That night, Tai Meng and Liu He were speechless, just drinking bowl after bowl, looking like the two were competing, and it seemed that they were compensating each other.

This competition of alcohol volume finally ended with Liu He's victory.

The moment Tai Meng was drunk on the wine table, he suddenly said a word.

"It can't be sealed, if it's really sealed, there will be no way for them to live."

Looking at Tai Meng, who was drunk and unconscious, Liu He sighed and never mentioned the rectification of the brothel Qinglou again.

Now that he heard that this matter was suddenly mentioned again, but it was still from the mouth of an old bustard who was far away in Yuzhou and met him for the first time, Liu He immediately realized that this matter was definitely not simple.

Just after the old bustard said those words, the faces of the other eldest sisters in the room instantly lost their smiles, and the eldest sisters who were hugging, hugging, and even sitting on their laps all put away their arrogant posture just now, sat upright on the seat, and looked at Liu He in unison, with an obvious hostility in their eyes.

Que Niang looked at Liu He, who was vigilant, and said unhurriedly: "We have all heard about you in Yizhou, but do you know that if you seal up all those brothels in Qinglou, what will happen to those girls in the end?" ”

Although Liu He took back his life at the beginning, it was because he didn't want to lose Tai Meng's brother. Regarding the decree itself, Liu He still feels that he is not wrong at all.

If there were no brothels like the brothels, those girls would not be left in the dust, and without the temptation of flowers, the men who often haunt here would also spend more time and energy on their wives and children.

This kind of thing that has all the benefits and no harm, of course Liu He did it rightly.

The meaning of Que Niang's words is that if Liu He does this, then there will be unpredictable consequences, but Liu He doesn't think so, and his reason is very simple.

Without the brothels, perhaps those men would choose to go to a restaurant to drink or go to a casino to gamble, but they would not necessarily return to the family.

But for those girls who have fallen into the dust, what kind of situation can be more miserable than forcing a smile on the bed of a strange man every day?

"No one can say for sure what didn't happen, but one thing I know for sure is that they can live better than before." Liu He said categorically.

"Live better? Do you really think so? In the eyes of the finch girl, there was suddenly a complex gaze that people could not interpret at the first time.

That kind of gaze was full of contempt, ridicule and ridicule, and a bit of loneliness, desolation and indifference, through these emotions, in the depths of the eyes of the bird, Liu He also felt a deep despair.

Liu He suddenly felt that although this woman had long been accustomed to acting on the scene in the land of fireworks, and had said too many words against her will, at this moment, she was revealing her true feelings.

"Have you ever heard of a secret prostitute?" Referring to this word, which sounds a little unbearable, the despair in the eyes of the finch girl not only did not weaken in the slightest, but became more and more intense, "Soliciting customers on the street, picking up customers in your own home, discrediting, enduring the white eyes of the neighbors, unable to raise your head in front of people all your life, lonely for life, old and helpless, this is a secret prostitute." ”

When Liu He heard this, he was like being struck by lightning, and the firmness just now was instantly shattered, and he was speechless in the face of this old bustard who once hated him.

Que Niang ignored Liu He's reaction, didn't even look at him, and continued to talk on her own.

"Without the protection of the Qinglou and the brothel, in most cases, they are occupied by others in vain, but they can't receive money, and without money, they can only continue to return to the street, while forcing a smile, while looking forward to tears in their hearts, next time, they can catch up with a little conscientious customer. Pathetic, right? But it doesn't stop there, can you imagine the scene where they endure humiliation, at the mercy of others on the bed, their young children pushing the door in, and seeing their mothers crushed under a strange man, and the children crying on the spot? Can you relate to their state of mind? ”

When Que Niang said this, she suddenly turned her head sharply and stared at Liu He fiercely, her eyes were extremely hot, "They only had one thought at that time, that is, they wanted to die!" But for the sake of the child, he can only grit his teeth and live! ”

Years of polishing seem to have allowed this woman to master the method of adjusting her mentality anytime and anywhere, after saying these words excitedly, she immediately took a deep breath, and then exhaled slowly, and her expression was much calmer.

"Without the brothel of Qinglou, they will all end up like this, you keep saying that they can live better than before, but I tell you, it is not what you think, they will only live more miserable, more undignified, and more panicked. A woman, a man died on the battlefield, there is no one in her mother's family, if the in-laws can keep the child, it is fine, but if it is a girl, they will be swept out of the house together. You tell me, how can they survive except for laughing? What else do they have besides this body? ”

Liu He slowly closed his eyes, and suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.

He once naively thought that by demolishing those places where good people were forced to become prostitutes, those women would no longer suffer, but he didn't want to, but he drove them to a dead end.

There are often things with good intentions, but the results are unsatisfactory.

In this matter, Liu He's original intention was naturally good, but after listening to Que Niang's words, Liu He realized that his mistake was to take it for granted that the place of collusion was the root cause of those women's suffering, but he did not see the real source.

All the sufferings of those women, and even the people of the world, actually come from this source, although it is not explicitly mentioned in the words of the Bird Niang, Liu He can hear it, and he understands very well what this source is.

The world is in chaos.

Liu He really wanted to say something to the woman who once looked down on him, but he felt like a fish in his throat, those words that could be blurted out on weekdays, in front of this woman who had tasted the warmth and coldness of the world and the cold of the world, suddenly seemed so pale and powerless that he could no longer speak.

In the silence, there was a knock on the door.

Looking at Tai Meng, who was walking slowly, Liu He was not surprised at all.

After linking everything together, Liu He had a feeling that Tai Meng and Que Niang should have known each other for a long time.

"She is my mother, and this southeast building is my home." Tai Meng said calmly.