The faint scent of tea permeates the room.

Xiao Rui took a sip of tea, and he thanked the cheap third brother for his reminder: "Third brother, don't worry, I'm young and don't understand anything, although it's stupid, but I still know the fourth brother's intentions, my father and several brothers are so smart, they know that I was forced." ”

"You, who knows if you really don't understand, or if you don't understand." Xiao Ze scolded with a smile: "Come to me if you don't have any money, we are brothers no matter how we say it." ”

Yo, that relationship is good, Xiao Rui likes such a brother, who can hug his thighs.

So Xiao Rui stretched out his hand and said, "Thank you, third brother." ”

Xiao Ze was stunned for a moment, then took out a few silver tickets from his arms, and before he could count them, he was taken by Xiao Rui.

"Only five hundred taels? Third brother, are you sending me away? Xiao Rui said angrily.

Xiao Ze said speechlessly: "Who goes out with a lot of money, besides, five hundred taels is not enough for you to squander for a few days, don't you stay in the mansion all day?" ”

"I have to save for a bride price, and I have to grow up to buy delicious food, and by the way, send some money to my grandfather's house..."Xiao Rui nodded and said.

Xiao Ze hurriedly waved his hand, but he was defeated, and said, "Okay, okay, why don't you go back to the house with me to get it?" ”

"No, no, that's embarrassing." Xiao Rui said with a smile.

Xiao Ze nodded, thinking that this was about the same.

Who knows, Xiao Rui actually took out pen and ink, pushed it to Xiao Ze, and said: "Just write me an IOU, and I'll send someone when the time comes, and I don't need to go in person." ”

The corners of Xiao Ze's mouth twitched, I really wanted to slap myself, you talk about what kind of big brother you are.

As for the IOU... In the end, I still wrote it, and the amount was empty, so I asked Xiao Rui to fill it in by himself.

"If you want to fill in one hundred thousand taels, go to the household department to find the treasury and ask for it, I don't have it." Xiao Ze's tone was still a little resentful.

Xiao Rui took the IOU and blew the ink.

Regardless of whether the third brother is true or false, this love makes Xiao Rui's heart warm.

"Thank you, third brother." Xiao Rui's smile was sweeter.

Did you get flashed? I used Daxia brand homemade toothpaste!

"Hurry back and review your homework, it's annoying to see you." Xiao Ze began to chase people.

Xiao Rui didn't bother his Yaxing, and left the Tingyin Pavilion with an IOU.

At this time, it was approaching dusk.

"Your Highness, shall we go back?" Gao Quan asked.

Xiao Rui's eyes were attracted by the flag fluttering not far away, with a big word "slave" on it.

"Your Highness, that's the largest slave market in the capital." Gao Quan introduced: "There are the families of criminals who have had their household registrations removed, prisoners captured at the border gates, and so on. ”

Xiao Rui nodded, and walked inside on a whim.

The slave market was huge, and on both sides of the road were squatting slaves, men, women, and children, with chains around their necks, like commodities, and their eyes were blank.

The most watched were the little boys and girls, who were dressed in rags and shivered in the cold wind of early spring, but their faces were clean, and it seemed that the slave traders knew how to wipe their faces and let the guests choose.

Gao Quan didn't feel anything, it was commonplace. Not only the state of Great Xia has a slave market, but also the kingdom of Great Qi and Great Yan. As long as the formalities are followed, this is legitimate business.

But for Xiao Rui, his heart is full of heaviness.

I am not a saint, I can't save them, I can only be a mortal, and I feel pity.

"Your Highness, do you want to buy a few maids to go back?" Gao Quan asked.

Xiao Rui borrowed Duanwang's Mansion, except for Gao Quan, who was a confidant, and the others were all servants and maids sent by Xiao Feng.

"You can do it." Xiao Rui waved his hand, "After I walk around, I'll go back to the carriage and wait for you." ”

"Yes!" Gao Quan immediately went to pick and choose.

Xiao Rui walked around and prepared to leave.

Unexpectedly, a squatching big man next to him suddenly stood up and shouted, "Childe, buy me!" ”

Xiao Rui was taken aback, looked back at him, and found that the big man was more than two meters tall, burly, although his clothes were tattered, his face was dark, and he had a beard, but his eyes were extremely bright.

"Squat!" The slave trader was furious, and came up to him and whipped him.

Bang bang...

After a few whips, the already tattered clothes were even more tattered, and the places where the whips were whipped were bloodstains.

"Wait!"

Xiao Rui stopped the slave trader and said, "Don't fight. ”

The slave trader saw that Xiao Rui was dressed in sackcloth and casual clothes, but his bearing was extraordinary, so he did not despise it, and said with a smile: "Let the guests be frightened." ”

Xiao Rui looked at the slave man, found that he had been staring at him, and asked curiously, "You let me buy you?" ”

"Yes!" The slave man nodded, his tone with a northern accent.

"Why?" Xiao Rui said curiously.

"I can protect you, you can give me dignity." The slave man said in a deep voice.

Xiao Rui looked at him for a moment, and then asked the slave trader: "How much is he?" ”

The slave trader smiled: "It's not expensive, it's not expensive, five hundred taels." This big black man is strong in martial arts, and when he was arrested, more than a dozen people took advantage of his injury to get close. But there is something I need to inform you, this big black guy has been sold three times, and he was sold back because he hurt his master. If you really want to buy it, you have to be careful. ”

Xiao Rui nodded, then took out the silver ticket from his arms and handed it to the trafficker.

The trafficker took out the resale documents and handed them to Xiao Rui, and then opened the black man's anklet handcuffs.

The resale document introduces the original place of origin, name, age and other information of the black man, as well as the legal resale certificate.

The black man rubbed his wrists, hugged his fists at Xiao Rui, and said, "Thank you for the rescue." ”

Xiao Rui thought he was interesting and asked, "How do you know that I will definitely save you?" As for giving you dignity, where does it come from? ”

The black man said: "The son has an extraordinary bearing, at first glance, he is not an ordinary person, and five hundred taels is not a lot of money for you." Childe looked around, his eyes showing unbearability, this is pity. And I have value, I believe that I can gain the dignity of being a human being! ”

Be human with dignity!

This sentence touched Xiao Rui.

He stretched out his hand and handed the resale document to the big black man, without even looking at the contents.

The black man was taken aback and looked at Xiao Rui in surprise.

"You're free." Xiao Rui said with a smile.

"This son, why?" The black man didn't stretch out his hand, and asked curiously.

Xiao Rui stuffed the paperwork into his tattered clothes, patted his chest again, and said with a smile: "A slave lives for dignity, I respect you, and there will be a period later!" ”

With that, Xiao Rui turned around and left.

The black man didn't chase after him, took out the resale documents in his arms, and stared at Xiao Rui's back for a long time.

Xiao Rui returned to the carriage to rest.

It didn't take long for Gao Quan to return.

He bought five twelve or thirteen-year-old girls, and asked the Chunfeng Pavilion, which specializes in training maids, to train etiquette rules, and after a month, it will be sent to Duanwang's mansion.

At this time, the sun is setting.

Xiao Rui rested with his arms on his back, and was thinking about how to get through tomorrow's test when the unsociable prompt sound in his mind suddenly remembered.

"Ding Dong..."

"New Mission: Complete the Xia Emperor's test brilliantly, Advent +15. This task is enforced, fails, and the advent value is deducted by 50! ”

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Xiao Rui sat up suddenly and scolded.