"Where did the child come from?" Su Liang's knife tip was only half an inch away from the man's eyes on the ground.
Chengyun recited "Amitabha" and came over, "Donor Su, let the young monk talk to him."
"Okay." Su Liang nodded, "There are three more over there, you go and talk."
Chengyun really passed away.
Su Liang's knife shook, and the thief's face turned pale, and he said loudly, "That child... was bought by us! I don't know whose family it belongs to!"
"Why are you buying a child? Are you infertile?" Su Liang asked coldly.
"Buy it and then resell it, you can make a fortune!" The thief's voice was trembling.
Human trafficker? Su Liang's face turned even colder, "Who wants to buy this child?"
Most human traffickers in this world abduct girls and sell them into brothels or as maids.
Those who cannot give birth to a son to carry on the family line will adopt a nephew from the family. Even if they find other people's children to pretend to be their own, they must be under one year old.
Moreover, the child had fair skin, delicate features, and delicate patterns embroidered on the brocade clothes. He did not look like he came from an ordinary family.
"No... I haven't found a buyer yet..." the thief leader said.
"Really?" Before Su Liang finished speaking, the sharp knife suddenly left the thief's eyes. As soon as he breathed a sigh of relief, he let out a miserable scream.
Because Su Liang's knife penetrated his palm and was nailed to the ground.
Chengyun heard the sound and looked over, looking shocked, "Donor Su, if you have something to say, please tell me!"
"I hope you can get those three to confess before I poke holes all over his body." Su Liang snorted coldly. What's so polite about treating human traffickers?
Chengyun sighed, looked at the three people, and said sincerely, "You have done something wrong. Repent as soon as possible. I, the young monk, can ask Almsgiver Su to spare you a way to live."
The three of them looked at each other and then looked at their boss.
Su Liang drew his knife and pierced his other hand.
The three of them all shrank their necks, but still did not speak.
Chengyun continued to persuade, saying that the child's parents must be very anxious at this time.
The child was placed in the corner by Su Liang, while Ning Jing sat beside him and watched.
Suddenly seeing the child's eyelashes trembling, Ning Jing called out to Su Liang.
Su Liang put down the knife and went over, just as the child woke up.
He looked at Ning Jing and then at Su Liang, his dark eyes filled with mist, and he was about to cry, "Mother... I want mother... wu wu wu..."
Su Liang said to Ning Jing, "Quickly coax him."
Ning Jing shook his head, "No."
Su Liang knelt down, held the child's little hand, and smiled, "Don't be afraid, I'm a good person."
It feels weird when I say this. People who say they are good people are usually bad people...
The child cried even harder, "Mom..."
Su Liang picked up the child and put it in Ning Jing's arms, "You think of a way to stop him from crying." After saying that, he went back and pulled out the knife on the ground, put aside the thief's head, and walked towards the three people who were being persuaded by Cheng Yun.
"Get out of the way." Su Liang said coldly, "They think the boss is holding on and they are fine, so they can't care about you."
"Donor Su, don't commit murder!" Chengyun said quickly.
Su Liang nodded, "Okay, if I don't let them die and let them live a life worse than death, it won't be considered a crime of killing, it will be justice for heaven."
Cheng Yun wanted to say something, but found that he had no words to say.
And Su Liang has chosen the one who is the least courageous, "You know what I want to ask. Say, or become disabled like that person!"
"I said..." This man knew that Su Liangdong was serious and quickly confessed that the child was the grandson of the head of the Li family, one of the four major merchants.
Su Liang heard Yan Yu say that Wan Li Ningyan, the four major merchants of the Qian Kingdom, were engaged in grain, ceramics, tea, and silk business respectively.
Su Liang knew Ning Jing and Yan Yu, but knew nothing about the Wan family and the Li family.
The man then told the whole story.
The third master of the Li family was a romantic man, with many wives and concubines, and many children, but they were all daughters and not a single son.
Four years ago, Mr. Li Sanye divorced his wife for a new love. There was a big fuss at that time because the wife he divorced was the eldest daughter of the Wan family.
There are also rumors that Miss Wan could not stand Li Sanye's romantic temperament for a long time, but due to the face and business cooperation between the two families, she could not stand it for several years.
One wanted to break up, the other wanted to leave, and the two soon broke up. Miss Wan returned to her parents' home, and Mr. Li married his new wife.
The most talked-about aspect of the grievances between these two people is that a few days after Miss Wan returned to her natal family, she recruited her husband and got married again! The happy days of her and Mr. Li's second marriage were both Chosen on the same day!
Therefore, many people said that Ms. Wan was also restless and had a crush on her secretly.
Eight months later, Miss Wan gave birth to a son. More than a month later, Mr. Li's step-in-law gave birth to a daughter.
The Wan family said that Miss Wan was born prematurely.
But many people say that the son is Li Sanye's.
"The third master has kept taking concubines in the past few years, and has given birth to daughters one after another, but no sons. He asked a master to tell his fortune, and he said that he was destined to have a son. The third master thought that the master meant that the ex-wife gave birth to his only son in this life. He wanted to go back, but the Wan family wouldn't let him in at all."
Su Liang was simply drunk, "Is that baby the Li family wants to rob from the Wan family?"
The man nodded, "Third Master knows that if the Wan family loses its child, he will definitely come to the Li family to look for it. Let us take the child to Miss Pingbeicheng's husband's house first, let her take care of it, and then find a way to bring it back."
Su Liang knew that Pingbeicheng was the destination of her and Ningjing's trip.
"Are you from the Li family?" Su Liang asked coldly. Later, the secret was revealed, and he started calling "Third Master" and "Fourth Miss", which outsiders would not call them.
The man's face stiffened and he acquiesced.
The reason why they refused to admit it at first was because they were afraid that the matter would become too big to end, because the most important thing about their mission was to keep it secret.
The four of them went out to do errands. They were cautious along the way and finally succeeded. They relaxed. During the heavy rain, they met the beautiful girl Su Liang. Seeing that Su Liang and Ning Jing were both weak, their lust and greed made them evil. I was interested, but I didn’t expect that after so much effort, I would end up here.
"You two, that child is a member of the Li family! We just want him to go back and recognize his ancestors! We are not trying to harm him! As long as you let us go, no matter how much money you want, the third master will definitely give it!"
The boss on the ground who was crippled by Su Liang gritted his teeth. He had the best martial arts skills, but he was obviously not the smartest one.
The person chosen by Su Liang who seems to be the timidest is actually the shrewdest and knows how to protect himself.
"Okay." Su Liang nodded quickly, "You go back to Li San and ask him to redeem him with money. One month later, Xunyang City."
The group did not expect that Su Liang, who was originally just and awe-inspiring, suddenly turned into a kidnapper, so they asked her how much money she wanted.
"One hundred thousand taels, maybe." Su Liang had no idea about the wealth of those big merchants, so he casually mentioned the amount.
Judging from the expressions of those three people, they should be within the acceptable range of the Li family.
"Why go to Xunyang City?" Someone asked, "Who are you?"
"That's a good question." Su Liang smiled, "You don't even know him? Let's take a look again?"
The four of them all looked in the direction of Su Liang's finger. Ning Jing was frowning and hugging the crying child. His body was stiff and he patted the child's back mechanically.
"He is the only direct son of the Ning family, Ning Jing." Su Liang said.
"Wasn't the seventh young master of the Ning family expelled from the house?" someone blurted out.
Su Liang nodded, "That's an expedient measure. Without Ningjing, can the Ning family still have the surname Ning? I was sent by Ning Yao, the eldest son of the Ning family, to pick up the seventh son home. I was afraid of any accidents on the way, so I pretended to be Ning.
Brother and sister.”
"I heard that Mr. Ning Qi took the imperial examination in Bei'an County and got the top spot." Someone said.
Su Liang nodded again, "It seems that you all know. I finally persuaded the Seventh Young Master to go back with me. I was about to escort him to Pingbeicheng for the exam and then return to Xunyang City. The Li and Ning families also have a lot of business dealings.
, we will not hurt the child, we are asking for money just to see Mr. Li’s sincerity. My eldest son will be waiting for Mr. Li in Xunyang City. If he doesn’t come then, our Ning family will have no choice but to talk to the Wan family.
"
After saying that, Su Liang threw the four people out and told them to get out quickly.
The four of them supported each other and walked into the rain.
"Is that really Ning Qi?"
"It must be! He was in Bei'an County before! Otherwise it wouldn't be such a coincidence!"
"That woman under Ning Yao is so amazing!"
"Otherwise, how could he, a bastard from a concubine, become the talker of the Ning family?"
"Go back and report to the third master! It's the people from the Xunyang Ning family who captured the young master and threatened the Li family!"
…
In the ruined temple, tranquility still failed to calm the crying children.
Su Liang realized that she had forgotten to ask those people what the child's name was.
Chengyun also went to coax him, and Ningjing quickly handed the child over to him.
"Let him touch your bald head." Su Liang suggested.
Chengyun lowered his head, grabbed the child's little hand, and placed it on his bare head.
The child touched it twice, blinked his eyes, and sure enough, he stopped crying...
"Chengyun, please send him back to Wanjia." Su Liang said.
Chengyun immediately shook his head, "It's okay for the little monk to eat and sleep alone, but he's too young, so that won't work."
"I'll give you money so you don't have to sleep in the open." Su Liang took out two banknotes and asked, "Can you do martial arts?"
Chengyun nodded, "Yes."
Su Liang hummed, "You were beaten in the street yesterday and you didn't even fight back?"
"Master teaches that martial arts are used to help others, not to hurt them. If Donor Su had not intervened in what happened yesterday, those people would have just beaten me, and the female benefactor would be fine," Cheng Yun said sternly.
Su Liang didn't want to talk about yesterday's dispute with Chengyun anymore, "That's just right. Just help this poor baby and send him back to his mother. I believe you can protect him."
Since he could give Yan Shiba a gift, it meant that he was not in a hurry about what he had to do.
After saying that, Su Liang asked Chengyun to hand over the child to Ningjing, and she wanted to try his martial arts.
"I'll do it." Ning Jing was obviously a little afraid of the little crybaby. Hearing this, he stood up and said that he would fight Cheng Yun and let Su Liang hold the baby.
So Su Liang took the child over, rocked it gently, and sang children's songs to him.
The child felt Su Liang's kindness, twitched and stopped crying, and even put it on her face.
"Call me aunt." Su Liang chuckled.
"Auntie..." the child called her in a sweet voice.
"So good." Su Liang wiped away the child's tears and asked softly, "What's your name?"
"That's right..." the child replied.
Ning Jing and Cheng Yun fought over there, neither of them used weapons.
Chengyun's moves may seem gentle at first glance, but they are quite subtle.
After dozens of moves, there was still no winner.
"I didn't expect you to be so powerful. It will be no problem to leave Zheng'er to you." Su Liang grabbed Zheng'er's little hand and waved it to Ning Jing and Cheng Yun.
Ning Jing saw that the child who had been crying heartbrokenly not long ago was now looking at him with a smile. He raised his hand and waved it twice at Zheng'er. He felt it was weird again and put it down silently.
"What Donor Su told those people..." Chengyun asked.
"You don't have to worry about it. This child may not be of the Li family's blood, but he must be his mother's biological child, and should be sent back to the Wan family. If the person named Li uses a drop of blood to identify his relatives or some other method, he will find this
If it's not his son, he may not be able to kill the child. Those people didn't dare to tell the truth at first, because what Li wanted to do was shady and they didn't dare to let others know." Su Liang analyzed.
Chengyun nodded, "Donor Su's words make sense."
"When you see Zheng'er's mother, if she asks, just tell her everything that happened here today, and there is no need to say anything else," Su Liang said.
"Then if the third master of the Li family goes to the Ning family to ask for someone in a month..." Chengyun frowned.
Su Liang hummed, "I told you not to worry so much."
When the time comes, Li San goes to Ning Yao to ask for someone, and the Wan family will know about it when they see Cheng Yun.
If the three families got together and started fighting in Xunyang City, wouldn't it be a wonderful scene?
Zheng'er didn't know what the adults were talking about, so he came over with a smile, kissed the side of Su Liang's cheek, and called out sweetly, "Auntie!"
Ning Jing said in a faint tone, "Children are so strange."