Early the next morning, Arlo did not come.
Wen Qingzhu felt a little strange, so he took Beidou to find him.
Feitian was left holding Tudan, and continued to inquire about news from Amos.
When I arrived at Amos's tent, I didn't know if I had been warned before.
Seeing them coming, someone immediately came to greet them: "Master Xiaoshui, Captain Arlo left here with Master Amos early this morning and will not come back until this afternoon. Why don't you wait a little longer?"
Wen Qingzhu looked up at the tent in front of him, always feeling that this thing was strange.
Why would Amos suddenly leave at this time
So Wen Qingzhu deliberately showed an unhappy look: "I have been waiting all day yesterday. Today I just want to come over and see how far you adults have gone in selecting. If there is no suitable candidate, then we will leave!"
Maybe it was Wen Qingzhu who had a stern face, or maybe Beidou behind him didn't look very good either.
The person who greeted them suddenly became nervous. He had also seen Beidou's power before.
Seeing him like this, Wen Qingzhu asked one more question: "Has anyone come to see Master Amos?"
"Yes, yes! A distinguished guest came last night. He paid a lot of money to buy a group of female slaves and left. After selling a group, naturally a group of slaves will come in!"
Hearing this, Wen Qingzhu frowned: "Did you buy all the best female slaves?"
"I really don't know about this. Lord Amos will be back this afternoon. How about you discuss it with Lord Amos directly?"
Wen Qingzhu knew that she would never be able to ask anything else.
But this was considered news. Wen Qingzhu took out a knife and coins and threw them to him, then turned and left.
Last night someone suddenly came to Amos to buy slave girls, and it was a batch
For some reason, Wen Qingzhu had a bad feeling.
When I returned to the tent, I saw Feitian applying medicine to Tudan.
There were three bloody marks on his face. He sat upright and clenched his hands into fists.
Wen Qingzhu quickly walked over and asked, "What's going on?"
"He was beaten." Feitian stood up and explained simply.
Wen Qingzhu knelt down and looked at Tudan's face, and asked puzzledly: "Who beat him? Aren't you here?"
Before Feitian could say anything, Tudan pulled her sleeve and said, "No matter what happened to Brother Feitian, I insisted on fighting with others. In the end, I was not as capable as others! Instead, I got beaten!"
"Why fight?" Wen Qingzhu did not criticize him directly.
Tudan said angrily: "I saw Suo Li bossing a little girl! She is smaller than me! As thin as a kitten! That little girl was often beaten! In the end, Suo Li deliberately beat the little girl! "
At this moment, a strange voice came from outside.
"Is Master Xiaoshui here?"
Wen Qingzhu got up and went out, and saw a Hun woman and an eight or nine-year-old boy standing in front of her bent over.
Seeing her appear, the woman quickly slapped the boy and said, "Don't kneel down yet!"
The boy gritted his teeth and did not move, obviously unconvinced.
The woman had no choice but to pull out the whip from her waist and slap him.
The boy knelt down in pain, but he was obviously stubborn and did not look at Wen Qingzhu at all.
Tudan then lifted the curtain and came out. When he saw the kneeling boy, he immediately pointed and said, "Sister! That's him! He bullies the weak and fears the strong!"
Wen Qingzhu looked at the little boy, then at the woman, and then asked: "Auntie, I just came back. What happened just now? Can you please tell me?"
The woman didn't expect Wen Qingzhu to be so kind, but she knew that Amos' distinguished guest lived here, so she quickly replied: "It's all Suo Li's fault. He didn't know that the young master valued Qingcao, so he went to bully Qingcao. If he knew, he definitely wouldn’t do this!”
As soon as he finished speaking, the kneeling Suoli immediately shouted: "I know! I just bullied Qingcao on purpose!"
With a snap, the woman slapped Suoli on the face.
Wen Qingzhu's expression remained unchanged, he just looked at the woman quietly, causing cold sweat to break out on her face.
After a long while, she said: "It's normal for children to fight. If Tudan can't beat Suoli, it's because he has no ability. Don't worry, aunt, just go back with your children. I won't blame you or anything."
"Really?!" The woman was pleasantly surprised.
Seeing Wen Qingzhu and the others turn around and go in, they quickly picked up their son and left.
As a result, Suo Li said dissatisfiedly: "I don't want to go home! I want to see the green grass!"
The woman turned around and slapped him again: "What are you looking at! That bastard is the daughter of Qi Ren's slave! If you go again, be careful I break your legs!"
Hearing this, Wen Qingzhu suddenly turned his head and looked at the woman's figure, thoughtfully.
After watching for a while, Wen Qingzhu turned around and went in, letting Tu Dan sit opposite her.
"Tell me, what happened to that little girl?"
Tudan nodded, clutching his knees tightly and said: "She, she is the daughter of Da Qi Sheng. She, her mother was kidnapped here a few years ago, and was... her father... forced to take the remaining green grass, because she is a daughter , she has been oppressed and bullied, and she does heavy work at home when she can leave. Her mother was sold last year, and I... I can’t stand it, that Suoli often bullies her!"
Wen Qingzhu sighed, knowing why Tudan protected the little girl named Qingcao.
Probably thinking of his mother.
After sitting for a while, Wen Qingzhu stood up and took Tudan with him to lead him to Qingcao's house.
The place where He Wen Qingzhu and the others live, and where Qingcao lives, is on the edge of Amos' territory.
They walked for half an hour before they came to a dusty tent.
After standing for a while, I saw a lame man who was blind in one eye walking out.
He was very dissatisfied at first, but when he saw Tu Dan, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he walked forward diligently: "My dear, have you fallen in love with the grass? She can buy it for just one coin! It's really not expensive. !”
"Where's the grass?" Tudan disliked this man very much.
Although he is Qingcao's father, it is more like he has seen Ren Yazi before, who is greedy, vicious and ignorant.
The man's face was full of joy and he quickly turned around and went in.
As a result, the man didn't come out for a long time. When Wen Qingzhu wanted to take the initiative to go in and take a look, the one-eyed man came out again.
Different from the previous attentive and flattery, this time the man looked embarrassed, with a hint of regret.
Wen Qingzhu looked up at the tent in front of him and had a bad feeling in his heart.
She took the initiative and asked: "Where is Qingcao? I want to buy her. One knife coin is fine, or two."
"This..." the man began to hesitate, "She, she didn't sleep well last night, and she is still sleeping now. How about you come back later?"
But Tudan suddenly became excited: "Did you hit the grass again! Did you hit her again! That's why she couldn't get up!"
No longer caring about the man, the idiot ran inside quickly.
The man stretched out his hand to stop him, Wen Qingzhu glanced at him, and Beidou grabbed the man's neck and threw it to the side.
After solving the trouble, Wen Qingzhu followed Tu Dan in.
As a result, I smelled a strange smell as soon as I entered the house, as if a dead rat had been chopped up in a stinking ditch, and there was a faint smell of blood.
Covering his nose and going in, Wen Qingzhu saw Tu Dan kneeling on the straw pile in the corner.
In front of him lay the thin man.
Wen Qingzhu walked over quickly and saw the little girl's face was bruised and stiff.
She immediately opened the spy on the little girl and found that the little girl's body was covered with scars, and there was dried blood on her belly through the clothes.
Wen Qingzhu reached out and touched the little girl's wrist, and immediately found that the little girl's skin and flesh were stiff and without any warmth.
No longer needing to stretch out his hand, Wen Qingzhu withdrew his hand and said softly: "She died last night!"
Tudan didn't make a sound, just looked at the little girl quietly, tears falling continuously.
Behind him, Qingcao's father was crying and howling outside.
Wen Qingzhu was impatient, opened the curtain and walked out, throwing him a knife coin: "This is the money to buy Qingcao's corpse."
The man stopped crying immediately and asked with a shocked look on his face: "You want the body too?"
While doing this, Tudan came out with Qingcao on his back, looking extremely determined.
Suoli ran over from a distance, and when he heard the man's words, he stopped immediately.
Wen Qingzhu sneered: "What? Not willing?"
"Yes, yes!" The man immediately picked up the knife coins on the ground and dusted them.
Seeing how happy they were, he suddenly had a bigger idea in his mind.
Since we also want the body, why not sell it for more money!
The man raised his head instantly, but before he could speak, he was thrown out by Beidou.
It rolled on the ground several times before barely stopping.
He raised his head and was about to shout, but saw Arlo rushing over. He was so frightened that he trembled and shut up quickly.
Soon Arlo arrived and took one look at the man on the ground, at the body on Tu Dan's back, and then at Wen Qingzhu's cold face, and understood everything in an instant.
He ordered in a deep voice: "Come here! Capture him!"
The man suddenly panicked and shouted: "Captain! I'm wronged! I'm wronged! Why are you arresting me!"
Arlo was very impatient and turned to look over: "You beat your own daughter to death! This is a crime! Amos can't tolerate people like you!"
The man was even more panicked and kept defending: "Her mother is just a slave girl of Qi people! The blood of her body is also the blood of Qi people! She is not the daughter of our Huns at all! Master Amos said before that the daughter of a slave is only You can be a slave! I just killed a slave!"
Wen Qingzhu glanced sideways: "I have nothing to do with you beating the slave to death. I just spent a knife coin to buy her body. You still dare to stop me?"
Arlo immediately understood what she meant and ordered: "Take him away! Master! Use him as a slave!"
For this reason, the man no longer dared to refute, and could only let others drag him down in frustration.
Halfway through, he suddenly remembered that he still had a knife coin, and quickly took it out and said: "I have money! I will buy myself! Let me go quickly!"
As a result, his money was snatched away as soon as he took it out. The person dragging him sneered: "Do you know who you offended? That is Lord Amos's distinguished guest! I heard that the fourth prince will be honored as a guest." Guest of honor! How dare you bump into my lord! I will collect the money for you! From now on, you can be a slave to redeem yourself!"
Immediately afterwards, his mouth was covered and he was dragged away.
Wen Qingzhu took Tudan to the edge of Amos' territory, and Arlo followed behind, not daring to say anything.
According to the custom of the Xiongnu, just wrap it in cloth, dig a hole and bury it.
But Tudan insisted on erecting a memorial tablet for Qingcao.
Wen Qingzhu thought that after they left, this tablet might be cut down casually.
The pit was dug and the memorial tablet was erected.
Tu Dan took it upon himself to bury him bit by bit without any help.
Suo Li, who was hiding behind, was about to run out when his mother held him down and threatened: "Stop it, my mother! Qing Cao is just a bitch! You will meet better girls in the future! We Huns have many girls. Good! This bitch won’t live long!”
The woman was very strong and dragged her son away from here quickly.
She felt that that thin and small looking woman was really not easy to mess with.
Moreover, the Huns do not have the habit of erecting memorial tablets. They look more like Qi people.
But she didn't dare to say it, so she could only take her son away from them.