While the eldest young master, the eldest steward, and the deputy steward were fighting openly and secretly as soon as they met, the servants over there were much calmer. The eldest young master's people were entertained, for example, the swordsman in the room who followed the young master was the swordsman in the courtyard.
For the reception, a small banquet was set up. Behind the young master, two long men in green clothes were served by servants, who also provided 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, and all she saw in front of her were young, weak and numb faces.
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 admitted here? They are all
In the past few days, there is no one who has not paid. Do you 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. Where is this place? If my aunt wants to leave, she can leave. If she doesn't, she can leave.
Not leaving."
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 very 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.
Dear aunt, you can do whatever you want, you can 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 should 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 Kongliang Mountain, and the treasures she talks about are also the criteria commonly used by Konggliang Mountain to classify sword slaves. It refers to the kind of high-level sword slaves who have the potential to be swordsmen and can directly wash their swords.
The servant hurriedly said: "Since it is a treasure, it must be put inside. Bring it 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 looked numb and didn't know the joy or sorrow.
Chi Mingjing felt his heart churn. The servant next to him took out the key and opened the door. He said flatteringly: "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 there are only three."
There is no other way. The Shenying Festival is approaching, and all the shops are accepting high-end goods. The supply is really in short supply. Especially the first-class treasures are held in the hands of the big houses and are not released, just waiting for the price to rise. These are all profiteers.
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At this time, the door opened, and the servant motioned to put the child in. Chi Mingjing did not say a word, and did not 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 hand and hold it in her hand.
He didn't let go. The little girl was startled for a moment and looked up at her without showing any other expression, but her eyes were slightly gentle.
When the servant saw this situation, he realized what she meant and immediately smiled and said: "Since the girl likes it, let's keep this for fun first and then hand it back before the Shen Ying Meeting. Hey, if this is an ordinary item, I can give it to you directly.
, only the treasures are 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. In fact, she had just joined the team for a day, and she had not gotten to know the children well, let alone have any feelings for each other. She just thought of herself and felt compassion for her. If she wanted to take the children back, she would be the same person.
I couldn't help but feel that my hands and feet were tied up.
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 tell me 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? Aren't the estates buyers even at the Deep Shadow Conference? Should you switch careers and become sellers, imitating 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 things in the manor, and couldn't 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 knows the classification of sword slaves. Needless to say, rare sword slaves are used to clean sword species. Old sword species or contaminated sword species are put into Inspiration to wash, and then taken out to become brand new sword species.
The principle of this kind of trading is very simple. In theory, outsiders can do it, but in fact it is exclusive to Zongliangshan. Because outsiders can make sword slaves, but there is a problem - it is easy to put the sword in, but difficult to take it out. Washing it
How to get it clean?
Otherwise, when Tang Zhao was plotted by Jian Zhong, Si Liyu wouldn't have wanted to give him a good time. He took out Jian Zhong with the help of his glasses, 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, later manors have expanded the scope of sword slaves, including those slaves who have a little inspiration but are far from being swordsmen. They cannot wash swords.
A variety of materials can be washed. The methods are also very different.
This has a wide range of uses. Zongliang Mountain already produces various materials. There are also more defective materials produced from the devil's cave, the front line and even the wild, which need to be cleaned by sword slaves. It can be said that the market is vast. And Zongliangshan alone
Eat this big piece of cake, even if there are so many manor masters, everyone is still full.
The only problem is that washing the materials costs a lot of money for the sword slave. Of course, washing the sword seeds also costs money. A rare sword slave who is one in a thousand can only wash one sword type in his life. Most sword slaves will die the moment they take out the sword seeds. Only
A few lucky ones were able to not only cleanse the sword species but also establish contact with the sword species, gaining an extremely rare opportunity for promotion.
Fortunately, sword species are rare. Even in Zongliang Mountain, the rare sword slaves and sword species are almost in balance or even slightly wealthy. But the ordinary sword slaves are different. Materials are available as much as possible, but sword slaves are limited. Especially
Washing ordinary materials will consume the sword slave's inspiration. A sword slave can become an ordinary mortal after washing it once or twice, and is no longer useful. Therefore, all manors are short of sword slaves, especially on the eve of the Deep Shadow Society, which is shipping in large quantities.
All the estates were purchased 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 Renyazi in the city. Once a sword slave is used up, he can directly sell it to Renyazi. It is convenient and fast. This is also the kindness of the chief manager.
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Chi Mingjing became angry and said: "Sold to human traffickers? Mercy?"
The servant said: "Of course, this is a release. If a person is sold to a trafficker, no matter where he goes, he will always have a bite to eat. On the mountain, he can only give it to the two adults. Except for our manor, other manors are just throwing it away.
They went to the pool, and it was the same when the old master was here. After all, a sword slave without inspiration 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 manor houses are only accessible but not accessible, but we can enter and exit, so 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 started talking 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, who was crippled
Inspiration, if the Grand Steward hadn’t left me as an errand, I would have been sacrificed to the two masters 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 pretend to be careless, but sneered: "What did you just say?"
The servant became more and more stunned. His whole body was shaking like chaff. Suddenly his eyes showed a fierce look.
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 do it, 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 manager. He couldn't say anything about it. It was about the death of the left and the death of the right. He was completely devastated, but when he heard that she was asking about such a trivial matter, he felt like he was being pardoned.
, 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 temperament 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 why she asked this?
Seeing that Chi Mingjing's questions were too detailed, he could only find a way to evade, 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."