Chapter 99

Mangdian police station is very simple, and a yard is surrounded by several small bungalows.

Meng Yan asks Shi Dazhuang if he wants to get a tetanus first. There is no hospital in mangdian, but there are still tetanus needles in the health center.

Shi Dazhuang said that this injury was nothing. When the grenade went through his belly, he dug it out with tweezers and put some medicine on it.

Meng Yan first asked someone to get a suit of clothes for the crazy woman, and then asked Shi Dazhuang, "team Shi, what do you think to do with this today? According to the procedure, or..."

Shi Dazhuang said, "of course, follow the procedure. What should I do?"

Meng Yan said, "that's OK."

He went out for a while. When he came back, he brought a pen and paper and said, "I've written down what you told me. See if there's anything wrong. If it's right, sign for me."

Shi Dazhuang took it over, looked at it, nodded, signed and said with a smile: "this is my confession."

Meng Yan touched his short flat head and said shyly, "procedure is to follow a procedure!"

Shi Dazhuang asked, "what's next? I can't spend too long here."

Meng Yan said, "don't worry. You can go after the situation is verified. But the two women have to stay for a few days. We need them as witnesses to investigate and arrest traffickers."

Shi Dazhuang said anxiously, "I brought people out. You have to ensure their safety and freedom. In addition, I'm afraid this is not just the case in mangdian yuziba!"

Meng Yan said, "I know a little about this situation. When I first came here the year before last, I focused on it."

"But it's hard!" he sighed. "When we go, they hide people into the mountains. You can't find anyone. They have to take the team back. We have fewer than ten registered residence officers and the civil servants. The police officers are all local people and villagers. Who would like to offend people?"

Shi Dazhuang also knew Meng Yan's difficulties and said, "it's not your fault."

Meng Yan said: "in fact, I also know who the traffickers are, but there is no hard evidence, so it's not easy to catch them."

Shi Dazhuang said, "Oh? It's not like your temperament."

Meng Yan smiled with a strange expression on his face: "in your eyes, she is an unforgivable human trafficker, but in the eyes of the people in 28 villages, three townships of mangdian, she is a good man and a living Bodhisattva!"

At this time, a policeman came in and reported: "director, all the confessions have been recorded." then he handed the confession to Meng Yan.

Meng Yan took the confession, turned it over, and then gave an order: "lock up Han Bo for me, grandma a bear, do something under my nose!"

Then he said, "go and invite the medicine lady later. Remember, don't make a noise first, so as not to have an accident."

The police said "yes", and when they went out, their faces showed the same strange expression as Meng Yan.

While the police went to invite people, Meng Yan explained the origin of the medicine woman to Shi Dazhuang.

This man is a herbalist. There is a shop in Yanma street, which specializes in selling earth prescriptions to cure diseases. It is said that her ancestor was a military doctor of the Dian army and a confidant of Tang Jiyao. After Tang Jiyao collapsed and died of illness, he lived in seclusion in mangdian and made a living by collecting medicine and treating diseases. He is also a man of high moral integrity.

To her generation, there were few medical skills left, and she could only live on a few folk prescriptions.

But mangdian is a poor place with poor medical conditions. Most people get sick and ask her for a folk prescription. If there is a cure, they say she is a miracle doctor. If there is no cure, they blame their own life.

From one word to another, she became more and more famous. Because she only sells medicine, everyone calls her "medicine woman". Over time, few people remember her real name.

The medicine woman collects medicine in other places for several months every year. When she comes back, she often brings back some strange women and children. It is said that she is a kind-hearted Bodhisattva. When she meets a lonely crazy woman or flower child outside, she brings it back to raise it. Those who can't get a wife or have children in the nearby countryside come to beg her.

"Don't laugh! People in the mountains don't know the law. Even their yard can be full of marijuana. What else can't happen?" Meng Yan said.

In order to verify these things, after taking office, Meng Yan visited all the villages with registered residence police, and found that most of them were brought up by Burma and Vietnam.

Most of the women over there are poor and come voluntarily. They find a man here to marry secretly. After a few years, they find that there is a better life in the north, so they go to the north and marry a richer man.

There are many such things. The mountain people take their mother-in-law very seriously. When one runs away, the whole village goes after him and locks him in the house when he comes back. Sometimes he can't help beating him.

These women wanted to live a rich life before they crossed the border. The police don't care about those who are married and have children. Most of the time, they turn a blind eye, and sometimes they have to help them find ways to get registered permanent residence.

Meng Yan also heard that there were some women from the north, but most of the villagers were tight lipped. The human and material resources in the Institute were really limited, so they had to come to the people and not sue the officials.

"Have you ever looked for this medicine woman?" Shi Dazhuang asked.

"Yes!" Meng Yan said, "but I can't do anything about her without evidence. I've had a showdown with her. I said that I can not investigate the past events as long as no one comes to sue, but I won't allow such events to happen in the future. I thought there had been no such events in the past two years. This time, if it weren't for you, Shi team, I would still be kept in the dark by these animals!"

At this time, the police just came back and said that the medicine woman had come and was waiting in the reception room.

Meng Yan stood up and greeted Shi Dazhuang and Aoki: "let's go and have a look."

When he arrived at the reception room, Aoki saw a woman in a flower shirt sitting there, with curly short hair, a fat face and a somewhat kind face.

When the woman saw Meng Yan, she put her hands together and said in standard Mandarin, "good director Meng. What's the matter with the old woman?"

Meng Yan asked Shi Dazhuang and Aoki to sit down, motioned the police who came in together not to take notes first, and asked, "Mrs. medicine, how did you promise me? How did you start your old business again?"

The medicine woman said, "what does director Meng say? The old woman can't understand."

Meng Yan patted the table: "don't pretend to be garlic with me! Say, how many people have you abducted to sell?"

The medicine woman said, "Oh, director Meng, this is to settle an old account with me!"

Meng Yan said, "what's the old account? Do you want me to bring the witness?"

Mrs. Yao smiled, closed her eyes and stopped talking.

Meng Yan snorted and asked the police to bring Yang Lijuan and Xiaoqin.

When Yang Lijuan came in, she was still a little flustered, but when she saw Shi Dazhuang and Qingmu, she became bolder and pointed to the medicine woman and said, "it's her! It's her! I know her when she turns into ash."

The medicine woman opened her eyelids, looked at her, closed her eyes again, and said, "I don't know you."