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Song Xiangsi could not come up with an answer no matter how hard he thought. He turned his head and asked the Sixth Son who was standing beside him: "When did this slave market start?"

Liu Xiaoyang scratched his head and thought for a moment, "It's been around for a long time. Ever since I started working as a beggar."

Then, Song Xiangsi looked at Meng Ling Xuan and said, "I remember that the imperial government had issued a ban on the sale of slaves in private. Wasn't what they were doing the best they could do?"

"If someone is backing them up, then what else do they not dare to do?" Seeing the grim looks on the faces of those people, Meng Ling Xuan said, "Let's go." Those small fries naturally didn't have such great ability or courage. The only possibility was that someone was controlling everything from behind.

"The lord is right." The sixth son continued, "Sis, you might not know, but the officials of Qing He County are well aware of the existence of this place. However, most of them choose to turn a blind eye to it because this place will bring them benefits so that they can seek money."

Song Xiangsi felt angry. "They are simply too audacious. Don't tell me that they are not afraid of trouble?"

Liu Zi explained on the side, "Some of the new officials also wanted to report them, but which one of them has not been involved in this? So they will be dragged into the water by someone. As long as they have a clue, they will all be in the same boat."

Anger rose in Song Xiangsi's heart. All of a sudden, she paused for a moment before turning to Six-Pointed, "How do you know so much about the things here?"

The sixth son was surprised and said embarrassedly, "I am ashamed. In the past, even when I swindled people, I would make a move here. As time passed, I became more familiar with the people here."

Song Xiangsi had thought about this when she first saw him. She was not as angry as she was now. After all, she knew what was going on because of him.

"But don't worry, sis. Ever since I started following you, I've already washed my hands and started anew. I definitely won't do anything from the past." Liuzi quickly raised his hand to promise Song Xiangsi.

"Alright, I believe you." Song Xiangsi did not want to make things difficult for him. Who did not? Furthermore, he had no other choice in the matter.

Meng Xuanxuan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked, "Sixteen, did most of those brothels come from here?"

Liu Zi nodded and said, "That's right. The girls here are cheap, so many of the brothels' mothers will come here to pick some pretty girls to bring back."

Actually, this kind of thing was quite common here. The brothel's mother would often trade here to find beautiful and cheap girls, and they had already formed a black industrial chain here.

Meng Fanxuan frowned as he stood there silently.

Song Xiangsi continued to look at the center, and that peddler, in order for people to buy his slaves, continued to instruct the man squatting on the ground to carry some heavy goods. Seeing the man on the ground fall, Song Xiangsi hit him on the back with his whip, causing the man to directly lie down in pain.

He had just lifted the thing up and was about to fall again when the man cursed something useless and tried to whip it again.

Song Xiangsi gave him a look, and he quickly grabbed the man's hand. That person turned around and was about to curse when Song Xiangsi walked over to stand in front of that man and said, "How many girls do you have?"

The man looked her up and down, frowned, and asked, "How much do you want?"

Song Xiangsi was neither humble nor arrogant as he replied, "I want as much as you have."

When the man heard her, he immediately put away his fiendish expression. He turned around and said, "I didn't expect you to be such a client. Miss, can I have a word with you?"

Song Xiangsi left with him while the other six followed behind. A group of people began to whisper to each other, "What kind of person is this? Why are you so generous?"

A well-dressed man said, "I don't know, I've never seen him before."

Another man next to her said with an evil smile, "It can't be the manager of another brothel, right?"

The people underground burst into laughter again.

Meng Ling Xuan calmly threw a stone at him. The man clutched his stomach in pain, scaring the group of people nearby into hiding.

The well-dressed person said, "What happened? Who saw it? "

The person beside him said, "I don't know."

The trafficker brought Song Xiangsi to a cage filled with girls and said, "We have a lot of servants. We can just choose any one of them."

Song Xiangsi walked in. When the girl inside saw that she had walked over with a look of fear but had nowhere to run, Song Xiangsi looked at the people in the cage and could not help but feel upset.

"I want the people in this cage and the people in those cages." Song Xiangsi pointed at all the cages around as she turned her head to speak to that person.

Hearing this, the man immediately said with excitement, "No problem! Where is the young lady's mansion? I will bring it to her tomorrow morning."

The sixth son went up to him and told him a place and paid him a deposit. After receiving the money, the man kept promising Song Xiangsi that he would personally deliver it tomorrow.

On the way back, Song Xiangsi and Meng Lianxuan kept silent. This was the first time Song Xiangsi had seen such a scene. As someone who had once received an equal education in the 21st century, she could not accept everything that had happened before her. The people here were clearly ranked. Some of the people at the bottom could only be slaughtered by others without being able to fight back. She felt as if her heart was being pressed down by a huge rock, making her unable to breathe.

The next day, the peddler brought all the girls over. Song Xiangsi had Liu Zizi give the rest of the money to the peddler and settle the girls.

After settling them down, Meng Xuanxuan led his invited teacher back to the manor. He did not see Song Xiangsi as soon as he entered the room. After asking, he found out that she had gone back to her room to rest.

Meng Ling Xuan was waiting outside. Six of them ran in to call Song Xiangsi. "Sis, there's a bunch of people at the door. Hurry and take a look."

Song Xiangsi was surprised. "A bunch of girls have come?"

Liu Zizi shook his head and said, "No, it's a group of men."

Song Xiangsi walked out of the room in an inexplicable manner. Upon seeing her, Meng Liangxuan walked up and said, "The teacher I've invited has arrived. Is it appropriate for you to come and inspect them? If it's appropriate, you can let them stay here."

Song Xiangsi looked at the people in the courtyard and asked, "Why are there so many people?"

"Other than the teachers, these are all guards to protect your safety," explained Meng.

From her experience, she could tell that these people weren't simple guards at all. From their stance and body, she could tell at a glance that they were specially trained thugs. It seemed like they were Meng Ling Xuan's men.

However, Song Xiangsi did not point it out. She wanted to see what exactly Meng Ling Xuan was up to.