Lin Xiaoyi, who was walking very regularly at the beginning, danced as soon as he left Wushi.

"Low-key, low-key!" Lin Xiaoyi suppressed the fiery restlessness in his heart and walked quickly towards the west of the city.

didn't know that as soon as she left Wushi, there was a dexterous figure following closely behind her.

Lin Xiaoyi, who was excited and had his throat and eyes, how did he find out?

The western suburbs of the imperial city,

Fuhu Villa!

Ten miles away from the western suburbs of the Imperial City of the Heavenly Desolate Empire, it is not a flat residence, but a huge mountain range that towers over the famous empire, known as the Heavenly Desolate Mountain. The Tianhuang Mountain stretches for thousands of miles, towering majestically in the Eastern Regions.

And the center of the whole mountain range, is in the western suburbs of the imperial city, can be said to be very dangerous, here, the north and south twin peaks face each other, only between the two peaks there is a deep valley, the canyon is on the top of the mountain, down through the nine secluded, such a dangerous place, as if it is the ancient power, standing in the clouds, a sword split.

And Fuhu Mountain Villa is built on this canyon, under the two peaks against each other, looking at it from a distance across the mountain, it really looks like a tiger with hanging eyes being suppressed in the mountains. The name of Fuhu is also appropriate.

It is said to be a mountain villa, but it covers a vast area, more like a manor.

Because Fuhu Villa is not a private property, but is directly controlled by the imperial court. The reason why such a huge mountain villa was built under this dangerous peak was because there was a huge spiritual crystal vein in the Heavenly Desolate Mountain Range.

This spiritual vein is the largest spiritual vein in the Heavenly Desolate Empire, and it can be called the lifeblood of the Heavenly Desolate Empire's spirit crystal.

Half of the laborers who dig up the spiritual veins are hired by the imperial court, and the other half are slaves.

Lin Xiaoyi walked in in a hurry. The cottage was chaotic, but orderly, and under the supervision of the soldiers, the workers mined, transported, polished, and lightened. The result is a very expensive spirit crystal.

"Why does this stall owner live in Fuhu Villa? It's really strange!" The figure that has been following Lin Xiaoyi is Xiao Xuanzi.

He had already been ordered by the Deserted Lonely Court to follow Lin Xiaoyi at the gate of Wushi City to see where she got those leaves, but he didn't expect to come to this Fuhu Villa!

Xiao Xuanzi thought about it, but seeing that no one noticed him, he still walked in, still quietly following behind Lin Xiaoyi.

"Fuhu Villa is such an important place, why is there not even a guard?" Xiao Xuanzi looked around, except for a few soldiers standing guard, only workers who were busy working. It looked very scattered, and no one stopped him at all.

Although Xiao Xuanzi was puzzled, he didn't think much about it, these were not things he was worried about, he bent left and right, and saw Lin Xiaoyi coming to the back of the villa, which was a row of dilapidated houses.

Xiao Xuanzi guessed that it should be the residence of these miners.

I saw Lin Xiaoyi push open a door, walk into the room, and hurriedly shouted: "Mother, I'm back!"

"Xiaoxi is back!" A woman sat up from the bed, although her face was haggard and pale, but gentle as water, and the woman looked at Lin Xiaoyi. A loving smile was revealed.

"Mother, you are not well, lie down!" Lin Xiaoyi hurriedly helped her mother.

"It's out of the way! The woman waved her hand and said, "Go and change your clothes, wash your face, and look at your dirty body." ”

"Haha! no need mother!" Lin Xiaoyi wiped his face, unimpressed.

The woman touched her daughter's little face, saw that her daughter's face was full of joy, and said with a smile: "Is there any happy event today? Xiaoxi is so happy!"

"Mother, I can't hide anything from you! Hehe!" Lin Xiaoyi suddenly jumped up and said with an exaggerated expression: "Mother! In the future, we won't have to live in this place anymore! We don't have to drink gruel every day!"

Hearing her daughter say such words, a touch of sadness flashed on the woman's face, and she sighed: "Xiaoxi! It's my mother's bad that made you suffer." ”

"Mother, what are you talking about!Look what this is!" Lin Xiaoyi hurriedly ran over and closed the door, and the ring in his hand flickered,

Whoa...

A large pile of silver coins was piled up in front of the bed, and the startled woman rubbed her eyes.

"Mother! Now Xiaoxi has 300,000 silver coins! Haha! We can be free! We don't have to stay here and suffer!"

Lin Xiaoyi continued: "The archdeacon has already said it! Our sins have reached this generation, and we can already spend money to atone for our sins, 200,000 silver coins for the young, and 100,000 silver coins for the old! ”

The woman was in a trance for a while, came back to her senses for a while, stroked Lin Xiaoyi's head, and said uneasily: "Xiaoxi! Where did you get so many silver coins? We can't do anything bad!"

"Mother, what are you talking about!How could I do that kind of thing!" Lin Xiaoyi blushed for a while, and suddenly thought that there were 50,000 silver coins borrowed from the Desolate Lonely Court, and quickly explained: "Mother! I borrowed it from a friend!

"What kind of friend, how can you be so generous, will you lend us so many silver coins, and our identity, will it .........?"

Lin Xiaoyi hurriedly interrupted her mother and said, "Mother, you can rest assured! My silver coins are coming from the right way! You don't have to worry! I'll go to the archdeacon now, and we'll be free soon!"

Lin Xiaoyi hurriedly accepted the silver coins and ran out. Closed the door tightly and muttered: "Mother is really long-winded, she even doubts my Lin Xiaoxi's personality! Hehe, freedom! I'm coming!"

Suddenly, a back figure running away in a hurry next to him attracted Lin Xiaoyi's attention.

Lin Xiaoyi blinked curiously: "Who is this? Why haven't I seen it?"

"Stop!" Lin Xiaoyi screamed, scared the little Xuanzi who was oiled on the soles of his feet for a while, and his footsteps stopped instantly, feeling like he was being caught as a thief.

He found out that the stall owner of His Highness was actually a girl! This was repaid, and his Highness was actually cheated by a little girl for 300,000 silver coins! This is His Highness's monthly money for nearly three years! He was deceived by this little girl for three days! It was really hateful!

Thinking of this, Xiao Xuanzi suddenly had confidence, I am righteous, what are you afraid of her doing?

"You are ......!" Lin Xiaoyi pointed at Xiao Xuanzi with his finger, his big eyes turned black, and he grinned: "I remember, you are the subordinate of the wronged boss!"

"You are the one who has wronged the big one!" Xiao Xuanzi was suddenly very dissatisfied, and he cheated His Highness's silver coins, and dared to scold His Highness in turn.

Lin Xiaoyi smiled, knowing that he had lost his words, how could he be so arrogant! After all, people are still their own creditors! But he has been cheeky and called brother, but he doesn't know what that person's name is.

"Hey, how did you get here!oh... I know, you're here to eavesdrop on me!What did you hear!" Lin Xiaoyi suddenly became nervous.

"I heard everything... You're a woman! You lied to your mother that you didn't lie to me... Childe!" Little Xuanzi snorted.

"Gone?" Lin Xiaoyi asked again.

"Ah, what else?" Xiao Xuanzi was puzzled: "Did you miss something important?" Alas, I must have been caught in the eyes by 300,000 silver coins just now!"

Lin Xiaoyi breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good!" In fact, he was very afraid of letting others know his "slave" status!

Because, in the Heavenly Desolate Empire, the people at the bottom of the rank are slaves! Like rats crossing the street, everyone shouts and beats, and they can't fight back. Otherwise, the end will be even more miserable!

Because slaves, not only do they have no freedom to live, but they also have to work every day without compensation.

Even ordinary people don't treat them as human beings, because in the eyes of everyone, slaves are heinous, and now it is extremely merciful to let them live.

Why is Lin Xiaoyi, a young girl in the flower season, a slave? Could it be that she has committed some unforgivable felony?

Naturally, this is not the case. The reason why he is a slave is because his parents and ancestors are slaves.

There is no death penalty in the Heavenly Desolation Empire, and all death row prisoners who commit capital crimes, regardless of men and women, will all be abolished and reduced to slaves!

And this slavery is still "hereditary"!

The sons and daughters of slaves are slaves, and even if they are innocent, no one will sympathize with them.

So slaves were passed down from generation to generation, never stopped. For the powerful, for the court to serve for free, to survive, just to save a small life.

In addition, the Heavenly Desolation Empire has gone through many wars in the more than 1,000 years since its founding. No matter who is right or wrong, who wins or loses, many foreign people or captives will be plundered.

Naturally, these captives and enemy civilians could not be treated the same as their own people, and they were often forced to become laborers or sold into green houses. Eventually, these people also became slaves to everyone's shouting and beating. There is no status to speak of.

And what kind of reason Lin Xiaoyi's ancestors became slaves, Lin Xiaoyi doesn't know, and Lin Xiaoyi's father doesn't know, although Lin Xiaoyi's father died of overwork when she was ten years old.

Men are not happy, and women are even more unhappy.

The reason why Lin Xiaoyi paints his face with black ash every day is that he is afraid that he is a daughter.

Now it is the season of late autumn and winter storage, and it has become difficult to mine spiritual crystals, and the imperial court has become much less in order to save costs, so at this time, there are many fewer public works, and Lin Xiaoyi has the opportunity to secretly go out and sell elixirs to make money.

It is also that she has some ability, since she heard at the age of eleven that she could redeem herself with silver coins, get rid of the status of a slave, and live a normal life, she began to secretly go into the Heavenly Desolate Mountain Range to collect elixir, but most of the time she can only pick some worthless herbs, and sometimes she can dig up some real elixir, and then encounter some wronged people like the Desolate Lonely Court, and she can also pit some silver coins.

In any case, in five years, with a clever head and a well-behaved little mouth, she and her mother saved trouble and made up 60,000 silver coins! If she did not have this slave status, she would have been much richer than ordinary people.

Now with the help of Huang Guting, the first wronged person in her heart, the 300,000 silver coins have really been made!

Thinking of this, Lin Xiaoyi's heart was sour, but he was really a little grateful to the Lonely Court. But he didn't dare to let him know his identity, for fear that he would take the silver back, and would point at himself and scold him, or even beat him again. Then there is no place to reason.

So, she planned to help him find that place after becoming a free body.

"Let's go, tell your young master, I'll take him to that place tomorrow!" Lin Xiaoyi didn't want to know why Xiao Xuanzi came here, because she had a top priority to do.

Just as Xiao Xuanzi was about to leave, suddenly a pair of patrolling soldiers from the villa came in line.