Fang Ruotang rushed over, immediately took off her cloak, and wrapped the woman up tightly, glaring fiercely at the man who was tearing at the woman's clothes.

"Who are you? How dare you molest a woman in broad daylight? Do you believe I'll report you to the authorities, have you arrested, and send you to jail and be beaten?"

The man was startled, then angry, and then noticed the six outstanding men following closely behind Fang Ruotang. Looking at their attire, he realized that this group of people were important figures he could not afford to offend.

"You've misunderstood, sir. This is my wife."

A wife is a woman who lives in her husband's home.

Fang Ruotang had also heard the servants in his household call his wife that.

"Your wife? Then why were you tearing her clothes off in the street?"

"I'm just having people inspect the goods!"

The man grinned, a forced smile on his face, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth.

Fang Ruotang felt a little nauseous and frowned as she asked, "What inspection?"

“We were starving, so I pawned my wife to this man to have a son. He’s the buyer, so he’ll definitely check her out. My wife has two big breasts, so we’ll have plenty of food after she has a baby.”

The man spoke rudely, so Huo Zhige stepped forward and struck his mouth with the hilt of his sword.

"shut up."

Fang Ruotang was stunned. This was the first time she had ever heard of such a thing. She looked down at the woman she was protecting in her arms, who looked to be only in her early twenties or not yet thirty.

But her expression was numb, as if everything around her had nothing to do with her.

Fang Ruotang felt a pang in her heart; she felt this was wrong.

"Are you even a man?! If you have no money for food, then go find a job! You married this girl, so you should treat her well. How could you treat her like this?!"

Fang Ruotang was furious; this was the side of her she had never seen before.

The man was beaten by Huo Zhige, his mouth full of blood, but he didn't dare to fight back. He said meekly, "Everyone lives like this. I've been good enough to her. I only pawned her to bachelors to have children. In my village, there are plenty of men who let their wives do illicit business."

Fang Ruotang felt a huge weight pressing on her heart, making it hard to breathe.

"You've gone too far! How can you treat women like this? If you want to sell yourselves, why don't you sell yourselves? Aren't there men with special tastes too? You men are disgusting!"

Fang Ruotang's actions were so egregious that Gu Yanjin and the other six were innocently implicated.

Huo Zhige glanced awkwardly at Fang Ruotang, wanting to speak up immediately to defend himself, but seeing how angry Fang Ruotang was, he didn't dare to interrupt, for fear of provoking her anger.

"This place is so close to the capital. Didn't you receive last year's new grain? I don't believe you're really that desperate, so desperate that you have to sell your wives?"

They traveled by carriage, which took them two days, but if they rode at full speed from here to the capital, it would actually take less than a day.

Moreover, just as they entered the city, they could tell from the demeanor of the other residents that they were not short of food; at least, the people here had hope in their eyes.

The man rolled his eyes and said in a fawning tone, "My lord, you should leave this matter alone! It's all a matter of mutual consent."

"Say something, isn't it?" the man called out to the woman.

The woman was dazed, and after a while she looked at the man and slowly nodded.

Fang Ruotang sensed something was wrong and quickly asked Xiao Jingzi.

[What's going on? Why do I feel like this woman is even dumber than me? Is she stupid?] Her soul is incomplete, she is born with insufficient intelligence, and her reactions are not this slow.

But when the woman in front of her spoke to her, she didn't respond.

【No! Nothing is more heartbreaking than a broken heart; this is the third time she's been sold.】 Little Mirror felt a pang of sympathy after reading about the woman's life.

It was hard to explain, so he simply packaged the text and pictures together and sent it to Fang Ruotang and the other four masters who could communicate with him. All five of them frowned after reading it.

You're not human!

Fang Ruotang couldn't hold back and slapped him across the face.

The girl's surname was Zhao. She was the eldest daughter in her family, with two younger sisters. Seeing that they could not produce a son, her parents decided to find a son-in-law. The man was a beggar that her parents had taken in. They gave him clothes and food and named him Zhao De. They even spent 100 coins to find a local scholar to name him, hoping that he would be a good man.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Deren is wicked and ruthless. After marrying into the family, he didn't remember any of the kindness shown to him. After Zhao's father got into trouble, he showed his true colors. He used Zhao's mother as a threat to sell Zhao's second and third sisters and demand a high dowry. Now he is forcing Zhao Dani to sell her body. Poor Zhao's mother tried to kill herself several times, but failed.

Zhao De glared at Fang Ruotang with a vicious look, but quickly lowered his eyes. He knew he was no match for the people in front of him, so he softened and said, "I was wrong. I'll take my wife home right now."

Upon hearing the word "go home," Zhao Dani's eyes flickered.

Fang Ruotang grabbed Zhao Dani's hand, preventing Zhao De from pulling her over. She hadn't figured out how to resolve this matter. After all, this wasn't the capital. If they were in the capital, she would simply bring the Zhao family mother and daughter out and put them in Tianyi Sect. With Jin Wuyou, the all-around assistant, there was always a way to properly settle this family.

On their journey, they had more important things to do and it was inconvenient to bring these four people along, so they looked to Gu Yanjin and his group of six for help.

"Brother Yan, I want to help her, but I don't know how to settle her down?"

"Okay! If you want to save her, then we'll save her."

Gu Yanjin and the other five thought a little more than Fang Ruotang. Zhao De's words just now revealed an important message: selling one's wife was a very common thing in their society.

Saving only the Zhao family mother and her three daughters is easy to solve. Whether it's putting them in the Jin family's business and finding them a way to make a living, or sending them to the capital to work for any family, it doesn't matter.

Fang Ruotang wanted to take better care of them, even sending them to Tianyi Sect to help with the fire in the kitchen, which would have been acceptable. However, it was clear that if this matter were to be revealed, it wouldn't be about settling the four women.

"Do you want to come with us? We can save you, and your mother, your second sister, and your third sister too. I can save them all as well." Fang Ruotang got Gu Yanjin's approval and didn't ask him how to settle them. She just relied heavily on the six people's ability to get things done.

After all, Little Mirror once said that no matter how difficult things are in this world, they can always be solved easily in the hands of the six of them.

To her surprise, Zhao Dani didn't react at all after she said that, remaining as still as a puppet.

Fang Ruotang tilted her head, leaned closer to stare into Zhao Dani's eyes, and asked, "Why aren't you saying anything? Don't you believe I can save you? I can save you. Oh, right, I haven't told you yet, I am the Imperial Advisor, you know that, right? I am the Grand Imperial Advisor of the Great Yong Dynasty."

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