Qin Lin's gaze was locked on the men and women who were shackled.

They were crying too.

Someone was escorted forward by the soldiers, and looked back at the entrance of the village, but a leather whip sounded, and the soldiers scolded: "What else do you see, you moths, you can't pay taxes and food, and you deserve to be slaves." ”

The soldiers are arrogant.

The whip pierced his face, and the blood stains stinged even more under the erosion of the cold and snow, and made the screams louder.

Qin Lin frowned slightly.

I had the heart to step forward to stop the soldiers, but I also knew that it was pointless.

Rumors of slavery in the Plateau State have long been heard.

Most of the people here were hunters, and if they could not hunt their prey and pay their taxes, they would have to become slaves of the nobles until their families had enough money to redeem them.

Therefore, the overall financial strength of the nobles in the Plateau State is higher than that of the nobles in other regions of the Western Continent.

"Hundreds of years of ecology, even if we save these people today, it won't help. ”

Qin Lin thought about it, but still gave up.

This is not the time to startle the snakes, and even if they save these people, they will have nowhere to go, and they will eventually be enslaved by the aristocracy.

Qin Lin was helpless, and slowly walked towards the village.

The weeping people were still grieving, and an old man was alert when he saw someone coming.

The poor land could not withstand the toss of outsiders, so the sense of self-protection made the people of the village not very welcome Qin Lin's arrival.

But fortunately, Qin Lin had already taken off the robe that only martial cultivators would wear, and put on the traditional clothes of the local Rao in Plateau Prefecture, so it was barely acceptable.

"Excuse me, what's going on?"

Although Qin Lin had guessed, he still had to ask.

The old man didn't respond immediately, and looked Qin Lin up and down.

Qin Lin also looked at the old man, and he could clearly see that the old man had a strange scar on his neck hidden under the animal skin scarf.

After a moment, the old man shook his head: "Nothing, nothing." ”

The old man didn't want to do much, and then urged the doll who was still in tears and the other elderly people to return to the village Zheng

It's obviously not the first time the dolls have experienced such a scene.

They also know how powerful the soldiers are.

Therefore, even if he cried, his heart was mixed with fear and sorrow, but he did not dare to howl and cry, but only sobbed softly.

Instead, one of the men roared and burst out of the village.

"Bastard, you pigs and dogs are not as good as beasts, give my sister back to me......"

The man roared as he rushed out of the village, catching his catch in his hand and chasing in the direction of the soldiers.

"Aggie!"

The old man exclaimed.

Immediately, several elderly people stepped forward to stop the man named "Aji".

It's a pity that the man is young, but he looks like he is twenty-five or sixteen years old, and when he is strong, he can easily shake off the old people and continue to rush towards the soldiers.

Seeing this, Qin Lin's footsteps moved instantly, and in the blink of an eye, he got on Aji, and reached out to grab Aji's collar directly.

Aggie was jerked, lost his balance, and fell to the ground.

Eating pain, eyebrows slightly wrinkled.

He fell to the ground and looked at Qin Lin's unfamiliar face.

couldn't help but be divided, the catch in his hand immediately slashed at Qin Lin, and while chopping, he shouted: "Whoever stops me, I will kill whom!"

Qin Lin took a step back slightly.

He looked at Aji's chaotic capture and swinging, obviously he didn't have any cultivation, and he couldn't even practice martial arts.

Such a person takes the capture and cuts the soldiers, and it is simply looking for death.

"Aji, you can't be impulsive. ”

The old man caught up, panting.

Aji's eyes trembled, and while he stopped catching, he also knelt in front of the old man: "Village chief, I only have one sister, I and my sister depend on each other, and now the things raised by the dogs have to be brought to my sister to do...... Do ......"

Aggie was so heartbroken that he couldn't say the next words.

In general, men were enslaved and mainly worked as coolies.

Female slaves, from the age of thirty onwards, are also laborers, and those under the age of thirty, especially those who are qualified in appearance, are most likely to be sold into the land of fireworks, or directly sent to the mansions of the nobility for the enjoyment of the nobles.

Aji's sister is undoubtedly the latter, because she has already taken a fancy to the son of the Hong family in Lingfeng City.

This time as a slave, Aji was supposed to be caught as a slave, but in the end it was her sister who was arrested, which was obviously a deliberate move.

Aji knew that this was all the means of the Hong son.

Although the aristocracy had 10,000 rights to exploit the common people, the slavery system was also practiced for hundreds of years because of its basis.

Therefore, whether a soldier arrests someone as a slave or arrests two must have a conclusive reason before going to school

When the Aji family failed to pay their taxes, one was about to be taken away, and the soldiers only captured his sister.

"Aji, you can't save your sister if you rush over now, why bother. ”

The village chief's face was also sad, and some people from his family were taken away.

But he knew that this was the system of the Plateau State, and it was an iron law.

Aji's face was full of tears: "Even if I die, I can't let my sister be humiliated." ”

"Confused!" the village chief said, "Instead of rushing over to die now, you can't go hunting, raise more money and food, and then go and ransom your sister back." ”

"It's winter now, and there's still prey!" said Aggie in despair.

In fact, he didn't even have enough food for the winter.

"Hey......"

The old village chief sighed.

Almost all the young people in the village were arrested, and only the old hunters remained.

Aji sat on the ground, sad in his heart, "In the past few years, whether it is the Xiao family or the Yuan family, they have continuously increased the amount of tax grain, and the prey we have beaten is not enough to pay the grain, and if this continues, we will ......all have to die sooner or later."

"It'll get better, as long as we can hunt the Jade King Kong, our whole village won't have to pay grain anymore." ”

The old village chief had only one hope in his heart.

Jade King Kong is the most mysterious prey in the Plateau State, fierce and abnormal, and it is by no means ordinary people can hunt it.

Therefore, the Xiao clan once issued an order, no matter who hunted the Jade King Kong, they could be exempted from the lifetime tax grain, and they could also join their family members or the people of the same village for a total of 100 places, all of which were exempt from taxes.

"Village Chief, Jade King Kong is just a pass!"

Aggie didn't dare to hold up expectations.

Ten years have passed since Xiao gave the order, and no one has ever hunted the Jade King Kong, not even seen it.

But the old village chief was firm, "This is not a biography, I saw it when I was young, you see that I have a wound on my neck, this is due to the Jade King Kong." ”

Aggie looked at the village chief's scar.

About the deeds of the village chief who saw Jade King Kong when he was young, everyone in the village knew about it, and Aji also grew up listening to the old village chief tell about the deeds of the year.

It's just that he still can't believe it.

After all, the hunters of the entire Plateau State were looking for Jade King Kong, and there was still no sound sequence.

"It's a snow ape's scratch!"

Qin Lin stepped forward, his eyes staring at the village chief's scar.

Just now, Qin Lin felt that this scar was weird, but it was hidden by the scarf, and he couldn't see it clearly.

Now that the village chief had exposed the scar, Qin Lin recognized it at a glance, it was the scar left by the unique magical beast on the snowy plateau, the snow ape's barbed claw.

In his previous life, he was in the Martial Emperor family, and he kept twelve snow ape demonic beasts in captivity.

He also raised one of them out of interest.

So for this kind of barbed claw scar that resembles an inverted scythe, he must have caused it by the snow ape.

The village chief looked at Qin Lin and said in surprise, "What snow ape?"

"It's a kind of magical beast, you can't hunt it, the lowest level of the snow ape is three stars, if you really encounter it, you can only use it as food. ”

Qin Linyan.

The village chief frowned, and said with deliberate anger: "Hu, what kind of demonic beast, I don't understand." ”

In fact, the village chief had encountered Jade King Kong back then, and naturally knew that the monster was powerful, but now Jade King Kong was the hope of the whole village to live, especially for Aji, only by hunting Jade King Kong could he save his sister, so the village chief was unwilling to break this hope.

Qin Lin smiled faintly: "Village Chief, your idea is good, but blindly avoiding it will not bring good results." ”

"What an escape!" the village chief was even more angry.

Qin Lin said: "I know that everyone can't hunt snow apes, and you have to give everyone a false hope, but in the end, you still can't pay the taxes and grain." ”

"You ......"

How could the village chief not understand this truth?

It's just that it's better to die than to live, so if you can let the big guy have more hope, just hold one.

So he was even more angry at Qin Lin: "You outsider, don't be here to make a fool of yourself, I think you were sent by Shannan Village to see our jokes, and you are here to gloat." ”

"Shannan?" Qin Lin was stunned.

Aji, who was sitting on the ground, heard the word "Shannan", and suddenly became very angry, and stood up with the catcher.

"Shannan's brute, it's because of you and I that I can't pay the taxes and grain, and my sister will be taken away!" Aggie roared.

Qin Lin didn't understand it at all, but he could probably guess a few points.

Aji put the trap on Qin Lin's neck: "Give me back the prey, or I will kill you." ”

"I misunderstood. ”

"What misunderstanding, don't pretend to be stupid here, it was obvious that I hunted the red bear at that time, you took up a lot of people, injured me and snatched my prey, if not, a red bear is enough for me to call for tax food. ”

The more agitated Aji became, the more the catch in his hand pressed on Qin Lin's neck.

"I really don't know how such a simple person as you survived to this point. ”

Qin Lin was helpless.

Aji is indeed simple, the village chief just casually said "Shannan", and he was completely sure that Qin Lin was from Shannan.

And the other elderly villagers present at this time were just as simple, just as simple as they thought that Qin Lin was an enemy.

provoked Qin Lin to cry and laugh.

I had to say, "Okay, I'll give you back the red bear." ”

After that, Qin Lin felt that something was wrong again, and shook his head to change his words: "No, I will give you back a Jade King Kong!"

Hearing that Qin Lin was going to return a jade King Kong, Aji's hand holding the knife loosened slightly.

Of course, he wouldn't believe Qin Lin's words, but he was also surprised.

Taking a closer look at Qin Lin's attire, he looked like a hunter with a fur coat.

So he asked Qin Lin, "What level of hunter are you?"

"Level?" Qin Lin was dazed, but quickly understood that there were also ranks among the Orions.

Him: "There is no level, I am not a hunter. ”

"Then why can you give me back a jade diamond?" Aggie frowned, and the hand holding the knife exerted force again.

Qin Lin smiled: "I have already passed just now, the snow ape, that is, the jade diamond in your mouth is a demonic beast, and it is not the object that you ordinary hunters can hunt, so whether I am a hunter or not does not conflict with whether or not I can return you a jade diamond." ”

"Still here with a beard. ”

The elder scolded.

Aggie frowned even more.

Together with the other old people around him, they also showed displeasure.

After all, they were all Orions, and Qin Lin's remarks obviously meant to despise Orion in his Zheng

But it can't be helped, it's true.

How can an ordinary Orion be able to compete with a Warcraft of at least three stars.

"You bastard, don't you want us to be happy!"

Aggie is fierce.

Although the catch in his hand was very forcefully attached to Qin Lin's neck, Qin Lin could feel that he was timid in his heart, or he just wanted to scare Qin Lin, but he didn't have the courage to really mountain Qin Lin.

"Give me a little time, and I'll help you go hunt a jade diamond and come back. Qin Lin was calm.

"You're stupid? You're not even a hunter, and you're helping us hunt, it's ridiculous. ”

Aggie still believes that only hunters can hunt.

Qin Lin shook his head, too lazy to do more, he directly reached into his arms and took out a golden ticket.

He did not hide the cash and gold and silver he carried, but he had a lot of gold and silver tickets.

A golden ticket, worth a hundred gold, sparkling.

But Aji saw the golden ticket in Qin Lin's hand, but he was indifferent.

"What are you?"

He was young and had never seen gold.

The village chief was already stunned at this time, and stepped forward, his eyes fixed on the denomination of the golden ticket.

"One hundred gold!"

He exclaimed.

The rest of the old people also squeezed up.

They will live for a lifetime, and they will not see a few times of gold, let alone a golden hundred gold tickets.

Qin Lin said: "This golden ticket is enough to redeem all the people who have just been taken away by the soldiers, if I can't return your Jade King Kong, then this golden ticket will belong to you." ”

"What, what?"

The village chief was terrified.

He was still angry at Qin Lin for breaking the hope of the villagers just now, and at this time, he really wanted to hug Qin Lin in his heart, lest Qin Lin run away with the golden ticket.

"Are you real?" the village chief asked confirmatively.

"Why lie to you, but I also have conditions. "Qin Lin.

"What conditions. ”

Qin Lin: "Before I hunt back the Jade King Kong, you can't exchange the golden ticket for gold coins, if I don't hunt back the Jade King Kong after three days, you can exchange it." ”

"Good. ”

The village chief agreed, and reached out to take the golden ticket from Qin Lin's hand.

But Qin Lin shook his body and let the village chief pounce into the air.

"I'm not done yet. Qin Lin said.

"You, you continue. The village chief was embarrassed.

Qin Lin asked, "If you want to redeem your relatives, are you going to Lingfeng City?"

"If it is within ten days, you don't have to go, but you can go to the camp outside the city gate and redeem them. The village chief replied.

Qin Lin was a little disappointed.

Originally, he was expecting to follow them to ransom and sneak into the city.

The village chief saw the change in Qin Lin's expression.

After eating for decades, I can be regarded as understanding some people's hearts.

He added: "However, it is also possible to go to the city to ransom people. ”

"What is the possible method?" Qin Lin asked.

The village chief's eyes glanced slightly at Aji.

Then he pulled Qin Lin to the side and avoided Aji.

He said: "Aji's sister should be sent directly into the city, she is favored by the son of the Hong family, this time she is a slave, presumably she will be ...... tonight."

"Tonight!"

Qin Lin's eyebrows furrowed.

Look at the hour, it's noon.

Although theoretically, whether Aji's sister will be ruined by the son of the Hong family has nothing to do with Qin Lin.

can look at Aji's sadness at this time, Qin Lin is a little unbearable.

"Okay, I got it. ”

Qin Lin did not hesitate, stuffed the golden ticket into the village chief's hand, turned around and leaped away.

The village chief was shocked.

The villagers were also terrified.

Aji stared at Qin Linyue's body even more, stunned for a long time.

"How can he fly? He's a god?"

The belief of the villagers is simple, any unexplained food can be understood as an act of the gods.

Qin Lin sometimes blames himself for being nosy.