The end of natural disasters: the daily life of child brides in ancient times

Lu Qingqing carefully carried Goudan onto the carriage and drove straight to the county government office.

It had only been a few days since the last time a few people came to the county government office.

Speaking of which, Lu Qingqing and the others seemed to be frequent visitors to the county government office.

At this moment, the officers at the gate of the county government saw them and came to greet them with a smile.

When he learned that Lu Qingqing and others were going to report a case, he hurried in to inform County Magistrate Qiao.

Soon, several people saw County Magistrate Qiao who came in a hurry.

When County Magistrate Qiao heard that some people in the county were now "picking branches from living things" and using artificially disabled children to beg, his face became extremely ugly.

The practice of picking and breaking branches has been happening more and more frequently in recent years.

When he first heard it, he was shocked.

I have seen several cases while serving as an official in various places over the years.

Whenever he encountered such a case, all those who had engaged in the practice of dismemberment would be executed by slow slicing.

All his property was given to the victims and their families.

As for such a heavy sentence, will anyone come to him?

The answer is of course no.

His solution was clearly recorded by Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty in the "Ming Law".

These days, the sentences for human traffickers who steal, rob, and sell children are extremely severe.

In fact, buying and selling people was not prohibited in those days, and children in disaster years were even less valuable.

When there is no food to eat, many families rush to sell their children.

If the family was short of servants, they would buy a child from a poor farmer's family to do the work.

To a certain extent, it also gave the child something to eat and a way to survive.

In this situation, human traffickers who are unwilling to even pay the principal and who steal, rob, and sell other people's children are extremely despicable.

After all, every child is the apple of their parents’ eyes!

Not to mention, the kidnapped children were beaten and broken into pieces, causing great harm to them.

Take his youngest son for example. He is only three or four years old now, which is the perfect age for being cute.

He couldn't even imagine how devastated he would be if his child encountered this situation.

The more County Magistrate Qiao thought about it, the angrier he became. After he inquired in detail about the situation of this newly emerged "Beggar Gang".

He immediately sent people out to mobilize troops. In addition to the county's original officers, he also transferred two more teams from outside the city.

Then, he directly dispatched the officers.

Two of the teams went to the Beggars' lair, while the other team went to the warehouse in the west of the city.

Lu Qingqing asked Wang Demao and others to watch the cart at the county government office.

She, Qin Lang, and Goudan went to the west city warehouse with the officers.

With the help of officers, the group quickly arrived at the warehouse in the west of the city.

As usual, the officers quickly surrounded the entire warehouse.

After ensuring that there were no missed exits in the warehouse, the officers took their men in to search.

The warehouse was in chaos because of the arrival of the officers.

At this time, the shopkeeper hurried out from behind the counter.

He straightened his clothes and came forward with a smile.

"Sir, what does it take to trouble you?

The warehouse is a mess, don't get your clothes dirty.

I booked a few tables for a banquet at Zuixianlou and called a few girls to join us.

Would you please go and try it with the other officials?"

The leading officer subconsciously glanced at Lu Qingqing, and when he saw her looking at him, he turned around and glared at the shopkeeper fiercely.

"What nonsense are you talking about, man?

We are here to do our job, and you are treating us like we have taken your food on a daily basis!"

When the shopkeeper heard this, the smile on his face stopped awkwardly.

Soon, he smiled again and said:

"Yes, yes, it's the little one who can't speak.

Sir, please don't be offended.

But, I don't know why you came here today?"

The leading officer breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Lu Qingqing no longer looked at him.

He had heard from his master that the girl next to him was very capable.

Even the county magistrate had to be polite to her if she knew what bad things she had done.

If this gets reported to County Magistrate Qiao, he will be in big trouble.

At this moment, he also knew that Lu Qingqing and the others were anxious to find someone, so he said directly to the shopkeeper:

“Why ask so many questions!

The government is investigating the case, so just cooperate with us.

The loading and unloading area in the store is in the backyard?

Don't hesitate, lead us there quickly!"

When the shopkeeper heard him mention loading and unloading, he immediately thought of the men loading and unloading in the backyard, and sweat immediately broke out on his back.

At this time, he still wanted to find some way to try to hide it.

But at this time Goudan was already extremely anxious.

He had heard his father talk about where he worked before, and now he was on Qin Lang's back, pointing the way anxiously.

"Sister Daya, my dad said they are working in the yard behind the warehouse, not far from the back door!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Qingqing looked in the direction Goudan pointed.

Seeing this, the officer was afraid that Lu Qingqing would say that he was not proactive.

He grabbed the shopkeeper by the back of his collar and pushed him to the back.

Seeing this, the shopkeeper could only lead the group in front and walk towards the backyard.

The entire warehouse is large, but the roads are relatively simple.

Only when you come to a fork in the road do you need the shopkeeper to point the way.

Soon, several people arrived at the back of the warehouse.

At this time, the back of the warehouse had not been broken into by the police yet, and people were busy as usual.

A group of ragged men were carrying large packages and unloading the goods into a warehouse.

There were several men holding whips standing nearby, and if they saw anyone moving slowly, they would whip them.

At this time, Goudan saw his father whom he hadn't seen for several days, and excitedly stood up and shouted:

"Dad, Dad, it's me!"

When Da Gen first heard his son's voice, he thought it was an illusion caused by being too tired.

He shook his head and was about to continue working when he heard his son calling him again.

He subconsciously turned around and saw his son lying on a very tall and strong young man.

At this time, there were several officers and a little girl following his son.

Wait, this little girl.

At this time, several officers had stepped forward and scolded the men who were whipping people.

Then, quickly take control of the scene.

The shopkeeper next to him saw this and didn't dare to say a word.

This matter has now been exposed to the public. Although he has violated the law, he is not the main person responsible.

When the county government came to judge the case, he just had to insist that he knew nothing about the situation and at most he would be fined some money.

Thinking of this, the shopkeeper stopped talking.

The officers allowed the people at the scene to be controlled, tied up and thrown to the ground.

At this time, Qin Lang had already brought Goudan on his back to Dagen.

When Dagen saw his son's broken leg, he was completely stunned.

The two hadn't seen each other for just a few days, how could their son become like this!

Even though the journey to escape famine was so difficult, his dog Dan managed to make it through.

How come I got to the place and was harmed like this?

My son’s leg is broken. How is he going to live for the next few decades?

It’s all his fault. He was stupid and believed what others said!

Dagen hugged Goudan and cried loudly.

It was not until Lu Qingqing said that Goudan’s leg could be cured that this taciturn man raised his head.