So as soon as he returned to the county government office, he recruited the head of the third shop, "Drag people to the torture room, separate them, pry their mouths open, and ask who are the other accomplices in the capital, or what they know is the same as them." colleagues."
He added: "First ask where their family members are."
Sanputou was slightly surprised, County Magistrate Tang seldom used torture, and there was no precedent of using prisoners' family members to threaten prisoners. How could these people make County Magistrate Tang relapse
Magistrate Tang glanced at him and said, "Why don't you go soon?"
Abducting and selling the princess, this is the crime of implicating the three clans, and they will be arrested later, so it is better to make the best use of it before.
The subordinates took the orders and left, and then Magistrate Tang walked towards the main hall while thinking about how to report to the emperor the day after tomorrow to make his mistakes look lighter.
County magistrate Tang worked overtime for most of the night, and he lay down on the chair in the office room at dawn, and Bai Shan and the others came to find him not long after he fell asleep.
Magistrate Tang got up and sat on the chair in a daze for a while, then wiped his face and got up, "Bring a basin of well water."
After washing in the cold well water, he regained his energy, but the official clothes on his body were wrinkled, like dried vegetables that had been kneaded.
Anyway, the county yamen is now his own people, and he doesn't pay attention to it. He goes out after washing his face, but just after he goes out, he encounters Mingli who is carrying a food box and is ordered to come to see him.
Mingli was no longer surprised by his master's sloppiness, but he still muttered a few words, "Master, Madam will be angry if she finds out that you don't even change your clothes."
Tang county magistrate sat on the stone bench in the yard, asked him to put down the food box, and then said to the yamen servant: "Please come in."
Then he said to Mingli: "If you don't tell me, if I don't tell you, how would she know?"
Bai Shanmanbao and Bai Erlang were invited in, seeing Magistrate Tang sitting and having breakfast, they swallowed at the same time.
County Magistrate Tang just gave a hand and stared at them, "You didn't have breakfast?"
The three shook their heads together.
County magistrate Tang was a bit embarrassed, but he still asked tentatively, "Then let's eat some together?" The amount might not be enough.
Unexpectedly, the three of them shook their heads together, "No need."
Man Bao said: "We are going to eat in the street."
Bai Shandao: "We purposely skip breakfast to spare our stomachs."
Tang He lowered his head and continued to drink his porridge, and asked directly: "Why are you here, tell me."
The three of them sat down now, Bai Shan told the prince's words last night, and then said: "The two princesses will not go into details."
County magistrate Tang expressed doubts about the ability of the two princesses to avoid serious matters, "They are inexperienced, can they hide it?"
Bai Shandao: "Just keep your notes brief. With the crown prince and two princesses around, His Majesty probably won't ask in detail."
Magistrate Tang nodded, "All right."
The fact that the two princesses were "missing" for a while can be concealed, but the incident of human traffickers and people stampeding last night cannot be concealed.
County Magistrate Tang sighed, "Last night, one of the two seriously injured died, and he died shortly after being carried to the hospital. They were trampled too hard to be rescued."
Man Bao's mood was also depressed, and he asked: "Is this a man-made disaster?"
Magistrate Tang rubbed his forehead and said, "I still have a lot of cases to deal with soon, so I won't keep you here any longer, but please tell Mrs. Liu that I will come to visit when this matter is settled."
Bai Shan: "Visiting my grandmother?"
"That's right," County Magistrate Tang said in a deep voice, "This year, I will visit all the houses and shops with lamp sheds in the section of the inner city gate."
Bai Shan and Man Baobai'er looked at each other, responded in a low voice, then got up and saluted and said goodbye.
Magistrate Tang nodded, "By the way, Man Bao, you deserve credit for catching the traffickers, and I'll give you credit later."
Man Bao immediately said: "Don't forget to add Princess Changyu."
Magistrate Tang waved his hand to show that he understood. He glanced at Bai Shan and said, "You also have the credit."
In his eyes, Bai Shan's contribution last night was still higher than Zhou Man's. After all, it was a little late to unblock it at that time, and he didn't know how many people would die, because many people were injured when they were carried out last night.
After leaving the county government office, the three of them went silently to lead the horse with Daji and mount it. Bai Erlang asked, "Shall we burn incense when we go to Huguo Temple today?"
Man Bao: "Pray for those people?"
Bai Erlang said: "Let's try our best."
Bai Shan: "It's just that we don't often worship the Buddha. I don't know if the Buddha can keep the oath."
Man Bao said: "It's just for peace of mind. Those who believe in Buddhism may not be blessed by the Buddha. Let's go."
The three of them had breakfast at the Huguo Temple before going up the mountain.
It wasn't the first time they came to Huguo Temple, but each time they only played in the disturbance under the mountain gate. Not only because there are a lot of delicious food below, but also a lot of carved small things, things about Buddhism gathered from all over the world, and various books.
So they like to come here to eat and buy some books and interesting things after their bath.
Only this time, they only took a cursory look at the Buddha ornaments on the booth, and followed the crowd directly to the mountain.
After crossing the high threshold, they entered the Daxiong Hall. The three of them looked up at the Buddha statue that was almost as high as the roof.
There are quite a lot of people who come to offer incense today, so we have to wait for a while.
When it was the turn of the three, the three of them stepped forward together, knelt down together, then looked up at the Buddha and thought about how to make a wish for the injured person last night.
The three of them solemnly made a wish, then kowtowed and bowed down. After standing up, they asked, "Do I have to come back to fulfill my wish in the future?"
"If the benefactor gets his wish, he will come to fulfill his wish."
The three turned their heads together, and saw an old monk wearing a red cassock standing behind them at some point, looking at them with a smile, "Of course, the wish is not for the Buddha, but for the peace of mind of the benefactors."
The three of them didn't know who he was, but they saw that he looked quite old and kind-hearted. The main reason was that the cassock he was wearing was very nice, and the Buddhist beads hanging on his hands were also very long and round. It looked like he was playing with it often and it was not cheap. Yes, so I concluded that the other party's status must not be low, so we bowed together to salute.
Seeing that they were practicing Confucian rituals, the old monk couldn't help but deepen his smile. He took a step back and asked sideways, "I wonder if the three benefactors would like to go to the backyard to have a meditation talk?"
The three of Bai Shan got entangled and declined politely: "Master's invitation should not be declined, but we are young and don't know much about Buddhism, so we dare not talk about Zen."
But the old monk smiled and said, "Benefactor Bai is joking, the views of the three benefactors on the journey of Buddhism and Taoism should not be weaker than those of the old monk and others."
Bai Shan was surprised that he knew them, he couldn't help but look at Man Bao, and then said with a smile: "This will disturb the master, as long as the master doesn't think we are stupid."
Although the three of them didn't know who he was, but since they were able to call their names, they stood behind them and waited, obviously they came prepared.
They didn't want to hide, and they were curious about what the monk wanted them to do