Children Are Really Strange (First Update)
"Where did the child come from?" Su Liang's knife tip was only half an inch away from the man's eyes on the ground. Read
Cheng Yun chanted "Amitabha" and walked over, "Donor Su, let me talk to him."
"Okay." Su Liang nodded, "There are three more over there, you go and talk."
Cheng Yun really went over.
Su Liang's knife shook, and the thief's face turned pale, and he said loudly, "That child... we bought it! I don't know whose family it is!"
"Why buy a child? Are you infertile?" Su Liang asked coldly.
"Buy it and then resell it, you can make a fortune!" The thief's voice was shaking.
Human traffickers? Su Liang's face was even colder, "Who wants to buy this child?"
Most human traffickers in this world abduct and sell girls to brothels, or sell them as maids.
Those who can't give birth to sons to carry on the family line will adopt their nephews. Even if they find someone else's child to pass it off as their own, it must be under one year old.
Moreover, the child had fair skin and delicate features, and his brocade clothes were embroidered with exquisite patterns. He didn't look like he came from an ordinary family.
"No... I haven't found a buyer yet..." said the thief leader.
"Really?" Before Su Liang finished speaking, the sharp knife suddenly left the thief leader's eyes. He just breathed a sigh of relief and let out a shrill scream.
Because Su Liang's knife pierced his palm and nailed it to the ground.
Cheng Yun looked over at the sound, shocked, "Su Shi, let's talk nicely!"
"I hope you can let those three people speak before I stab him full of bloody holes." Su Liang snorted coldly. What's so polite about treating human traffickers?
Cheng Yun sighed, looked at the three people, and said earnestly, "You have done something wrong, repent as soon as possible, and I can ask Su Shi Shi to spare your life."
The three looked at each other, and then looked at their boss.
Su Liang drew his knife and pierced his other hand.
The three people shrank their necks, but still didn't speak.
Chengyun continued to persuade him, saying that the child's parents must be extremely anxious at this time.
The child was placed in a corner by Su Liang, and Ning Jing sat beside him and watched.
Suddenly, Ning Jing saw the child's eyelashes tremble, and he called Su Liang.
Su Liang put down the knife and went over, and the child just woke up.
He looked at Ning Jing, then at Su Liang, and a layer of mist floated in his dark eyes, and he was about to cry, "Mom... I want mom... woo woo woo..."
Su Liang said to Ning Jing, "You coax him quickly."
Ning Jing shook his head, "No."
Su Liang squatted down, held the child's hand, and smiled, "Don't be afraid, I'm a good person."
It felt strange after he finished speaking, because those who say they are good people are usually bad people...
The child cried even harder, "Mom..."
Su Liang picked up the child and put him in Ning Jing's arms, "You find a way to stop him from crying." After he finished speaking, he pulled out the knife on the ground, left the thief behind, and walked towards the three people who were being persuaded by Chengyun.
"Get out of the way." Su Liang said coldly, "They think that the boss is holding them back, and they are fine, so they can't care about you."
"Donor Su, don't commit murder!" Cheng Yun said hurriedly.
Su Liang nodded, "Okay, I won't let them die, and let them live a life worse than death. It's not a murder, it's justice for the heaven."
Cheng Yun wanted to say something, but found that he had no words to say.
And Su Liang had chosen the one with the least courage, "You know what I want to ask. Say it, or become a cripple like that man!"
"I said..." This person knew that Su Liang was serious, and he quickly confessed that the child was the grandson of the head of the Li family, one of the four major merchants.
Su Liang heard from Yan Yu that the four major merchants in Gan State, Wan, Li, Ning and Yan, were engaged in grain, ceramics, tea and silk business respectively.
Su Liang knew Ning Jing and Yan Yu, and knew nothing about the Wan family and the Li family.
The man then told the whole story.
The third master of the Li family was a playboy, with many wives and concubines, and many children, but all of them were daughters, not a single son.
Four years ago, Mr. Li divorced his wife for his new love, and it was a big deal at the time, because the wife he divorced was the eldest daughter of the Wan family.
There are also rumors that Miss Wan could not stand Mr. Li's romantic nature for a long time, but she endured for a few years because of the face of the two families and the business cooperation.
One wanted to divorce, and the other wanted to leave, and the two soon broke up. Miss Wan returned to her parents' home, and Mr. Li married a new wife right after.
The most talked-about thing about the grievances between these two people is that a few days after Miss Wan returned to her parents' home, she invited a son-in-law to come and get married again! She and Mr. Li chose the same day for their second wedding!
Therefore, many people said that Miss Wan was also restless and had a lover behind her back.
Eight months later, Miss Wan gave birth to a son. More than a month later, Mr. Li's second wife gave birth to a daughter.
The Wan family said that Miss Wan was born prematurely.
But many people said that the son was Mr. Li's.
"The Third Master has been taking concubines for the past few years, and has had daughters one after another, but no son. He asked a fortune teller to tell him that he was destined to have a son. The Third Master thought that the fortune teller meant that the child born to his ex-wife was his only son in this life, so he wanted to go back, but the Wan family would not let him in at all."
Su Liang was simply drunk, "Is that the child that the Li family wanted to snatch from the Wan family?"
The man nodded, "The Third Master knew that the Wan family would definitely go to the Li family to look for the child if they lost it, so he asked us to take the child to the fourth lady's in-laws in Pingbei City first, let her take care of it, and then find a way to bring it back."
Su Liang knew that Pingbei City was the destination of her and Ning Jing's trip.
"Are you from the Li family?" Su Liang asked coldly. At the end, the truth was revealed, and he started calling "Third Master" and "Fourth Miss", which outsiders would not call him.
The man's face froze and he acquiesced.
The reason why they refused to admit it at first was because they were afraid that the matter would become too big to end, because the most important thing about their mission was to keep it secret.
The four of them went out to do errands. They were cautious along the way and finally succeeded. They relaxed. During the heavy rain, they met the beautiful girl Su Liang. Seeing that Su Liang and Ning Jing were both weak, their lust and greed made them evil. I wanted to, but I didn’t expect that after so much effort, I would end up here.
"You two, that child is a member of the Li family! We just want him to go back and recognize his ancestors! We are not trying to harm him! As long as you let us go, no matter how much money you want, the third master will definitely give it!"
The boss on the ground who was crippled by Su Liang gritted his teeth. He has the best martial arts skills, but he is obviously not the smartest one.
The person chosen by Su Liang who seems to be the timidest is actually the shrewdest and knows how to protect himself.
"Okay." Su Liang nodded quickly, "You go back to Li San and ask him to redeem him with money. One month later, Xunyang City."
The group did not expect that Su Liang, who was originally just and awe-inspiring, suddenly turned into a kidnapper, and asked her how much she wanted.
"About one hundred thousand taels." Su Liang had no idea about the property of those big merchants, so he casually mentioned the amount.
Judging from the expressions of those three people, they should be within the acceptable range of the Li family.
"Why go to Xunyang City?" Someone asked, "Who are you?"
"That's a good question." Su Liang smiled, "You don't even know him? Let's take a look again?"
The four of them all looked in the direction of Su Liang's finger. Ning Jing was frowning and hugging the crying child. His body was stiff and he patted the child's back mechanically.
"He is the only direct son of the Ning family, Ning Jing." Su Liang said.
"Wasn't the seventh young master of the Ning family expelled from the house?" someone blurted out.
Su Liang nodded, "That's an expedient measure. Without Ningjing, can the Ning family still have the surname Ning? I was sent by Ning Yao, the eldest son of the Ning family, to pick up the seventh son home. I was afraid of any accidents on the way, so I pretended to be Ning. Brother and sister.”
"I heard that Mr. Ning Qi took the imperial examination in Bei'an County and got the top spot." Someone said.
Su Liang nodded again, "It seems that you all know. I finally persuaded the Seventh Young Master to go back with me. I was about to escort him to Pingbeicheng for the exam and then return to Xunyang City. The Li and Ning families also have a lot of business dealings. , We will not hurt the child. We are asking for money just to see Mr. Li’s sincerity. My eldest son will be waiting for Mr. Li in Xunyang City. If he doesn’t come then, our Ning family will have to talk to the Wan family. "
After saying that, Su Liang threw the four people out and told them to get out quickly.
The four of them supported each other and walked into the rain.
"Is that really Ning Qi?"
"It must be! He was in Bei'an County before! Otherwise it wouldn't be such a coincidence!"
"That woman under Ning Yao is so amazing!"
"How else could he, a bastard from a concubine, become the talker of the Ning family?"
"Go back and report to the third master! It's the Xunyang Ning family who captured the young master and threatened the Li family!"
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In the ruined temple, tranquility still failed to calm the crying children.
Su Liang realized that she had forgotten to ask those people what the child's name was.
Chengyun also went to coax him, and Ningjing quickly handed the child over to him.
"Let him touch your bald head." Su Liang suggested.
Chengyun lowered his head, grabbed the child's little hand, and placed it on his bare head.
The child touched it twice and blinked, and sure enough he stopped crying...
"Chengyun, please send him back to Wanjia." Su Liang said.
Chengyun immediately shook his head, "It's okay for the little monk to eat and sleep alone, but he's too young, so that won't work."
"I'll give you money so you don't have to sleep in the open." Su Liang took out two banknotes and asked, "Do you know martial arts?"
Chengyun nodded, "Yes."
Su Liang hummed, "You were beaten in the street yesterday and you didn't even fight back?"
"Master taught that martial arts are used to help others, not to hurt them. If Donor Su had not intervened in what happened yesterday, those people would have just beaten me, and the female benefactor would be fine," Cheng Yun said seriously.
Su Liang didn't want to talk about yesterday's dispute with Chengyun anymore, "That's just right. Just help this poor baby and send him back to his mother. I believe you can protect him."
Since he could send Yan Shiba away, it meant that he was not in a hurry for what he had to do.
Su Liang asked Chengyun to hand over the child to Ningjing, and she wanted to try his martial arts.
"I'll do it." Ning Jing was obviously a little afraid of the little crybaby. Hearing this, he stood up and said that he would fight Cheng Yun and let Su Liang hold the baby.
So Su Liang took the child over, rocked it gently, and sang children's songs to him.
The child felt Su Liang's kindness, twitched and stopped crying, and even put it on her face.
"Call me aunt." Su Liang chuckled.
"Auntie..." the child called her in a sweet voice.
"So good." Su Liang wiped away the child's tears and asked softly, "What's your name?"
"Seriously..." the child replied.
Ning Jing and Cheng Yun fought over there, neither of them used weapons.
Chengyun's moves may seem gentle at first glance, but they are quite subtle.
After dozens of moves, there was still no winner.
"I didn't expect you to be so powerful. It will be no problem to leave Zheng'er to you." Su Liang grabbed Zheng'er's little hand and waved it to Ning Jing and Cheng Yun.
Ning Jing saw that the child who had been crying heartbrokenly not long ago was now looking at him with a smile. He raised his hand and waved at Zheng'er twice. He felt weird again and put it down silently.
"Donor Su told those people..." Chengyun asked.
"You don't have to worry about it. This child may not be of the Li family's blood, but he must be his mother's biological child, and should be sent back to the Wan family. If the person surnamed Li uses a drop of blood to identify his relatives or some other method, he will find this If it's not his son, they may not be able to kill the child. Those people didn't dare to tell the truth at first, because what Li wanted to do was shady and they didn't dare let anyone know." Su Liang analyzed.
Chengyun nodded, "Donor Su's words make sense."
"When you see Zheng'er's mother, if she asks, just tell her everything that happened here today, and there's no need to say anything else." Su Liang said.
"Then if the third master of the Li family goes to the Ning family to ask for someone in a month..." Chengyun frowned.
Su Liang hummed, "I told you not to worry so much."
When the time comes, Li San goes to Ning Yao to ask for someone, and the Wan family will know about it when they see Cheng Yun.
If the three families got together and started fighting in Xunyang City, wouldn't it be a wonderful scene?
Zheng'er didn't know what the adults were talking about, so he came over with a smile, kissed the side of Su Liang's cheek, and called out sweetly, "Auntie!"
Ning Jing said in a faint tone, "Children are so strange."