PNB Chapter 380 Miao Family
Chapter 380 Miao Family
Tian Fa was so frightened that he quickly saluted, "Boss, I just met some acquaintances and talked to them for a few words. I wasn't being lazy."
Ye Yan became even angrier, "How dare you talk back? Come in."
Tian Fa followed him into the accounting office with his head hung low. The people in warehouse C came out to take a look, but didn't take it seriously and went back into the warehouse.
When Ye Yan brought Tian Fa into the house, his expression changed.
"How was it? Did you see anything when you went in?" Ye Yan asked.
Tian Fa's face changed, and he no longer looked like a gangster. His voice was trembling, as if he had seen something horrible.
"Boss, there's someone in there." Tian Fa trembled slightly like a frightened little animal.
Ye Qing and Ye Yan looked at each other and their faces turned pale.
They had guessed this result, but deep down they were unwilling to believe it.
"Who is it? Please tell me in detail." Ye Qing pretended to be calm.
Ye Yan also urged him with his eyes to speak quickly and not to keep him in suspense.
Tian Fa found a bench and sat down, slowly recalling what he had just seen.
"When I went in, I walked around the boxes first. The lids were all tightly closed and one person couldn't open them at all. I didn't dare to leave any traces, so I didn't dare to use any tools." Tian Fa said with a bit of anger in his tone.
"And then?" Ye Qing was eager to know what happened next.
"I walked around the box first and felt around it carefully before I found the air holes."
Ye Qing and Ye Yan felt a little nervous. What if the air hole was blocked? What would happen to the people inside?
Tian Fa felt a little relieved when he saw the two men's expressions change. When he first saw it, he was so scared that sweat broke out on his back.
"And then?" This time it was Ye Yan who urged him to speak.
"I knocked on the box and shook it hard, and there was movement inside." Tian Fa wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"There were a few coughs at first, and then a child's voice came out, and the child was whimpering and shouting for help."
Ye Qing covered her chest with her hands, her eyes began to blaze with anger. What she could not tolerate the most was being mean to her child.
What made her even more angry was what Tian Fa said next, "The child said that there were six or seven children in the box, all of whom were drugged and had been unconscious all day. He drank less water yesterday, so he woke up early today."
Ye Yan asked quietly, "Is the child in danger now? They just went in."
Tian Fa subconsciously glanced outside and said, "I told the kid to pretend to be asleep and not to make any noise. Wait for us to rescue him."
After Tian Fa finished speaking, he stared at Ye Yan. He hoped to help these children.
Ye Yan and Ye Qing were extremely angry. They both had children at home and could not bear to see them suffer.
Ye Qing patted his head to calm his mind.
"Uncle Six, do you know them?"
Ye Yan thought about it and realized that this ship merchant had only started taking this route in the last year. He must have stopped at their place three times. There were no large boxes in the first two times, so there should be no children.
Ye Qing looked at the sky and told Ye Yan and the others not to let the news leak out and to keep these people calm first.
She took her things and left the warehouse.
After leaving the warehouse, she didn't dare to go directly to the yamen to find Ye Dalang.
She went to the bookstore first and asked the clerk to go out through the back door, and asked him to deliver a letter to Ye Dalang and wait for her at her uncle's store.
Ye Qing stayed in the bookstore for half an hour before taking the two books to his uncle's place.
When she arrived at the shop, Guizi asked her to go to the backyard to rest for a while and come back to talk to her after he was done.
"Brother Guizi, you go ahead and do your thing. I'm fine." Ye Qing didn't intend to let many people know.
Ye Qing sat in the backyard feeling uneasy, worrying about the children.
It didn't take long for Ye Dalang to reach the backyard.
"Qingya, what do you want from me? Has anyone bullied you?" Ye Dalang said with a hint of coldness in his tone.
"Let's talk in my room." Ye Qing said and glanced outside.
Ye Dalang could see that Ye Qing had something to do, so he wouldn't have come to him specifically if it wasn't for nothing.
Ye Dalang did not follow him into the house, but walked to the door and called out Guizi.
"Guizi, watch the door and don't let anyone come in."
"Got it." Guizi agreed as she walked over here and closed the door leading to the backyard.
When Ye Dalang entered the room, he saw Ye Qing's eyes were red with anxiety.
"What's wrong with Qingya?" Ye Dalang's expression also became serious.
"Brother, a group of human traffickers came to the city." Ye Qing knew how to get to the point first.
Ye Dalang stood up in shock, "Qingya, you're being watched."
"No, no, there shouldn't be. They probably don't know they were discovered. I stayed in the bookstore for a while before coming here." Ye Qing thought about it and found that no stranger followed her.
Ye Dalang felt relieved and quickly asked what was going on.
Ye Qing did not dare to delay and told them what they had discovered.
Ye Dalang's expression changed from shock to anger and then to solemnity. Such a big thing had never happened at their dock.
"I understand. Don't go out. Just wait here. I will send someone to investigate their background." Ye Dalang got up and went out and returned to the yamen.
All ships coming and going had to register with the government office. As long as we go back and check the files, we could find out their details.
Ye Dalang took the tea he had bought and gave it to his brothers in the yamen, then went to the files. He used the excuse of wanting to check out the recent ship traffic and took the files back to his room.
Ye Dalang was not sure if someone in the yamen had been bribed. In order to facilitate their journey, the ships passing by would secretly give the yamen some money.
Ye Dalang closed the door, walked quickly to the desk, and turned the file to yesterday.
The ship arrived last night, and the cargo was unloaded this morning. It was then loaded onto three ships and shipped to various branches.
Ye Dalang stared at the file carefully. This ship belonged to the Miao family. The Miao family was a relative of the imperial merchant Lin family and usually did business under the name of the Lin family.
The Lin family was the second largest merchant family in the Great Zhou Kingdom, and they contracted the rouge and powder business in most of the cities.
The Miao family is the maiden family of Mr. Lin Wuye's concubine. For the sake of the Lin family's face, everyone behaves in a way that is accommodating to them.
Ye Dalang looked at the records in the file and saw that the boxes were full of cloth, so this time they were doing cloth business.
Ye Dalang believed what Ye Qing said. Although she was young, she was indeed the smartest in the family.
When something happens in the village, it would be fine if she doesn't say anything, but once she speaks, people will basically do things according to her ideas.
In the village, Ye Qing's reputation is greater than that of Ye Dalang, who is an inspector.
Ye Dalang looked at the recorded number of people and found that there were fifty or sixty people from the Miao family.
There are only thirty people in their yamen.
We can't accomplish anything just by relying on the people in the yamen.
The most important thing now is to send people to ask for help, stabilize the Miao family here, and wait for the county magistrate to come to rescue.
Ye Dalang returned the file, called over one of his most trusted yamen runners, and asked him to quickly deliver the letter to the county magistrate.