Chapter Fifty-Nine: Sky-high Slaves
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Thinking of something, Xu Yan's heart was a little awkward.
"My name is Erya, can Mrs. Erya follow you in the future?"
There was a hint of hope in Erya's eyes, she had been here for a long time, and it could be said that she would be brought here to sell every year, but because she was too young, no one was willing to spend money on her.
Now she is also ten years old, her body is also beginning to develop, and she has not suffered much on weekdays, she looks like a little beauty, if she can't follow the lady in front of her, Erya understands what the ending is waiting for her.
Last night she overheard Ya Po's words that if no one bought her, she would be sent to those filthy places.
"I spent money to buy you, so naturally I want to take you away, but you will be a slave in the future."
Of course, Xu Yan also thought about giving Erya freedom, but she has no relatives with Erya and has no reason, why should she spend that wronged money to help her in vain, you must know that in ancient times, human life was not valuable.
Especially an abandoned child like Erya who was sold since childhood, or picked up from the side of the road, is even more worthless.
Now that the family is better, and there are more things to do, bringing Erya back can also help her a lot, if Erya is good, it is not impossible to give her a good future in the future.
"Thank you, madam, Erya will definitely listen to Mrs. in the future."
Er Ya immediately laughed when she heard this, and her heart was also relaxed.
"You are also a member of our family, and it will be inconvenient to use the name Erya in the future, so from now on it will be called Xia He, and there is nothing to be busy at home on weekdays, just take care of Miss."
Although Xiao Yun and Xiao Xiu are the nominal children of her and Brother Yuan, they are extraordinary in the end, from Yuan Junxian's attitude towards the two children on weekdays, Xu Yan can also detect one or two, since Yuan Junxian wants to give the best to the children, Xu Yan will naturally give the children the best care.
Xia He is as old as the two children, originally she wanted Xia He to take care of the brothers and sisters, but think about the ancient male and female defense, ten years old did not sit at the same table, it was nothing in a civilian home, but in a large family, it was very particular about this.
Xia He is an outsider and a girl, and it's nothing to take care of Xiaoyun, but if you take care of Xiaoxiu, it won't be appropriate, it seems that she is going to buy a few people.
"Xia He, thank you, Madame, for the name."
Xia He's face was excited, obviously very satisfied with his new name.
Xu Yan nodded, he originally planned to go back directly, but now he went directly to the slave market.
As the name suggests, the slave market sells people who are sold by ordinary people, peasant girls who are sold by ordinary people, and there are also children of officials who have made mistakes who are sent to these small border places to be sold.
In short, it is a place where people are sold as goods.
Originally, Xu Yan wanted to find Ya Po to buy someone, but think about the people in Ya Po's hands, although they have been trained, Xu Yan is not comfortable in the end, and it always feels like someone has picked the leftovers, the most important thing is that those people are not death deeds, they are not their own people.
With so many secrets in his own family, if they were passed on, Xu Yan didn't dare to imagine what the result would be.
However, this makes the person who bought it different, if he dares to have a different heart, even if he kills it, it will be fine.
After looking around, I didn't see anyone who satisfied Xu Yan, although these so-called slaves were in the hands of the master, not all of them were good, otherwise they would not have been sold as slaves.
"Cheap hooves, the skin is itchy, right, anyone dares to harass, believe it or not, I picked up your skin and threw it in the river to feed the fish?"
"You can't hit her."
Unable to find a satisfactory person, Xu Yan was about to leave, but was attracted by the sudden beating and scolding.
At the exit of the market, a woman was pressed to the ground, and a young man next to her tried to get in front of the woman to prevent people from hitting the woman on the ground.
Xu Yan looked at it like that, the slaves here are all from the families of officials and eunuchs who have committed serious crimes, and the woman on the ground must also be a young lady of an official family.
Although the man did not know what his identity was, he could see that he was not a slave, but he was not a wealthy man.
"The kid had better go farther, don't be nosy, otherwise I will fight with you, if you want to save her, you can take out enough silver, Uncle Ben will definitely let go of this little cheap hoof, and he will definitely not make it difficult for her."
"Don't say that Uncle Ben is embarrassing you, you must know that this is the eldest lady of the Yu family, if it weren't for the fate of the above, all the people of the Yu family must be sold as slaves, where would it be your turn, and you would have been bought by those young masters in the capital."
The trafficker smiled wickedly at the woman on the ground, although she was badly dressed, but she still couldn't hide the beautiful face under the dirty clothes, but unfortunately they couldn't think of such a stunning look.
If the people above know about it, maybe it will be a trivial matter to pick his skin, and it will be bad if the family is implicated.
"I'll give you the money, but please don't do this to her now."
The man's face was difficult, and he was hesitant in his heart, as if he was making up his mind.
"Don't say that I don't think about you, it's been two days, and you keep saying that you will get money to ransom her, but now you don't even see a hair, and our people have noticed that you don't have any silver at all."
The trafficker gave him a disdainful look, then turned his gaze to the woman on the ground. Originally, Yu Yuxuan should have been sold when he arrived two days ago, but he was stopped by the guy in front of him many times.
Originally, Yu Yuxuan was going to be sold to the far north, but he received an order from his master halfway through, and directly changed his route to this Jiangnan town.
Now that it is certain that a man can't get the money, there is no need for him to spend it.
"One day, the last day, I'll be sure to get enough silver."
The man also seemed to be a little panicked, he knew that even if he caught the handle of these people, if he continued to delay like this, it might not be a good thing, if it really broke out, it would be nothing more than to let these people be punished.
But how difficult it would be for him to come up with fifty taels of silver at once.
Yang Sheng was born in an ordinary family, his parents died early, and he was assassinated and forced into a corner, if it wasn't for the eldest lady of the Yu family to rescue, he would have been a piece of loess like his parents.
Now that the Yu family was in trouble, he heard that the eldest lady of the Yu family was sent to the extreme north to be sold as slaves, but he sensed the intentions of these people halfway and followed them all the way, but he never thought that these people received the order and wanted to sell Yu Yuxuan to such a dirty place.
If it weren't for his multiple threats, Yu Yuxuan would have been ruined by now.
But even so, Yang Sheng still thought of a way to save Yu Yuxuan from these people.
"Yang Sheng, let's go, you've done your best, I don't want to bother you anymore."
Knowing this time, Yu Yuxuan on the ground looked at the man and said slowly.
It may be that he hasn't spoken for too long, and his voice sounds a little hoarse, and even a little rough like a man, with such a face, with such a rough voice, it makes people a little unacceptable at once.
"Hear it, boy, let's go, you can't help her, unless you come up with fifty taels of silver, or you won't have anyone who wants to take away the eldest lady of the Yu family."
It seems that it has long been determined that Yang Sheng can't do anything, and the traffickers are even more arrogant.
I really can't understand what the people above think, why they want to sell Yu Yuxuan to such a small place, it's much better here than in the extreme north, it stands to reason that an eldest lady like Yu Yuxuan should be allowed to go to the extreme north to suffer.
"Can I buy her?"
At this time, Xu Yan walked in front of the dealer, fifty taels of silver to buy a slave is considered a sky-high price, but Xu Yan, the name of the eldest lady of the Yu family, has heard Liancheng Jue talk about it, and the death of the Yu family is actually a conspiracy.
Yu Yuxuan's father was originally a petty official in the capital sesame mung bean, and he should not have suffered this catastrophe, but it backfired, because there was a talented and beautiful daughter Yu Yuxuan in the family who offended the powerful who should not be offended.
The ancients once said that the red face is a disaster, but that's not what they said, no matter when it is, beautiful and talented people are generally envied, if they are powerful, they can still avoid their edge, but a small family like the Yu family has no background, and it is a disaster to return a scripture.
"This lady wants to buy the eldest lady of the Yu family?"
The trafficker looked at Xu Yan with some surprise, you must know that this is a slave market, and generally people who come here have bad intentions, either they are some bloody people, or they are people with some special habits.
There are really very few people like Xu Yan, so it's no wonder that the traffickers are surprised.
"yes, why not?"
Xu Yan looked at the dealer and asked puzzledly, she knew that there were some obstacles to buying Yu Yuxuan, but she still wanted to give it a try, in fact, the destination she wanted to buy Yu Yuxuan was not herself, but for another purpose.
"It's not that you can't, it's just that there is a life above, and the eldest lady of the Yu family can only be a maid for others, madam, this ......"
Xu Yan didn't answer the dealer's doubts, but walked to Yu Yuxuan's side with a light smile, stretched out his hand to pick her chin, and said with a smile: "What a beautiful face, it's a pity that she was born in the wrong place, Mrs. Ben just likes to see such a person as a servant." ”
"If Madame wants to buy it, it's just that the price is not cheap, fifty taels of silver is a lot."
After listening to Xu Yan's words, the dealer's eyes rolled, and he immediately laughed and said.
Xu Yan didn't say much, he directly gave fifty taels of silver and took Yu Yuxuan away, and the person named Yang Sheng was also followed, Xu Yan didn't greet him, so he took Yu Yuxuan and bought a little scholar and left.