Mind reading, the emperor saw my fist hard

Chapter 292 Selling Children

"no need!"

Xiaocao shook her head gently.

"I know my own body well. I can't hold on any longer. I just want to send the child back to my parents' home after it is born. Otherwise, the child will inevitably be sold."

"I don't know if I can ask this official for help on this matter."

Neiwei frowned: "No problem, but what are you going to do with your mother-in-law?"

Xiao Cao gently stroked her belly, feeling the heartbeat of the baby in her belly, and said lovingly: "Deal with it according to the law. I came here today mainly to fight for a way out for my child. As for the fate of my mother-in-law, I don't care about it anymore. Their family has done so many immoral things, and one day they will be punished."

An old lady said angrily, "You are such a bad wife. Selling your own child is a serious crime. When you die, your vicious mother-in-law and husband will marry a new wife and have children. I think they should publicize what they did and make them famous in Changlu County. They won't be able to marry a new wife even if they want to."

"Not only that, we also need to arrest the person who bought the child, and your husband. He must have known about the sale of the child."

"You'd better hold on. You also said that your parents' home is thousands of miles away. Who knows what the situation is like now? The child still depends on you."

The people at the scene all talked a lot and gave Xiaocao some advice.

They were the ones who complained about Xiaocao's lack of ambition just now, and they are also the ones who actively want to help now.

The people are all like this.

Suddenly, a sharp curse came from far away.

"Zhang Xiaocao! Zhang Xiaocao! Where have you been, you little bitch? You dare to run away when you can't give birth to a son? When I catch you, I will definitely skin you alive."

It was obvious from the scolding and tone that it was Zhang Xiaocao's mother-in-law. The people turned around and looked. Before they could catch her, she had already been delivered to the door herself.

All eyes were on her. Xiaocao's mother-in-law, Qi, immediately put away the harsh expression on her face and turned into an honest old lady.

Qi brushed the hair by her ears, as if the shrew who had just cursed did not exist, and smiled gently: "There are so many people here, I am just a little anxious, my daughter-in-law is about to give birth, but she ran out to play when I wasn't paying attention, it's really worrying."

"Oh~~"

A commoner replied coldly.

Qi looked up in surprise. According to her experience, at this time these people should talk with her about the mistakes of their daughter-in-law, and also talk about the difficulties of their mother-in-law.

Why is everyone so cold today?

Without time to think, Qi continued to complain to these people: "You don't know, my daughter-in-law is in poor health and always can't keep the baby. This is the fourteenth one, and I don't know if this one can be kept, hey~~"

What a good mother-in-law who worries about her daughter-in-law.

If we didn't know the true face of this mother-in-law, everyone would be deceived by her.

A woman frowned in disgust and was about to scold Qi, but was stopped by someone next to her. The person smiled and said to Qi: "Where is your daughter-in-law?"

Upon hearing this, Qi ran towards the direction the man pointed, as if she was really worried about her daughter-in-law.

When she saw her daughter-in-law Zhang Xiaocao sitting steadily on a chair, drinking tea, and surrounded by several officials from the capital, Qi swallowed back the curse that was about to come out of her mouth.

She walked up to Zhang Xiaocao with a smile on her face and said, "Xiaocao, why did you run out alone? I was so worried about you."

Zhang Xiaocao shuddered when she saw Qi, and reflexively wanted to stand up and apologize to her mother-in-law. If her mother-in-law was not satisfied, she would be beaten up.

Xu Jinyu placed her hand on Zhang Xiaocao's shoulder and patted it gently. Feeling the encouragement in her hand, Zhang Xiaocao straightened his back and said, "Mom, where is my child?"

"What child or not? What nonsense are you talking about?" Qi replied randomly and wanted to help Zhang Xiaocao up and take him home.

If Zhang Xiaocao said something in front of these officials, they, as a commoner family, would not be able to bear it.

Zhang Xiaocao pushed Qi's hand away, with fire flashing in his dark eyes: "Don't play dumb, I'm telling you, where are the children you sold? Where are the thirteen children I had before this one? The officials from the capital just happened to be here, can you tell me clearly?"

Qi looked up in shock. Zhang Xiaocao knew about it and said so in front of these officials.

How would she know? She was obviously very careful every time.

Qi's eyes rolled around, trying to find an excuse to get away, but she couldn't hide the guilt on her face.

Seeing that she was not being honest, the guard knocked on the table.

"Let me remind you that I am from the inner guards. I am very familiar with all the more than 3,000 kinds of punishments in Daqian. I know everything about your Changlu County. Don't try to fool me with any nonsense excuses, or I will let you have a taste of torture."

Torture!

When Neiwei said this, the onlookers exclaimed in surprise.

Torture is a torture instrument that clamps the fingers. The ten fingers are connected to the heart. Once the torture instrument is used, everything that should and should not be said will come out all at once. If you are not careful during the torture, both hands will be crippled.

In Daqian, if your hand is disabled, it means you can’t work. If you can’t work, there is no value in living, and you will die.

Many people were forced to confess because they could not bear the punishment.

The people finally remembered that the person in front of them was not some smiling neighbor, but an official who could decide their life and death with a single word. Even the county magistrate had to be respectful in front of him.

"Plop!"

Qi's legs went limp and she collapsed to the ground, but her eyes were still rolling as she managed to utter, "I don't know where the child was sold to. It was just a broker passing by. He offered a good price, so I just gave the child to him."