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The woman looked about fourteen or fifteen years old, with a sallow complexion, her clothes torn, and a few bloodstains on her face and neck. She hugged Liu Qingyin's legs, "Girl, girl, save me, save me!"

A group of men dressed as servants chased after them with sticks and knives.

"What are you going to do?" Liu Qingyin blocked the woman behind her.

A sturdy man with a scar on his eye said, "Her father owed us gambling debts, and now he is giving her to us. Don't meddle in our business!" After saying that, he walked forward and pulled the woman.

"Girl, please save my daughter! They are going to sell her to a brothel!" The girl couldn't stop crying.

"Let her go!"

Are people still human if they buy and sell children? Liu Qingyin was very annoyed by this kind of behavior in ancient society. In modern society, buying and selling people is a serious illegal crime!

But in ancient society, people could be used to pay off debts, exchange for food, and auctioned like objects.

There was even such a thing as a contract of sale. Once you signed it, unless your master personally cancelled your slavery, you would be his slave for the rest of your life and could be bought and sold like an object. Even if you were beaten to death by your master after the age of fourteen, the master would not be guilty.

"What? Girl, it's okay to let her go. Just buy it. I'll sell her indenture to you and we'll let her go!"

The woman knelt on the ground, tightly grasped Liu Qingyin's sleeve, looked up and said: "Girl, please save me! I will work like a slave to repay you!"

Liu Qingyin couldn't bear to see the bruised little girl lying on the ground.

"How much?" she asked, looking at Scarface.

"Two hundred taels!" said Scarface.

"How much? Two hundred taels! Are you robbing me?" Liu Qingyin asked with eyes wide open.

"Her father owes us 150 taels, and she has signed a contract with the bar. If she doesn't go, she will have to break the contract, and she will have to pay a penalty for breaking the contract."

"Do you want it or not? If not, don't stop me!" Scarface said impatiently.

"Wait a moment!" Liu Qingyin rolled her eyes at him.

She whispered to Ye Hansheng: "Shengsheng, can you beat them down and take the person away?"

"Ayin really wants to do this?" Ye asked coldly.

"Yes, this is the only way to save the little girl!"

“But if these people can’t take this girl away, they will definitely go after her father. Her father has no money to pay back, so he will either come and harass this girl or beat her father to death, causing a bad impact on the local county.

Although her father deserves to die, it is always bad for something like this to happen. "Ye Hansheng said softly, "It is better to buy it out with money, so that there will be no worries."

"Or maybe Ayin should just ignore it and let them take her away."

"Have you finished your discussion?" Scarface urged.

"If you push me again, I'll knock out your teeth. Do you still want money?!" Liu Qingyin said angrily.

"Whatever!" Liu Qingyin looked at the crying little girl on the ground. "She is about the same age as me. How can she survive if she is sold to a brothel?"

"Then buy it with money." Ye said coldly, and after a pause he said, "I can lend money to A Yin!"

Liu Qingyin's eyes lit up: "Shengsheng is so rich?"

"Ayin can just write an IOU. When Ayin works for Yingge in the future, the money will be deducted from his monthly salary." Ye Hansheng added.

"I owe another huge sum of money," Liu Qingyin made up his mind, "Okay!"

"150 taels. If you want it, take the money and leave now. If you don't want it, I will beat you to a pulp and take the person away!" Liu Qingyin stared at the group of people and said loudly.

Several people looked at each other, and Scarface said, "Okay! Take the money!"

"Oh my god, is this so easy?" Liu Qingyin thought they would continue to argue, but she didn't expect it to be so smooth.

The group of people took the banknotes, handed over the indenture, and ran away in a flash, as if they were afraid that she would change her mind if they stayed for another second.

The little girl knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly, her forehead was bruised. Liu Qingyin quickly helped her up, "It's okay, it's okay, it's okay."

"Thank you so much for your kindness, young lady. I will serve you well in the future and work like a slave to repay you!" said the little girl with red eyes.

Aunt Li brought water and food to the little girl, and the little girl was very grateful.

"My name is Liu Qingyin. What's your name?" Liu Qingyin asked.

"I don't have a name. I was picked up by my father, and my father didn't give me a name." The little girl devoured the food.

"Please give my daughter a name, young lady."

"Hmm~~~~", Liu Qingyin thought for a moment. She saw a crescent-shaped birthmark on the little girl's wrist, so she said, "Then you should follow my surname Liu. Today is the day you are reborn. From today on, you will be called 'Liu Xinyue'. How about that?"

"Xinyue thanks you, Miss!" She knelt down and bowed!

"Don't kneel, don't kneel, don't call me Miss. You look younger than me, just call me Sister. I'll call you Xiaoyue!" Liu Qingyin helped her up.

"Xiaoyue is so lucky to have met my sister!"

"Me too. When we get to the capital, I will cancel this indenture contract!" She smoothed Xiaoyue's hair.

"Thank you, sister. From today on, Xiaoyue's life belongs to you!!" She said excitedly while holding Liu Qingyin's hand.

"Your life will always belong to you!" Liu Qingyin held her hand and said sincerely.

"Ayin, I'll take Yue to change her clothes and let her ride with me." Aunt Li said.

"Ayin, it's time for us to set off. We can have a good rest for a night when we get to the post station ahead." Ye Hansheng said.

"Yes! Okay, Xiaoyue, this is Aunt Li. After we get to the capital, the three of us will spend the day together! Aunt Li is a very nice person, so you don't have to be shy with her."

"Hello, Aunt Li." Xiaoyue bowed and saluted.

"No need to greet, let's go, girl Yue." Aunt Li took Xiaoyue to the carriage.

Ye Hansheng originally wanted to pick up Xue'er, but Xue'er kept following Dahuang, so the two, one big and one small, followed Aunt Li and Xiaoyue.

It was already dark when they arrived at the post station. The weather was very good and they could see a sky full of stars.

Three guest rooms were booked at the inn, Xiaoyue and Aunt Li had one, Liu Qingyin and Ye Hansheng had one each, Dahuang and Xue'er stayed in Liu Qingyin's room, and Ye Hansheng's Xue'er could never go back.

"Shengsheng, can I come in?" Liu Qingyin shouted.

"Ayin, please come in." Ye Hansheng was leaning over the desk in front of the window, writing something.

"Sit anywhere." He didn't even raise his head.

"What are you writing?" Liu Qingyin curiously leaned over to look at the desk.

Ye Hansheng wanted to answer, but when he turned around, the air froze...

Their hair was intertwined, their noses pressed tightly together, and their warm breath slipped into each other's noses without any cover, making their blood boil.

Time stopped for three seconds, and Liu Qingyin jumped back instantly as if she had been electrocuted. She turned around quickly, her face as red as a little apple.

She secretly mocked herself: "I'm already in my twenties. Although there are not many kissing scenes, and they are all borrowed, it's more than that. We haven't even kissed yet. If we did, I would explode right where I am!"

"What I wrote is an IOU. Ayin, you can sign it now." Ye Hansheng said softly, his tone normal, as if nothing had happened.

This eased Liu Qingyin's embarrassment a lot. She breathed a sigh of relief, adjusted her mentality and expression, and turned back with a smile: "Okay."

She picked up the pen and signed her name. Ye Hansheng collected it and put it in a blue brocade box. He then took out another red brocade box and handed it to Liu Qingyin, "Keep this, Ayin."

"What is this?" Liu Qingyin opened the brocade box and saw the note inside.

"This is the note I wrote to Ayin. When you pay the bill, Ayin can just take these out to pay the bill."

"Then I have to keep it well!" Liu Qingyin hugged the brocade box tightly, as if it was some treasure.

"Xue'er needs this when she sleeps at night." Ye Hansheng handed over a round satin soft pillow.

Liu Qingyin took it and touched it. It felt so soft, like a big flower. The fabric was even smoother than Dove chocolate. She rubbed it on her face. It had been a long time since she felt a soft pillow.

Who understands? The ancients used porcelain pillows or stone pillows. Some of them were wrapped in a layer of cloth embroidered with patterns. Poor families either did not wrap their pillows or wrapped them in coarse cloth, which was too hard and it was impossible to sleep on it. Xueer's pillow was so comfortable. She thought of the soft pillows and Simmons mattress at home, and tears were about to come out.

Ye Hansheng couldn't help but smile as he looked at her, "Ayin likes Xue'er's pillow so much?" In his opinion, Liu Qingyin at this moment was more than just like Xue'er, she was completely a human-shaped Xue'er.

"Shengsheng, you don't understand...you really don't understand..." She said while rubbing the pillow, and walked out of the room holding the brocade box.

Liu Qingyin left the room, and Ye Hansheng's tense expression relaxed. Thinking of the intimate scene just now, he felt a little strange in his heart and his cheeks flushed slightly.

He had carried out many missions and met countless women, but he had never been so close to them. However, it shouldn't have come to this. He closed his eyes and calmed himself down, trying to be more sober. After all, Liu Qingyin was going to die in the end...

At this time, a man in black came in from the window, knelt on one knee and bowed, saying, "Sir, here is your 150 taels of silver!"

Ye Hansheng slowly opened his eyes and said in a cold voice: "Put it on the table. If there is nothing else, don't set foot in Shangjing. Stay here to investigate the situation and wait for the order from the Shadow Pavilion."

"Yes! I will obey your orders, sir!"

"Go back!"

"Yes! Goodbye, sir. Take care!"

The man in black dodged and left. When he looked up, he saw the scar on his eye...