Everyone started quarreling, and the prefect had a headache due to the quarrel. He didn't speak for a long time and just listened to their babbling chatter.
"That's enough! Have you had enough noise?"
After a while, the prefect finally got impatient and yelled.
"I have already told you about this matter. It was discovered by you accidentally. It has nothing to do with me! When something happened before, I helped you deal with it. Don't put all the blame on me when something happens.
Damn it, I don’t even bother to do such a thing!”
From the very beginning, their people didn't take the person well and went to Zhao Huanyu to complain. Later, he was sent to the Yamen. It was he who worked secretly to send the person back.
In less than a day, he was discovered again and caught. What else should he do?
You really can't blame him.
Everyone didn't dare to say anything for a moment, it was indeed the case.
But they are not willing to give in! Such a good girl was acquired at a huge price, and a large amount of money was given to the prefect by Xiaojing. They have not started to make money yet, but they are about to start losing money. How can this be possible?
"Sir, please think of another way! We have made money, so of course the benefits from you are indispensable!"
"Yes, sir, we have cooperated so many times, just think of a way!"
Everyone's attitude softened, and the issue of money was indispensable in every word.
Of course, the prefect knew that he could not live without the help of these people. With their filial piety, he could live a good life, so he said: "The only way now is to send the people back first, and then catch them after the news subsides."
"Is this possible? Can these girls be arrested once, and can they be arrested a second time?"
"Why not? Most of them are refugees. Even if they are sent back, they won't be able to find their families. Maybe they will come back with them when the time comes. It's just a bit troublesome to get around."
The prefect was confident and felt that those women had nowhere to go and it would be easy to bring them back.
Although everyone felt that it was a bit unreliable, they still said nothing and agreed one by one.
Zhao Huanyu was about to go back after shopping. On the way, she was found by a government officer and said, "Miss Duan, those girls have been sent to the government office. We, your Lordships, will send someone to send them back tonight. Our Lord, we will have the antidote for tomorrow..."
Zhao Huanyu turned to look at him and asked, "When did I tell you to give me away?"
The yamen servant was a little puzzled, so Fat Ya said: "What our girl means is to send those girls to the inn, and our girl will settle them in person, so there is no need for you to pretend to be kind!"
After being told this, the Yamen servant felt a little embarrassed on his face. He actually knew some inside stories about the prefect, but he had to pretend not to know many things even if he knew about them. He never dared to speculate on the prefect's affairs. Just like now, even
When Fat Ya said it on the spot, the yamen servant didn't say anything. Only after she finished speaking, he replied: "I'll go and tell the adults now, little one."
After saying that, he cupped his hands towards Zhao Huanyu, turned around and left quickly.
Fat Ya rolled her eyes and said, "This prefect has such a dark heart! He must be trying to repeat the same trick, pretending to send them back first, and then catch them back after we leave! What a bad person!"
Zhao Huanyu smiled faintly and said: "Yes, even a child like you can think of a problem, why does the prefect think that I can't think of it? Who are you looking down on!"
The two of them continued walking back and saw Chen Yong and his servant sitting on the first floor of the inn.
There were refreshments in front of the table, and it looked like he had been sitting there for a long time.
Zhao Huanyu and Fat Ya pretended not to see them and prepared to go upstairs directly.
Seeing this, Chen Yong stepped forward again and wanted to speak.
Fat Ya stepped in front of him and said, "You stay away from my girl! Otherwise I won't be polite!"
"I would like to ask the girl one last time, how do you want to arrange the food?"
Chen Yong ignored Fat Ya and looked at Zhao Huanyu with seriousness and uprightness in his eyes.
Zhao Huanyu almost laughed out loud, what on earth is this Puxin man doing?
"I said, it has nothing to do with you how I handle it."
Zhao Huanyu didn't even bother to look at him at first, but she felt angry, so she still said: "Master Chen and I are strangers, but he keeps meddling in his own business. Do you really think it's too idle? Refugees don't have enough to eat.
Do you know, people? Do you know that women among refugees are taken to Qingzhou brothels to sell themselves? Have you ever taken care of it? You don’t know anything, but you always come to me to seek bad luck on the pretext of being a good person. You, Mr. Chen, are really
interesting!"
After Zhao Huanyu finished speaking, Fatty reached out and pushed Chen Yong and said fiercely: "My girl is not the kind of person you said. My girl is much better than you. Stay away from my girl in the future! What a bad luck!"
After saying that, the two of them carried their things upstairs.
Chen Yong wanted to catch up, but Fu Song appeared with a long sword at his neck.
"My girl is not something that the young master can offend. Mr. Chen can take care of himself."
When Fu Song said this, there was a warning tone in his voice.
I never thought that Chen Yong could be so annoying before. He would misunderstand the same thing many times and say unpleasant things. Such a person should just stay on the mountain and never come down. Wouldn't he cause trouble for others when he comes out?
Chen Yong froze on the spot and did not dare to move. The boy next to him hurriedly came forward to pull him and said: "Master, this matter is our fault. Let's go back first."
The young man was very anxious, worried that his young master would be beaten.
Such behavior was really annoying, but he didn't dare to stop it, after all, he was just a servant.
Chen Yong watched Zhao Huanyu leave with some reluctance. Was it really his fault?
Is there a phenomenon of cannibalism among the refugees?
There are still people who take refugee women and sell them in brothels?
Are these all real? How could there be such bad people?
For a moment, he didn't want to chase Zhao Huanyu anymore. He just wanted to implement these things as much as possible to avoid being deceived by Zhao Huanyu.
Not long after they came back, people from the government office sent the women over. They hadn't seen each other for two days, and they all had a lot of injuries on their bodies. It was obvious that they had been abused.
Zhao Huanyu asked the inn to prepare a few rooms for them to squeeze in and prepare to go back early tomorrow morning.
During the few days here, not a single day was happy. It was originally a good thing to get so much food, but it was disturbed by Chen Yonglai, which made me unspeakably upset.
This time, those women didn't clamor to come to see her. They were all very well-behaved. Maybe they were suffering and knew that only Zhao Huanyu was reliable now, so they didn't dare to make trouble anymore.
This is best. Anyway, she has done her utmost benevolence and justice to these women. What will happen after they return is their own destiny.
At night, Zhao Huanyu was lying on the bed, unable to fall asleep. She stared at the ceiling with her eyes open, feeling depressed and uncomfortable.
She missed Ji Mingxuan. If Ji Mingxuan was here for these things this time, she wouldn't have to suffer so many grievances, right?