One summer afternoon, Qingmei was sitting on the Tukang, picking up the soles of her shoes, when she suddenly felt that the light in the room was getting darker and darker. She looked up and looked out the window and saw dark clouds covering the sky, and it looked like it was going to rain heavily.
In about the time it took to burn an incense stick, heavy raindrops fell from the sky. The rainwater flowed down the eaves, and more and more water accumulated in the yard. At this time, an old man took shelter under the eaves with a load. Qingmei couldn't bear it when she saw it, and shouted outside the door: "Old man, it's raining heavily outside, come in and take shelter."
The old man was very grateful when he heard this and walked into the house quickly. Qingmei asked the old man to sit down. The two of them had just said a few words when they heard the cry of a child coming from the bedroom. The old man felt very guilty and apologized: "It's my fault that I talked too loudly and disturbed the child's nap. I'm really ashamed."
Qingmei smiled slightly and replied: "Don't worry too much, old man. The child should wake up at this time every day. You sit down for a while and have a cup of tea. I will go in and see the child." After saying that, he walked into the bedroom and the child's crying stopped abruptly.
Not long after, Qingmei came to the hall holding her one-year-old son. The old man quickly took out a piece of candy from his arms and handed it to the child. Qingmei smiled and said: "Dongqing, why don't you thank me soon?" The child looked a little shy and said thank you with a red face.
After chatting, we learned that the old man’s name was Zhou Bingyuan, and he lived in Taoyuan Town, forty miles away. He bought silk in a radius of dozens of miles every day, and then sold it to a trading company to earn a small amount of money. He has a gentle personality and speaks unhurriedly. Qingmei holds the child in her arms and chats with the old man while drinking tea.
The rain kept falling, and it looked like there was no sign of stopping. The old man looked outside the door from time to time, hoping that the rain would stop soon. After a long time, no one else came home. Zhou Bingyuan couldn't help but ask about Qingmei's family.
As soon as these words came out, she instantly evoked her sadness. It turns out that Qingmei's husband died less than half a year ago, and she and her young son were the only two people at home. Only then did the old man realize that he had said the wrong thing. He felt guilty and quickly changed the subject.
After half an hour, the rain seemed to have lightened up a lot. The old man was embarrassed to stay any longer, so he got up to say goodbye and prepared to leave. Qingmei was kind-hearted and quickly took a coir raincoat from the wall for him to wear. Zhou Bingyuan was very moved, thanked Qingmei and turned to leave.
Two days later, the old man came to return the coir raincoat again, and brought along two large pumpkins, which he said were grown in his own land so that the mother and son could try them out. Qingmei couldn't refuse, so she had to accept it happily. They thought things would just go away like this, but what happened next caught them by surprise.
One day two months later, Qingmei took her children out to buy needlework, and the streets were busy with people coming and going. The mother and son stopped in front of a sewing stall. Qingmei was so focused on choosing what she wanted that she forgot about her son. After shopping, she realized that he had disappeared.
The Shen family is such a one-person family, relying entirely on the Winter Festival to continue the family lineage. If the child is lost, how can Qingmei be worthy of her dead husband. She searched around several streets, but she never saw her son. Qingmei was so furious that her legs gave out and she fell to the ground.
A kind-hearted grandmother saw it and quickly called for help, and in an instant a group of people gathered around her. Everyone was at a loss. At this moment, a man in Tsing Yi walked out of the crowd. Seeing this situation, he quickly stepped forward to help. Thanks to his slight knowledge of medical skills, Lamei woke up quickly.
Everyone felt deep sympathy for her misfortune, so they kindly reminded her to report to the Yamen as soon as possible. The county magistrate received the report and sent officers to help search but to no avail. Everyone suspected that the child might have been abducted by human traffickers.
In recent days, the county magistrate has received repeated reports, and many children have disappeared for no reason in the city. The local people are in panic all day long. In order to solve the case as soon as possible, the government has posted notices everywhere, hoping that someone can provide relevant clues.
On this day, Zhou Bingyuan came to Qihe County to buy silk. He accidentally saw the notice posted by the local government and couldn't help but curse these unscrupulous human traffickers.He carried a load and walked through the villages and alleys until dark when he collected two large baskets full of silk.
It takes about two hours to walk home from Qihe County. Seeing that it was getting late, Zhou Bingyuan planned to find a place to spend the night and return to Taoyuan Town early tomorrow morning. He often comes here to collect silk and is very familiar with the area.
There is an earthen house in the east of the city that has been in disrepair for a long time and has long been in dilapidated condition. It was early autumn, and the weather was neither cold nor hot, so Zhou Bingyuan planned to spend one night here. He found some straw and spread it on the ground. He fell asleep not long after lying down.
In the early morning of the next day, at dawn, Zhou Bingyuan picked up his burden and prepared to walk back. The street was quiet and empty. He walked out of the city gate to the outskirts, and suddenly heard the sound of horse hooves behind him. Looking back, he saw a carriage rushing towards him.
The carriage was getting closer and closer, and was about to arrive. At this moment, a child in the car cried: "Let me go, I want to find my mother!" Zhou Bingyuan was shocked when he heard that, and suddenly thought of the missing children case in the city, so he put down his burden and shouted: " Stop the car, stop it!"
The man driving the carriage was a man in white. When he saw someone blocking the road, he shouted angrily: "Get out of the way, or I will hit you and kill you." Zhou Bingyuan stood in the middle of the road and tried to force the carriage to stop, but the man raised his hand. The whip in his hand hit the horse's butt hard several times.
The horse was frightened and raised its hooves and ran rampant. Zhou Bingyuan was knocked to the ground. The carriage ran over him directly and he fell to the ground unable to move. Half an hour later, a young man went out of town to do errands. He saw the old man lying on the ground and kindly took him to the hospital.
Later, Zhou Bingyuan reported what he saw with his own eyes to Qihe Magistrate Fan Youliang. The government posted a portrait based on the clues provided by the old man and offered a large reward to capture the man in white. However, he disappeared from people's sight as if he had evaporated.
Since then, there have been no missing children in the city. A year has passed in the blink of an eye, and the criminals are still at large. As time goes by, the child abduction case gradually fades out of people's sight.
On this day, a murder occurred in Taoyuan Town. The local magistrate Ma Guangping received the report and led people to the scene of the incident. According to the on-site investigation, the deceased was a young woman in her thirties.
She was completely naked, and her body was completely naked. After preliminary judgment, the woman was suspected of being violated before her death. There were no stab wounds on the body of the deceased, and it was obvious that he was strangled to death by strangulation.
The person who reported the crime was named Lu, and he claimed that he and the deceased were neighbors separated by a wall. According to her, the victim’s name was Yu Niang and she had just moved here half a year ago. Her husband Wu Yongchuan is a businessman and often goes out for business, sometimes not coming home for several days in a row.
On the day of the incident, Mrs. Lu got up early in the morning to chop firewood for cooking. Suddenly she found that the handle of her ax was broken, so she went to Yuniang to borrow the axe, but unexpectedly she died. Mrs. Lu was frightened and ran to the Yamen to report the incident.
Two days later, Wu Yongchuan returned home from other places. When he learned that his wife had been murdered, he ran to the government office to complain. He knelt down in front of the steps, hoping that the government would catch the real culprit as soon as possible and bring justice to his wife, Yuniang. Ma Zhixian nodded and asked about some circumstances of the deceased's life.
According to Wu Yongchuan, his wife has always abided by women's ethics, and the couple has never had any grudges with others. He is convinced that his wife will not die of love, let alone a vendetta. Speaking of this, Wu Bingchuan suddenly remembered something. His wife had just bought a gold hairpin half a month ago. It was most likely that someone else was trying to make money and kill someone.
He returned home and searched carefully, but found no trace of Jin Chai. Not only that, the gold bracelet that my wife usually wore was missing, along with some valuable jewelry. Mazhi County learned of this situation and felt that it was very likely that this was a burglary and murder case.
In order to reveal the true identity of the murderer as soon as possible, the government deliberately spread the word that the murderer had been caught and brought to justice, and he was waiting to be interrogated in the future. Half a month later, a man named Feng Jia went to Fuyuan Pawn Shop to pawn gold and silver jewelry. The shopkeeper glanced at the waiter and saw him hurrying out of the door.
In about a stick of incense, several officials rushed to the pawnshop and took Feng Jia back to the Yamen for interrogation. It turns out that the government had issued notices to several pawnshops in the area a few days ago. Recently, any suspicious person who comes to pawn gold and silver jewelry will be notified to the official.
With the help of Fuyuan Pawnshop, the murderer Feng Jia finally revealed his true form. Several officers went to his house to search, and sure enough they found a lot of gold and silver jewelry. Wu Yongchuan confirmed that these items were the items missing from his home.
A court hearing was held in Mazhi County. When the people learned about the incident, they came over to watch the excitement. In the face of criminal evidence, Feng Jia did not dare to quibble and had to tell the truth. It turns out that Feng Jia was a gambler and was still a bachelor until he was thirty years old.
In order to gamble, he sold off all the property in his family, and even the few acres of fertile land left by his ancestors were exchanged for money. Not long ago, he lost all his money and had evil thoughts in his mind. As the saying goes: "When you are full and warm, you will think about lust; when you are hungry and cold, you will want to steal." Feng Jia was desperate and wanted to find an opportunity to make some money.
One day, he was looking for a target on the street, and suddenly a woman broke into his sight. This person is the deceased Yu Niang, and she looks very rich in gold and silver.
Feng Jia was secretly happy. In the dead of night, he climbed over the wall and entered the hospital to steal property. After he entered the house, he found that Yu Niang was the only one in the house, and he suddenly became lustful. Feng Jia was worried that one day the incident would come to light, so he chose to kill someone to silence him.
After hearing what he said, Wu Yongchuan collapsed on the ground in anger. His eyes were dull and he murmured to himself: "It's all because you are so vain and have so much face, otherwise you wouldn't have been targeted by this thief and lost your life."
It turns out that Yu Niang is a vain person and likes to wear gold. Dai Yin wished that others could look up to her. The ancients said: "Wealth should not be revealed in vain, and wealth should not be revealed in appearance." However, she threw the ancient adage behind her, and it was inevitable that she would suffer this disaster.
When everyone learned the truth of the matter, they were filled with sadness. Killing for life, Mazhi County sentenced Feng Jia to death in court. The case was settled and he was about to withdraw from the court. At this moment, an old man walked out of the crowd, looked at Wu Yongchuan and said, "God is really wise. I didn't expect us to meet here."
Wu Yongchuan was shocked, and suddenly remembered that the person in front of him was the old man who was knocked down by his carriage. Zhou Bingyuan knelt down in front of the steps and truthfully reported the cause and effect of the matter to Magistrate Magistrate. Everyone present was amazed when they heard this. They did not expect that behind this murder case, there would be another case of child abduction and trafficking.
Early the next morning, Wu Yongchuan was sent to Qihe County for interrogation. Under Zhou Bingyuan's identification, he pleaded guilty and admitted that he and his wife Yuniang were responsible for these missing children.
Based on the clues provided by Wu Yongchuan, Fanzhi County traced the whereabouts of six children, including Qingmei's son Dongqing. Wu Yongchuan's crimes were so heinous that he could not escape punishment, and he was immediately thrown into death row to await execution.
Conclusion:
From ancient times to the present, human traffickers have never been extinct. There are always some people who seek money and do not hesitate to use despicable means to destroy other people's families, causing some people to lose their beloved children and fall into the abyss of pain.
The Wu Yongchuan couple in the article were hated human traffickers. They spent their ill-gotten gains to become famous for a while, but in the end one died unexpectedly and the other was pushed to the guillotine. The heavenly net is vast and sparse, and if you sow evil causes, they will bear evil consequences.
Qingmei is kind-hearted, and a small act of kindness helped Old Man Zhou and fulfilled himself. She never expected that the old man would help her find her son who had been missing for a year.
God will never treat a good person badly, nor will he let any bad person go. Just be kind, and if people owe you something, God will pay you back.
