There are four leaders of this gang of traffickers, and the leader is this big leader, surnamed Ni; The second child takes care of the woman in the house, surnamed Liu; The third is responsible for contacting the merchants of Zhou Huanguo, surnamed Ge; The fourth child followed the boss to captive, surnamed Wei. These four brothers were originally farmers in the villages around Xingye Village, and they were more powerful than ordinary adult men. Boss Ni is the most big-shouldered and round-waisted, but he doesn't have much ruthlessness on his face. The four of them stayed in the army for several years because of Ji Yuguo's conscription reward system. After retiring, he was also going to return to his hometown with the money he earned as a soldier to farm honestly. However, their hometown is located in a remote area, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and there are often people who bring officers and soldiers to collect harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes. Over the years, not only did he not save the money he had earned when he was a soldier, but he also plundered the crops that grew in his own thin fields. The family has seven or eight mouths, all counting on their young and strong men to eat and live, but they can no longer support their own family.

In order to keep the children of the family from going hungry, the four decided to do a single human trafficking business and leave this road to make some money. They knew that what they were going to do was detrimental to their yin virtues, so they kept doing things secretly from their families. At first, they found three young women, and when they succeeded, they sold them to a small merchant in Zhou Raoguo, making a small profit. A few people were going to live happily with their money, but they thought that their actions were bumped into by a group of local ruffians. Seeing that it was impossible to kill people, the four of them were coerced by these ruffians, and had to join this gang of ruffians and become traitors with them.

After nearly half a year, these four people from the army gradually subdued these ruffians, drove them away, and crippled them, leaving only a dozen young men who were not bad in nature and also walked on this road for a living. They first worked everywhere to make money, partly to subsidize their families, and partly to make up for the sins committed by the ruffians in the first place.

As time passed, the ruffians near Xingye Village gradually disappeared under the hands of the four. The villagers in Xingye Village and the surrounding areas have gradually learned about this group of young people who are silently helping them. With the serious or unserious deeds done over the years, these dozen or so people also have some savings, although they are not rich, but at least they don't have to worry about their own grain for two or three years.

At this point, Boss Ni decided to disband the group after completing this last transaction, and each went back to his own home. For this transaction, they made secret visits everywhere to understand the situation, and only selected those girls who had no relatives or were abused at home, and after nearly two months, they successively arrested thirteen girls. Today, it was the day when Ge Laosan brought the merchants of the surrounding country to inspect the goods, and it was because of them that they would carry all the women to this thatched house. Unexpectedly, they haven't done bad things for many years, and today they will be targeted again as soon as they make a big move.

Boss Ni is a cautious person, since he saw Mingyue, he felt that Mingyue had a problem, but he tried many times and did not find Mingyue's handle. In this way, it is difficult for him to stop the "cost-effective" deal proposed by Mingyue. After all, he also had to consider the circumstances and needs of his brothers. So Boss Ni half-pushed and half-agreed to Mingyue's trading conditions. But he has always been wary of Mingyue. At this time, seeing Youning coming back alone, Boss Ni was even more alarmed in his heart.

"Why did you come back alone!" Boss Ni raised his sword and pointed at You Ning and asked.

Mingyue was a little nervous when he saw this, he was not afraid that Boss Ni would hurt Youning, but he was afraid that Youning would not be able to hold back and fight with Boss Ni. If this is the case, Mingyue's rescue plan is in danger of being completely ruined. On this occasion, Mingyue said to Boss Ni with a smile on her face:

"Lord Chief, why are you so arrogant~ My friend can't speak. No matter how anxious you are, you can't get a reason out of my friend's mouth. Why don't you let me know the situation in the future~"

Mingyue walked towards Youning, squinting his eyes to observe the situation of the grass, and saw that the two people on the tree were gently waving the leaves in their hands towards Mingyue in the grass at this time, and Mingyue's heart finally calmed down a little. Coming to Youning's side, Mingyue deliberately blocked Youning with her body, and asked in a low voice, "Have those five people been solved?" ”

Youning nodded resolutely.

"Ahh It turned out that the axle of the grain transport was broken. What can I do? Mingyue squeezed her eyebrows at Youning and shouted with all her might.

"The two brothers on the tree have also come down, just continue to do what they originally planned. Solve five more people, and we have a chance of success. But Youning, you must protect yourself! Mingyue hugged Youning and whispered a few words in his ear. After letting go of Youning, Mingyue raised her breath and muttered loudly:

"That's all there is to it! When the axle is broken, the grain can only be carried on the back of people. I'm here to talk to the big boss about borrowing a few people! Wait here first, brother. ”

Walking quickly to the big leader's side, a thin layer of sweat faintly appeared on Mingyue's forehead. From the beginning to the yin and yang dialogue just now, it took Mingyue a lot of physical strength and mental strength. Raising his hand to wipe his sweat without a trace, Mingyue licked his face, which had become red from speaking loudly, and explained to the big leader with some embarrassment:

"I'm really sorry, but our grain truck broke down on the way, and the grain was scattered all over the ground. The previous brothers were gathering up the scattered grain. But the grain scattered in the forest, mixed with the grass and trees, is so easy to pick! My friend was anxious when he saw a few good men picking up for a long time without much success. ”

Saying this, Mingyue looked up at the sky: "Although it is summer now, the days are long and the nights are short, but the trees in this forest are luxuriant, but if the sun is more inclined on this day, the speed of darkening in the forest is much faster than that outside the forest." You don't need the sun to set too much in the west, and you can't tell the difference between food and grass in the forest. Tomorrow, the grain of the land will be divided up by the beasts of the forest. It's a loss for both of us. No, my friend has no other way but to ask the big leader for help. I hope the big leader can send some more people, one is to help pick up food, and the other is to help carry food to us? ”

Mingyue racked her brains to round out the lie, but Boss Ni still wrinkled between his thick eyebrows after hearing this. Just when Mingyue was about to further persuade Boss Ni, Wei Laosi, who was slightly thin, walked up to Boss Ni with the appearance of a peacemaker and said:

"Big brother, adults came to our remote place with food all the way, it is normal for cars and horses to be damaged, I took five brothers to help, while the light in the forest is still good, hurry up and pick up the food and carry it back. As for the eldest brother and the rest of the brothers, they have to greet the adults. ”

This Wei Laosi said it neither hard nor softly, that is, he gave face to Mingyue, and also threatened Youning. If the axle is really broken, Wei Laosi has to bring someone to help; But if Youning played any tricks, Mingyue, who stayed in the thatched house, would become the best hostage.

Wei Laosi understands this truth, and Ni Laosi understands it.

"Fourth brother, pick someone to go, before the forest darkens, be sure to come back."

"Okay, my lord, wait for a while in our humble room~ I'll come when Wei Laosi goes."

"Thank you, thank you~" Mingyue pretended not to understand the meaning of Wei Laosi's words, and arched her hand very politely.

After seeing You Ning and Wei Laosi and his party leave, Mingyue saw that the two people in the grass showed signs of getting up, and hurriedly pretended to relax their muscles and bones, and shook their heads in the direction of the grass. Although the father and son of the Shen family in the grass did not know the reason, they still squatted down according to Mingyue's instructions.

"Father, what do you mean by this little boy? In the note, he asked us to help him and keep him safe. Now there are less than ten thieves left near this thatched hut, and he still won't tell us to do it! Could it be true that the dozen or so thieves who went out came back before they couldn't fight hard? The young and vigorous Shen Yanyu asked a little breathlessly.

Shen Yufeng thought for a moment and said, "I guess he doesn't trust us." The father felt that he was waiting for his companion to return. Previously, we were only asked for help in case of emergency. Since we have promised others, we should keep our promises. Besides, this kid is bold and careful and has a sense of justice, he can be regarded as a young hero, and he is happy to see his father, and he doesn't want to see him hurt. ”

"This kid lacks education, and he thinks I'm a powerless scholar, so why are you still suspicious—"

Shen Yanyu was about to curse a few words of Mingyue, but after seeing Shen Yufeng's eyebrows, he immediately stopped talking.

Mingyue was surrounded by a group of brothers from Boss Ni, chatting with each other. The girl who bit Mingyue was dragged not far to the side. At this time, both Mingyue and Boss Ni were very concerned about the movement in the direction of Youning's disappearance. In less than half a pillar of incense, there was a rustling sound of stepping on grass in the distance.

Mingyue and Boss Ni looked over together, only to see a strong man with a Chinese character face walking out with a fat man covered in silk.

"Big brother!"

"The third child is back."

It turned out that Ge Laosan came back with the rich businessmen who went around the country. Mingyue felt bad in her heart. The brothers were going to say a few words, but after seeing Mingyue, Ge Laosan asked suspiciously, "Big brother, who is this?" ”

"Below-" Mingyue arched her hand, wanting to introduce herself, but her words were directly cut off by Boss Ni. "Ah, this is the procurement of the third prince of General Shen's mansion, and he came here to buy some military prostitutes for the military camp."

As soon as Boss Ni said this, Ge Laosan shouted: "It's just nonsense! I served as a soldier under General Shen for three years, and there was no practice of buying military prostitutes in the army. And the third son of General Shen is a weak scholar and has not yet come out, and the second son is responsible for the purchase in the army. Who are you? Why lie to my brother! ”

While Ge Laosan questioned Mingyue, the remaining traffickers drew their knives and pointed at Mingyue.