In line with the idea that doing more is worse than doing less, Chen Jingke originally thought of letting one of them go. Originally, he had no intention of getting such a dancing girl who could play, play, and sing.
But after hearing Yuchi Xunyu's words, his face turned cold.
Due to environmental factors, he accepted class and servants like slaves. But he could not accept killing others. This was his moral bottom line.
It has nothing to do with whether it is justice or not, it is purely out of empathy, and one thing is harmful to its own kind.
Cheng Huailiang, who was on the side, felt bad. I'm afraid things might not get better that easily.
After being in contact with him for the past few days, he knew very well that this young real person sympathized with the people below him, but had a vague arrogance towards the powerful.
Not talking about the massacre might have allowed him to back down and settle the matter, but now that he knows about it, he will definitely not give in anymore.
At this time, he also regretted it, why did he talk so much? It would have been better to just leave without mentioning the purchase of the dancer.
Chen Jingke's next words confirmed his guess: "It seems that Tang law stipulates that killing slaves is not allowed? He tortured and killed female slaves and no one paid attention?"
Qin Yandao hadn't guessed his true intention yet, so he said casually: "Who would offend the Wang family for a lowly female slave when everyone is dead?"
Chen Jingke asked: "Does this man named Wang Xiuqi hold any position in Beijing?"
Qin Yandao added: "He has not yet served as an official, he is just studying in the Imperial College."
Chen Jingke said with some surprise: "The Wang family in Taiyuan has a long history of education. How could one of his children be sent to the Imperial College to study?"
Qin Yandao replied: "The Wang family has many descendants, and the Wang Xiuqi family is an external branch. If you want to study in the Wang family, you have to go back to your ancestral home in Taiyuan. It is very troublesome. On the contrary, studying in the Imperial College is more practical."
"Besides, there are many well-known scholars in the Imperial College who are no less academic than those of the Wang family."
Chen Jingke understood and asked again: "What kind of positions does his family have?"
Cheng Huailiang already understood what Chen Jingke meant, and interjected: "Although Lord Wang Xiuqi is only a governor, he has five surnames, seven disciples and former officials, and has relatives all over the world. No one is willing to offend him unless it is absolutely necessary."
For example, Cheng Yaojin married a daughter of the Cui family, and Fang Xuanling married a daughter of the Lu family. There are countless princes and nobles in the court who married women with five surnames.
Then there were disciples, old officials and others, who built a huge network of relationships around the five surnames and Qiwang, and even the emperor laughed at them.
Chen Jingke recalled a historical record he had read in his previous life. Li Shimin asked someone to compile a clan chronicle. As a result, the ministers he relied on ranked Huangmen Shilang Cui Minqian first.
Is it ridiculous that a Huangmen servant is ranked first, above the royal family? It's not ridiculous, because he was born in the Bolingcui family.
The influence of the Five Surnames and Qiwang is so huge.
Li Shimin was so angry that he asked Gao Shilian to revise the clan annals and rank Cui Minqian in the third rank. However, this new version of the clan annals was collectively ignored by the gentry and did not create any waves at all.
Chen Jingke knows very well that for some families, their real strength lies not in how many people serve as prime ministers, but in how many resources and strength they can mobilize.
The fifth surname and Qi Wang are not something that I can touch, at least not something I can easily do now.
But he is not prepared to give in. The bottom line will become lower and lower with each concession, and eventually people will have no bottom line at all.
Of course, the main reason for not retreating was that he was convinced that Li Shimin would protect him to the death, and his master was Sun Simiao, so Sun Zhenren's face was still very useful.
After thinking about this clearly, he became more confident and immediately said: "I want both of these girls. Bring them over right away."
Cheng Huailiang secretly sighed in his heart, it was indeed the case. But now that the matter was over, he no longer said anything to dissuade him. He was just a branch of the Taiyuan Wang family, and they did not take it seriously by the Duke of Su.
Qin Yandao was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that the young master was not prepared to give in when he asked so clearly just now. He wanted to persuade him to settle the matter, but was stopped by Cheng Huailiang.
Yuchi Xunyu slapped the table and said: "Yes, give it a damn, why should we give up the woman we like first to someone else? If he dares to come over and say wow, I will twist off his head."
Chen Jingke smiled. He had at least heard Yuchi Xunyu say "twist your head" no less than a hundred times. This mantra was indeed very unique.
But when you think about what his grandfather Yuchi Gong did on the day of the Xuanwu Gate Incident, it seems normal. Others may be joking when they say screwing their heads, but it's hard for him to say so.
Chen Jingke likes such people very much - provided that both parties stand on the same front.
When the tooth man heard this, his legs became weak again, and he begged: "Master, please forgive me this time. After today, I will find you a better one... No, find two, one
Don’t give you any money for nothing.”
Chen Jingke said kindly: "Hey, don't be so polite. It's not easy for you to make money. How can I ask for your money for nothing? Go ahead and bring those two women over to me."
Ya Ren wanted to say something more, but Yuchi Xunyu kicked him over again and said: "You are afraid of Wang Xiuqi but not us, right? Believe it or not, I will rip off your head right now?"
Yaren did not dare to say anything more and took Chen Jingke and the others to the house at the back, where all the people who had been trafficked were imprisoned.
It is said that the detention is a bit inappropriate, but in fact it is a large yard with rows of low-rise houses. Many people are working in the yard at this time.
These people were all dressed in rags. Tian Dachun and his group were still miserable back then, and both adults and children were busy working.
When they saw them coming in, some showed hopeful expressions, while others were panicked.
Cheng Huailiang knew that he didn't understand the details here, so he took the initiative to introduce: "These are people waiting to be sold, working for the dental industry in exchange for food rations."
"Because they are not slaves of their own family, Yaxing doesn't care about their bodies at all. He just wants to squeeze them as much as possible to save his breath."
"They work from dawn to dusk and have no time to spare. They only get a bowl of bad rice every day, so they all hope to be bought. Even if they work as cows and horses in the new owner's house, it is much better than dying of exhaustion here."
Chen Jingke's face was extremely ugly, and he really hated these tooth people to the extreme. No wonder they said that the car and boat shop's legs and teeth deserved to be killed even if they were not guilty. This sentence was still very reasonable in ancient times.
But he didn't say anything. The system was like this, even if he killed the Yaman in front of him, it would be useless. It wouldn't take a long time for the Yamen to appoint a new Yaman.
He pointed at another group of people and said, "Where are those people? It seems they don't want to be bought away?"
Cheng Huailiang shook his head and said: "They have relatives here. If the whole family hadn't been bought together, I'm afraid they would never have the chance to meet again in this life."
While they were talking, the door of a house opened, and two men in their thirties lazily walked out of it, with some kind of satisfied smiles on their faces.
Seeing these two people, Yaren's face became very panicked and he winked quickly.
But these two people didn't notice this at all. One of them even laughed and said: "What's wrong with your eyes? Are you getting retribution for doing too many bad things?"
Another person laughed and said: "But your business is doing well. These women are more delicious than the prostitutes in Goulan Yard. Next time you have good products, let us know in advance. It will be your benefit."
As he spoke, he took out a small bag from his arms and threw it over: "Here, the extra money this time will be used as the deposit for next time."
After saying that, he discovered Chen Jingke and the others. Just by looking at their clothes, he knew that the other party was a big shot that he could not afford to mess with. He quickly lowered his head and ran away in despair.
Only the frightened Yaren was left.
Chen Jingke was silent for a long time. Then he looked up and saw that this was not a yamen shop. It was clearly a purgatory on earth.
