I made the villain right.

In the study

Fan Hua sat in front of the rosewood incense table, he sat quietly and elegantly, holding a book in his right hand, his bright eyes flashing with a look of contempt for everything from time to time, his laziness revealed an unfathomable aura, the morning sunlight slanted through the window lattice and shone on his profile, making him look even more beautiful.

At this time, Du Xuan suddenly walked in with a hint of anxiety between his brows, as if he had something important to report.

Du Xuan looked at Luo Fanhua and said, "According to our people's report, there has been no movement in the Prime Minister's Mansion recently, and Xiao Hong has appeared near the slave market several times, but we haven't found out what he did yet."

Du Xuan thought of something and said with a little hesitation: "In addition, they also saw Miss Shi in the slave market."

Based on his recent understanding of Fan Hua, Du Xuan felt that it was necessary to report this matter to Fan Hua.

As expected, Fan Hua was quite concerned about Shi Jin's affairs. As soon as he finished speaking, Fan Hua's gaze paused, and he looked up and asked in confusion, "What is she doing there?"

Du Xuan said seriously: "It is said that Xu Ruogu suddenly disappeared yesterday for some reason. Miss Shi has been looking for him in the slave market, but has not found him yet."

Fan Hua frowned slightly, was silent for a moment, and then said: "Let our people help find it secretly..."

"Yes," Du Xuan responded, and then he stepped back.

Shi Jin divided his people into several groups, holding Xu Ruogu's portrait and searching one by one.

Shi Jin brought Zhilu to a desolate and quiet courtyard.

Shi Jin pushed the door open and walked in to look around. There were not many people in the yard, and fallen leaves were flying around in the yard. It seemed that it had not been cleaned for some time.

The door was tightly closed, and it didn't look like it was open for business.

Zhilu followed Shi Jin carefully, looking at the yard in front of him, and whispered: "Miss, why do I feel that this place is so desolate? It's a bit strange. It doesn't look like someone is selling slaves."

"Yeah, I find it strange too. Let's take a look," Shi Jin continued.

Shi Jin visited many slave markets when he was looking for Xu Ruogu. After comparison, he found that there was no atmosphere of a slave market here.

Other slave markets were more lively. Slave owners would display their slaves and let them perform their talents for passers-by to see, so that they could find buyers and sell for a good price. Or slave owners would enthusiastically solicit customers at the door and let them enter the yard to choose.

The cruelest slave market she had ever seen was one where they used brutal means as entertainment to conduct a life-and-death trade between slaves and wild beasts.

After purchasing a slave, the buyer did not bring the slave back home, but threw the slave into the arena to fight a desperate battle with wild beasts. In fact, it was called a duel, but it was just a one-sided fight where the slave was left to fend for himself. The slave had been abused for a long time and was already exhausted and weak. How could he fight against the ferocious beast?

When the audience on the stage saw the slave struggling to death in the face of the wild beast, they not only did not rescue him but also cheered excitedly. The audience watching nearby not only did not rescue him but also cheered excitedly.

The expressions of fear and despair on the faces of slaves when facing death are the most suffocating. In that bloody arena, there are no laws, only wins and losses. People only seek temporary novelty and excitement, and regard human lives as worthless. It is so cruel and inhumane.

If she had not witnessed this scene with her own eyes, she would never have known that there was such a horrible and cruel place in Kyoto.

Shi Jin suddenly came back to her senses and immediately felt that this place was a little weird. She suddenly wondered if she had come to the wrong place.

She checked the map in her hand and found that she was not in the wrong place.

In the dark, several gazes were fixed on Shi Jin, carrying a gloomy aura.

Shi Jin walked around outside the courtyard for a while but didn't see anyone, so she called inside, "Is anyone there?"

At this moment, a man suddenly walked out of the house and closed the door casually.

The visitor was a middle-aged man with dark skin, dressed in gray clothes, and had an ordinary face. When he saw Shi Jin, he smiled but didn't smile, and said, "What brings you here, young lady?"

When Shi Jin saw how cautiously he closed the door, he became even more suspicious that there was something fishy going on.

Shi Jin said amiably: "I saw on the map that slaves are for sale here, I want to take a look and buy a few."

Seeing Shi Jin speak frankly about her purpose, he said apologetically, "Sorry, Miss, due to the slow business, we have closed down a few days ago. You should buy from another store."

Hearing this, Jin's eyes turned and he said with some regret: "That's a pity."

Shi Jin suddenly thought of something, her eyes were full of meaning, she suddenly took out Xu Ruogu's portrait and asked tentatively: "You are a businessman, I think you have seen all kinds of people, I want to ask if you have seen this boy?"

Hearing this, he took the portrait from Shi Jin's hand and looked at it carefully. Shi Jin stared at his expression intently, as if afraid of missing any expression.

He frowned and looked at the portrait for a while, then shook his head, with a clear expression on his face, and said, "I haven't seen it."

Seeing that Jin was a little disappointed at this time, he said slowly: "Thank you, sorry to bother you."

After saying this, he pretended to leave. When he turned around, he glanced at the tightly closed door, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

The man breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Shi Jin was about to leave. However, he didn't expect that she would take advantage of his inattention and flash past him. Then he heard a "bang" sound and saw her kick open the closed door.

It was too late for him to stop it, he could only stare with wide eyes, red face and thick neck, and said: "What are you going to do!"

After the door opened, several sharp gazes were focused on her.

There were four people sitting in the middle of the room, their hands holding the bowls paused in mid-air, as if when they were about to drink, they saw her suddenly appear and were stunned.

There were several dishes and a pot of wine on the table. The dishes on the table had hardly been touched, as if they had just been eaten. It was originally a scene of four people drinking together. This was originally a very ordinary scene, but as they were covering up, it became suspicious. Jin walked in, glanced around the room, didn't find anything unusual, and finally moved his gaze to the four people.

The four men looked at her with sharp eyes, as if they were displeased with her appearance. She vaguely sensed a murderous aura and thought that the people in front of her were not good people.

Although she thought they were suspicious, she only wanted to find Xu Ruogu. She didn't want to pay attention to them or cause trouble. Since there was no trace of Xu Ruogu here, she didn't want to stay here.

So she smiled awkwardly at everyone and said, "I'm sorry, I have had a disease called ADHD since I was a child. Sometimes my hands and feet are out of control. I went to the wrong place and disturbed your fun. I hope you will forgive me." After that, she bowed to them, and her attitude of admitting her mistake was very sincere.

"Please continue, I'll leave first," she said flatteringly.

After saying this, he pulled Zhilu and ran away without looking back, without waiting for the people behind him to react.

Seeing her suddenly flee, one of the men suddenly stood up and said, "I'll go kill her to prevent her from leaking the news."

At this time, the man sitting next to him suddenly pulled him back and said in a serious tone: "Don't be reckless. The master once said that everything is fine in Kyoto City. I saw that the young lady was wearing brocade and satin. She must be rich or noble. The matter has not been investigated clearly. If we kill her, it may attract the attention of the government and cause unnecessary trouble."

After saying this, he turned his eyes and looked at the man who had just gone out to receive Shi Jin, and asked, "What did she come here for just now?"

"She said she wanted to buy a few slaves here, and then asked me about a young man, but she didn't seem to believe me and suddenly barged in."

The leading man thought for a moment and said, "She must be here to look for someone. I don't think she's coming for us. There's no need to kill her."

After Shi Jin left, he went to the next place to look for it.

Time passed slowly as they ran.

Before I knew it, the sun was about to set.

After Shi Jin found the last slave market, he went to the main street to wait for others to report the situation.

The servants and maids who were sent out gathered here one after another, and their replies to Shi Jin were all that they had not found any trace of Xu Ruogu. However, they had already searched all the slave markets that could be found in Kyoto City. If Xu Ruogu had not been captured in the slave market, where else would he have been captured?

Shi Jin felt exhausted from running around the streets, and her brain was also on strike. She had no idea what to do, which made her frown.

Seeing this, Zhilu at the side comforted her: "Miss, don't think too much. Xu Ruogu is a lucky man. He will be fine."

Shi Jin saw Zhilu comforting her, so in order not to make her worry, she reluctantly said, "Okay."

She looked at the tired faces of the servants and maids in the mansion and felt a little reluctant. They had accompanied her in the search for a long time and were now exhausted physically and mentally. She had to let them have a good rest, and she herself also needed to calm down and think carefully.

She said to them: "You have worked hard, go back home and rest."

Upon hearing this, the maidservant, who seemed somewhat exhausted, showed joy on her face. They could finally go back home and rest.

Everyone immediately said: "Yes"

So Shi Jin returned home with her maid and servant.

However, what they didn't know was that in an alley behind them, a group of people were holding Xu Ruogu's portrait and arresting thugs hiding in the streets, asking them one by one if they had seen any trace of Xu Ruogu.