Zhuge Yue's voice was low and full of killing and bloody aura. Boss Mu was startled, and immediately fell silent. The man continued, "She has only me as her master in this world. Depending on you, how dare you?" Reselling her like a commodity, you should be damned, you should be damned."
"Eldest son, little, little..."
"Yue Qi, I will leave this place to you. I don't want to see him obstructing my eyes on the way back in the future."
Yue Qi took a step forward and said in a deep voice, "Yes."
Ignoring Boss Mu's begging, Zhuge Yue galloped away and quickly disappeared into the busy street.
Horseshoes were rolling, and there were screams like slaughtering pigs in the bustling market. In this day and age, the lives of civilians were as cheap as grass, and no one would shed a single tear for a slave trader like Boss Mu, who was so full of evil.
"Zhu Cheng, go to the Water Transport Yamen and tell us that instead of going by water, we will go by land instead."
Zhu Cheng was taken aback, and even though he was mentally prepared, he still couldn't help dissuading him: "Young master, the master told us to arrive at Tangjing in advance, and the dry road will take time. Besides, all the feudal lords who entered the customs this time are by water. , only our family is independent, I'm afraid there will be rumors."
Zhuge Yue didn't reply, just turned his head and looked at him coldly, but the meaning was very clear.
Zhu Cheng felt chills down his spine when he saw him, how could he not know what Zhuge Yue was thinking, this time in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, the waterway was blocked, no one dared to go except the invited clan, ordinary pedestrians must take the dry road to enter the pass, and A family that can buy servants from such a low-end slave trader must not be a big clan. The young master insisted on taking the dry road, and his purpose was obvious. It's just that even if he finds it, what's the point with the two of them in their current identities? After all, the young master is not the thirteen-year-old boy nine years ago, and she is not the little slave girl who had nothing back then.
Young master, even if you find it, what can you do? It was a tiger, even if it was temporarily injured and trapped, it couldn't be kept.
Zhu Cheng shook his head and sighed, then turned his head and walked towards the Heyun Yamen. The rising sun was like fire, shining on Zhuge Yue's dark blue robe sleeves, shining brilliantly, dazzling and handsome, with a unique demeanor.
The willow branches in the distance are like new ones, and a big elm tree is thick and tall, estimated to be thirty or forty years old. It is covered with red cloth strips and various paper-cuts, which are superstitions of the rural people. They believe that there are gods living in the elm tree, and the thicker and older the tree, the more powerful it is. As time goes by, people who encounter difficulties often come here to worship, praying for smoothness of mind and peace of old people.
The strong wind blew, and Zhuge Yue's clothes were like washing. He reached out and untied the jade around his waist, and threw it towards the elm tree. With a ding, the priceless pendant hung on a tall branch, wobbling and shining brightly in the sun.
"drive!"
Zhuge Yue turned around and rode his horse, leading his subordinates away with a bang.
The summer cicadas chirped, the hot wind hit, the jade pendants among the trees swayed, and there were shadows.
When I woke up, it was already dusk, the river surface was full of golden light, and the red sun was in the west.
Seeing her waking up and smiling happily, Liang Shaoqing hurriedly picked up the soup on the side and carefully fed it to her.
The medicine is very bitter, and it is torture in disguise to drink it spoonful by spoonful like this. Chu Qiao frowned, took the medicine bowl and drank it down, and then quickly took a sip of strong tea to suppress the bitterness in her mouth.
After changing into clean clothes, the wound was re-bandaged with medicine, and the serious illness was half gone immediately. Chu Qiao sat up, looked up and down the room where she and Liang Shaoqing were, frowned and asked, "What is this place, where are we going?"
"We were bought by someone." Liang Shaoqing said the facts known to everyone in the world with a mysterious expression, and that expression made him want to punch his head flat: "We are on the boat now."
Chu Qiao has a very good temper. She resisted the urge to beat him up and said calmly, "Bookworm, can you tell me something I don't know."
"Oh," Liang Shaoqing nodded, and began to talk about the poor information he knew.
The family who bought the two of them was named Zhan, and they came from Shuixiu Province on the border between Xia and Tang, and they were going to the capital of Bian and Tang. The owner was a young man in his twenties, the same man they saw in the market, only twenty-seven years old, named Zhan Ziyu. In addition, there are five young ladies in this family, all of whom are Zhan Ziyu's sisters. Among them, the eldest sister, the second sister and the third sister are all married, and the husbands of the three are also on board. There are three large ships, hundreds of servants, and more than a hundred guards. There are three sons-in-law, and the former uncle Qing is in charge, and he can be regarded as the big housekeeper.
It's just that they brought so many people with them on one trip. This Zhan family seems to be a big family. It's just that Chu Qiao thought about it for a long time, but she really didn't think that there was a clan with the surname Zhan in Daxia.
Since this group of people was going to Tang Jing, she was not in a hurry to leave, so that she could recuperate well, and secondly, she could avoid the pursuit of Da Xia, killing two birds with one stone.
Thinking of this, Chu Qiao raised her head and asked: "You said they are going to Tang Jing, do you know what they are going to Tang Jing for?"
"Prince Bian Tang is about to get married, and the nobles of the Bian Tang family and Huai Song of Great Xia will send people to Tangjing to attend the wedding ceremony of Prince Bian Tang."
"Big marriage?" Chu Qiao was taken aback, then sat up immediately, and asked loudly, "Who will marry him?"
Liang Shaoqing was about to answer, when the boat suddenly moved violently, the porters on both sides shouted loudly, and the big boat slowly opened.
"At last," Liang Shaoqing said, "I heard that there was a Daxia nobleman who refused to board the ship for a long time. Mr. Zhan didn't dare to be the first, and waited for a whole day. It seems that the person still has something to do. Get ahead of the curve."
"You said that Prince Bian Tang married the Crown Princess, who did he marry? Is it Princess Daxia?"
"It's the nine princesses of Daxia."
Chu Qiao lowered her head and did not speak for a long time. Liang Shaoqing was taken aback, and called out, "Little Qiao? Little Qiao? What's wrong with you? Are you uncomfortable?"
"No." Chu Qiao shook her head, slowly leaned on the bed, and said in a low voice, "I'm tired and want to rest for a while."
"Then you rest, I'll go out and have a look."
The hatch was opened, and Liang Shaoqing stepped out. Chu Qiao leaned against the bed, frowned deeply, and murmured in a low voice: "Da Xia finally married Bian Tang, Yan Xun, what should we do?"
The sky was as blue as blue. Liang Shaoqing stood on the deck and saw that the hull was huge, about three feet wide, upturned, with four masts, two at the front and two at the rear. The hull was divided into four layers. Two floors above deck and two floors below deck. Chu Qiao and Liang Shaoqing were the lowest servants, and they were supposed to be on the bottom floor, living with everyone. But when Uncle Qing saw that Chu Qiao was seriously injured, he actually set aside a small cabin on the second deck for the two of them to live in.
At this moment, a loud horn sounded suddenly from the bow of the ship. The boatman yelled loudly, swung his arms vigorously, opened the sails, and the big ship started to move quickly, taking advantage of the wind. Green mountains and green trees on both sides of the river, silvery white river surface, white fish jumping, flying birds circling, all of a sudden, the stagnant air in the chest disappeared, and thousands of turbid and dirty air came out through the body. Liang Shaoqing stood on the deck, slowly raised his head, a simple scholar With a slight smile, finally, we are going to Tang Jing!
At this moment, on the far shore, there was a group of people quietly looking at the distant ship.
Zhu Cheng stepped forward cautiously and said, "Young Master, everything has been arranged. The boats that came to meet you from Bian Tang have also been withdrawn. After completing the customs clearance documents, we can enter Bian Tang from Baizhi Pass."
"En," Zhuge Yue nodded, looking aimlessly at the white river, and said slowly, "No hurry, we are now staying in Xianyang City for two days."
Zhu Cheng sighed silently, the young master is worried, he is afraid that if the locals will buy the girl away. He nodded and said, "The servant obeys."
There was a gentle breeze on the surface of the river, thousands of mountains passed by, and the cliffs were green and green. Zhuge Yue stood on the bank, looked at the boats going away, then turned around and rode his horse towards Xianyang City.
Fate is often such a coincidence, Zhuge Yue does not know that the person he is looking for is lying quietly on the big boat originally prepared for him at this moment. Just like he took it for granted that the financial resources of the aristocratic family who are eligible to participate in Li Ce's wedding will not be weak enough to buy slaves in such a place. But some things just happened like this, the world was outrageously coincidental, and outrageously unfathomable, at the moment when the man rode away, the girl lifted the curtain of the only small window, poked her head out and looked out, But only the billowing dust of horseshoes rolling in the thick river fog can be seen.
On that day, it was the ninth day of June, and the news of the wedding of Bian Tang Prince Li Ce had spread throughout the entire Simon Continent seven days ago, and all forces were secretly speculating, thinking about the political benefits that this marriage could bring. .
Except for the Yanbei regime, which has completely broken with the Great Xia Dynasty, all forces in the entire continent rushed to the capital of Bian and Tang Dynasties in an instant. The faction of the clan and Bian Tang repaired, but also took the opportunity to inquire about the attitude of the most stable regime on the continent towards the civil strife in Daxia. As a result, the Zhenhuang Banquet, which was originally disbanded due to civil strife, reappeared on the streets of Tangjing. In the ancient and mysterious Biantang land, the crowds were bustling and lively.
However, it was also on the same day that Yanbei finally received the news that all parts of Daxia were chasing Chu Qiao. The son of Yan Xun, the new king of Yanbei, was furious and ordered to attack Xia with all his strength. His subordinates Wei Jing, Xi Rui, Bian Cang, Lu Fang, Du Ci and others, under the leadership of the military advisor Wu Daoya, invaded the northwestern Batuha family. In the territory, the murdered old Batu was in agony. In just three days, he lost one-third of the territory, and the other two-thirds were still precariously supported by the turmoil among the internal people. Letters asking for help rushed like snowflakes to Zhenhuang Emperor's Capital and Yundu Accompanying Capital, covered with the concerns of the Batuha family in the northwest and the blood dripping from the soldiers when they delivered the letters.
In an instant, the entire Great Xia Dynasty was in turmoil, and all forces were afraid that they would become the first victim of Yanbei's iron cavalry. The lion in Yanbei said that if Chu Qiao loses a hair in any territory, the whole family of the leader of that territory should be buried with him. They had better pray that this woman who was hunted down by thousands of miles would not have a cold, fever and runny nose. Otherwise, the news of Chu Qiao's death spread today, and the Yanbei army will come to the city tomorrow, and there will be no mercy!