Farming and reading family

Cao Geng and his companions came on horseback. Gao E asked Ji Wuyang to drive the car with her and Yan Zheng following behind, while Chen Ke and his companions took another carriage.

"What's your name?" Gao E knew he could speak.

"Yan Zheng." Yan Zheng looked at Gao E apologetically, "I plan to wait until my injury is healed before talking to you."

"Every failure makes you wiser. It's a good thing to be wary of strangers," Gao E said with a smile.

Yan Zheng thought his benefactor would be angry, but he turned out to be so magnanimous.

In Chen Fansheng's carriage, the father and his two sons were also discussing this matter.

Before this, they didn't know that Gao E brought back a beggar who was almost beaten to death, let alone what the relationship between the beggar and Chen Fancai was.

"What's wrong with the second brother? He knows nothing about his family affairs." Chen Fansheng looked at Chen Ke.

"My wife never lets me worry about these menial matters." Chen Ke said seriously.

"My second brother's wife is kind-hearted. She probably just saved a child and didn't know it was related to Chen Fancai." Chen Qing analyzed.

After hearing what the boss said, Chen Fansheng didn't know what to say.

The group quickly arrived at the county government office. When they heard that the county magistrate was going to hold court, many people came to watch the fun.

The Chen family let Chen Ke in, and he didn't have to kneel.

Yan Zheng was also carried in, and Gao E watched outside.

Soon Chen Fancai and his family were brought out.

“Brother, brother…” Chen Fan struggled to go over as soon as he saw Chen Fansheng.

Chen Qing and Chen Ke stood in front of their father, and the yamen runners over there also pulled Chen Fancai back.

"Brother, believe me, I was just circumventing the kidnappers. I just wanted to keep the children safe..." Chen Fancai explained.

Chen Qing's eyes were gloomy. He was still quibbling at this time and really had no remorse at all.

Chen Fansheng didn't believe what Chen Fancai said. It was he who had proposed asking for a higher ransom and even cutting off his grandson's ears...

Cao Geng slammed the gavel, and the bailiffs banged their sticks on the ground to show their power. The hall instantly became quiet.

"Chen Fancai, Chen Jie sued you for mutilation, do you admit it?" Cao Geng asked directly.

Chen Fan was stunned. He thought it was a case of kidnapping and extortion, so how did it turn out like this?

Chen Fansheng and the others were also stunned, and some of them didn't even know what Caishengzhege was.

"That's not true." Chen Fancai screamed, "Those beggars followed me voluntarily. If it weren't for me, they would have frozen to death."

"Does witness Yan Zheng have anything to say?" Cao Geng looked at Yan Zheng lying in the lobby.

Only then did Chen Fan notice Yan Zheng. He had been cleaned up and had changed into new clothes, so he didn't recognize him for a moment.

"I'm Yan Zheng, a commoner living in Tanzhou City. I was kidnapped by Chen Fancai and Zhong Er. They wanted to sell me to Nanfeng Pavilion, but I refused to comply. So they beat me, trying to make me surrender. If I didn't, they threatened to break my limbs and force me to beg on the streets." He said in a clear voice.

When the people outside heard this, there was an uproar. They didn't expect that there would be such a cruel and crazy person.

"You're talking nonsense. Your family sold you to me." Chen Fancai's eyes were filled with panic.

"My family is well-off, why should I sell my son?" Yan Zheng said directly.

"If you say you have a wealthy family, then you have a wealthy family." Chen Fan didn't believe it.

When he met Yan Zheng, he was only wearing his inner clothes and was dirty and weak, so even though they found out that his inner clothes were made of silk, he didn't care and thought about selling him to Nanfeng Pavilion and being done with it.

As a result, despite his young age, he had a very bad temper and even tried to commit suicide. Nanfeng Pavilion was worried that it would cause trouble and lose money if they accepted him, so they didn't accept him, so Chen Fan and the others brought him out again.

They thought that the bones would become soft after beating for a while. After all, those they bought were not obedient at first. This is what they did.

But this child is a stubborn one, no matter how you beat him it's useless.

"Please feel free to ask any questions you may have about the Analects," Yan Zheng said directly.

The fact that he can read "The Analects" well at his age must have made him come from a wealthy family.

Although Cao Geng felt that what the child said was true, he still asked a few questions, and Yan Zheng answered them very well.

"That doesn't prove his parents won't sell him." Chen Fancai still insisted.

Cao Geng slammed the gavel. "Chen Fancai, do you think I'm a fool? This child has delicate skin and delicate features, and has a handsome face. He's already read the Analects at such a young age. He must come from a wealthy family."

Chen Fancai shrank his neck. "I picked him up on the roadside. He was covered in mud and couldn't even tell me who his family was. I thought he was a homeless child."

"Humph!" Cao Geng snorted coldly. Chen Jie was right. This Chen Fancai hadn't said a single word of truth. "Do you admit Yan Zheng's accusation?"

"I haven't done it, so I won't admit it." Chen Fan said stubbornly.

If you admit to this, it will be much more serious than kidnapping and trafficking.

"Sir, I'm not the only child he killed." Yan Zheng suddenly said, "On the way to He County, one of the children he killed died and was buried on the road."

"What?" Cao Geng's eyes turned sharp.

Chen Fansheng's family was stunned after hearing this. No wonder Chen Fan didn't care about the kidnapping of his nephew. It turned out that he was a ruthless killer.

"Sir, you can interrogate those beggars and you should be able to find where they buried the bodies." Yan Zheng suggested.

"Come here, bring those beggars up." Cao Geng ordered.

I originally thought that those beggars were pitiful, but after hearing what Yan Zheng said, I realized that they were not entirely pitiful.

When the beggars were brought to the lobby, they were frightened and told everything Chen Fancai and Zhong Er did every day.

To put it bluntly, it's all about deception and trafficking.

They said they would find a good family for it, but then they would sell it to whoever offered the highest price.

If you meet someone who is good-looking, just kidnap her.

If they disobeyed, they would be beaten, their limbs would be broken, their ears and eyes would be cut off, and they would be thrown into the streets to beg. If they died, they would be buried anywhere.

Before the beggars had finished speaking, the people outside the hearing could not help but want to go in and beat Chen Fancai to death. Cao Geng had to have someone stop them, but the yamen runners took the opportunity to kick Chen Fancai several times.

"Chen Fancai, do you plead guilty?" Cao Geng slammed the gavel.

Chen Fancai saw that he couldn't deny it: "Sir, I have no choice. There was a flood in He County two years ago, and my house was washed away. My nephew still needs to study to become an official, so as his uncle, I have to find a way to make money..."

Seeing that he couldn't survive, he wanted to bite his eldest brother's family and die together.

As soon as he said this, everyone looked at Chen Fansheng and his family, as if they wanted to tear them apart.

"What does your attempt to make money have to do with our family?" Gao E, seeing that the people around her were about to be instigated by Chen Fancai, immediately said, "When my husband was going to take the exam and couldn't raise money, you took advantage of the situation and bought our house and land at a low price, forcing my family to live in a cave..."

If he were to talk about that matter, speaking it out would only make Chen Fancai's death more complete.

"Besides, he and my family had already severed ties at that time. This time when you came back, you kidnapped all our children. Not only did you blackmail them, you also tried to sell them. This is why we came here." Gao E finished her words quickly.