As soon as the river was crossed, the two-horse carriage was galloping at full speed on the official road, Hongyu faintly sensed that something was wrong, this trip to Jiangbei, Zhou Bai was too anxious.

"Zhou Bai, is there something important to deal with when you go to Northern Xinjiang this time?" Taking advantage of the moment of rest, Hongyu hesitated and asked.

Zhou Bai was stunned for a moment, and then smiled, "No." It's just that this encounter with the left migration has made me have a little interest in the Xuanjia Army and Northern Xinjiang. ”

Hongyu then smiled and said, "Really?" It's just that believe it or not, maybe only she knows.

After a short rest, the two of them returned to the road, but this time Zhou Bai was not impatient, but the more this was the case, the more worried Hongyu became. For more than half a year, I have never seen Zhou Bai so anxious, what happened to make him so impatient?

There was nothing to say all the way, and when he arrived in Xuzhou, Zhou Bai's heart relaxed, but began to slow down and appreciate the style of northern Xinjiang. When Zhou Bai drove on the road, it was obvious that the further north the official road was, the wider and smoother it was, and there were even special solid wood rails that could provide material transportation.

On the road, the people in the south are more arrogant, more arrogant than Jiangbei, and more atmospheric than Jingshi.

This kind of confidence emanating from the inside out seems to have been engraved in his bones, and he is accustomed to seeing Zhou Bai coming to passers-by.

Zhou Bai looked at the magnificent Jinan City in front with some curiosity, Jinan is located in the south of Jishui as the name suggests, since Xiahou recovered Qingzhou, Jinan City has been expanded three times in a row, and now the scale is no longer under Bianliang, and its city wall is far higher than that of Bianliang of Jingshi.

Outside the city, there was a lot of traffic in an orderly manner, and the city gates were not even guarded by pedestrians.

Zhou Bai entered Jinan along the south gate, at a glance the streets were neatly arranged on both sides, there was a distance between two cars in the center and no one was moving, and the pedestrians and carriages were all on the side.

Zhou Bai couldn't help but stroke his palms and secretly praised, this Xiahou is really good. Looking along the military road, there is a double gate at the end.

When Jinan was expanded for the second time, the original city wall was demolished, and then the people poured in only to find that it was still crowded after the expansion, so it was expanded again, before the city wall was originally newly built, and then demolished it was a pity, so General Xiahou decided to keep it to become the inner wall, that is, today's double gate.

After finding a place to live, Zhou Bai and Hongyu came to the East Market to hang out, as soon as they entered the East Market, Zhou Bai immediately frowned, several households on the side of the road seemed to be human traffickers, and there were more than a dozen ragged and unkempt slaves tied in front of him.

The traffickers, dressed in black and with an unknown sign hanging from their waists, were gathering to play pai gow.

Zhou Bai was puzzled in his heart, and now there is still a matter of buying and selling human beings in the land under the control of the Xiahou Army. Walking forward, the 'merchandise' who was squatting on the ground noticed someone approaching, and seemed to be more anxious than looking for a buyer everywhere.

One by one, they approached but didn't dare to approach, nor did they dare to speak, but the desire in their eyes made Zhou Bai's heart tremble.

Seeing that there was business arriving, a trafficker got up and walked amid the laughter and scolding of others. looked Zhou Bai up and down, and asked, "This son is from the south?"

Zhou Bai was already unhappy, but now seeing this kind of behavior of human traffickers, he couldn't help but say coldly: "What if you come from the south? What if you come from the north?"

Seeing Zhou Bai's unhappiness, the trafficker smiled flatly, "Don't be angry, it's just a routine inquiry, a few days ago, the alien faction sent spies south with the intention of causing trouble to the imperial court, so in the face of people from the south, Zai Xia was really reluctant to do this business." ”

Zhou Bai was stunned, and from the other party's words, he heard something different.

Squatting down, looking at the child who was a little frightened and retreated, his hair sticky into a lump blocked his face so that Zhou Bai couldn't see his frightened expression.

Zhou Bai brushed away the other party's hair and looked at him quietly, the child trembled but didn't dare to dodge. After waiting for a long time, it didn't seem to wait for the whipping, and the child quietly opened his eyes, just opposite Zhou Bai's four eyes.

Zhou Bai didn't say anything, turned to look at another person next to him, this person was a little older, and the calluses on his hands were obviously sharpened by long-handled weapons.

also brushed away his hair and looked at the other party's eyes, through the somewhat cloudy eyes, Zhou Bai saw panic and fear.

"These are all aliens?"

The traffickers proudly said, "Yes, they're all aliens." ”

Zhou Bai closed his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.

Seeing this, the traffickers were also accustomed to it, and explained, "The south has been rich for a long time without war, and it is normal for this son to be a little difficult to accept." If it was a few years ago when Qingzhou was just recovered, Gongzi would have to show his unbearable face to foreign slaves in the city, I am afraid that he would have been besieged to the Military and Political Division. ”

Looking at a new shop on the street, the trafficker smiled and said, "A foreign race is a foreign race, when we invaded our Qingzhou and slaughtered our people, who would feel sorry for us." How many tens of thousands of people in Jiangbei are left today? I am afraid that Gongzi knows this point along the way. ”

Zhou Bai waved his hand to signal the traffickers not to say any more, he understood all this, but at first glance, he was a little unacceptable when he saw these thin and unkempt slaves.

He's not a and wouldn't say anything stupid about buying and selling aliens.

The business was yellow, and the traffickers were not discouraged, so he returned to the crowd and squeezed away the other trafficker who occupied his place, and suddenly there was another laugh and curse in the crowd.

And the slaves also crouched back to their original positions, exactly the same as Shicai, waiting for the next buyer to appear.

Zhou Bai shook his head and Hongyu continued to walk towards the depths of the market.

As soon as he arrived at the corner of the street, a middle-aged man in a sheepskin short coat leaned up and said with a flattering smile, "This son is looking for a slave?"

Zhou Bai looked at the teeth in front of him and asked, "Isn't it not for sale to visitors from the south?"

Yazi smiled, "That's an official business, our side is a private business, and we don't do investigations." ”

Zhou Bai turned around and laughed, "Private people dare to rob business with the public, are there no guards to arrest you?"

When Yazi saw Zhou Bai smiling, he knew that there was a play, and said with a flattering smile, "The prince just arrived in Jinan, and the general allowed the private and public families to be together." At a glance, you can see that the son has seen extraordinary things in the south and north, how can things in this world be completely black and white, and gray is also an indispensable part. ”

Zhou Bai laughed when he heard this, "Okay, then I'll take a look at this so-called gray with you." ”

After passing through a few alleys with Yazi, he came to a small courtyard, and Yazi stopped and said, "There are rules, and after the son enters, he must not reveal his true identity, so as not to damage my reputation after being killed." ”

Zhou Bai was even more curious, pushed open the courtyard door, and a strange spiritual power fluctuation came from the side door on the right, and the two big men saw that someone was coming, and immediately picked up the sword placed on the table without hesitation.

After seeing the teeth beside Zhou Bai, the big man relaxed, withdrew his weapon and scolded with a smile, "Dog, have you forgotten the rules for entering the door?" Then he looked at Zhou Bai, glanced at Hongyu again, and said, "It's still a fresh face, this son, is it from the south?"

Zhou Bai frowned suddenly, this is the third time he has been asked if he is from the south, why is the northern Xinjiang so guarded against people from the south?

Yazi saw that Zhou Bai's face was unhappy, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "Childe doesn't need to be angry, it's just a routine." From this side of the door into the gray village, the entrance fee is thirty taels. ”

The corners of Zhou Bai's mouth hooked up an inexplicable smile, and pushed open the side door.

The strange spiritual power was about to spread to the border barracks, but it was tightly entangled by an even weirder black line, and then dragged into the door.