"No, because of your birth, I could only go back to the imperial capital and raise you. Antonio's face flushed, and Antonio knew that it was just an excuse.

Hearing Antonio say this, Lin Xia was a little moved, Antonio's withdrawal from the mercenary group did have something to do with his birth, but he still continued to ask: "Do you think that if you continue to be in the mercenary group, you can restore the family?"

"I guess no. Antonio was gloomy, remembering his days in the mercenary group, and knew in his heart that even if he could break through in the mercenary world, his title would not be promoted, unless he could hold an official position in the empire and contribute to the empire. What's more, with his fourth-level fighting spirit, it is almost impossible to break out. But Antonio still said: "If someone catches the handle and goes to His Majesty to sue again, I'm afraid the Xilin family will not be able to save it." "Anton

Neo was unaware of the misunderstanding between the Emperor, the Minister of Rites, and the Sheriff's Office.

"The brothels and casinos are in accordance with the laws of the Empire, and I have not broken the law, and Your Majesty will never blame the family for these trivial things. Lin Xia said righteously.

"Okay, even if Your Majesty doesn't pursue it, can you rely on you to establish a gang to restore the family?"

"Of course, I can't rely on gangs alone, but I can make money from gangs, and it is reasonable and legal to make money. Speaking of making money, he blushed when he remembered the monthly profit of thirty gold coins reported by Troy, but still continued: "With money, with our noble status, we can reintegrate into the circle of nobles, and we will have the opportunity to contact the power center of the empire, so that we can have a chance to restore the glory of the family." ”

"With money, yes, you can do a lot of things with money. Antonio was silent, he looked at the portrait of Tang in the study, and sighed in his heart: "I just don't know how to make money, and now I just barely survive on the meager income of the fiefdom." ”

Lin Xia looked at Antonio, and he could feel that Antonio wanted to restore the family's heart. Antonio was a twenty-year-old fourth-grade young genius who struggled, tried, and failed to revitalize his family. Since taking himself back to the imperial capital, he has always been depressed, and his eyes exude death from time to time.

Looking at Antonio, who was silent, Lin Xia also felt unbearable, and he didn't continue to bother Antonio, just stood aside quietly, this kind of thing is only Antonio himself to think clearly, just by saying it can't be done.

Antonio thought for a moment and said, "Aren't you afraid of ruining your reputation as a gang?"

"Of course not. Lin Xia replied directly and continued: "Being a gang is only the first step, and the Hongxing I established is different from other gangs. I will try my best to restrain my brothers, and if I can negotiate something, I will not use force. Hongxing now has a certain scale, and through my subsequent operation, it will inevitably generate a lot of income. With the gold coins and the power of Hongxing, there is a chance to reintegrate into the aristocratic circle. If it stops as it is now, the family will only decline more and more. ”

Antonio also knew that if he stopped moving forward like himself, he would never be able to restore the glory of the family. Antonio didn't expect Lin Xia to restore the glory of the family, he just hoped that he could pass on the family to Lin Xia safely, so that Lin Xia could grow up healthily under the big tree of the Xilin family and the Lionheart King.

But now that Lin Xia has the heart to restore the glory of the family, Antonio feels that he should not stop it, although Lin Xia's method is not necessarily reliable, but he must take this step to have a chance, but is the Lionheart family really reduced to a gang that the nobles are unwilling to do to have a chance? ”

Lin Xia knew that Antonio's heart still couldn't let go, so he left the study and said in his heart: "What bullshit family glory, if Tang cares about family glory, can he still run away by himself, the ancestors just can't think about it." and Lao An, who was originally a good middle-aged man, was forced to become a depressed old man by the glory of the family. ”

Lin Xia found Sean and went to the Hongxing headquarters with Sean, and when he passed by the Ning Xiang Pavilion, he heard a woman's voice calling for help in the Ning Xiang Pavilion: "Don't, woo...... Help me. ”

Lin Xia heard a woman's cry for help, and took Sean to the door of the Ning Xiang Pavilion, and the two Hongxing brothers standing guard at the door saw Lin Xia coming, and hurriedly bowed their heads and saluted, saying, "Boss." ”

"What's going on inside?" Lin Xia asked.

"Boss Tony brought another woman, saying she had just bought it at the slave market. One of the Hongxing brothers said respectfully.

"Go in and have a look. Lin Xia took Sean and walked inside, and the two brothers standing guard also hurriedly followed.

Because it was morning, there was no one in the hall, but a woman in the middle of the hall, who looked to be seventeen or eighteen years old, her clothes were torn because of the whipping, revealing blood marks on her body, her eyes were red, and she knelt on the ground and sobbed. Beside him was a man with a whip in his hand, and it was evident that the blood stains on the woman's body were caused by the whip.

I only heard the old bustard say: "Your father has sold you to us, so I can't help you cry here, hurry up and accept the customers honestly, why should you be beaten and punished." ”

The woman hugged the old bustard's leg and cried, "No, woo...... Please, as long as you don't let me pick up guests, you can let me do anything. ”

Seeing that the woman still didn't agree, the old bustard took out the potion and said to the man: "Keep fighting, and pour the medicine directly into it if you are stunned." ”

The man said yes, raised the whip and continued to whip the woman.

Lin Xia didn't know what was going on when he saw this situation, so he kicked the man and kicked the man to the ground. The man was lying on the ground and just wanted to scold, but when he saw that the person who kicked him was Lin Xia, he hurriedly closed his mouth.

When the old bustard saw that it was Lin Xia, he hurriedly put on a smiling face and said, "Young Master Lin Xia, why is this time coming, I will ask a few girls to accompany you." ”

Lin Xia had a cold face and glanced at the woman on the ground, because of the whipping, the clothes on her body were already tattered, and many hidden positions were looming with the woman's sobbing, Lin Xia said to a brother: "Put your clothes on her." ”

Then he asked the bustard, "What's the matter with this woman?"

The old bustard hurriedly said: "This morning, Boss Tony went to the slave market, and saw that this woman was in good shape, so he bought it back for thirty gold coins. It's just that this woman is reluctant to pick up customers, so she can only use some means. ”

"Oh, what means?" Lin Xia then asked sharply, "Is it you whipping like this?"

Seeing that Lin Xia was angry, the old bustard hurriedly returned: "It has always been like this, if you don't want to pick up customers, you will whip them until you agree." Many of our girls here came over like this, and after picking up a few guests, they slowly stopped resisting, and many guests liked this kind of girl who had just picked up customers. ”

In the previous life, this kind of forced prostitution has long disappeared in Huaxia, only in the TV series, I didn't expect to be encountered by myself in this world, if I don't care, then it's still a person, I directly gave the old bustard a slap, and asked: "You are forcing good people to be prostitutes, good girls are so ruined by you, how do you let them behave in the future?"

The old bustard was blinded by Lin Xia, covered his face and said aggrievedly: "She is a slave bought back by Boss Tony, and she will be Boss Tony's person in the future, how can she have the opportunity to go out and be a man." ”

Only then did Lin Xia remember that there was still a backward system of slaves in this world, and slaves were not treated as human beings at all, but only as coolies, pets, and even venting tools. What happened to this woman is really normal in the eyes of most people in this world, and she is used to it, but Lin Xia is extremely disgusted with slavery because she has the memory of her previous life.

"What was the potion you were going to feed her just now?" Lin Xia knew about his slaves, and he couldn't take care of much for the time being, so he pointed to the old bustard's potion and asked.

The girl's resistance was too strong for a whip to be whipped, so she was fed some aphrodisiac, and by the time it was time for the opening to open, the aphrodisiac had almost taken effect. The old bustard said.

"Feed the aphrodisiac, it's not a thing. Lin Xia said in his heart.

"If he picks up guests from you, how much money do you give her every month?" Lin Xia then asked.

"What money?" said the old bustard.

"How much salary do you pay her every month?" Lin Xia continued to ask.

"These girls were bought by Tony's boss with money, and they were not paid, and only those who performed well were given some pocket money as a reward. "The old bustard understands, Lin Xia, the eldest young master, doesn't know anything about this business at all.

Lin Xia found a sofa and sat down, the woman who was beaten also put on the clothes of her younger brother and sat on another sofa, Lin Xia said to another Hongxing brother: "Go and call Troy and Xavier." ”

Hong Xing's brother went out after receiving Lin Xia's order.

Lin Xia then asked the bustard, "Where's Tony?"

The old bustard said: "Boss Tony sent people here and left, I should have gone to have tea with Sheriff Bill." ”

"You go and get Tony. Lin Xia said.

"Boss Tony is having tea with Sheriff Bill, which isn't good. The old bustard said.

"If you want to go, you'll go, so much nonsense. Lin Xia said with a cold face.

Seeing that Lin Xia was about to get angry again, the old bustard hurriedly agreed and asked the man who had whipped just now to find Tony.

Lin Xia said sharply: "You go in person." ”

The old bustard didn't dare to resist Lin Xia's meaning, and hurriedly went out to find Tony.

Tony has been proud recently, after Lin Xia took over the protection of the Ning Xiang Pavilion, business was much better than usual, and the people who came to smash the field were also solved by Lin Xia, and there were no more people who came to make trouble recently, saving himself a lot of gold coins. What's more important is that he actually caught up with Sheriff Bill's line, originally a small boss like himself could only catch up with the patrol people at most, and the patrol people also ignored their own love, who thought that not only did he catch Bill, but Bill was also very polite to himself.

Tony was in a good mood today, and he saw a beautiful slave at a glance at the slave market in the morning, although this slave was wearing tattered clothes and his face was muddy, but Tony, who had been in the wind for a long time, saw at a glance that this woman was extraordinary, and bought it for only thirty gold coins, and he couldn't help but feel a little proud.

After sending people to the incense pavilion, Tony invited Bill to tea, and Bill knew that Tony's incense pavilion was in charge of Hong Xing, so of course he happily went.

During the tea, Tony invited Bill: "I just bought a girl today, she looks extraordinary, I don't know if the adults are free today, come to the incense hall to cheer up." ”

Bill shook his hand and said, "As a sheriff, it's inconvenient to go to a brothel, so forget it." "Although the empire did not prohibit public officials from going to brothels, it still had an impact on reputation.

"Why don't I send someone over to the adults later?" said Tony.

Bill smiled at Tony and didn't disagree, Tony knew it.

At this time, the old bustard came and said to Tony, "Boss Tony, Master Lin Xia, please go back." ”

"Didn't you tell him I was having tea with Master Bill?" Tony winked at the bustard.

"That's it. The old bustard understood what Tony meant, and wanted to use Bill's majesty to suppress Lin Xia, and then said: "Young Master Lin Xia said, no matter who you are with, you must go back now." ”