Wan'an County Town.
"Mother, when will this batch of goods be shipped?"
"She and those other girls over there are going to Weishan Village. Get ready, we'll ship them out now." Then she pointed to Er Ya and San Ya, "These two are young and good-looking. Tomorrow we'll sell them to Huazhou, and I guarantee we'll get a high price for them."
"Mmm..."
Upon hearing that they were to be sold, Er Ya, San Ya, Pu Xiangjuan, and the others were so frightened that they kept crying.
"Quiet down, all of you! Or I'll cut your tongues out right now!"
Their hands were tied behind their backs, their mouths were gagged, and they were so frightened by the threats that they trembled and sobbed softly.
Immediately afterwards, they reached out to grab Pu Xiangjuan and the other three girls. Pu Xiangjuan struggled desperately, tears streaming down her face in fear.
"You brat!" Seeing this, Granny Wang was enraged and slapped her across the face. "Behave yourself, or I'll break your legs and send you out to beg for food!"
A clear handprint appeared on Pu Xiangjuan's face immediately, and she cried uncontrollably, her face covered in tears and snot.
Seeing that Pu Xiangjuan had been beaten, the other girls were terrified and got into the carriage crying, but Pu Xiangjuan still refused.
"Get in the car quickly!" Granny Wang urged Pu Xiangjuan, "Do you want to get beaten up again?"
Pu Xiangjuan used all her strength to make a "uh uh uh" cry for help!
Enraged, Granny Wang swung her stick at Pu Xiangjuan, yelling and hitting her as she did so: "You're so disobedient! You think crying out loud will bring someone to save you? Don't dream! This place is very remote! Even if you scream your lungs out, no one will come to save you!"
"Mother, be careful not to kill someone, they're worth several taels of silver!" Wang Po's son warned.
Considering that the customer would be inspecting the goods later, Wang Po finally stopped, then glared at everyone with her triangular eyes: "Whoever is not honest and disobedient will suffer this fate!"
The children were so frightened that they dared not make a sound and huddled together.
Wang Po was very satisfied to see that they were frightened and behaved themselves.
Granny Wang picked up Pu Xiangjuan and roughly threw her into the carriage. Then she and her son drove to the pine forest to prepare for the delivery. Her daughter, son-in-law, and daughter-in-law were responsible for watching over Er Ya, San Ya, and the others, preparing to sell them to Huazhou the next day.
Upon reaching the pine forest, Wang Po sold all four girls she had brought, earning twenty taels of silver, before setting off back to Ruyi Lane.
Wang Po was very famous in the area. As soon as Yang Cui and Cen Xiao arrived at Ruyi Lane, they spent a few copper coins and someone led them to Wang Po.
"Wang Po, this is your distant relative. He looks like a wealthy person." The guide said with a laugh and then left.
Granny Wang sized up Yang Cui and Cen Xiao: "You two..."
"My husband and I heard that Granny Wang is a successful businesswoman with many resources, so we want her to find a wife for my brother," Yang Cui said, showing off the silver in her hand.
Upon seeing the silver, Wang Po's eyes lit up, but she quickly concealed her emotions and said, "I don't know what you're talking about? If you want to buy people, go to the people market."
"Is this enough? We want to buy someone honest, preferably young. I've looked at the labor market, but there weren't any suitable ones." Yang Cui took out another piece of silver.
This time, Granny Wang couldn't hold back any longer. She carefully examined Yang Cui and Cen Xiao and could tell that the two of them were not short of money, so she did not suspect that they were looking for someone, because Granny Wang and her family never kidnapped children from wealthy families!
In Wang Po's view, rich people are generally powerful and she can't afford to offend them, while poor families who lose their children don't have the ability to search for them, especially girls. If a girl is lost, she's lost, and for them, it's just a matter of losing someone to eat. So Wang Po and her gang always targeted girls from rural areas when they trafficked children.
"What kind of one do you want?" Granny Wang asked in a low voice.
Upon hearing this, Yang Cui knew that this person must be the Wang Po that Lin Chunmei had mentioned, the same Wang Po she was looking for!
Yang Cui suppressed her anger: "A child around ten years old is too old. I'm afraid she knows the way and will turn around and run away."
"If you dare to run away, beat you up! If one beating isn't enough, beat you up two or three times. After a few beatings, you won't dare to run away again."
Yang Cui was furious when she heard this!
Human traffickers deserve to die!
"Did you kidnap three girls in Lin'an Village yesterday?"
Upon hearing this, Granny Wang's expression changed drastically!
She turned to run, but Cen Xiao grabbed her by the throat. When Wang Po's son saw this, he rushed at Cen Xiao with a knife. Cen Xiao threw a knife, which hit his right leg, and he fell to the ground.
Cen Xiao released Wang Po and instead held a knife to her neck: "Where's the child? Tell the truth if you don't want to die!"
"Hero, spare my life! Hero, spare my life!" Granny Wang was terrified.
"Where is the child? Tell me!"
"In...Xiangyun Lane".
"lead the way!"
Faced with life and death, Wang Po had no choice but to lead the way. Along the way, Wang Po kept thinking about how to break this deadlock. After walking for a while, when Wang Po found that there were only Yang Cui and Cen Xiao, she felt relieved and thought that she still had a chance!
Fifteen minutes later, they arrived at Xiangyun Lane. Granny Wang knocked on the door and said, "Shuangyun, open the door. I left the key."
After a while, the door opened, and seven or eight fierce-looking men, holding large knives, surrounded Yang Cui and Cen Xiao.
Having lived two lifetimes, this was the first time Yang Cui had encountered such a situation, and she felt somewhat timid.
Cen Xiao remained calm throughout, gently comforting Yang Cui: "Don't be afraid, they can't hurt us."
"Release my mother immediately, or I will kill all the children inside!" said Gu Chunlin, Wang Po's son-in-law, viciously.
As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow shot him in the throat, killing him instantly!
Yang Cui screamed in fright!
This was the first time in her two lives that she had witnessed murder!
"Don't be afraid." Cen Xiao reached out and pulled Yang Cui to his side. "Don't be afraid."
"Put down your weapons, and I'll spare your lives!" Su Yutang's sharp voice rang out.
Granny Wang was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground, and the other burly men wielding large knives were also stunned! It wasn't until Su Yutang's voice rang out that they reacted one by one and immediately put down their weapons.
Yang Cui calmed herself down and then rushed into the courtyard: "Er Ya, San Ya!"
"Mmm..."
Upon hearing Yang Cui's voice, Er Ya and San Ya desperately tried to make their own sounds.
Hearing the commotion, Yang Cui immediately burst through the door and saw five or six girls tied up in the corner, with Er Ya and San Ya standing at the front.
"We've finally found you! I'm so glad you're all alright! So glad!" Yang Cui cried tears of joy.
She removed the gags from the two children, who cried loudly, "Mother, they're going to sell me to Huazhou! I thought I'd never see you again, waaaah..."
Huazhou is a famous place known for its brothels.
Yang Cui was furious when she heard this. These human traffickers were simply inhuman!
"We're safe now, don't be afraid. Did they hit you? Are you hurt?"
Er Ya shook her head: "Mother, Xiang Juan was sold to Weishan Village by them."
When Pu Xiangjuan was mentioned, Yang Cui recalled that Lin Chunmei said Pu Xiangjuan had lured Er Ya and San Ya away.
Yang Cui then asked, "What happened yesterday?"
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