Chapter Seventy-Nine: Tong'an Black Market
This night, Chu Xiangwan and they didn't fall asleep, Ying Huan's death made them see the impermanence of life, but what about themselves, where they will be sold tomorrow, and what they will face, no one knows, they don't know and fear of the road ahead, so everyone is silent and depressed.
Early the next morning, someone came and took them to the black market. There are all kinds of people on the street, people of all ethnic groups trade and marry here, and this town looks very lively. And the most lively thing is that the population of the black market is selling, and it is still far away, when I hear the sound of bidding and shouting in the distance.
At the entrance of the black market, there are two long pavings, on which are all kinds of handicrafts, silk, tea, antiques, sheepskin shoulders, everything, many people stand on the edge of the paving and bargain, some barter between the paving, but there is an unwritten rule here, that is, no one can ask where these things come from, because most of the bosses here are not serious, and the way these things come from is naturally not clean, so everyone just buys and sells, and does not ask anything else.
The boss of the horse thieves led them all the way in, and when they reached the top, they saw that all the people were gathered here, and in the middle there was a large round platform more than a foot high, and there were many kneeling women on the platform, they were tied up and did not speak, and there was a man on the stage, who seemed to be the middleman in charge of buying and selling in this black market. If the people at the bottom look at which woman is on the stage, as long as they can afford the price of the middleman, they can take the person home if they give the money. If there are several people who have taken a fancy to the same woman at the same time, then they must start bidding according to the reserve price of the middleman, just like an auction, and the higher bidder wins. The boss made people optimistic about Chu Xiangwan and them, so he got off the horse and went to find the middleman who was responsible for buying and selling.
The middleman came down from the stage, he glanced at Chu Xiangwan and them with a smile, and said to the horse thief boss: "Second Master Hu, are you here with good goods again?" ”
Hu Erye handed a gold leaf to the other party and said: "Geng Ye, this time it is all first-class goods, you have to sell it for me at a good price, and I will thank you after the matter is completed!" ”
"Don't worry, don't worry, you're a regular customer, I will definitely earn more money for my brothers." That Geng Ye accepted the gold leaf and went to the stage to sell it again.
The people who could sell in the morning had already been sold, and in the afternoon, it was finally Chu Xiangwan's turn to "come to power". There were ten of them in total, kneeling in front of the stage in two groups, Chu Xiangwan had been standing at first, and then Scar's face came up and pressed her shoulders desperately, pressing her to the ground and not moving.
"Everyone, today you have picked up the treasure, look at it, these women are rare water spirits, how beautiful they look," the people below have begun to commotion, Geng Ye saw that everyone was very interested, so he continued, "As long as you can afford the price, these women are yours." ”
Chu Xiangwan pulled the corners of his mouth, and said mockingly in his heart, what is the difference between this and a brothel, they are all sold by hanging high, and women are like animals, bullied by others.
The girls in front had already been bought, and now it was Chu Xiangwan's turn, she kept her head down, not wanting to be seen by these filthy and filthy people. As soon as Geng Ye finished talking about the price, someone made a fuss below: "I want such a high price without seeing this face clearly, Geng Ye, aren't you bullying us?" ”
"Yes", "That's it", the people below were dissatisfied, Geng Ye waved his hand, and said: "Everyone be calm and don't be impatient, I won't make you suffer." He gave Scarface a look, and Scarface understood, and immediately lifted Chu Xiangwan's chin with force, so that her face was displayed in front of everyone.
"Wow!" There was an exclamation below, in fact, Chu Xiangwan's hair was messy at the moment, and she followed these horse thieves all the way to Tong'an, and she was already tired, compared to what she looked like in the palace before, it was simply heaven and earth. But even so, it couldn't hide her alluring color, and as soon as everyone saw her face, they began to stir.
"Good. Bid now, starting with five gold leaves. Geng Ye was very satisfied with everyone's performance, and he thought that he could make a lot of money just by this one.
"I'll make five pieces!" "I'll make six pieces!" "Eight slices!" "Ten pieces!" The people at the bottom seemed to be obsessed, and they increased the price frantically, until the time of twenty-five pieces, and no one stopped. Suddenly, someone in the crowd shouted, "I'll make fifty pieces." The crowd fell silent and looked at the speaker.
"Fifty pieces, okay, is there anything higher?" No matter how much the people at the bottom covet Chu Xiangwan's beauty, they don't dare to bargain anymore. A woman who spends fifty gold leaves, is it to buy it back and offer it? Forget it, it's not worth it. Geng Ye looked at this situation and thought that this woman had sold enough, so he smiled and said to the bidders in the audience: "This master, this person belongs to you." ”
In this way, Chu Xiangwan was bought. In addition to buying Chu Xiangwan, the person who made the bid at the bottom also bought Jin'er, and the two of them were brought to that person together. The man led them out of the crowd and towards the exit of the black market. This person didn't look at them much during the whole process, Chu Xiangwan felt strange, since he bought them, why didn't he say a word, and left after receiving someone.
"Master, it's done." Chu Xiangwan and the others walked to the exit of the black market and saw that there were many people surrounded by a person who looked like a leader. The man looked at Chu Xiangwan and looked at her unscrupulously in his eyes, which made Chu Xiangwan very uncomfortable.
"Today's trip is good, and I have gained such a beauty, which is really happy, hahaha!" This man has a long beard and a burly figure, and looking at his dress, he is wearing a large cloak made of oily and smooth silver fox skin, it seems that he is not small, no wonder he will pay so much money to buy them.
This person is actually the king of Donghu, and he disguised himself as a merchant this time, but he actually came to spy on Tata's reality. Since the death of Wu Li, Helian City has become the owner of Tata, and now Tata has completely become Helian City's bag, even if Helian City has not married Uroran, he is already a veritable king of Tata. Including several other tribes are also gradually moving closer to Helian City, and if this continues, Helian City will unify the Xiongnu just around the corner, and he doesn't want his tribe to be taken over by Helian City, so he quietly came to the border pass again, and went around to the back of Tata from here to find out. But this king of Donghu is also a lustful person, he was about to return to Donghu after finishing his business, but he heard that there were women in Tong'an Town to buy and sell, so he brought someone to come, in order not to be discovered, he stood on the periphery, and when he saw a good one, he let his men go down to bargain, originally just a casual look, there are many women in his tribe, but I didn't expect that there were immortals like Chu Xiangwan, and that Jin'er, who was also quite beautiful, so he spent a lot of money to buy them back.