After a few days, Qin Wen still didn't come back with Zhao Ji's mother and son, Qin Qing couldn't help but be a little worried about whether they had any accidents on the road, so he asked Wei Chun to take a few people to find someone according to the planned route. He took Xiu'er out, preparing to inquire about some new news about the DPRK in a crowded place.

Ying Zichu has just passed away, and now it is during the national funeral, although the national funeral of the Qin State is not as many rules as that of later dynasties, but the market is still not as lively as it used to be.

Qin Qing and Xiu'er wandered around for a long time, but they didn't find any useful news, and when they were about to go back to the inn, Xiu'er was attracted by the crowd in the corner, and curiously pulled Qin Qing over to join in the fun. When the two pulled out of the crowd and approached, they found that everyone was watching a teenage girl.

The little girl lowered her head slightly, her face was dirty, she couldn't see her original appearance, but her eyes were big and bright, Qin Qing guessed that she would also be a beauty when she grew up. It was freezing in December, but she knelt on the cold ground, with a withered yellow grass stuck in her head, her face was a little blue from the cold, and she desperately pulled the clothes on her body to block the cold wind.

But the coarse linen dress on her body has been tattered, there are many patches on it, and some patches are still in duplicate positions, presumably because the family is too poor, and a piece of clothing can only be worn out if it is mended and repaired. In front of her lay a straw mat, on which lay a man, his body covered with a white cloth, and only a pair of feet were exposed, and judging by the size of the feet, it seemed to be a man. Seeing the girl's dress and the straw mat placed in front of her, Qin Qing guessed that the girl must be an orphan girl, and her father died and had no money to bury her, so she could only sell her body to bury her father.

In the pre-Qin period, because of the continuous wars, the princes and nobles of various countries lived an arrogant and lascivious life, which caused the displacement of ordinary people, and it was not uncommon for people to starve to death or freeze to death in disasters or cold. The Qin State coincided with the prosperity of the country and the strength of the people, and the ordinary people lived and worked in peace and contentment, which was rarely seen in the Qin State, but in the other six countries, there were often refugees in exile. When Qin Qing first traveled with Steward Yu, he saw many refugees starving to death on the road, and he was surprised and sad at first, and he hated to give everything he had to help these poor people.

But as she traveled for a longer time, Qin Qing slowly got used to seeing these, because only she knew that this was a natural phenomenon of feudal society, even if she could save one or two people in front of her, she couldn't save the people of the world. From primitive societies to slave societies, to feudal societies, and even to later democratic eras, all this is a historical process that takes time to complete the transformation.

Every time he saw this, Qin Qing felt more or less sad, and at the same time, he also learned to stand by and watch. After all, she is not a savior, and she is already very satisfied to be able to keep herself and the Qin family safe.

Xiu'er saw that the little girl was frozen into that appearance, she was full of sympathy, pulled Qin Qing's sleeve, and whispered to her: "Qing'er, that little girl is so pitiful, she sold herself to bury her father here in the cold weather, why don't we buy her." ”

Qin Qing glanced at Xiu'er, and said with some disapproval: "Let's take a look first." ”

After Qin Qing's efforts, the Qin family has long been different from what it used to be, and the wealth accumulated over the years, Mo said that she wants to buy a little girl who sells herself to bury her father, even if she buys more than a hundred daughters of civilian families, she will not be heartbroken in money. is just a person who buys in, she must ask for a clean background, so as not to have the eyeliner inserted by someone with a heart

Qin Qing is not without a trace of sympathy, if it is changed on weekdays, she may buy it directly, and then send someone to investigate slowly, anyway, the Qin family has no other peers except her and Xiu'er.

But now it is the critical moment to take Zhao Ji's mother and son back to Qin, and all her manpower is used to help Zhao Zheng, how can there be extra manpower to send, so she did not directly agree to Xiu'er's request, she just wanted to wait and see what happened. At the same time, I hope that a good family will buy the orphan girl, so that she will not freeze to death on the side of the road.

When Qin Qing just refused Xiu'er's request, he was pushed hard from behind and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, Xiu'er was on the side to support him in time. When she stood firm, she saw two rich, richly dressed children, pushing away the crowd with eight subordinates and walking towards the orphan girl.

Xiu'er saw that the rich kid's attitude was arrogant, causing Qin Qing to almost fall, and she couldn't help but be a little angry, and wanted to go up to them to theorize, but was pulled by Qin Qing: "Don't do too much." ”

Xiu'er was a little unconvinced: "But they went too far, they almost fell on you, and they didn't apologize!" ”

"Forget it, I'm fine anyway, let them go." Although Qin Qing was also a little depressed in his heart, he saw that those two children of rich families dared to lead their subordinates to act openly during the national funeral, they must not be the sons of ordinary rich businessmen, I am afraid that the parents in the family are powerful ministers in the court.

Qin Qing didn't want to offend people at this time, so he could only endure this breath, the parties didn't plan to care, and Xiu'er naturally didn't want to say anything more, just stared at the two rich young masters fiercely with his eyes.

The two walked up to the orphan girl, and one of them teased the other: "Brother Zhang, there is a little girl who is selling herself to bury her father, is there a lack of concubines in your room?" Why don't you buy it back and warm the bed? He let out a lewd laugh. The onlookers seemed to know these two people, and although they despised their behavior, no one dared to step forward to stop them.

The young master, who was called Brother Zhang, laughed lightly: "Hehe! Brother Sun, this young master is not a kind of goods that will be brought home, and if you want to be the concubine of this young master, it depends on how she looks. ”

I don't know if she was frozen or frightened, the orphan girl's body trembled suddenly, her head lowered even more, and her body hugged tightly.

"Then let her raise her head and show us it!" As the young master surnamed Sun spoke, he squatted down in front of the orphan girl and stretched out his hand, ready to lift her face.

The orphan girl seemed to be frightened, and suddenly dodged the hand of the young master surnamed Sun, and the young master surnamed Sun was furious: "What are you?" This young master touches you and looks up to you, you have come out to sell yourself, what are you hiding! ”

Seeing the situation in front of him, Qin Qing was a little cold: How is this like the plot on TV, will there be any bloody plot of a young hero who sees injustice on the road, teaches the evil young a lesson, and rescues the girl in distress? !

The young hero in Qin Qing's speculation did not appear, and no one in the crowd of onlookers dared to step forward to uphold justice. But Xiu'er beside her, taking advantage of her distraction, rushed forward with an arrow and yelled at the two evil young men: "You two bastards stop me!" ”

It is estimated that those two evil young men are also used to being powerful and blessed in Xianyang on weekdays, and when they heard a lesson from someone at first glance, they were suddenly stunned. After reacting, the two of them were suddenly full of anger, ready to find the person who dared to scold them and teach them a good lesson, but turned their heads to look and found that it was actually a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl who scolded them.