Leigh's parents had already anticipated that one day things might come to light and Leigh might be taken away. Therefore, he also confessed to the young Li countless times and told a lot of things about survival in the wild, so that Li could get a chance to escape.

Li was actually a little puzzled, isn't Daxueshan a place to serve the gods? In this case, it should be something that cannot be asked for to be taken there, why should she resist so much?

But as she grew older, she gradually understood why.

Faith is a very personal and free thing, and once faith is tainted with some compulsion, faith becomes no longer pure.

For the Bei people who are fanatical in their beliefs, I can sincerely send my girls to the Great Snow Mountain to be divine servants, but for the most part, the belief in the god of the ice field is not so intense.

Pray for fertile food when you are suffering from famine, and pray for good health when you are sick, so as to seek some spiritual comfort.

That's all.

Now this coercive order is pressed on the head, and it has suddenly aroused a strong sense of resistance among the people.

The Great Snow Mountain was originally a place to serve the gods, and since it was a place to serve the gods, it was natural that it should be transcendent from the world, especially taboo to mix with the power struggles in the human world. Whether it was the intervention of Daxue Mountain in the establishment of a unified Qingyan State, or Xu Beihan's selfish desire to lead troops on expeditions for many years, they were far from the original image of Daxue Mountain in people's hearts. This originally sacred place was also tainted with a worldly atmosphere.

And the order to forcibly conscript girls is undoubtedly the final blow that completely destroys people's faith.

The northerners' belief in the god of the Ice Plains is entirely traditional, and in fact, this rumored deity has never appeared for thousands of years, and even when the entire Northern Regions was wandering around due to famine, the Great Snow Mountain did not help in any real way.

Keep taking, and one day you will squeeze out your faith.

It's like for Leigh, she will voluntarily help her parents with a lot of chores since she was a child, but if Liz herself is reluctant and her parents force her to do so, even if she finally does it, there will definitely be a lot of resentment.

After passing through the sparse taiga forest, there is a vast wilderness, and at this time, Li has no time to think about where to go next, she must first find a hiding place that can hide from the rain, snow and cold wind, and will not be found by the levy officer. Otherwise, even if she wasn't caught, her weak body wouldn't be able to last long in such a harsh living environment.

But finding a decent hiding place in the wilderness is not easy.

Rei kept running, and by this time her speed had slowed down to the extreme, and she even had a hard time dragging her legs every time. The stiffness brought about by the cold makes it difficult for Li, who has exercised quite well since she was a child, to overcome it. At this time, she completely relied on her willpower to support herself to go down and go to a completely unknown other side.

Go to what your parents always said, the land of freedom.

In the end, Leigh could not make it to a decent place, and she fell in the wilderness. She didn't even have the slightest strength, her consciousness became more and more blurred, and the darkness gradually obscured her vision.

If this is the end of my life, it doesn't seem so bad, at least I will be able to see my family again soon.

Under the influence of her parents, Rei doesn't believe in any ice gods at all, and she is not even sure if this so-called ice god exists. If it really existed, Lihao wanted to stand in front of it at this time, using all the foul language she could think of, and happily scolding this weird guy who had ruined his own family.

Ironically, this was what Leigh wanted to do most when she was dying.

Whether it was luck or misfortune, Leigh didn't die in the end in this lifeless wilderness. She was found by a passing northern caravan and successfully rescued.

The caravan leader was not a kind-hearted man, and his reason for saving Li was also very pure - Li's facial features were good, although she was very young, she already had a mature beauty and exotic style that did not match her age, and such a girl had always been very popular in the dirty southern officialdom, and she would definitely be able to sell for a good price.

No matter what the original intention of the caravan leader was to save Li, there is no mention of how many more whips and tyranny Li suffered in the process of following the caravan to rush together. Years later, Leigh still thanked him from the bottom of her heart.

After all, if it weren't for him, he wouldn't have been able to meet Liu Changxi.

The caravan's destination was Freeport, a neutral city in the Rift Ridge Mountains in the far west.

Since Taibai broke through the land with one sword, the great crack in the center of the continent has completely cut off the originally mature trade routes, and the north and south have since become isolated from each other. People with good intentions perceived this business opportunity, and made a decisive move, and teamed up with several major chambers of commerce in the north and south of Dongzhou to establish such a trading city at the border of the rift in the extreme west of the north and south.

The identity of the lord of Freeport is still a secret, but most of the people of Dongzhou know that this lord must not be a mortal, or he would not be able to establish such a large city in the land of death, which is full of obstacles and beasts and poisonous insects.

Backed by the Grand Canyon of the Rift Ridge Mountains, Freeport is surrounded by swamps and poisonous forests to the south and west, and a massive inland lake to the east. Due to its location, the lake is covered with dense fog all year round, but the lake is mostly full of reefs, and even the most experienced sailors can easily get lost here and cause the ship to run aground.

It is precisely because of this state of isolation that the Free Port has become a very famous place outside the law in Dongzhou.

Here, the Freeport lord himself, is the law. According to his decree, any goods could be freely traded here without paying additional trade taxes, and only had to pay a lump sum toll upon entering the city.

For merchants, although the amount of tolls is quite impressive, it is really not worth mentioning compared to the trade tax. As a result, many of the trade practices that are explicitly prohibited by countries such as Wenjing Tunan can be carried out in free ports.

For example, the trade in people, the trade in weapons, and so on. 315 Chinese Network

In addition, the Freeport also holds an internal auction meeting every winter, where various chambers of commerce can submit bids for goods, and the Freeport only charges half of the final transaction price, which is much lower than the auction houses in other countries on the Eastern Continent.

The caravan that saved Rei wanted to sell Rei for a good price at this auction.

The caravan leader was very confident in Li's appearance, and he believed that this girl would definitely grow up to be a beautiful woman who would make countless men fall under her skirt, and he also believed that many landlords and bureaucrats who often bought and sold people would be able to see this.

And it was this auction that completely changed Leigh's fate.

For the third prince of Tu Nanguo, who was still a child at the time, it was unlikely that he would go to such a dangerous place to participate in any population auction. In the end, it was a wealthy businessman in the northwestern part of the southern country of Tu Nan. This wealthy businessman obviously has an extremely perverted interest orientation, and when he saw the innocent and complaining Li, his eyes lit up, and he directly shouted out the outrageous price and took it down in one fell swoop. It even set a record for human trade in a freeport auction house.

The caravan leader made a lot of money and was glad that he had made a good business. However, what Li didn't know was that the leader of the caravan, who had made a lot of money, was suddenly targeted by many forces present at the time, and as soon as he left the free port, he was directly killed and robbed of his wealth, and died in a foreign land.

As for the rich businessman who got the girl, he was not lucky, and he originally planned to rush back to the mansion after getting Li, but he encountered a rare snowstorm on the road for decades, and was trapped in place and unable to move for several months. finally returned to Tunan, but it was already spring. What's even more unfortunate is that this year's trip to the Tunan royal family was chosen at the family seat of this wealthy businessman. The private residences of wealthy merchants on the outskirts of the city were also requisitioned for temporary respite.

The rich merchant was dumbfounded all of a sudden, the emperor came in person, and the security level here will definitely be much stricter, how can he enter the city with this batch of unsightly "goods" at that time?

After much thought, the wealthy merchant finally decided to hide Li in a private cellar not far from his mansion on the outskirts of the city, feed her regularly, and take her back after the trip was over.

Indeed, the royal family is here, and as the largest wealthy businessman in the local area, he must accompany him and do a good job in logistics services, and it is basically impossible to have spare time to think about other things.

Although the plan seemed seamless, it was clear that the bad luck of the wealthy merchants had not yet dissipated with the melting of the snow and ice. The entrance to the cellar where Li's hiding was bumped into by the three princes who sneaked out of the mansion to play.

This entrance was originally very hidden, and the traces of special material soil were hidden behind dense layers of bushes, which was difficult for ordinary people to find.

But it is no coincidence that when the three princes go out, it is just when the rain is clear for several days, and the mountains and forests are surprisingly quiet, and there will be a lot of fresh walking traces on the moist soil.

For example, the traces left by the person who just delivered a new batch of food to Leigh.

Accompanied by the guards, Liu Changxi naturally found the entrance and exit of the cellar, and out of curiosity, he finally decided to find out despite the repeated dissuasion of the guards, and ordered the guards to open the padlock on the door panel.

At the end of the damp tunnel, Liu Changxi finally found Li, huddled in the corner and shivering in the deepest part of the gloomy cellar.

Li will never forget the moment when she first met Liu Changxi. Although the light in the cellar was dim, Li felt that the soft light could bring out Liu Changxi's facial features. The handsome Luo Jing of the three princes is well known, and he already has a light and breezy temperament at a young age, which is even more attractive. There was a hidden tenderness and kindness in those deep eyes, and the warm voice like a spring breeze also confirmed this well.

"Who are you?" was the first thing Liu Changxi said to Li.

Because of the torture and abuse for a long time, Li's spirit at this time was already in a trance. She once thought that she had escaped from one abyss to another, and that she was destined to live in humiliation rather than death in this life, but at this time, Liu Changxi, who was not much different from herself, suddenly appeared, just like a bright light that pierced the long night, igniting Li's will to survive.

It is easy to close the distance between peers, and Li only glanced at Liu Changxi and decided that this person must be a kind person at heart. Li wanted to open her mouth and ask Liu Changxi to save her, but because of the torture of the cold wind and ice and the huge pressure on her spirit, Li danced excitedly for a while, but it was difficult to shout even a decent word.

Leigh was a little desperate. Liu Changxi's appearance is obviously from the south, and maybe it is very different from his own tribal language, even if he opens his mouth, what can he do?

Just as his parents will not be understood by the levies, so his own tribe Asaka will not be understood by the big tribes in the imperial city.

Thinking of this, Li, who has a strong personality, Li, who has endured a lot of torture and suffering along the way, Li, who almost went to the ghost gate several times to report and stubbornly survived, such Li, finally couldn't help it, and the two lines of silent tears didn't linger with the eyelids for long, and they were scattered on the cheeks full of mud and blood like pearls with broken threads.

At the end of the day, she's just a seven-year-old girl, and no matter how many times her parents teach her to be strong, she's essentially just a child.

Children are born with the right to be weak.

Looking at Li, who was crying in front of him, Liu Changxi didn't say a word, thought for a while, and finally took off his shawl and gently covered Li's scarred shoulders.

"You're injured, do you want to go back with me?" asked Liu Changxi as he stretched out his hand and pointed to the exit.

Li couldn't understand the meaning of Liu Changxi's words, but she could see Liu Changxi's gestures, and she could feel the tenderness and distress in those words, as well as the protective desire in her eyes.

Li nodded frantically, but then as if she thought of something, she shook her head frantically, and made a driving motion towards Liu Changxi.

The cruelty of her "master" Li has already been taught, she really doesn't want to involve a gentle and beautiful person like Liu Changxi, if she is also implicated by that "master", Li will hate herself even more.

"What do you mean, nodding and shaking your head, this king doesn't care, this king can't watch a little girl suffer in front of me and see death without help, no matter who you are, as long as you are Tunan's people, this king will not abandon you. Liu Changxi said with a smile, there was confidence, gentleness, and kindness in that faint smile. But more importantly, that smile completely opened Li's heart, Li stared blankly at the person in front of her, let Liu Changxi and the guards around her support her, and walked out of the cellar step by step.

Liu Changxi also exudes the unique elegant taste of royal aromatherapy, which is a boutique specially made for Liu Changxi by the chief perfumer of Luojing, and the fragrance is called - Pianpian Junzi.

A name that matches Liu Changxi's name.