Chapter 18 Worrying about the country and the people
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In the crowded slave market, buyers and sellers exchanged money and goods, and another slave was bought.
"You see he's so dirty, is it a man or a woman?"
"Who knows, he's just a slave anyway, and his master won't care about that!"
Before he took two steps, the person who was bought away was suddenly free of handcuffs and shackles, and while his new master was unprepared, he wanted to escape but was discovered by the master's family, and a violent beating must be indispensable.
The pot-bellied buyer was furious: "Beat me hard, this brute, I bought you, you don't know how to be grateful, you still want to run away, beat me to death!"
"Stop!"
A clear voice sounded behind everyone, and there was a heavy anger in his tone.
"Who's talking?" The fat buyer shouted back, his eyes fixed on the slave owner.
The slave owner glanced coldly at the other slaves locked in the iron cage and said, "Which of you said that?"
All the slaves trembled with fright, broke out in a cold sweat, and shook their heads violently. Only one slave stood still and looked angry.
The slave owner's expression was grim, and he approached step by step, and asked, "Did you say this?"
But the man was not afraid in the slightest, and said loudly: "That's right, that's what I said!"
The slave owner and the fat buyer were really shocked when they saw this man so bold. Especially the slave owner, who has sold slaves for so many years, has never seen a single one dare to yell at his masters and buyers so loudly as he does.
"You kid dare to be so rampant, I think I'm tired of it, right? Come on, drag him out for me! ”
The man was forcibly dragged out of the iron cage by the slave owner's men, and the slave owner asked him to apologize to the fat buyer who had just made a fortune, but the man was not afraid, and always kept his eyes sideways, refusing to speak, let alone apologize.
The fat buyer, who was enraged by him, glared at him fiercely and said to his family: "Give me a fight."
The slave who had just been bought was beaten again, rolled his eyelids and died.
Seeing his companion being beaten to death, the slave who was bound was full of anger and struggled to say, "You guys...... You brutes, let me go, let me go, I'm going to kill you! ”
"You...... Someone, cut out his tongue for me! The slave owner shouted.
Seeing that this person's tongue was cut off, passers-by were all shocked and whispered.
The tongue was gone, and the man was still screaming, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't say anything.
"I'll let you talk nonsense again." The slave owner stepped on the bloody tongue spread on the ground, and turned his angry eyes at the other slaves, "See, this is the end of disobedience." ”
The fat buyer was relieved to see his tongue cut off, but when he thought that he had spent a pengot in vain, he glanced at the slave who had fallen to the ground, and walked away.
It just so happened that Tan Yifeng and Lu Xueqi, who had just come out of Yiran Xiaozhu, passed by here.
Glancing at the bloody and dirty tongue on the ground, Lu Xueqi's pupils widened in fright, and she couldn't imagine it, so she hurriedly asked, "What happened?"
"This slave didn't know what to do, and he angered his master, and his tongue was cut off!" Someone replied,
Lu Xueqi chuckled in her heart, looked at the person lying on the ground and her tongue in a daze, was shocked, and was speechless for a moment.
Tan Yifeng stared at Lu Xueqi, knowing that she was about to get angry again.
It is true that Lu Xueqi was full of anger and looked at the slave owner and his men, "How can you people be so cruel, although he is a slave, he is also a mother and father, a living person, and a dignified life, how can you be so cruel?" ”
The slave owner looked disapproving, and said disdainfully: "I don't care if he has parents or not, and I don't care if he has dignity or not." I only know that I bought him with money in Yaozhou, and I have the right to decide whether he lives or dies. As for you, girl, if you want to buy someone, buy it, don't buy it, stay away, don't bother me to do business! ”
Lu Xueqi's clear eyes instantly condensed: "Yaozhou, Yaozhou, Yaozhou again." There was a flood in Yaozhou, and the lives of the people were devastated, how many things did that Du Shen do that was inferior to pigs and dogs! ”
The corners of Tan Yifeng's lips were quietly hooked, this girl is quite worried about the country and the people. It's just that she is not worried about her own people, and now she doesn't know that her people are still living in dire straits.
Lu Xueqi's eyes were condensed, staring at Tan Yifeng without blinking, revealing a puzzled expression, "Tan ...... Brother Yifeng. ”
"Huh?" Tan Yifeng came back to his senses, his gaze froze, and then he looked away, as if to escape something, "What's wrong?" ”
"I ...... I...... I want to ......" Lu Xueqi looked embarrassed and couldn't say a word for a long time.
His expression recovered, Tan Yifeng hooked his lips and smiled, "You want to buy them?" ”
Lu Xueqi nodded fiercely: "Hmm!"
"Good!"
Tan Yifeng responded without hesitation, he handed the slave owner a gold leaf, and said, "Is it enough?"
"Enough, enough." Holding Tan Yifeng's gold leaf, the slave owner was so beautiful that he couldn't close his mouth, he had known that he wouldn't yell at Lu Xueqi, maybe he could get more benefits!
The slaves in iron cages were released. knelt in front of Tan Yifeng and Lu Xueqi one by one, and shouted: "Thank you, son, thank you, girl!"
Tan Yifeng and Lu Xueqi looked at each other and smiled.
Lu Xueqi said softly, "You guys go home quickly, right?"
One of the slaves shook his head and sighed, "Home? Where do we still have a home, there is a flood in Yaozhou. Our homes have been destroyed and our families have died. It's hateful that Du Shen is a messenger but poisons the people, in order to give some money to the family to set up a tomb, we have to be reduced to slavery, living a life that is not as good as pigs and dogs. ”
"Du Shen is really not a thing!" Lu Xueqi was very angry, she couldn't wait to skin Du Shen's beast alive.
Tan Yifeng was calmer than her and asked, "Then what are your plans?"
"I ...... We don't know where to go. ”
"In this case, you might as well follow below, although you are only a small businessman, there is definitely no shortage of food for you."
Hearing him say this, Lu Xueqi smiled slightly, with a smile in her flowing eyes, it seemed that Tan Yifeng said what was in her heart.
"If the prince is willing to take us in. We are willing to be a cow and a horse for our son. The slaves solemnly kowtowed to Tan Yifeng three times one by one.
Tan Yifeng seemed to be very satisfied with this result, and a wicked smile gradually appeared on the corner of his lips.
Lu Xueqi picked up the slave lying on the ground and said to Tan Yifeng, "You have to find a doctor for him quickly."
Tan Yifeng's eyes narrowed slightly, "Hmm! ”