bayedsolid Chapter 1163 The Deception and Robbery Were Still Discovered
Chapter 1163 The Deception and Robbery Were Still Discovered
Seeing the head of the manor remain silent for a moment, Xue Wan immediately stepped forward and kicked him in the lower back.
An older person's back simply cannot withstand a light kick from Xue Wan, let alone a kick delivered with great force.
"Ouch, ouch."
Uncle Jiu gasped in pain, and Xue Wan's icy voice sounded behind him.
"Those who don't tell the truth will drag their closest relatives down with them to hell."
The ghostly voice sent a shiver down Uncle Nine's spine.
Even the pain in my lower back seemed insignificant.
"I'm telling you the truth, it's not because we've been discovered, it's because the Marquis of Jinxiang's business has become too big, and the demand in the capital is high. He's given us a task: to hand over at least ten beautiful women every month."
If there aren't enough women for the month, they'll grab the prettiest ones from our village to make up the numbers. We're forced into this situation and have no choice but to use deception and robbery to fill the gaps from nearby villages.
Xue Wan never expected these people to be so despicable, to run such a large-scale business of buying and selling women.
"and then?"
Uncle Jiu was hunched over; if he hadn't been bound tightly with rope, he probably would have collapsed.
"What they cheated and robbed wasn't money, but they were eventually discovered, and the villagers went to report it to the authorities."
We reported this matter to Marquis Jinxiang long ago. Marquis Jinxiang bribed officials at all levels to cover it up. Later, for the sake of convenience, the owners of nearby estates were coerced and lured into selling their estates to Marquis Jinxiang at low prices.
After finishing his sentence in one breath, Uncle Nine bent over as far as possible with the rope binding him and took deep breaths to relieve the pain in his waist.
"What about the women in those villages?"
Uncle Jiu dared not lie anymore; the blow to his lower back still hurt.
But seeing the unfriendly look on the female knight-errant's face, he dared not tell the truth.
"What? You've already sat down, but now you don't dare to say it out loud?"
Xue Wan's reminders were always spot-on. Before Uncle Jiu could hesitate, Xue Wan kicked him in the lower back again.
This time, she aimed carefully before kicking, aiming straight for the head of the village's kidneys.
Zhuang Tou could no longer hold back. He curled up like a shrimp, unable to even let out a painful howl.
Xue Wan: "If you don't behave yourself and say whatever you want, I'll kick your son in the waist. His thing isn't even fully grown yet. If I kick him like that, he won't be able to use it for the rest of his life."
Xue Wan's voice was like the whisper of a demon from hell, each word stabbing into the heart of the village head.
Upon hearing this, a hint of a smile finally appeared in Jiang Jiaoyun's eyes.
It's just very shallow, so shallow that you can't see it at all unless you look closely.
After Uncle Jiu recovered a little, he seemed to have been driven to despair by Xue Wan's kick.
He curled up, closed his eyes, and started playing dead.
Jiang Jiaoyun didn't move, but her cold laughter sounded as if she were whispering in his ear:
"You don't think you're the only one in this village who knows about this, do you? Your son's life is in your hands. If you're not up to the task, someone else will. Not everyone is as inconsiderate of their descendants as you are."
As she spoke, the moment Uncle Jiu opened his eyes, Jiang Jiaoyun stood up, took the dagger from the head of the child named Dalong, and touched the wound on Dalong's forehead.
"My child, may you have a safe journey. In your next life, may you be reborn as a pig or a dog, reform yourself, and strive to be reborn as a human as soon as possible."
The dagger, still dripping blood, gleamed coldly as it plunged straight towards Da Long's heart.
"I'll tell you everything!"
All the women in the village have been sold. Those who weren't pretty enough were resold elsewhere. As for where they were sold, I really don't know. Please, heroine, spare my son. He's been sick since he was three and has been bedridden ever since.
He truly knew nothing about what was happening at the manor.
Jiang Jiaoyun turned the dagger in her hand and held it to Zhuang Tou's neck.
"One last question: those rich young ladies you kidnapped on the road, you just sold them off without a second thought. Aren't you afraid their parents and siblings will ransom them and come knocking on your door?"
Uncle Nine felt the coldness on his neck and swallowed hard.
"At first I was scared, but I've been selling for many years and have never made a mistake, so I stopped worrying about it. If anything happens, the Marquis of Jinxiang will take responsibility. Even if something goes wrong, he'll peel off the skin layer by layer."
Jiang Jiaoyun narrowed her eyes dangerously. Uncle Jiu couldn't take it anymore and added another sentence.
"The officials in this area almost all know about this, but they turn a blind eye. They receive a lot of gifts from us every year, and many young and beautiful women can only be sold after they have had their fill of them."
Jiang Jiaoyun simply couldn't believe that after His Majesty opened girls' schools and helped women establish themselves over the years, such a cruel and inhumane business of prostitution would exist here, thousands of miles away from the capital.
"No wonder, no wonder."
Jiang Jiaoyun muttered something to herself. Seeing this, Xue Wan directly knocked the head of the manor unconscious with a single slap before asking:
"What's the wonder?"
Jiang Jiaoyun looked up at Xue Wan, then reached out to check the child's pulse. After confirming that those who were supposed to faint had fainted, she continued:
"No wonder the women who have been assigned here over the years can't stay long before they are transferred away. Over time, even when the court assigns officials to other posts, the women don't forget to send them off here. On the contrary, men who come here can stay as long as they are promoted."
Xue Wan frowned after hearing this.
"So no one was sent to investigate?"
Jiang Jiaoyun looked at Xue Wan, and the meaning in her eyes couldn't be clearer.
"How could they not have investigated? His Majesty is so diligent in his duties, and the situation here is so unusual, His Majesty must have sent people to investigate, but they just haven't found out the truth about this place yet."
The officialdom is a murky pool; even the purest and cleanest fish will get filthy if it falls into it.
Even if it's not of your own free will, you have to learn to fit in if you're forced to.
“This is no small matter. If we report it, the officials in this area will be beheaded.”
There will surely be bloodshed for miles around.
"It's not just officials."
As she spoke, Jiang Jiaoyun looked down at Zhuang Tou, who had already fainted.
"At that time, it will be the norm that nine out of ten of these estates will be empty."
Xue Wan was born into a military family, and her family had passed down the glory won on the battlefield for generations.
Even though her parents and brothers were inhuman, the sense of family mission inherited in her blood has never changed over the years.
Just thinking about how His Majesty finally brought peace to the land and only wanted the people to live in peace and prosperity.
Even though their lives are thousands or tens of thousands of times better than before, these people are still not satisfied.
To trample on a woman's body and suck her marrow is utterly inhuman.