Start with acting, and you'll achieve immortality!

This belongs to Chen Boyong's disciples.

He went over those four words in his mind.

He didn't say it.

Why would Shangguan Jue's human trafficking operation involve the teacher's students?

This is probably because someone is using the teacher's title.

Is this account book something someone deliberately gave him?

"Never touch this thing."

Li Ping pressed down on the account book.

"Put this tattered half of the paper away immediately."

"Does this mean we need to hide the truth from Ren Jun as well?"

Gao Min asked

"Do not explain this to anyone."

"You can't even trust adults?"

"In this city of Jiangning, I cannot trust anyone."

Li Pingdao

Gao Min looked at him with a complicated expression.

After a while, he tucked the thin piece of paper back into the ledger.

And it was locked inside an iron box.

"After we left this door, neither of us saw this piece of paper."

Inside the side hall, the medical officer had already completed the examination of the injuries.

The wounds on these seven injured men were basically the same, with no major differences.

Whip marks, burns, styes, and the bluish-black lip color left by long-term use of sedatives.

Only the boy named Xu Xiaoqi had a very thin old scar on the back of his neck.

The physician used a silver needle to pry open the edge of the scar and extracted a small, black pill residue.

"It's a soul-stabilizing powder."

The elderly physician's voice sounded very heavy.

"This drug has the ability to lock a person's soul in place; if it's taken for a longer period of time..."

"A person will become a puppet without any feelings, not even aware of pain."

Erhu's face turned pale upon hearing this.

"Do these beastly people really not consider humans to be human at all?"

"In their eyes, human life is less than that of livestock."

The elderly physician slowly shook his head.

"The power of the medicine can only guarantee that they won't die halfway, but whether they live or die upon reaching their destination is another matter."

"That depends entirely on the buyer's mood at the time."

Gao Min spread out the paper and pen for questioning.

"Recount in detail everything you all know, in chronological order."

No one spoke.

The seven people were huddled together in one place, like a flock of birds just released from their cages.

Even breathing was done very carefully.

Li Ping has not yet made any move to urge him.

He poured seven bowls of hot water and placed them one by one on the table.

"I am very aware of the fear you feel in your hearts."

"If you want to leave, the door is right there."

"Nobody's stopping me."

"But if you step out of the territory of this prefectural governor's mansion, those people chasing after you and trying to kill you..."

"We can find your trail within half an hour."

"There are only three specific things I need to investigate."

"Where you came from, where you are going, and everyone you met along the way."

"If you explain all these things clearly, then the prefectural governor's office can guarantee your safety."

"And we will also help you find your relatives."

The first person to pick up the water was the injured woman.

She held the rough porcelain bowl in her hands, causing the rim to bump against her teeth.

This produced a crisp sound.

My name is Zhou Xing.

"I was originally a female worker in the Yunze County weaving workshop."

About two weeks ago, some people were recruiting temporary workers on the streets.

"They claimed that if you worked a day, you would be paid thirty coins and they would also provide two full meals."

"Given my family's very poor circumstances, I followed them along."

As she said this, tears fell into the water.

"But who could have imagined that as soon as we entered that courtyard, we were forcibly restrained and forced to drink a very bitter medicine?"

When I opened my eyes again, I was already inside a black carriage used for transporting goods.

"That carriage swayed and bumped along the road for about seven or eight days, and was transferred three times along the way."

"There was a place that looked like a school."

Gao Min stopped writing with the brush in her hand at this moment.

"What are the characteristics of that school?"

That place has been abandoned for a very long time.

Zhou Xing began by saying this.

"There's a broken stone tablet standing in front of the gate; the inscription on it is tattered."

I only recognize the character for "study".

"The house was actually empty, but the walls were covered with wooden plaques bearing people's names, nailed all over them."

"Those people forced us to line up and walk past the wooden sign one by one."

"Whenever I walked in front of one of the wooden signs, those people would stare at me intently and ask if I could read."

"And what exactly my birth date and time are, and are there still living people in my family?"

I told them that I couldn't read.

After hearing that, he took a 1-inch-long steel needle and stabbed it into the back of my neck.

She raised her hand and touched her neck with her palm.

Trembling

"I heard them whispering, saying that my soul's color was too dim."

"They wouldn't fetch a good price; they could only be sent to pharmacies to be burned as firewood."

Li Ping's fingers were slowly clenching into a fist.

The soul is not bright enough

This doesn't sound like something someone from a pharmacy would say.

It's more like picking something out.

Xu Xiaoqi suddenly spoke.

"I've seen that brand before."

"It has the character 'Chen' engraved on it."

He reached into his pocket and pulled out a small piece of wood shavings.

The sawdust was covered in black mud, and there was a charred mark on the edge.

"The corner of the room where I was imprisoned had collapsed, and I dug myself out of the mud with my fingers."

Gao Min took the sawdust.

There is only half a word above.

Indeed, they are quite similar to

"List"

This character

Li Ping did not reach out to take it.

He asked.

"Can you still clearly remember which direction that place is in?"

Xu Xiaoqi shook her head.

"I can't remember."

"The carriage windows were all boarded up tightly, but I could hear bells ringing outside at night."

The sound was very far away.

Xu Xiaoqi continued...

"Every night, the number is neither too many nor too few."

"It will be exactly nine taps."

Gao Min's expression changed slightly.

"Outside of Jiangning City, this is the only place where the sound of nine bell tolls can be heard."

Before he could finish speaking, hurried footsteps came from outside the door.

Su Wan pushed open the door and walked into the room.

Her sleeves were stained with blood, and there was a recent scratch mark on the scabbard.

"Why hasn't Pei Xing returned yet?"

Li Ping stood up.

"Hasn't the mess at the salt warehouse been cleaned up yet?"

"Shangguan Zhao has already withdrawn his troops."

Su Wandao

"Most of Shangguan Jue's remaining followers have been killed or wounded, and Pei Xing has already taken Du Cheng to the county council hall."

"Senior Brother Ren is currently dealing with that group of old foxes in that place."

She saw the people inside the room, and also the account books on the table.

His gaze paused for a moment

"Have those boats in Shenmu Bay been intercepted?"

"We have obtained all the personnel and accounts."

Li Pingdao

"A Foundation Establishment cultivator escaped."

"I know"

Su Wan pulled out a talisman from her sleeve, a talisman used for transmitting messages.

Most of the talisman paper has already burned away.

"I chased him all the way to the south of the city and watched him break into an abandoned house belonging to the prefectural governor."

"What was he planning to do by fleeing south of the city?"

"He neither sought help from the Shangguan family nor intended to escape Jiangning."

Su Wan turned her gaze to Gao Min

Gao Min raised her head very quickly.

"What's that 'loser' called?"

"It's located inside Wenchang Lane."

Su Wandao

"Old Schoolhouse"

In the side hall, everyone's breathing seemed to pause for a moment.