Getting Rich from Legend of Zhen Huan

At this point, Nie Qian'er was no longer afraid. "If the family of Lord Jiang, who hates kidnappers the most, can't believe it, then I have nothing to fear."

Nie Qian'er, or Si Niang, was too young to remember her original surname when she was sold to a brothel by a trafficker. She only remembered that she was the fourth among her sisters, so her family called her Si Niang. Later, she followed the courtesan sister and took her surname Nie. Qian'er was given by the brothel owner, who hoped that she would be a good woman.

Nie Qian'er originally thought that after hearing the legendary story of the Jiang family reunion, she would never have any contact with Jiang Chen in this life. Unexpectedly, Jiang Chen actually took care of the kidnapping matter. Even the former courtesan sister, now the madam, couldn't help but complain, "Without the secret source of goods, there is less money to buy girls, but there are also fewer girls with good looks."

Buying goods from kidnappers is expensive but the quality is guaranteed. Kidnappers have sharp eyes and all the kidnapped children are well-behaved. Now that kidnappers are gone, there are many families selling their daughters, but it is a waste of time to choose well-behaved ones.

In fact, once the lights are turned off, what does it matter if they are decent or not? But as I said before, a brothel is not a place for charity. Only those with good looks can earn more money in a brothel. Those with bad looks can't earn as much as the tip from a single smile from the courtesan even if they receive customers all day. The madam is naturally not happy.

Nie Qian'er comforted her, "Don't worry, sister. This kidnapping is a hidden danger after all. It has its benefits now that it's over. As for the girl, I heard that the place where we buy rouge and powder has become a trading place. Since it's so close to us, maybe they're waiting for us to take over the child."

The imperial court strictly prohibited human trafficking, and Emperor Kangxi even issued several orders to urge the Ministry of Justice to crack down on human trafficking. Moreover, human trafficking was subject to severe punishment.

Anyone who abducts women and children, or pawns them, or takes them as wives, concubines, or children, regardless of whether they are good people or slaves, whether they have been sold or not, but who abducts them, if the person abducted is unaware, the ringleader shall be hanged in prison, and the person abducted shall not be sentenced. If anyone uses drug cakes or any other sorcery to abduct young children, the ringleader shall be hanged immediately;

If a woman commits a crime, her husband will be held responsible. If her husband is unaware of the crime or has no husband, she will still be held responsible (sentenced to 100 strokes of the cane, and the remaining crimes can be redeemed). Accomplices and those who know about the crime but do not report it will be exiled to Ningguta.

Therefore, if there is a strict investigation, all the brothels will be caught and no one will escape.

The madam sneered, "So you're saying that Lord Jiang is so kind-hearted that he has to beat up kidnappers, but what good is that? There are naturally people without conscience who sell their children, and they waste my time and energy to choose someone."

Nie Qian'er disagreed. At least without the kidnapper, there would be no good man like Jiang's father who died in search of his daughter. At least there would not be people like herself who should have lived an ordinary life but had to sell smiles.

But on the surface, Nie Qian'er said, "If you ask me, this is a good thing. Children sold by kidnappers always want to run away, but those sold by their biological parents know how to give up. There is no way out, and there is no need to worry about watching them every day."

The madam thought about it and said, "This is indeed a good thing, but the stubborn ones have been trained by the kidnappers before, and now we have to do it ourselves, which is also a troublesome thing."

Nie Qianer said, "It's better for us to train them ourselves than for the kidnappers to not know the severity of the situation. If they use too much force, they will damage the girls' skins. I don't know how much it will cost to recover them."

If the kidnapper finds out that he has injured someone, he will not let the brothel know. If the brothel finds out after buying someone, they can only blame themselves for being short-sighted. They are in the business of selling flesh, and the flesh must be healed. Isn't this an extra expense? Especially if the flesh can't be healed, then it will become a "losing business".

The madam then reluctantly said with satisfaction, "That's true. In this way, the girl I trained myself is more to my liking."

After fooling around with this matter, Nie Qianer finally had time to ask Jiang Chen about the anti-trafficking incident, "Sister, is it because of my sister's abduction that Lord Jiang..."

The madam said with a gloomy face, "It was because of this matter. The kidnappers we had contacted were all caught by the Ministry of Justice, and the promised goods were also sent home by the Ministry of Justice following the clues. Fortunately, I didn't pay the deposit, otherwise I would have lost a lot of money."

Nie Qian'er didn't expect Jiang Chen to act so quickly, but she still tried to appease the madam, "Mom, you're wrong. If we pay the money, we'll be considered the buyers and we might be arrested."

The madam was shocked by this and clutched her handkerchief tightly. She said belatedly, "That's right. If we really investigate, everyone in our brothel will be arrested."

The madam was a little uneasy at this point, and consoled herself by saying, "If that's the case, which brothel in the Eight Great Hutongs hasn't done this kind of business? If they want to arrest someone, they can't just arrest us."

Nie Qian'er didn't want the building to continue accepting abducted children, so she took the opportunity to scare the madam and said in a panic, "But those big brothels are backed by the powerful, and a small brothel like ours..."

Then, Nie Qian'er pretended to hesitate and said, "But no matter what, if we are in the Eight Great Hutongs, we will suffer together. If they take us down today, aren't they afraid that those big brothels will take their place tomorrow?"

This reassured the madam, "You are right. No matter how young and foolish Lord Jiang is, he would not dare to extend his hand to the Eight Great Hutongs." The water behind this is really deep. Even Jiang Chen cannot overturn the mountain behind him.

Nie Qianer's heart sank as she looked at the madam's determined expression. Would this cannibalistic place never be able to collapse?

After sending the madam away, Nie Qianer placed a Buddha statue in her room for the first time.

The women in the brothels had a hard life, and they would basically believe in Buddhism to comfort themselves. Nie Qianer didn't believe in it before, so she didn't arrange it. Now she doesn't believe in it anymore, but she just wants to pray for Jiang Chen. Those damn kidnappers didn't wait for the retribution from the gods, but were punished in the world. It's really gratifying!

Nie Qian'er was stuck in this quagmire, unable to repay Jiang Chen, so she could only pray for Jiang Chen to gain peace of mind.

But she didn't expect that after twenty years, Nie Qian'er, who had become a brothel owner, would actually meet the Fifth Princess, Jiang Chen's wife. She believed in Jiang Chen and was willing to believe in the Fifth Princess.

The fifth princess looked at Nie Qian'er's fearless expression and asked with some complicated feelings, "You, Xinyue Ezhuo?" Otherwise, why would you risk your life to say these things.

Nie Qian'er smiled and said, "I just admire you." She had lived a difficult life for forty-two years and had seen countless tragedies in brothels. The Jiang family was the only one who persevered and did not despise the current situation of losing their daughter. Jiang Chen was able to use his own experience to help others and take care of things that others were unwilling to take care of. How could Nie Qian'er not admire him?

The fifth princess understood something, and she said sadly, "Were you kidnapped into the brothel?"