The slave market was a common thing in the Great Yan Dynasty.

Sometimes a big sect or family is destroyed, resources are snatched away, and major figures such as sect masters and patriarchs are killed, and those ordinary disciples and clansmen, if they are all killed, it will inevitably hurt the heavens and peace, so most of the time, except for some beautiful women left, the rest of the people will be abolished and sold as slaves.

Even sometimes the beggars on the roadside would be taken and sold into slavery.

Of course, Qin Zhao had already changed his appearance at this time, dressed in fine clothes, with a lofty atmosphere, and looked like a noble son, so when he and Lu Ze had just entered the slave market, someone immediately greeted them warmly.

"Two sons, do you want to see that kind of slave?"

"There are still different types of slaves?" Qin Zhao looked around, these slaves were all locked in cages like livestock, their clothes were ragged, and bursts of unpleasant smells came from them.

Most of them are blind, and there is no life in their eyes, but if they are locked up in this kind of place, they can only be reduced to the lowest slaves for the rest of their lives, and naturally there will be no color in their eyes.

"Of course there is," the vendor immediately replied when he heard Qin Zhao's question: "These slaves are divided into ordinary people and spirit warriors, of course, spirit martial artists are only below the third order of spirit veins, and it is also excellent to buy them back as guards." And these are ordinary slaves. The peddler waved his finger at the cages at his feet: "They are all strong young men, absolutely strong in their work, and some young and beautiful women, but they are no longer here...... If Childe wants me, I'll take you there. ”

The peddler said with a smile that all men know.

"No need," Qin Zhao said lightly, "How can these ordinary slaves be sold?"

"There are fifty gold coins, sixty gold coins, and seventy gold coins. ”

"What's the difference?" Qin Zhao asked.

"Those with fifty gold coins are between forty and fifty years old, those with sixty gold coins are between thirty and forty years old, and those with seventy gold coins are between twenty and thirty years old. The vendor explained.

Qin Zhao thought for a moment and said, "You help me pick twenty seventy gold coins." ”

In fact, the old and young people who run shops are the same, and they don't have to do any heavy work, so there is no need to buy young and strong ones, but Qin Zhao has his own considerations.

"All right!" replied the peddler happily, twenty is one thousand and four gold coins, and this is a big deal.

After a while, the vendor picked out twenty people and brought them to Qin Zhao.

"Don't call the master yet!" the peddler shouted as he kicked the last man hard.

"Master......" The twenty people hurriedly shouted, all with some frightened expressions on their faces, and it seemed that they were usually beaten.

These people have a slave mark on the left side of their face, which is their identity mark, with this thing they will bear the name of "slave" for the rest of their lives, and they will be looked down upon for the rest of their lives, no matter where they are.

"Childe, are you still satisfied?" the peddler turned his head and asked Qin Zhao with a smile.

Qin Zhao glanced at the twenty people, and then his gaze stopped on the two people in the middle, these two people ......

"Childe, two of them have terminal illnesses and will die soon......"

Before Qin Zhao could speak, a voice came from beside him.

Several people couldn't help but look at it, this is a little girl, twelve or thirteen years old, compared with other slaves, this little girl looks much better, there is no trace of decay in her eyes, and there is no slave mark on her face.

"I heard him talk to someone yesterday!" the little girl continued, pointing to the vendor.

"Don't you want to eat today?!" the peddler was furious, and he casually whipped the whip next to him and threw it on the cage where the little girl was.

The cage was clattered by the vendor, and the little girl screamed and hid in the corner of the cage.

Lu Ze took off the saber from his waist, looked at the vendor with a dangerous look in his eyes and said, "Boss, you are a little unkind......

"Misunderstanding," the peddler hurriedly smiled, "I didn't pay attention just now, so I'll change it for you!"

"I don't need to change it, but I'll take this little girl with me. ”

"This ......" The peddler hesitated a little, this little girl was sold a few days ago, although she is not very old, but she is quite handsome, some aristocratic sons like this, and if she doesn't raise her for a few years, she will definitely be able to sell it for a good price.

"If it doesn't work, I'll go somewhere else. Qin Zhao said and turned around to leave.

"Okay, okay!" The hawker knew that he was at a loss, and when he saw that Qin Zhao was leaving, he hurriedly agreed and led the little girl out.

One thousand and four gold coins was just the price of a Qingfeng Pill, Qin Zhao didn't care at all, and paid the money to the vendor.

"Two sons go slowly!" Although he gave away a little girl for nothing, the feeling of more than a thousand gold coins in his hand still made him quite happy in his heart.

Qin Zhao ignored him and took the twenty slaves and the little girl to find an inn.

The innkeeper was originally reluctant to let these unpleasant-smelling slaves enter his inn, but he couldn't bear Qin Zhao's extra money, and when Qin Zhao took out two gold coins, the shopkeeper's expression suddenly changed from reluctance to a smile.

Qin Zhao, on the other hand, gave him a few more gold coins and asked him to prepare some clean water for these people to wash their bodies, and then go out to buy a few sets of clean clothes.

As for the little girl, Qin Zhao found another room for her to take a bath by herself.

It didn't take long for the little girl to wash herself and change into her clean clothes and return to her room.

After cleaning up, the little girl did look much more handsome, but looking at her appearance, she obviously didn't look like an ordinary child.

Not to mention that she doesn't have the yellow-skinned appearance of ordinary children, but she can also see the difference from her temperament.

Even if a child of an ordinary family wears the same simple clothes, it is easy to distinguish between a child of an ordinary family and a real nobleman, and the real noble temperament exudes from the inside out, and it can be seen that this little girl is from a big family with excellent family education.

Qin Zhao brought her out partly because she reminded herself loudly, and partly because she was moved by compassion, it would be a pity if such a little girl was really sold to those so-called noble children.

Qin Zhao squatted down, tried to soften his tone as much as possible, and asked, "What's your name?"

"My name is ...... Yi Wangshu. The little girl replied.

"And where is your house, do you want me to send you back?"

"I don't have a home, I'm left alone. When Yi Wangshu said this, not only did he not have a sad expression on his face, but his eyes were rolling around, obviously not telling the truth.

Qin Zhao was amused, if his parents heard this, he was afraid that he would be really angry.

After thinking about it, Qin Zhao felt that it might be useful to take this little girl with him, so he said, "Since this is the case, then you should follow me first." ”

"Thank you, Childe!" Hearing Qin Zhao's words, Yi Wangshu suddenly opened his eyebrows and laughed.

"You don't need to call me son, just call me brother. Qin Zhao said, but when he said this, he thought of his sister, Qin Xiaoxiao, and couldn't help but feel a little upset.

Yi Wangshu didn't notice this subtle change, and happily called Qin Zhao: "Brother." ”

"Qin ...... De, they were also washed. Lu Ze said at the door.

Qin Zhao told him that he would call himself "Qin De" when he was disguised, whether there were outsiders or not, Lu Ze obviously almost forgot, but fortunately he reacted.

"Well, let them in. Qin Zhao said.

It didn't take long for all twenty people to walk in, and the spacious room became a little cramped.

The twenty people stood in front of Qin Zhao in two lines, looking at Qin Zhao.

Although they cleaned up their bodies and changed into new clothes, they still looked lifeless, because the slave marks on their faces were still so dazzling, and with this slave marks, even if they wore luxurious clothes, they could not get rid of their slave status.

Qin Zhao didn't see it and asked, "Do you know why I bought you back?"

When these people heard this, they also had some doubts in their eyes, and they had never heard of people who bought slaves and gave them all new clothes, and at most they were afraid that the slaves would make their homes dirty, so they asked them to clean themselves.

A few people shook their heads, but most of them still didn't react, what could they do when they bought slaves and came back from hard work? Even if they changed their clothes, they were still slaves?

Qin Zhao didn't care about the fact that no one answered him, and continued: "I want you to help me run the shop and help me sell things, right here in Qingxuan City." ”

At this time, most people reacted, and looked at Qin Zhao with wide eyes, looking incredulous, selling things, how could there be slaves to do business?

Even Yi Wangshu gently tugged at Qin Zhao's sleeve next to him and said, "Brother Qin, slaves can't sell anything." ”

But Qin Zhao shook his head, "What if I can remove the slave marks from your faces?"

"Really?" someone couldn't help but ask this time.

The reason why they can't get rid of the status of slaves is because of the slave mark on their faces, if they can remove this slave mark, then they will be no different from normal people!

These people are only in their twenties, and if they can remove the slave mark, they will still be able to raise their heads and be human beings in the future!

For a while, everyone couldn't help but get excited.

This is also the reason why Qin Zhao specially picked this young man, they have not been slaves for a long time, and their thinking is not so rigid.

If you change to those middle-aged people in their forties and fifties, I'm afraid that even if I hear Qin Zhao say that I can turn them into normal people, I won't have much reaction, first, I have been used to it for so many years, and I have basically become a walking corpse, and secondly, I don't have a few years to live, and slaves can't live long because they do those heavy jobs all year round, plus they are beaten and scolded.

But this time the young people are different, and they still have hope for the future.

"Of course, if I don't take away your slave seals, I can't get you to help me run the shop. Qin Zhao said.

The slave marks on their faces are pierced with something called ink grass juice, which is extremely difficult to remove, in fact, the Great Yan Dynasty also has this kind of criminal law called "黥punishment", and the words that are tattooed will basically accompany the prisoner for the rest of his life.

But for Qin Zhao, this is just a small measure.