As soon as he was on duty the next day, Zhou Xiang came over to pull Zhao Shi out. Zhao Shi explained, and then went out of the city with Zhao Xiang.

It turned out that he took Zhao Shi to pick a northern slave. I ran for dozens of miles in one breath and arrived at a village.

When he entered the hospital, he saw a group of Northern Xia slaves squatting in the black press, looking at the ring scar on their foreheads, Zhao Shi subconsciously touched his forehead.

The military leader in charge was very familiar with Zhou Xiang, and he scolded a few words, and said to Zhao Shi after handing over the official document with him:

"Pick one yourself, pick it slowly, you have to go back"

After saying that, they didn't know what to say to the military leader, and the two laughed.

After laughing, he began to enter the crowd to pick up, and after a while, he picked up a woman and walked towards the small room on the edge of the courtyard. After a while, a low cry came from the small room.

Zhao Shi was suddenly out of mood, and after a while, the two of them came out satisfied. The woman followed, found a corner and squatted again.

Zhou Xiang saw that Zhao Shi was still standing by himself and said, "Why haven't you picked it yet?" ”

Zhao Shi smiled and said: "Forget it, think that I still live alone, go back and thank the prince for his kindness."

Zhou Xiang shook his head and said: "Are you stupid, get a go back to play for a few days, if you are uncomfortable, you can sell it comfortably, and you can get a sum of money"

Suddenly thought of something and laughed and said: "It's not going to be a chick, I don't know how to fiddle, no, my brother is tired, I'll teach you now"

Zhao Shi knew that slaves were different from maids and servants, slaves were just an object of the master's family, and they were willing to kill and sell them if they were unhappy.

Just as he was about to say something, a half-lying woman on the side suddenly turned over and crawled over and hugged Zhao Shi's feet, begging:

"Kindness, take my cub away"

Zhao Shi looked down, a woman, as if infected when she was burning the fire mark, her whole head was swollen, her facial features were deformed, and her forehead was festering, emitting a foul smell.

"Come, come"

The woman waved behind her, and a child timidly moved over, not much older, his face was black and mushy, his hair seemed to have been burned, messy, and half of his scalp was oozing blood.

The man is lean and lean, and his arms and legs are like a few bone sticks. But the eyes are very large, and they look like monsters.

The woman hugged his feet vigorously and raised her head hard: "Please, give my cub a way to live, please",

As he spoke, his head slipped.

Zhou Xiang kicked the woman in disgust, "Get out of the way"

After kicking the person twice but not responding, Zhao Shi saw that the person was already dead, sighed and said:

"Just him," he said, gesturing at the big-eyed monster.

Zhou Xiang's mouth was as big as a scoop: "Brother, we just like to go through the back door, let's also find a baby with a bit of meat, this night is not too panicked like hugging and splitting wood."

Zhao Shi smiled and said, "I can't see people suffering, my brother should know my origin."

Zhou Xiang was stunned for a moment after listening to this.

Zhao Shi walked to the head of the soldier and took out a copper coin from his arms:

"I came out in a panic, I didn't bring any money to spare, this little bit of heart brother buys a bag of tea to drink, and it will trouble my brother to bury the woman for a while, don't throw it on the road"

The head of the soldier responded politely.

Zhao Shi put the little child in front of the saddle, this guy is as light as a piece of paper, but he is not particularly short, he is a head lower than Zhao Shi.

When he returned to the city, Zhou Xiang said goodbye, Zhao Shi didn't go back to the prison, took the child, went to the ready-to-wear store to buy two sets of ready-to-wear clothes, and bought some burn medicine and went back.

Back at home, Zhao Shi asked, "What's your name?" ”

The kid didn't answer, just looked at Zhao Shi, wouldn't he be a dumb person?

Zhao Shi thought, and then asked, "Can you hear me?" ”

Seeing that the child nodded, he thought that he could hear it, "That woman is your mother, right?" ”

The child nodded again, "Your mother calls you cub, and I'll call you cub too."

The child still nodded, Zhao Shi was speechless, let the child sit on the chair, took out scissors, and cut his hair.

Then take him to the well in the backyard, throw him a bucket, tell him to wash himself inside out, throw away his newly bought clothes, and go back to the front.

After a long time, the boy came back and stood there timidly. Zhao Shi looked at it, it was much cleaner, and his little face turned white.

Zhao Shi pressed him to the chair again, found a clean cloth dipped in some wine, wiped the dirt off the scalp wound, and then applied scald medicine. The aching child grinned, but didn't scream.

After cleaning him up, I took him to cook, teaching him while cooking. The kid stood aside and looked at it blankly, and Zhao Shi asked only nodding his head, and he didn't know if he had learned anything.

After finishing it, Zhao Shi brought it to the table, served two bowls of rice, and motioned for him to eat, but this time he shook his head.

Zhao Shi was depressed for a while, ignored him, and ate by himself. After eating, Zhao Shi got up and poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and when he turned around, he saw that this guy was licking the plate, and the bowl was empty.

Poof, a mouthful of tea squirted out, and Zhao Shi choked and coughed.

Zhao Shi had only one bed at home, so he turned out a few wooden planks from the ear room and spread them on the ground, but there were bedding, and Zhou Xiang's little lady bought several sets of them.

When Zhao Shi came back from sitting in the backyard at night, the child was already asleep, so Zhao Shi lay down and slept.

Don't talk about that kid, but he is very clever, and he can do everything in two or three days.

Zhao Shi felt that it was really right to get this child back, he didn't have to do anything by himself, he opened his eyes in the morning, handed over the mouthwash, rinsed his mouth, brought the face water, and put the food on the table after washing his face, stretched out his hand to put on his clothes, and put on his boots, and he simply lived a happy life as a landlord.

When I came back at night, I didn't sleep first except for the first day when I fell asleep, and I waited for Zhao Shi to come back from meditation at night, and then slept after washing my feet with water.

What made Zhao Shi speechless the most was that he got up at night and wanted to take the night pot for convenience, this guy actually swished up first, picked up the urinal and squatted on the side of the bed, no matter what Zhao Shi said, he shook his head and held the night pot.

This soaked urine for Zhao Shiurine, and he was sweating. The next day, Zhao Shi called a carpenter, made a small bed and put it in another room.

I originally wanted to let the child go to another room to sleep, but who knew that the child would not live or die, so he would be hugged by the wall for a night. Zhao Shi didn't have a trick, so he had to move the bed over.

The price of food finally rose, and this day the prince sent someone to call Zhao Shi. Zhao Shi hurriedly followed.

When he entered the palace and went to the study, the prince wore a lilac robe, and he looked very charming:

"Are you still used to living in a house?"

"Back to the prince, I am very satisfied, thank the prince for remembering"

"Well, if you need anything, you can come to the house and find me directly."

Zhao Shi thought that this was something again, and responded, "Thank you, Lord Wang"

"Recently, the price of grain has risen very fiercely, it has doubled, and the grain in the Pingyi warehouse is almost empty, and the grain transferred from the south will not arrive in two or three months at the earliest, what do you think about this?"

When Zhao Shi heard this, he immediately thought that the old man in the dungeon should have a close connection with the prince, and the first time he went to prevent the epidemic should be recommended by the old man.

"Back to the prince, in my opinion, the price of grain has not risen much, I heard that the big grain merchants in Weishui are all in the capital, it should be that the water is blocking the traffic, and the news here is late, so it has just begun to rise."

"Oh, how much do you say it goes?"

Zhao Shi thought for a while and replied: "I don't know much about the specifics, but there are always five times."

"Why do you say that?"

"With two or three times the price of grain, most people grit their teeth and can always survive in two or three months, at least five or six times, so that most people can sell their houses, land, children and daughters, and this is what those big families want."

The prince thought for a long time and then asked, "When will it rise to five or six times?" ”

"It should be a month or two later, and now the weather is still warm, and you can always find something to eat in the wild, so it's a matter after the cold, and now it's just a matter of when the grain from the south will arrive."

"Hmm," the prince nodded

Coming back from the palace, Zhao Shi thought that it was time to go to the dungeon to find the old man to chat, this old guy must be the upper echelon of this Beiyan, and he can know a lot.

This era is not as developed as information in later generations, any old man in the alley can cut the international situation with you, most of the people at the bottom have never walked out of a hundred miles in their lives, and the biggest official who can know is the county master, he still doesn't know much about the world, and if he wants to go in the long run, listen to and ask more.

Just thinking about it, the child brought washing water, Zhao Shi accidentally saw blood in the crotch of the child's pants, so he wanted to take off his pants to see.

This guy grabbed it and didn't let go, Zhao Shi squatted on the ground and shouted angrily, "Raise your hand"

The child's face turned white, he paused, and then let go of his hand and raised it. Zhao Shi pulled his pants down.

And then... Then Zhao Shi's head began to buzz, there was nothing, except for a few sparse hairs, there was nothing.

I looked up and saw the tears start to crackle and fall. Zhao Shi covered his head and stood up, not knowing what to do, the kid squatted down.

Zhao Shi went out to find some clean cloth, simply made a menstrual belt, and took it with some paper in it.

After thinking about it for a long time, I didn't know what to say, so I simply pulled her up directly, and talked about how to use it while roughly gesturing.

"I, I'll use" The girl's face was as shy as a red cloth, Zhao Shi was dumbfounded when she heard her speak, stayed for a long time, and lifted her pants.

Sitting back in a chair, he said, "Tell me, there's nothing else I don't know."

"No, it's gone" The girl rubbed the corners of her clothes, lowered her head and whispered, "I was just scared, so I didn't dare to speak."

Zhao Shi thought to himself that they had been living together for several days, and he knew that the other party was a woman or pretending to be dumb, and he was stupid enough.

Originally, I was suspicious, and I said that I was deaf and dumb, and I thought about how she could hear or be dumb, but I didn't think about it deeply.

"And what's your name?"

"Buckle, buckle," the kid replied wrigglingly.