Chapter 1710 Settling the Girls
Before long, in addition to those who were already injured, about twenty more people were grabbed and tied up in the medical room.
Several others were hacked to death by the chaotic swordplay, their appearance quite tragic.
Meng Yunzheng counted the number of people and knew that about ten people were probably not there, either because they were too far away to hear the noise, or because they simply hid after hearing the sound.
When he met Master Yang and Lu Wu, he said in a low voice, "Search the entire black market."
We can't let a few escape, after all, a small group can accomplish great things, just like them. With just a few people, they turned this huge black market, where people can hide at any time, upside down.
With no objections from Mr. Yang and his companion, the group of four began a thorough search.
Meng Yunzheng led a few people directly to the third floor. If there were any people in the black market with even a little bit of skill, they would most likely be on the third floor.
After searching a place, they would lock the door to prevent anyone from breaking in.
Several girls, like Qiao Rou, also live on the second and third floors.
When the wild beasts caused chaos, they huddled together in fear. Later, when the chaos subsided, they were still too timid to go out, so they stayed in one room, where at least they could talk to each other.
Who knew that unrest would break out again? Hearing the sounds of fighting and killing coming from outside, they wished they could hide themselves completely, not revealing a single thing.
These people were handed over to Xia Yi to handle.
Xia Yi had been here for so long that she knew the girls' backgrounds very well.
Don't be fooled by the fact that the girls living on the second and third floors seem to enjoy a life of luxury under the steward's roof; very few of them are truly content. They know all too well that this life of wealth is only temporary.
After all, these people can be replaced at any time, and can be given away or rewarded by the manager to their subordinates at any time.
The lesson from the past is still fresh in everyone's memory. Not long ago, a young woman offended Master Wu by saying the wrong thing, and was immediately sent to the dueling arena to be devoured by wild beasts. That young woman had been with Master Wu for some time, and just two days ago she was being treated like royalty by him, only to be torn to pieces the very next day.
All the girls witnessed that scene; those who could climb up to the manager were not blind to the situation. Therefore, given a choice, they would never want to stay in this dark and hopeless black market, living in constant fear.
So when Xia Yi encouraged them a little, the girls immediately followed her, and some even provided several hiding places for the bandits.
Xia Yi led them back to their cells and had them stay with the other girls to prevent them from encountering any escapees and getting themselves implicated.
On the way, Qiao Rou glanced at Xia Yi again and again, and after a while, she leaned close to her and asked in a low voice, "You, when you came to see me before, were you deliberately trying to get information out of me?"
After meeting the completely different Xia Yi, she felt that she might be hallucinating.
After hearing her words and recalling the chaos that had been unfolding in the black market that day, Qiao Rou quickly made the connection.
The thought that the black market was so chaotic and might be related to her made her feel inexplicably scared.
Xia Yi raised an eyebrow at her, "Pretend you don't know what you shouldn't know, otherwise it won't do you any good."
Qiao Rou thought about it and agreed. She nodded and remained silent.
After settling the girls in, Xia Yi explained the current situation to everyone in the cell.
Hearing that things were going very smoothly, everyone was extremely excited.
(End of this chapter)
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