Volume 1 Troubled Boy Section 224 Trading Under the Cover of Night
Someone outside the carriage was talking about something, but the voice was very small, Luo Bei couldn't hear what was being said, and it didn't take long for someone to get into the carriage, and the carriage began to start slowly.
Packed in a sack, you can't tell the direction at all, you can only hear the "click" sound of the car rolling on the stone road, you may not feel it when walking, but this bump is easy to be amplified in the car.
So, even if they don't have to think about where to go next, they don't have an easy time in the car.
In the quiet environment, bearing the bumps on the carriage, the place to go is still unknown, although there is a psychological preparation, but worry is still inevitable, this is a special fear of the unknown, most people can not avoid it.
Lin'an at night, except for one or two more drums is the occasional dog barking, Luobei felt seriously, the friction between the wheel and the bluestone changed slightly, and the carriage seemed to turn two corners along the way, not knowing where to transport them.
There were about two people driving the car, sitting at the front, there was no communication between the two of them, maybe only eye contact, they were naturally not visible in the carriage, but they could still hear the whip whistling up.
The horse's hooves "clicked" forward, the speed was fast, but there was no sense of panic, which couldn't help but remind Luo Bei of the war horses on the battlefield that had endured countless life and death tests with the soldiers, and were the most solid "friends" of the soldiers, or a part of their bodies, and these war horses were even more well-trained than people.
Without receiving a command, they won't make a sound even if they're in the mire.
"Could it be that this is a war horse?" Luo Bei suddenly had a bold idea, but this was quickly denied, after all, they were engaged in a shady "business", how could they have anything to do with the imperial court? Maybe it was just that the horses were well trained.
Just then, the sound of the horses' hooves died down, and the carriage soon stopped, and then one of them was heard whispering, "It's here!"
There was no response to this sentence, and after saying it, it seemed to disappear, and everything fell into absolute silence, but I didn't expect a sudden change in the carriage, which had not been extremely stopped along the way.
I don't know who it was, but I began to tremble violently, and then I made a sound similar to an "epileptic" seizure, which was extremely harsh.
The two people who came with the car also seemed to sense something strange in the carriage, and when they opened it, they saw that there were really people foaming at the mouth because of extreme nervousness.
"Made, it's okay all the way, this kind of thing happened at the time of the trade!" said one of them, who seemed to be frowning.
"How?" said the other, who did not complain, and said more succinctly.
"Stun first!"
After saying that, the two of them really used "weapons" to knock out such a young man.
After another moment, a door opened, and Luo Bei heard the sound of small footsteps, and it was obvious that it was not just one person who came out.
The voice of the leader was sharp and thin, the moment he heard this voice, he remembered the night of the Oiran when he first arrived in Lin'an, there was a soft sedan chair next to the man beating the war drums, the person in the sedan chair seemed to be extremely noble, there was a person standing outside, although he didn't talk much, but his voice was sharp and thin, he looked like a man dressed up, but with the voice it seemed a little unmale and female, very strange.
This voice is very similar to that voice, but it is not from one person, because this is more than that
It's younger, and the speed of speech is unhurried, as if it has been specially practiced.
"The cubs who came this time won't pee their pants like the last time they opened the curtain, right?
"Gui Ye, don't worry, with the last incident, Shopkeeper Liu has strengthened his daily 'training', and you are satisfied!" The man looked very careful when he spoke in front of people who were neither men nor women.
"Hmm...... If he smashes the business again this time, he Liu is afraid that he will not have the face to live in this world, he should always know......" The man who is neither male nor female deliberately lengthened his voice, and his tone was even a little contemptuous.
The two didn't talk much, probably the content was to ask a few men and women, and asked about the approximate age, as if they were quite satisfied with the "goods" this time.
It didn't take long for someone to open the carriage, and it was really like transporting goods, carrying Luo Bei and the other seven people from the carriage and carrying them on their shoulders.
These people must have a lot of strength, and it doesn't mean anything to carry a person on their shoulders.
"This is a reward for the two of you, as for Shopkeeper Liu...... Just wait for the goods to be inspected here, and then pick them up at the old place!" said the man who was neither male nor female.
He spoke sharply, but he didn't leave anyone any room to speak, it seemed that for Shopkeeper Liu and others, his identity was more noble.
"You're old ...... How dare the villain take your ......," one person said with a smile.
"Hmph, what's the matter, do you think my money is not clean or are you afraid of pressing your hands?"
The man quickly took the "reward" and did not dare to say more.
At this time, the man who is neither male nor female whispered: "Let's go......"
Then Luo Bei and the others were carried and moved slowly, and it didn't take much effort for those people to carry a person on their shoulders, but they still walked slowly and steadily.
After crossing a threshold, Luobei faintly heard the sound of gurgling water, and then there was an occasional cricket in the quiet.
After walking for a while, the footsteps finally stopped, a door was opened, Luo Bei and the others were let in one after another, and the door was closed again.
Silence returned, and the men and women left with the others, but it was not clear if there was anyone waiting outside the door.
"Hey, Luobei, are you there?" was the killing voice, and after he landed, he immediately asked Luobei if he was still around, it seemed that for him, as long as he was not separated from Luobei, everything would matter.
"I'm ......" Luo Bei is not as easy as him, after all, it is completely unknown where he is now, and what good thing can there be for traffickers to catch and be sold.
What's more, there is no strength in the whole body now, this is an indisputable fact, if the martial arts are still there, although it may not be able to do anything, but it will not always be slaughtered by others.
He didn't care about killing people, but he couldn't help it, this was a matter of the safety of these people, and it might even be related to a very large king, otherwise how could there be such a human trafficking at the feet of the Son of Heaven?
Luo Bei remembered the words of the tall and thin boy, telling him to "don't be impulsive, don't resist", now thinking about it, the young man seems to be a bit wonderful, he was also abducted, others are not as calm as him, due to the urgency of the situation at the time, he just told Luo Bei not to be impulsive, as if everything had been planned.
So what is the plan? Is it necessary to save people? Or can we think a little bigger, to uproot this "network" of human traffickers, then this teenager must not be an ordinary person, at least there will be a certain "background" behind him
, otherwise how dare you go deep into the bandits' den alone.
Even so, his courage is big enough, after all, it can be seen that this young man does not know any martial arts, and his body is too thin to withstand other people's punches and kicks.
"Where are we, and what are they going to do with us?" asked Killing, again.
Luo Bei fell silent, because he had no idea what was going to happen next, they were like a small boat floating on the sea, the sea was blank, they couldn't find their direction at all, and they had no way of knowing where life would turn and where it would stop.
"I ...... I've heard it'...... You're going to send us to the palace......" a younger boy whispered in a trembling voice.
"Isn't that where the emperor lives?" asked Kill, as if he hadn't noticed the fear in the boy's voice.
"Yes, could it be that there is another place in this world called the palace?" said another boy who was a little older, and he was a little bolder than the boy just now.
"I've heard my brothers say that the inside of the palace is all paved with gold, and everything is the best in the world, so ...... Then do you say that there must be good wine and good meat?" said Killing, a little excited.
"Hmph, I can't imagine that there are still people in this world who are so naïve, if they are really so good, will those people not know, and risk such a risk to abduct people?" the boy said coldly.
Killing was a little stunned when he heard this, in his opinion, the palace must be the best place in the world, but it didn't seem to be the case when he heard the boy's meaning.
At this time, the boy, who had just spoken a little trembling, said with a cry: "They sent us to the palace and said that we were going to be eunuchs......"
As soon as these words came out, everyone fell into silence, and it was clear that the word "eunuch" was not difficult to understand, although it was far away for them.
In that era, it was not only those noble people who could enter the palace, but there was also a group of people in the palace, who made a choice because they were born poor and did not have much way to live, and they may even send young boys to be eunuchs and sell girls to become palace maids just in exchange for a little life-saving rations.
In a certain respect, these children who were sent to the palace have no freedom, so some people would rather choose Qinglou as a prostitute than enter the palace.
Of course, many things can't be generalized, in the Han Dynasty, there was a palace maid Wei Zifu who was favored by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty It was also a good story, and Emperor Tang Ming rode the red dust just to want the Pomeranian to smile, and Yang Yuhuan was fostered in his uncle's house because of the early death of his father before that.
However, for ordinary people, the palace is still somewhat unattainable.
"I'm the only child in my family, and I ...... I have to go home to continue the incense, I can't be a eunuch......" The boy burst into tears and said intermittently.
"What's the use of talking about this now, it's just that everyone is alone, and they don't know that people in the world are sinister!"
"What about the girls, where will they go?" asked Luobei.
"Most of them are brothels in Qinglou, so no matter how they beat people, they never slapped them in the face, just to be able to sell them at a good price!"
Luo Bei was silent, panting.
After a long time, he said slowly: "These people should be punished!"
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