Chapter seven hundred and sixteen the fog is heavy
Looking at Chang'an, the future is dim and mottled. I follow the geese traveling from south to north, and the journey is difficult. There is a small sword pass in green mud, red leaves spread on the river bank, and white grass stacks on the clouds. The fame is half-finished, and the wind and snow cover thousands of mountains.
——"Happiness in front of the Palace·Among the Guests" Zhang Kejiu [Yuan Dynasty]
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After hearing the story of the "weak chicken", Bai Fu couldn't help but sigh, and his anger could not be calmed down for a long time.
Bai Fu seemed to remember something, turned to look at the girl gang leader, and suddenly asked: "How do you know so clearly about the 'weak chicken' thing?"
The girl gang leader was silent and slowly turned her back. A crystal clear tear fell from her cheek and fell to the ground, shattering into pieces.
Turning his head again, the girl gang leader no longer had any traces of tears and her expression returned to normal.
The girl's gang leader said: "The 'weak chickens' are selected from thousands of children through the survival of the fittest.
Becoming a gladiator is only the first step. Only the best who can survive a hundred battles will be favored by dignitaries and bought with huge sums of money. Only in this way can we stay away from the days of licking blood with the blade of a knife."
Bai Fu said: "The sale of gladiators is very secretive, right? How do you know who bought them?"
The girl gang leader sneered and said, "Didn't I tell you who the buyer is?"
Bai Fu was stunned and didn't know what was going on.
The girl gang leader said: "Princes and nobles, whoever buys a gladiator will lose their treasure. This is our mark."
Bai Fu suddenly realized this and couldn't help but feel a shiver in his heart.
Jin Wuwei has a list of the lost owners, who are either relatives of the emperor or wealthy families. Among the people who are familiar with him, Li Ruoyou and Wei Boyu are both on the list.
Although gladiators are highly skilled in martial arts, they practice killing techniques and are not suitable as bodyguards, house guards, or personal bodyguards.
What's even more frightening is that most gladiators have lost their humanity and have no distinction between good and evil. They have no other purpose than to serve as assassins and death warriors.
What do these people want when they buy a Gladiator?
Bai Fu frowned, speculating on the intentions of everyone on the list.
Bai Fu thought of something and suddenly asked: "You just said that the 'weak chickens' were selected from thousands of children. If so, wouldn't it mean that tens of thousands of children were trafficked? Who is controlling all this?"
The girl's gang leader said: "The traffickers come from the underground gang called Caiyi Club.
Nowadays, wars are raging, lives are devastated, and people are dying of hunger everywhere. The poor families can only survive by selling their children and daughters.
The people are honest and honest, thinking that by selling their children, they can still have food to eat, but they don't know the suffering that trafficked children suffer.
Boys with unusual and strong bones were sold to killer organizations and trained as gladiators; handsome boys were sold into the palace and castrated as slaves or sold to high-ranking officials to serve as prostitutes; boys with no characteristics were sold to
For the scum of the beggar gang, have their eyes gouged out, their legs cut off, and they beg on the streets.
This is true for boys, not to mention the tragic fate of girls.
The Caiyi Society trafficked people, and at first they gave some money to poor families. Later, they gave money to the front leg, and then directly killed the parents of the children and took back the money when no one was around."
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In such a prosperous age, such a tragedy happened!
The canthus of Bai Fu's eyes was completely cracked, and his silver teeth were almost broken.
He was very familiar with Caiyi Club. The big proprietor was Yang Guozhong's third concubine and Yang Yichan's biological mother - "Yinjian Sanniang" Yin Fenglan.
The entire Yang family in Maweipo was executed. Unexpectedly, this person was not dead, and secretly engaged in such a shameless act.
After the girl gang leader finished speaking, she changed her indifferent expression, looked at Bai Fu, and said with hope: "General Bai, if you are willing to eradicate the Caiyi Club, our gang is willing to be driven by the general and go through fire and water!"
Bai Fu suppressed his anger and said: "Where is their headquarters and how can they be wiped out in one fell swoop?"
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The girl gang leader led Bai Fu through the maze-like shack. The sun shone through the roof of the thatched shack, making the light and shadow colorful.
On both sides of the narrow passage of the shack, there are small thatched huts like honeycombs, exuding the rotten smell of thatch. There are ghosts and ghosts in the huts, and there is no sound.
Bai Fu was walking, when suddenly a withered hand that looked like a skeleton stretched out from the darkness, which startled Bai Fu. Looking closer, he saw a skinny woman, who didn't know whether she was a human or a ghost, lying in front of the door, with a messy look.
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The girl gang leader scolded, and the woman quickly retracted her hand.
The girl gang leader kept walking and sighed: "Outsiders all know that Pingkangfang is a gold-selling cave and a palace of ecstasy. All the girls in the place are pink and pretty, but they don't know how much filth there is behind the scenes.
The courtesan with gonorrhea, the old and decayed famous actress, the deaf and blind piano girl... They have nowhere to go and no one to take them in. They are all gathered here like sewage, waiting to die."
Bai Fu was shocked when he heard this. He didn't expect that the deep alleys of Pingkangfang were so dirty and dirty.
In the deepest part of the alley, there is a cave, a small blue brick courtyard with two entrances.
Entering the hall, there is a tea room. A man with the shape of a bear and a ferocious appearance is sitting around the stove, lightly fanning the charcoal fire under the red clay stove with a cattail leaf fan, and boiling water to make tea.
This person is none other than Xiong Badou, the bad handsome man from Wannian County.
Seeing Bai Fu, Xiong Badou stood up and saluted, saying neither humble nor arrogantly: "General Bai, I chose to meet here today because I want to put aside my official status and have an equal dialogue. If you feel offended, we will leave here and treat it as if we have never met before."
Bai Fu looked at Xiong Badou with blazing eyes. Xiong Badou didn't feel any sense of embarrassment or nervousness, and was open-minded and open-minded.
Bai Fu waved his hand and said: "Xiong Ba, since you said that, you must have a deep meaning. But it doesn't matter."
Xiong Badou nodded, poured tea for Bai Fu, and said: "Before we served as detectives to arrest bad people, we were all people with bad deeds in Chang'an.
I used to be the overlord of Pingkangfang, and this shantytown was my world. Teahouses, wine shops, casinos, brothels, Juju courts, etc. are all under our control.
If a gambler defaults on his bill and escapes, or a lottery girl is abducted, we will be responsible for arresting him.
Over the course of a year, I can collect a lot of protection fees, enjoy grudges, and be nothing more than a prince."
Bai Fu looked as usual and motioned to Xiong Badou to continue speaking.
Xiong Badou said: "Thieves also have their own rules, and our underground gangs also have their own rules. For example, we will never force good girls into prostitution; we will never hurt our families when collecting gambling debts...
The Caiyi Club does all kinds of evil and breaks the rules on the road. Their methods are despicable, and even our Chang'an gang can't stand it. The big gang families have no choice but to entrust me to contact the general, hoping to facilitate this matter."
Bai Fuqi said: "Why do you need to approach the government to deal with the underground forces?"
Xiong Badou said: "Logically speaking, this is their family matter and they should not join forces with people in the officialdom.
But Yin Fenglan, the big proprietor of Caiyi Club, found someone in the palace as his backer through some unknown means.
Several major families joined forces to try to eradicate the Caiyi Society. However, several attempts not only ended in failure, but also ended in death."
"Oh?" Bai Fu raised his eyebrows. There were actually people in the palace supporting this kind of unscrupulous organization.
Bai Fu asked: "Who is the protective umbrella?"
Xiong Badou took out a jade plaque from his arms, handed it to Bai Fu and said, "The Queen."
This jade plaque is about the size of a palm and is crystal clear. On the front is a pair of jade phoenixes, dancing in the sky, and on the back is the emblem of the Dou clan. It is a royal possession of the queen.
"Queen Zhang?" Bai Fu was surprised.
We must know that the queen's grandmother, Dou, was the sister of Xuanzong's mother, Empress Zhaocheng, and was also a member of the famous Dou family. How could she collude with Yin Fenglan of Caiyi Club?
Yang Guozhong was extremely powerful at that time, but he had always been incompatible with Crown Prince Li Heng. Even if Yin Fenglan had the status of Yang Guozhong's third concubine, it would be impossible for her to have a good relationship with the then crown princess and today's Empress Zhang.
Bai Fu frowned, the city of Chang'an in front of him seemed to be filled with fog, and the relationships were so intertwined that it was dizzying.
While Bai Fu was deep in thought, a young man walked into the courtyard and handed a small bamboo tube to the girl's gang leader.
The girl opened the bamboo tube, took out a note, and read it expressionlessly.
The girl said: "I just received the news that the 'Weak Chicken' has been bought with a large amount of money, and an offer has been made that the 'Yaksha' cannot refuse."
"Who is it?" Bai Fu asked in a deep voice.
The first time the 'Weak Chicken' appeared on the scene, he was bought by someone. The buyer was not only interested in the 'Weak Chicken''s incredible killing skills, but also did not want too many people to notice the existence of the 'Weak Chicken'.
The girl gang leader watched the changes on Bai Fu's face with great interest, and without saying much, handed the note in her hand to Bai Fu.
There was an address written on the note, an address that Bai Fu was very familiar with.
"East Palace?"
Bai Futong's hole suddenly shrank and he shuddered.