The guards were temporarily seconded to maintain law and order in the bustling city, so they walked through a square and entered a place with lanterns. There were many people living here, and there were some stalls here and there. They heard the tragic news from a distance. As soon as the cry was heard, some people looked this way together.
Man Bao and the others were sweating profusely from controlling the car. Seeing these people was like seeing a savior, and immediately shouted: "Help, help—"
They didn't see the few people who were tied behind the car and dragged away. When they saw the little girl driving the car calling for help, everyone with a sense of justice immediately rushed forward together.
Seeing that someone finally came to help them, Man Bao immediately rushed to the back and shouted: "I have to stop, I have to stop."
The little girl in the back immediately reined in the horse when she heard it, and Chang Yu followed closely, without noticing it for a while, and immediately reined in the horse with a direct sound, but it was too late, and the person behind the second car let out a scream stand up.
When Changyu heard this, she wanted to pull the horse aside, but she accidentally stepped on the other one. In a fit of anger, she threw the rope and jumped off the car to show her temper: "I won't drive!"
The man's calf was trampled by the horse's hoof all the time. Fortunately, no bones were trampled on, only a little bit of flesh was trampled on, but it still hurt.
Changyu jumped out of the car, pointed at him with a whip in his hand, and said, "If you call again, my aunt will give you a whip, believe it or not?"
The trafficker immediately clenched his mouth tightly and did not dare to scream anymore.
He didn't think being whipped would be more painful than being trampled by a horse, but he was afraid that the horse would be frightened if she whipped it, and if it rushed forward...
The two traffickers who were tied behind were all pale and dared not call out.
And the people who ran towards them finally came to them. They saw the people dragged behind the carriage, and for a moment they looked at the girls driving the carriage with bad eyesight.
Man Bao immediately explained, "They are all human traffickers. When they caught us, they had to goug out our eyes. We escaped with great difficulty. Brothers, sisters-in-law, uncles and aunts, can you apply for an official for us?"
So everyone looked at the blood-stained person lying on the ground, and their eyes were not good.
Immediately someone rushed to find the guards...
At this time, the crowd was finally dispersed, and the guards and palace servants who were mixed in also came out to join Bai Shan and the others in embarrassment. As soon as the two sides met, they asked, "Where is the princess?"
Bai Erlang, who had been hiding behind a stall, saw that the street in front of him was a little looser, and people could walk normally, and immediately pulled Mingda back to look for someone.
So Bai Shan and the guards looked at each other, and when they were sweating all over, Bai Erlang came back holding Mingda's hand, "I'm scared to death, I'm scared to death, you are all here."
When they saw Princess Mingda, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing her only had a messy bun, she was fine, and she didn't look frightened. Only then did everyone's hearts rest in their stomachs.
Princess Mingda's maid immediately stepped forward to support her, and said in a low voice: "Princess, shall we find a place for you to freshen up?"
Bai Shan had already asked, "Where are Man Bao and Princess Changyu?"
Bai Erlang said: "They should be fine."
After all, Manbao has always been reliable.
Magistrate Tang thought the same way, but he still hurriedly asked people to look for her, but they were not allowed to call her Princess, only Zhou Man was allowed to look for her.
"After diverting so many people, have they already left this street?"
Bai Shan looked at the crowd that had gradually dispersed and the wounded who was carried aside due to injuries, pursed his lips and said, "Even if she went out at first, she will come back again, she is a doctor..."
Bai Shan remembered something, and immediately said to a guard: "Go back to the light shed of our Bai family immediately to see if they have returned there."
County Magistrate Tang also immediately sent people to look for him at various intersections, making sure to find him.
But in less than a quarter of an hour, there was a message from all parties, "The Bai family lamp shed did not see them go back."
"Called at Sanlukou, but no one answered."
"Silukou as well."
"Not at Wulukou either."
Then a guard came back carrying something badly trampled on, and said in a cold sweat, "This seems to be the barbecue that Master Zhou and Princess Changyu carried."
Magistrate Tang turned his head to look at the wounded at the side, and asked with a livid face, "Are all the wounded here tonight? Are there any dead people?"
The guard immediately said: "There is no dead person, but there are two serious injuries, and they are still being rescued. The doctor at Baicaotang said that the possibility of resuscitating them is not high."
He immediately said, "But both of them are men."
Bai Shan said: "They will be fine, they must have gone somewhere."
Man Bao is still with his little father-in-law, so nothing will happen.
Bai Shan was pondering, when suddenly a yamen servant rushed over and reported: "My lord, families who have lost their children are making a fuss in the county yamen. Now they want traffickers and see their children. There are more than one family who lost their children, there are five in total, but Not all were lost on this road.”
Master Tang and Bai Shan couldn't help but glance at each other, both having a bad premonition in their hearts.
Those human traffickers can't be so coincidental... right
Mr. Tang felt that his heart was not feeling well, so he immediately said: "Go quickly, seal the city gates... no, no, no, you can't block it, go back to the county government, send out the old things like Lao Lu, and let them go to the three city gates Guard there, let them show their tricks, and everyone who goes out of the gate of the city will be watched closely by the county, as long as they feel suspicious, they will all be detained."
"Yes!" The guard took the order and left.
The county magistrate Tang stood up, and Mingda asked, "Do you want to go back to the palace and send people?"
"No!" County Magistrate Tang refused straight away, he softened a bit and then smiled with Princess Mingda, "Your Highness, the minister's superior is Lord Yin, he not only has the Jingzhao Mansion, but also the imperial guards, Just dispatch troops and generals to find him, there is no need to go back to the palace to find someone."
Going back to the palace to look for someone, I don't know if they can find him, but he may lose his head first.
Why not use people from Jingzhao Mansion and Imperial Guards to find them first, it is faster to find Yin Li to transfer troops than to go back to the palace to transfer troops.
but…
County magistrate Tang pondered. These human traffickers arrested people tonight, but they may not leave tonight. He is more inclined to hide somewhere, and leave the city after the wind has passed for a while...
But the capital is so big, where can he find their hiding place
Magistrate Tang began to think about all kinds of prostitutes and hooligans under his control, and they might know something.
A stern look flashed in Tang County Magistrate’s eyes, and he was thinking about whether everyone should not have a good time this Mid-Autumn Festival, when a guard trotted over on horseback, he jumped off his horse and reported: “Master Tang, when I was ordered to patrol, I was in Dongshi Nearby, we found Lord Zhou, Princess Changyu, and... the traffickers."
Thinking of the miserable appearance of those traffickers, the imperial guards lowered their heads and said, "My lord, let's go and have a look."
Those traffickers looked like they were about to die, and they probably didn't even have a confession when they arrived too late.