Crossing the famine, I am a poor fish, and my descendants have to work hard

It was already past 12 o'clock when we returned to the village where we set up camp and rested.

Zhao Yuanzhen asked all the children to be taken home by their parents.

There were 12 people who were not from their village, so Zhao Yuanzhen handed them all over to the village chief.

I'm going to go eat something by myself, I'm really hungry.

The food is warming in the pot.

Seeing them come back, Qian Xiaohui quickly set the table for the three of them.

The three of them didn't say anything and started eating.

After dinner, Qian Xiaohui hugged Zhang Zijin in her arms. She was scared for a while, crying and scared.

"You want to scare me to death? Where have you been? I'm so scared that my heart is about to stop. If something happens to you, how will I live?" This is her eldest son, and she has always been very dear to her heart.

The moment I heard that he was gone, I almost fainted. If I hadn't been holding on, I would have fainted by now.

Thank God, I finally found it.

"Xin Shu, thanks to you, I don't know how to thank you. If anything happened to Zijin, my sister-in-law would not be able to survive."

"Sister-in-law, Zijin is also my nephew, so this is what I should do."

It turned out that a few children heard that there were fish in the river and wanted to catch them, but they did not follow the adults' path. They thought they would catch more fish upstream, so they went into the woods and prepared to go upstream.

But he was seen by a few human traffickers who came down to solve their personal problems.

These human traffickers had just stolen 12 children. They didn't dare to take the official road, so they took a small path and saw these children.

Several people were laughing so hard that they couldn't close their mouths. Isn't this just delivered to their doorstep?

After getting the sleeping pills, the three men stood upwind and scattered them.

Although the children did not faint immediately, they were still feeling drowsy and sleepy, and they couldn't suppress the sleepiness.

Zhang Zijin also felt sleepy, but based on his previous experience, he knew that this was a drug.

He raised his arm and bit himself hard, trying to keep himself awake.

When he went out to play, he didn't bring his sword.

He picked up a wooden stick from the ground and rushed towards the person who caught his friend, shouting.

Although he was good at swordsmanship, he was weak and short, and his mind was not very clear after being drugged.

After fighting with those guys for a few rounds, he couldn't hold on any longer and passed out.

Zhang Xinshu was collecting firewood in the woods and seemed to hear Zijin's voice calling for help.

He threw down the firewood and ran towards the sound. When he got there, he found that the children had been loaded into the carriage.

The carriage then started moving.

Seeing the speed of the carriage, he did not dare to go back to look for people, for fear that he would lose the direction in the process of going back and forth.

Then he left a mark on the tree and quickly chased after it.

Later, Zhao Yuanzhen and others discovered it and chased after them.

The village chief has already asked someone to interrogate the human traffickers.

Zhang Xinnian heard the results of the interrogation and came back to tell everyone.

This group of people are not just ordinary beggars. They are a very large organization. They are just a small branch in Neiqiu County.

People would come to take the captured children away regularly. But when asked where they were sold, the two were hesitant. Only after torture did they confess that it was not a simple begging. They captured the children to dismember them alive.

After hearing this, Zhao Yuanzhen's face changed.

These beasts!

There are generally two types of human traffickers in this era. One is the beggar. They pretend to be beggars to let people down, and when they get close to you, they tap your shoulder and drug you. Then they sell the children to people in need.

Another type is to create animals, which is an extremely beastly act. The so-called creation of animals, as the name suggests, is to turn people into animals. Usually, children under the age of five are captured and locked up with animals, eating and living together.

Such children are young and in the learning stage. If they live with animals for a long time, they will imitate them. When they are a little older, they will use a knife to cut their skin, not too deep or too shallow, just enough to bleed, and then cut all over their body, and then apply special medicine to make the whole body fester.

Then, the animal skin that had just been peeled off was applied to the wound while it was still hot, along with internal and external medications, and when the wound was completely scabbed, the animal hair grew inside the child's body. In this way, the person turned into an animal.

In such a case, not all 10 children would survive, but if only one survived, they would make a lot of money. They would take these animals to perform for entertainment or to perform for dignitaries. The money they would earn in one day would be equivalent to the labor of others for one year.

There are also some elderly people who are too old to be animals, so they cut off their hands, feet, arms, eyes, ears and other organs, making them disabled and throwing them on the streets to beg.

However, because these children who were cut by the malicious sea are not well cared for, they usually do not live long.

Zhao Yuanzhen hated human traffickers the most in her life. She was abducted by human traffickers. Although she was lucky and was rescued in the end, her mother couldn't bear the loss of her child and committed suicide by jumping off a building. Her father also went crazy and was later hit by a car and died.

She was sent to an orphanage.

These human traffickers are even more beastly, they made these children suffer horribly.

Zhao Yuanzhen went over and dragged the two human traffickers aside.

All the bones in their hands and feet were broken, and their fingers were broken one by one.

I also asked about their hideout in Neiqiu and how many people were there.

When asking questions, they are asked separately, and there is no fear of tricks.

Then I felt there was nothing else to ask, so I killed them all.

I always feel like something is pressing on my heart and I can't breathe.

Zhao Yuanzhen ran to the woods and practiced sword fighting. Only then did she feel better.

When I returned, the village chief was organizing people to send the 12 children back.

Those 12 were also refugees along the way, who were captured. Fortunately, they were not far away.

Zhao Yuanzhen did not go, and quietly returned to the carriage.

Mrs. Zhang and her daughter-in-law came over to thank Zhang Xinshu.

Among those arrested were Zhang Qingshan’s eldest grandson and Zhang Xinyu’s eldest son Zhang Zihu.

After hearing the interrogation that the child was to be castrated, I was terrified. If this child could not be found, this good child would suffer for the rest of his life!

Zhang Xinyou's wife Zheng Shuang'er also came to thank Xin Shu. If it weren't for this little brother, his Hu Zi would never be found.

Later, other people from the village came to express their gratitude.

Zhao Yuanzhen listened quietly beside him, and no one knew what was going on in his mind.

Zhang Xinbai also went to send the group of children home.

When we got back, it was almost 3 a.m., and the others didn't get much sleep either. No one could sleep well after what happened today.

When I wake up in the morning, I don't feel very good.

Qian Xiaohui slept with Zhang Zijin in her arms all night, fearing that he would be lost again.

What were brought back yesterday along with the traffickers were the carriage, items, food, and the silver and money that were found.

The villagers discussed it and decided that the money was not much, just over 100 taels, so they kept it in the village. The grain was not much either, about two bags, and they distributed it to each family according to their household.

The remaining iron pots and other items were also sold cheaply to people in the village who needed them.

This carriage is a bit troublesome.

Zhao Yuanzhen took a look at the carriage. This carriage cannot be used, at least the carriage shed cannot be used. It has to be dismantled. There are special markings.

Everyone also thinks it should be demolished.

The village chief found a few people to dismantle the carriage shed and set it on fire.

There were two large carts left, and everyone checked carefully to see if there were any marks.

Feeling uneasy, I found a carpenter in the village, got some paint, and repainted the entire exposed surface of the car, changing the paint to a different color.

There was already paint in the Daliang Dynasty.

Anyone in the village who needs these two carriages can come and buy them.

The total weight of the carriage and the horse is 25 taels.

One of the cars was bought by Zhang Qinghu's family, but they didn't have enough silver, so they only gave half of it, 13 taels of silver. They kept a little money for their living, but left an IOU to the village.

His family used to use a wheelbarrow, but a few days ago, the village chief forced them to throw away a lot of things, and then they were free. But they have been traveling for a few days, and they can't stand it. The old mother's feet are worn out.

Zhang Qinghu gritted his teeth and bought it. With this carriage, he could reduce the burden of the first carriage, and his mother, children, and wife could also sit on it.

Once you settle down, you won’t lose money if you sell it again.

No one bought the second one, mainly because no one had that much extra money.

Zhao Yuanzhen wanted a horse so she could get things done faster, but she didn't really want a car.

My family didn't need a carriage for the time being. But it would be hard to sell the carriage in the village. So I had to buy both the horse and the carriage.

Finally, she gave the carriage to the old mansion. The old mansion's carriage was converted from a cart and was a bit small. Her carriage was bigger.

Zhang Sandao gave her 1 tael of silver. It was not in vain.

She thought about it and decided to give the money to the old lady later, but she had to take it in front of her sister-in-law to prevent her from taking advantage of her.

Zhao Yuanzhen put a saddle on the horse, put on a new bridle, tied it to the back of the carriage, and followed the carriage.

When you need to ride, you can just take it off and ride away. It is quite convenient.

Soon the village chief and Zhang Sandao came over, and the village chief returned the money Zhao Yuanzhen had given her for buying the horse. He had to collect the money in front of the whole village. But this time, thanks to Zhang Xinshu, otherwise the children of each family might not be found.

So the village had to show some appreciation. So they gave this carriage to her family. After all, her family contributed the most and killed the most people this time.

Zhao Yuanzhen did not refuse and took it.

I wasn't in the mood to eat in the morning, so I just had a quick bite and then we started on our way.

As usual, Zhao Yuanzhen gave Zijin an education.

Although they were arrested, they didn't suffer any punishment. Zijin was in good condition, and Zhang Xinshu was also fine.

"Today we will talk about the third chapter of the Analects. The Eight-Legged Piece Chapter.

Confucius said to Ji Shi: The Eight Rows of Dance in the Courtyard, this can be tolerated, but what cannot be tolerated?

What it means is: Confucius talked about Ji Shi and said that he had sixty-four people playing music and dancing in his own courtyard. If he could bear to do such a thing, what else would he not be cruel enough to do?

In the era of Confucius, playing music and dancing was a kind of etiquette. In ritual music and dance, it varied according to different social levels. There were roughly several levels such as the emperor, princes, and officials.

And each level has strict regulations: "The emperor uses eight, the princes use six, the officials use four, and the scholars use two."

According to the rank regulations, the emperor uses eight rows of eighty-four people.

The princes used Liuyi, that is, six rows, six hundred and eighty-eight people;

The doctor uses four rows of thirty-two people.

Ji Shi was a senior official, so he should have used four dancers, but he used eight.

Confucius believed that Ji Shi had violated etiquette and that this was absolutely intolerable.

That’s why I say that if we can tolerate things like this, what else can’t we tolerate?

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