Ning Dao Covered with Snow

Chapter 185 Human Trafficking
Inside the rouge shop, the shopkeeper ordered her men to surround Yan Ciwan.

Yan Ciwan was not panicked at all. Although the other side had more people and more power, they were no match for her. She was confident that she could escape unscathed.

Her right hand reached behind her waist, quietly grasped the hilt of the knife, and asked with a confused look on her face.

"What are you doing?"

The shopkeeper's wife had already regarded her as her own, so she no longer concealed her malice and said bluntly: "Young lady is so beautiful, wouldn't it be a waste if you just marry her off to someone else? I have a good business here, as long as you are obedient, I will definitely let you live a life of luxury in the future."

Yan Ciwan remembered that people had been disappearing in Yizhou recently. She suspected that the people in front of her were related to the disappearances and wanted to take the opportunity to investigate.

She looked horrified: "What good business? Are you trying to sell me out?"

"What do you mean by selling or not? That's too harsh, young lady. I just know some nobles who like to collect beautiful young ladies. They love a beautiful girl like you with creamy skin and innocent innocence. If any of them likes you, you will be able to rise to prominence in the future. This is a blessing that others can't even ask for!"

Yan Ciwan frowned: "If I give you such a blessing, do you want it?"

Unexpectedly, the shopkeeper's wife smiled and said, "I do want it, but people don't like me, a vulgar woman."

Yan Ciwan was speechless, and then asked: "Do you often do this kind of human trafficking?"

The shopkeeper's wife frowned and the smile on her face disappeared.

Obviously, she didn't like this topic, she said in a deep voice.

"That's enough idle talk, please follow us young lady."

After she finished speaking, she made a gesture, and the thugs disguised as female guests and waiters took out daggers, ropes and other objects, and they all approached Yan Ci Wan.

Yan Ciwan was shaking with fear and begged desperately, "I already have a lover, I can't marry anyone else, please let me go."

The shopkeeper's wife said slowly, "You are still too young. Love is the most worthless thing in the world. If I were you, I would seize every opportunity to gain benefits while I am still young and beautiful. Now I can provide you with this opportunity to climb up, you should cherish it."

The two female servants reached out to grab Yan Ciwan's arms, preparing to tie her up with a rope.

Who knew that the next moment, a cold light flashed!
The two felt severe pain in their wrists and subconsciously looked down, only to see a deep wound on their wrists that could be seen to the bone.

They all screamed miserably at the same time.

The scream was deafening, causing the faces of the other people present to change drastically.

They went to see the culprit, Yan Ci Wan, but at this time Yan Ci Wan had already used her lightness skills to leave the spot. She flashed like a ghost and appeared in front of the shopkeeper's wife.

The shopkeeper's wife stepped back instinctively. She pulled out the dagger hidden in her sleeve, but before she could raise the knife, the blade of Ning Dao was already against her neck.

The opponent's movements were so fast that they were difficult to capture with the naked eye.

Yan Ciwan stared into her eyes and said softly, "Don't move."

The shopkeeper's wife felt a sharp pain in her neck, probably because her skin was cut by the blade. She froze in place, not daring to move, for fear that the other party would really cut her throat with the knife.

Seeing this, other people in the store didn't dare to act rashly, except the two female employees who fell to the ground due to bleeding wrist injuries, and cried out for help in pain.

The shopkeeper's wife didn't expect that the other party, who looked like a weak woman who couldn't lift anything, was actually a hidden master, and all of them together were no match for her.

This time they hit a wall.

The shopkeeper's wife was sweating profusely and asked in a trembling voice, "Since my sister has such good skills, why did she have to tell us so much just now?"

Yan Ciwan ignored her probing and said to himself, "If you don't want to die, answer my question honestly. Do you often engage in human trafficking?"

The shopkeeper's lips trembled slightly, as if she wanted to say something but hesitated. Yan Ciwan immediately increased his strength and pressed the blade down.

The wound on the shopkeeper's neck deepened, and she turned pale with pain. The fear of death made her dare not hesitate any longer. She shouted hurriedly: "We are also following orders. We have a mission every month. We must send at least ten young girls to the black market, otherwise we will all die!"

Yan Ciwan's eyes gradually turned cold. Why did they bring up the black market again?

She continued to ask: "Is there a black market in Yizhou?"

"Yes, it is."

"A large number of people have disappeared in Yizhou recently. Is it related to the black market?"

The shopkeeper's wife was sweating more and more on her forehead. "Not all the missing people are related to us. We only operate on this street and specialize in targeting young women from other places."

Yan Ci Wan narrowed her eyes. The other party did not directly answer her question, which was enough to prove that her guess was very likely true.

Unexpectedly, Yizhou, like Xiangzhou, also hides a huge black market.

I just don’t know if the black market here is also related to the Changming Chamber of Commerce?

Yan Ciwan asked again: "Who is your boss?"

The shopkeeper's wife opened her mouth, as if she was hesitating whether to tell the truth.

Yan Ciwan suddenly felt a murderous intent coming from behind!

She quickly dodged.

As a result, she saw a flash of silver light, and then the shopkeeper's wife fell straight down.

Yan Ci Wan was shocked and walked over quickly. He saw a poison needle stuck in the shopkeeper's neck. The poison needle hit the exact place where Yan Ci Wan had just cut with the Ning knife.

The blood from the wound quickly turned from red to black. The shopkeeper's wife opened her eyes wide, her eyes full of fear and unwillingness.

She reached out her hand towards Yan Ciwan with difficulty.

"help me……"

Yan Ciwan was not a doctor, she had no knowledge of medicine, and even if she wanted to save someone, she had no idea where to start. She could only seize the last bit of time to ask, "Who is your boss?"

The shopkeeper's wife's lips trembled slightly. At this moment, she already knew that she had been silenced, and the person who did it was most likely her boss.

She used all her strength to say: "It's He... He..."

The sound stopped abruptly, and the expression on her face froze, and she was completely dead.

Yan Ci Wan turned around and looked behind her, and saw a figure flash by behind the side door. She picked up Ning Dao and chased after him. Behind the side door was a patio, with six rooms around the patio as the center.

She searched room by room but found nothing.

The door to the backyard was locked and couldn't be opened without a key.

Yan Ciwan couldn't figure out how the murderer escaped after killing someone.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside the rouge shop, mixed with the shouts of Xiao Wang, Chao Lu and others.

"Ning Ci! Ning Ci, are you in there?!"

(End of this chapter)