Chapter 165 I have nothing, so I can steal it; but you can’t...

"Who would catch a child?"

Prison Secretary Hu frowned and muttered, and then he seemed to have thought of something and said: "I don't know who would catch a child despite my humble position. The only thing I can think of is teething!"

“Yaxing…”

Xu Boqing's eyes narrowed slightly...

A tooth shop is a trading house or middleman that negotiates deals between buyers and sellers in the market, introduces transactions, and collects commissions. To operate a tooth shop, it must be approved by the government and pay tax.

The human trafficking in Daliang is reasonable and legal, and there are corresponding legal provisions...

For example, if someone commits a serious crime and is beheaded or imprisoned, but the crime does not lead to the execution of the Nine Clan, the family members and servants will most likely be demoted to slavery if they are implicated.

The better-looking female relatives were sent to the priest's square to work as official prostitutes; while some children or men who had not grown hair were handed over to the dental shop for sale.

Therefore, this type of dental work is also called official teeth...

Up to high-ranking officials or wealthy families who want to buy human slaves;

Go down to the brothel and the madam selects potential little girls to train as 'daughters' in order to make money in the future;

The shadow of Yaxing is indispensable behind the scenes...

And the family members of prisoners distributed alone are definitely not enough to meet the demand of the slave market.

Therefore, people from Yahang will also buy some children from poor families, and abduct some orphans without household registration, train them, and sell them...

The former also costs some money.

The latter is completely a capital-free transaction, and it is also a reasonable and legal capital-free transaction!!

Xu Boqing frowned and thought for a moment, and suddenly heard a faint call...

He was slightly startled, and quickly used his third eye to scan around. When he saw the dry well behind the house, his eyes paused slightly.

He called Deng Fei in his hand to Prison Secretary Hu and told him: "Send him back to the carriage first."

Then he hurried out and rushed to the dry well behind the house. The calls became clearer and clearer. When he reached the well, he heard the crying voice of the little girl coming from the bottom of the well: "Is...is it brother Deng Fei?"

"..."

Xu Boqing looked at the bottom of the well, and through the sunlight, he vaguely saw a dirty little girl sitting at the bottom of the well. She raised her head and looked timidly out of the well...

When the little girl at the bottom of the well saw that the person coming was not her brother Deng Fei, she looked panicked and hurriedly moved her body again using her hands and feet, hiding back in the darkness where the sunlight could not reach...

"Don't be afraid...don't be afraid."

Xu Boqing tried his best to use a gentle voice and said: "Little girl, I am not a bad person, I am your brother Deng Fei's... um... boss..."

"..."

The little girl at the bottom of the well shivered in the dark corner and did not respond to his words.

She didn't believe it, and she didn't dare...

"Don't be afraid...don't be afraid..."

Xu Boqing looked around, broke off a dry branch in the courtyard, and then jumped into the dry well with the dry branch.

As soon as he fell to the bottom of the well, he heard a scream.

He looked at the little girl huddled in a corner at the bottom of the well with a look of fear on her face, screaming and kicking her legs in an attempt to drive herself away, but one of the legs was still lame...

"Don't be afraid, I am really your brother Deng Fei's boss."

Seeing this, Xu Boqing hurriedly comforted him and said: "Deng Fei originally had thirteen younger brothers and sisters. Ada died of illness the year before last. Now there are twelve left, including two oxen, three pillars, nine sisters, and one sister, right?"

"

"..."

The little girl was slightly startled when she heard this. Although she was no longer screaming, she did not answer. She still looked at him warily.

"It's too dark in here..."

Xu Boqing showed a gentle smile and said, "In this case, uncle will perform a trick for you, okay?"

After all, without waiting for the little girl to respond...

He took a deep breath, and then blew gently on one end of the branch in his hand...

But he saw a ball of orange-red flames spurting out from his mouth, and like a magic trick, it directly lit one end of the branch.

Has that little girl ever seen such a 'trick' before?

She was frightened by the sudden appearance of the flames and looked dazed and anxious. However, as a child, she also found this 'trick' very interesting.

By the light of the fire, Xu Boqing also saw some dried buns scattered at the bottom of the well. Some buns still had teeth marks on them, which were obviously chewed by the little girl...

The tip of his nose felt a little sour, and he couldn't even imagine how this little girl, who looked so skinny and obviously under ten years old, could live at the bottom of a well for several days...

He shook the torch in his hand and teased the little girl: "Is this trick fun, uncle?"

"..."

When the little girl saw that he had a gentle attitude and even performed tricks for herself, which was different from the vicious men who came a few days ago, she also let down some of her vigilance and just nodded without saying a word.

"Don't be afraid, uncle is not a bad person..."

Seeing her response, Xu Boqing also smiled slightly and asked, "Do you want to meet your brother Deng Fei?"

"think……"

The little girl's eyes lit up when he heard him mention Deng Fei. She didn't resist this time and said, "Uncle, can you take me to meet brother Deng Fei?"

"Can…"

Xu Boqing nodded slightly and smiled gently: "But you have to answer a few questions from uncle first."

"Hmm, uncle, you ask..."

"What's your name? How old are you?"

"I...I don't have a name."

When the little girl heard this, she clasped her fingers and said timidly: "Deng...Brother Deng Fei and the others call me Jiu Mei. I...I am already eight years old."

"Hmm~ He's eight years old, he's a big kid."

Xu Boqing smiled, and then asked: "Why are you in this dry well? Where are those brothers, sisters, and younger brothers and sisters?"

"He...they were captured by bad guys."

The little girl seemed to have thought of something sad and choked up her voice: "Brother Deng Fei hasn't come back for several days. Brother Niu and Brother Zhuzhu went out to buy food that day.

Soon a group of bad guys followed.

They arrested people as soon as they came. I ran all the way to the back house. Brother Zhuzhu came over and pushed me into the well. He also said that unless brother Deng Fei came back, I would not be allowed to say anything..."

"..."

Xu Boqing nodded slightly, then saw her little leg that had difficulty moving, and asked, "Are your legs born like this?"

"I was pushed down the well by Brother Zhuzhu..."

"Does it still hurt now?"

"pain…"

Your little girl seemed to have thought of something, and said with a serious look on her dirty little face: "It hurt at the time, but I didn't cry..."

"..."

Xu Boqing's heart trembled slightly, and then he stuck the torch in his hand on the ground and walked to the little girl.

Seeing that she still looked a little scared, he squatted down and said comfortingly: "Don't be afraid, uncle has some medical skills and will come to help you relieve the pain."

He carefully pulled up the little girl's trouser legs, and saw that the calf with dislocated bones was swollen and swollen with purple bruises.

Seeing the little girl biting her lip again, he took a breath...

Even an adult may not be able to endure such pain for a few days. An eight-year-old girl...

"It will be a little itchy at first, so you have to endure it."

Xu Boqing took a deep breath, put away his distracting thoughts, reached out and tapped her leg a few times, then put his palm on the wound, using his internal strength to help dissolve the stasis and straighten the bones...

"..."

The little girl frowned and groaned. She felt the pain in her leg gradually subside and breathed a sigh of relief...

She looked at the uncle in front of her quietly, not knowing what she was thinking of, and suddenly asked timidly: "Uncle, are you a high official?"

"High official?"

Xu Boqing was slightly startled when he heard this. When he saw the little girl asking seriously, he didn't lie after thinking about it. He just nodded and said: "That's right..."

"Then brother Deng Fei was arrested by his uncle, right?"

"..."

"I'm almost nine years old, I know."

The little girl didn't know what she was thinking. With tears in her eyes, she choked and said, "Brother Deng Fei stole money to support us. He will definitely be caught."

"..."

Xu Boqing did not deny it. He was silent for a while and said, "Did Deng Fei teach you to steal anything?"

"No…"

The little girl shook her head and said, "We want to learn, but brother Deng Fei doesn't let us learn, nor does he let us steal."

"Then do you know why he doesn't teach you?"

"Brother Deng Fei said...said..."

The little girl wiped the tears on her face, lowered her voice, and imitated Deng Fei's gesture and said: "I have nothing, so I can steal it; but you can't, you still have me."

"..."
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