The boy was a fast runner, but he didn't seem to be familiar with the roads, so he only ran around a few nearby alleys. Feng Shanyue and Butterfly Dance performed light skills and soon intercepted him in a secluded alley.

Feng Shanyue saw that the little boy was good-looking, but his clothes were dirty and torn, and there were some stains on his face, like a little beggar.

Seeing that his way and retreat were blocked, the little boy hurriedly knelt down to Feng Shanyue, "Noble, the little one is wrong! The little one shouldn't have hit you, please raise your noble hand and let me go! If you are caught by the woman just now, the little one will die!"

They really aren't mother-son!

"Who are you, and why is she so cruel to you?"

"The little one didn't know her, but I heard people call her Sister-in-law Ye! The little one was brought to her house last night. ”

"Where are you from, and where is your home?"

The little boy was about to elaborate when he suddenly heard a chaotic sound of footsteps in a nearby alley, and his face immediately turned pale, "They're coming!"

Feng Shanyue gave Butterfly Dance a look, Butterfly Dance understood, stepped forward to pick him up, and then the two of them jumped three times and two times, and left this residential area and arrived at a river.

"Alright, it's safe here, you can say it!"

The little boy immediately knelt down, "You are the gods, aren't you?

"Ha, this kid is very funny," Butterfly smiled, crouched next to him, and teased him, "We're not gods, we're fairies!"

"Alright, don't play Butterfly Dance!"

Feng Shanyue called the little boy up, "Tell us what happened!

The little boy had never seen anyone flying in mid-air, and he had already regarded the two of them as gods, so he told the story without reservation.

This little boy's name is Xiao Qi, and he is from Yancheng, near Yindu. He had many children and couldn't support them, so he sold Xiaoqi to Sister-in-law Ye.

"Is this sister-in-law Ye specialized in abducting and selling children?"

The little boy was stunned for a moment, not knowing what trafficking was, "I only know that she is helping people buy children." Buy a child and she will be able to earn a fortune. ”

"Do you know where you're going to be sold?"

"I know, I overheard them last night, so I'm trying to find a way to escape. They bought their children to be slaves in the families of nobles. ”

Feng Shanyue frowned, Butterfly Dance was born as a slave since she was a child, but she didn't have much resistance to this, "If I sell you to a benevolent master's family, that's not bad!

"No," the little boy shook his head, "these nobles bought us children not to serve us, but to make us funeral offerings." ”

"What?!What funerary goods?"

"I ...... I also heard what Sister-in-law Ye and her man said, saying that Lao Shangjun is dead, and he is about to enter the mausoleum, and thousands of martyrs are needed. As a sign of loyalty, the nobles were willing to sacrifice their slaves for burial. In fact, this is only the surface, those adult slaves in their family are to be used for work, where are they willing to sacrifice. So they went around buying the children of poor families to be slaves, and when the time came, they were sent to the mausoleum to be buried. ”

"Oh my God...... "When I was studying history in the past, martyrdom was just a vague concept for Feng Shanyue, unlike now, when a living person stands in front of you and tells you that he is going to be sent to a dead person for burial. This feeling was so shocking that Feng Shanyue was speechless.

Butterfly Dance shouted beside her, "Girl, what should I do, can't you just watch Xiao Qi go to death, right?"

Not just one Xiao Qi, but thousands of Xiao Qi!Feng Shanyue pursed her lips, "Butterfly Dance, let's go to Sister-in-law Ye's house immediately and bring all the children out." Xiao Qi, you hide here first, we will be back soon. When the time comes, I will send you out of Yindu. ”

"Thank you, benefactor!

Sister-in-law Ye's men and several sons came out to look for Xiao Qi, so when Feng Shanyue and the others went back, they happened to take advantage of the loophole and successfully rescued the seven children who were hiding in the cellar of Sister-in-law Ye's house. Then Feng Shanyue asked Boss Miao of Sihaitong to send them to other places overnight, and then come back when the wind in Yindu calmed down.

After sending Xiao Qi and them away, Feng Shanyue was in no mood to hang out, and she quickly returned to the palace with Butterfly Dance. Ming Zhao happened to come to see her after dealing with state affairs, and saw her angry look, "What's wrong with you?

"Butterfly Dance, take everyone down!"

Butterfly Wu looked at Feng Shanyue worriedly, prayed with her eyes to restrain her temper, and then took all the palace maids and chamberlains out of the main hall.

"What's going on?"

Feng Shanyue looked up at him: "Senior brother, did you order the nobles to sacrifice slaves to the old merchant monarch for burial?"

Ming Zhao nodded, "Burial is a rule passed down from our ancestors, we can't let the old merchant die without anyone to serve, right?"

"But those slaves are also human beings, so how can you bear to take their lives like this?"

Ming Zhao's face became very solemn, "Did someone tell you something?"

He knew that Feng Shanyue was a kind-hearted person, so he refused to tell her about it. Now it seems that there are still people who talk too much and say things that should not be said.

"Nobody told me that I knew it. ”

Feng Shanyue said about going out and meeting Xiao Qi today, "Senior brother, you see, these nobles say that they are sacrificing slaves to show their loyalty, but they buy children from other people's families to be slaves. Besides, even if it was a slave sacrifice, I thought it was too cruel. Can't the rules of burial with the living really not be changed?"

"How can this be changed?" Ming Zhao looked embarrassed, "As a son of man, I can't serve my father in person, if I don't even have a funeral, the court and the middle government don't know what to say! Shanyue, you shouldn't know about this, don't you care about it, okay? You can be the queen in the palace with peace of mind, can't you?"

"I'm not deaf or blind, I have heard and seen such things with my own ears, and I really can't get over it in my heart!"

"There is such a thing in the Fire Phoenix Kingdom, why can you accept it, why do you want to show your kindness when I have just succeeded to the throne and am in such a difficult situation?"

Ming Zhao refused to quarrel with her, and turned away angrily after saying this. Feng Shanyue looked at his tired back, her heart was very entangled, she knew that he was tired, but her conscience really couldn't tolerate such a thing.

For the sake of the funeral, Ming Zhao and Feng Shanyue had a cold war for three days.

On the fourth day, Fu Hao came to ask for a meeting.

"Why are you here?"

Fu Hao still looked very arrogant, "It was Wen Feichen who asked me to come to see Niangniang, he knew that the monarch and Niangniang were angry about the funeral in the past two days, so he specially asked me to come into the palace and tell Niangniang one thing." ”

"What's the matter?"

"In fact, at the beginning, the ministers of the court proposed that the people within 500 miles of Yindu and those who had more than three sons in the family must sacrifice one of them for burial. The king and the minister argued for several days, and finally a compromise was decided that the nobles would sacrifice different numbers of slaves for burial according to their rank. Niangniang, in this matter, the king has really tried his best!"

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