Seeing Yang Xianmao's expression, Xiong Zhutou quickly restrained his smile and said: "These people are actually quite pitiful, when they meet a good person and buy it, it is also a blessing they cultivated in their previous life, if it falls into the hands of a bad person, then they are afraid that they will be tortured to death." 2. If it is bought by the Qinglou, it will be even more miserable. Hey, the official man committed a crime, and he was unlucky with his family. ”

After a while, a catcher ran in and said, "Bear head hunting, start immediately, you can pass." ”

Xiong Zhutou accompanied Yang Xianmao out and walked to the hall. The auction was held in the Yamen Council Hall, which was used by the prefect Yamen when the meeting was held.

Rows of chairs were already filled with yamen officials and celebrity squires. Of course, the officials who participated were all low-level, and the high-level officials wanted to help rescue the families of these convicted officials, so they also entrusted the low-level officials and even the squires to do this, and they would not directly participate.

Outside the seats, there were hundreds of people, except for the officials of the Yamen, all of them were some wealthy but not famous businessmen in Yuzhou, all of them were brightly dressed and high-spirited. The status of the merchants of the Song Dynasty was also very low, they had no seats, and they could only squeeze together with the officials.

In the last row of chairs, there were a few fast catchers, who had already opened a small field, and when they saw them coming, they hurriedly let them in, and then joined hands in a group to prevent others from approaching.

Although there were one or two hundred people in the field, they didn't dare to make a loud noise because the official master was here.

Yang Xianmao glanced at it, and now the position in the front row is still empty, and it is estimated that the official with the highest rank who participated in the auction this time has not yet come, and he will not appear until the auction starts. Of course, as soon as they appear, the auction officially begins.

These businessmen who have no fame but are rich are very excited, they usually find it difficult to see the high-ranking officials of the yamen at close range, but they can see it at this time, it is really a rare opportunity, so they are all waiting excitedly, but they don't know who is coming. Only Yang Xianmao, he has even seen the emperor, so why does he care about the prefect.

After a few more moments, a group of people walked in through the side door and sat down in the front row.

Xiong Zhutou lowered his voice and said to Yang Xianmao: "The one sitting in the middle is the prefect's fellow master, surnamed Yao, and the others are also the prefect's lords. But the prefect didn't come. ”

Yang Xianmao thought to himself, if the prefect came to participate in such an auction, there would be a drop in the price, even if he wanted to help the deceased save his relatives, he would entrust others to participate in the auction.

Sure enough, after the auction began, Yang Xianmao was very surprised. ——The first batch to be put on the auction table was actually the wife and children of Cheng Deng Juan in the imperial history. Then there are the wives and children of Hanlin.

Yang Xianmao realized how big this case was involved, and he actually pulled down a big official like Zhongcheng in the imperial history.

The auction was extremely intense, because the imperial court had clear regulations that although it was a family member of a Beijing official who had committed a crime, when he was a slave thousands of miles away, anyone could buy it, and a public auction must be conducted, and officials along the way were not allowed to detain it without permission, otherwise they would be held responsible. Therefore, the people who raised their hands to bid were not only the officials in front, but also a large group of wealthy businessmen.

A group of family members who were auctioned on the stage lowered their heads and cried, the scene was very miserable, Yang Xianmao sighed, and he really couldn't stand it. He bowed his head and asked Xiong Zhutou: "What crime did they commit, and why were they implicated in the imperial history?"

Xiong Zhutou was very surprised, and said: "Li Feng is plotting to rebel, this is a famous rebellion case in the past two years, and the Taoist chief doesn't know it?"

Yang Xianmao shook his head.

Xiong Zhutou said eloquently: "At the beginning of this case, it was just that someone accused Li Feng, the chief secretary of Yutao County, of plotting against the imperial court, and the imperial court traced it down, and it turned out that Zhao Shiju, the fourth generation of Emperor Taizu, was the mastermind behind the scenes, and he colluded with a group of court ministers. Including dozens of officials of all sizes, including Hanlin Zhihou, Liu Yu, the imperial doctor of Tai Hospital, and there is also a demon named Li Shining. In this imperial history, Cheng Deng Juan was originally sent by the emperor to investigate and deal with this case, but as a result, he bent the law for personal gain and sheltered the rebels. The emperor was furious and arrested him. The final result of this rebellion case was that Zhao Shiju, the fourth grandson of Emperor Taizu, was given to death. The three masterminds, including the imperial physician Liu Yu, were executed by Ling Chi. - Ling Chi, God, you must know that this is the first time in the history of our Great Song Dynasty that Ling Chi has executed a prisoner. Other officials, Wu Jinshi Hao Shixuan and other two masterminds were beheaded. It is said that the halving is also very miserable. Some of the other officials such as the Imperial History were beheaded, and some were exiled thousands of miles away. Although Emperor Taizu said that he did not kill scholars, rebellion was not among them, and even Emperor Taizu's grandson was executed, not to mention other officials. ”

Yang Xianmao sighed secretly, and his eyes returned to the stage, the main family members of the two big officials were bought, of course, mainly by the officials in the front row.

After the main family members were auctioned off, no one else was interested in buying, no one bid, so the rest were sent off the stage to be sent to the barracks to work as coolies, and some women were even sent to be camp prostitutes, and there was a cry at the moment.

Yang Xianmao looked at it for a while, felt bored, and was about to leave, when the family members of the imperial doctor Liu Yu were pushed to the stage for auction.

The moment Yang Xianmao turned to leave, he suddenly stood up again, and slowly looked back, only to see that among those female dependents, there was a young girl looking ahead with a dull gaze.

The woman was thin and thin, and seemed to be severely malnourished, presumably having been held in prison for a long time, her skin was frighteningly white, and only a pair of eyes were round and unusually large, and her eyes were shrouded in despair.

Yang Xianmao took a closer look, and couldn't help but be moved. Because it reminded him of the despair he felt when he first returned to this world and learned that his parents, wife and children had grown old many years ago. At that time, he just wanted to be on the side of the dock and stare blankly at the river. - Presumably, this woman's despair is the same as her own. Yang Xianmao's sympathy for the same disease could not help but arise spontaneously.

At this time, the people on the stage announced the names and identities of the people who pushed up.

According to the introduction, this girl is the daughter of the imperial doctor Liu Yu, named Liu Dongyan, who is only sixteen years old this year.

Because she is the daughter of the imperial doctor, the people around the emperor are different from the identity of Zhongcheng in the imperial history, so the starting price is not high, so the curiosity of these people was ignited all of a sudden.

Obviously, this imperial doctor did not know that the main officials of the prefect were within the scope of salvation, so these main officials of the prefect were gone, and all that was left in the field were some low-level officials and celebrities, as well as those rich businessmen who had no fame but a lot of money.

Therefore, when the auction of Liu Dongyan began, the price rose in a straight line, from five taels of silver at the bottom, to fifty taels, an increase of tenfold. You must know that at this time, buying a yellow flower girl is only five taels of silver at best, and the dignified one is only ten taels of silver, and fifty taels can already buy five excellent maids.

However, in view of the identity of the imperial doctor's daughter next to the emperor, the price has doubled, and these people's eyes are red, so they want to buy it and press this imperial doctor's daughter under them, there is a kind of madness of bullying the emperor's woman.

There were two people with the highest bids, one was a wealthy local businessman, and the other was the old bustard of Cuixiang Building.

The old bustard's eyes were red, and he raised the price with a sharp voice, as if he would not give up until he reached his goal, the rich man only added one or two taels each time, and the old bustard had to add two taels each time, which made this round of bidding rise to eighty taels.

When the price rose to this price, the rich merchant patted his round belly, pointed at the bustard and said, "Count yourself ruthless! Lao Tzu doesn't want it, eighty taels of Lao Tzu can buy eight beautiful yellow flower girls, why spend money on this dry and thin woman!"

Indeed, although this woman served the daughter of the imperial doctor, she was dry and thin, her breasts were only slightly raised, her face was yellow and her eyes were thin, and she looked like a dried corpse. Typical malnutrition, coupled with that desperate look, seeing such a woman, even the most lustful pervert can't be interested, if it weren't for her father's identity as the emperor's imperial doctor, no one would pay for her.

And now that the price has risen to such a high level, if it is increased further, it will be a big injustice.

The old bustard didn't think so, she could see that the daughter of the imperial doctor had a good foundation, but she couldn't eat and sleep well recently, and she was severely malnourished, so she was so yellow and thin, as for the desperate eyes, it didn't matter, a few bottles of ** went down, and she was like a sow.

If he accepted the daughter of the imperial doctor as the girl of Cuixianglou, this name would be very famous, and at the same time, he was sure that those wealthy businessmen with a lot of money would rush to this name, and a lot of silver would be on her, which was a cash cow, so he gritted his teeth and called for such a high price.

When the rich merchant stopped bidding and admitted defeat, the bustard laughed and ordered his men to go up and bring the men.

At this moment, Yang Xianmao suddenly appeared, and the eyes of the girl on the stage, Liu Dongyan, changed, and there was a strong sadness in the despair. This kind of look is a kind of lack of attachment to life.

Yang Xianmao thought that she was just desperate for a long time before, and she didn't lose hope in life, unlike the girl in front of her, was she ready to ......?

Thinking of this, Yang Xianmao secretly screamed badly, reached into the deerskin bag on his waist, took a plum blossom branch and held it in his hand.

Seeing that the bustard's people arrived in front of the stage, the woman suddenly shouted: "Father, mother, daughter is here......!"

As he spoke, as soon as he lowered his head, he rushed towards the pillar next to him, and he was about to hit his head on the stage.

The officials on the stage were all standing behind the stage, so as not to block the view, but they didn't expect that someone would commit suicide by hitting the stage, so it was too late to stop it.

In the midst of the exclamations of everyone in the audience, they saw that the tragedy was about to happen. Suddenly, he saw that the woman, like a galloping horse, suddenly encountered a tripping horse, and the horse stumbled forward, stumbled violently, and fell heavily on the platform. And her head was only half a foot from the pillar.

She struggled to get up, and was about to hit it, but was firmly grasped by the official who rushed up and dragged back.

Liu Dongyan screamed, struggling desperately, screaming and shouting: "Let me die! I won't go to the Qinglou, let me die......!"

The old bustard sneered: "I will let you die,—— I will let you be in my cuixiang building ****......!

Suddenly, I heard someone in the audience say loudly: "I will pay a hundred taels of silver to buy Miss Liu Dongyan!"