in2ebook Chapter 478 All Confessions
Chapter 478 All Confessions
Gu Jianchu did not ask, but waited for Hong Qiao to speak.
Hong Qiao paused for a moment and continued, "The person who ordered me to do this is Cao Li, whom the Empress captured. I'm not the only one in the capital. There are many sisters like me who have been placed among the gentlemen and wealthy businessmen."
Before Gu Jianchu could ask, Minister Kong and Lord Pingxi frowned when they heard this. Minister Kong blurted out, "What did Cao Li want to do by placing you in the various mansions?"
During the time of our ancestor, his brothers wanted to rebel, so they specially trained a group of dancers, changed their names and surnames, and made them good women. They then arranged them in the mansions of various families and used them to collect intelligence from the homes of various ministers, so as to achieve their own goal of rebellion.
But they had just met Cao Li, who was just an ordinary person. It was impossible for him to gather these women and arrange them in various official residences in order to rebel. It was impossible for him to rebel without power and soldiers relying solely on these women and some information. What's more, the current emperor had strict control over the government, and the military power was almost all in his hands. The remaining military power was in the hands of Nanping Hou, but Nanping Hou was his father-in-law.
Regardless of whether Nanping Hou is the current father-in-law, Nanping Hou is loyal to the emperor and patriotic. Even if he is not the current father-in-law, he would not have any inappropriate thoughts.
Could it be that there is someone else controlling Cao Li behind the scenes?
Pingxibo and Minister Kong had already thought of all the possibilities.
If there really were people who wanted to rely on these women to gather intelligence for rebellion, would the emperor punish them? After all, not only did they not detect anything, but they also caused unrest in their homes.
Gu Jianchu knew their purpose and did not ask any more questions. Instead, he waited for Hong Qiao to continue.
Hong Qiao stared at the Queen, and seeing that she was not curious about the matter, she couldn't help but feel worried. Could it be that the Queen already knew about it, or had some understanding of it, so she didn't make a fuss about it.
After all, the behavior of Pingxi Bo and Kong Shangshu was justified, and they were worried about the purpose of Cao Li's actions.
After all, Cao Li arranged a group of people to enter the mansions of major officials.
Hong Qiao didn't hide anything and told the truth, "Cao Li deceived us and gave us an addictive drug. He then arranged for us to enter various mansions to defraud money. As long as we could deceive him into giving him money, he would give us the antidote. If we couldn't, he would beat us severely or even withhold the antidote. Seeing us being tormented by the drug, many sisters couldn't bear it and chose to commit suicide. Some sisters, like me, chose to obey. Only in this way could we survive."
"Those of us sisters chosen by Cao Li are mostly brothel girls or abandoned skinny girls from Yangzhou. After all, we have been trained and know how to seduce men and can directly make money for him. Moreover, we are all people without families. Even if we are missing, no one will report it to the police. The brothel girls are under the supervision of the Red Mansion. Although they will report it to the police, they will not pursue it too much. After all, finding missing people is time-consuming and laborious. With this time, they can buy a new girl to train. Besides, there are girls escaping from brothels on weekdays, so they are not surprised."
"But decent women are different. They don't know how to seduce men, and they have families. Their families will do their best to find them. If he kidnaps decent women, he will have to find a way to train them to seduce men, which is also difficult. So, we, helpless duckweed, are the best choice."
"And I was just one of the women Cao Li deceived and exploited."
"I was kicked out of the Nanping Marquis's mansion and ended up in the Jiangnan area. The nanny there saw that I was pretty and trained me to be a Yangzhou skinny horse, to serve those famous officials in Jiangnan. But I was unlucky. The man had a fierce wife and a powerful mother. When I was discovered, he beat me up and threw me out of Jiangnan."
"I met Cao Li on the way to escape. He was dressed as a scholar. I really thought he was a good man and acted kindly. I thought I could entrust myself to him. I didn't expect that he was actually a liar."
"After he brought me back to the capital, he locked me up in a pigpen with many other women. It was from those women that I learned that Cao Li was a liar who specifically tricked people like us into making money for her."
"He forced me to take a lot of obedience pills. After a month, I became addicted. If I didn't take the antidote, I would feel uncomfortable all over. If we didn't obey, Cao Li would beat us. He even chopped off one of my sisters' hands and feet in front of us. We were so scared at the time that we had no choice but to obey Cao Li."
"I only found out later that, apart from the prostitutes in the capital, these skinny Yangzhou horses from other places were all learned about us by Cao Li through a friend."
"No matter where we got the news from, we have already fallen into the clutches of the devil. Only by obeying can we survive. If we don't obey, there is only one way out, which is death."
Gu Jianchu only got some superficial information, but she had no idea what methods Cao used to deal with these obedient women.
After hearing Hong Qiao's words, Gu Jianchu couldn't help but clench his fingers.
[It's really disgusting. How is this different from a scam park?]
The two families, who had originally hated Hong Qiao, couldn't help but feel a little sympathy after hearing what happened to her.
Although they hated what Hong Qiao did, they were still moved when they heard about her experiences.
Cao Li was grabbed by Chong Feng and stood at the door. He heard every word Hong Qiao said. Cao Li originally thought that he had escaped. He even felt grateful that Hong Qiao was tight-lipped and did not leak these things. He did not expect that everything would be leaked in the end.
Although Cao Li was afraid, he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart that there would always be a way to escape.
Seeing that the Queen did not question her, Hong Qiao continued, "Cao Li saw that I was under his control, so he dared to let me go. In order to prevent us from being recognized, Cao Li changed our names and surnames and created new identities."
"From the time I was taken under his control until now, Cao Li has arranged for me to have affairs with three men. The first was an official. He was quite generous and would always give me a sum of money after each affair. That money went into Cao Li's hands. Later, our affair was discovered by the official's wife, and we couldn't continue. Cao Li had no choice but to arrange for me to have another wealthy businessman. That businessman looked extremely wealthy and dressed well, but he was very stingy. He slept with me and was reluctant to give me much. As a result, I didn't get much from him, and Cao Li beat me up several times."