When she heard the words "someone from the Ninth Prince's mansion", the fat black woman originally thought that the other party would be scared. After all, looking at the entire Dashun, no matter whether it was an official or a businessman, when they heard the name of the Ninth King of Hell, they would avoid him. Not to mention running to a corner and squatting shivering, they would also try to retreat as much as possible and there was no way they could confront him.
But she never expected that after her "bold words" were made, not only did they fail to achieve the expected effect, but instead made everyone laugh so hard that they burst into laughter. Some people even covered their stomachs with their hands, as if they had heard the funniest joke in the world.
She was extremely puzzled. "Are you stupid? If you are a bunch of fools, I would be blind to argue with you." As she spoke, she took a few steps back guiltily and turned to leave, but was stopped by the secret guards on Feng Yuheng's side. "What are you going to do? Are you going to start a rebellion by relying on your numbers? I think you are either stupid or deaf. Didn't you hear what I just said? We are from the Ninth Prince's mansion. Do you know the consequences of opposing the Ninth Prince? Or do you simply don't understand what the Ninth Prince is? He is the ninth son of the current emperor, His Royal Highness the Prince!"
She spoke in a very convincing manner, but she made Feng Yuheng's people laugh again. Wang Lin said loudly: "You old woman, it's ok to have a bad mouth and a bad heart, but how dare you throw out the reputation of the Ninth Prince? And you dare to pretend to be someone from Prince Yu's Mansion? Are you crazy?"
The fat black woman blurted out: "You are crazy!"
Wang Lin wanted to reply, but Feng Yuheng spoke first. She asked the old woman, "Since you said you are from the Ninth Prince's house, where are you going? I don't think this is the direction to Kyoto." As she spoke, she looked at the carriages behind and asked, "Who is in the carriage?" She could see that the carriage was shaking and it was obvious that someone was struggling inside.
"That's none of your business!" The old woman rolled her eyes. "You don't even consider your own weight, and you dare to ask about the Ninth Prince? Who do you think you are?"
Feng Yuheng smiled, "Who am I? I'm afraid you'll be scared to death if I tell you. I didn't intend to argue with you guys today, but since you've thrown out the title of the Ninth Prince, it would be unreasonable for me to ignore this matter."
"Well?" The old woman was puzzled. "What do you mean by that?"
"Literally." Feng Yuheng stood up and walked forward, but suddenly stopped and looked at one of the people in her group. That was a doctor from Baicaotang, relatively young, in his twenties. Before the trip, everyone dressed up differently, and that person happened to be dressed in noble clothes, pretending to be a son of a wealthy family. She suddenly saluted to that person and said, "Eighth Prince, this woman said she is from the Ninth Prince's house, I wonder if you have seen her?"
The doctors of Baicaotang were all trained by Feng Yuheng and Yao Xian. They not only have excellent medical skills and good character, but also have very fast reaction ability. Hearing Feng Yuheng suddenly say this, the man understood what it meant almost instantly, so he curled his lips, trying to make his temperament more like the royal heir, without raising his head, he snorted coldly and said: "What a joke, how come I have never seen such a black and fat bear in my ninth brother's house?"
The fat black woman was so angry that she turned hostile on the spot: "Where did you get such a bold lunatic to pretend to be the Eighth Prince? How dare you claim to be the Eighth Prince with your character? Aren't you afraid that the Eighth Prince will find out and have someone peel off your skin? I am the Eighth Prince's favorite. Others may not recognize me, but I can recognize the face of the Eighth Prince with my eyes closed! How can I allow a traitor like you to pretend to be me?"
"The favorite of the Eighth Prince!" Feng Yuheng achieved her goal and stopped playing along with the doctor. She looked at the old woman coldly, "The favorite of the Eighth Prince, why are you pretending to be the maid of the Ninth Prince? Could it be that you have done something shameful and want to put the blame on the Ninth Prince?"
The old woman was shocked, knowing that she had said the wrong thing and exposed herself, but the words had already been said and it was too late to take them back, so she straightened up and said loudly, "What difference does it make whether they are the Eighth Prince's people or the Ninth Prince's people? Anyway, we are from the Prince's Mansion. You little people, why don't you get out of the way quickly and make things difficult for the Prince's Mansion? Do you know what the consequences will be?"
Feng Yuheng nodded, "I know, the ending is simple, it's just death. But death is still too easy for you, not to mention I really want to know what kind of business you have done under the banner of His Majesty the Ninth Prince." After she finished speaking, she strode forward and walked straight towards the carriages.
The strong men around the old woman wanted to step forward to stop them, but their skills were far inferior to those of the secret guards brought by Ban Zou. They had hardly even raised their arms halfway before the secret guards dislocated their joints, causing them to scream in pain.
Feng Yuheng used Qinggong to walk very fast. Almost without any movement, she arrived in front of the carriage. She pulled out a whip from her sleeve and swung it fiercely at the driver who was glaring at her like a ferocious monster. The driver was immediately knocked to the ground. With another whip, the curtain of the carriage was pulled open. She saw seven or eight girls crowded together in the carriage. They all had messy hair and haggard faces, and their clothes were also torn. When the curtain was broken, the girls huddled together in fear, staring at her with big eyes in horror. There were also some brave ones who had stood up and tried to knock the carriage down, but they were tied up and gagged, so they couldn't use any strength. Now seeing Feng Yuheng, there was expectation in her eyes, as if she had something to say.
Wang Chuan Huang Quan followed closely and, at Feng Yuheng's instruction, released the girls from the carriages and untied them. Later, Wang Lin also led a group of doctors to other carriages and released the girls behind them. As soon as these people touched the ground and the ropes loosened, some of them immediately wanted to escape. The secret guards acted very quickly and stopped them in a flash, then formed a circle to prevent them from escaping.
The rags gagged their mouths were also removed. Some girls burst into tears, while others asked in fear, "Are you in the same group? Why didn't you let us go after you let us down? We want to go home. We are all children from good families. We were kidnapped by that woman!"
"Bullshit!" The old woman was also anxious. The girl she had found with so much difficulty was just let go. Even if she didn't die on the spot today, she would be executed by her master when she returned! In a hurry, she pointed at the girls and yelled, "Bah! Girls from good families? You are just girls from brothels. It's your blessing that I can take you to the South Border to serve the military master. Don't be so ungrateful."
"Go to the South Border to serve the military commander?" Huang Quan asked in confusion, "Serve what military commander? Become a military prostitute? It's true that there are red tents in the military camp, but why do they have to be transported from such a far place? Can't they just find one nearby?"
"Hmph!" The old woman glared at Huang Quan. "What do you know? Now the 300,000 troops in the south are under the command of our Ninth Prince. His Highness is the noble son of Kyoto. Those little bitches in the south have been almost played with by the soldiers. His Highness is a prince, how can he pick up other people's leftovers? We have to transport them from far away places to the southern border. By the time we transport them, His Highness's army should have arrived as well, and it will be just in time for us to enjoy them." She became more and more proud as she spoke, and boasted about being the person around His Highness.
Feng Yuheng frowned as she heard this. "Your Highness the Ninth Prince's army is going to the Southern Territory? Your Highness the Ninth Prince is still in Kyoto, and there has been no news of a battle in the Southern Territory. Where did you get this information? How come Your Highness the Eighth Prince knows that there will be a rebellion in the Southern Territory? Who are the people who are going to start the rebellion? Could it be that Your Highness the Eighth Prince arranged this?" She looked at the old woman coldly, her eyes like knives, and frightened the old woman so much that she took a step back unconsciously, but she managed to put her head against the dagger that a secret guard had already drawn.
"You... who are you?" The old woman finally realized that something was wrong. It sounded like the other party was very familiar with the goings-on in the capital. Could they be from some prince's mansion?
"Miss! Save us!" At this time, one of the kidnapped girls suddenly knelt down and shouted, "Don't listen to that woman's nonsense. None of us sisters are prostitutes. I am the fourth daughter of the governor of Pengzhou. I am a concubine. Although my family doesn't like me, I am also the daughter of a decent family. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, I went to watch the lanterns and got separated from the servants. They kidnapped me. Miss, please save us. If you can send me back to Pengzhou, my family will reward me handsomely."
Under her lead, other women also began to introduce themselves. What surprised Feng Yuheng was that many of them were daughters of officials. Even if they were not, they were daughters of merchants. None of them were poor people. She gradually understood that only girls from wealthy families were delicate, well-maintained, and more outstanding in appearance. Of course, there were inevitably some tricks here. This woman kept saying that she was under the banner of the Ninth Prince, and those official families who had lost their daughters must send people to look for them. Even if it was not an open investigation, it was a secret investigation. Once they found out that this matter was related to the Ninth Prince, the matter would not be so easily resolved.
She had no intention of arguing with the old woman, and only said to the women: "I can save you, but I can't let you go now. This is the outskirts of the city. Even if I let you go, you can't run far. It's hard to guarantee that you will fall into the tiger's lair just after leaving the dragon's lair. Just follow us. When we get to Shuzhou ahead, I will arrange for someone to send you home." After she finished speaking, without waiting for the girls to answer, she winked at the secret guards, who immediately grabbed the old woman and several strong men and mounted them. They stuffed all the people in the old woman's group back into the carriage, and the driver was replaced by a secret guard, who re-equipped them.
The three generations of grandparents in the teahouse were all stunned. She was afraid of scaring the little girl, so she thought for a moment and took out some candies from her space and stuffed them into her mouth. She also gave the old couple fifty taels of silver notes, "You have also heard that the dark and fat woman is someone close to the Eighth Prince. What happened today was that they kidnapped and sold decent girls to the Southern Territory to serve as military prostitutes at the instruction of the Eighth Prince. It has nothing to do with His Highness the Ninth Prince. You must not say anything that would damage the Ninth Prince's reputation."
The old couple were honest, but not stupid. They understood the whole story clearly, so they nodded quickly and said, "Don't worry, Miss. We will never say anything nonsense. The Ninth Prince was wronged. If anyone asks about today's incident, we will answer truthfully."
Feng Yuheng nodded, said nothing more, turned around and got on the carriage, and told the driver: "Go to Shuzhou at full speed, and don't stop in the middle."
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