Although it is located in the hinterland of the Jin Kingdom, Shangjing City is the residence of the Emperor of the Jin Kingdom, and the guards are still very strong. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoPassing personnel and caravans must be carefully checked before they can enter, and once they find suspicious people, the guards can even be detained without reporting.

Wei Qingzong has been doing business all year round, and he has been to the capital no less than dozens of times, and he is familiar with some guards, but despite this, his carriage has been carefully searched. Wei Qingzong took Wu Zheng and Ding Yueming to stand aside, obediently waiting for the search to end. The goods on the carriage were normal, and the guards, who had found nothing, turned their attention to the people.

One of the guards pointed at Wu Zheng and Ding Yueming and said a Jurchen language, Wei Qingzong responded with a smile in Jurchen language, and the other guard stared at Ding Yueming non-stop, with a strange look flashing in his eyes. Ding Yueming was slightly panicked in her heart, she wanted not to turn her head but was worried about the other party's suspicion, so she had to stubbornly let the other party's eyes look back and forth on her face. Wu Zheng, who was standing on the side, looked indifferent, but his hand curled up in his long sleeves was already clenched into a fist.

Wei Qingzong had already seen this in his eyes, he smiled and walked up to the guard, whispering something while pulling the other party's hand into his sleeve. The guard glanced up at him, withdrew his hand, and turned away. After a while, they were allowed to pass through the city pass and enter the city of Shangjing.

Since the Jin Kingdom destroyed Beihua, the capital has become more and more prosperous, although it is not as good as Bianliang City, but the wine shops and teahouses in the city, Qinglou Le Fang are also readily available. The streets are full of people, traffic, and lively.

Wei Qingzong drove the carriage as close to the side of the road as possible, and occasionally saw the carriage of the Jin people coming from the opposite side, he would stop the carriage and wait for the other party to pass with a respectful look on his face before continuing to move forward. Wu Zheng knew that here, the status of the Great Chinese could not be compared with the Jin people, and even inferior to the Liao people. It's no wonder that the Jin people look down on the weak and incompetent the most, although the Northern Liao was also destroyed by the Jin people, but their emperor is not as embarrassing as the emperor of the Great Hua Kingdom, at least they didn't sacrifice their wives and daughters!

Shaking his head, Wu Zheng retracted his thoughts, and he looked around casually. There are actually not many big Chinese here, but many of them have the mark of slaves on their faces, and they follow their masters with low eyebrows, not daring to raise their heads at will, let alone speak. Many of these people are people who were captured from Dahua by the Jin soldiers, and now they live like pigs and dogs.

Wei Qingzong said in a low voice: "Two, in the capital city, the Jin people don't treat us big Chinese people as human beings, and they will beat and scold us at the worst, chop off their hands and feet, and even lose their lives." But I advise you not to be impulsive in whatever you see! You can't save the poor people, you only hurt ourselves. Wu Zheng said: "Brother Wei, don't worry, we have our own measure." ”

The carriage traveled for half an hour before finally stopping in front of a shop. Wei Qingzong got out of the carriage and called out his men from the shop to carry the goods in the carriage, while Wu Zheng and Ding Yueming were already invited into the inner room. Wu Zheng clenched his fists and said, "Thank you, Brother Wei!" Wei Qingzong waved his hand and said: "Thank you, you also had kindness to me before, and I am grateful for my kindness." And we are all big Chinese, if I don't help you, do you still want to help these golden dogs? He paused and asked in a low voice, "General Wu...... When are you going to start the siege? If you can use it, you're welcome! ”

Wu Zheng was silent for a moment and said, "I'm going to save someone first!" Wei Qingzong asked, "Save whom?" ”

"The daughter of Emperor Dahua."

Wei Qingzong frowned and pondered for a while, he didn't know what entanglement Wu Zheng had with the emperor's daughter, but looking at Wu Zheng's expression, he knew that the other party had made up his mind, so he said: "I have also heard some of the experiences of the ladies of the Dahua royal family, it is really miserable, it is said that many people died on the way to be escorted by the Jin soldiers, and their bodies were randomly discarded on the side of the road, let the wild dogs devour them, it is really pitiful!" ”

Wu Zheng kept his face calm and didn't speak, he had already learned about these things Wei Qingzong said from the history books. And Ding Yueming looked worried, she was worried that Zhao Qiaoer's weak body would not be able to survive those difficult years, perhaps...... She was already dead on the road......

"The dead are pitiful, but the living are worse than dead...... Wei Qingzong shook his head and continued: "I heard that some of these women are beautiful, and those with noble status have been divided among the princes and nobles of the Jin Kingdom, and these are considered to be fateful, while those ordinary concubines and palace maids do not have such a good fate, some of them were sent to the laundry for training, and then they were selected like animals. while others are sold directly to Qinglou and sell themselves for a living...... Many women are unbearable, and suicide occurs from time to time. ”

Wei Qingzong looked at Wu Zheng and asked, "I don't know which princess General Wu is looking for?" What does it look like? How old is it? I can find a way to find out one or two. Ding Yueming replied: "She is the youngest daughter of Emperor Dahua, named Qiaoyun, and named Zhao Qiaoer." She should be fourteen years old this year......"

"Fourteen years old......," Wei Qingzong muttered, and then clapped his hands and said: "If the princess General Wu is looking for is still alive, she should be locked up in the laundry yard, because the young women are all locked up in it for training, and when they reach the age of sixteen, they can be pulled out and sold." ”

Wu Zheng was shocked, and hurriedly asked, "Laundry?" Does Brother Wei know where it is? I'm going to check it out! Wei Qingzong nodded and said, "That place is not difficult to find, I will take you there tomorrow." It's just that they generally don't let these untrained women see people......" Wu Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "It's okay, as long as you bring us in, we will figure out the rest by ourselves!" ”

……

Last night, a heavy snowfall covered the entire yard with a thick snow blanket, and the originally straight branches bent down under the pressure of the snow, and finally broke with a crisp sound.

In the middle of the courtyard, a thin figure was holding a large broom taller than himself, and was laboriously sweeping the snow on the ground. Because her legs and feet were not very dexterous, she walked with a limp, and the flat ground was as difficult for her as a mountain road, not to mention that it was full of snow.

After sweeping for a while, the little girl in tattered clothes put her little hands that were red from the cold to her mouth, and kept breathing hot air to warm them, but this did not have much effect, and after a while the hands were frozen painful and itchy.

Suddenly, her feet slipped, and she fell into the snowdrift, the biting cold invaded her body, and she shivered from the cold. She struggled to get up from the ground, shook off the snow and frost on her body, and suddenly heard laughter in her ears.

"Look at that stupid girl! You can't even do something as simple as sweeping the floor! What is the owner still keeping her for? Sell it before it's too late! ”

"Second sister, don't talk nonsense, people have nobles to take care of!"

"I really don't understand, why does Lord Yu still protect her? Could it be that you have taken a fancy to this yellow-haired girl? Hmph, in terms of appearance, aren't our sisters better than her? In terms of identity, we are the daughter of the queen, and she is just a lowly seed born to a concubine! How can you compare with us! Hum! ”

"I heard that I was going to ask something out of her mouth, but this girl's mouth is very tight, and she hasn't spit it out for so long!"

"Don't worry, I heard that Lord Round has sent new subordinates over, and it is said that the means are particularly powerful, and the dead can speak! What's it called, right! It's called 'Poison Tai Sui'! ”

"Sister, that's someone's nickname......"

The three women who spoke walked down the promenade next to the courtyard laughing, while the little girl who was sweeping the snow never looked at them with a straight eye. These three women were originally her sisters, but since they arrived, they have completely resigned themselves to their fate, and they have slowly become as lowly as other women.

And her sister, who has a strong personality and is unwilling to give in, is naturally incompatible with them, so she is excluded and even made difficult, and her former sisters now treat her even worse than those golden people.

Shaking his head, he continued to sweep the snow under his feet. The yard must be swept away quickly, and there is still a lot of laundry to be washed in the water room, and if this work is not done, you will be whipped again. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and worked hard, when she suddenly heard someone call her name behind her.

"Zhao Qiao'er!"