The Regent's Tender Darling

Little Loach had just said that he had resisted the urge to cry in the past, but his defense was broken by Xuemei's last words.

He rubbed his thick sleeves on his face and looked away to hide the sadness on his face.

Xuemei stared at Little Loach's thick cotton-padded jacket. It was already very old and stained. She made a new cotton-padded jacket for Little Loach and hid it in the cabinet in her room.

I forgot to bring it with me when I was in a hurry.

This silent atmosphere lasted for a long time, and each of them had something sad to say.

Finally, Xuemei changed the subject and asked: "Then... where is the black gambling house opened by Tianba?"

The empress asked her to come out and ask who was behind these beggars, so she had to ask to get to the bottom of it.

As soon as he finished speaking, Little Loach turned around, wiped his sleeves and said, "Tianba's group opened a black gambling house in the west of the city, in the yard next to Wang Xing's blacksmith shop."

He only knew the location of the black gambling shop, but he had never entered it, nor did he dare to get close.

Then he said: "This black gambling house is not a serious business. Those who can't pay back the money will either lose their lives or risk their wives and children to the gambling house."

Xuemei frowned after hearing this. How could a man be so cowardly as to escort his wife and children out!

"Then will they come to redeem my wife and children?" Xuemei really didn't know what the people in the gambling house wanted from their wives and children.

Little Loach shook his head and said, "Of course it's impossible to redeem him."

Then he pursed his lips hesitantly. He was afraid that speaking out would scare Xuemei, but out of selfishness, he wanted to tell Xuemei all the sins of these people.

Because he knew that Xuemei was from the Regent's Palace, no wonder Xuemei didn't tell him when he asked who her master was.

The Regent's Palace is the area where officials live. No matter how many gossips people like him have, it's hard to find out, and he doesn't care.

At first he only thought Xuemei was a silly girl who was easy to cheat, but later he began to think Xuemei was quite good, and then he felt guilty every time he got money from her.

After thinking for a while, he asked: "Your master will take care of this matter." Then he asked with some uncertainty: "Right?"

"Of course we will take care of it. None of these evil people can escape!" Xuemei said confidently.

She knew her mother-in-law, and her mother-in-law would definitely take care of things like this. Even after she heard the truth about these things, she felt resentful towards Tianba and his gang. When her mother-in-law knew about this, she would definitely not let them go.

Seeing this, Little Loach said: "Gambling houses will sell girls to brothels, and boys will break their legs and go out to beg. And the good-looking wives of debtors will be sent to brothels, while the ordinary-looking ones will be left to have children. There are also channels for selling the babies Tianba gave birth to.”

All this was what he found out. He initially thought about reporting it to the government, but the people at the government gate kicked him out when they saw him, and didn't even listen to what he said.

Just because he was dressed in rags, the government didn't want to care about a beggar at all.

And after being arrested several times, he also understood that nothing would happen to Tianba and his group even if they were caught by the government.

As long as the money is used, the government will always release him, just like the government released him directly after the money was plundered from him.

And that Scar had earned so much money that he was probably not the only one who bribed the government.

He has a plan now. The regent is deeply loved by the people, although he used to think it was just bragging.

Just like the Yin of Jingzhao Prefecture, some people praise him as an upright official.

But he was willing to believe it again.