"Miss Baili, don't worry, Ma Chao will never dare to sell you, girl. In our dynasty, it was illegal to buy and sell human beings privately. It is impossible for Ma Chao to know the law and break the law. ”

"Is it illegal to buy and sell human beings?" Bai Li raised her eyebrows and looked at Ma Chao: "Then why didn't I see those people who bought girls and small girls in private to be imprisoned?" ”

"There are only two kinds of people who have been bought into the mansion as girls, one is a criminal slave, which can be bought and sold with the consent of the government. The other is pawn sales, where poor families voluntarily pawn their children to rich and noble families to be girls and servants, and some husbands sell their wives to pawns. This kind of behavior belongs to you and me, and it does not belong to private trading, so the government can only turn a blind eye. Take those poor people, if you don't let them pawn their children, they will starve to death and die of disease. Pawn to the rich family, although it is said to be a slave and a maid, but fortunately, they all stutter and have a place to live. ”

"Horizontal and vertical are the responsibility of your official family, and I can't say anything about you as a common person." Bai Li snorted coldly: "After talking for a long time, you still haven't said clearly, what is your master looking for us to do?" ”

"That's the case, my lord only had his current little son in his thirties, which can be regarded as a late come, and he was very pampered when he was a child. Originally, it would be two days before my little son's seventh birthday, but something happened at this time. ”

"What's wrong?"

"On the night of Ning Lang's accident, my little boy suddenly lost his temper and drove all the nurses and girls who accompanied him out of the room, crying and making trouble, saying that he wanted to sleep alone. This little boy was spoiled by the master, and he has been a master since he was a child. The nurse and the girl couldn't resist him, so they could only stay outside the door. That night, I didn't hear any special movement, and the little boy slept peacefully. The old man was still happy at the time, saying that the little boy had grown up overnight. ”

"It's normal for a seven-year-old to want to sleep on his own."

"Yes, this child from a poor family, don't say seven years old, he may have to sleep on his own from the age of three." Ma Chao nodded: "But this person is born different, and it can't be the same." The little boy wants to sleep alone, which is a happy thing for the master. After all, there are people guarding the door, and I am not afraid that the little boy will dream in the middle of the night, because he will turn over and fall into bed or something. Who would have thought that after this dawn, there would be a problem with the little boy. ”

"What's wrong? Could it be that he forgot his actions at night, and falsely accused the nurse and the girl of not wanting to serve him? ”

"No, this little boy has become demented since he woke up. Not only are his eyes straight, but his whole body is convulsed. The old man invited all the doctors in Liyang City, but he couldn't see what was wrong. ”

"That's weird."

"Miss Baili is right, this thing is indeed very strange. It was a big night when everything was normal, and even the people guarding the door didn't hear any movement, but the little boy became like this, and no one could think about it clearly, and he couldn't figure it out. Just when there was no doctor everywhere and the whole house was in a hurry, an old man with a roast chicken in his hand and a wine gourd tied around his waist came to the door. The old man claimed to be surnamed Tao, saying that he could see the little boy's illness. ”

When Ma Chao mentioned the image of the old man, Bai Li's eyes collided with Bai Ze's, and then heard him say that the old man's surname was Tao, and Bai Li had already confirmed that the old man was her missing master who had nothing to do.

"That'...... Did that old man Tao take care of your little son's illness? Bai Li asked a little nervously.

"Nope!" Ma Chao shook his head depressedly: "I have been with my master for more than ten years, and frankly speaking, if this old man is left behind, let alone seeing our master, he can be driven away with a stick if he stands in front of the mansion for a short while." But the little boy's illness can't be seen by doctors all over the city, and the old man can only go to the doctor in a hurry. But the old man only glanced at my little boy, and said let's come to Huaxi Town to find Mr. Bai and Miss Bai. He said that our little boy is a kind of yin person, his soul is entangled, and only by inviting the two of them to Liyang City can he save the life of my little son. ”

"Your lord believes it?"

"My lord is skeptical, but my old lady does. Even if you want to invite that strange old man Tao to stay. But the old man said that he could only watch, not solve, let alone cure and save people, and if he wanted the little boy to live, he had to invite the two of them to the house. No, I just got the order of our master and rushed to Huaxi Town. ”

Bai Li quietly poked Bai Ze with his hand and asked in a low voice, "Did you say that my master did it on purpose?" ”

"What?" Bai Ze looked at Bai Li puzzled.

"My master is a strange man, and although I know that he has no bad intentions for me, I always feel that I can't see through him. Also, when he did things, there was no track to be found, when he was in Huaxi Village, he was obviously not afraid of ghosts, and he could also lower the ghosts, but when he arrived in Huaxi Town, he would only eat and drink. To tell you the truth, I suspect that the little boy's illness was caused by my master, and his purpose is to lead us to Liyang City, as for what to do after being led to Liyang City, I don't know, but I always feel that it is a pit. ”

"I also think that your master is weird, and he is not happy with any kindness." Bai Ze wrinkled his nose slightly: "I know that your master is digging a pit, so should we jump, or not?" ”

"Of course you have to jump, if you don't jump in, how do you know what the hell that old man is doing." Bai Li gritted her back molars: "If he asks me to find evidence, see how I clean him up." ”

"Li'er, do you still dare to beat your master?"

"What am I doing beating him up? I'm going to make some of the worst things in the world and let him eat enough. Bai Li rolled up his sleeves and said to Ma Chao: "We can go to Liyang City with you now, but the Xin County Order has to ask you to say hello first." Otherwise, if we walk on the front foot, we will have to be caught on the back foot. ”

"It's easy." Ma Chao smiled and said to Bai Li: "Oh, I forgot to say something just now, the first thing my little boy said was that there was a cat on the wall." ”

"Cats?" Bai Li subconsciously looked towards Bai Ze.

Bai Ze frowned: "Your lord can raise cats?" ”

"There were no cats in the house, and there were no living creatures. My wife loves cleanliness, even the chickens, ducks and fish eaten in the house are all killed outside and sent in. At first, when I heard the little boy say this, no one in the house cared, after all, there are wild cats in this Liyang City, this wild cat is good at climbing, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not jump into our house, but the big guy has searched inside and outside the house, and no trace of the wild cat has been found, but when he was on duty at night, someone saw a cat on the courtyard wall. ”

"Isn't this still a wildcat entering the house?" Bai Li Road.

"Definitely, this cat is not on the courtyard wall." Ma Chao pointed to the wall of the courtyard wall, "And on the wall, or on the reflection of the wall." The person who walked in front of the courtyard wall was obviously a human, but what was reflected on the wall was a cat, a strange cat with a cat's head and a human body. ”