The sound in the room quickly fell silent, except for the faint sobbing and whispers of comfort.

Pei Mengqing shook his head and continued to walk forward, but he didn't expect to hear a similar conversation again before he walked out a hundred meters.

Roughly the father wants to sell the child, and the mother disagrees, saying that the husband is a drunkard, and then fights and cries.

What's going on, have so many people reached the point where they don't even have something to pawn?

And why are there so many drunkards?

This question was quickly answered, and after walking three hundred meters, Pei Mengqing saw a wine shop.

The restaurant is magnificently decorated, I don't know, I thought it was a big hotel.

After getting closer, I looked up at the plaque, which said "Yejia Liquor Shop", the words were covered with gold paint, and the plaque was hooked with gold edges.

After thinking about it for a while, Pei Mengqing remembered that this was the largest wine store in Liangzhou County.

Yejia Liquor Shop comes from the rich land of Yecheng in Jizhou, which is also a good place for families and wealthy merchants and eunuchs to gather, and the headquarters of this Yejia Liquor Shop is said to be in Yecheng.

He thought about it for a moment and walked into the liquor store.

In the wine shop, the aroma of the wine fermented by the grains is rich and tangy, and even Pei Mengqing, who hates wine and ruined his previous life, also said that it is very fragrant.

Contrary to what he thought, there was no kind of clerk who hated the poor and loved the rich and came up to mock him when he saw him in shabby clothes, but enthusiastically introduced him to the good wine in the store.

"I'll just see it myself, don't bother you." Pei Mengqing politely excused herself and began to revolve around the wine vat in front of the store.

The wine in the store is rising, and from time to time, a clerk takes out a little wine sample and hands it to customers.

As far as the eye can see, the customers in the store are not all rich and noble, but there are also many poor people like Pei Mengqing, who are dressed in shabby clothes and covered in patches.

While there is a shortage of food throughout the county, and countless people crowd into pawnshops and sell their most precious things on the "blood donation cart", there are countless fine wines made from grain, which is really, a magical reality.

Finally, Pei Mengqing saw a notice in the store:

Children under the age of seven can exchange for half a year's wine, except for the highest grade, the rest of the wine is optional, and two children can change it for one year and one month.

Pei Mengqing's pupils shrank, and a cold sweat broke out behind his back.

What is this? Human trafficking? Even so, no one reported it to the government?

No wonder he went all the way, so many families were thinking about selling their children, but they didn't expect it to be exchanged for wine.

I just don't know, what is the purpose of this Yecheng liquor store buying children under the age of seven? Could it be that he has cultivated dead soldiers since childhood?

I heard that the eldest son of Taizu of the Kai Dynasty once raised 3,000 dead soldiers, and played an important role in Taizu's usurpation of the supreme power of the dynasty.

Pretending to be nothing, Pei Mengqing was expressionless, holding his sword, and walked out of the wine shop with a poor look.

"System, are you there?" Pei Mengqing called out in his heart.

In times of turmoil, food shortages, wine shops, and the purchase of children are not normal things.

[Yes, how can I help you?] 】

"Is there no problem here?"

[Yes.] 】

The two times I encountered the problem before, the system issued a task, as if some trigger condition was reached, but now that I know that there is a problem, why didn't I send a task?

"What's the problem?"

Pei Mengqing thought of many situations, many of which were bloody and unethical.

[Given that the host's current strength is too weak, please do not get involved in it.] 】

"But since I chose sword cultivation, shouldn't I stop swearing treacherous and evil swearing? This is the description of the first assignment you gave me. ”

[Yecheng liquor store is not completely treacherous. 】

"Not quite? What do you mean? Pei Mengqing asked.

[Please work hard to improve your strength, and after reaching the Shenxuan Realm, go to Luoyang to find the truth by yourself. 】

"Alas......"

It seems that the system knows something important, but it can't say it to its current self, for fear that it will fall into an irreversible predicament on impulse.

With his brain turning, Pei Mengqing turned to the street behind the liquor store.

Coincidentally, a large car driven by an unknown power was driving out from behind the liquor store and heading south.

"It's strange, the south is Yingchuan Road, could it be because the distant mountain road is blocked, and there is no way to directly enter Sili from Chenliu County? So take a detour to Yingchuan? Or is the destination of this car not to Luoyang, but to Yingchuan? ”

Pei Mengqing tried to follow behind the car, but the speed of the car was faster than he imagined, and the requirements for the road were not high, it seemed that when converted to the speed he was familiar with, how could it be 60 kilometers per hour.

Now he can't catch up even if he runs on two legs and smokes.

"Forget it, let's go to the grain road first to see what is going on with the mutant tiger, I hope I can beat it."

The Grain Road is at the southern end of the town, passing through a village.

Out of the village, in front of Pei Mengqing is a wide road with barely good road conditions, whether it is driving, marching, or carrying food, it can be very convenient.

Before entering the road and walking forward, Pei Mengqing thought about it, pulled out his sword, his qi ran in his body, and two or three swords cut off a big tree that was not too thick.

Then cut off the branches, cut out a few planks of good size, and tie them with shriveled and tough vines to the chest, back of the chest, and legs.

With as little flexibility as possible, a simple suit of armor was made.

That's a bit of a guarantee.

It's not that he doesn't want to get armor, but he really doesn't have the economic strength, not to mention that the Great Zhou Dynasty is similar to ancient China, and it is a capital offense to hold armor privately.

There was no one on the road, and the insects and snakes that usually crisscrossed the aisle had long hibernated, and before the news of the mutant tiger came out, there was still news of wolves.

After walking hundreds of meters, the surroundings gradually became quiet, the branches of the trees on both sides collided, and there were tree towers hanging on the pine trees, and occasionally squirrels came out, picking up the tree towers and taking them back to the nest for the winter.

Walking alone on this kind of road, it is still quite scary, no wonder the foot merchants and family visitors walk together in groups.

The cold wind pierced through the forest, blowing through the back of Pei Mengqing's neck, and a burst of cold was attached to his neck, which was very uncomfortable, making him shiver, and subconsciously used his qi to expel the cold.

"No, you can't grind, you have to go faster, if you continue like this, just the physiological changes brought about by psychological pressure will consume a lot of physical strength."

For ordinary people, he has already started to retreat as he walks slower and slower, and he can think of speeding up his pace and solving things quickly, which shows that Pei Mengqing is still sane.

After picking up the pace and walking for a few dozen meters, something different finally appeared on the road.

A cart with a broken wheel sits across the middle of the road, and the livestock pulling it is long gone.

Around the cart, there were more than a dozen corpses with dried flesh and blood, because it was cold in winter and lacked microbial decomposition, so it did not emit a sky-high stench.

Pei Mengqing raised his vigilance, this is the accident point, maybe the mutant tiger is hanging around here on weekdays, if he suddenly comes out of the forest and pounces on him, then no matter how exquisite his swordsmanship and sharp blade are, he can't beat a beast that weighs at least five times his weight.

At this time, the bushes on both sides shook slightly, and a gust of wind rose.