Chapter 722: The Girl Who Ran Away
The shopkeeper's inquiry made Yu Panxi react, it turned out that she didn't know when she couldn't help but come downstairs, frowned slightly, met the shopkeeper's modest gaze, she nodded and said, "Do you know how the interracial girl who was about to be auctioned was caught?" ”
"When the auction item is auctioned, the tongue will be cut out by a special person, even if you know how to get caught? Where was he caught? What's the use? The shopkeeper smiled slightly, and then saw that Yu Panxi was really curious, so he had to continue: "It is said that the girl was picked up on the battlefield, and she probably is a family member of a soldier of a foreign army. ”
It was not the first time that Zhou Zhuang had auctioned off a living person, so the shopkeeper and others had long been surprised, but only the picture of the girl being locked in a wooden cage and begging for mercy with trembling eyes to Yu Panxi always lingered in her mind and lingered.
And the people who are auctioned off have to cut off their tongues before being sent to the new owner, probably as a way to prevent them from escaping, right? It sounded to her that it was indeed brutal and bloody, and after thinking about it for a long time, she finally narrowed her cold eyes and walked out of the inn with light and vigorous steps.
The auction club almost didn't need to be deliberately inquired, in the most lively and prosperous place in the town at this hour, it was probably certain, she squeezed into the crowd, her sharp eyes quickly found the thin figure, only to see that the girl had been dragged out of the cage, and was forced to kneel on the cold floor at this time shivering, the already shabby clothes could not hide her fair and graceful carcass and body, Yu Panxi kept hearing the sound of swallowing saliva from the men around her.
"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming to the shop, according to the custom, before the auction begins, the auction items must first show a talent show, and this is no exception, this alien girl is quite proficient in dancing rhyme, and after the maid takes it to the back hall to clean up a little, she will perform for you immediately."
A thin and hunchbacked old man walked up to the stage, and after smiling face, he turned back to look at the alien girl, but at this time, his pupils had long since lost his previous smile.
The interracial girl was already frightened, and then she was glared at by the old man, her head immediately drooped lower, as if she was afraid that the old man could make her die without a whole body with just one look, but most people were not surprised by this scene, they would never sympathize with the poor girl, and just wanted her to return to the stage dressed up sexy and perform an exotic dance music, so as to feast the eyes of the waiting crowd.
"It's a coincidence, it turns out that you are really here, guest officer." Just when the interracial girl was dragged into the back hall by the maid, Yu Panxi's ears suddenly sounded a somewhat familiar voice, frowning, it turned out to be the inn junior who led her upstairs before, probably he was the time to finish work, and he came to join in the fun on the way home.
"Hmm." Although they are people who have had a relationship, they are not strictly speaking, they are not acquaintances, Yu Panxi only nodded lightly, and then asked: "It is against the law to selfishly auction off living people, why can they dare to be so open-minded?" Did the county officials in this town just sit idly by? ”
From Yu Panxi's arrival to the present, she has never seen anyone from the county government in Zhouzhuang Town, but according to the laws and regulations of Ningguo, even a remote town should set up an official government, let alone this kind of village and town located on the border?
However, her question sounded to Xiao Er, as if it was a rather funny joke, he first glanced at Yu Panxi suspiciously, and then explained with a smile:
"In the early years, there was indeed a county government and a catcher in this town, but you have also seen that in a small town like this, which is located on the border, the exchanges between people from various countries are extremely complicated, and they are generally rich people, how dare they offend? Later, the first emperor simply issued a holy decree, ordering the county government to be evacuated, and the arresters were dismissed, and this town was treated as an abandoned wild land, leaving us to fend for ourselves. ”
After some explanation, Yu Panxi realized that it was no wonder that these people dared to auction off big live people unscrupulously, and they were not afraid of being punished by the county officials.
"That being the case, is the group of people who auctioned off the living also organized by the villagers of this town?" Yu Panxi continued to ask.
"Not really." Xiao Er shook his head, continued to deny Yu Panxi's conjecture, and pointed to the hunchbacked old man who was enough to make the alien girl tremble with just his eyes, and said: "This is one of the family properties, and that person is the person in charge of this auction, but just like I said just now, because the mountains here are high and the emperor is far away, no one will care about what is lacking in virtue, so the auction has changed from the initial auction of treasures to the auction of living people." ”
Xiao Er's answer surprised Yu Panxi, she was not without suspicions, looking at the decoration and furnishings here, it was indeed the same as the environment when the soul locking grass was auctioned before, but Yu Panxi knew Cheng's father's character, when Qianqiu called the emperor a disaster in the world, he was righteous Ling Ran, and now how could he agree to the auction operated under him and start this kind of human skin business? Presumably Cheng's father has always been kept in the dark about this matter, and he was deceived by his subordinates, right?
Just when Yu Panxi was suspicious, the alien girl had been forced to change into clothes full of copper bells, the tender yellow set off her already delicate skin more transparent, the long hair like ink was delicately coiled up by the hairpin, and the pair of blue eyes were even more touching under the backdrop of rouge gouache.
Her eyes were full of tears, and she shook her slender waist on the stage, which made the men in the audience shout and cheer, and even the shopkeeper next to Yu Panxi was attracted by this alien girl, staring at her with a pair of eyes, and couldn't move away.
After the interracial girl was carefully dressed, Yu Panxi could understand the madness of the man after seeing her, but from her point of view, she could not see a little joy and expectation from the girl's face, she was like a lowly commodity, forced to scratch her head in front of the men, in order to ask someone to be willing to take out a higher silver tael and buy her home, of course, this is not the end, as for how she will be treated after she follows the new master back? I don't know that......
After the song was finished, before the hunchbacked old man stepped forward again, the alien girl suddenly jumped off the stage unusually, and then fled in a room full of men, yes, it was indeed embarrassed, because of the restlessness she caused, the hunchbacked old man was furious, and ordered all the slaves of the auction party, including the bodyguards, to chase after her.
The alien girl sensed the danger behind her, and suddenly saw Yu Panxi's face from the crowd, even though the two did not know each other, but the girl saw her for the first time through the cage before, she had a feeling of indescribability, in this critical situation, she didn't care about thinking too much, ran to Yu Panxi with her skirt, and shouted while running:
"Please save me, I don't want to be sold to anyone."
Just when the girl thought that running behind Yu Panxi and hiding, it was equivalent to finding a safe haven, but she never expected that she would reach out and grab her, and at the same time, a large group of people also ran behind her.