mtl008 Chapter 337: The idea of attacking the basement
Chapter 337: The idea of attacking the basement
"In addition to the gambling house, the Hua family also engages in human trafficking. In addition to buying people from Ningchuan City, they also capture those refugees with good looks and sell them. With the city lord Hua Cailiang around, a death document can be turned into dozens or even hundreds of taels of silver."
"I also heard that the Hua family has a farm outside Ningchuan City. There live many women with outstanding looks. The Hua family makes them pregnant and bear children continuously. The male babies are sold directly, while the female babies are raised and educated like the skinny horses in Yangzhou. I heard that the ones with good looks can be sold for thousands of taels of silver."
Xiao Mo was stunned after hearing this. The Hua family would do anything unscrupulous just to make money.
"Is your information reliable?"
"That's right. I have already sent someone to the farm outside the city to investigate. They will probably be back tonight."
Xiao Mo was silent.
"The Hua family must be eradicated, otherwise I will not be able to sleep or eat well."
"My Lord, I have found a capable person?"
"What capable person?"
"I've been wandering around the city these past few days and found a little girl who was born with six fingers. Although she looks skinny and small, she has the ability to pick locks."
"I'll find her a mechanical lock that we usually use. It takes two keys to open the mechanical lock, but in her hands, it only takes a stick of incense to open it."
"I heard from the little girl that she has been learning the skill of lock picking from her master since she learned how to hold chopsticks. Even though she is only 10 years old, she is already an expert in lock picking."
"10 years old?"
Xiao Mo thought Shi Bin had brought him some capable person, but she was just a 10-year-old girl. How could she be that powerful?
Hua Cailiang’s basement is heavily guarded, and the door lock of the basement is definitely not an ordinary object.
"Your Majesty, don't underestimate her. I'll bring her back and let her perform a lock-picking trick for you, and then you'll know how powerful she is."
"Why do I feel like you want to empty the Hua family basement more than I do?"
"When I saw the Hua family doing those heinous things in Ningchuan City, I wanted to lead the troops to razze the Hua family and arrest all the people in the Hua family and take them to the vegetable market to behead them. Only their blood can atone for the evil they have done."
In the entire Ningchuan city, almost no one is not afraid of the Hua family when the name is mentioned. It can be seen that the common people in the city have been living under the oppression of the Hua family for so many years.
"Please bear with it. The Hua family has been in Ningchuan City for more than ten years. The various relationships are very complicated. It is not possible to completely solve the problem by simply wiping out the Hua family."
"Since we are going to take action, we must uproot the big tree of the Hua family and not give them any chance to revive."
"I understand. Apart from Ningchuan City, I will send people to carefully investigate all the cities in Ningchuan Prefecture to ensure that no one from the Hua family escapes and survives."
"Well, we sent out more than 20 teams at the beginning. It took so long for them to send back some useful information."
Xiao Mo calculated the time in his mind, and the people he sent out acted extremely carefully and low-key in order to avoid alerting the enemy.
"I estimate that a group of people will be able to come back around the winter solstice. Winter has already arrived in Ningchuan Prefecture. If they don't come back, they won't be able to come back if the weather gets colder in a while."
The winter in Ningchuan Prefecture is very cold, with snowstorms coming from time to time. The official roads are completely covered with snow, and even carriages equipped with anti-skid chains cannot travel in such bad weather.
Those who went out to inquire about the news naturally knew very well that they would definitely rush to Ningchuan City as soon as possible.
As time went by, Xiao Mo got more and more information about the Hua family, and his heart became colder and colder.
In the past, he led troops to fight abroad all year round, and always felt that as long as he resisted foreign invasions, the people could live and work in peace.
But now it seems that this is not the case. If the common people want to live a good life, it also depends on whether they have a good emperor and good officials.
If ordinary people encounter someone like Hua Cailiang, it will be a disaster for them.
It took two days for the swelling in Xiao Mo's eyes to completely subside. The first thing he did was to shamelessly move to Ye Jintang's yard. Unfortunately, he was not able to move to Ye Jintang's outer room, but was arranged to move to the west room, the ear room close to Xuetuan and Huoyan.
Although Xiao Mo was unwilling in his heart, he was already very happy to live in Ye Jintang's yard. How could he dare to be picky? It was his fault for doing something wrong. Now he could only humble himself and make his wife happy first.
As for Duan Linghui, she had been confined to the courtyard and was not allowed to go out.
Duan Feng had just returned to the city with his men after patrolling, and he was invited to the palace without even taking off his armor.
"Duan Feng, take your sister away quickly."
Xiao Mo immediately ordered them to leave.
"Your Majesty, has Linghui made a fool of herself again?"
"Hey, Duan Feng, we have fought together at the border for so many years. It can be said that the two of us grew up almost stepping on the blood of enemies and companions in battle after battle. I have always treated you as my own brother."
"I can understand your love for your sister, but I have already said that there will only be a princess to accompany you throughout your life, and there will definitely not be concubines or anything like that."
Xiao Mo's words have already saved face for Duan Feng. If it were someone else, he would not say a word and would have kicked Duan Linghui out long ago.
"It is I who have caused trouble for His Majesty. I will take Linghui away right now."
"Well, now that things have come to this, you can take care of yourself."
Watching Duan Feng leave with some disappointment, Xiao Mo raised his eyebrows slightly. The thought in his heart was finally gone, and they would still be good brothers in the future.
Duan Feng waited for a while behind the palace, and then he saw Ding Xiang coming out with Duan Linghui, carrying a bundle.
While waiting for Duan Linghui, the maid in the palace had already told him everything she had done in the palace.
"Brother, you must make the decision for me, the princess."
Duan Linghui still wanted to step on Ye Jintang and put all the blame on her, but she didn't expect that her elder brother, who was always so kind to her, would suddenly turn cold.
"When you go back, stay at home and don't go anywhere. I will find you a match as soon as possible and marry you off before the end of the year."
"Brother, listen to me, the prince is also good to me."
Duan Linghui wanted to argue for herself, but Duan Feng raised his hand and slapped her.
"You still don't give up. The prince told me clearly today that he will not marry a concubine, let alone a maid. You don't think that the prince likes you too, do you?"
As he said that, Duan Feng forcibly pulled Duan Linghui onto the carriage. As a brother, he had done his best. If he indulged her any further, he was afraid that the King of Qin would dislike him.
Ye Jintang soon received news that Duan Feng had asked a matchmaker to find a marriage partner for Duan Linghui. The matchmaker was one of his subordinates, who had no father or mother but was a very decent person.
It was only a few days from the time Duan Linghui left the palace to her marriage.
"Duan Feng is a quick mover."
Ye Jintang sorted out the medicinal herbs at hand and did not take the matter to heart. In her eyes, Duan Linghui's little tricks were really not worthy of being mentioned in public.
"Yes, General Duan is very clear-headed. If this matter is delayed until after the New Year, Duan Linghui's actions in the palace will have spread out long ago. Her reputation will be ruined, and it will be difficult for her to choose a suitable husband."
I guess no good man would want to marry a woman who is determined to be the prince's concubine and take her back as his wife.