[The Legend of Mulan] Daughter Love

There are endless plains and mountains in the distance. A group of businessmen wearing foreign costumes have just crossed the border of Wei State and are returning to the desert grassland.

Among these people are Rouran people, Gaoche people, people from the Western Regions, and Huns... They travel back and forth between the Wei border and the grasslands all year round to do border trade, selling horses, cattle and sheep, reselling iron ore, leather goods to the border of the Central Plains, and then Trafficking silk, jewelry, porcelain, spices and other items back.They will go all the way north, through the Silk Road, through Rouran, to the Western Regions, and even further, until all the goods are sold.

The business of this caravan is a bit different this time. The courageous Rouran people brought back a group of Central Plains women from the Central Plains and planned to sell them to the nobles on the grassland. This kind of business can make more money than selling silk and jewelry.All the tribes in the grassland are rare in the objects of the Central Plains, let alone the women of the Central Plains, who can buy dozens of taels of gold alone.

After finally crossing Weijing, the people in the caravan breathed a sigh of relief. All they want to do now is to sell the goods quickly, so they can find a place to rest for a while, and then hug a woman or two. walk around.

In the rough and rickety carriage, seven or eight young girls were tied up and huddled in a corner. Each of them looked very tired. From the initial crying to the current numbness, no one dared to think about their hometown anymore. It seems that it has become a place that can only be returned in a dream.

Zhiqing's bound hands were on her knees, her eyes were dazed, she had been in this carriage since she woke up, and she had been walking for several days, she didn't know where she would be taken, and she felt panic It has slowly turned into despair.Her face was unhealthily pale and sickly red, and she had a low-grade fever, which has not improved.

The modern city once full of high-rise buildings is like a dream, but when you open your eyes, it is a different situation.She really hoped it was a dream, but after so many days, this scene that made her want to escape all the time was obviously a fact, and she could never go back.

Zhiqing is the name of the current body. From the memories received in her mind, she was a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl who lost her way in the mountains in the outskirts and was taken away by foreigners passing by.As for the hometown, the current Zhiqing sighed, no matter if it belonged to this girl or her own, I'm afraid it will never be possible to go back.

The moon has risen into the sky, and the night on the grassland brings a biting shade.Zhiqing was nestled in the carriage, with her head leaning against the window, she could see the outside through the blown curtain, there were a few stars in the black night sky, the faint light made one couldn't help but feel sad.As for those foreign businessmen, they were more like bandits. At this time, they had a bonfire, and a group of people gathered together to eat meat and drink.

Those ugly and rough voices, laughing and cursing were buried outside the carriage.Zhiqing turned back to look at the other girls in the car, she was considered young, most of them were fifteen or sixteen years old, some of them looked seventeen or eighteen years old, everyone seemed to have resigned to their fate, each of them was depressed, and some were Weeping softly.She barely ate half of the cold and hard dry food, and seeing the desolate scene, her stomach churned and felt uncomfortable.

"I heard from them that tomorrow we will go to the Khan Royal Court in Rouran, where there is a market..." The girl in green clothes sitting opposite said sadly.Her words caused panic among the other girls in the carriage, which meant that they were likely to be sold tomorrow.

Zhiqing was equally startled, the girl mentioned 'Rouran' just now, she knew a little bit about history, plus she heard what the barbarians outside said about the Wei Kingdom along the way, I am afraid that the dynasty she lived in was the chaotic Southern and Northern Dynasties.If it is true, how will she live and work in this turbulent dynasty?

With fear and apprehension, I had a sleepless night.

They hurried on their way before dawn, until the morning sun dyed the vast grassland a layer of pale gold, and Zhiqing in the carriage heard the bustling sounds outside, and they should have arrived at the market in Rouran Royal Court.

The foreign merchants outside were very excited and eager to start business. They unloaded their goods, occupied the stalls, and drove the women from the Central Plains out of the carriage, tied them together with a long rope, and pulled them together. Then they arrived at the booth they had occupied.Slave trading in the market is common, but it is rare for a Central Plains woman to be sold like this. Many people surrounded the stall at once, and some servants and soldiers even rushed back to inform the master.

Zhiqing stood among several girls, watching what happened in front of her numbly. A person was bought and sold like an animal. This could be said to be an unbearable humiliation for her, but there was nothing she could do about it.She couldn't help wondering, what was the point of living like this, she shouldn't have come to this world, and she didn't want to stay here.

There are already two girls around me who have been bought by someone who looks like Rouran nobles. They are sturdy and have rough faces. If they are bought like this, what fate will happen in the future, it is hard to imagine.

There are people coming and going in the surrounding market, and the sound of hawking is endless. Not far away, tents are densely packed. If you walk in, unfamiliar people will definitely get lost.Zhiqing carefully looked at the environment here. She didn't want to be bought by anyone. She had been tied to the carriage before and had no chance. Now that she was in the crowd, she had to try to escape no matter what. If they are caught, they will be beaten to death with a whip by a few rough men behind them.

Her stature is slightly smaller than other girls, and her hands are also small. In order to facilitate their activities, the gang of foreigners did not tie them tightly. It took a little effort for Zhiqing to break free from the hemp rope that bound her hands. .Regardless of the burning pain in her wrist, she ducked out of the crowd while the merchants were bargaining with buyers, and ran away.

"People ran away, people ran away!"

Shouting and cursing suddenly sounded from behind, a Rouran man and a Gao Che man squeezed out of the crowd to chase the fleeing Zhiqing, cursing and lashing a whip in their hands, clamoring to take her back.Zhiqing knew that if she was taken back, she would be miserable.The yelling behind her was getting closer, and she couldn't help shivering. Although her feet were becoming more and more disobedient, she still ran forward desperately. As long as she hid in the camp with countless tents, those people behind her would not be able to move forward. Definitely catch her.

She ran forward desperately, rushing through the crowd, knocking over many stalls and knocking down many people.She stumbled and didn't dare to see how close the people who wanted to catch her were. In fact, those people were not far behind her. As long as she turned around, as long as those people were faster, they would be able to catch her immediately.

There was a group of people approaching in the market. In the eyes of the common people, the people sitting on the tall horses could tell they were nobles. They spontaneously gave way to this group of people and carefully kept a distance from this group of people.

Zhiqing rushed over in a panic, and suddenly met a red-maned horse, which neighed... The horse was startled, and its hooves were raised high.Maybe she deserved to be trampled to death by the horse, so as not to be taken back to suffer, she thought and closed her eyes.

The back of the neck was pulled back with a strong force, and thrown to the side, Zhiqing fell heavily to the ground.A group of foreigners gathered around, looking at the woman in Central Plains clothes with various eyes.

"I let you run!" A whip struck in the void, like a naked threat.

Zhiqing only felt that all the bones in her body were about to be broken, and she was so dizzy that she couldn't see the people beside her clearly.The Rouran man in the leather jacket who caught her held up the whip in his hand, and was about to swing it down, but was stopped by a shout:

"Stop it, how much is she worth, I bought it!"

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