"Shut the fuck up, man."
The strong man was annoyed by her noise and slapped her in the face, causing her nose to bleed.
She didn't dare to make a scene at the strong man, so she turned around to look at her man with grievance. Only then did she realize that her man was no longer there, and she was stunned.
Finally, his ears were quiet, and the strong man walked towards A Bing and others who were stopping the mother and daughter. His eyes swept around and fell on A Bing.
With a flattering smile on his face, he said, "Thank you, brother, for helping us stop these two escaped slaves."
Seeing this, the woman hurriedly shouted to the soldiers, "We are not slaves. We are just refugees who have come to the capital to escape. They want to force us into prostitution. We beg the good men to save us."
"Bitch, shut up!"
The sturdy man threatened the woman in a ferocious voice, then turned around and hooked A Bing's shoulder, took him aside, and took out a silver ingot from his pocket and stuffed it into his hand.
"Brother, please help me."
The soldier looked at the silver in his hand angrily and smiled at him.
Just when the strong man thought that the matter was over, he saw Ah Bing reach out and push the silver away, and then pull down his arm that was hooked on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry, we're not familiar with each other, so it's better to keep some distance."
The smile on the sturdy man's face froze instantly. He readjusted his expression before saying, "Brother, you are being disrespectful."
Ah Bing smiled and stepped aside, saying, "What are you talking about, sir? What's the point of talking about face? We are all working for the master, so there is no face to talk about."
The other party clearly wanted to meddle in other people's business. The strong man frowned and said, "I don't know if this is your intention or the intention of the noble man in the car."
Tian An heard everything that happened outside the car clearly, and in a good mood, he joked with Zhao Yiming, "It seems this guy has a strong backer!"
There was the logo of the General's Mansion hanging on their carriage, so it was impossible for the other party not to see it.
Tian Mingwu was a fourth-rank official in Beijing. Even in a city teeming with officials, he was a figurehead. Ordinary people would have avoided him.
But the other party's attitude is enough to prove that they don't take them seriously at all.
Tian An's eyes showed some excitement, and he turned to look at Zhao Yiming, "Do you think we can take this mother and daughter away today?"
Zhao Yiming looked at her helplessly and curled the corners of his lips, "It depends on whether you want it or not."
"How do you make me sound like a bandit? Don't you know me? I'm the most reasonable person." Tian Anle retorted.
Zhao Yiming looked at her with a half-smile, "Well! You are quite reasonable."
Tian An glared at him, turned around, lifted the curtain of the carriage and called Deng Xue over.
After the two whispered for a while, Deng Xue looked up and walked towards the strong man.
The strong man saw Deng Xue approaching the carriage and knew she had received orders from her master, so he stopped arguing with Ah Bing. He waited to see what the girl had to say.
Although they run a brothel, in today's matter, one is willing to buy and the other is willing to sell. They are right, and even if the king of heaven comes, they can still justify it.
Just now, he was willing to pay a certain amount of money, just because he wanted to "make good friends" and didn't want to make a big deal out of it.
But since the other party refused to accept the toast and drank the penalty wine, don't blame him for being rude. Humph! It's just a small general's mansion.
Deng Xue walked up to Ah Bing and faced the burly man, who was two heads taller than her. Without a trace of weakness on her face, she said, "You said they were runaway slaves. Do you have any proof? Can I see their indentures?"
The sturdy man was stunned, as if he didn't expect the other party to say that.
After a moment's thought, he said, "The payment has been made. We have already paid the money, and everyone has seen it."
Deng Xue refused to listen and insisted, "It's written in black and white. We only recognize the indenture."
The strong man frowned and thought: Oh no, I was so busy watching the fun that I delayed my business and still haven’t got the indenture contract.
Seeing the sturdy man frowning and saying nothing, Deng Xue continued, "Since there's no indenture, then you're committing a broad daylight robbery of a decent woman in the street. I'm afraid you'll have to go to the government office."
"This, I..." The strong man was anxious. He made a big mistake due to his momentary negligence. Now what was right became unreasonable.
"I don't care. They took my money, so she's mine. The indenture hasn't been signed yet. Miss, don't be unreasonable or you'll get yourself into trouble."
The strong man failed to reason with her and turned to intimidation. He was talking to Deng Xue, but his eyes were looking at the carriage where Tian An and the others were.
He knew that the people in the carriage could hear and understand what he said.
We are all in the same circle, so it is better for everyone to keep to themselves. After all, it is not worth offending them for two untouchables.
Unfortunately, there was no movement in the carriage, and even the sound of laughter could be heard, making it clear that they didn't want to pay attention to him.
Deng Xue continued, "Since they don't have indentures, they are free. I'm sorry we can't hand them over to you."
The burly man's face darkened. "So, girl, are you trying to snatch me away openly?"
Deng Xue smiled and said, "Your Excellency is wrong. Weren't you the one who robbed the person?"
"You..." The strong man pointed at Deng Xue angrily, "I said I paid the money. I bought it."
Seeing this, the soldier standing by stepped forward and reached out to pull down the strong man's hand. "Brother, if we have something to say, please put your hand down. You scared my sister."
The sturdy man looked at Deng Xue's smiling face, and she didn't look scared at all. He was simply lying with his eyes open.
Deng Xue continued, "You said you bought the person. May I ask how you bought him? How much did you pay? And who did you buy him from?"
"I bought it from the refugee camp with the girl's uncle for two taels of silver." The strong man broke free from the soldier's hand and pointed at the little girl.
"Oh! This girl's uncle? Are you sure?" Deng Xue looked at the strong man with a smile.
The strong man didn't understand the smile in her eyes and nodded directly, "Yes, the two taels of silver were given to her uncle."
Then she pointed at the mean woman who was still searching for her man and said, "This old woman is her aunt, she can testify."
When the mean woman heard her being mentioned, she instantly came back to her senses from the matter of looking for her man and hurriedly agreed, "Yes, it was me and my head of the family who sold this girl to this good man."
Deng Xue didn't even look at the mean woman, as if she was some dirty thing.
Instead, he pointed at her and turned to ask the woman holding her daughter who was hiding behind the soldiers, "Auntie, do you know her? Is it really as she said?"
The woman was a little frightened, but she still explained the situation tremblingly. "She is indeed my sister-in-law. She and my brother-in-law tried to force my daughter to be sold. We were forced. Please, young lady, save my daughter. She can't be sold to that kind of place!"
Although she was afraid, she still told the truth and did not deny it, saying that she did not know the mean woman.
But the strong man and the mean woman, upon seeing her admit it, both shouted excitedly, "Did you hear that? She admitted it."
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