Rejoice has been with Shangguan Ruoli for so many years and still knows her well.

Don't say these people are human traffickers, just the insults they just insulted will not end well.

Sure enough, Shangguan Ruoli said calmly: "Children, we have enough strength. We don't need to deal with such people in front of them. Now is the time to implement the New Deal. We need to kill chickens and scare monkeys and crack down on illegal crimes!"

He raised his hand slightly, moved his fingers, and made an elegant "up" gesture.

Zhui Feng waited for several guards to unsheath their swords and stopped a group of human traffickers.

The vicious man threw the young man to the ground heavily, and then put his foot on the young man's back. He curled his lips and looked back at Shangguan Ruoli, "If you want to meddle in other people's business, I will kill him. Do you believe it?"

Don’t believe it? I…”

His words stopped abruptly.

He saw a foot suddenly fall on the ground. The shoes on the feet looked familiar, exactly like his shoes.

Suddenly I felt severe pain in my leg, looked down and screamed.

Zhui Feng's sword move was too fast, and he felt the pain only then.

When the other traffickers saw this situation, they waved their weapons and slashed at Zhui Feng's guards.

But how could they be a match for a few guards? Zhui Feng alone could cut off their heads and use them as balls to kick with one move.

In a matter of moments, several traffickers were knocked to the ground, crying and wailing so hard that they couldn't get up.

At this time, the guards who went to declare customs came running over with a group of government officials.

Shangguan Ruoli said calmly: "These are human traffickers, put them in jail and interrogate them!"

"Yes!" The government officials tied up these traffickers and put them in shackles.

Lingyao walked up to the young man. Regardless of the dirt on his body, he bent down and reached out to pull the young man up, "Okay, don't be afraid. You are fine!"

But the young man shrank, avoided her hand, forced himself up, and said: "There are some people like me who are locked up in a room in the inn."

Without Shangguan Ruoli's orders, the government officials surrounded the small inn.

The innkeeper and waiter had been peeking behind the door for a long time. Now when they saw something was wrong, they ran out and knelt on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly.

In this line of work, they have met countless people, and they have long known that the person in charge of this group is Shangguan Ruoli.

The shopkeeper kowtowed to Shangguan Ruoli and said, "Madam, have mercy on me, have mercy on me! We are also open for business, and these people have lived here more than twenty days ago."

More than twenty days ago, the war had not yet come here. These people should have fled here to avoid the war.

He also meant to excuse the inn. The New Deal was only implemented today, so they were not considered harboring criminals.

Shangguan Ruoli said slowly: "You take the government officials to rescue those people, and then go to the government office to cooperate with the investigation."

"Yes, yes, yes!" The shopkeeper and the waiter kowtowed repeatedly, got up from the ground, nodded and bowed, and led the government servant into the inn.

Shangguan Ruoli turned his eyes and said to Ling Yao and Gu Yunlan: "Let's go and take a look."

Let them see the horrific consequences of being photographed, and save them from sneaking out to play again.

So, a group of people cheered into the inn.

The young man stood up, looked at Ling Yao's slender and upright back, thought for a moment, pursed his lips, and when no one was paying attention to him, he shrank behind the adults, followed the wall, and turned into a small alley, slipping away.

Ran.

When Ling Yao came out of the inn with more than twenty men and women in ragged clothes, she remembered the miserable and embarrassed young man.

"Where's the kid?"

Shangguan Ruoli glanced around, "Did you run away?"

Ling Yao was puzzled, frowning and said: "Why are you running? Shouldn't you be waiting for the government's pension money so that you can have travel expenses home?"

Judging from his disheveled appearance, he was probably penniless.

Shangguan Ruoli analyzed: "His accent sounds like he is thousands of miles away from home. He is probably worried that the court will not support his return home. He may also be afraid of being exiled to the army or becoming an official slave."

In this war-torn era, it is common practice to be forced into the army or become an official slave.

Ling Yao looked at the rescued children with a solemn expression. The oldest was over ten years old and the youngest was only four or five years old.

"My lord, if you give me money, you can go back to your hometown if you want to. If you don't want to, you can make a living here. I'm afraid these children won't be able to keep it even if they have money, let alone go home."

Shangguan Ruoli felt that she had thought very carefully and asked, "What do you think we should do?"

Ling Yao said solemnly: "Since we have rescued them, we cannot let them be resold or become official slaves."

She pinched her chin and thought for a while, "How about we let them follow the apprentices in the medical training class and get started, doing work to earn food. When they are capable in the future, they can return to their hometown or make a living."

Shangguan Ruoli said: "That's fine, but we have to get their own opinions. If you go or stay as you like, those who stay must abide by the rules."

Don't underestimate today's children. If you force them, they may be misunderstood and hated by others.

Ling Yao said: "I understand!"

Several people followed them to the Yamen. The county magistrate and the county magistrate were all Dongming Ziyu's staff, so they naturally implemented the new policy.

After interrogation, it was found that this trafficker specializes in black market human trafficking and is a highly profitable business. Most of the people in his hands are obtained through improper means such as abduction and robbery.

Every time he went to a town, he sold some people, some were used as slaves, some went to Goulanyuan, and some were sold to Renyazi and continued to be sold.

They didn't come here originally, but they encountered a war and had to go all the way south, and were finally trapped in this small county.

They bought the young boy who escaped from other colleagues because he was good-looking and wanted to sell him to the south to work as a minor official. Unexpectedly, the boy was unruly and disobedient and was dismissed many times.

Come back.

There were several escape attempts on the road, but this time I saw an opportunity to escape and met Shangguan Ruoli and the others.

The adults received money from the government to return home and left. The minors, some in their teens, also chose to return home or find their own way out.

In the end, only five children were willing to accept Ling Yao's arrangement.

Among them was the five-year-old boy, two eight-year-old girls, and two ten-year-old boys.

Shangguan Ruoli handed them over to Ling Yao for placement. They are also considered her manpower. It all depends on how she uses them in the future.

The sons are more promising than the other, and the daughter cannot live without someone of her own.

Of course, she could also directly give Ling Yao some manpower, but it would be far less loyal than the people she had trained.

Besides, Ling Yao must also practice her ability to win over and employ people, which will be beneficial to her in the future.

After walking around the town and buying some daily necessities and ready-made clothes for a few children, the group returned to the auxiliary barracks.

At the gate of the auxiliary barracks, I met Sun Xiangming.

Sun Xiangming, who was wearing armor, cupped his fists and saluted: "I've met the princess! I'm wearing armor, so I can't salute you fully. I hope the princess will forgive me!"

Shangguan Ruoli asked calmly with a calm expression: "General Sun is here to see Sun Ruoxue?"
Chapter completed!