After walking for a while, Zhao Ziliang and others passed by a slave market, and suddenly heard a female voice coming: "Childe, save the little girl, mother and daughter, Childe ・・・・・・・."

Is this Chinese? In this foreign land thousands of miles away, I actually heard the Chinese language! Zhao Ziliang paused when he heard this voice, stopped, turned his head to look, and saw two women, one in his thirties and the other in his fifteen or fifteen years old, in a wooden cage at the front of the slave market on the street, both of them were ragged and haggard, and they were looking at him with extremely eager eyes.

Zhao Ziliang hesitated, although because of Panzhu Junxiu's death, he really didn't have any interest in other women for a while, and he didn't even bother to look at it, but the two women who were in the wooden cage were his compatriots after all, and he couldn't bear to see their mother and daughter wandering into a foreign country and becoming slaves of Fanbang, and life and death were in the hands of others.

Walking to the cage, before he could ask, a Sogdian slave merchant in a fancy costume next to him hurriedly stepped forward and said with a smile: "This uncle has taken a fancy to the two women in the cage?" You see they are a mother and daughter, the mother is less than thirty years old, which can be described as charming, and the daughter is only fourteen, which can be described as a budding flower and bone flower・・・・・・・"

Zhao Ziliang couldn't understand Sogdian, so he raised his palm and didn't look at the Sogdian slave trader, and shouted: "Enough, Balu, you tell him to shut up, and I'll talk about it when I ask clearly!" ”

"No!" Balu hurriedly agreed, and said a few words to the Sogdian slave merchant in Sogdian, and the Sogdian slave merchant smiled and took two steps back without saying a word.

Zhao Ziliang looked at the mother and daughter in the cage and asked, "What is the surname of the lady and the mother and daughter, and who are they?" ”

When the slightly older woman heard Zhao Ziliang ask, she seemed to grasp the life-saving straw, and immediately said: "Son, the slave family's surname is Chen Qingying, this is the slave family's daughter Wang Zhiyun, my mother and daughter are from Lingzhou, the home is in the border city, there is a ready-to-wear store, half a year ago, the northern Turks went south to attack the border city where the slave family is located, killing all the people in the city, and the slave family's husband was not spared, the Turks saw that the slave family mother and daughter still had a little bit of beauty, so they took the slave family mother and daughter to Mobei, and resold it several times, and came to this place in the Western Regions for half a year, I beg my son to save my mother and daughter, and take the slave mother and daughter back to Datang, and the slave family is willing to repay the son by being a cow and a horse."

Zhao Ziliang heard the words and asked, "Are there any other people in your mother-in-law's family and your mother's family?" ”

Chen Qingying shook her head and said: "The slave family has been home to her husband since she was a child, and she was bought home by her mother-in-law to be a child daughter-in-law for her husband, and she married her husband when she grew up, and then her mother-in-law died of illness, and my husband and I were left in the family, but fortunately, my daughter Zhiyun was left."

"Your home in the border city is only afraid that it will also be burned by the post-Turks! Even if you return to Datang, where can you go? Zhao Ziliang said with some hesitation, if he bought the mother and daughter, it would obviously be a burden, the in-laws and mother-in-law had no relatives, they were helpless, where could they go? You can't follow him all the time, can you?

Chen Qingying listened to Zhao Ziliang's words, and immediately became anxious, and hurriedly grabbed Zhao Ziliang's sleeve from the cage, lest he leave, and begged: "Childe, please take us back to Datang, as long as we can go back to Datang, no matter what we do, it is 10,000 times better than being treated as a plaything in this foreign land!" ”

Zhao Zi's conscience was shocked, yes, the golden nest and the silver nest are not as good as his own kennel! Since ancient times, Chinese people have a tradition of returning to their roots, even if they mix well outside, they will return to their hometowns and be buried in their hometowns when they are old and dead, which is a brand that goes deep into the bone marrow!

Sighing, Zhao Ziliang said to Chen Qingying: "Okay, I'll buy you, but we have to say it first, when we enter the territory of Datang, your mother and daughter will have to leave on their own!" ”

Chen Qingying cried with joy when she heard this, and promised repeatedly: "Nuo Nuonuo, the mother and daughter of the slave family will definitely not cause trouble to the son."

Zhao Ziliang looked at the Sogdian slave merchant and beckoned to Balu, who stepped forward and arched his hand: "Childe? ”

"These two women, I want it, how much do you ask him?"

Upon hearing this, Balu immediately negotiated with the Sogdian slave traders, who were indeed Sogdian merchants who had long traveled in the Sogdian land of Zhaowu Jiu, and could speak Sogdian, Chinese, and the language of the Great Food and Latin. He was also a full-fledged merchant and did not offer an offer directly, but bargained with this Sogdian slave trader.

"Childe, the villain has negotiated with him, and he asks for eight hundred strings of copper coins!"

Deeply influenced by the economic and cultural influence of the Tang Dynasty, the Sogdians of Central Asia with the surname Zhaowu basically used square-hole copper coins as their trading currency. Since the Tang Dynasty minted square hole copper coins and circulated, many copper coins flowed into Central Asia, and were soon imitated by the Sogdians in Central Asia. The other is more numerous, with the Sogdian royal emblem and clan mark on the front and the Sogdian king's name and title on the back. Copper coins are only the most basic transaction currency, if it is engaged in commercial exchanges, the number of coins is larger, it is very inconvenient to trade with copper coins, to use gold and silver, the Tang Dynasty also formulated the exchange ratio of gold, silver and copper for this is 1:10:10000.

"Is the lowest price?"

"Yes!"

Zhao Ziliang remembered that he didn't bring so many copper coins, and frowned: "My son didn't bring so many copper coins, you ask him if he can trade with gold and silver!" ”

Balu asked the Sogdian slave merchant again, and he quickly replied, "Childe, he said that he could trade in gold and silver!" ”

Zhao Ziliang nodded: "That's good, Chu Ge, pay!" ”

At this moment, a loud shout came: "Slow, these two Tang women, this prince wants it!" ”

When everyone saw it, Zhao Ziliang's face immediately changed, and the person who spoke out was none other than Qu Le, the little prince of Shiguo, who saw him walk in with more than a dozen saber warriors and two civil officials through the crowd.

Qu Le walked to the cage and reached out to pick up Chen Qingying's chin under the stunned gaze of everyone, his eyes were full of lust, and he smiled: "Tang women are really thin skin and tender meat, much more delicate than our Sogdian women's skin, and they feel extremely smooth to the touch, good, very good!" ”

One of the warriors brought with him shouted at the Sogdian slave trader, "What are you doing in a daze? The little prince wants to buy these two women, you send them to the little prince's mansion immediately, and the money is indispensable for you! ”

The Sogdian slave merchant was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly nodded and agreed: "Yes, yes, the villain will send someone to send them to the little prince's mansion."

Zhao Ziliang's eyes flickered, and when the Sogdian slave traders beckoned a few strong men to take Chen Qingying's mother and daughter out of the cage, he finally spoke: "Slow! Shop, these two women seem to have been bought by my son first, and our deal has been negotiated, do you want to regret it? I have heard that you Sogdian merchants have always been honest, are you a special case? ”

The Sogdian slave trader's face suddenly collapsed when he heard this, and he hurriedly said to Zhao Ziliang: "This guest of the Tang Dynasty, I really can't help it, it's not that the villain doesn't want to sell this mother and daughter to you, you have also seen it, the little prince wants to buy them, and the villain really doesn't dare to offend the little prince!" Guest, you came from afar, or don't fight with the little prince, it's just two women, so why hurt the harmony? ”

Zhao Ziliang was furious and grabbed the Sogdian slave trader's collar: "These two women, my son bought them today!" Our deal has been reached, do you dare to give me the goods? ”

The Sogdian merchant was shocked, he saw that the Tang man in front of him was richly dressed, with a sword hanging from his waist, and there were so many followers around him, he knew that this person must be extraordinary, he didn't dare to offend, he said with a pale face: "Don't don't, this Tang guest, if you have something to say, don't do it, don't do it!" ”

At this time, a civil official next to Qu Le, the little prince of Shiguo, spoke, and he said in Chinese: "Hey, I said General Zhao, you just said that you have completed the transaction with him, but the lower official saw that he had not received your money, since he did not collect the money, the transaction was not reached, that means that he has the right to repentance at any time, you forced him to sell those two women to you, is it too much, even if you are the envoy of the Tang Dynasty, but this is my Shiguo, please General Zhao respect himself!" ”

Balu was also anxious at this time, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade Zhao Ziliang: "Childe, according to the villain, forget it, it's just two women, we are not familiar with life here, it is best not to clash with local forces, so as not to cause trouble and it is difficult to get out, and the general is also on a mission, everything is important to complete the mission!" ”

Zhao Ziliang glanced at Balu, turned his head to look at Qu Le, the little prince of Shiguo, and said: "Prince Qu Le, my Tang Dynasty is the Heavenly Empire, and the people are all extremely noble, but you are here to treat my Tang people as goods and sell them on the street, this is an act of extreme contempt for our country, this is an act of violating the dignity of my Datang, this is a provocation!" Could it be that Shi Guo is ready to start a war with my Datang? ”

When Prince Qu Le and the two officials around him heard Zhao Ziliang's words, their faces changed, they never thought that Zhao Ziliang would raise this matter to the level of a serious diplomatic dispute, and the official of Shi Guo on the left hurriedly said: "General Zhao said too seriously, it's just two women, my country has absolutely no intention of despising and provoking the Tang Dynasty, this is just the private behavior of private businessmen!" ”

Zhao Ziliang shouted: "Fart! Or are they just two women? What would happen to your wife and daughter if they were abducted and trafficked to another country? ”

The official said, "This ・・・・・・・."

Zhao Ziliang pointed at Qu Le, the prince of the Shi Dynasty, and the two officials: "I tell you, any of my people in the Tang Dynasty is protected by my Tang Dynasty at any time and place, and harming my people in the Tang Dynasty is equivalent to declaring war on my Tang Dynasty, and I want to ask the king of your country if he has decided to go to war with my country, hum!" ”

After speaking, he waved his hand to Chu Ge and the others behind him: "Let's go!" ”

The faces of Qu Le and the others changed greatly, and the other official knew that if Zhao Ziliang was allowed to enter the palace to find King Mo Helu Tutun, the king's board would definitely hit Qu Le's body, so he immediately stopped Zhao Ziliang and said eagerly: "General Zhao go slowly, go slowly!" This matter is only a trivial matter, so why should it alarm the king? Since General Zhao has taken a fancy to these two women, His Royal Highness the Prince naturally wants adult beauty, doesn't he? His Royal Highness the Little Prince? ”

After speaking, he pulled Qu Le's clothes, although Qu Le was unwilling, but he didn't want to make trouble to the king because of this matter, and it would not end well, so he could only swallow his anger and salute Zhao Ziliang's chest: "Since they are the people of the Tang Dynasty, this prince naturally can't let them be bullied in our country, so let the slave traders hand them over to General Zhao to take away!" ”

"Who, didn't you hear? Hurry up and hand them over to General Zhao, or this prince will take you for your guilt!" ”

The slave trader was already scared, where did he dare to say a word about this? Immediately nodded and agreed, lest he would be slow to agree and get into trouble, "Yes, yes, the villain will open the cage!" ”