The Daily Life of a Rich Peasant's Boy in the Imperial Examination

Sun Shan had been lost in thought for a moment when Inspector Liang hurried in with a few yamen runners. Upon seeing Sun Shan, he quickly said, "Sir, something's wrong."

Sun Shan was shocked, and the first thing he thought of was human traffickers.

After all, it is very popular in this era.

Human traffickers roam around committing crimes, knocking children unconscious and then abducting them everywhere.

Moreover, this is a business with no capital investment. As long as you are ruthless enough, it is easy to succeed.

Sun Shan asked anxiously, "What's the matter?"

Inspector Liang continued, "Sir, I'll have more people guarding the city gates tonight to prevent human traffickers from abducting prostitutes and girls."

Sun Shan was startled again and asked anxiously, "Did human traffickers really capture the gangster and the girl?"

No way, was he really such a badass? Why did the human traffickers come to Yuanlu?

The guys and girls here are not that pretty.

After all, the living standards are so low, it's hard to find handsome men and beautiful women.

If you want to kidnap someone, go to a big city. The brokers there are well-fed and well-dressed, so they are naturally pretty.

Sun Shan thought that he would not tell Erhu later, so he would break the traffickers' hands and feet first and then interrogate them, so as to prevent them from having another chance to commit crimes.

However, Inspector Liang said, "Sir, they are not human traffickers. We have found three suspicious individuals."

Hearing that they were not human traffickers, Sun Shan was stunned, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, fortunately, they are not human traffickers, and Yuanlu’s brokers and girls are safe.

Sun Shan asked in confusion, "What do you mean by a suspicious person?"

Could it be that because he looks like a thief, he has become the target of money and a suspicious person?

We don't believe in appearance-based associations. We can't treat someone as a criminal suspect just because he or she looks ugly.

Inspector Liang didn't know what to say. After all, good people and good things would not carry knives when traveling.

Frowning, he spoke frankly, "Your Excellency has instructed us to carefully observe the people leaving the city, so I have sent many yamen runners to guard the city gates and interrogate any suspicious individuals. As we continued to interrogate, we found these three to be extremely suspicious. Your Excellency, they are not locals. Although we can understand what they say, their accents clearly indicate they are from other places."

Because Sun Shan demanded that the city gates must be guarded well to prevent human traffickers from abducting children.

In order to avoid being scolded, Inspector Liang immediately arranged ten people to guard the city gate instead of the three or five people who usually guarded it.

They also transferred some guards from Sun Shan to help maintain order.

Sun Shan agreed without hesitation. The yamen had limited staff, and with the Lantern Festival approaching, the public gathered. The yamen runners alone couldn't handle the workload, so they asked the guards to help.

Therefore, Yuanlu County has achieved unprecedented security capabilities.

So, when there are more people, they start to compete with each other for beauty.

Sun Shan asked for five points of security, but when it came to Inspector Liang, it was seven points of security. When it came to the head of the yamen runners, it was ten points of security. Finally, when it was passed to the front-line yamen runners, it was an ultra-high-pressure security.

Look, if the yamen runners saw someone they didn't like, no, if they saw someone suspicious, they would grab him and question him, and only let him go after they had checked his entire family history.

There were so many people and the security was so tight that the queues to leave the city were very long and the people complained a lot.

The head of the yamen runners said even more viciously, "Who dares to object? If you have any objections, come out! Humph, do you want to be thrown into jail? The yamen is not far away. If you have any more objections, I will arrest you and throw you into jail!"

If Sun Shan heard him act so aggressively, he would definitely beat him into a pig's head.

However, the people of Yuanlu County were already accustomed to the tyranny and overbearing behavior of the yamen runners, so they could only endure it and accept the inspection.

It’s just that the inspection took too long and it was dark. The nearby villagers had been playing all day and watching the lights all night, and they were already exhausted.

Once people start complaining, they just keep complaining.

Everyone started talking at once and making indescribable attacks on the yamen runners in low voices.

Just then, the attacking sounds of three people were heard by the chief yamen runner.

This is too much! You can say anything behind someone's back, but saying it to their face is too embarrassing.

The chief yamen runner immediately ordered his men to capture the three men and give them a good lesson.

And tell them that all this was ordered by Lord Sun, and if they want to blame someone, blame Lord Sun.

At this moment, the situation suddenly changed and the accident escalated.

The bailiffs went over to arrest the men, but the three men were unwilling to go, pushing and shoving each other.

Suddenly there was a "clang" sound.

Whether it was the yamen runners, the three men, or the onlookers, they were all stunned, and the air became unusually quiet.

Everyone's eyes involuntarily followed the direction of the "clang" sound, and they saw a shiny dagger.

If he brought out a butcher knife, it could be explained as his identity as a butcher, but he actually brought out a dagger?

Why is this?

Why would a good person bring a dagger? What did he want to do with it?

Even if it is for self-defense, shouldn't three men in coarse clothes have such a sharp and shiny dagger?

If Lord Sun brought it out and it fell to the ground, everyone would understand.

Lord Sun has done many things that are "unpopular with the people", so it is normal for him to carry a dagger with him to protect himself in order to prevent being beaten by the people.

But the three men in front of him came out with daggers, which looked abnormal no matter how he looked at it.

Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted, "Officer, these three are from outside the area. I was standing next to them just now, and their accents aren't from here."

Don’t ask the onlookers why they said this, it’s just because when they were queuing to leave the city just now, these three strong men pushed him and glared at him.

So, I hold a grudge in my heart.

Hearing their complaints made me extremely angry.

It's obvious that outsiders are bullying him, a local. If he had brothers or sisters, they would have argued with this outsider long ago.

When he saw the police questioning him, he reported it immediately so that he could take revenge.

Outsiders have daggers.

Isn't this the person Lord Sun mentioned as the one to be investigated?

The head of the yamen runners keenly sensed that there was something fishy about these three men and immediately shouted, "Brothers, arrest these three and interrogate them thoroughly."

If these three people are the legendary human traffickers, and I catch them, wouldn’t that be a meritorious service?

Hey, is there a bonus?

Although Lord Sun is a bit stingy, he will still give the money that should be given and will not embezzle it.

When the bailiff heard this, he immediately took the order and walked forward to arrest the man.

At that moment when the moon was bright and the stars were clear, three strong men suddenly pulled out big swords from their backs and chopped at the yamen runners without saying a word.

This sudden action shocked the onlookers.

They were just queuing up to leave the city, how come they ended up on the brink of war?

They just came into the city to see the lights, who did they offend?

The screams of women, the cries of children, the shouts of the elderly, and the sounds of men beating and scolding intersected and reflected each other, and the onlookers immediately ran around.

A smart guy wanted to take the opportunity to escape from the city.

It’s a pity that two smart yamen runners simply closed the city gate.

Don't ask why we do this, it was Lord Sun's order.

As long as the city gate is closed, no matter what kind of monsters or demons there are, they will not be able to escape.