Don't worry about traveling through time, she has an all-powerful senior sister to help her

"I was chasing Goudan and he found me and beat me up. I couldn't move until this morning. Look." The little beggar pulled off the tattered cloth on his legs, revealing black and purple bruises.

Shen Miaozhu frowned and came closer to take a look: "Please ask Taoist Chen to have someone wash him and apply medicine. We will pay for it."

"Second sister." Shen Xianzhu thought the little beggar must be over seven years old, so he blocked her from touching him. "Genders are different, so you can ask a young Taoist priest to come."

"No." The little beggar also objected. Grandpa said that boys must learn to protect themselves when they go out into the world.

Taoist Master Chen knew the little beggar's thoughts very well. He waved and called the little Taoist priest to fetch the medicine, and then said: "I can help report it to the police, but if there is no solid evidence, the plaintiff will be held responsible.

Who among you will be the plaintiff? Just a reminder: in this dynasty, those under fifteen years old and those with disabilities who commit crimes ranging from exile to minor punishments are subject to redemption."

"What do you mean?" Shen Lingzhu didn't quite understand.

Shen Miaozhu's translation reads: "Those under fifteen years of age and those with disabilities who commit crimes punishable by exile or less may be pardoned and sentenced to prison for redemption."

"No, no, no, Taoist Priest, you don't know. This kid said before that Goudan admitted to selling a child himself, and helped steal two more at the March Temple Fair. He was involved in the Paihuazi gang's crimes many times.

In recent years, the criminal law of this dynasty has been implemented, and the interrogation regulations have been added. "Shen Xianzhu was not a bookworm.

He told everyone what the master had said in plain words: "If a kidnapped person dies during the kidnapping process, the crime is capital. And as long as the kidnapped person is captured, regardless of whether he has been sold or not, he will be sent to the frontier as a soldier.

If a person is mutilated, he will be punished by slicing without mercy.

The family members of the kidnapper and the villagers who knew about the kidnapping but did not report it will be punished together with the kidnapper, and may be caned, exiled, or shackled, depending on the circumstances.

Shen Lingzhu immediately understood why the village head insisted that Goudan had done nothing wrong and was afraid of being reported to the police.

Thinking of this, she felt a little uneasy. Having lived in villages and towns since childhood, she knew the meaning of the word "grouping" best.

"Goudan changed his confession in front of the village head, will he..." Before Shen Lingzhu finished speaking, a dozen people rushed into the main hall of Zhenwu Temple, led by the village head.

He glanced at Goudan, who lay unconscious on the futon, and said politely to Taoist Master Chen, "Excuse me, a child in the village was taken away by these people. Please allow us to take the child away."

"Please wait a moment, head of the village. Why don't we clarify the situation here first?" Taoist Chen did not agree. The disappearance of the three children was related to another child, so they had to be cautious.

He asked the village head to talk to him, hoping that the matter would be reported to the authorities.

The others pushed forward and said to Shen Lingzhu and the others, "Little girl, we helped you catch the beggar yesterday, and now you're saying that the village kids are his accomplices. Aren't you harming them?"

"We hate stealing and kidnapping children the most."

"Goudan is still a child too."

"Why don't outsiders have any sense of loyalty?"

They chatted back and forth for a while, making Shen Xianzhu's ears buzz, but he protected his two sisters behind him and bowed to everyone, saying: "Thank you all for your help yesterday.

We are also from Baozhou Prefecture, from Beigou Village, Shenquan Daji, Shun County. We will definitely come back to thank you when we have the chance."

Shen Lingzhu talked to her senior sister, saying that her elder brother was too honest, he was just short of telling her the alley and courtyard.

Shen Miaozhu patted her hand and took a step forward, saying in a clear voice, "My uncle was a Jinshi in the tenth year of Datong, a disciple of the Emperor, and once a sixth-rank official."

With just one word, the noise in the hall suddenly fell silent, and the people surrounding Shen Xianzhu immediately took three steps back.

Village Chief Cao in the side hall was also shocked. After the Taoist priest confirmed it, he panicked. He had just asked the master to come and see him, but now...

Shen Lingzhu raised his voice at the right moment and said, "I wasn't abducted. It was you uncles and brothers who frightened the beggar.

But Cao's Xiaodouzi and two other girls were actually abducted and sold.

And it was Goudan, whom you call one of your own, who did it together with those beggars from yesterday."

Even though the beggar had only seen him taking a walk once, Goudan's confession could not be all fabricated.

He could only describe the details of scouting, keeping watch, and dividing the spoils in such detail because he had experienced it himself.

"There are witnesses and evidence." She raised the short knife she had been holding and made a reasonable assumption: "Yesterday, two beggars said their leader was called Wu Gou, and the handle of the knife that Gou Dan carries has a dog's head engraved on it.

It was given to Goudan by Wu Gou to help him carve messages on the roadside walls."

After listening carefully, Shen Xianzhu recalled, "Third sister didn't tell you this on the way, right?"

Chen Xiaoge behind him also looked at Shen Lingzhu suspiciously.

After receiving a nod from his senior sister, the latter stood beside her and said without any fear, "I am willing to turn myself in and ask the authorities to investigate.

If Goudan is wrongly accused, I would rather be punished by being shackled and exiled."

"Little Bamboo!" Shen Xianzhu had just interrupted one of them when his second sister also raised her hand and said, "I'll also denounce Goudan."

"As for me, I saw with my own eyes that when many people were picking peaches, he took over the beggar woman's donkey and talked to her, and then helped them harness the cart and keep watch.

But when everyone shouted, "Shoot him to death!" he ran away. The little beggar raised his hands high.

Everyone looked at the three children who would rather be exiled than sue Goudan, and they all asked each other what to do?

What if Goudan is really a villain? Will he get them sent to jail?

The discussion became louder and louder. Shen Xianzhu gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Neighbors who expose crimes can be exempted from joint punishment."

As soon as he finished speaking, someone asked, "Is stealing the eggs laid by my hens considered exposing me?"

"Okay!" the three siblings said in unison.

When everyone wanted to ask again, a loud shout came from the gate, "Where is the dog that killed millions?"

Then he was hit on the head with an iron hoe, pushing away the people in the hall. The white-haired old man had good eyesight and swung the hoe straight towards Goudan, who was resting his head on a cushion.

"No!"

"Father-in-law!"

"Brother Chen, stop him."

The three siblings could not stand up to the angry old man, so Chen Xiaoge called two people over, and together they took the hoe and pulled the old man away.

"My dear grandson! Just because he helped his brother fight, he was stolen and sold by this bastard." The old man burst into tears.

The crying was shrill, and everyone present was heartbroken. Then someone else ran in. It was a woman with messy hair. She grabbed someone and said, "Did you find my little girl?"

In full view of everyone, the person whose flying sleeves were caught quickly shook off the grip and stepped back.

After Shen Miaozhu pressed Shen Lingzhu, she quickly ran over to support the woman and coaxed her to sit in the side hall. The Taoist priest who came out to persuade her also followed.

"Mom, why are you here?" A young boy chased after her, grabbed the woman's hand, and cautiously pushed his senior sister away.

Taoist Master Chen said that she was a kind person, so the young boy did not resist her help.

"Alas, what a sin! The Ning family has never had peace since their daughter went missing when she was little."

"Let's not save the wrong person by saving Goudan."

When Shen Lingzhu accurately caught the whispers, Cao Er and many others also ran over, "Dad, Dad!"

"Uncle Cao."

"Kill that bastard for me!" the old man roared.

He really wanted to take action according to his instructions, but the next moment Goudan was blocked behind him by Shen Lingzhu and his sister.

"Get out of the way! I'll beat anyone who stops me today."

"Brother." Cao Er grabbed the man and said that he was helping us. His brother didn't care and was determined to kill the person who stole his child. He even called his family to beat him up.

The village head hid in the side hall and didn't dare to come out. None of the people he brought with him came forward to protect Goudan.

Because not only the Cao family, but also the families who had lost their children in the past were taking action.

Shen Lingzhu was instantly pulled away by two burly aunts. They even said, "If you kill Goudan, who would help you find Xiaodouzi?"