Cypress Boat Floating

Behind the stage is a small courtyard where all the members of the Liu family live.

As soon as you enter the yard, you can see a lot of children exercising in the yard, some big and some small, but the oldest is no more than 15 years old, both boys and girls, and each of them has a pretty face.

Ye Jianqing glanced at them and followed Liu Miao into the lobby.

As a prince and a prince, Lu Ci Qiu's status is much nobler than others. Even if he comes to the Liu family, Lu Ci Qiu should sit in a high position, and Liu Miao should also pay respect to Lu Ci Qiu.

"Boss Liu keeps asking me to do you a favor, but what is that favor?" Liu Miao had never been polite to Ye Jianqing from the beginning, so Ye Jianqing naturally wasn't polite to him either. He spoke bluntly without caring about his face at all.

Liu Miao didn't take Ye Jianqing's attitude to heart. Seeing that Lu Ci Qiu had already taken his seat, he sat to the side.

"Miss Ye has been investigating the shrine recently, right?" Although Liu Miao asked, his tone was very affirmative.

Ye Jianqing just looked at him without saying anything, but she felt a chill in her heart. She felt as if every step she took was under surveillance by others. Why did he know that she was investigating the shrine recently? Did that girl who looked a bit like her really not do it on purpose?

"If I say that I can help you find the shrine, would you be willing to make a deal with me?" Liu Miao's confident look made Ye Jianqing a little suspicious.

This person...

"But Boss Liu hasn't said how to do this deal yet." Ye Jianqing glanced at him.

"Someone went to the shrine and made a wish to kill me."

"who."

"Cao family."

"Cao family?"

"The Cao family and my Liu family have been enemies for many years. The two families have never gotten along. After all, they are both theaters, and the plays they perform are basically the same. They rely on the skills of the actors. The Cao family's leading actress was injured recently and can no longer go on stage, so they thought it was me. They couldn't beat me, so they went to the shrine." Liu Miao looked calm when he said this, so calm that Ye Jianqing couldn't see his reaction.

Ye Jianqing and Lu Ci Qiu looked at each other. It was this kind of thing again. But if it was just like this, there was no need to deliberately do these things to lure them here.

"If you didn't do it, why don't you just report it to the authorities? The authorities will only give you justice and won't let you suffer innocent consequences. If you are really afraid that the Cao family will attack you behind your back, you can also ask the authorities or someone else to protect you. What's the point of asking me?"

"Miss Ye is also very interested in this matter, isn't she? If I go to the government, can they really give me justice?" Liu Miao's disdain for the government was beyond words. When Ye Jianqing mentioned the government, his face was full of disdain.

"Now the Cao family has made a deal with the Shenwu, but I still don't know where the Shenwu is. It's a bit too much for Master Liu to ask me to do this." Ye Jianqing always remained wary of Liu Miao.

"I said before, as long as the girl is willing to help me, I will definitely help her find the shrine."

Ye Jianqing frowned slightly. This condition was a bit weird. Not only did he not ask her to help him with anything, but he also wanted her to help him even though he knew where the shrine was. This deal seemed like a sure win for her, but Ye Jianqing just didn't believe in such pie-in-the-sky things.

"Boss Liu hasn't told me what he wants me to do for you yet."

"Me." Liu Miao smiled, "Miss, you just need to protect me and prevent the Cao family from doing anything to me."

Ye Jianqing stared at him, trying to see through him and find the flaw in his heart, but unfortunately, she couldn't see through it. The other party's defense was very solid, so she gave up decisively.

"I guess Team Leader Liu should have investigated me before I came here. He knows that I am under the jurisdiction of the Eighth Prince and that I only obey the Eighth Prince's orders. How dare you come to me? Team Leader Liu, don't you think that cooperating with the Eighth Prince is better than cooperating with me?" Ye Jianqing believes that her presence in this world is very low. Everyone should remember and see Lu Ci Qiu, not her.

But this person came to her, and only to her.

Liu Miao laughed loudly upon hearing this, and then bowed to Lu Ci Qiu who was sitting high up in the seat: "Don't blame me if I say something to you, Your Majesty."

Lu Ci Qiu found it funny. With this man's attitude, anyone could guess that what he was going to say would not be good. But since he was still here, he was very bold.

Liu Miao looked at Ye Jianqing and said, "Eighth Prince has certainly made many achievements, but Miss Ye, do you dare to say that these have nothing to do with you? If you hadn't protected the flood in Nancheng, the prince would have died long ago. Does digging through the mountain to open the water have nothing to do with you? If you hadn't gone deep into the danger and used yourself as bait, how could you have caught Li Boming so easily? If you hadn't found the real marching distribution map from the corpse, how could this case be solved so easily? Do you dare to say that these have nothing to do with you?"

Ye Jianqing bit the inside of his lower lip lightly.

It turned out that this person had been targeting me so long ago, but I was just a nobody at the beginning, so why did they target me?

"Boss Liu knows all about these past events." Ye Jianqing said this with his back teeth clenched. Anyone who is investigated by others will feel uncomfortable.

"Miss, you don't have to be so hostile to Liu. Since I want to cooperate with you, I should show my sincerity, right?"

Liu Miao is a treacherous and deep person. Ye Jianqing does not trust his words and deeds, and his behavior also makes Ye Jianqing feel very uncomfortable.

"Was it the girl who went to the palace's coachman to tell the way this morning?" Ye Jianqing didn't want to agree to him so quickly, but also wanted to get more clues from him. She wanted to know first how this person had lured her here.

"Yes." Liu Miao said directly.

"Then why did you send me to Chunmanlou? Jiang Wanyin is also yours?" It was not that Ye Jianqing deliberately suspected Jiang Wanyin, but it was too coincidental that Jiang Wanyin came out at that time and just happened to meet them.

"No." Liu Miao shook his head and asked, "The girl should have seen my child when she came in just now."

Ye Jianqing naturally saw those children. Although being conjoined was painful for the children, this was their way of finding a way out.

"These children were brought here by their biological parents, who exchanged them for a few taels of silver and then went home. From then on, these children stayed with me.

In our industry, if you want to survive, you have to work harder than anyone else and be more diligent than anyone else. If one day you can become a star, then you will really be successful. "

Ye Jianqing understood what Liu Miao said. No matter what industry you are in, you have to work hard and be diligent. But that is not enough. You also need talent. If you don't have talent, you will never become a star no matter how much you practice.

"What if I can't learn it well?"

"Miss, why do you think I asked the coachman to take you to Chunmanlou?" Liu Miao looked at her and deepened the curve of his lips. The smile made people tremble.

"You sold all those people to brothels?" Ye Jianqing's brows showed a hint of anger, but she had no right to say anything. These children were bought by him, and if he wanted to sell them, how could she stop him?

"If they can't learn well here and can't even act in a play, then why should I come here? I spent a lot of money to buy them. They eat my food, wear my clothes, and use my things. Now that they are useless, can't I let them make use of their last bit of value?" Liu Miao said in a flat tone, and he talked about the lives of these children as if he was talking about buying and selling a piece of pork.

"These are all people!" Ye Jianqing roared in a low voice.

Sure enough, here, the lives of the poor are not worth their attention.

"So what?" Liu Miao was puzzled. "Wasn't Miss Ye also sold to the Eighth Prince? Miss Ye should also know that here, for poor people, being able to be traded is their greatest value."

Ye Jianqing was speechless for a moment.

Here, is the transaction of human life their greatest value? No, it is not like that. Even if they are poor, they have their own right to choose, they have their own dignity, and their lives belong only to themselves, not to others, and are not for sale.

Lu Ci Qiu clapped his hands heavily, his face was serious, and what he said made Liu Miao tremble with fear: "Human trafficking is against the will of heaven, against human ethics, and against humanity. Throughout history, anyone who traffics in human beings will be severely punished, and this is also the case in our dynasty. As early as the time of our ancestors, we established a law that the main culprits of human trafficking, no matter how many there are, will be hanged in public; those who know about it but do not report it will be exiled for 3,000 miles.

If you bought the children for charity and found a place for them to go, it would be fine, but you actually sold them to a brothel. You should be hanged, you know.

Liu Miao licked his lips unconsciously and said stubbornly: "Your Highness, these children were sent here by their parents. What does it have to do with me?"

"Buying and selling are the same crime. You bought them, and now you want to sell them again, that is your sin." Lu Ci Qiu did not listen to his explanation at all. Since Liu Miao wanted to be proud and get carried away in front of a prince, he would let him know the consequences of getting carried away.

Ye Jianqing just wanted to laugh at this moment. Not only did she think about it, she also did it. She secretly covered her mouth and laughed, but she thought that it was not good to be too proud since she was on someone else's territory, so she quickly restrained herself a little.

"Master Liu, sometimes being too proud is really asking for death. You dare to discuss the life and death of others directly in front of the Eighth Prince? It's true that the prince has a kind heart, but that doesn't mean that the prince can forgive your behavior." Although Ye Jianqing was a few inches shorter than Liu Miao, she still had the aura of someone who had been on the battlefield and died there before. How could someone like Liu Miao, who lived in a peaceful era, feel that? Soon, she was frightened by Ye Jianqing and took a few steps back.

Seeing him like this, Ye Jianqing was secretly happy. She had been unhappy with the pace since the beginning, and now she wanted to take the initiative to bring the pace back.

It is time for him to know that even if the Eighth Prince is a rabbit, he is a rabbit that eats people, and is not something a mouse like him can discuss casually.