Chapter 256: The Slave Market
Meng Yifei was originally going to send two maids from the palace to take care of Xuan'er, but those maids were rewarded by Li Yuan, so the maids could only be bought in the West Market.
Unlike the bustling and bustling East Market, the West Market is mainly for the sale of livestock, slaves, and all kinds of strange things. Compared to the East Market, the West Market is much smaller. Only Xuan'er and Yifei came out today, after all, it would be too ostentatious to let Linglong and them come out with them, and even Xuan'er wore a white gauze hat.
"Xianggong, just buy a poor sister and make me a companion!" Yifei insisted on buying a maid, but Xuan'er had to follow his wishes.
Yifei nodded, he actually came to the West Market for the first time to buy maids, and he always felt that human trafficking was a very immoral behavior, but this was a kind of pathology in this era.
Even under prosperous rule, there were many who did not have enough to eat and wear, and some families were ward**, and the children left behind had to be sold and enslaved by others.
This slave trade, even in broad daylight, was a permissible act.
In fact, for some female slaves, it is not a desperate thing to be sold, after all, the people who come here to buy maids are some high-ranking officials and nobles, either from prominent families, or rich from the first party, even if they are poor, they are also rich. In ancient times, the maid was bought, basically even if it was half a concubine, once it was pitied by the master, if it could still give birth to a boy and half a girl, its status would be able to rise and rise, and even become a good match.
A lot of slave girls actually want to be bought, at least better than staying here. Although they will not be violated, after all, in ancient times, buying female slaves was to see if they still had **, and if there was no value, there was almost nothing. But in the hands of those traffickers, they will be trained to be obedient, and it is inevitable that they will be physically tortured.
Therefore, once the sale date comes, many slave girls will spare no effort to show off their talents in order to win the favor of a rich man.
Such a place is basically a place for big men to come, and Yifei didn't want Xuan'er to come with her, but she just had to choose it herself.
Passing through the horse market, you will arrive at the slave market. As soon as I walked in, the chaotic and noisy sound penetrated my ears and eyes, and the street was full of people, and on both sides of the road, there were various types of characters standing.
There are shirtless and ruthless people, and at first glance they are thugs. There were richly dressed merchants, and they were slave traders. There was also a group of them with black robes, and their hands and feet were shackled, and then they were connected in strings, some two or three, and the most one or twenty.
They were barefoot, and whip marks and wounds could be seen on their ankles. As soon as they saw all kinds of masters, they begged to buy her.
"Master, master, please buy me."
"I can do laundry, cook, carry goods, and do any hard work."
……
Their eyes were full of longing, the youngest was no more than a teenager, of course, there were no old people, and the oldest was only in their twenties.
"This lord, do you want to come and see, we have a good girl here, whether it is a concubine or a maid, it is absolutely feasible."
"This master, I see that you are always looking for a maid, is there still one missing, I just came here yesterday with a girl, or you can take a look." On the other side, a merchant was even more familiar, and directly took off the cloak of the slave girl beside him, and sure enough, it was a beautiful woman, well-behaved and pitiful, and she looked very pitiful.
Yifei was about to ask the price, but was stopped by Xuan'er. So, Yifei left with Xuan'er and found a quiet corner.
"What's wrong?"
"No, it's nothing, it's just that they're so pathetic."
"yes, all poor people." Yifei agrees with Xuan'er.
"I want to help them." Xuan'er said again.
"Help? How can it help? "He Meng Yifei can't help it, what should Xuan'er do?
"Buy two, you can get rid of one, it's one."
After listening to Xuan'er's words, Yifei smiled faintly at the corner of his mouth, and then stretched out his hand and reached into the white gauze hat: "Okay, just listen to Xuan'er, buy two." ”
After speaking, Yifei took Xuan'er to the street again, and was just about to look for the slave girl just now to buy, when suddenly a person blocked his way.
In front of him was a rich boy, who looked to be in his twenties, and he was accompanied by two strong men. He was richly dressed, with a large round face, a cupola crown, and two gold ropes tied under his chin.
The opening came up with a sentence: "This woman, I want it." ”
He pointed his finger at Xuan'er and threatened to buy her. After Xuan'er heard this, she was startled and hid behind Yifei. And Meng Yifei frowned even more, are there so many dogs in Chang'an City that don't have long eyes?
"My son can see that this girl is a beauty, and it is just right to buy it home and be my concubine. Minions, give money. He was really talking to himself, and without asking for anyone's consent at all, he asked one of the thugs who had changed color to take out a bag of money.
"Five taels of silver, that's enough!" After speaking, he was about to reach out and pull Xuan'er away from behind Yifei.
However, just before his hand touched Meng Yifei, suddenly Yifei raised his hand, slapped the round-faced fat man in the face, snapped, knocked off the crown of heaven tied to his head, and then was even more stunned, turned three hundred and sixty degrees, and finally fell to the ground.
In an instant, the whole downtown was silent, because the sound was so loud that it almost drowned out all the noise. Everyone reacted that something was going to happen.
I saw Yifei step forward and look at the round-faced fat man who fell to the ground.
"Give your hand to Lao Tzu farther away, and definitely cut it next time." Yifei was extremely angry, and Xuan'er behind him was even shocked.
And everyone gathered in a circle to see how the show ended.
But I saw the round-faced fat man, shook his head, and looked at Meng Yifei: "You two dog slaves, what are you stunned about, kill him." He slurred his words, but he gave the order anyway.
Only then did the two thugs react, and they raised their fists and prepared to smash them.
"Be careful." Xuan'er was shocked.
But he saw Meng Yifei's elegant body, and a few more shining silver needles appeared between the fingers of his left hand, and then passed through the two strong men, and the four silver needles were inserted into their divine gate, Baihui. On the spot, two strong men fell with a bang.
This hand was amazing, and everyone smacked their tongues, but the fat man who was restored was trembling, he obviously wanted to buy a concubine, how could he suffer from this kind of thing?
He wanted to explain, but Meng Yifei didn't give him a chance at all, and kicked him in the head violently, knocking him unconscious on the spot and falling to the ground.
Fortunately, he had room to spare, if he hadn't maintained a little sanity, Meng Yifei would have kicked him to death on the spot.
"Let's go, Xuan'er, don't we still have to buy two maids?"
Meng Yifei grabbed Xuan'er's hand again as if nothing happened, and now Meng Yifei doesn't look at the owner at all when he beats the dog, because he will beat the master together.
Everyone present was shocked and made way for Meng Yifei and them.
"Who is this person? So fierce. ”
"I don't know, but I know that the round-faced fat man must have a prominent family background, and his cupola crown is a silver wire pinched gold net, and such a crown can judge that his Lao Tzu is above the fourth grade."
Some people marveled at Meng Yifei's domineering, but some people were worried. However, the person concerned did not feel anything at all, but left the crowd.
However, just after a few steps, another person came in front of me. Meng Yifei fixed his eyes and saw that this person was a little angry, dressed in white, wrapped in silver, holding a white fan, meticulous. There were also two thugs with him, but these two thugs were shirtless, muscular, and very tall, obviously much stronger than the previous two thugs.
"Are there so many people today who don't know what to live or die for? Or did these people who didn't know whether they were alive or dead run to the West Market to gather? Meng Yifei shouted angrily, he had begun to hate this place a little bit, and wanted to raze it.
"Don't be angry, I think Childe is also a person who wants to buy a slave girl, presumably this girl was bought by you, there are rules, we won't rob it." It's just a big business, I don't know if the son can do it? ”
The man was polite, but he couldn't hide the childish conspiracy in his calm words.
"Say it!" Meng Yifei is not afraid, even with Xuan'er, he can break into the Longtan Tiger's Den. When I broke Jiexiu alone, these people didn't know where they were and the mud.
After hearing this, the silver-clad man said happily: "Childe, have you seen this flying yellow building behind me?" There will be an auction of female slaves at the airport inside, these female slaves are all beautiful, although they are not as beautiful as a few ladies in Helan Mansion, but they also have the appearance of a girl full of flowers, and a few of them are still from other places, I wonder if the son is interested? ”
The man looked at Meng Yifei with a sneer, but his eyes were fixed on Xuan'er beside Yifei. Even if the white gauze hat covers the face, you can vaguely see the appearance, which is definitely shocking and beautiful.
Xuan'er felt the man's gaze and pulled Yifei's clothes. Yi Fei glared at the man sharply, startling the man.
Then, Yifei turned around and comforted Xuan'er: "Let's go, don't you want to buy two more maids, let's go inside and buy them." ”
After hearing this, Xuan'er nodded, as long as she stayed by Yifei's side, she was fearless.
"Alright, you two, please come with me." The man turned around, a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and then walked into the Feihuang Building with Yifei and Xuan'er.
As soon as I entered the building, I found that this flying yellow building was not simple. The floors are all looping, only in the center, a platform, above the platform, stands a master of ceremonies, and the auction of slaves has already begun.
Yifei and Xuan'er found a secluded hut, and looked at the slave girls who came out of the platform below one by one, and he smiled slightly.
"I didn't expect that in this era, there will be auctions for the highest bidder." (To be continued.) )