According to Sun Tu's request, someone brought the relevant files on cases of missing and trafficked persons that had been stored in Kaifeng's Jiage Library for the past two years and sent them to him. In the seventh and eighth years of Masakazu's reign, there were no less than a hundred related cases in Tokyo. And given the current fear of officials among the people, the actual number of abduction and trafficking cases may be several times that.
When he saw so many files being sent in, Sun Tu frowned deeply. He did not expect that the situation would be so bad. What made him even more angry was that so many cases of abduction and trafficking occurred right under his nose, but the relevant officials in Kaifeng Prefecture did not investigate the matter in detail and just let it go.
This can be seen from the extremely simple records in these files and the final result of the death case. Sun Tu originally thought that it would take a lot of time to read these many files by himself, and even planned to ask some scribes to look through them together. However, it turned out that he only spent half a day to go through hundreds of files, which is enough. The records above were rudimentary, and out of a hundred cases, only seven or eight victims were recovered, while the others were never heard from again.
He finally understood why such cases occurred one after another in Tokyo, and it was due to the inaction of the government. Since abducting people will rarely lead to government investigation, some people are naturally more assured and will continue to commit crimes in order to earn benefits. It can be said that this is completely a vicious circle.
After closing his eyes for a while and suppressing the anger in his heart, Sun Tu just sorted out the relevant thoughts. In fact, it would be impossible to find any results by investigating the cases a few months or even a year ago at this time. The reason why he did this was to find some connections and see if these abduction cases were committed by the same group of prisoners.
Judging from the current situation, this is really possible. For example, judging from the time, such cases usually occur in broad daylight, or even on an important festival. It is obvious that the other party has calculated the move with the help of many people. In addition, the place where the victim is abducted is usually in a densely populated place, which naturally increases the risk. It can also be concluded that the prisoner must be very skilled in abducting people, and even cooperates to avoid being noticed by the people around him. Taking people away under certain circumstances.
"So this is completely an organized crime." After Sun Tu came to the conclusion, the first three words that popped into his mind were "Pink Yanzi!"
When Sun Fu introduced himself to the gang forces in Tokyo that day, although he only emphasized the Zhujie Gang and the Shunshui Gang, he also mentioned the existence of Pink Swallows. Different from the first two, Pink Yanzi acts more secretly, simply because they are engaged in human trafficking, and they often collude with some brothels. However, judging from the information currently available, Pink Yanzi mostly procures women from outside the capital and sells them into brothels, but rarely commits crimes locally. After all, rabbits don't eat grass from their nests.
Another thing that made Sun Tu suspect that this matter was related to Pink Yanzi was that most of the people who had disappeared in the past six months were young women between the ages of sixteen and twenty, which was worth pondering. Because logically speaking, it is much easier to abduct children than girls, and the price is even higher. But since this year, more than twenty women have disappeared, including the granddaughter of Old Man Guan and the granddaughter of Mr. Yu who was abducted during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Pawn
When the kidnapper and the girl are combined in one thought, it is easy for people to suspect Pink Yanzi. So Sun Tu called Sun Fu over and asked him for more information about this mysterious group.
But in the end, Sun Fu couldn't explain the reason: "I'm sorry, I know very little about this. This Pink Swallow has always been low-key and secretive, and hardly interacts with outsiders too much. We just We know there are such unsettled people, but it’s hard to find out who they are and where they usually hide.”
"How could something like this happen? Can we, the city of Tokyo, allow such thieves to be lawless?"
"You don't know something, Dutou. There are enough errands in the Yamen on weekdays. Plus, Pink Swallow has a backer, so it's really difficult for us to investigate clearly."
"Backer? Is he a powerful person in the court?" Sun Tu narrowed his eyes and seemed to have understood something.
Sun Fu lowered his voice and said: "Dutou has been in Tokyo for a while. You should have heard that regular shops like Fan Lou have masters behind them, right? In fact, not only regular shops, but also gambling houses and brothels. Especially the latter, it is indispensable for the care of some powerful people. And the brothel usually needs fresh goods to attract customers, so it is natural to have a relationship with Pink Yanzi. Over time, it is difficult to escape the relationship between Pink Yanzi and some powerful people in the court. "
Sun Tu sneered, this was clearly a big network of collusion between officials and thieves, and interests related. The capital of the Song Dynasty, which seems to be clean and peaceful, actually hides so many dirty things!
"So it's not easy to find Pink Swallow, and we don't have any clues yet." Sun Fu glanced at Sun Tu and said with a wry smile. After a pause, he continued: "Actually, what Dutou really wants to investigate now is the abduction case of Mr. Yu's granddaughter. It's hard to say whether this is related to Fen Yanzi. Maybe it was done by thieves outside Tokyo. What about this case?”
This is just a way of treating headaches and pains, and it cannot solve the fundamental problem. Sun Tu was naturally very disdainful of this approach, but after all, he still needed the other party's help at this time, so he did not say anything unpleasant, but said patiently: "Actually, I just suspect that Mr. Yu's granddaughter is not abducted by people outside the city. , then I thought of Pink Swallow.”
Seeing that the other party was a little confused, he explained: "It is clearly written in the file that it was after dark when she was kidnapped. The gates of Tokyo were closed early at that time, and it was impossible for the thieves to take her out. After that, the Yu family So I reported it to the officials. Naturally, each gate in the four cities must strictly investigate those who leave the city. Do you think they can easily take Miss Yu out if there are thieves outside?" Fortunately, the case of Miss Yu's kidnapping was unsealed. The government attaches great importance to it, so the relevant records are also more detailed, and some clues can be seen.
"This... I'm afraid it can't be done." Sun Fu could only shake his head.
"In this case, this case is most likely the work of thieves in the city, because they have the means to hide people. As Fen Yanzi is someone who often does this business, I naturally have reason to suspect them. superior."
Sun Tu's inference is indeed reasonable, but even so, it is still difficult to find Fenyanzi. At least it is impossible to have direct clues now.
This road was temporarily impassable, so Sun Tu had no choice but to go to the other side. He quickly went to see his colleague Dutou Ma Huaibang, because there was a
The relevant cases are his responsibility.
Ma Huaibang is a slightly fat man with a smile on his face, who looks like a Maitreya Buddha. After seeing Sun Tu come to him, he smiled humbly: "I wonder what Mr. Sun has ordered?" Although the two men had ordinary positions, they were very different in terms of status. After all, Sun Tu was a ninth-grade official, and he was just a ninth-grade official. A common name is Yaqian.
Sun Tu also smiled at him: "Of course it's related to the kidnapping case I just took over. I hope Ma Dutou can help me."
"Of course, but I really don't know how I can help Sun Guanren because of my humble position." Ma Huaibang nodded quickly and responded. He had already known from Xue Tongpan about the errand that Sun Tu had taken, and he did not dare to refuse at this time.
"Two months ago, the matter of the granddaughter of the Guan Si family being kidnapped was investigated by you, Ma Dutou, right?" Sun Tu then put away his smile and got to the point.
There was also a solemn look on the other party's face: "Exactly. However, no further clues can be found in this case, so we can only delay it."
"Yes, cases like this always happen every few days, and it is really difficult for us to investigate." Sun Tu agreed, but then changed the subject: "But the performance of the Guan family this time is comparable to that of other victims. It’s quite different. Just a few days ago, Guan Si brought his family to my gate in Kaifeng to cry and complain, but other suffering masters didn’t do this.”
"This... his family is indeed a little different, because this is a granddaughter passed down from several generations of his Guan family. She is the most precious." Ma Huaibang said with a bitter smile: "For this reason, they also blame me for my humble position. But this We really can’t do anything when it comes to the case, we can only feel sorry for them.”
"In my opinion, this is not the only reason why the Guan family did this, right? Is there any hidden secret in it?" Sun Tu looked at the other party with squinted eyes.
Being stared at by Sun Tu, Ma Huaibang felt weak and hesitated: "This..."
"Ma Dutou, our yamen has always been casual about cases like this. It's not a crime for you to do this. But if you deliberately concealed some inside information, the matter would be serious, and you might be suspected of colluding with the thieves. I'm suspicious of you." Upon seeing this, Sun Tu immediately threatened him.
These words made the other party shudder violently, and finally said: "Forgive me, Sun Dutou, it is really related to the reputation of my Kaifeng Mansion... When I couldn't find anything out, the Guan family refused to give up. After that, Guan Si His son actually started to search around, and according to what they said, he did find something... But right after that, Guan Da, Guan's fourth son, was actually found drowned in the Bian River."
"Another human life? Such a major case has already happened, and our Kaifeng Mansion still doesn't care?" Sun Tu asked angrily.
"But Guan Da's death was not found to be suspicious. He fell into the water after being drunk and was not murdered at all. And the matter may not be related to the disappearance of his daughter." Ma Huaibang quickly explained.
Sun Tu took a deep breath: "There were two major cases, plus one life, and you can still pretend that nothing happened. No wonder those thieves are so rampant and have committed numerous crimes in the past two years. Since you don't investigate, then let me Let me find out!"
Hearing what he said, Ma Huaibang couldn't help but lower his head in shame...