eurekapd Chapter 101 The Roar of the Devil
Chapter 101 The Roar of the Devil
The child's smile was so pure and clean, and his words were so innocent and naive, but Zhao Youcai seemed to hear the roar of an evil ghost.
His face turned pale and he looked terrified. Beads of sweat the size of beans rolled down his forehead. He said nothing, not because he didn't want to say anything, but because he was in so much pain that he couldn't say anything.
Meng Yu pressed on him and the pain disappeared immediately.
But before Zhao Youcai could breathe a sigh of relief, Meng Yu pressed it again, and the clear pain just now came back.
After this happened twice, Zhao Youcai's whole body was soaked in sweat, as if he had just been fished out of the water.
He finally believed that this child was a devil and that his pain was actually caused by this child.
He didn't care about anything else and nodded frantically.
Meng Yu pressed again, and when the pain disappeared, Zhao Youcai couldn't wait to say, "You are indeed not my biological daughter, but I don't know who your parents are. Back then, your mother and I couldn't have children for a long time, so we picked you up from the roadside and raised you."
He pleaded, "I've told you everything. Since I took you in and saved you from wandering the streets, can you help me beg for mercy?"
"How old was I when you found me? What was I wearing? And on which roadside?"
"It's been so long, I really don't remember it!"
Zhao Susu turned to the yamen official and said, "Sir, this man is not telling the truth. I suspect that he was the one who abducted me. Please investigate thoroughly!"
Seeing his flickering eyes and cunning expression, the official said directly: "Since you refuse to tell the truth, then torture him!"
"I'm telling the truth, sir, you can't do this to me. I've really told you everything, please believe me!"
Zhao Youcai howled like a ghost when he was dragged away for execution. His shouting was genuine, but he could not resist and confessed as soon as the torture began.
Although Zhao Youcai's family was not well-off at that time, they had enough food and clothing. However, he and his wife had been married for four years and had not been able to have a child. He heard from people that if he adopted a child, he might be able to have his own.
But he would have to spend money to adopt someone else's child, so how could he bear the cost? There were beggar children on the street, but he thought they were dirty and they were afraid that they might be sick.
Once, he saw a little girl eating candied haws at the entrance of the alley. She was fair, tender and pretty, even prettier than a doll walking out of a painting. He immediately became interested in her.
He used a kite to coax the little girl to follow him into the alley, and then he knocked the little girl unconscious with the unconscious powder he always carried with him and took her home.
It’s just that the child used too much medicine powder and has been in a coma for three days and hasn’t woken up yet.
He thought the person could not be saved, and planned to quietly throw him into a mass grave in the dead of night.
Unexpectedly, the child woke up before midnight. She was so dazed that she couldn't remember anything and thought the couple were her real parents.
They were overjoyed. They were afraid that the child's story would be exposed by the neighbors, so they moved from the northern part of the city to the southern part of the city. After the change of environment, they didn't recognize any of the neighbors around them, and they were relieved.
Originally, they were raising the child well, but as soon as they thought that she was not their biological child, the couple could not love her anymore and threw all the work to her.
Later, when she gave birth to her own child, she became even more disgusted with the child.
Life went on like this. It cost almost nothing to raise the child. He ate little and worked a lot. He did most of the housework, so they could afford to support him.
But one time, Zhao Youcai heard in a teahouse that someone was spending a large sum of money to find a kidnapped child, and that the government was taking the matter very seriously. If the kidnapper was caught, he might be beheaded.
Although he didn't know who he was looking for, he felt guilty and was afraid that someone else would come looking for him, so he sold the child directly to the human trafficker.
Later, he heard that the human traffickers had sold all those children to faraway places, and he felt relieved.
This time, if Wang Heizi, the neighbor in South City, had not recognized Zhao Susu, and if he was not greedy, he would not have had this idea again.
The reason why Qin Dalang was chosen is that he gave a lot.
Qin Dalang's family was very rich, and he smiled at everyone he met. However, he married three wives, and they all disappeared eventually. As a result, people around him were unwilling to marry their daughters to him.
He doesn't even like people with average looks.
But when Zhao Youcai was pulled by Wang Heizi to take a look at Zhao Susu, he immediately became interested in her. He didn't expect that this money-losing girl would be even prettier when she grew up than when she was a child.
He went to meet Qin Dalang, and secretly took Qin Dalang to see Zhao Susu. Qin Dalang's eyes widened at the sight, and he immediately signed a contract to sell Zhao Susu with him.
He thought that Qin Dalang had a big family, so many servants, and a huge house. If he brought her back home, how could he not keep an eye on her? He could get thirty taels of silver without even showing his face. It was really worth it to bring her back!
Who would have thought that this money-loser was so timid when she was little, doing whatever she was told to do, but when she grew up she became so brave that she dared to use a hairpin to take someone's life?
He felt hatred and fear in his heart, but he dared not hide anything in front of the torture instruments.
Zhao Susu and her daughter were both stunned. How could there be such a secret?
Zhao Susu stared at Zhao Youcai. She originally had a father and a mother, but because of this man, she now doesn’t know who she is or where she came from!
She doesn't even know who her parents are, and whether she will have the chance to meet them in this life!
After Zhao Youcai finished his confession, he knew that he was in trouble, so he collapsed to the ground like a dead dog and stopped begging for mercy.
Even the yamen official had not expected that an ordinary case of selling a daughter would eventually lead to the unearthing of an old kidnapping case from more than ten years ago.
Zhao Youcai deserved the punishment he received, and Zhao Youcai's wife couldn't escape either, so someone was sent to arrest her.
Qin Dalang was not held accountable and was able to get his thirty taels back.
Although Zhao Susu committed the crime with the hairpin, she was defending herself and was not held accountable.
There were four government offices in the county town, which were equivalent to the county government offices at local levels. Zhao Youcai had no way out but could make some money.
Qin Dalang and Zhao Susu, mother and daughter, came out safe and sound.
Qin Dalang's lustful eyes fell on Zhao Susu, like a brush, as if he wanted to brush all her clothes clean.
Seeing Zhao Susu looking at him, he immediately put on a smile: "Madam Zhao, you see, we can say that we are acquainted after fighting. You are divorced and I have no wife. If you marry me, you don't have to fight alone in Ningshan County! You have seen my house. My family is very wealthy and can fully support you and your daughter. How about we live together?"
Zhao Susu said coldly: "No matter what!"
Qin Dalang continued to persuade her, "Although I am a few years older than you, my family is well-off. Didn't we not know each other before? And it was your father who took the initiative to ask for the indenture. Didn't this make us unhappy before? I apologize to you. Now I am sincere and I can arrange marriages with three matchmakers and six betrothals. Madam Zhao, please consider it!"
"Don't think about it, I won't agree!" She was not blind, and could not see the dirty light in the fat man's eyes. Although she was alone now, she had a shop and could make money, and Ayu was sensible. Wouldn't the life of mother and daughter be sweet?
Seeing that Zhao Susu was unmoved, Qin Dalang was very unwilling: "Madam Zhao, I don't care about you holding me hostage and almost killing me. I am already generous enough. Where can you find someone like me? Even if you don't care about yourself, don't you want to find a father for your daughter?"