Touring the Ming Dynasty

When the two left, Captain Yan kept complaining about Duan Fei, but Duan Fei smiled and said nothing. The four of them got the order of the judge to arrest people in Yangzhou Mansion, and Captain Yan went to the government office to find eight friends who were with each other. The catchers I recognized, when talking about Mr. He, those Yangzhou catchers laughed out loud—that was also the master who often went in and out of the yamen, and the eight Yangzhou catchers immediately led the way to Mr. He's house.

The three caves of the cunning rabbit, Mr. He's house has one front door and two back doors. After each is blocked, Butou Yan and the others kick the front door open, and lock it when they see anyone. He came out and asked, "What's the matter, what's the matter? Sir, haven't you already given the regular money for this month?"

Yan Butou couldn't help but shouted loudly: "You have committed a crime, let me take it down!"

Shi Bin and Guo Wei rushed up like tigers descending a mountain, pressed the crooked He Yuanwai, about twenty years old, on the ground, and handcuffed him with two clicks.

Hearing the word crime, Yuan He's originally green and black face suddenly turned pale, he looked around in panic, and shouted: "Master, sir, what did I do again..."

"Shut up, do you want to tell your accomplices?" Yan Butou slapped him until the corners of his mouth were bleeding, and he didn't dare to say anything.

This He Mansion has two levels, the front and the back, and it doesn't look that big, but in the blink of an eye, a few yamen guards found dozens of people, including only a few men, and about a dozen middle-aged women, but women in their teens and older. Mostly small girls.

Li Erniang made some modifications. She even covered her face with a blue square scarf and hid behind the policeman. She opened her eyes wide and looked at the girls who were about the same age as Xiaoyun. I can find Xiaoyun.

After being introduced by the Yangzhou police, Duan Fei learned that this house is a stable in the slang. Mr. He was originally a local ruffian, who fell in love with him, bought him a house with money, and Mr. He became a "horse" "Guardian" is specialized in "breeding thin horses" in this house.

The so-called "raising thin horses" is a well-known underground industry in Yangzhou, that is, girls who are bought or cheated from all over the country are trained by professionals to become girls who can sing and dance or have certain specialties, and then sell them for a price. Rich households become concubines, or are picked up by brothels to train them to become red girls.

The women who have been trained are beautiful, generous, understanding and will not compete for favor, so they are very popular with the rich and powerful. There are even poor families who specialize in giving birth to girls. Training, after selling, you can also get some gifts for selling your body. There is a buyer's market and a seller's market, so raising lean horses has become a common practice in Yangzhou and is famous all over the world.

Raising thin horses is in half-light in Yangzhou, and the government also turned a blind eye. If Duan Fei and the others had no evidence, the Yangzhou government might not be willing to send people to cooperate in the arrest. Seeing that Xiaoyun could not be found, the chief arrester was strict. I feel a little uneasy, most of these people who raise skinny horses have backers behind them, he is a small county government arrester, and he can't be provoked.

The police officers divided the men and women in the house into four sections and detained them separately. Mr. He and those men who looked like thugs were locked in a small dark room, and Chief Yan interrogated him personally. He Daguan's screams, usually this small black room is specially used to punish disobedient 'skinny horses', and now the stable boy finally got a taste of it.

The dozen or so women were also sent to the next door of the small black room, but each of them was covered with a cloth bag, and their hands were locked behind their backs. They could not see or speak, and heard the screams from the next door. They couldn't help being afraid too.

The girls were also divided into two groups and placed separately. The older girls were well-dressed and smooth-skinned. They were not panicked by sudden changes. They had obviously been trained, or they were disappointed with the government, or they were looking forward to becoming concubines in the future. Afterwards, he longed for prosperity and wealth, but no one complained that he was abducted.

Those who were younger were not so calm and composed. They came here ignorantly, learning various skills, and hadn't tasted the cruelty and hardship of life. Duan Fei subconsciously separated them from the group of older girls Placement because there may be hope for the future of these girls.

After everyone was detained and controlled separately, in a side room a little far away, Duan Fei sat on a chair with a smile, looked at a middle-aged woman who was limp in front of him, and said lightly: "Waiting mother, you Where did you hide Xiaoyun?"

Hou Ma's complexion was as if she was lying on the ground. When she was dragged here and the cloth bag on her head was taken away, she knew that something was wrong. That Xiaoyun must have left some clues, otherwise how could the officers and servants get away so quickly? Are you chasing me?

"Mother Hou, you don't have to think about delaying time and someone will come to rescue you," Duan Fei sneered, "This case was personally intervened by Mr. Xie, the judge of Yangzhou. He only gave us half a day. We can do anything to solve the case." Hurry up and hand over Xiaoyun, otherwise we won’t find anyone and we will have to treat her as dead, and you are the murderer, take her back to the yamen and serve her in torture, I’m not afraid that you won’t confess and be imprisoned!”

Hearing the first sentence, Hou Ma's complexion changed again. Duan Fei's words broke the last line of defense in her heart. She sighed and said, "I admit it, let me go, I will take you to get the cheated girl Find it all out, I know a lot of things, please tell Lord Tong San Xie, as long as I can save my life, I will tell you everything I know."

Duan Fei shouted: "Okay, I promise to tell the judge to unshackle her hands and feet!"

Under the leadership of Hou Ma, the police quickly found several secret rooms in He's house, some of which were even hidden deep underground, and the entrances were extremely secret. If it wasn't for someone leading them, Duan Fei and the others might not be able to do it even if they had twice as many people. Find it within three to five days.

There were as many as twenty girls trapped in the secret room. They were all yellow, thin, and ragged, and each of them was wounded to some extent. Xiaoyun was among them, a young girl who was only a few days old. In the early days, he was already devastated to the point of being bruised and dispirited, but fortunately, in order to sell it for a good price, Xiaoyun has not suffered any more damage.

Duan Fei questioned Xiao Yun alone. She was wronged that day and came to Yangzhou sad and disappointed. Obedient and locked in a small black room, Hou Ma also participated in the 'persuasion', once threatened to sell her to a distant place, then pick out some limbs, take out some unimportant bones, and cut off half of her tongue, Let her be able to walk but not run, able to eat, but she is dumb, life is worse than death, when it comes to the tragedy, Xiao Yun throws herself on the ground and weeps uncontrollably.

The business of raising skinny horses is really ugly and cruel, but Duan Fei knows that even in the 21st century, such things still happen from time to time. He is still just a small catcher, and he doesn’t know if it’s a blessing or a curse if he takes down a black den. , how can you think too much?

"Miss Xiaoyun, do you think it's time to go home now?"

Duan Fei's words made Xiao Yun look up in confusion, only to see Duan Fei smiling at her, that smile was very weird...

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