I, Sun Shan, and the Imperial Examination

Chapter 1249 Lantern Festival (2)

Sun Shan was lost in his thoughts for a while when Inspector Liang hurriedly came in with a few yamen runners. When he saw Sun Shan, he quickly said, "Sir, there is something wrong."

Sun Shan was shocked, and the first thing he thought of was human traffickers.

After all, it is very popular in this era.

Human traffickers roam around committing crimes, knocking children unconscious and then selling them everywhere.

Moreover, this is a business with no capital investment. As long as you are ruthless enough, it is easy to succeed.

Sun Shan asked anxiously, "What's the matter?"

Inspector Liang continued, "Sir, please let me increase the number of people guarding the city gates tonight to prevent human traffickers from abducting prostitutes and girls."

Sun Shan was startled again and asked anxiously, "Did human traffickers really capture Yazi and Mei?"

No way, I really have a bad mouth? Why did the human traffickers come to Yuanlu?

The guys and girls here aren't that pretty.

After all, the living standards are so low, it's hard to find handsome men and beautiful women.

If you want to kidnap someone, go to a big city. The girls there are well-fed and well-dressed, so they are naturally pretty.

Sun Shan thought that if Erhu didn't say anything later, he would break the traffickers' hands and feet first and then interrogate them, so that they wouldn't have another chance to commit crimes.

However, Inspector Liang said, "Sir, they are not human traffickers. We found three suspicious people."

Hearing that he was not a human trafficker, Sun Shan was stunned, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, fortunately, he is not a human trafficker, and Yuanlu’s Yazi and sister are safe.

Sun Shan asked in confusion: "What is a suspicious person?"

Could it be that because he has a sneaky look, he became the target of money and a suspicious person?

We don't believe in appearance-based associations. We can't treat someone as a criminal suspect just because he or she looks ugly.

Inspector Liang didn’t know what to say. After all, good people and good things would not carry knives when traveling.

He frowned and told the truth: "Your Excellency asked us to carefully observe the people leaving the city, so I sent many yamen runners to guard the city gates and interrogate any suspicious people. As a result, we found that these three people were too suspicious. Your Excellency, they are not locals. Although we can understand what they say, their accents are obviously from other places."

Because Sun Shan required that the city gates must be guarded well to prevent human traffickers from abducting children.

In order to avoid being scolded, Inspector Liang immediately arranged ten people to guard the city gate instead of the three or five people who usually guarded it.

They also transferred some guards from Sun Shan to help maintain order.

When Sun Shan heard this proposal, he agreed without hesitation. The yamen had limited staff, and it was the Lantern Festival, and the people gathered together. The yamen runners alone could not handle it, so they asked the guards to help.

Therefore, Yuanlu County has achieved unprecedented security capabilities.

So when there are more people, they start to compete with each other for beauty.

Sun Shan requested a five-point security intensity, but when it came to Inspector Liang, it was asked for a seven-point security intensity. When it came to the head of the yamen runners, it was asked for a ten-point security intensity. Finally, when it was passed to the front-line yamen runners, it became an ultra-high-pressure security intensity.

See, if the yamen runners saw someone they didn't like, no, it should be said that if they saw someone suspicious, they would catch him aside and interrogate him, and would not let him go until they had checked his entire family history.

There were so many people and the security was so tight that the queues leaving the city were very long and the people complained constantly.

The head of the yamen runners said even more viciously: "Who dares to object? If you have any objections, come out. Humph, do you want to go to jail? The yamen is not far away. If you have any objections again, I will arrest you and lock you up in jail!"

If Sun Shan heard him act so aggressively, he would definitely beat him into a pig's head.

However, the people of Yuanlu County were already accustomed to the tyranny and tyranny of the yamen runners, so they could only endure it and accept the inspections.

However, the inspection took too long and it was already dark. The nearby villagers had been playing all day and watching the lights all night, and they were already exhausted.

Once people start complaining, they will keep complaining.

Everyone started talking at once and making indescribable attacks on the yamen runners in low voices.

Just then, the sounds of three people attacking were heard by the chief of the yamen runners.

This is too much! You can say anything behind my back, but it’s embarrassing to say it to my face.

The chief of the yamen runners immediately ordered his men to capture the three men and give them a good lesson.

And tell them that all this was ordered by Lord Sun, and if they want to blame someone, blame Lord Sun.

At this moment, the situation suddenly changed and the accident escalated.

The bailiffs went over to arrest the men, but the three men were unwilling to do so and kept pushing and shoving each other.

Suddenly there was a clang sound.

The yamen runners, the three men, and the onlookers were all stunned, and the air became unusually quiet.

Everyone's eyes involuntarily looked in the direction of the "clang" sound, and they actually saw a shiny dagger.

If he brought a butcher knife, he could explain his identity as a butcher, but he actually brought a dagger?

Why is this?

Why would a good person bring a dagger? What did he want to do with it?

Even if it was for self-defense, shouldn't three men in coarse clothes have such a sharp and shining dagger?

If Lord Sun brought it out and it fell to the ground, everyone would understand.

Lord Sun has done many things that are "unpopular with the people". In order to prevent being beaten by the people, it is normal for him to carry a dagger for self-defense.

But the three men in front of him, carrying daggers, looked abnormal no matter how he looked at them.

Suddenly, a bystander shouted, "Sir, these three are from other places. I was standing next to them just now, and their accents are not from here."

Don’t ask the onlookers why they said that, it’s just because when they were queuing to leave the city just now, these three strong men pushed him and glared at him.

So, I hold a grudge in my heart.

Hearing their complaints made me extremely angry.

It's obvious that outsiders are bullying him, a local. If he had brothers or sisters, they would have argued with this outsider long ago.

When he saw the police questioning him, he reported it immediately so that he could get revenge.

Outsiders have daggers.

Isn't this the person that Lord Sun mentioned as the one who will be subject to key investigation?

The chief of the yamen runners keenly sensed that there was something fishy about these three people, and immediately shouted, "Brothers, arrest these three people and interrogate them carefully."

If these three people are the legendary human traffickers, and I catch them, wouldn't that be a meritorious service?

Hey, is there a bonus then?

Although Lord Sun is a bit stingy, he will still give the money that should be given and will not embezzle.

When the bailiff heard the order, he immediately took it and went forward to arrest the man in a swagger.

At that moment when the moon was bright and the stars were clear, three sturdy men suddenly pulled out big swords from their backs and chopped at the yamen runners without saying a word.

This sudden action shocked the onlookers.

How come they were all lined up to leave the city just fine, but ended up engaging in war the next moment?

They just came into the city to see the lights, who did they offend?

The screams of women, the cries of children, the shouts of the elderly, and the sounds of men beating and scolding intersected and reflected each other, and the onlookers immediately ran around.

There was a smart guy who wanted to take the opportunity to escape from the city.

It’s a pity that two smart yamen runners simply closed the city gate.

Don't ask why we do this, it was Lord Sun's order.

As long as the city gate is closed, no matter what kind of monsters or demons there are, they will not be able to escape.