When Hong Jiuniang was escorted to the Yamen, she saw children all over the place and felt a chill in her heart.

"Take her and lock her up first."

It's still dark yet, but that's mainly because the children are asleep in the courtroom and they can't be woken up.

Early the next morning, the official went to notify the families of those who had lost their children to come and claim them.

Zhao Chengwen looked at the parents who were crying with joy because they found their children.

The turmoil that had accumulated in my heart for several days was relieved at this moment.

But, only for a while, because the culprit has not confessed yet!

"Bring Hong Jiuniang up."

Looking at Hong Jiuniang kneeling below, Zhao Chengwen patted the gavel.

"Hong Jiuniang, can you plead guilty to kidnapping a child?"

Of course Hong Jiuniang wouldn't recognize it.

"Sir, I was wronged."

"Hmph! All these children were rescued from the backyard of your brothel. How do you explain this?"

Only then did Hong Jiuniang become a little panicked, "I...I don't know either!"

"Then why did you stop Miss Murong from saving those children?"

Hong Jiuniang straightened up: "Sir, you should ask her why she disguised herself as a man and sneaked into my brothel, went to the backyard, and even set fire to my brothel. I want to sue her."

At that time, she did not see the children leaving the yard, but Murong Yue, who was supposed to be in the room, appeared in the backyard, which made her feel lucky.

It's a pity that Zhao Chengwen went to the brothel in person, not just to catch the popular girl.

When he returned to the Yamen, he ordered Murong Yue and An's men to search the brothel and find evidence.

An Yi was born as a secret guard, so he was naturally good at searching.

An Yi took out an account book and said to Zhao Chengwen: "Sir, this is the account book found in Hong Jiuniang's room. It records every record of the children she abducted and sold over the years."

"Send it up."

As soon as Zhao Chengwen finished speaking, someone immediately walked over and took the account book and handed it to Zhao Chengwen.

Zhao Chengwen opened it and looked at it carefully.

After just a few glances, Zhao Chengwen angrily threw the account book from the hall towards Hong Jiuniang, who was kneeling below and trembling with fear.

"The evidence is all there, so why do you have any excuses?"

Seeing that there was no turning around, Hong Jiuniang collapsed on the ground helplessly.

At this time, Murong Yue stepped forward and saluted Zhao Chengwen and said: "Sir, although Hong Jiuniang is the mastermind of the trafficking, the person who actually caught the child was not her people, but someone else."

Zhao Chengwen was shocked and said to Hong Jiuniang: "Hong Jiuniang, who sold this child to you? Why don't you recruit him truthfully?"

"The common people don't know! We don't interfere with each other after the transaction, and we don't ask where the other party lives. This is the rule of the road. I only receive the goods and don't ask about the source of the goods."

Hong Jiuniang is telling the truth.

"Hmph, I see you won't shed tears until you see the coffin."

"Come here, pull me down and hit twenty boards."

The officials on both sides responded loudly: "Yes, sir"

Then the two of them went up to pull Hong Jiuniang, and the two of them moved the stools.

Even grown men can't stand the twenty-big board, let alone Hong Jiuniang.

He immediately begged for mercy loudly: "Sir, the common people really don't know!"

"I only know that they are the fifth brothers, and their surname is Gao. I really don't know the rest! Please forgive me, sir."

Seeing that she had confessed something useful, Zhao Chengwen waved his hand and the two officials let her go.

"Thank you, sir. Thank you, sir."

"Where do you plan to sell these children? To whom?" Zhao Chengwen asked the next question.

In the panic, Hong Jiuniang's neat hair was already messy. She shook her messy hair and said, "The people don't know that every time there is a transaction, someone will deliver a letter telling the people how to do it. The people are only responsible for sending the people to the designated place.

I can get the money and never see who the buyer is."

Zhao Chengwen looked at the records in the account book, and he only recorded where he sent the child and where he got the money. There was no record of who he sold it to.

Seeing that the questions were almost finished, Zhao Chengwen looked at Murong Yue and asked: "Miss, do you have anything else to ask?"

Murong Yue saw that he handled the case in an orderly manner, so she naturally would not interfere with his handling of the case. She also knew that he was only so polite to her because of the person she helped catch.

"Your Majesty is making fun of folk girls. First-class folk girls can at most provide you with the few clues you know. The rest can only be decided by you."

Seeing her being so generous, Zhao Chengwen wouldn't be proud because he was the one who caught her.

He nodded with satisfaction: "In that case, press Hong Jiuniang down and listen and then you will be convinced."

Hong Jiuniang was dragged down by two officers in despair.

After the interrogation, nothing happened to Murong Yue and An Yi.

The follow-up matters can be left to the government. As for the brothers named Gao, with Zhao Chengwen here, they will naturally not give up.

Another thing aroused Murong Yue's curiosity.

Murong Yue had naturally read that account book.

The records in the ledger cover a full fifteen years of records, but it is not always like this time, when more than a dozen were arrested at once.

But over the years, she has accumulated not only 500, but 300 or 400 children who have been sold to other places.
Chapter completed!