While the eldest young master, the eldest steward, and the deputy steward were fighting openly and secretly as soon as they met, things were much calmer for the servants over there. The eldest young master's people were entertained. For example, the swordsman in the room who followed the young master was greeted by the swordsman in the courtyard, and a small banquet was also set up to welcome the guests. The young master's two young men in green clothes were greeted by servants at the back, and they were given hot dishes and soup.
The remaining slaves can no longer be treated, but must be guarded.
As the only maid and a servant whose status was apparently only higher than that of a slave, the gray-haired Chi Mingjing sent the four children to the small courtyard at the back for custody.
As soon as he entered the hospital, Chi Mingjing was stunned.
But in the small courtyard, there were two large pens built like a pig pen, with more than a dozen children squatting in each pen, one next to another. Ordinary livestock sheds would not be so crowded.
Even though Chi Mingjing had been through a lot in the past few years and her heart was as hard as iron, she couldn't help but arouse her stress reaction. She stood frozen in the courtyard for a moment, with all the young, weak and numb faces in front of her eyes.
Seeing her freeze, the youngest girl next to her came closest to her and pulled her sleeve.
Chi Mingjing had just come back to his senses and was about to open his mouth to call someone. A short servant with a stooped posture came out from beside him and said in an impatient tone: "Are you sending someone here again? Why did you come at this time? ?Leave it to me and you can go."
Chi Mingjing repeated, "Let's go? Where should I go?"
The servant replied nonchalantly: "Why don't you leave? Haven't the money been paid? Then go to the front accounting office to get the money. We are a large manor on the mountain and we won't owe money. Look at how many people have been taken in here? They are all here. In the past few days, there is no one who has not paid. I still owe you the three or five taels? "
Chi Mingjing suppressed the nausea in his heart and sneered: "Do you know who I am? I am a confidant brought by our young master. It is also the young master's order to send people here. What is this place? If my aunt wants to leave, she can leave. If she doesn't, she can leave. Don’t leave.”
The servant was stunned for a moment, then immediately laughed, but his smile was very stiff. It looked like he had tried very hard to smile, but his smile was still stiff. He lowered his head and said, "It turns out she is the girl brought by the young master. Forgive me for being blind, I don't recognize it." My dear aunt. You do whatever you want, you do whatever you want."
Chi Mingjing said: "Why is this place so... I'm here to give it away. The treasures the young master brought are different from others. Where can I put them?"
She originally wanted to ask why there were so many children, but thinking about her identity, it seemed that she shouldn't ask more questions, so she had to force herself to change the topic for the sake of the future.
She also knows a lot about Gangliang Mountain, and the treasures she talks about are also the criteria commonly used in Gangliang Mountain to classify sword slaves. It refers to the kind of high-level swordsman who has the potential of a swordsman and can directly cleanse the sword.
The servant hurriedly said: "Since it is a treasure, it must be put inside. Come to me."
Then he led Chi Mingjing and others to the side room, and saw that there were bars in the side room, making it look like a cell. There were three children locked inside. Their clothes were neatly dressed, the room was relatively clean, and there was straw on the ground. There was a basin, but the child inside also had a numb face and no sense of joy or sorrow.
Chi Mingjing felt his heart churn. The servant next to him took out the key and opened the door, flattering him: "Young master, there are four treasures at once. Like when we collect high-end goods here, we collect them for more than ten days in a row, and only three One. There is no way, the Shenying Festival is approaching, and all the shops are accepting high-end goods, and the supply is really in short supply. Especially the first-class treasures, which are all held in the hands of large households and are not released, just waiting for the price to rise. These are all profiteers. "
At this time the door opened, and the servant motioned to put the child in. Chi Mingjing didn't say a word, nor did she stop him from driving the children in. Except for the cute girl who was only seven or eight years old, she couldn't help but hold it in her hands and not let go. The little girl was startled at first and looked up at her without showing any extra expression, but her eyes were slightly gentle.
Seeing this situation, the servant realized what she meant and immediately smiled and said: "Since the girl likes it, let's keep this for fun first. Then hand it back before the Shenyang Meeting. Hey, if this is an ordinary item, I can give it to you directly. , but the treasures are all numerous. In fact, wouldn’t it be convenient for you to tell the owner that he wants to leave? "
Chi Mingjing felt a little hesitant. She had just joined the team for a day, and she had not yet gotten to know the children well, let alone developed any feelings for them. Just now, I just remembered myself and felt compassion. If she wanted to take the child back to live with her, she would feel constrained and in the way.
But she had to let go and let this seven- or eight-year-old girl go into the cage. She couldn't accept it. She was fighting in her heart for a moment, but finally said: "Okay. If anyone asks, just say that I took this child away."
The servant repeatedly said yes, locked the cell door again, and locked the three children who came from outside together.
Back in the courtyard, Chi Mingjing still asked: "Why do you accept so many people? Isn't the manor a buyer even in the Deep Shadow Club? Should I switch to a seller and imitate those businessmen who stock up on goods in advance?"
The servant smiled apologetically and said: "Of course not. Being a human being means losing your status, let alone being a second-rate dealer? We mainly sell some specialty materials at the Deep Shadow Conference, and buying sword slaves is of course to wash the materials. We have accumulated materials. Quite a few, and ordinary sword slaves have to use them. A while ago, the old master... was busy with the manor and could not take care of these small things, so the sword slave was stopped for a while, and the materials were piled up. Seeing that the deep shadow is coming, buy more It would be better for some sword slaves to clean the materials."
Chi Mingjing also knew the classification of sword slaves. Needless to say, the Treasure Sword Slave is used to clean sword seeds. Old sword seeds or contaminated sword seeds are put into Inspiration to wash, and then taken out to become new and usable sword seeds.
The principle of this kind of trading is very simple. In theory, outsiders can also do it, but in fact it is exclusive to Zongliangshan. Because the outside world can create sword slaves, but there is a problem - it is easy to put the sword in, but difficult to take it out. How do you get it out after cleaning it?
Otherwise, when Tang Zhao was plotted by Jianzhong, Si Liyu wouldn't have wanted to give him a happy time. He used his glasses to take out the sword, but Xing Ji and Xue Yeyu, who were well-informed figures, were stunned.
However, the mountain can be taken out of the mountain. The specific method is unknown. It is suspected to be the special ability of the mountain. This is a secret known only to a few manor owners and unknown to outsiders.
In addition to treasures, which are "sword slaves" in the most traditional sense, the manors later expanded the scope of sword slaves, including slaves who had some inspiration but were far from being swordsmen. They were not allowed to wash their swords. kind, can wash various materials. The methods are also very different.
This has a wide range of uses. Gangliang Mountain already produces various materials, and there are more defective materials produced from the devil's cave, the front line, and even the wild, all of which need to be cleaned by sword slaves. It can be said that the market is vast. But Gangliangshan eats this big cake alone, even if there are so many manor masters, everyone is still full.
The only problem is that it takes a lot of effort to wash the materials. Of course, cleaning the sword seed is also expensive. A rare sword slave who is one in a million can only clean one sword seed in his life. Most sword slaves will die the moment they take out the sword seed. Only a few lucky ones can not only clean the sword seed but also combine it with the sword. This connection created a connection and obtained an extremely rare promotion opportunity.
Fortunately, sword species are rare. Even in Zongliang Mountain, rare sword slaves and sword species are almost in balance or even slightly wealthy. But ordinary sword slaves are different. There are as many materials as you need, but sword slaves are limited. In particular, washing ordinary materials will consume the sword slave's inspiration. A sword slave will become an ordinary mortal after washing it only once or twice, and is no longer useful. Therefore, all the manors were short of sword slaves, especially on the eve of the Deep Shadow Society, which shipped large quantities of sword slaves. All the manors purchased them in large quantities.
However, the level of Deep Shadow is higher, and more precious sword slaves are needed. Ordinary sword slaves are not allowed on the table, and are only used as tools for washing materials.
The servant continued: "I have been washing for the past two days. There is an advantage to washing now. There are many Ren Yazi in the city. Once a sword slave is used up, he can directly sell it to Ren Yazi. It is convenient and fast. This is also the kindness of the chief manager. .”
Chi Mingjing became angry and said: "Sold to human traffickers? Mercy?"
The servant said: "Of course, this is release. People are sold to human traffickers, and no matter where they go, they always have a bite to eat. On the mountain, they can only give it to the two adults. Except for our manor, other manors are just for the sake of convenience. They went to the pool, and it was the same when the old master was here. After all, an uninspired sword slave is not worth much money, and it is inconvenient to wash swords at the foot of the mountain, so they don't do it. The big manager thought of this way, Groups of living people, isn’t this kind? Other manors are only accessible but not accessible, we are able to enter and exit, we really have the virtue of living a good life."
Chi Mingjing was almost convinced by him and said, "Really?"
The servant seemed to have opened up his chatterbox and said: "Our chief manager is really a good person. You will know it if you stay for a long time. When the old master was here, he often did small favors for us. Just like me, when he was crippled Inspiration, if the Grand Steward hadn’t left me as an errand, I would have been sacrificed to Lord Zhuang a long time ago. After all, the Grand Steward was a sword slave and knew that we would suffer, nothing like that..."
At this point, he suddenly realized that he had made a mistake and froze in place. For a moment, the muscles on his face twitched, like a convulsion.
Chi Mingjing did not try to get away with it, but sneered: "What did you just say?"
The servant became more and more stunned, and his whole body was shaking like chaff. Suddenly a fierce look appeared in his eyes.
Chi Mingjing let go of the girl's hand and pushed her back. He glared at the servant and said, "What, do you want to use the rules of the Gangliang Mountain to decide the outcome?"
The servant's teeth chattered, and Chi Mingjing continued calmly: "Either you take action, or you answer whatever I ask. If you answer, I will forget what I just said. If you don't answer, I will Tell the young master that you are talking about the master behind his back. Don't worry, only the two of us hear this. I only told the young master. Do you think he believes you or me?"
The servant was trembling all over and said hoarsely: "What do you say?"
Chi Mingjing said: "How many children do you have here? How many are ordinary and how many are treasures? How many have been discarded and how many are waiting to be resold?"
The servant thought that he was going to be asked about some important confidential matter, especially the matter related to the chief steward. He couldn't say anything about it. It meant death to the left and death to the right. He was completely dejected, but when he heard that she was asking about such a trivial matter, he felt as if he had received an amnesty. , said in series: "We collected one hundred and five children, three treasures, and thirty-one of them have been scrapped and resold..."
Chi Mingjing asked carefully about the population of the manor, the number of stewards, and the character and strength of each person. Then he turned around and asked for the name and contact information of the traffickers who did business with the manor.
The servant answered them one by one, but he didn't know much about the human traffickers outside. He was even more surprised that she asked why?
Seeing that Chi Mingjing's question was too detailed, he could only find a way to evade it, but he didn't dare. At this moment, two servants rushed out and shouted: "Hurry, the new goods are here, pick a few sword slaves and start work." !”
(End of chapter)
