Qi Xuansu was also thinking, who would be interested in this kind of girl? In addition to the traffickers, it is the legendary secret association of women, the Purple Light Society, and even Qi Xuansu has a hunch that maybe the two cases will be merged into one case in the end.

As for the Purple Light Society, although there is some unclear relationship with Zhengyi, it does not mean that the Purple Light Society is a good person, and the "Heavenly Court" is still related to the Taiping Dao, whether it is to destroy the Yuan family or attack the True Martial Arts Temple, there is no softness.

However, whether it is a human trafficker or a purple light society, in a short period of time, Mei Mei will not be in any danger.

Needless to say, the Purple Light Society likes to develop members, not to engage in blood sacrifices. As for the traffickers, they will not directly sell Mei Mei to the brothel to pick up customers.

Because Qi Xuansu saw the "portrait" created by Ke Qingqing according to Zhou Qingshu's description, it was a beautiful embryo, and at her age, she was directly sold to a brothel to pick up customers, first, it was not cost-effective, in the words of the brothel, it was to ruin good seedlings; Second, the risk is high, the imperial court is still relatively strict in the supervision of young prostitutes, it is difficult to get a certificate, from the perspective of traffickers, it is best to avoid the limelight before shooting; The third is that not everyone can do this business, and there is a training process before that, and by the way, it is also a grinding woman's temperament, like boiling an eagle.

So it's more likely to be hidden somewhere.

When Qi Xuansu walked the rivers and lakes, he had heard of this kind of business, some old prostitutes were old and decrepit, and they changed their careers to train new people, and the process was to find the daughters of poor families, raise them as stepmothers, and cultivate talents, etiquette, speech and behavior according to the standards of concubines in large families.

This is the so-called skinny horse. In the future, she can be sold to a large family as a concubine, compared with many famous prostitutes, her voice and talent are not much better, but she is "innocent", which is in line with the moral cleanliness of some poetic families. After all, only the Taoist Gate does not allow concubines, and outside the Taoist Gate, there is still a monogamous and polygamous concubine system.

At this point, Li Qingnu is no different from many thin horses, but Li Tianyue's ambition is greater, and she has only one emperor majesty in her eyes, and she looks down on those so-called gentry and powerful families. Later, when she found that this road was impassable, and she had some feelings after getting along for many years, Li Tianyue considered letting Li Qingnu join the Li family as a righteous daughter. Li Qingnu knows this, there must be resentment, otherwise he would not choose to work for Qi Niang. Although Qi Niang is greedy for money, she has never said anything to her family.

Or sell to a brothel, it's a similar process, no different from raising a thin horse. Of course, when grinding temperament, women have to suffer a little, at the beginning they often suffer from flesh and skin, the treatment is very poor, coupled with verbal humiliation, intended to destroy the woman's psychological defense, and then soothe with good words, with generous treatment to give gentle means, this is to slap a sweet date. In the end, put on a good look for you, "know it with affection, move it with reason", explain the benefits, in fact, there is only one, and the brothel is against the brothel, only suffering, if you are obedient, the brothel will also treat you well, and here to eat and drink spicy, wear silk and satin, contact with rich people, maybe there is a chance to be a rich concubine, far better than a poor wife, and finally make the woman compromise, accept her fate and bow her head.

In the process of the woman's attitude from hard to soft, the brothel will gradually arrange various "courses", such as learning the piano and singing, if the woman does not learn, or does not learn well, it will naturally be another round until the woman is completely obedient.

This process will not be very short, so Qi Xuansu did not rush to find someone in the middle of the night, but planned to move later, because Mei Mei's family lives in Beicheng, so he will investigate Beicheng first.

What really gives Qi Xuansu a headache is that rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest, if Mei Mei is sold to the first- and second-class courtyards in the south city or the inner city, it will be difficult to find, after all, Shi Bingyun also said that behind these courtyards are big backers and backgrounds, such as the famous first-class courtyard Wutong Yuan, the boss behind it is Li Tianzhen's cousin Li Tianyue, they may not come forward to embarrass Qi Xuansu because of this trivial matter, but it is a tricky thing after all.

At this moment, Shi Bingyun came from the direction of the imperial city, full of spring breeze.

Qi Xuansu immediately knew that she was not in the Jade Emperor Palace last night - she also had a mansion in the imperial city, after all, she was a real person of the Daomen, and she had some confidence, it was precisely because of her existence that the "Lao Qin" did not continue for a long time, and even many times it was "Lao Qin" who took the initiative to come to the door and go to her side, instead of her going to the palace of "Lao Qin", this is not an outer room, it can only be said that there are special circumstances, the Daomen does not allow a real person to become a princess, and the court does not approve of the members of the clan marrying high-grade Taoist priests, So the two of them just got together to live their lives.

Qi Xuansu stepped forward and explained the situation roughly, Shi Bingyun was also stunned, he didn't expect that someone would dare to deceive in the name of Vientiane Dao Palace in the imperial capital, but this is not the place to speak, she didn't say anything, just asked Qi Xuansu to investigate first, and notified her when she had eyebrows. Then she entered the gate of the Jade Emperor Palace under the salute of the gatekeeper.

Qi Xuansu sighed, in the past, it was clear who the enemy was. But when I arrived in the imperial capital, everything became blurry, as if I had no strength, but I didn't know where to fight.

In the evening, Song San came to see Qi Xuansu again.

Because the Jade Emperor Palace is a huge Taoist palace that occupies a square of land, there are a lot of people who come and go on weekdays, Song San has a public identity, and the Taoist gate has a lot of contacts with the imperial court, so it is not very conspicuous.

At this time, Song San no longer had the slightest doubt about Qi Xuansu's identity.

Qi Xuansu asked directly: "Have eyebrows?" ”

"Master Hui, there is nothing to say about the thief defrauding in the name of the Vientiane Dao Palace, but about the brothel, I overheard about it." Song Sanbi replied respectfully.

Qi Xuansu said quietly: "Specifically?" ”

Song San said: "The abduction and trafficking of young girls is nothing more than a few sales outlets, brothels are the top priority, especially a few 'half-closed' businesses, I asked the brothers below to inquire about it, but I didn't expect that there was really some gains, there was a 'half-closed' business that received a group of young girls a few days ago. ”

Qi Xuansu thought about it, he happened to be shouldering the responsibility of picketing the moral atmosphere, and since he had met it, there was no reason to leave it alone, so he nodded: "Specific location." ”

Song San had already been prepared, and handed over a simple map, the specific location of which had been marked by him, and he was a little embarrassed: "Master, this family dares to act so boldly because they have a background backer, but I am not good at showing up. ”

Qi Xuansu nodded: "I know, if you mark out the other 'half-hidden doors', I will search them all, so that they can't guess that someone will report the news." ”

Song San breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly marked the other ones. In fact, the specific location of these "half-closed doors" is not a secret thing, after all, if you want to open the door to do business, no one knows how to do business? The key is that the old people in the Dijing Provincial Mansion were almost swept away, and the newcomers who were added later inevitably had black eyes, and it was precisely the cooperation of a local snake like Song San.

After Qi Xuansu looked at the map, he said: "Good job, continue to inquire, I have already reported this case to the second deputy mansion master, and when the case is solved, I will ask the deputy mansion master to give the two of you a fellow Taoist background." ”

The so-called "fellow Taoist origin", the highest to the second grade Taiyi Taoist, the lowest is the ninth grade Taoist, a few grades enjoy the treatment of a few grade Taoists, and because it is a "fellow Taoist origin", nominally do not have to obey the dispatch of the Taoist, nor are they subject to the control of high-grade Taoists, only benefits, no harm.

Of course, Song San knew the meaning of this, and he was not flattered, but he was so grateful to Qi Xuansu that he almost knelt down and gave Qi Xuansu a kowtow.

Qi Xuansu waved his hand to signal that he didn't need to be polite, and took out a sub-card under his token: "This is what you deserve, you leave from the southeast corner gate later, there are few people there." You have this waist card, and you don't have to report it when you come to see me in the future. ”

As the real power leader, Qi Xuansu has a lot of power, far better than the empty head in the past.

Song San took the sign and left in a hurry.

Qi Xuansu opened the "sound transmission array" on the table again, and Wang Chongnian's voice came from inside: "Chief, you are looking for me." ”

Qi Xuansu said: "Lao Wang, you call the three spirit officials to come to my side together, I have something to arrange." ”

"Yes, Lord." Wang Chongnian said.

Not long after, Wang Chongnian and the three spirit officials came to Qi Xuansu's signing room.

Qi Xuansu didn't let the four of them sit down, but also stood up and said straight to the point: "The task given to us by Deputy Mansion Master Shi is to rectify the atmosphere in the imperial capital, concentrate on rectifying brothels and other gray industries, eat one bite at a time, and do things step by step, I decided to start with Beicheng first." ”

Except for Qin Lingguan, who is a local, the other four people are all transferred from outside, and they have nothing to do with the various ghosts, snakes, and gods in the imperial capital, but Qin Lingguan has already taken someone to investigate Meimei's matter with Ke Qingqing, so there is no need to worry that someone will report in advance.

Qi Xuansu took out the simple map: "Specifically, there are four businesses commonly known as 'semi-closed doors', we are divided into four roads, Lao Wang all the way, Zeng Lingguan all the way, Gao Lingguan all the way, Zhou Lingguan and me all the way, at the same time, unified action, these four so-called 'semi-closed' businesses to conduct a surprise search, screen the identity of prostitutes and punish them, seize a cadre including ordinary maids, turtle slaves, thugs, etc., be sure to find account books and registers, closely search whether there are dark rooms and dungeons inside and outside the brothel, and carefully check whether there are other illegal matters." , understood? ”

"Understood." The four of them responded in unison.

Qi Xuansu waved his hand and said, "Act immediately." ”

After about a stick of incense, more than 200 spirit officers and soldiers left the Jade Emperor Palace in four ways and went straight to the northern city.