Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

The groom flung open the door and shouted angrily, "What do you want to do? Let my son go!"

Chen Lang didn't waste any time talking to him and said bluntly, "Hand him over."

The groom's face turned pale: "Who is it?"

"Hand over the little girl we kidnapped from Nanhe County, and I will release your son. Otherwise, I will report you to the police, and both you and your son will go to jail." Chen Lang shouted harshly.

The groom said, "I don't understand what you are saying. Let my son go immediately."

Chen Lang raised his knee and slammed it hard into Hua Chengyu's waist. The latter's features were distorted with pain and he said, "Dad... save me."

"You!" the groom was furious and shouted at the top of his voice: "Help! There are bandits!"

There are quite a lot of residents in this alley, and the coachman's shout immediately attracted all the neighbors.

The crowd blocked the door, pointing and talking.

"What's going on? Why are the bandits coming into the city?"

"These two young men don't look like bandits. They're probably here to seek revenge."

"Seeking revenge on the Hua family father and son? These two are honest people, and they are not bad people."

"Hurry and report to the police."

Xu Fei turned around and said to the neighbors, "Don't misunderstand, folks. We are not bad people."

"This father and son specialize in luring ignorant young girls. My brother's sister was deceived by them. We chased them all the way from Nanhe County and forced them to hand over the person."

The groom eagerly defended himself, "Don't listen to his nonsense, folks. My father and I are both good citizens and would never do anything evil."

"They kidnapped my son with the intention of extorting him. I beg you fellow villagers to help me and save my son."

Judging from the situation, what the groom said made more sense. After all, Hua Chengyu was controlled by Chen Lang, and his face was covered in blood. He was definitely beaten up.

But some neighbors also recalled that every time the Hua father and son came back, they were indeed accompanied by different women. In the first few years, they were older women, but in the past two years, they were all young girls, some of whom were even only eleven or twelve years old.

After these women entered the Hua family, they disappeared within a few days.

Because no one had ever bothered the Hua father and son, the neighbors didn't think too much about it.

After hearing what Xu Fei said, I realized that there might really be a big problem here.

Those women were probably sold by their father and son, or even...

"Why don't you report it to the government? We'll know who's right and who's wrong once we go to the government office."

Xu Fei glanced at Chen Lang and saw the latter nodded slightly, so he immediately took out ten cents and asked a fellow villager to report to the authorities.

The groom became anxious and wanted to snatch his son back from Chen Lang.

Xu Fei stretched out his foot and tripped the groom, then pulled off Hua Chengyu's belt, sat on the groom's back, and tied his hands and feet together.

This set of movements was so smooth and flowing that Chen Lang was stunned.

"Brother Xu, you are quite skilled."

Xu Fei smiled and said, "That set of Five Animal Exercises every morning isn't in vain."

"Don't look at me because I'm thin. I'm full of strength!"

"Little stable boy, no problem."

The groom was pinned down and unable to move. He could only keep greeting Chen Lang and Xu Fei's ancestors.

But after being scolded a few times, he didn't dare to say anything because Chen Lang would beat his son Hua Chengyu.

After a few curses, Chen Lang would slap his son a few times. If he continued to curse, his son would be turned into a pig's head before anyone from the government came.

A quarter of an hour later, a captain of the police arrived at the scene with three detectives.

The captain of the police originally planned to reconcile on the spot, but after some mediation, the effect was not ideal, so he took Chen Lang and others back to the yamen.

Arriving at the yamen, accompanied by a burst of "mighty" voices, the Linshui County magistrate walked into the courtroom.

"Captain Xing, what happened?"

Captain Xing clasped his fists and said, "Your Excellency, Chen Lang, a villager from Hezhong Village in Nanhe County, is suing Hua Fu and his son, Hua Chengyu, from the same county, for abducting his sister, Chen Xia."

The groom, Huafu, kowtowed and said, "Please, sir, make the decision for me."

"I and my son are both good citizens and have never done anything that would harm the world or morality."

"This person beat my son without explanation and even slandered my father and me as criminals."

"Please, sir, prove our father's innocence!"

The county magistrate said calmly, "No yelling in court."

"Answer whatever this officer asks you."

"If you dare to roar again, you will be severely punished!"

Huafu shuddered with fear and closed his mouth tightly.

The county magistrate looked at Chen Lang again and asked, "You said these two kidnapped your sister. Do you have any evidence?"

Chen Lang said, "Your Excellency, there is no physical evidence, but there is a witness."

"The shopkeeper and waiter at Tianshangju in my county are all from the post station about fifty miles from the east gate of Linshui County. The waiters there can all testify for me."

Xu Fei followed up with, "Sir, I can also testify."

The county magistrate then noticed Xu Fei and said with some surprise, "Are you the...Xu Fei, the young genius doctor from Pingzhilin?"

Xu Fei smiled and nodded, "I am deeply honored that Your Excellency still remembers me."

Hearing these words, the Hua family father and son felt their hearts sink.

It’s over, they still know each other!

"Has Doctor Xu ever seen these two people abducting women?" asked the county magistrate.

Xu Fei said, "I didn't see it myself, but they once brought a little girl to Pingzhilin for treatment. Her symptoms were postpartum bleeding."

"If that little girl is the wife of one of them, then it would definitely be recorded in the household register."

The county magistrate nodded and ordered his men to check the household registration.

Seeing this, Hua Fu hurriedly said, "Sir, there's no need to check. That girl is my wife. Before I could register her, she and her son died."

When the county magistrate heard this, he knew Hua Fu was lying. He sneered and said, "Dead? Where is he buried?"

Huafu was suddenly speechless.

Hua Chengyu quickly took over the conversation and said, "Sir, our family is poor and cannot afford a cemetery, so we wrapped it in a straw mat and threw it in the mass grave."

The county magistrate's eyes grew increasingly fierce, and he slammed the gavel, angrily saying, "You father and son, how bold!"

"According to the laws of our dynasty, the death of a family member must be reported to the government office, and the body cannot be disposed of casually."

"Violators will be fined fifty taels of silver and given thirty lashes of the cane!"

"Come here, execution!"

Hua Chengyu complained bitterly.

This law does exist, but no one actually follows it.

In this era when human life is worthless, if someone in a poor family dies, they are basically wrapped in a straw mat and buried directly. Some people just want to save trouble and throw the body into a mass grave, and the government will not care.

However, once the government strictly enforces the law, the people have no room for rebuttal.

Because that's what the law says.

Fifty taels of silver was still bearable, but thirty beatings were absolutely unbearable.

After all, judging from the county magistrate's expression, he would not allow the executioners to go easy on him.

After a good thirty lashes of the cane, the father and son can report to the King of Hell.