Looking for you in reincarnation

Chapter 548 Human Trafficking

The Chen family members finally suppressed their anger and left. Before leaving, they shot and killed the two groups of people who were tied up.

Si He didn't care about this. She remembered that those people had bitten her before and she was not worth saving.

As for Liu Mao's affairs, she no longer asked about them and didn't want to meddle in other people's business.

Everyone has his own destiny, and blindly interfering may not be a good thing. Perhaps, if he had not asked her for the longevity elixir, he might have lived a few more years.

After the Chen family and Chang Ling left, the forest returned to peace.

There was a pile of corpses on the grass in the distance, and the ground was stained with blood. If it wasn't at the edge of the woods, it would have attracted wild beasts long ago. However, it was only a matter of time. After nightfall, the wild beasts in the forest would still come here after smelling the scent.

Si He and others rested in the woods to recuperate, because they had to start their journey in the evening and they had to adjust their daily routine.

Time passed little by little, and when the sun set, the group mounted their horses again and left the Tianshan area.

However, in order to shorten the journey and avoid some trouble, Si He adjusted the return route and did not take the official road, but took a shortcut through the mountain road.

It was precisely because of this that they missed the Chen family's ambush on the official road. They also specially sent some powerful Taoists to guard the official road and the small road leading to Jizhou.

But they obviously didn't expect that they would take a remote mountain path, and their manpower was limited, so they mainly ambushed on the official road. After all, normal people would take this route.

However, it was precisely because of this that these ambushers saved their lives.

Si He did not waste time and wanted to go back early, so he hurried all the way, just like when he came, traveling at night and resting during the day.

Everything went smoothly at the beginning, but after reaching the territory of Zhongzhou, things became chaotic along the way.

Because the Chen family of Qingzhou also wanted to annex the territory of Zhongzhou, there were constant disputes and fierce fighting, and even the roads were blocked!

Besides, the weather here is not very good, it is raining heavily.

Originally, Si He planned to take a detour along the mountain road, but in the end he decided to wait, at least until the rain stopped before continuing his journey, so he found an inn to stay.

The inn is located at the foot of a mountain. Although it is next to the official road, the location is remote and desolate. There are no villages or towns around, and it is far from the city.

The inn looks ordinary, but it actually hides dangers.

Si He has seen many inns like this, but compared to living in the city, she prefers to stay in an inn like this outside because it is convenient for traveling.

Moreover, the officers guarding the city are checking more and more strictly now. After all, she is a member of the Yue family, so it is easy for her to cause trouble.

Although the inn is fraught with danger, people are different. No one is stupid or blind. No one would be interested in something like them that seems to be both difficult and worthless.

The guards were dressed in ordinary clothes, but they had an extraordinary aura, and one could tell at a glance that they were very skilled. The large bundles tied to their horses' backs were filled with wild fruits. In a short time, the people in the inn had found out their general background.

Si He and others stayed in the inn peacefully for two days. Although they did not encounter any trouble, they saw a lot of trouble.

One word, chaos.

The inn was in chaos, and the outside was also in chaos. The law of the jungle was everywhere. Many people who had moved away from other places due to the chaos encountered robbery and killing on the road.

Even among refugees, there are constant disputes and they would fight for a bite of food.

Si He never interfered in these matters and just watched from the sidelines until the day she left.

On this day, the rain stopped and the weather was gloomy. Si He was about to leave, but when she walked out of the inn, she saw that some trouble had happened outside the inn. There were many people watching around, pointing and talking, and there were even sounds of crying and shouting.

"Let me go! I won't go with you! Help—"

"You little bitch! Your uncle has already sold you to me. If you keep struggling, I'll whip you!"

An old man in his forties or fifties was dragging a little girl of twelve or thirteen. He scolded her harshly and tried to pull her away.

But the little girl refused to go and struggled desperately to escape. She was dressed in rags, like a beggar, and her face was pale and thin, with her hair tied up like a chicken coop. However, her facial features were still quite regular, and her eyes were big and shiny black.

The scene looked quite pitiful, but this kind of thing was too common. These days, buying and selling human beings was like buying and selling livestock, especially for poor families, where people were sold at a very low price and were worthless.

Her uncle and his family were watching not far away. Since they had received the money, they let the old man drag her away. No one said a word. Her uncle even advised her to be more obedient.

"Erya! Just follow me and don't make things difficult for yourself!"

When the little girl heard her uncle's words, cruelty and hatred gradually appeared in her eyes. She couldn't struggle free from the man's hand, so she suddenly pulled out a sharp wooden hairpin from her mess, and then stabbed it hard into the man's hand.

"Ah——" the man screamed and subconsciously let go.

The little girl immediately broke free and turned to run, but was stopped in time by the man's companions who tried to help catch her.

But the little girl seemed to be aroused by her ferocity at this moment. She held the wooden hairpin tightly in her hand and waved it quickly at the people around her. One of them was even scratched by her hairpin.

She had a fierce look in her eyes, like a trapped wolf cub surrounded by a group of hyenas. The situation was very tense.

When the onlookers around saw this scene, most of them just stood by and watched coldly, with no one showing any intention of helping. Some even started to make a fuss.

But she was just a little girl after all. Facing several big men surrounding her, even if she had sharp hairpins in her hands, they still had ways to deal with her.

After a while, she was caught, and the two men who were scratched were angry and wanted to hit her, but were suddenly hit on the hand by a stone. The stone hit them with great force and made them scream.

"Ouch—who is it? Who wants to meddle in other people's business?"

The onlookers made way and looked in the direction of the stone being thrown. They saw a team of guards with knives, who were protecting a woman dressed as a man. There was still a small stone in the woman's hand, and it was obvious that she was the one who threw it just now!

Si He threw the small stone in his hand to the ground, clapped his hands, and said, "Sell her to me."

The man with the stab wound on his arm looked at her and said in a bad tone, "You say you want to sell it, so what?"

Si He looked at him coldly and said, "Do you think I'm discussing this with you?"

Seeing her attitude and the team of tall and strong sword-wielding guards around her, the man was frightened, and his companions also retreated silently, obviously not wanting to get involved.

The little girl looked at Si He anxiously, but she didn't run away because she knew she couldn't run away.

The man gritted his teeth and said, "Thirty taels of silver!"