Chapter 120 Sold to a brothel

Zong Yaozhi was about to point at Xiao Ying'an, but she found that Xiao Ying'an, who she had just put on the ground, had disappeared.

He was horrified, and he quickly raised his head and looked around. His eyes were in a panic. He pulled Lian'er anxiously and said, "Have you seen the little girl next to me just now? She was about three years old. I was holding her just now. I put her on the ground to talk to you. She was still here just now. Did you see her?"

Lian'er immediately wiped away her tears, empathizing with the pain of the benefactor, and comforted him, "Don't panic, sir. I am a local. I saw the little girl just now. I can help you find her, but Lian'er has a condition."

Zong Yaozhi frowned reflexively and wanted to refuse.

But then he thought, this is Dongdu, not Daling.

If Xiao Ying'an is lost and can't be found for a while, I'm afraid she will never be seen again in this life.

He and the Fourteenth Master were unfamiliar with the place, and it would be difficult to find someone. If there was a local to lead them, it would be faster.

"I can take you with me, but if I can find a good place for you to stay in Dongdu, please don't refuse."

Lian'er lowered her eyes and hesitated. Zong Yaozhi frowned and shouted: "If you agree, then go. If not, please return my silver. When I find my daughter, I will come to you to ask for an explanation. If I don't, I will kill you."

He spoke the rest in a low voice, so only he and Lian'er could hear it.

Lian'er was so scared that his face turned pale.

Zong Yaozhi's eyes were cold. Seeing that Lian'er didn't react, he was about to push through the crowd to look for someone, but the next moment, Lian'er said, "I promise you."

The two of them walked through the crowd, but the city was bustling with people, pedestrians and hawkers. Not to mention looking for a baby, even an adult would be difficult.

Lian'er looked at Zong Yaozhi in panic: "Sir, if I knew that holding you would cause your daughter to get lost, I would definitely not do this rashly. I hope you won't blame me."

Zong Yaozhi ignored her and raised his legs forward.

He was a man who valued loyalty. He had been in the underworld for many years and could see through many schemes. How could he not know that Lian'er had come here to cheat people out of money? The corpse might have been dead for a long time, and she had been begging in the middle of the road for who knows how long.

The weather was cold, but the body was still crawling with mosquitoes, which could be seen for at least a week.

He adhered to the principle of doing more good deeds and donated all the silver on his body to Lian'er. All he wanted was to accumulate good thoughts for Ying'an, but Lian'er used this to demand it. In this case, he had no reason to be nice to her.

Lian'er saw that Zong Yaozhi ignored her and could not hide her disappointment. She followed him in a daze, mumbling.

"This place is called Xuanguang City. It is famous for the dark blue light that always hangs in the sky after nightfall. Most of the people in Xuanguang City are engaged in business, and few are engaged in farming. Among them, there are the most shops... brothels."

Originally, Zong Yaozhi had made up his mind to ignore her, but when he heard the word "brothel", his heart was still shocked.

If Xiao Ying'an was sold to a brothel, not to mention that the emperor's brother-in-law would not forgive him, even he himself would find it difficult to forgive him. Not to mention being sentenced to death, even being torn apart by five horses, he would think that the death was too light.

He stopped and looked cold: "You mean my daughter was sold to a brothel?"

Lian'er was frightened.

He took a half step back in panic, hanging his head and dared not speak.

She said solemnly, "Sir, I just said that. Besides, I see that you don't seem to be too anxious... I just..."

She guessed that the little girl brought by this young man was not his biological daughter. Maybe she was the illegitimate daughter of his sweetheart. He brought her out to please his sweetheart so that he wouldn't be too anxious when he was angry. Firstly, it was just pretending. Secondly, maybe he had selfish motives, hoping that she would not come back, so that he could stay with his sweetheart forever.

Although she guessed it, she was still so cautious, in order to take advantage of the opportunity and snatch the position of the sweetheart in the heart of this young man.

How could a widow with a little girl be favored by this young man?

To put it bluntly, it was just because of her face.

Her appearance... was not bad, why was she not as good as others?

Of course, she couldn't speak out her guess, but Zong Yaozhi still read a few words from her eyes.

He frowned, stopped and looked at her, and said solemnly: "If you use such malicious eyes to speculate about me and the people around me again, I will kill you with my own hands."

He disdains to kill people, but it doesn't mean that he won't kill people.

This Lian'er, blaspheming Ying'an, touched his reverse scale.

Lian'er knelt down in the street, begged bitterly, and kowtowed: "Sir, Lian'er is wrong, please don't kill Lian'er."

Her voice was not small, and the next moment, Zong Yaozhi was immediately surrounded by the officers and soldiers who were patrolling here.

Lian'er cried bitterly, kneeling on the ground, and I felt pity for her.

Zong Yaozhi was dressed in gorgeous clothes, which was out of tune with the exotic attire.

The officers and soldiers immediately ordered: "Come here, take this foreigner away for me, and take this woman away as well. She dared to cause trouble in Xuanguang City, I'm afraid she is tired of living!"

Zong Yaozhi frowned, but there were many people walking here, so he had to cooperate and take her away. If the matter was made a big deal and reported to the higher-ups, it would be disadvantageous to them.

He hurriedly glanced around and looked at the Fourteenth Master who had just arrived. After exchanging glances, he was taken to the government office.

The Fourteenth Master saw that there was no Ying'an beside him, so he guessed that she must have slipped away by herself.

And Yaozhi must have known her temper and character, and although he was anxious, he did not make it known to everyone.

Otherwise, with his temper, the moment he knew Ying'an was missing, he would definitely make Xuanguang City restless, and he would never stop until Xuanguang City was turned upside down.

With the gold and silver treasures on Zong Yaozhi's body, the officials in Xuanguang City must know that he is either rich or noble, and nothing will happen to him for a while.

Now, he can only wait here for Ying'an to come back and meet her.

So, after the crowd dispersed, he sat down in a tavern where he could see the begging place just now, watching the people coming and going on the main street.

At the same time, in the north of Xuanguang City, little Ying'an sat in a magnificent carriage, in front of her was a woman with a delicate face and elegant appearance.

The woman looked at her with a smile on her lips, and said softly, "Tell me, what's your name?"

Little Ying'an looked at her and said in a baby voice, "My name is Anying, An means peace, and Ying means a smile."

Hearing this, the woman laughed even more happily.

Xiao Ying'an continued, "Sister, you are so beautiful, even prettier than my mother."

The woman touched Xiao Ying'an's head and said softly, "You are also very cute. Can you tell me what is your relationship with those people? Where are you from? Where are you going? Where are your family members?"

When Xiao Ying'an mentioned these, her smiling face suddenly turned cold.

The next moment, she burst into tears.