the villain in his ears, saying that this was a rare good deal, and she also knew a few sisters who could help us do this, if it weren't for her sin, the villain would have committed this
Wait for something wrong! It's all this vicious woman's fault!" Gou Hua became angrier as she thought about it, and was about to kick Wei Sanniang down again.
Huo Jingyun pushed him and narrowed his eyes in warning, causing Gou Hua to immediately calm down and lower his head like a quail.
Hearing this, Huo Jingchen suddenly had an idea. He suddenly thought of something and barely suppressed the complexity in his heart. After a moment, he said: "Jingyun, take Wei Sanniang down first."
Huo Jingyun responded with clasped fists, and pushed Wei Sanniang down regardless of her life-threatening struggle.
After receiving Wei Sanniang's sinister gaze, Gou Hua trembled subconsciously, but when he saw Huo Jingchen at the side, he became bolder and couldn't help but glare at her.
When the two people left, Huo Jingchen glanced at Gou Hua with an unclear meaning and said in a deep voice: "Speak clearly! What is the origin of Wei Sanniang?"
"General Huo, why do you suddenly ask this?"
Gou Hua looked at Huo Jingchen in confusion and muttered subconsciously, but when he caught his sharp eyes, he trembled and immediately replied diligently: "When the villain went to a brothel to have fun three years ago, he saw her being bullied by the madam.
Seeing how pitiful she was, I brought her back."
"I heard that the madam said that she had been raised in a brothel since she was a child. She was an official woman who had committed crimes and was sold. She was also proficient in literature. Seeing that she was very smart, the villain gradually told her many things. Who knew her courage?
He is so big, he dares to act like a kidnapper, and he dares to encourage villains to do evil things for him!"
"General Huo, you have a lot of people, you must distinguish right from wrong! The villain is dragged down, these are all good things done by Wei Sanniang!"
Seeing that he was about to howl like a ghost again, Huo Jingchen frowned impatiently and nodded slightly towards Huo Jingyun who came back.
Huo Jingyun immediately took him down.
After walking out of the dungeon, Huo Jingyun couldn't help but ask: "Master, do you want to continue the investigation now?"
"Of course! You sent people to interrogate Wei Sanniang, Gou Hua and others strictly. I suspect that she is related to the previous assassination case. Although that case was dropped in the end, I have not forgotten it! This Wei Sanniang probably has something to do with Beidi.
You check this aspect." Huo Jingchen looked up at the dark night and suppressed the restlessness in his heart.
"Yes, I obey." Huo Jingyun responded respectfully.
"Also, send someone to bring a message to Jinghe tomorrow and ask him to come back from the military camp. I have something to discuss with him." Huo Jingchen thought of something and whispered.
Huo Jingyun naturally agreed again and quietly retreated.
After returning to the study, Huo Jingchen retreated from everyone, walked to the desk, took out the previous arrow from the drawer at the bottom, and touched it carefully. After feeling the sharpness on it, he didn't know what he thought of, and a trace of unknown meaning flashed in his eyes.
Light.
In the early morning in the back yard of Jiang's house, Jiang Hexi was chopping pig grass and throwing it into the pig pen.
"Girl, General Feige sent a message saying that he will come over later." Xing Luo walked over and said softly while helping Jiang Hexi throw the pigweed.
Jiang Hexi patted the scraps of grass on his palm, smiled at the little fat pig eating deliciously, and said, "Okay, I won't go to the winery today. I'll just wait for him to come over at home."
This meant waiting until the sun set in the west, until the evening clouds quietly climbed into the orange sky, and Huo Jingchen and his party arrived belatedly.
"Why are you coming here so late? I thought you had something to do today, but you didn't come here." Seeing a few people dismounting from their horses, Jiang Hexi came back from the vegetable garden to greet them, and looked at Huo Jingchen and his group with a sweet smile.
"Some things were delayed. I was afraid that you would keep waiting, so I rushed here." Huo Jingchen looked at Jiang Hexi apologetically and smiled slightly.
Jiang Hexi waved her hand, opened the heavy wooden door, and motioned for several people to come in quickly.
"Come in quickly!"
In the main room, several people were sitting facing each other.
Huo Jingchen glanced at Jiang Hexi who was looking forward to it. He subconsciously clenched the porcelain cup in his hand, took a sip of tea, and said slowly: "After about seven or eight days of investigation, this matter has come to a conclusion."
"Gou Hua and Wei Sanniang are the leaders of the kidnapping gang, Xue Kun is an accomplice, and the reason why Gou Hua becomes a kidnapper is Wei Sanniang's deliberate inducement."
"Wei Sanniang is a female craftsman from Beidi. She came to Jingzhou from the capital under the order of the second prince of Beidi, just to search for beautiful children, pick out the good ones, train them as craftsmen, and sell the rest directly to
Various places to win over local officials or wealthy families."
"And this gang of kidnappers is actually spread over half of Dasheng. No one was aware of it before, but after our investigation, we found that Wei Sanniang was just a small leader among them. They had planned to do this!"
As he said this, Huo Jingchen became so angry that he couldn't help but squeeze the small tea cup in his hand so hard that he crushed the small tea cup!
Jiang Hexi hurriedly took out the handkerchief from her sleeve, took the water that Huo Jingyun brought back, carefully cleaned his wound, and then bandaged it carefully, she couldn't help complaining: "Even if you get angry again, you can't hurt yourself.
Come vent your anger!"
As soon as he saw Jiang Hexi lowering his eyebrows and lowering his eyes, she gently helped him bandage the wound. Her fair face was full of distress, her butterfly-like eyelashes trembled slightly, and her warm breath sprayed on the wound, making it hot.
Seeing that Huo Jingchen's throat became even dryer, he moved back a little uncomfortably.
When Huo Jingchen saw that she was finally bandaged, he immediately retracted his palms. The tips of his ears were as red as blood. He coughed lightly and reluctantly calmed down and said, "I'm fine. Don't worry about these minor wounds."
Hearing this, Jiang Hexi looked at him helplessly, shook her head, and said nothing.
"But luckily they were discovered by us this time. The scale of their trafficking is not huge. I have already informed His Majesty that he has sent people to search for the gangsters throughout Dasheng. I believe there will be good news in the near future."
Jiang Hexi was still a little confused and asked doubtfully: "Then is it really a coincidence that they arrested Ayun?"
Listening to the questioning, Huo Jingchen couldn't help but think of the disgusting fact, suppressed the anger in his chest, and said in a deep voice after a moment: "No! The reason why they targeted Ayun was because He Yinbao ordered his second manager to go find Gou Hua.
, openly and secretly said that a big official is interested in Ah Yun, and as long as they catch Ah Yun, they will definitely make a lot of money."