Chapter 304 305 Theater

The next day, as soon as the white fish belly appeared in the east, Zhou Jia led Ruyi, Chen Huwei, He Baotou and others, pulling the mute's body towards the city.

The group of people were almost at the gate of the city. The old woman in the theater came out from the farmer's house where she was staying overnight. She frightenedly went back to the place where she hid last night and took a look. There was still no trace of anyone coming back. She thought to herself: What happened? Run away!

The mother-in-law drove the carriage up the official road, and after walking not far, she thought again: Boss Su must have a lot of money hidden, and it would not be too late to go back and get the money before the government knew anything about it. After thinking about it, the old woman turned around and drove the carriage towards the city.

As soon as the group arrived at the city gate, they saw the city gate slowly opening. Zhou Jia said to Mr. He, "Old He, two people will take the man's body to the Yamen for registration and then send it to Yizhuang. The others will come with me." Go to Liuhua Lane.”

"Yes, sir," Capt. He bowed in agreement, and the two captors pulled the mute's body toward the government office.

He Captou took Zhou Jia and others to Liuhua Lane. When pedestrians in the alley saw people from the yamen arriving early in the morning, they hurriedly stepped aside.

Passerby Yi asked in a low voice: "What happened? So many people from the government came early in the morning?"

Passerby A curled his lips and said: "Who knew that this alley was not a peaceful place to begin with, it was either a prostitute or a theater."

Soon they arrived at the entrance of the theater, and Agent He quickly said to Zhou Jia: "Sir, the Yunyin Theater is ahead."

Zhou Jia got out of the car and said to He Captou: "Go, go in and check."

As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the theater, a skinny old man walked out of the hut at the entrance. He smiled and cupped his hands at He Captou and said, "He Captou, what happened so early in the morning?"

He Captou pointed at the old man and said to Zhou Jia: "Sir, this old man is guarding the theater here." After that, he said to the old man: "Old man Lin, this is Mr. Zhou, the lord of our palace. Boss Su has committed a crime. Let's come. Check it out.”

After hearing this, old man Lin hurriedly knelt down to Zhou Jia: "Common people pay homage to you, sir." Zhou Jia stepped forward to help him up and said: "Old man, please get up."

When Old Man Lin saw this, he didn't hesitate and said neatly: "Sir, I will take you there. This theater belongs to Boss Lin. He has been guarding the theater. After Boss Lin couldn't sing anymore, he rented it to Those who run on the stage. Boss Su and his two servants have been here for almost three months. Those who play, play, sing and run on the stage are all temporary hires. Boss Su and the three of them live in the row of houses behind the stage. Yesterday afternoon I saw her old handyman driving a carriage out, and she hasn't come back yet."

After hearing this, Zhou Jia said to Chen Huwei: "Old Chen, go and guard the door. If anyone comes, take her down." Chen Huwei accepted and went to the entrance of the theater.

Walking around the stage, Old Man Lin pointed to a row of five rooms on the back of the stage and said to a few people: "Sir, they live in there."

Capt. He led someone over and picked the lock. There was no one inside. Some women's clothes were hanging on the shelves. The quilts on the bed in the back room were neatly folded. There were also some jars on the dressing table.

Ruyi opened it and took a look. It was some powder and lipstick, and some jewelry in the box. There was a large wooden box on the kang bed. After knocking off the copper lock on the box, he saw some clothes on top. He opened the clothes and found two boxes underneath. A wooden box was filled with gold and silver, and a stack of silver notes was placed on the bottom.

After Ruyi picked it up and counted it, she said to Zhou Jia: "Master, there are still thirteen thousand taels of silver notes here."

Zhou Jia nodded and said: "Put everything into the box and carry it back to the government office." Everyone put the things into the wooden box and carried them out.

After searching another room, they found a few men's clothes placed inside, and several people walked to the room next door.

After opening the door, he saw some wooden boxes and sundries placed outside. The door inside was locked. Ruyi walked to the door and vaguely heard heavy breathing inside.

Ruyi pointed to the inner room and said to He Captou: "Listen, Old He, there is someone inside who should quickly pry open the door."

"Here we come." He walked to the door and pried open the door lock. He opened the door and took a breath of cold air when he saw the situation inside. He saw an iron cage in the room, and there were ten people in the small cage. There were several little girls whose mouths were gagged, their hands and feet were tied, and they had disheveled hair and frightened faces. These girls looked to be only six or seven to ten years old. A disgusting sour smell could be smelled on them.

When the girls saw several people coming in, they whimpered for help. He Liang pulled his head forward and pulled the rags from their mouths, and the girls burst into tears.

Zhou Jia then came in and saw these girls and said angrily: "Damn it! It turns out this is a human trafficker under the guise of a theater troupe."

Headhunter He looked at these children who were about the same size as his own daughter, and comforted him in a gentle voice: "Little girl, don't be afraid, we are the catchers of the government office, and this is our government official Mr. Zhou, we will let you out right now. .”

After the girls heard this, they looked at Zhou Jia and the others nodded. He Captou opened the iron cage, and the others took them out one by one. They counted a total of fourteen children.

Several people untied the ropes tied to their hands and feet and asked them: "Where is your home? How did you get here?"

A teenage girl sobbed and said: "I am from Dingyuan County. I was cutting pigweed in the village that day. The old woman stopped me and asked for directions. After I pointed it out to her, she gave me two candies to eat. I woke up. Come right here."

After some inquiries, I found out that these little girls were abducted from surrounding remote counties. Some were kidnapped while going to the market with their families, and some were knocked unconscious and abducted while going to cut grass and play. Although these little girls looked dirty, Dirty, at first glance they look pretty good.

Old Man Lin stood at the door. When he saw Captain He bringing some dirty little girls out of the house, he exclaimed: "Oh my God! Where did these children come from? When were they locked up in there? How come there is no movement at all?" No?"

Capt. He pointed to the room and said to him: "You will understand when you go into the room and take a look."

Old man Lin ran in to take a look and was so angry that he yelled, "A vicious woman who has no conscience and will go to the eighteenth level of hell will have her conscience eaten by a dog? She is not afraid of retribution."

Chen Huwei stood in front of the theater sign at the entrance of the theater. He looked over and saw a black-topped carriage driving towards the theater. When he was approaching the entrance of the theater, the old woman in the car saw two carriages parked at the entrance of the theater and turned around. Just want to run.

"Stop," Guard Chen shouted, quickly rushed over, grabbed the reins, and pulled the old woman out of the car.

The old woman struggled and shouted loudly, "Someone is coming! Someone is robbing the carriage."

Several pedestrians gathered around, and a man rolled up his sleeves and glared: "What are you doing? How dare you block the road and rob someone in broad daylight."

Guard Chen took out his badge and shouted at them: "I am a guard of the government office, and I have been ordered to arrest this old woman."

After seeing this, the man quickly stepped back and spat at the old woman angrily: "Bah! You damn old woman."