Going to the south of the Yangtze River by water, the old housekeeper didn't prepare a big boat, but he still had to prepare a small boat, right?
Okay, Xiaozhou can tolerate it without her, but can you at least let her take a passenger ship to Jiangnan? There is really no passenger ship, and she can tolerate the cargo ship, but what kind of ship does the old housekeeper find?
"Is this a black ship? Where are these people going?" That's right, the old housekeeper took Gu Qiancheng and Zi Che on a black ship, and it was also a black ship for human trafficking.
It's not about selling children or women. Most of the people on the boat are adult men, and there are also women, but not many. But regardless of gender, they are all locked up in the bilge like dogs, and Gu Qiancheng is also one of them.
That's right, Gu Qiancheng and Ziche also became one of the cargoes on this ship.
"Sell along the way, from north to south, wherever you sell." Xu Shiyou explained in advance that Gu Qiancheng, the old housekeeper and Zi Che had a separate place, separated by a broken curtain in front of it, which was regarded as an independent place.
Small space.
But even so, the stench of sweat and urine that filled the bilge could not be covered up. Gu Qiancheng couldn't smell the smell. He started vomiting from the moment he got on the boat and could hardly wake up.
After vomiting, they had to eat. They didn't have any food with them. They had to eat the food on the ship. If they wanted to eat well, they had to spend money to buy it. The so-called good food was just a bowl of white rice.
In terms of food, the old housekeeper did not treat Gu Qiancheng badly and always bought the best food on the ship for Gu Qiancheng, but...
No matter how good the food is, it cannot change the fact that it has added ingredients.
That's right, the food on the ship is all filled with ingredients, so it won't do much harm to the body. But if you eat it, you will lose strength and won't be able to perform martial arts.
Zi Che discovered it before he had eaten, but before he could get angry, the old housekeeper said: "On the ship, you have no chance to use force. And how many days can you last? If you don't eat for three to five days, you are capable of all things."
Can’t make it work.”
Zi Che is on the boat, so it's not that he doesn't have the chance to use force, but he can't move. Even if he uses force, what if he takes over the boat? The old housekeeper will find another one, and the situation won't get better just because he takes action.
Of course, Zi Che would not give in because of the old butler's persuasion. It was Gu Qiancheng who added, "Eat it. Although you can't use force, there is no other harm. We can't leave, and you can't survive without eating."
The old butler is a fox. Even if they capsize the boat, the old butler can still find the second one.
Maybe the second boat is worse than this one.
"Master Ziche, listen to the girl's advice. Although you can't use force on the ship, you can rest assured that I will ensure that the girl and the child in her belly are fine." Gu Qiancheng and the child in her belly are the old housekeeper.
With the last and biggest bargaining chip in his hand, he would never let anything happen to Gu Qiancheng.
Both Zi Che and Gu Qiancheng understood this. Therefore, Zi Che ate his meal silently.
He would have to endure ten more days on the ship. If he didn't eat or drink, his abilities would be useless.
After eating the food on the ship, Zi Che was just like ordinary people. He had little strength and his martial arts skills were of no use. However, Zi Che also tried it. As long as he was hungry for two days, his strength would come back and his martial arts skills could still be used.
use.
It can be seen that the things added to the meals are indeed not harmful to the body as the old housekeeper said.
Thinking about it, the old housekeeper would not dare to use it if it was really harmful to Gu Qiancheng. If there was something wrong with the child in Gu Qiancheng's belly, the old housekeeper would not be able to survive.
The child is fine. Although Gu Qiancheng vomited every day on the boat, she had vomited on land before, so she was used to it. However, you can get used to morning sickness, but there are some things that you really can't get used to...
This is a human trafficking ship. The conditions on the ship are very bad. They all live in the bilge. They have no chance to go out on weekdays. They almost never see the light of day. Even good people will be driven crazy here.
And this is not the most unbearable thing. The most unbearable thing is that in the bilge, the shadow side of human nature is always exposed.
Perhaps because it couldn't see the light, the ship didn't move much during the day. At night, it accelerated as fast as it could and moved along at a fast pace. It also parked and resupplied at night. During the day, the ship was almost stationary.
Every night, Gu Qiancheng would see sailors on the ship bringing people to the bilge to select people. A cabin full of people was like carrots and cabbages, being picked here and there by buyers.
Some buyers are very perverted and like to use whips to whip people. Regardless of whether they buy or not, they just whip them before talking.
And every time a transaction is successful, the sailors on the ship will be very excited, and then they will drink. When they are drunk, they will come to the bilge to look for women. Those people are not particular, they will pull the women out and do things on the spot.
There are few women in the bilge. Most of the time, several sailors share one. Some sailors can't wait and go to find men.
These sailors are just workers and have no rights, but they have food in their hands. After every play, they will leave some food for the women, so when sailors come down to pick women at night, those women will volunteer themselves.
There are even men.
Gu Qiancheng only saw that scene once and would never forget it again.
After the group of sailors finished their adventure, they would not let anyone come to clean it up, and just let a strange smell fill the bilge. Gu Qiancheng would vomit half to death every time he smelled it.
And this is the most disgusting thing. The most disgusting thing is that after the sailors leave, the strong men in the bilge will rush out and snatch the women to eat.
Here, women are the lowest existence. They are just meat on the chopping board. They have no ability to resist and can only be slaughtered.
There are too many monks and too little food, there are few women in the bilge, and they don't get much food. Almost every time someone will die trying to grab food or women, but the next time, someone will still come out to grab them.
After staying in the bilge for only seven days, Gu Qiancheng saw three women who died because they could not bear the torture.
There is no good place for people to go after they die. They are simply skinned and then thrown into the river naked to feed the fish.
The people in the bilge are constantly being sold and killed, but the number of people does not decrease, and it is always so crowded. Because there are new people coming in every few days, and the number of people in the bilge occasionally decreases, but they cannot survive.
More will be added in the next few days.
The bilge is always crowded, and rape, torture, robbery, murder... are staged every few days in the small bilge.
Every time he saw this scene, Gu Qiancheng felt sad and helpless in his heart. No matter how many times he saw it, Gu Qiancheng felt as sad and helpless as if he had seen it for the first time.
She wanted to help those people, but she didn't dare to speak, or even show it in front of Zi Che.
She knew very well that neither she nor Ziche could protect themselves, and it was impossible to help these people.
What she can do is to open her eyes and see clearly, not because of numbness, but to remember the darkest side of the world, and go back and tell Qin Jiyan that his people, his people, have passed under his governance.
How miserable it must be...
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