Tie Xuan gave birth to two sons and two daughters.
The eldest son was exiled to the army and died in the frontier, becoming a lonely ghost.
The second son was demoted to a slave status and became a slave for generations. Later, he was maliciously abused and died.
His wife Yang and their two daughters were also taken into slavery and sent to Jiaofangsi, an official brothel in the Ming Dynasty, to become prostitutes.
Now, things have changed.
Chunxiang and the others didn't know why, but they bought Tiexuan's two daughters into the Duke's mansion!
After Li Hongbi learned the news from Li Quan, he had been thinking about a question.
Is this a pure coincidence or a conspiracy with ulterior motives?
According to common sense, ordinary people, whether they are officials or merchants, would not dare to directly redeem a woman's life from the Jiaofang Division.
Because these women are "daughters of guilty ministers", buying them back is giving others leverage, and it is very likely that they will implicate themselves.
Only Li Jinglong, an old dandy, relied on Cao Guogong's power to dare to recruit people directly from Jiaofang.
At least the Western fragrance of spring, summer, autumn and winter did not bring any trouble to Cao Guogong's mansion.
But the problem is different now!
Tie Xuan's daughter is not so easy to take in and easily gets angry!
Moreover, Li Hongbi smelled a strong smell of conspiracy from this little incident.
Tie Xuan's two daughters had just been sent to the Jiaofang Division not long ago, and the Tie Xuan incident caused a lot of uproar. At this juncture, no matter how courageous the officials from the Ministry of Rites behind the Jiaofang Division were, they would not be able to sell Tie Xuan's daughters rashly. !
It just happened that things happened, and now people have arrived at Cao Guogong’s mansion!
Ministry of Rites, Li Zhigang?
Li Hongbi squinted his eyes and fell into deep thought.
Soon Li Quan brought the other three fragrances over first.
Chunxiang also learned from Li Quan that she had made a big mistake and was very likely to cause trouble to the Duke's mansion, and she was immediately panicked.
As soon as she saw Li Hongbi, she knelt on the ground and cried non-stop. The other two women also knelt on the ground, looking very frightened.
Qiuxiang was stunned when she saw this, and then she chose to kneel with her sisters.
Li Hongbi couldn't help frowning when he saw it, and shouted coldly: "Are you kneeling and crying in mourning? Get up and talk!"
"Tongxiang, what's going on? Please describe it in detail!"
"Especially when you went to the Jiaofang Division, don't miss anything."
Among the four fragrances, spring fragrance is charming, summer fragrance is lively, autumn fragrance is delicate and naive, and only winter fragrance is cold.
Dongxiang also realized the seriousness of the problem and recounted the entire trip.
It turned out that after the three girls went to the Jiaofang Division, they took the keepsake token from Cao Guogong's mansion and easily met the manager of the Jiaofang Division. The manager did not make it difficult for them. He directly transferred a group of women and let them choose on their own. .
After all, Duke Cao's government purchased maids from the Jiaofang Division not once or twice, so both parties were very familiar with the process.
The miserable women in Jiaofangsi can be roughly divided into three categories.
One category is the daughters of guilty ministers, who are assigned to the Jiaofangsi, such as Tie Xuan's daughter.
One type is those who captured the wives and daughters of the defeated during the war and brought them directly into the Jiaofangsi.
There is also a category of folk women who were robbed and kidnapped during wars and thrown into the Jiaofang Division.
All in all, Jiaofangsi, the official brothel, does good business that costs nothing and makes a lot of money.
The three Chunxiang girls kept Li Hongbi's request in mind, and after carefully screening for a while, they selected ten girls, including Tiexuan's two daughters, but they didn't know it.
The manager didn't even remind him. The two parties paid the money with one hand and the people with the other. The deal was concluded and everything went smoothly.
It was not until Chunxiang and the others brought these ten people back to the Duke's Mansion that Li Quan noticed that Tie Xuan's two daughters were somewhat different and stood out from the crowd, so he immediately sent someone to investigate.
You wouldn’t know if you didn’t check it, but you’d be really shocked if you checked it.
The news that Tie Xuan was executed by Emperor Ling Chi spread throughout the entire Jinling Imperial Capital!
Now Tie Xuan's two daughters were accidentally bought into Cao Guogong's mansion. Isn't that a disaster?
So Li Quan immediately reported the matter to Li Hongbi, hoping that the young master would handle the matter.
After Li Hongbi listened to what happened quietly, his brows suddenly furrowed into the character "Chuan".
It went so well!
If something goes wrong, there must be a monster!
Chunxiang and the others don't know Tie Xuan's daughter, but don't they know the manager of the Jiaofang Department?
He is just a manager of a teaching workshop, and he is not even a small official. How dare he plot against Cao Guogong's mansion after eating the courage of a bear and a leopard?
There must be someone behind it!
"Uncle Quan, I know that the Jiaofang Division is under the Ministry of Rites. Which department of the Ministry of Rites is in charge of it?"
Li Quan gave the answer immediately.
"The person in charge of the Ceremony Department of the Ministry of Etiquette is the doctor of the Ministry of Etiquette, who is of the fifth rank!"
A mere fifth-grade doctor should be nothing more than a chess piece.
Could it be that it is really Li Zhigang, the Minister of Rites?
But this time is not right!
What's more, Li Zhigang was beaten by the emperor, so naturally he would not and would not dare to attack Li Jinglong again.
For a moment, Li Hongbi was confused and could only put it aside for the time being.
"Where are Tie Xuan's two daughters? Let them come in!"
Li Hongbi reluctantly sat up straight, holding his chin and lost in thought.
When Tie Xuan's daughter walked in, what he saw made him stunned.
Both of them were sallow and thin, with dull eyes, sunken eye sockets, hair as dry as weeds, and lips without any color, like two walking corpses without thoughts and consciousness.
When he thought about the recent experiences of the two girls, Li Hongbi suddenly felt relieved.
Jiaofangsi is not a good place, for women, it is a living hell!
Especially the daughters of such criminal ministers, who were once rich ladies, once they enter the Jiaofang Division, they will definitely suffer some inhuman torture in order to get rid of their arrogance and learn to play, play and sing honestly, and learn how to please men. !
Zhu Di sent them to the Jiaofang Division, which was the most vicious punishment method.
This kind of humiliation is not only physical, but also spiritual!
At this moment, both women looked at Li Hongbi expressionlessly, with no sparkle in their eyes.
In other words, from the moment their family suffered disaster, the hearts of these two women were already dead.
What a happy family, but suddenly it was destroyed.
The parents were sent to Qiongzhou, the eldest brother was exiled to the frontier, and the second brother was relegated to slavery and became a slave of Jiaofangsi...
My father was even... cut to pieces with a thousand cuts and executed by Ling Chi!
The family will never be reunited in this life, even the bones cannot be buried together!
They were like people about to drown, unable to see any hope or life.
Some, it's just boundless darkness, just boundless despair, shrouding them!
Li Hongbi looked at the two girls and didn't know what he was thinking.
Although he respected and admired Tie Xuan's loyalty, he only respected and admired him.
No matter in his previous life or now, Li Hongbi does not have the so-called Bodhisattva's heart, and he is even less likely to put himself in danger just because he helps outsiders.
This is not his way of life, and it doesn't fit in with his idea of being a waste.
What are wastes most afraid of?
Of course it’s trouble!
"Do you have any other relatives?"
The two women shook their heads subconsciously.
All real relatives are dead.
And those so-called relatives will not admit that they are their relatives.
Li Hongbi frowned even more when he saw this.
"How about this."
"I will provide you with the money, and you can go anywhere in the world."
"The Duke Cao's family is really small and can't afford to support you two. Let's just say goodbye!"
Li Hongbi looked at Li Quan and ordered decisively.
"Uncle Quan, give them a hundred taels of silver and send the two girls out of the house!"
But Li Quan stood still and whispered: "Young Master, it is best to return them to the Jiaofang Division, otherwise there will be trouble..."
Li Hongbi glanced at him coldly.
"Go get the money and see off the guests!"
