Chapter 1 Shocking Case
Tuoba Gouer looked at Shaoyao and others and stopped and laughed: "Run, you guys are running! Can you run through the horses in this vast grassland? Not to mention a few weak women, even if grandpa dismounted, his feet would run past you!"
Shaoyao turned around, looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky, and said, "We can't run away, we can't run away, you beasts! My name is Shaoyao, my original surname is Chen, a native of the Central Plains. I have been living in the north for several years, and I can't remember what my name is, and I am too embarrassed to mention it, so as not to shame my ancestors for me! I once thought that I could escape to a place without people and live the life we want with my sisters. However, I can't escape, but I still have to fall into the hands of people like you. That night, when I climbed over the wall, I told myself that even if I die, I should not live such a life! We ran away for dozens of days, and countless sisters on the road died tragically, but I still have no choice but to escape-"
Tuoba Gouer smiled and said, "Just understand, follow us back. In the several wars in this area, I don't know how many people died. Go back with us, and you will have countless good days. Aren't you all used to doing that kind of thing!"
As he spoke, the people around him laughed together.
Shaoyao stretched out his hand, caught a few snowflakes falling from the sky, looked at a high hill in front of him, and said, "After looking at this monument, I realized that this is the Qing Tomb, where the Empress Zhaojun was buried. I have heard opera before. When I was a teenager, I never returned to my hometown. We Han people are very sorry for her. Today, you are driven here, what do you have to say? I die here, I just hope that the Empress will not think that we are dirty in this land--"
Qiaoqiao's tears flowed out and she pulled Shaoyao's hand and said, "Sister, are we really dead?"
Shaoyao nodded: "Of course I'm dead. Do you still want to follow them? This is Qingzhong. There is a person who has a homeland. Maybe one day, he will be able to bring our souls back to his hometown? Who doesn't want to live well in his hometown?"
Looking at the snowflakes falling in his hand, Shaoyao glanced at Qiaoqiao for the last time and hit the stone tablet in front of Qingzhong tomb. At the last moment, Shaoyao saw the man with a knife at the gate of Tanglong Town. If he ate his bun and didn't leave, what would it look like?
Blood splattered, and it was particularly dazzling among the white snowflakes on the ground.
Tuoba Gouer was angry and laughed, and said loudly: "So you are so strong, okay, okay! It depends on you, how many people bump into this monument!"
Qiaoqiao cried so much that she was trembling all over. She saw Tuoba Gouer and others laughing proudly, the snowflakes in the sky kept floating, and the red and white front of the Qing Tomb Monument, she cried out "wow" and hit the monument.
In an instant, twenty-five women followed Shaoyao and died in front of Qingzhong.
The knights were puzzled and the follower said to Tuoba Gouer: "What's going on? We spent money on buying these people! Now that we are all killed here, wouldn't we even be able to collect our capital? How can we do business in the future?"
Tuoba Gouer said angrily: "So what if you die? Are you still there?! Go up and take off your clothes and jewelry, you can't sell them, you can't sell them!"
While speaking, he kept whipping the horse and questioning the people who were looking at him. He didn't expect that these people were so strong that they would be killed here if they said they were dead. In fact, these people were not strong enough to be hard-working. They had suffered endless grievances and had no way out.
After a whip, the knights dismounted and prepared to step forward to take away the dead woman's clothes and jewelry.
At this moment, the sound of horse hooves came from afar, and a group of cavalry appeared in the snow.
Tuoba Gouer was angry, stood up and sternly said: "Where did you come from the killer Qiandao? It's a good thing for grandpa!"
Du Zhongxiao urged his horse to appear from the wind and snow, and said in a deep voice: "The Hequ Road Guide Du Zhongxiao came to pursue these Han women. He traveled hundreds of miles across the states and passed by several times. You'd better pray to heaven, and don't miss it again this time."
Tuoba Gouer laughed: "No, no, this time you caught up, the body is still warm! One step later, our brothers took their clothes and jewelry. Maybe someone will be happy! Ha--"
Du Zhongxiao looked at Tuoba Gouer and said in a deep voice: "When Tanglong Town, I knew that Yu Jingyang committed this matter. He didn't care about it at that time, but he only thought it was a small case. When he arrived in Dongshengzhou, he realized that the case was serious. At that time, someone went to investigate, but he couldn't find out the reason. I don't believe in evil. The more others said they couldn't find out, the more I wanted to find out the truth! In the past month, I traveled several states, and the only ones left were them. When they died, there would be no more truth in this matter! The world of Qingping, the bright world, if they went, I would not be able to pay them a bright world!"
Tuoba Gouer said disdainfully: "So what? I know you are the one who is on the Hequ Road. I killed the Khitan Emperor on the battlefield. But without the help of us, how can we occupy several states in Hequ? A few cheap women, do you want to be enemies with all the foreign tribes?"
Du Zhongxiao looked at the snowflakes flying all over the sky and said, "So what if we are enemies with all the foreign troops? When our army entered the states, we would tell you clearly. The Han people use Han methods and the foreigners use Han methods. I don't force them. But even though you know that these women are Han people, you still resell them again and again. Even though you know that I am chasing them from behind, you still want to sell them out of the country. Okay, okay, I, Du, praise you for your kindness!"
Tuoba Gouer looked at the more than twenty female corpses on the ground behind her and said, "I don't believe it. Do you really dare to kill people for this matter?!"
Du Zhongxiao looked at the corpse in front of the monument and said, "When I left Dongshengzhou, I was going to chase a total of 508 people! Five hundred and eight people, I saw too many dead people on the way! If there is really a king of Hell in the Underworld after death, please help me with a message. If he takes away someone he shouldn't take, someone will go to find him! You like to trample on Han women, okay, okay, very good! When you arrive in the underworld, someone will commit another crime. See if you can beat you up to death!"
Speaking of this, Du Zhongxiao took out his rifle and pointed at Tuoba Gouer and said, "Remember, my name is Du Zhongxiao, I'm waiting for you here! This time, I won't turn the Hequ River into the sky, and blood flows into a river. I'm ashamed to be the coach of Hequ Road!"
Before he finished speaking, a gunshot knocked Tuoba Gouer to the ground.
The crowd was shocked and said loudly: "Run quickly, I really want to kill someone when I'm waiting!"
Du Zhongxiao said to Shisanlang behind him: "Don't chase after him, take a few survivors! Ask for confession, I'll see where they escape!"
Shisanlang Yingnuo and followed his men, roared and chased him from all directions.
Du Zhongxiao got off the horse and took a few people to Shaoyao, Qiaoqiao and others. Looking at the tragic phenomenon of their death, his mind was in a mess. Along the way, he saw too many dead people. These people were here, and Du Zhongxiao didn't even feel sad.
After arriving in Dongshengzhou and handling several cases, Du Zhongxiao learned that the case Yu Jingyang committed in Tanglong Town was not a personal cause. No matter what else, just trafficking in person, it formed a chain. Either grab or buy Han women, they either work as prostitutes or sell them to the land of barbarians. In Dongshengzhou alone, there were 508 people with names and surnames.
Du Zhongxiao ordered people to investigate, but because it involved a large number of foreign tribes, they were all left unresolved. Du Zhongxiao did not believe in evil, so he personally led Shisanlang and hundreds of followers to investigate the matter. The only ones left were these people, and the bodies that committed suicide in front of Qingzhong were killed.
Five hundred and eight people, even if they were placed in the mainland, were shocking cases. There were no dozens of heads that could not be settled. Here on Hequ Road, the Khitan had always been governed with various foreign tribes. The Han people were either tenants or slaves. The transaction of people became a trend and were used to it. The 508 Han women who were traded and sold all the way involved at least half of the foreign descent. Tuoba Gouer dared to say that Du Zhongxiao did not dare to do anything, because this was not the matter of several criminals. If you investigate thoroughly, there were few foreign descents in the nearby states that were not involved.
What will happen if you really need to thoroughly investigate? Du Zhongxiao could imagine that rebellion will arise, it just depends on the size.
What should I do if I don’t investigate? Recovering several states, the king’s army came north, just like before. The slave owners of the foreign tribe were still slave owners, and the Han people who were eager to be slaves were still slaves. Du Zhongxiao could not do such a thing. To put it more utilitarian, if Hequlu Road does not set an example, how can the Han people in other regions look to the Central Plains? Not to mention, national feelings cannot be ignored, how can you live your heart?
After a while, Shisanlang brought seven or eight people back, and threw them on the ground, crossed his hands to report to Du Zhongxiao.
Looking up at the sky, Du Zhongxiao said, "It's too late, it's snowing heavily. I can't go back to Fengzhou today, so I'll camp here. You can take someone to dig a hole and bury the bodies of these women. The people are dead and can't chase them anymore. We'll return tomorrow."
Shisanlang said: "Master, we have been chasing for a month and no one has been saved. Is that what happened?"
Du Zhongxiao looked back at the tall Qingzhong in the tomb color and said, "Forget it? This matter is difficult to end. Shisanlang, from tomorrow, you will be by my side and transfer a thousand more people from Fengzhou. Who will participate in the way we go back and make a decision according to the law!"
Shisanlang nodded, and wanted to take someone to dig a hole. He walked a few steps and asked, "Maintaining, what is a decision according to law?"
Du Zhongxiao said: "Of course, it is according to the court's laws. If you should be killed, you should be killed, and if you should be flowing!"
Shisanlang was a little confused: "Jinglei did this and involved many foreign tribes. Many of them were still leaders. When he first came to Hequ Road, he said that the Han people followed the Han laws and the foreign people followed the foreign laws to avoid the rebellion of the various foreign tribes. Will it not be like this in the future?"
Du Zhongxiao said: "When this kind of big case occurs, the people involved are shameless, and naturally there will be only the Han law in the future!"
Chapter completed!