Mo Yunyao was stunned. What was going on? She even had to listen in. But her father was still kneeling beside her, so it would be bad for her to stand up.
"Can I kneel for my father..."
Before he finished speaking, Qian Jiujiu's face looked a little bad. It was still Master Mo who spoke up: "Dad, I don't want you to take over. Go stand aside and listen to the princess."
It was only at the critical moment that it was revealed. The elder of the two daughters only cared about herself. Even though she said at the beginning that she would not come to plead for Madam Mo and her sister, she came as soon as she learned that she and her elder brother were also arrested.
It turned out that the eldest daughter was the most reliable. Mr. Mo now only hated himself for being blinded by greed in the past and not being kind to the eldest daughter, but instead favoring the younger daughter who only caused trouble.
Mu Yexiao snorted coldly: "Okay, continue. At your auction, do you keep a record of what you sell every year in an account book? Where did the items go?"
Mr. Mo was shocked. Why was the prince suddenly interested in these things? Could it be that he was interested in the auction house? No, it was impossible. The prince was from a wealthy family, so how could he be interested in a small auction house? There must be something else going on.
At this time, he did not dare to hide it: "Your Majesty, yes, there is an account book."
Having an account book is a good thing: "Send someone back to get this account book. I want to see what's on it."
Master Mo understood that the prince wanted to find something, but he didn't know what it was. But this seemed to be a good thing. As long as the prince found it, he shouldn't embarrass them.
"Your Majesty, I will go. There are some complete books that only I know."
Mu Yexiao nodded: "Alright, have someone follow you and bring all your auction account books over."
Qian Jiujiu glanced at Mu Yexiao. Isn't this too obvious? In fact, you just need to find someone with a medicine girl.
Mr. Mo had been taken to the Mo family. He entered the secret room of the Mo family, took all the account books of the auction house, and presented them to Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao.
Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao looked at the box in front of them. It was such a big box. It seemed that the Mo family in Mo Yun City really had a long history.
He opened the box, picked up an account book and began to check it. It was from this year, and the records on it were very simple, just writing who bought what. And it recorded that the medicine girl was sold to the Shen family for 120,000 silver taels.
After just a quick glance, Qian Jiujiu put the account book aside. Then he continued to read the next one. Mr. Mo was very curious. What on earth was the princess looking for
The speed of reading the account book is really fast. Qian Jiujiu picked up the second one and looked at the date. This was last year's account book. He flipped through it again and saw that it was recorded in the same place.
The medicine girl was auctioned off by the Chen family for 100,000 yuan, supplying blood. Qian Jiujiu remained silent and began to look through the Qiannian column again. He was very fast and saw that all the medicine girls were auctioned off for 100,000 to 150,000 yuan.
As for their endings, they were not very good, either they became blood donors or concubines. The most terrifying thing was that the medicine girl from a few years earlier had her time of death recorded.
Qian Jiujiu made a rough estimate and found that all the medicine girls who were auctioned off did not live for more than five years. Concubines could live for five years, but blood supply girls died in about two years.
It was really tragic. The fate of these women was very sympathetic. Qian Jiujiu looked through the account books of the auction for almost twenty years. The whole hall was very quiet, with only the sound of Qian Jiujiu flipping through the account books.
Master Mo had never seen anyone reading the account books so quickly, but Qian Jiujiu's hands never stopped and he finally finished reading all the account books.
The Medicine Girl appeared 23 years ago and was sent here to be auctioned by the Mohist family. However, her origin was not recorded in the account book.
Twenty-three years ago, that is to say, it was Master Mo who handled this matter. Qian Jiujiu put down the account book and looked at Master Mo: "Master Mo, right? Twenty-three years, twenty-three lives, and now only three are still alive. You are really capable."
When it comes to this, Master Mo instantly understands why the prince and princess came. They came for the medicine girl. They all said that the two of you valued the lives of the people very much, and now he has seen it.
"Princess, they all volunteered. Otherwise, we wouldn't have held the auction."
Qian Jiujiu glanced at Tong Ruyan beside him and said, "Miss Tong, are you doing this voluntarily?"
Tong Ruyan shook her head: "I have no idea what happened, but the thought of being sold out and having my blood drained every day is terrifying. How could I volunteer?"
To say that it was voluntary was a bit too much. Master Mo really didn't expect that he would be targeted by the prince and princess just because of a little medicine girl.
"Your Highness, Princess, I really don't know about this matter. Yes, I received these people, and the people who sent them were also very mysterious. They just entrusted us to auction, and we don't know who they are."
Don't know? Just commission it for auction. Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao looked at each other, wondering if this was just a simple transaction? And there was no big shot involved
A woman only earns about 100,000 yuan a year, and it seems that even the big shots don't care about this little money. The two stared at the head of the Mo family, and seeing the anxious look of the head of the Mo family, it seemed that what he said was not a lie.
Qian Jiujiu and Mu Yexiao looked at each other and said, "So, you don't know where the medicine girl was sent from?"
Master Mo shook his head: "I really don't know. Twenty-three years ago, when I was a teenager and had just taken over the Mo family's business, someone came to me and said that they had a mysterious item that needed to be auctioned off through our auction."
"Later, I followed them to see the auction item, and then I realized that it was a human being. Moreover, the first girl sent that year was absolutely beautiful, and it also had such an effect. It was also tested at the beginning, and it was found to have such an effect, so I agreed to auction it."
"It turns out that these girls sent here do have that effect. They are medicine people, and every part of their body is a treasure."
Master Mo did not dare to say the following words. After the blood of several people was drained, even the meat was not spared. If this were to be made known, the prince and princess would slaughter those families.
Qian Jiujiu looked at Master Mo: "Has there ever been an accident here? Have you ever been curious to find out where these people came from?"
Master Mo shook his head: "We have investigated, but none of the people we sent came back alive. We were also warned by people we sent, so we don't dare to do it again. It's not a big business anyway. Besides, there are actually a lot of people who use medicine like this."
"There are still people in the Divine Doctor Valley vying to be medicine men! What's more, the other party is so powerful that we couldn't find anything, so we gave up. Your Majesty, everything I said is true."
If you don't tell the truth at this time, you will lose your head, and your whole family will lose their heads together. This is not a joke.
Qian Jiujiu looked at the person in front of him and felt that he didn't seem to be lying. Moreover, it was not known whether there were any people in the Mohist School or not, so he decided to stay for now.
Thinking of this, Qian Jiujiu returned all the account books to Master Mo: "That's right, we should investigate the origin of the medicine man. Since you know nothing, then get up."
Seeing Master Mo and Madam Mo standing up, Mo Yunfeng and Mo Yunrou were about to follow suit. But Qian Jiujiu suddenly spoke up: "Just kneel down first."
Mo Yunrou was stunned, looking at Qian Jiujiu, a little unbelievable, didn't she say she could get up? Could it be that the princess still wanted to embarrass herself
"Princess..."
Qian Jiujiu said with a smile: "Don't question it, I'm talking about you. You don't think that I won't bother with you for taking my daughter's things without permission."
Mo Yunrou's face turned pale. Why is the princess so stingy? She immediately knelt down again: "Princess, I was wrong. Please forgive me for my young age and ignorance."
Qian Jiujiu laughed: "Young and ignorant? My daughter is not younger than you! You must be joking."
Mo Yunyao looked at Mo Yunrou kneeling on the ground, kowtowed continuously, and felt somewhat refreshed. For a little white flower like Mo Yunrou, a ruthless person was needed to teach her a lesson.
Madam Mo couldn't stand watching her daughter kowtow like this, so she knelt down and said, "Princess, please spare my daughter. I am willing to bear all the punishment for her."
Tsk tsk tsk, there really is a deep mother-daughter relationship. Qian Jiujiu raised her eyebrows: "You two are acting like this, as if this princess is bullying others by taking advantage of her power."
Madam Mo was stunned for a moment, then quickly said, "No, no, we deserve it."
Qian Jiujiu looked at Bei Bei and said, "Bei Bei, I'll leave this guy to you. He stole your things, so you should be the one to punish him."
Beibei is also a playful person. He looked at Mo Yunrou and said, "Mo Yunrou, tell me yourself, how should I punish you? If the news of you swapping the auction items without permission gets out, what will happen to the Mo family?"
Hearing this, Master Mo was also furious. This little daughter must be punished. Even if the princess did not punish her, he still felt that she should be educated.
Mo Yunrou didn't expect that the princess would let her speak for herself, and she was stunned. Beibei raised an eyebrow: "What? Don't you know how to speak? How do you think you should be punished? If you don't speak, then Yaoyao, you speak for yourself."
After all, she still wanted to support Mo Yunyao. Mo Yunrou hated her secretly in her heart, but she stared at Mo Yunyao with pitiful face.