Chapter 387 The Dark Web is Taken Down
When Liu Yue'e heard that the kidnapper was extorting money from the Nie family, she felt filled with pride.
These were all ideas her eldest son came up with to confuse the kidnapper.
"Yaozu, why are you so clever this time? If you hadn't deceived the kidnapper by saying you were a child of the Nie family, we wouldn't have been able to find you so quickly."
Liu Yue'e openly boasted about her grandfather, but in fact she was taking credit for her own son in front of Tong Huaqiong.
Tong Huaqiong understood what Liu Yue'e meant. She smiled and praised Yaozu: "Yaozu was indeed very smart this time."
Tong Huaqiong's impression of this grandson is that he only cares about eating and drinking, and doesn't seem to be very smart.
To be honest, Tong Huaqiong only treated him as her grandson in name and couldn't get close to him.
This time, Gu Yaozu's performance really lived up to the name Yaozu.
Gu Yaozu received affirmation from his grandmother and puffed out his chest while lying in Liu Yue'e's arms.
The carriage wobbled as it drove towards Qinghe Bay. After a night of turmoil, the children began to feel sleepy when they returned to a safe environment. Halfway through the journey, Man'er and the other children fell into a deep sleep.
Except for Duoer who was awakened in the middle of the night, the other children were all sleeping soundly.
Tong Huaqiong didn’t know what kind of psychological trauma this abduction had brought to the children, and whether they needed psychological counseling.
She didn't know about other things, but Duoer definitely needed it.
"mother."
"aunt."
"Where are the children?"
The carriage stopped under the sycamore tree in front of the Gu family's door, and Chen Sufen and Tong Pandi followed.
"The children are all fine." Tong Huaqiong and Gu Taohua took the children down from the carriage one by one.
Chen Sufen and Tong Pandi didn't care, one hugged Maner and the other hugged Duoer, and burst into tears.
Gu Dahan's eyes turned red.
"Hurry up and stop them. The children have finally fallen asleep and they will be woken up by their crying again." Tong Huaqiong said.
Chen Sufen and Tong Pandi gradually stopped crying.
The child was carried into the house.
Tong Huaqiong took a pair of scissors and cut the wick, and the light suddenly became brighter.
Under the bright light, the children's hands and feet were covered in dust, but they were sleeping soundly.
Duoer suddenly opened her eyes and screamed in fear. Tong Pandi felt heartbroken and hugged Duoer tightly in his arms.
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Soon news came from the county.
The fat and thin cripple and Jiang's mother confessed that they were a criminal gang and their contact was in the provincial capital.
County Magistrate Liu captured his superior who was hiding in a dilapidated temple outside Ningcheng City. He followed the clues and found out that the mastermind behind the incident was the steward of a noble family in the capital.
This housekeeper developed a trafficking network that covered almost the entire court, specializing in trafficking beautiful boys and girls under the age of ten and transporting them to brothels in various places, or selling them to high-ranking officials.
This result shocked Governor Yao so much that he wrote a letter and flew to the capital.
The housekeeper was arrested and all his subordinates were eliminated.
Tong Huaqiong didn't believe that the mastermind behind this was as simple as the housekeeper.
But County Magistrate Liu said that he could only investigate up to the level of the housekeeper.
Although a bigger fish escaped, this incident served as a severe deterrent. It would not be so easy for the destroyed dark web to reunite.
Moreover, it is said that the family was severely damaged by the relentless attack of its competitors, and it is estimated that they will not easily think of trafficking again.
In addition, Tong Huaqiong learned that the reason why the two cripples, Fat and Thin, targeted Maner, Xiaolong, Yaozu, and Duoer was because of the instigation of Mrs. Luo.
"Of course, we dare not conclude that it was really the instigation of that old woman. Maybe the kidnapper made up a story to get away with it." Jiao, the yamen runner, told Tong Huaqiong.
After all, Luo Po's grandson was also captured by the kidnappers, and she was one of the victims. In addition, she provided clues about the kidnappers that night, which was a meritorious service. County Magistrate Liu did not accept the kidnapper's statement that Luo Po instigated him, and believed that the two of them were desperate and making up stories.
County Magistrate Liu had never lived in Qinghe Bay, so naturally he didn't understand the grudge between Tong Huaqiong and Mrs. Luo.
After Jiao Yayi finished drinking tea at Tong Huaqiong's house and left, Tong Huaqiong went to find Luo Pozi.
At this time, Mrs. Luo was squatting under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village and telling others about the incident in which her grandson encountered a kidnapper during the Lantern Festival.
His saliva was flying and his story was so exciting.
"You don't know, if I hadn't remembered the kidnapper's appearance and provided it to the government, the four children of the Gu family would have been sold to such a filthy place. It is said that all the kidnapped children in various towns were rescued this time, and this is all the credit of me, an old woman. The government is really not even giving me a plaque or anything."
Mrs. Luo took all the credit for the fight against human trafficking.
She thought that since she had made such a great contribution, County Magistrate Liu would award her a plaque to hang on her door.
In this way, she can take Qiao and have the capital to fight against Tong Huaqiong.
She waited for a few days, and the bailiff did come, but he went to Tong Huaqiong's house.
He didn't speak to her until they left Qinghe Bay.
"Why did you kidnap only your Chunwang and my grandson's children out of so many children?" Zhao said indifferently.
Mrs. Luo raised her eyes and said, "It's because the children of the Gu family are dressed too luxuriously. The pearls on Man'er's hair and the clothes on Xiaolong's body show that they are children of wealthy families. The kidnapper is not stupid. He only kidnaps rich children to extort money. Who has the spare money to pay the ransom for the children of ordinary families? I have to say something unpleasant. If you want to blame someone, blame your mother-in-law. It is said that wealth should not be shown to others, but she dressed her children to make them look richer than the princes and nobles. This must have caught the kidnapper's eyes."
Those people in the village who worked for Tong Huaqiong's family or rented her land sneered at Mrs. Luo's gloating.
Someone asked Mrs. Luo: "If you say so, why was your son Chunwang also abducted?"
Mrs. Luo stammered and couldn't answer.
"There are so many rich people in this town, and many of them are dressed better than the Gu children. Why is there no kidnapper? I heard from Yaozu that your Chunwang was still doing bad things in front of the kidnapper, instigating him to beat Xiaolong. Who knows if it was you who pointed out Yaozu and the other four children to the kidnapper, and ended up sending your grandson to the wolf's den." Liu Yue'e's mother, Zhao, speculated.
Mrs. Luo had something to hide, and when Zhao accidentally exposed the truth, she loudly refuted Zhao's slander.
While Mrs. Luo was trying to defend herself with her hands spread out, Tong Huaqiong grabbed Mrs. Luo's hair.
Mrs. Luo felt pain and stumbled to the ground.
Tong Huaqiong stepped on Luo Pozi's chest and said to Zhao: "Mother-in-law, you are right. I was wondering why my four children were watching the acrobatics at the front of the stage and fell into the sight of the kidnapper. It turns out that it was this old woman who pointed them out to the kidnapper."
Although the New Year is over, the land is still frozen, and the villagers gather at the entrance of the village to bask in the sun when they have nothing to do.
After hearing Tong Huaqiong talk about the secret of her children being abducted, and considering that Mrs. Luo showed such a deep understanding of the kidnapper in her words just now, everyone believed that Mrs. Luo had instigated the kidnapper to abduct the four children of the Gu family.
Mrs. Luo was stepped on by Tong Huaqiong and she screamed and struggled, her hands flapping in the air.
"Widow Tong, what are you talking about? If I instigated the kidnappers to abduct your four children, why didn't the officers arrest me?" Mrs. Luo thought she was right.
"To make you noisy."
Tong Huaqiong rolled up a ball of grass on the ground and stuffed it into Luo Pozi's mouth, blocking her from making any sound.