Can you imagine how cruel human traffickers were in ancient times as well as in the Republican period?
Cutting off hands and feet is just a routine operation, and some traffickers will turn a living person into an animal or plant through various cruel means, and then use it for exhibitions to make huge profits.
This act of losing one's conscience is called harvesting and cutting.
The earliest record of harvesting and folding came from the Yuan Dynasty, and it was particularly rampant in the late Yuan and early Ming dynasties. After Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, he personally supervised this kind of case, and he directly issued an order, but anyone who committed the crime of harvesting and cutting will be cut with a thousand knives.
Under his vigorous rectification, this crime gradually disappeared.
But the fact is that such cruel crimes generally occur in times of social chaos.
In the early years of the Republic of China, this kind of cruel harvesting and mutilation reappeared in the public's field of vision.
It was a cold winter, and in a downtown in Shenyang, a troupe came.
Almost all of the troupe were men, not locals, and they didn't bring any props for traditional tricks, just a carriage with several iron cages covered with black cloths.
From time to time, you can still hear the wailing sound coming from the cage.
This troupe soon attracted the attention of many people, and they claimed to have caught a peculiar monkey in the mountains, and after the judgment of the monks, this monkey was in the same vein as the Monkey King of the year, and had already understood human nature.
The story was so popular that a large crowd soon gathered around the makeshift stage set up by the troupe.
Everyone is curious, what does this monkey that is in the same vein as Sun Wukong look like?
Seeing that the atmosphere had been set up, a big man tore off the black cloth covering the cage.
Only then did everyone see the true appearance of the creature in the cage.
In the cage, a black thing curled up in the corner, and the hair on its body could be vaguely seen, but when the creature turned its head, it really startled everyone.
The creature's face didn't look like the monkey you'd ever seen, but its mouth seemed to have been torn open, and there were few teeth left, and its tongue seemed to be gone.
Even the eyes seemed to be red with something, as if they were going to bleed.
At this time, the people in the troupe began to give orders to this creature, what handstands, somersaults, salutes......
The onlookers, not impressed by these performances, began to cheer.
The troupe also began to show their unique skills, they directed the monkey-like creature to dance with knives and guns, and then took out a large brush and handed it to the monkey.
The monkey took the brush, dipped it in ink, and began to write on the ground.
At this time, the boss of the troupe began to speak, and he said: "This monkey comes from the depths of the mountains, and it has been enlightened by a high monk, and his writing can ward off evil spirits and pray for blessings." ”
After speaking, he instructed the monkey to write the words "Fu" and "Ji" on the paper.
The crowd of onlookers also applauded, and those who had spare money threw away several copper coins.
And there was a person in the crowd, he looked at this monkey-like creature, but there was an inexplicable sense of familiarity, he felt that this animal was somewhat similar to his nephew who had disappeared many years ago.
This person's name is Wang Bingzhao, the owner of a small shop nearby, and when he saw so many people around here, he was curious for a moment, so he squeezed in.
He carefully observed the monkey and found that although the monkey was covered with hair on its arm, the birthmark could still be faintly seen, and his back was chilled at this time.
A very cruel conjecture came to his mind, and it was very likely that his nephew was abducted by human traffickers after his disappearance, and then he was cut off.
Thinking of this, Wang Bingzhao carefully observed the monkey who was still performing hard, and he leaned forward, wanting to look more closely.
At this time, the monkey seemed to see Wang Bingzhao and walked straight towards him.
Then an unexpected scene appeared, the monkey hugged Wang Bingzhao's thigh and cried.
The people of the troupe raised their whips and were about to lean over, but Wang Bingzhao stopped the behavior of these people.
He picked up the monkey and looked at it carefully, and he began to carefully examine the birthmark on the monkey according to his memory, after his nephew was lost, the family looked for it for a long time.
I also remember the location of this nephew's birthmark very clearly.
After a while, Wang Bingzhao's tears fell, and he cried and shouted, "Tianling'er, is it really you?"
At that time, the family loved this child very much, so they gave him a nickname, Tian Ling'er.
The child in Wang Bingzhao's arms also cried, but his tongue was long gone, and he could only hiss.
At this time, everyone in the troupe was a little panicked and wanted to snatch the child over.
Wang Bingzhao directly called the patrol of the market, and several people went to the police station together.
After investigation, this troupe specialized in the business of harvesting and cutting, and they bought more than a dozen children from traffickers, and only Tian Ling'er survived after being tortured.
After the truth was revealed, everyone sighed, and this troupe finally got the punishment it deserved, but Tian Ling'er's life was ruined like this.
(Source: Records & Transmission)