Chapter 409 [This kind of person will go to hell]

Panda quickly locked the animal's iron cage and restored it to its original state, and Master Liao also rushed to help.

When footsteps were heard at the entrance of Cuizhu Garden, all the animals had returned to their cages, pretending nothing had happened. Master Liao sat on the ground with red eyes, pretending to be scared.

The person who came in was a man in strange clothes. He had a black mole on his left cheekbone, a narrow face, a sallow complexion, and a gloomy and cunning look.

He was wearing a slightly old robe made of colorful strips of cloth, and a round cloth hat on his head. He was dressed like a street performer.

Master Liao noticed that the man had a short whip on his waist.

Next to the man stood Eunuch Zhang, the eldest prince's lackey, and behind him followed two servants from Cuizhu Garden.

The man walked all the way from the entrance of Cuizhu Garden, looked at the animals in the iron cages, and said with a sigh, "It's worthy of being the Crown Prince's private garden. The birds of prey kept here are really eye-opening!"

Eunuch Zhang said to the man, "Master Mo, can you subdue the birds of prey imprisoned in this garden? The eldest prince invited you here because he heard of your abilities."

The man known as Master Mo smiled faintly: "Since I have the courage to come to the eldest prince, I must have some confidence."

"Don't worry, Eunuch Zhang. I will present the acrobatic performance that the eldest prince wants to see."

As Master Mo spoke, he saw Liao Dabao sitting on the ground in a daze. His sharp eyes suddenly lit up. "This little kid is so pretty. Can I take him away too?"

Master Liao was looked up and down by Master Mo's malicious eyes, and felt like a commodity waiting to be sold at a high price.

He immediately became alert and noticed the word "also" in the man's words. Connecting the two sentences he said, he wondered in his heart if this man was a street performer who trained children and animals in juggling.

Eunuch Zhang followed Master Mo's gaze and looked towards Master Liao, then quickly shook his head. "I'm afraid that won't work. This child is different from the other children in the camp. He's not being traded, but is being temporarily fostered in Cuizhu Garden. The eldest prince said he must be kept alive until the matter is resolved."

Master Liao's heart skipped a beat when he heard what Eunuch Zhang said. There were other children in the First Prince's camp? Were they all being traded? Aren't these human traffickers?

Human traffickers... Nanzhao...

These two words reminded Master Liao of the first time he and Jiang Lili "met" and stopped in Langyan Village near Linzhou. The Yuan family, the richest man in Langyan Village, was a human trafficker. They threatened the villagers to act out a scene together, knocked unconscious and kidnapped children and young adults from other villages, and then sold them to Nanzhao.

Although Jiang Lili informed Li Xiaoguan when she left, and asked Li Xiaoguan's father, the prefect of Linzhou, to arrest Yuan Shi and other people involved in the case, and to break up the shady industry chain of trafficking people to Nanzhao based on the people offered by Yuan Shi.

But now it seems that what was interrupted was only one of the eldest prince's branches, and the eldest prince is still continuing to do this heinous crime.

These people should go to hell!

Just as Master Liao's brain was racing, Master Mo had already walked up to him. "This kid's height and age are perfect for him to start training in bone shrinking. I can tell right away that he's a good prospect."

Bone-shrinking skills? That sounds pretty impressive! But Master Liao had a hunch that being noticed by Master Mo was definitely not a good thing.

Sure enough, the next moment he saw Master Mo shaking his head regretfully, saying, "He's so likable. Even if he were to disguise himself and beg on the street, he'd probably make quite a bit of money in a day, not to mention training him and performing acrobatics."

Master Liao immediately thought of the modern criminal gangs who deliberately broke children's hands and feet and then let them beg on the streets.

"Never mind, let me take a look."

Master Mo's cloudy eyes swirled around, his snake-like, sinister gaze darting across the beasts imprisoned in the yard. "Let's start with this tiger. Today, we'll train it to go through a ring of fire."

"This iron-eating beast looks quite intelligent. Let it juggle the ball while stepping on the iron wheels. The audience will definitely enjoy it."

Panda, who was eating bamboo, almost choked.

He dressed up as a giant panda to enjoy himself, not to be trained to perform!

This kind of performance almost inevitably involves animal abuse, not to mention that ancient people had no awareness of protecting animals.

Master Mo's finger moved towards the golden python again. "And this python? Let it swallow a child alive and spit it out. Wouldn't that be quite a show?"

These few words sent a chill down Master Liao's spine.

Eunuch Zhang listened to Master Mo's announcement of the performances, his face troubled. "If they can be trained, that would be wonderful. The Crown Prince has never seen such a spectacular performance. However, these birds of prey are volatile. This golden python is responsible for two deaths. It strangled two guards to death with its tail when it was captured..."

After hearing what Eunuch Zhang said, Master Mo smiled sinisterly. "I just love challenging tasks like this. The Crown Prince would surely be pleased if he saw these capricious birds of prey obediently put on a magnificent show for him."

Seeing the confident look on Master Mo's face, Eunuch Zhang was persuaded by his words. "Alright then, Master Mo, you can train with all your might! When the battle between the Crown Prince and the Second Princess begins, if you can put on a wonderful performance to comfort the Crown Prince and the other officers and officers, you won't have to worry about the rest of your life."

Upon hearing this, Master Mo's greed was undisguised. He licked his lips and looked at Master Liao: "Since this little kid can't move, how about I take him to see some juggling training?"

"That's possible."

Eunuch Zhang nodded in agreement. The little one still needed someone to look after him in Cuizhu Garden, and now that Master Mo was willing to take care of him, that couldn't be better.

Master Mo squatted down in front of Master Liao and gave a hypocritical smile: "Little kid, do you want to go with uncle to see the acrobatic show?"

"Vaudeville? Really? I haven't seen one yet!"

Master Liao's face suddenly showed the innocent curiosity of a child. After he finished speaking, he realized that his words were too impulsive, and his expression became timid: "Forget it, my uncle won't let me go with adults I don't know."

"Okay." Master Mo said with regret, "If you miss this opportunity, you'll miss it forever. If you don't go and see it, you'll probably regret it for the rest of your life."

"Besides, I was invited by the Great Prince. How could the Great Prince allow bad people to enter his camp? You don't have to be afraid."

Master Liao's expression relaxed a little. He lowered his head as if he was in a dilemma. After a while, he raised his head and said, "Okay then! But I'll just take a look and be back soon!"

Then let’s see who is playing tricks on whom.