PFC Chapter 200 Reporting to the Official
Chapter 200 Reporting to the Official
"Cough cough..." Qin Huiyin touched her pinched neck and coughed painfully.
Song Ruize suddenly appeared and supported her, asking worriedly, "How is it?"
Qin Huiyin waved her hand and pointed at the man who wanted to escape.
Before Song Ruize could say anything, Chen Yong and the others who followed him had already gone to arrest him. However, the other men reacted quickly and fled when they saw the situation was not good.
"Second sister, are you okay?" Tang Yi smiled and said worriedly, "Let me take a look at your neck."
Qin Huiyin said with difficulty: "My neck is fine, but it hurts when he pinched me. It's a bit hard to speak. Let's take my third sister to see your master first and let him help her."
Several people returned to the clinic.
Doctor Wei was about to rest when he saw them coming back, still looking so strange. He stopped and asked, "What happened?"
"Master, please help check on my third sister. She seems unable to speak." Tang Yi said with a smile.
Tang Sanmei's eyes were filled with tears and she sniffed, like a little cat that had been wronged.
Doctor Wei felt her pulse, frowned, asked her to open her mouth, and then took the pulse of her other hand: "She was given a mute drug."
"Is there any help?"
"This medicine is quite strong. If you had come ten days or half a month later, I wouldn't have been able to help you. And now, it can't be cured immediately. It will take some time." Doctor Wei said, "Who did this?"
Tang Yi smiled and gave a brief account of what had just happened.
Doctor Wei frowned: "Have you reported it to the authorities?"
"We are in a hurry to bring her here for treatment and haven't gone to the government office yet," said Tang Luwu.
Doctor Wei looked at Song Ruize and said, "I will take care of these people here. You have a special status and will have a better chance of meeting the county magistrate. I will leave this matter to you."
"Okay, I'll go over right away, otherwise those people might escape." Song Ruize said, looking at Qin Huiyin and said, "Doctor Wei, my sister just hurt her neck. Could you please take a look?"
"Her injury isn't a big deal. I'll just give her some throat-soothing medicine later." Doctor Wei smiled faintly, "You really always put your sister first."
"Brother, you have to be careful..." Qin Huiyin warned worriedly.
"don’t worry."
Doctor Wei gave Tang Sanmei an acupuncture injection and fed her some medicine. She held Qin Huiyin's hand tightly and fell asleep in her arms.
Tang Luwu came over with the boiled medicine soup and said in a low voice, "Yinyin, this is for your throat. It's inconvenient for you to hold Third Sister, so I'll feed you."
"Thank you, sister."
Tang Luwu brought the bowl over and tilted it towards Qin Huiyin's mouth: "I've chilled it, so you can drink it directly. Drink it slowly and don't choke."
Qin Huiyin gulped down the medicine.
The medicine was icy cool, and the stinging feeling in my throat subsided a little as soon as I took it.
"Yinyin, what do you think Third Sister has been through? She can't speak or write, but the look in her eyes tells me she must have been through something terrible."
"I don't know either." Qin Huiyin said, "But my brother has been sending people to keep an eye on the silk shop owner surnamed Gong, and he hasn't found anything suspicious about him. Now it seems that this man is so good at disguising himself that even my brother has been deceived."
"It's not okay for you to hold her like this all the time. Let me hold her for a while."
"She wakes up easily, so let's not move her." Qin Huiyin said, "Help me find a thicker quilt and cover me with an extra layer."
It was already late at night, and the lights in the county government office had long been turned off. Song Ruize and his companions escorted the man to the county government office and knocked on the door. The old gatekeeper saw that it was him and asked a few questions in a low voice.
"Come in first. I'll report to the master and see what he says."
Song Ruize and others stood in the yard waiting.
It was freezing cold, and Chen Yong and the others were rubbing their hands. Looking at the big man who had been beaten black and blue, he was no longer arrogant.
"When you see the master later, you'd better tell the truth, otherwise I will be the first to deal with you." Jiang Qibin kicked the big man.
"Brother Ze, I'll go find Shouhou and the others to see if there's any movement there." Chen Yong said.
"Go!"
The county magistrate came out quickly. Seeing the scene before him, he asked directly: "Tell me the truth. If you tell me the truth, I can reduce your punishment a little."
"Sir, this is none of my business. I'm just an errand boy."
"explain."
"Sir, our master ostensibly runs a silk business, but in reality, he runs a massive casino and brothel. The girl who escaped ran away because she heard she was being sold to a master who favored young children. Originally, girls of this age were kept in care, bathed in milk daily, and had specialized staff to condition their skin, making them more delicate than flowers so they could be sold for a good price. However, to prevent the secret from being leaked, all women were poisoned and silenced upon entering the house."
"Damn it! This is truly despicable!" the county magistrate said angrily. "Where's Captain Feng? Immediately have Captain Feng take all the yamen runners and arrest this vicious silk shop owner."
"They are even more vicious than wolves, tigers and leopards." Zhou Jinyuan said, "Brother Ze, let's go and help."
"Well, let's go!"
Captain Feng rushed over after hearing the news. Seeing Song Ruize, the corners of his mouth twitched: "You again."
"It's not good enough with me, which means it's another great achievement." Song Ruize said calmly.
"I feel a little scared when I see you. On the one hand, I hope for great success, but on the other hand, I worry about a disaster. You are too good at causing trouble. My old bones can't handle it!"
"Don't be ridiculous, this matter is a bit complicated." Song Ruize said, "Boss Gong is a silk shop owner on the surface, but secretly he runs a huge casino and brothel. If he was just an ordinary businessman, how could he have concealed it for so long without any problems?"
"Are you saying that Boss Gong is no ordinary person?" Captain Feng said sternly, "Regardless of whether he is simple or not, if something like this happens in our territory, it's a slap in our face."
Everyone rushed to the outside of the silk shop and met up with Shouhou, Chen Yong and others.
"How about it?"
"The man surnamed Gong didn't come out."
"Did you see a few people go in?" Song Ruize asked.
Chen Yong said, "I just asked, and Skinny Monkey said he didn't see anyone coming."
"Those guys will definitely tip off Boss Gong, there's no way they won't come back. Something's wrong, go in and search." Song Ruize said to Captain Feng, "I suspect there's a secret passage."
Captain Feng's face darkened. "If that's the case, the situation isn't optimistic. Never mind, let's search first. Brothers, open the door and rush in to search."
A yamen runner climbed up the wall and opened the door from the inside, allowing everyone to go in and search smoothly.
The silk shop was indeed large, filled with all kinds of fabrics. However, there was no one there, which was a bit strange. As far as they knew, the man surnamed Gong lived there.
This further confirmed Song Ruize's suspicion.