Chapter 298: Little Grass, Little Bud, Little Di?
Although the power and government relationship of Anyang City is far less complicated than that of Chang'an City, in addition to the Governor's Mansion in charge of the local military, there is the Assassin's Mansion in charge of the state and highway administration, and there is the local county government.
Take the original words of Sun Dian's admonition, the water in Anyang City is not deep enough, but if anyone tries to try it out, if one is not careful, he can also drown people.
Outsiders were forcibly caught and sold, and this kind of thing did not happen on the first day, but in Hebei, which has been suffering from drought all year round, it is a very common situation, or more precisely, it is a business.
As for the people who profit from this, they are nothing more than some powerful people in the upper echelons of society.
Human trafficking is an extremely common and ordinary thing in this world, and compared with the law, it does not even constitute criminal responsibility, but this does not mean that the law encourages the people to unscrupulously sell human beings, especially in the case of forced buying and selling, turning good people into untouchables and forcing them to become prostitutes.
Whether morally or humanly, this is a 'bad thing', so those powerful people who make profits behind the scenes dare not do it blatantly, but use a group of scoundrels as a cover-up, and also find some high-sounding excuses to cover up their ears and steal the bell.
At the insistence of the remnant jade, Sun Dian had to tell everything he knew about the houses involved in buying and selling the victims and profiting from them.
Really heard those who had a share in her ears, and Yu Yu realized that things were far more complicated than she imagined.
At least Sun Dian is right in one sentence, this matter is not something she can manage.
She came to Anyang City, not looking for trouble, she was pregnant, Li Taiyuan was in the Western Regions, she was a princess with no real power, in the face of a city with deep roots, what could one person do?
What to do so as not to burden him.
The previous impulse calmed down, and all that was left was a deep sense of powerlessness, and there was nothing that could be helped.
Yi Yu's silence, Sun Dian saw it in his eyes, and when he understood that she had retreated, he couldn't tell whether he was more disappointed or more relieved.
After all, he did not forget his duty, and he did not hesitate to persuade:
"Princess, these foreign victims deserve sympathy, but even if they are not sold, they will still die of hunger and cold, to be honest, at least they can live a few more days after being sold."
"No need to say more, I know," Yi Yu raised his hand to signal him not to continue, turned his head to look at the worried Pingxia, and instructed Sun Dian:
"Send someone to bring those two children back."
"Yes, the next official will do it." Sun Dian bowed and retired, as the deputy pawn of the Governor's Mansion, he had to deal with the same people up and down on weekdays, and the people on both the black and white roads were strong, and it was not a problem to get back the two children from the traffickers.
Watching him leave, Pingxia sat on the ground with a relieved face, looked up and saw that Yiyu was holding a teacup and didn't know what to think, so she hurriedly stood up.
"Master, you are tired, the slave and maid will help you back to your room to rest."
She stood and waited for a long time before she heard Yi Yu respond softly:
“... Good. ”
In the evening, Lu Shi came back from Guanli, and as soon as he entered the door, he heard the mouthy porter say that Pingtong was beaten on the head and carried back at noon.
I hurriedly found the relict jade house, and after listening to Pingxia's story, I couldn't help but sigh:
"In this world, the homeless are the most pitiful, if the two children are found, stay in the house, the family is not bad to support this population."
Under the explanation of the remaining jade, Pingxia only said about the pair of little sisters, but she didn't say a word about the sale of foreign victims.
"Just do what my mother said."
"Alas, if I had known, I would have gone to the temple a day in advance to worship and ask for peace for Pingtong's girl, what about Pinghui?"
"I've been crying for a long time, I was flustered when I heard it, so I simply let her go to Pingtong's room to take care of her," Yi Yu was customary to lie on the couch and talk to Lu, with a shallow smile on his face, and he couldn't see the anger at noon at all.
Lu Shi nodded, took out the rune paper carefully collected in the small cloth bag, counted a few pieces and handed them to Pingxia, who was serving tea and pouring water on the side, and said:
"Fortunately, I asked for a few more peace charms today, you can take them first, and give them to the two of them later, so as not to cause any more trouble."
Pingxia bent her knees and took it with both hands, moved in her heart, and stumbled to thank her.
Lu Shi smiled, picked out a different one, handed it to Yu Yu and said: "Two days will be your birthday, and it will be seventeen, and my mother will send you peace first." ”
The smile on Yi Yu's face became sincere, "Thank you, mother." ”
After hastily coping with dinner, Yu Yu originally thought that he would not be able to see the child until tomorrow, and he didn't want to go to bed half an hour before he went to bed, so he was sent over, and there was one more.
In the living room, there are two long-necked oil lamps, which are not too bright, but they can also see people clearly.
Yi Yu sat cross-legged on the short couch, with a thick mattress under her and a thin quilt on her legs, Pingyun and Xiaoman stood behind her, curiously looking at the three children who were led into the house by Pingxia.
The taller one should be the elder sister, one hand tightly clutched the short sister on the side, the other hand pulled the ragged corners of the clothes, lowered the head, rubbed the toes restlessly, the straw sandals on the feet were worn to one side, and with her movements, a piece or two of mud fell down, and landed on the clean birch floor, very conspicuous, and she herself saw it, as if frightened, and shrank her head more and more.
My sister was so restrained, and my sister was also nervous, so she only stared at Yu Yu for a while when she entered the door, and then followed her sister's example, with her head down and standing motionless.
Because Pingtong and Pingxia did not disclose it, the two children didn't know that what was in front of them at this time was a princess, otherwise if they looked like this, they would be scared and their legs would be weak.
However, the boy who was rescued by Sun Dian along the way with his sisters looked like he was only seven or eight years old, his face was dirty, he couldn't see what he looked like, and he only had a pair of black eyes, which was very spiritual.
He was wearing a ragged shirt and a ragged gown, but he was not afraid to look back and forth in the room, and finally his eyes fell on Yi Yu, staring at her up and down with curiosity, and was noticed by Pingxia, he secretly pulled down his sleeves, and he turned his head to glare at her dissatisfied.
"What are you pulling me for?"
Pingxia was afraid that he would not like it, so she lowered her voice and reminded, "Don't look around." ”
"How can I look around, don't I look ahead now, how old are you, I can't even tell the difference between east and west, north and south," the boy glanced at her with disgust, and then turned back to stare at Yu Yu.
Pingxia's face was slightly red, and she pulled him again, and whispered helplessly, "Then, don't look forward." ”
The boy was not happy, so he simply stretched out his hand and pointed at the jade, pouted, and said, "I'm looking at her, not you, what are you ashamed of." ”
Seeing that he had the audacity to use his hand to point at the Yu Yu, Ping Xia was so frightened that she hurriedly pulled his hand down and scratched him fiercely, afraid that he would not be honest, so she firmly pinched his hand and bent down at the Yu Yu to say guilt:
"Don't blame the master, children are not sensible."
Before the jade could make a sound, the boy changed his face first, shaking Pingxia's hand as if he was hiding from the plague, and said in a panic:
"Hey, don't pull me, men and women don't kiss, they will get married, I don't want to marry you like a powerful woman, hurry up and let me go, let go."
Yi Yu couldn't help but laugh lightly, Xiao Man and Pingyun also pursed their lips with laughter, while Pingxia, who had always been a good person, was angry and blushed, looking like she wanted to stuff the child's mouth with a footcloth.
In the end, the boy was no match for Pingxia's strength, and she pressed her shoulders and couldn't struggle, so he puffed out his cheeks angrily, tilted his head, and stared at her.
Seeing this, Yi Yu restrained her laughter, cleared her throat, and said gently to the two little girls who were nervously about to lower their heads to the ground:
"My sister is Xiaocao, and my sister is Xiaoya, right?"
"Yes, yes." The two hurriedly responded, quickly looked up at Yi Yu, and lowered it again.
Yu Yu was afraid that talking to them again would make them even more uncomfortable, so she turned to the interesting "giveaway".
"They all have names, but what about yours?"
When the boy heard Yu Yu's inquiry, he unwillingly gave up comparing the size of his eyes with Ping Xia, turned his head, raised his chin at a laborious angle, and said to Yu Yu unwillingly:
"My name is 'Little Di'."
"Little flute," Yi Yu said silently, frowning secretly, and muttering to himself, "Is it the flute of the flute?" ”
was kidnapped by Yao Yidi twice, and Yu Yu is very sensitive to the name "flute".
The boy had pointed ears and muttered, "It's not the flute with the bamboo head." ”
Yi Yu's eyes lit up, "Are you literate?" ”
After asking, she saw the boy's eyes clearly dodge, and then said with a slight disguise:
"One, a little."
This is a smart child, and maybe there are some little secrets, Yu Yu said secretly, but he didn't expose him.
"That's the enlightening Dick."
“... Whatever you want to call it," he muttered again, "it doesn't all sound the same." ”
Yi Yu nodded, she didn't want to delve into anything, there were too many people, she couldn't help, but these few in front of her, since they were sent to her, she couldn't care about it.
Seeing that they were still wearing shabby and thin clothes, she asked Pingxia with a slight reproach in her tone:
"Why don't you find clothes for them to change first?"
Pingxia said embarrassedly, "Seeing that it's late, the master will rest later, so I'm in a hurry to bring it over to you first." ”
Xiao Man interjected: "There shouldn't be any clothes they can wear in the house, so let's take a smaller one for two days, and the slaves and maids are idle these days, just sewing two clothes for them to wear." ”
Pingyun also said, "Slaves and maids can also help." ”
Yi Yu nodded, seeing that Xiao Di began to look at her again, she didn't think that she had flowers on her face, she moved along his gaze, her eyes fell on her hand, and she knew what he was looking at.
"Take them down to wash up first, get some food, and arrange to live in the west courtyard - no, forget it, take Xiaodi to Yutong, and Xiaocao and Xiaoya will sleep with Pingxia."
After the arrangement of the remaining jade, the whole room was very satisfied, except for one.
"Who is Yu what, I don't want to sleep with him, can't you give me a room alone, otherwise let me sleep in the firewood room."
Yi Yu smiled but didn't answer, held his waist with one hand, let Xiao Man pick him up, picked up the untouched snack plate in his hand, walked slowly to them, handed him the plate with a smile, let go of Xiao Man's support, and left a free hand, regardless of whether he wanted to or not, it fell on his unkempt hair, and stroked it gently.
"No, you're still young, you have to sleep with adults."
is a very common sentence, but it made the three children's eyes red for a while.
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