Yunmeng understood after looking for a while. The young lady was a foreigner who came to Kyoto to live with her father and seek refuge with her relatives.

Unexpectedly, the relatives had already moved out of Kyoto City, and they didn't know where they had gone.

The father and daughter originally thought that if they couldn't find any relatives, they would return to their hometown.

Unexpectedly, the world is full of unexpected events and misfortunes may come to people at any time. Before they left Beijing, their old father fell ill and died!

The young lady had no choice but to sell herself and her father died.

Mo Bao held Yun Meng's hand, looked at her curiously for a while, and asked, "Mom, do you want to help her?"

"No need, someone will help you." Yun Meng answered with a smile. When the mother and son were communicating, the crowd around them suddenly became crowded.

Then a dissolute young man generously threw out a hundred taels of silver and ordered the young lady to follow him.

The young lady lowered her head and said nothing, and it was not known whether she was frightened or unwilling, but the crowd was excited when they saw the one hundred taels of silver.

With so much silver, it’s enough to bury not only an old father, but also a family of eight.

They all advised the young lady to accept the offer immediately and not to be picky, as there were not many people who could be so generous.

Mo Bao tilted his head and looked at the dissolute young man. After thinking for a while, he said, "Mother, this young man is not a good person."

"Oh, do you know him?" Yun Meng watched as a hand touched the jade pendant on Mo Bao's waist. Just as Mo Bao was about to move, Yun Meng held his hand down.

The Blood Phoenix Jade Pendant soon changed hands, and after the man got it, he immediately jumped out of the crowd and fled into the distance.

Yunmeng seemed not to notice and waited for Mobao's answer with a smile.

"I can't say I know him. I only know that he is the son of the Minister of Personnel, named Zhan You, and is also known as the Fifth Master Zhan."

Mo Bao pointed at the dissolute young master and explained in a low voice that this fifth young master Zhan You was not a good person, but a pervert.

It is said that Master Zhan Wu's greatest hobby is torturing women. Any woman he takes a fancy to is either crazy or dead.

Moreover, the crazy woman was not allowed to go home to reunite with her family. Instead, she was locked up in a private manor of the Zhan family and left to fend for herself.

After death, a pit will be dug and the person will be buried on a rolled up straw mat.

Yunmeng was thoughtful after listening to it. What Mobao said was different from what Yunmeng saw from Zhan You.

Yun Meng knew from the melon-eating function of the Divine Arithmetic that the girls that Zhan You snatched away were those who were unwelcome or even abused at home.

Zhan You kidnapped those girls and kept them in a manor. He did not just keep them there for nothing, but taught them martial arts and made them strong.

Of course, Zhan You is not a good guy either. Although he did not do anything perverted to the young ladies, he brainwashed them.

Zhan You's goal is to make these young ladies loyal to him and obey his orders.

As for those girls who died, they were naturally those who were not paying attention during training and wanted to escape.

So, Zhan You is a selfish person, but he is not so bad as to be perverted.

He snatched these young ladies away with the intention of using them, but he also gave them a chance to live.

If those young ladies continue to stay at home, they will either be abused to death or sold to a man in exchange for a dowry. This is their way out by staying in that home.

As for a better life, that is impossible.

The preference for boys over girls was very serious in the State of Yan, so serious that everyone thought it was a very normal thing.

Pampering your daughter makes her look abnormal and a bit like an outlier.

"Mobao, when you judge a person, you can't just look at his appearance." Yunmeng whispered to Mobao that he should look at things comprehensively and not believe everything he hears.

Also, nine out of ten rumors are false. Don't believe them and make your own judgment.

If you can't tell whether it's right or not, then investigate and let the evidence speak for itself.

Mobao nodded his head from time to time, looking like he had learned something.

"Mother, do you think that young lady really sold herself and lost her father?" Mo Bao asked again.

"That depends on your eyesight. You can carefully observe the body on the ground. Do you think it is really a corpse?"

Yun Meng looked at the lifeless corpse, her eyes gleaming.

Mobao got the hint and looked carefully, and he actually found the problem.

The body looked like a dead person, but a closer look revealed that the body was breathing.

Although the breathing was shallow, it proved that the body was not dead, so the young lady's crying was problematic.

The old father is not dead, why sell his body? What father are you burying?

Something is wrong here!

Mo Bao's little brain started to work, analyzing the purpose of the young lady doing this, was it to go undercover or for money?

No matter what the reason is, it is a deceptive act, which is what Mo Bao dislikes.

"Hey, Mobao, where is your jade pendant?" Yunmeng raised her hand and touched the place where Mobao hung the jade pendant, and suddenly shouted.

Mo Bao blinked his eyes and asked, "Wasn't the jade pendant stolen?"

Mother was signaling him not to say anything at that time, why is she shouting again now?

Although they didn't understand, it didn't stop Mo Bao from cooperating, and soon everyone started to care about their own wallets.

This was a big deal. Many people had lost their wallets. It seemed like a thief had been here before.

Soon the people who had gathered together dispersed and looked at each other warily. Some of them were quick-witted and went to call the bailiffs.

The young lady kneeling on the ground to sell her body was questioned by everyone, who suspected that she was in cahoots with the thieves.

The anxious young lady kept explaining that she didn't have it, but unfortunately no one believed her. Some people threw too much silver and wanted to pull the young lady away.

Finally, a brave warrior with a sense of justice could not stand it anymore and stepped forward to stop the farce, reminding everyone to wait for the bailiffs to come.

But everyone present knew that by the time the bailiffs arrived, the opportunity would have been lost.

Yun Meng didn't care whether they could wait or not, and immediately ordered the guards to search and body search. Faced with the imperial power, many people cooperated even though they were dissatisfied.

Of course, some people also hope to search their wallets.

Unfortunately, nothing was found; apparently the thief had gotten away.

Yunmeng then ordered the guards to investigate to see if there were any thieves active in the area and find their lair to retrieve the jade pendant.

This move made Haru, who was secretly monitoring him, nod in satisfaction. This was the reaction of someone who had lost something.

I just don't know how to open the space of this jade pendant?

I heard that a drop of blood is needed, so should he try it out with just one drop?

Trying it out wouldn't kill him, so Haru found a private room nearby and sat down in it, then took out a dagger and cut his index finger.

Drops of blood fell on the jade pendant, but there was no reaction.

Isn't it dripping blood?

How can we recognize the master if it’s not by dripping blood?

Haru was at a loss for words, so he held the jade pendant in deep thought, yet he felt helpless.

He couldn't go find Mo Bao and ask him now, how did Mo Bao open the jade pendant space in his previous life?

No, even if we find Mobao, we can’t ask him the answer, because Mobao hasn’t been reborn.

Could it be that this jade pendant can only be smashed in my hand as a toy?

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