Chapter 41 Agree to inquire about information
The brat never expected that the eldest lady of the Su family would catch him after he was flirting with her. Instead of venting her anger, she would come to ask him about it.

He felt a little bit lucky, but soon felt unlucky. If he had known that this wealthy lady knew him and wanted to get information from him, he would have used the information to extort money openly, so why did he need to try to cheat?
When his thoughts became active, his smart eyes became unruly, but the next second he saw that the silent man beside Su Youyue suddenly gave him a cold look.

The brat was instantly frightened and did not dare to play any more evil tricks.

"I know, I know I've heard about this, but the children who were abducted to the capital were young, the oldest was less than five years old. After being raised for a while, the kidnapped children no longer recognize people or remember their home. As long as the nobles don't buy Anyone under the age of five will not buy something of unknown origin."

Su Youyue asked: "Are there many such things?"

The boy later realized that the focus of her question seemed not to be on the children she wanted to buy, so he tentatively said: "Anyway, there are many of them. Traffickers are very cunning. If they abduct older ones and sell them to other places, it is not easy to cause trouble. They are so young." Only those who don’t remember things dare to send them to the capital. These children come from all over the world.”

Seeing that Su Youyue looked like she was waiting for him to continue, he added: "We in Yanjing also have abducted children, but there are fewer. Those who are more lucky will be sold to rich families as servants or maids. Those who are not lucky will Okay, the good-looking ones can be bought in advance by the brothel to keep, but the bad-looking ones might be tortured to death halfway."

Speaking of his origin, the brat said a few more words: "Women who are abducted to brothels are more miserable. If they don't obey, they will be beaten and starved. If they don't obey, they will keep flooding them with water until their brains are drowned." If you are obedient, those who dare to go out and talk nonsense will have their tongues cut out or their mouths sewn with stitches. Those who write to ask for help will have their finger tendons picked."

Several adults in the room were unusually silent. Seeing that the atmosphere was not right, the brat immediately shut up. After a while, he tried to say: "Your Excellency, I have told you everything I know. Can you please spare me this time?"

Su Youyue breathed out slowly.

In her previous life, just hearing about Xiao Feiyan's fate made her feel pitiful, but in the end it was just a general impression. Now after listening to the brat's words, the crimes Xiao Feiyan suffered had a concrete picture in her mind.

And how many innocent women are there like Xiao Feiyan?

The trafficked people are struggling with the sins in the world. Most of them will never have the chance to meet their family members again. Before they were abducted, they never thought that the meeting with their relatives would be their last. one side.

The relatives who are searching for them may not even know that they are dead. They hold on to little hope throughout their lives and get lost in the vast sea of ​​​​people again and again.

This world of cannibalism is much darker than she imagined.

Su Youyue came back to her senses and looked at Xie Yuan beside her.

In the last life, she only thought that Xie Yuan was a traitor with bloody hands, but now she thinks about it, in order to support the deposed prince to make a comeback, Xie Yuan exposed this human trafficker case that shocked the entire Dasheng Dynasty, and executed those traffickers in Lingchi. Isn’t it a meritorious thing?
Seeing her looking at him frequently today, Xie Yuan couldn't help but look sideways.

Su Youyue's eyes met in the air for a moment, and Su Youyue quickly avoided them.

Not because of fear, but because of guilt.

There is no clear distinction between good and evil in this world, so why did I blindly evaluate Xie Yuan as a bad person in my previous life.

"Noble?" the brat reminded in a low voice.

But Su Youyue still had something to say: "Did the things you just mentioned happen in the dental shop next door?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the brat's expression changed.

How dare he say this easily? It would ruin the interests of those in the dental shop, and those people would skin him alive!He was about to say that he didn't know, but Su Youyue said: "It seems that there is, so I said that the shopkeeper Wang didn't look like a good person that day. I didn't expect that he would do something worse than a pig or a dog. This How dare I go to him to buy people."

The brat's face turned pale. Although he couldn't afford to offend the eldest lady of the Su family, he didn't have much interaction with her on weekdays. But shopkeeper Wang controlled all the street forces nearby. If he knew what he said, he wouldn't be able to deal with it. Beat yourself to death!

"My lord, I, I don't know either. I didn't say that Shopkeeper Wang did it."

Su Youyue threw ten taels of silver on the table and interrupted him: "Don't worry, in this private room today, except for you, I am the only one, and they will never say anything to anyone else. I don't need you to deliberately Ask around, as long as you hear other people mentioning Shopkeeper Wang and send it to me in the future, I will reward you greatly."

She knew better than anyone whether Shopkeeper Wang had done it or not. The important thing was to attract Xie Yuan's attention to him.

The boy, who was still pale, stared at the silver on the table, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

This is ten taels of silver!

You know, he can only earn 150 copper coins at most every month from Mr. Storyteller, and the old man often deducts two or three coins from him.
He had to spend eighty cents a month to rent the small shabby yard where he lived, otherwise he wouldn't be able to survive the winter at all, and the remaining copper coins were only enough to keep him from going hungry.

One tael of silver is equivalent to a thousand pence, which is enough for him to live frugally for half a year.

He had touched porcelain twice before, but once he was kicked away directly. The second time he was not very rich, so he gave him a tael of silver. That time he was happy for more than a month.

It was also because he didn't offend anyone the first two times that he continued to come this time, but who knew that he would immediately overturn the car.

With such a way to make money, how could he be willing to let it go.

Seeking wealth in danger, the brat gritted his teeth and agreed immediately: "Okay, I promise you."

After agreeing with him on how to deliver the news, Su Youyue's eyes gradually calmed down as she watched the boy put ten taels of silver in his arms and leave.

Jin'er had no idea what her young lady wanted to do, and couldn't help but wonder: "Miss, it seems that Shopkeeper Wang did such a bad thing, but what can we do if we know about it?"

Su Youyue clenched her fist and drew it in the air, and said forcefully: "Of course I have to capture his evidence and report it to the officials! Human traffickers deserve death, I can't bear it!"

There was no other way. Otherwise, how could she attract Xie Yuan's attention and bring the matter of Shopkeeper Cha Wang to the open road in front of him.

She had no idea how far he and the deposed prince's men had gone, and she didn't want to arouse the suspicion of Xie Yuan, who was all over the place, so she could only pretend to be stupid.

Jin'er instantly felt that her young lady was so kind, so she patted her chest and said, "Don't worry, young lady, Jin'er will help you too!"

"." Xie Yuan looked at the two masters and servants who seemed to have no idea what they were doing together. He tugged at the corners of his lips and finally couldn't help but say, "Miss, you dare to commit crimes in the imperial city." How dare you be so arrogant when there is no one behind you."

Su Youyue didn't expect Xie Yuan to take the bait so quickly and blinked innocently: "You're right, what should I do?"

(End of this chapter)

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