Bully

Ming Chuan woke up in a daze, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a dark room with scattered objects.He moved and found that his hands and feet were tied, his hair was loose, and the jade hairpin on his head was taken away or lost.He looked around, only to see that Yan Ke was also bound and thrown aside.He was awake, and when he saw that Ming Chuan was awake, he asked, "Is there something serious, young master?"

Ming Chuan shook his head, looked up at the surrounding environment, and found that this should be a woodshed, and someone's voice could be vaguely heard outside.Ming Chuan wondered in his heart which force had bound him, whether it was the enemy of the national teacher or his own enemy, if it was the enemy of the national teacher, was it the people from the frontier, the capital, or the people from Jiuyi Mountain?If my enemy has only offended one An Guogong recently, wouldn't it be him?

"It should be a human trafficker." While untying the rope in his hand, Yan Ke said to Ming Chuan: "Young Master, don't worry, human traffickers abduct people for profit, and they won't kill people in a short time."

Ming Chuan cleared his throat and asked, "How do you know it's a human trafficker?"

Yan Ke said: "I woke up earlier than you. I heard someone talking outside, saying that the city gate is locked and I can't get out. I have to find another way to transport people out. It should be that the national teacher discovered that you were missing and ordered someone to block it. city ​​gate."

Seeing that Yan Ke was untying the rope in his hand, Ming Chuan followed suit to untie the rope.It's just that I don't know how the rope was tied, Ming Chuan tried so hard and didn't pull it away.

Look, relying on myself, I'm afraid I can only wait for death.

Before Yan Ke could untie the rope in his hand, the door was suddenly knocked open, and a middle-aged man with a fat head and big ears came over, followed by a thin and short man with a roe-headed face.The thin man was very attentive, pointed at Ming Chuan and said, "Look, this little lady is so good-looking, it's so good to train her, that man can bear it!"

Ming Chuan's appearance is extremely beautiful, with a kind of indistinguishable beauty, and now her hair is loose, and some people will believe that she is a woman.He frowned and said, "I'm a man,"

Before the skinny man could say anything, the fat man laughed first, and wiped Ming Chuan's face with his hand: "How could he be a man with such thin skin and tender flesh? It must be some young lady who disguised herself as a man and just took advantage of me."

Ming Chuan moved his head back: "I'm really a man."

The fat man ignored him, and asked the thin man, "This man, is there anything wrong?"

The thin man assured: "There is absolutely no problem. The man next to him must be her lover. When I saw them, they were by the river, with bitter faces on their faces. It is likely that they are wild mandarin ducks who have made an appointment to elope. No one will come looking for them." .”

The fat man nodded: "500 taels of silver, that's all."

The thin man seemed to be in a dilemma, rubbing his hands together: "If it wasn't for the whole city being locked down and unable to get out, this little lady wouldn't have sold it in such a hurry. If she put it in the south, she would get the same price no matter what." He stretched out his hand and compared a number .

The fat man nodded after thinking for a while, took out a stack of bank notes from his pocket, counted out a few and gave them to the thin man.The thin man hurriedly put it in his arms, walked up to Ming Chuan, pinched his mouth and fed him something. After a while, Ming Chuan became dizzy and lost consciousness.

The thin man glanced at Yan Ke, who lowered his head in a look of fear.The thin man sneered, cursed and said he would deal with you later.He called a few people outside and carried Ming Chuan away.

Yan Ke wrote down the faces of these people, leaned against the window, and watched them take Ming Chuan away, and the courtyard door was quickly closed.This yard is very small, besides the firewood house, there is a wing room beside it, there used to be six in it, but when the skinny man left, he took four with him.The remaining two came to the firewood room picking their teeth, probably to get rid of Yan Ke.

Yan Ke broke free from the ropes of his hands and feet, hid by the door, took advantage of his unpreparedness, struck one person unconscious, and then turned around and kicked the other person over.Both of them passed out, Yan Ke tied them up, locked them in the woodshed, closed the door and left the house.

He is still not very familiar with the roads in the capital. Fortunately, this place is not far from Zhuque Tower. Last time he used the excuse to leave from Mingchuan and took note of the roads in this area.Yan Ke remained vigilant, walked out of the alley all the way, and stopped at the entrance of the alley. To the east was the East City Gate, and to the west was the Imperial City.If you want to go, now is the best opportunity.

The sun has just come out, and there is only some light in the east, and the west, including the palace, is shrouded in hazy darkness.Dogs bark a few times from someone in the alley, and the more industrious daughter-in-law has already started cooking, and the smoke is billowing.Yan Ke lowered his head and walked west, the sun was behind him, stretching his shadow very long.

The fat man took Ming Chuan away, and the chariots and horses walked for a long time before they stopped at the back door of a house. A person walked out of the door, who looked like a housekeeper. He talked to the fat man for a while, and then came over to look again. Looking at Mingchuan, he just took the money and sent him away.

Ming Chuan was taken to a room in the back house, and a few servant girls came in.Already awake, he sat up on the bed and heard the housekeeper order: "Clean her up and change her clothes."

In a yard not far from here, when Aunt Li heard that there was a newcomer in the house, she tore two veils with hatred.The young servant who was inquiring about the news also said: "I heard that the one sent this time is a stunning beauty, and it cost this amount just to buy her in."

The servant compared a number, Aunt Li hated her even more when she saw it, she was brought back from the south by the master of the house, she is a famous skinny horse in Yangzhou, and the money to redeem her was less than half of this man.If this woman really enters the mansion, how can she still have her own status.

After dismissing the servant, the girl next to Aunt Li said: "If this man is really like what he said, but he can't stay, Aunt Li must find a way quickly."

Aunt Li thought it was the same, she couldn't sit still any longer, she called the servant girl: "Let's go and have a look."

Entering the courtyard from a small path, before opening the door, I heard a few maids in the door exclaiming.

Ming Chuan's clothes were half untied, his hair was hanging down, his hands were still tied, and he said helplessly, "I'm really a man."

The maids thought they were women at first, so they didn't have much scruples, but when they saw it was a man, they all felt embarrassed.Seeing this scene, Aunt Li breathed a sigh of relief, the master of the house doesn't love Nan Feng, but only likes charming women.

The leader among the maidservants was somewhat understanding, so he asked someone to call the housekeeper. There must be a way to deal with this person here.

Aunt Li suddenly made up her mind, pushed the door open and came in, saying: "Why haven't you cleaned it up yet, the front is already urging you."

Several servant girls saluted one after another, and one servant girl stepped forward and told her about it.Aunt Li glanced at Ming Chuan through her veil, and snorted coldly: "It's okay, the master loves this one recently, the housekeeper naturally knows when he sends people here."

The servant girls hesitated a little, and Aunt Li put on a straight face: "Why, my words are not easy to use!"

Several people were too busy talking, but a servant girl asked again: "This clothes?"

Aunt Li was about to leave, and said casually, "What to wear, why are there so many ink stains?"

She made good calculations, the fat man with big ears was surnamed Jin, he was a pimp, and he often sent people to the mansion, nine out of ten newcomers were sent by him, Aunt Li felt sorry for him I have hated it for a long time.It's just that this time he sent it to the wrong person. When the master saw him on the bed, he lost his interest and decided to make him look good.

Ming Chuan didn't know these twists and turns, just seeing that these people didn't let him go, he knew something was wrong.He was given medicine, he was very tired and had no energy, so he asked the servant girls to wash and put on clothes, after that he was given medicine again, and fell into a drowsy sleep.

Yan Ke was brought in front of Rong Shang, his clothes were stained with dust, and he described himself as quite embarrassed.Rong Shang asked him, "Where is Your Majesty?"

Yan Ke was pressed to kneel on the ground, and told the truth about the two of them being taken away by the kidnapper.Rong Feng immediately took orders and took people to the small courtyard that Yan Ke had mentioned.

Rong Shang pointed at the rim of the teacup, and asked: "The guards accompanying him said that His Majesty threw them off. But His Majesty is afraid of death, and has to be followed when he goes in and out. How could he throw people off." Rong Shang's gaze was light and light The focus fell on Yan Ke: "If it wasn't him, who else would it be?"

Yan Ke knelt on the stone slab in front of the main hall, the coldness seeped into the bones along the floor.There were many people in front of the main hall, the imperial guards, Rong Shang's confidants, and the people in Zichen Hall, including Eunuch Cheng, all looked at Yan Ke.Yan Ke didn't speak

Rong Shang obviously didn't want to see this person, he wrote lightly: "Take it away."

Eunuch Cheng swayed, and the imperial guards standing on one side immediately stepped forward, Yan Ke struggled, and asked, "In what name is the national teacher punishing me?"

Rong Shang turned his head and glanced at him lightly, with frost in his pretty eyes, he said: "Your Majesty is missing, why did you come back safe and sound."

Yan Ke suddenly didn't know what to say, Rong Shang didn't want to look at him anymore, so he waved for someone to take him away.Yan Ke stopped and said: "Yan Ke is His Majesty's man, and His Majesty should have the final say on how to deal with it. When His Majesty returns, he will call me dead. Yan Ke has no other words, but at present, the national teacher cannot overstep."

The wind seems to have stopped for a moment, and the faces of the people in front of the hall are all different, and they dare not show their atmosphere.After a long while, everyone heard the national teacher say calmly: "You are right."

Rong Shang walked up to Yan Ke, raised the corners of his mouth and smiled, he said: "If His Majesty returns safely, that's all, but if something happens to my tomorrow, I will definitely tell you to die a thousand times." taste."

When Rong Feng took people there, the two unconscious people in the small courtyard hadn't left yet, he brought them back to the prison, and they gave them different punishments, so they confessed.

According to them, they were under the skinny man, and the skinny man had dozens of people in charge of abducting people, mainly dolls and single women.The thin man knew many pimps through whom he sold the abducted people, and the fat man surnamed Jin was one of them.

As for where the surname Jin sent people, they didn't know.

It was already night when Ming Chuan woke up, he was sleepy, and when he opened his eyes, he saw the purple gauze tent, and thought he was in the Zichen Palace.It took him a long time to realize that his hands were tied to the head of the bed with red silk, and he had no strength at all.Ming Chuan lay on his back, feeling really strange.The purple silk tent is a tribute, not everyone can afford it, and ordinary rich people should not have such things.

While talking, someone pushed open the door, and Ming Chuan heard a flattering voice saying: "It's getting late, my lord rests first, I'm afraid you won't sleep well, I have prepared something, and I hope your lord will accept it."

The adult he was talking about didn't say anything, but responded indifferently, with a somewhat familiar voice.

Do I know this person?Who is it?

Soon, the door was closed, and the room became quiet.Ming Chuan was still thinking wildly, the curtain was pulled open with a "shua", and the light from the candle flame rushed in, Ming Chuan was stabbed and closed his eyes.

"Who am I talking about, isn't it, Your Majesty?"