Family Has a Concubine

Back in Qingshi Town, Long Xiao handed over the list to his subordinates and fell asleep. Waking up again, it was the next morning.

His subordinates rushed to report: My lord, my subordinates have investigated everyone in the roster, and found that Butcher Li in Dongtou Village is the most suspected.

Long Xiao shivered all over: Let's go, go and have a look.

Long Xiao walked out of the inn, he was so anxious that he didn't want to eat breakfast, as long as Xiaoer made two scallion pancakes, he hurriedly got on his horse and left.

After walking for half an hour, I finally arrived at Dongtou Village. There were already laughing subordinates waiting at the village head. When you saw Long Xiao, you immediately greeted him: My lord.

Long Xiao dismounted from his horse: How, where does the person live?

It's at the end of the village. The man said.

Long Xiao took only two subordinates and entered the village, and finally stopped in a dilapidated small courtyard.

Seeing that the gate of the courtyard was not closed, Long Xiao walked in, only to see a skinny old woman in her sixties picking up her clothes.

Long Xiaodao: Ma'am, I wonder if Butcher Li is at home?

The old lady looked back and was stunned: Who are you? What are you doing with my old man?

Seeing her bad attitude, Long Xiao said indifferently: Let's ask him something.

What are you asking? The old lady put the clothes in her hand on the bamboo pole, My old man died a long time ago.

Long Xiao was startled: Dead?

The subordinate behind him whispered: My lord, we have visited all those rosters, and none of them have sold anyone into the Lvjiaolou. This is the only one left. I heard that the owner used to be a butcher. We are going to inquire about it today. , Your Excellency, you will wake up, so this family is the most suspected.

Long Xiao nodded, stepped forward and said to the old lady: Ma'am, let's ask you something. Then he took out a piece of broken silver from his sleeve.

As soon as the old lady saw the broken silver, her eyes lit up, her attitude immediately improved, and she said with a smile: I see, what do you want to know?

When did your man die? Long Xiao asked.

Seven or eight years ago. The old lady said, her eyes were a little red, You guys sit here.

After speaking, the old lady walked and sat down at a broken wooden table in the yard, Long Xiao and the others also sat down.

How did you die? Long Xiao asked.

The old lady frowned: Why are you asking this?

Long Xiaodao: I want to ask, did you sell a woman into the Lvjiao House twenty years ago?

The old lady was startled, then her expression changed: Why are you asking this?

Long Xiaodao: It's an old friend of us, so I came to inquire. Why is the aunt so nervous? His eyes flickered slightly as he spoke.

According to his guess, that Aunt Yun was probably the daughter of Butcher Li, or some kind of relative, so she sold it. But seeing the old lady's nervous expression now, isn't it their daughter? Are they kidnappers?

She didn't want to, but the old lady said: Why am I nervous? What is there to be nervous about, that little bitch, who else will I sell if I don't sell her?

Long Xiao frowned: What's going on. Then he took out another piece of silver, Who is that girl from you?

When the old lady saw Yinzi, her eyes lit up, and she curled her lips: Why are you looking for her all of a sudden? Are you her relatives? That's none of our business! That girl was given to that old man by someone else. The boss The mother got angry when she said that.

What do you mean? Long Xiao asked.

It's an old widower named Meng Dajiao! He owed our family ten taels of silver, and before he came out, he gave us his own wife. The old lady said bitterly, Let him ask for the silver He actually brought this little bitch back and used it as a child. I was so angry that I wanted to kill him with a knife and force him to sell him! I originally asked him to sell him to the county town, but he sold it to the town Come on. I really thought that I didn’t know what he was thinking in his head. I thought that he could find her there when the sale was near. Pooh! Once she enters the building, she will become an oiran. Hehe, how can he touch her? Up! Haven't seen-

Then they cursed loudly, the corners of Long Xiao's mouths twitched, Long Xiao hurriedly interrupted her, and took out the portrait: Is it her?

When the old lady saw the painting, her eyes widened and she said excitedly, Yes, yes, that's her.

Long Xiao and the two subordinates looked at each other, Long Xiao said: Auntie just said that she is the wife of an old widower in Mengjia Village?

Yes! The old lady nodded,

Long Xiao and his two subordinates looked at each other. Such a beautiful woman is actually the daughter-in-law of a rural man? No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it!

Long Xiao asked urgently: Where is that old widower from and where does he live?

Here, it's the Mengjia Village ahead. The old lady said, However, you won't be able to see him anymore, he's dead!

Long Xiao was startled: How did you die?

Wiping her tears, the old lady began to cry: I went up the mountain with our old man seven years ago, and for some reason, I was gnawed to death by wild wolves! The two of us were gnawed together... woo woo... until only the head and the head were left. A few bones. My God, it's unreasonable, how could such a cruel thing happen!

As she spoke, she burst into tears.

Long Xiao had no choice but to take out a piece of silver, and the old lady stopped crying immediately when she saw the silver.

Long Xiao said: Since your man will go up the mountain with that widower, are the two of you familiar?

Some kind of kinship, said the old lady.

Then, does auntie know where he married his daughter-in-law? Long Xiao asked.

The old lady snorted: What did you marry? You bought it from a trafficker.

Long Xiao was startled.

The old lady continued: Meng Luo got married very early, but after he got married, he beat his wife every day. The wife couldn't stand it, so she dragged the child and jumped into the river to die. He became a widower because his wife died pitifully, and there was no one left. If the girl wants him, he can only be widowed. Until one day, he suddenly got a fairy-like wife back home. She was originally beautiful, but we found out later, and everyone asked him why he married her. He came back. He didn’t say anything about it, but when he was cornered, he said he bought it from a matchmaker in the county. We all laughed at him. Would the matchmaker sell such a good and beautiful girl to him? He has money Do you want to buy it? He said, this girl is a lunatic! She always gets sick, so he bought it cheaply and brought it home.

Young Master Long couldn't help frowning when he heard this, he has been bullied over and over again, so he wants to go to the county again?

A subordinate next to Long Xiao said: Then is that girl really sick?

No, the old lady laughed: Did you say you were sick?

The subordinate's face froze slightly, and the other gave him a blank look: If I'm sick, I won't buy her, let alone be an oiran lady.

Anyway, the village is just curious. If you ask too many questions, the dead widower will beat someone, so no one will pay any attention to it. The old lady chuckled, But we all know, needless to say, it must be his cousin who is a human trafficker. Huang Sigou sold it to him.

What, so you know? Long Xiao asked in surprise.

The old lady chuckled: I also know that Huang Sigou is a bum. There are several villages here, and several daughter-in-laws were bought from that person, but he refused to admit it to the death, but we know that person is secretly a Human traffickers, I can buy people. However, even he doesn’t do this job anymore,”

One of Long Xiao's subordinates said: Where does that yellow dog live?

It's in Shihe Village, said the old lady.

Auntie, you can take us there. As the above said, he took out a string of money and stuffed it into the old lady's hand.

The old lady was overjoyed and nodded quickly: Okay, okay, this is not easy.

After saying that, he put the last piece of clothes in his hand to dry on the clothes rail, walked on the apron to wipe it, and followed Long Xiao and the others to go out.

They got on the horses and arrived at Shihe Village in a short while. The old lady knocked on the door of Huang Sigou's house, and saw a young man in his twenties who opened the door.

Heizi, where is your father? the old lady said.

Heizi said: I went out yesterday, and I haven't come back yet, so I don't know which pit I got drunk in.

I used to be quite energetic, but in the past few years, I have become a drunkard. Dalian turned back and said to Long Xiao, and continued to ask the young man: Then how drunk did you get?

The young man said: How do I know, sometimes in the town, sometimes in the mountain pit, but just wait, he will come back to eat at noon.

Long Xiao and his two subordinates walked to the banyan tree head not far away and sat waiting.

At this time, in Qingshan Town——

In a small garden in the town, a short old man in his fifties was being tied up with five flowers. This person was none other than Huang Sigou!

Huang Sigou was tied up and thrown there, cold and hungry, rolling his eyes in anxiety.

Yesterday he was going to drink in the town, but unexpectedly, two people rushed out and tied him up!

Huang Sigou was startled and frightened, he was not a pretty girl, let alone a rich member of staff, but a man from the mountains, and he was as poor as Jingdong, yet he was tied up here!

And it's not tied up in some rotten place, but in such a beautiful yard!

What's going on, could it be that someone really took a fancy to him and tied him here to bully him?

The more Huang Sigou thought about it, the more frightened he became, and his tears were about to burst out.

At this moment, there was a sudden creaking sound outside, and Huang Sigou struggled in fear. Looking out the window, he saw that the courtyard door was pushed open, and a small carriage was driven in.

Looking at the small carriage, Huang Sigou's eyes widened in shock. Even Chen Yuanwai in the town didn't have such a carriage! Where did this come from, sir?

A few of those small carriages stopped in the courtyard, the boy driving the carriage lifted the curtain, and then an old man dressed in raven blue silk and satin stepped down, one could tell which family it was at a glance!

How is this going? When did I offend such a person? Huang Sigou couldn't figure it out no matter what he thought.

I saw the old man with crow-green silk and satin saying: Bring it out.

Yes. The servant promised, then rushed into the house, dragged Huang Sigou out, and threw him in front of the master. He tore off the cloth covering Huang Sigou's mouth again.

Huang Sigou took a deep breath, and finally he could breathe normally. This kind of person was trembling all over, and knelt down in front of the old man with black and blue silk and satin: This old man, what kind of mistake did you make? Tie the little one here again.

I saw the master of crow green silk and satin turn around, took out a piece of paper from his arms, spread it out in front of his eyes: Do you recognize the woman in the painting?

Huang Sigou hadn't seen the person in the painting clearly, but when he heard him ask if he recognized any woman, Huang Sigou's face was already livid with fright.

Because he used to be a personal trafficker, guilty of being a thief, specializing in selling women. His eyes widened, could it be...

Huang Sigou's body trembled: I don't recognize any woman, I don't recognize...

I don't want to, but before I finished speaking, the master of Yaqing Silk and Satin kicked him to the ground: You don't recognize it? Of course you don't recognize it. There are hundreds if not thousands of women who have been trafficked by you. How can you recognize them all?

Huang Sigou's face changed, and he immediately fell to the ground: I...I didn't...no...Master, please spare me! Please forgive me!

It's useless for Huang Sigouzi to deny it, because the other party has already caught him here, so he must have inquired clearly, even if he denies it, others will beat him to death.

Look at this painting, do you recognize it? the old man said coldly.

Huang Sigou's frightened body kept trembling. When he looked up at the portrait, he was stunned for a moment and kept shaking his head: I don't recognize it, I really don't.

He has so many women in his hands, and it has been so many years, how can he recognize them.

The little teacher in black behind stepped forward and slapped Huang Sigou on the head.

Huang Sigou was beaten and fell to the ground with a cry of pain.

I just heard the old man say: Didn't you sell this woman to your cousin? In the end, she was paid to the creditor and stepped into the brothel.

Huang Sigou's face changed, and then he remembered that he had indeed sold a woman to his cousin.

The portrait in front of me is becoming more and more familiar, yes, it is this woman! Very long and beautiful!

At that time, I thought it would be cheaper to sell it to my cousin!

Now, twenty years later, such a group of people was suddenly found, and Huang Sigou turned pale with fright.

Generally speaking, when a woman disappears for a long time, no one will track her down, especially the big family.

Because he disappeared, his body was not clean, and the big family really couldn't afford to lose face. After a few days of searching, he would not continue.

How could he have imagined that someone would come to the woman he sold twenty years later, and she looked like she belonged to a wealthy family with her attire.

Huang Sigou trembled with fright: Master, please spare your life, the little one... the little one is also forced to help... Huang Sigou felt that he was wronged when he said this.

He thought he was going to be beaten to death by them, but when he didn't want to, the master suddenly sneered: We can spare you!

What? Huang Sigou was taken aback. He sold someone else's daughter by himself, and their family actually said they wanted him not to die?

Did you hear the movement yesterday? the grandfather said suddenly.

What movement? Huang Sigou was startled.

The woman in the painting is the eldest daughter of our Zhao family. She disappeared more than 20 years ago. The master of our family gave up, but my wife only has such a daughter. After 20 years, I suddenly saw a girl who looked like her. My child, I couldn't help but trace the child's life experience. The more I searched, the more I felt that the child's mother was my missing daughter. But it was just a similar appearance, and some of the origins were unknown, so I couldn't be sure. So my wife followed the vines all the way, and finally found this place coming.

It really belongs to a big family! This time it was miserable. Huang Sigou trembled while listening, feeling like the world was spinning.

The people we sent came to this town yesterday. Did you hear about it? said the old man.

Huang Sigou was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened suddenly. When he was going out yesterday, he happened to see a few strangers coming to the village and asked who was at home?

At that time, I didn't care about it, but after hearing what the old man in front of me said, I realized that those people were looking for that woman! They also came to find him!

Hehe, our girl has been missing for many years, and my wife washes her face with tears every day. As long as she is sure that she is really the missing girl of our family, she will take her grandson home and raise her. Of course, I will not let you people who kidnapped her go away. !

Huang Sigou's face changed drastically, and he screamed: Master... Please... Please... Just now you said that you can spare me from dying.

Huang Sigou can be a human trafficker, and he is naturally clever. Since the person in front of him would suddenly tie him up and talk to him, there must be room for negotiation.

He raised his head with snot and tears, and sure enough, he saw the originally kind-looking old man suddenly smiled ferociously: But, my second wife doesn't want that child to be recognized at all.

Huang Sigou was startled for a moment, and then his face was full of joy. He heard that those big families have a lot of secrets, such as the second wife poisoning the eldest son's son, and the regular wife beating and killing the concubine's children under some pretext.

Now, obviously, the wife wanted to confirm that the woman was her daughter, but the second wife in the family did not want to be confirmed for some reason.

Huang Sigou seemed to have seen the dawn, and quickly looked at the old man and kowtowed: This old man, please tell me what to do?

The old man hehe twice: What do you think?

By the way, as long as those people come looking for me, it's fine for me to refuse to admit it? Just say that I don't recognize this woman? Huang Sigou asked anxiously.

No, but the old man said: No! So many people in front of you flowed out of your hands. If you refuse to admit it, do you think others will let you go? Do you think others will believe it?

Huang Sigou's face changed dramatically. Yes, everyone testified against him, but he refused to admit it. He would only end up being beaten severely, and even lost his life.

Master, don't be a fool, tell me what to do. Huang Sigou begged.

The old man snorted coldly, leaned over, whispered something in Huang Sigou's ear, then turned around, got into the carriage, and drove away.

Sitting on the ground, Huang Sigou stared blankly at the carriage going further and further away, feeling like he was dreaming.

After staying for a long time, he got up with a grunt and walked inside.

When I got back to the village, I saw a few strangers standing under the banyan tree not far from my house.

Huang Sigou's face changed, and sure enough, the person chasing the woman came!

I can't get to the bottom of it, otherwise I can only be revenged by the woman's family.

After Huang Sigou cleared up his emotions, he took two sips of wine and stumbled home.