Zhao Qing nodded and motioned for Zheng Dan to continue.

Zheng Dan said calmly: "For the past sixteen years, I have lived in Lai Luo Village, which is under the jurisdiction of Juwu Dayi, and I have lived in the east of Huansha River with the clan elders of my father's family. ”

Juwu Dayi is a large city in the Yue Kingdom, and Zhao Qing knows it.

The urban planning of the Yue Kingdom is based on five levels, from large to small, according to the big county, the big county, the other county, the big county, and the small county. During the Spring and Autumn Period, the county was larger than the county.

The Chungcheon-eup, where she is now located, is only a separate county, also known as a small county, which is far from being comparable to the Dayi, which has a circumference of hundreds of miles around the city wall.

Zheng Dan lives in a village under the jurisdiction of Dayi, and his living conditions are not good, at least not bad. In the real poor countryside, everyone has yellow faces and thin muscles, and it is impossible to give birth to such a stunning beauty.

Zheng Dan's tone was as plain as water: "My father and mother are from two different families in Xidong and Xixi. The father is the son's surname Zheng, and the mother's is the son's surname Shi, and the marriage between the two parties is forbidden by the two families. ”

"So after my sister Yiguang and I were born, there was a lot of discussion in the village, accusing it of not being a legitimate marriage, but a 'wild match'. Fortunately, my father and mother really love each other, and they are not afraid of the gossip of others, and they raise our sisters with their hearts. ”

Zhao Qing on the side tilted his head, fully understanding the meaning of Zheng Dan's words.

During the Zhou Dynasty, the system stipulated that "the same surname is not married". There is a saying in "Zuo Biography": "Men and women have the same surname, and their lives are not rich." ”

The surname Zheng and Shi are the same surname, and the marriage of Zheng Dan's parents is naturally not blessed by others.

The "wild cooperation" here refers to the relationship between men and women that does not conform to the etiquette system. The most famous example is Confucius, Shu Liang Su and Yan Zheng were born in the wild, the two of them are old and young, and they are not in line with etiquette, so they are called Yehe.

Zhou Li forbade a bunch of marital relationships that might be unfavorable to offspring, and the original intention was to eugenics.

But in fact, I don't know how many generations the two families have not intermarried, and there is no close relatives at all, and there will be no harm.

"But the good times didn't last long, when I was more than two years old, my father was conscripted into the army, and finally died at the hands of Wu Guoren.

Zheng Dan's fingers unconsciously grasped the corners of the dress, and his tone fluctuated.

"After my mother died, the two families broke off their relations, and I was taken to the Zheng family, and my sister was taken to the Shi family, and their names were changed. What awaits us is not the care and maintenance of our relatives and elders, but the common indifference of both families. ”

"Although separated by a stream, I understood when I was young that I lived in my father's family, and I was already so miserable, and my sister stayed in the Shi family, and she would only suffer even more, and my heart was hard day and night."

It's very similar to his own background, he lost his father at an early age, and he has a big enmity with the Wu people. Zhao Qing thought silently.

In order to negate this unrecognized marriage, Zheng Dan and Xi Shi were changed from a normal woman's surname to a title by their family?

The patriarchal ritual system is generally more demanding for women than for men, and Shih Tzu lives in her mother's family, so naturally she suffers more.

"That night, I fell ill with a fever and walked to the stream in a daze, trying to suppress the heat in my body with cool water. If you accidentally fall into the water, it can be considered a relief. ”

Suddenly, Zheng Dan's eyes lit up. I heard her continue:

"Five or six steps away from Huansha Creek, I fell unconscious to the ground. After a while, a kind and soft voice sounded in my ears, saying that there was an opportunity to change my situation, and asked me if I wanted it. ”

"At such a critical moment, of course I agreed. So, in an instant, the fever in my body was gone, and I could inexplicably understand the words, and a map of a place appeared in my mind. ”

"Half a month later, while the old Zheng Tou, who was guarding the entrance of the village, went out to buy wine, I slipped into a valley outside the village by myself, and found two gold leafs recording the cultivation method in the stone crevices."

Did you meet the old man who sent the treasure in a desperate situation?

Zhao Qing blinked, it sounded like a good thing, but the old man didn't go to find someone else, but found Zheng Dan, and there is a high probability that there is a purpose behind it.

In addition, there are a total of two gold leafs, Zheng Dan and Xi Shi, one for each person?

I only heard Zheng Dan whisper: "I found the legendary magic method, I was naturally excited, and immediately unfolded the first gold leaf and began to practice. What I didn't expect was that in terms of cultivation, I could be regarded as a little genius, and I successfully got started in just half a day. ”

"Soon, the people who came out to search for me took me back. But I didn't have much panic in my heart, just because I knew that it wouldn't be long before those people in my family would be far surpassed by me. ”

"A few months later, inadvertently, the Zheng family found out about my practice, confirmed my talent, and began to treat me as the core of the family, investing resources in training, hoping that I would benefit them in the future."

"Hehe, treated me like this a few years ago, and now you have changed your attitude, thinking that I am an ordinary child, and I will forget the past when I grow up? In my heart, only my sister Yiguang is my only relative. ”

"Soon, after negotiations between the two families, I saw my sister again. That year, Yiguang was only seven years old, and she was already beautiful, but what I saw on her white jade flawless face was not the slightest confidence and strength, but a deep inferiority complex and cowardice. ”

"I know that this is not her own character, but the Shi family has made her like this. Holding Yiguang's little hand, I walked to a place where the two families could not see and listened to her tell her about her past experiences. ”

"From then on, I began to work wholeheartedly to regain her self-confidence, teaching her how to read and dress, and handing her a second piece of gold leaf, hand-in-hand and pulse-by-pulse to teach her what was on it."

"The strange thing is that as I practice more and more, I often have some inexplicable dreams. The world in my dreams, up and down, is pure red, which makes me always have a bad premonition. ”

Zhao Qing silently listened to Zheng Dan's emotional narration, and suddenly envied the relationship between their sisters, and at the same time was quite suspicious, Zheng Dan dreamed of a red color, which was affected by the intervention of others.

"A month ago, a man with a goatee came to Lai Luo Village, saying that he was Fan Li, a doctor from the Yue Kingdom, and wanted to invite me and Yiguang to be princesses in the palace of Huiji City."

Several people are getting closer and closer to the human market, and Zheng Dan's words are gradually coming to an end.

"The status of the princess is very high, and there is no one in the Yue Kingdom who can oppress our sisters except for the king and queen of Yue. So I said yes, and Yiguang agreed. ”

But Fan Li said that after becoming the princess, no one in Yue Guo can bully me, however, Yue Guo can't control the people of Wu Guo. On the way from Lai Luo Village to Huiji City, there may be many Wu people attacking. ”

He said, if you can, Yiguang and I can split into two routes, one for him to protect himself, and the other for the caravan to protect secretly. I asked him which way was safer, and which way Yiguang would go. ”

"He told me that he was much stronger than the caravan, but that he could encounter more dangers, and that he was safer on the whole. So, I came to the caravan. ”

"Just last night, I had a new dream. In the dream, it was no longer red, but dyed with some other color. ”

Zheng Dan turned his head to look at Zhao Qing, there seemed to be a crystal luster in his eyes, and he suddenly said solemnly: "Ah Qing, I think the change in the dream is influenced by you. ”

My impact? Can the internal power of Shenzhao Gong still affect dreams? Zhao Qing rubbed his hair, they had already arrived at the entrance of the human market.

It was a large courtyard with a black gate that occupied a circle of more than ten zhang, which made Zhao Qing inexplicably reminiscent of the Roman gladiatorial arena.

At the entrance of the Black Gate compound, there were still two soldiers carrying short ge, and it seemed that this kind of slave trade place was under official control.

After talking a few words with the soldiers, the caravan guards walked in front, and Zhao Qing and Zheng Dan walked behind and entered the courtyard. I saw that dozens of tents of all sizes were densely set up in the courtyard, leaving only a few vertical and horizontal aisles.

Zhao Qing looked to the side and saw seven or eight wooden cages in a tent, each of which contained a slave with only a small amount of cloth covering his body.

The slave trader, who was standing at the entrance of the tent, saw someone looking at him, pointed to a short-haired man with patterns on his shoulders and arms in the wooden cage, and said with a smile on his face:

"The Sanyi savage, who has just been caught, is strong and healthy, and there are no injuries. Only 80 coins for one person! ”

Tattooed people? I'm afraid I can't even understand the Vietnamese language. Zhao Qing turned his head and looked elsewhere.

The price of slaves in the Zhou Dynasty was much cheaper than in the Qin and Han dynasties, and after Baili Xi became a slave, Qin Mugong bought him with only five black goatskins.

At that moment, there was a commotion in the distance. Zhao Qing condensed his ears and heard a rough voice in it and said loudly:

"I Xu Sixteen is one of the leaders of Panyu Mountain, and I know a secret related to the treasure of King Mu of Zhou. If anyone will redeem me, I will tell him the secret. ”

A person who looked like a customer said to himself: "Panyuling, I remember that this is where a big cottage is located in the mountains of Huiji, right?" It is said that it is only three or four hundred miles away from this side, and often plunders the surrounding towns and caravans. ”

Then there were a few whips and shouts, and it should have been Xu Sixteen's slave traders.

The role of the cottage leader, martial arts should be good, right, how did he become a slave? And since he was caught, why wasn't he sent to the government for punishment? Zhao Qing had something strange.

"Okay, I'm redeemed!" A young man's voice was heard in the distance.