The story of the rich and the young being tricked into farming

In the early morning of the second day, the sky was overcast, as if it was going to rain.

Ye Xiaozhou yawned several times in a row, tearing up from sleepiness, but he still managed to get up. He washed up a little, then put Xiaobai in his arms, and then carried the light baggage and went downstairs Walk.

The group of Zhou Luyang, who claimed to be a salesman, had breakfast on the first floor. The bearded man tore up a face-sized bun, sprinkled it into the beef soup, and then ate it with oily mouth.

Seeing Ye Xiaozhou go downstairs, they called him over.

"I also specially prepared a bowl for the young master." Zhou Luyang smiled and pushed a bowl of shredded pork porridge with vegetables to him, "I ordered a bowl of porridge thinking that you southerners are not used to eating it."

In fact, compared to this porridge, Ye Xiaozhou is more greedy for the beef steamed buns eaten by the bearded man next door, but after all, someone else invited him, so he can't ask for more.

He took his seat shyly: "Thank you."

After breakfast, Zhou Luyang offered to help Ye Xiaozhou carry his luggage, but Ye Xiaozhou refused.

Ye Xiaozhou was still vigilant in his heart, holding Xiaobai and the bag stuffed with money and said: "I don't have a few clothes, so don't bother."

Zhou Luyang withdrew his hand graciously, and led Ye Xiaozhou to the back.

When Ye Xiaozhou walked to one of the carriages and raised his head to ask them where he should sit, he suddenly stretched out a hand covered with a wet handkerchief from behind. He quickly covered Ye Xiaozhou's mouth and nose.

Ye Xiaozhou didn't even have time to call for help, his eyes went dark, and then he fell unconscious.

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When Ye Xiaozhou woke up again, he found that he seemed to be locked in a big dark box. The smell in the box was terrible and it was very bumpy. He guessed that he should be in the carriage.

He frowned and got up, and through the light coming in from the wall of the big wooden box, he vaguely saw that there were still many people lying in the big wooden box, Ye Xiaozhou shrank back in a hurry, and let out a low cry.

Some of these people were awake, but no one paid attention to him.

Only then did Ye Xiaozhou come to his senses, and realized that he had probably been cheated again... No wonder they said how many goods they bought, it turned out that they were not goods, but people.

Filled with remorse, he got up and knocked heavily on the box wall, hissing, "Let me out, you inhuman bastards, this is a felony that will lead to imprisonment!"

The people outside heard the noise inside, so they just raised their feet and kicked the big wooden box as usual, and said in a vicious voice: "Stinky bitch, what are you screaming for? If you keep shouting, I won't give you food today. A group of stinky whores are starving to death on the road!"

Ye Xiaozhou was so angry that he wanted to scold him, but was stopped by the people behind him.

"It's useless," the man said weakly with a hoarse voice, "they usually only take wild trails, and only settle on the edge of towns at night. No matter how much you shout, no one will hear you. Don't worry, we didn't bother." We have eaten."

Only then did Ye Xiaozhou stop patting the box wall, he turned around and sat down with his back against the wooden box, his whole body seemed to be shaking his head, very depressed.

Xiaobai and the baggage he brought are gone... Xiaobai hasn't had time to develop the ability to forage, so he doesn't know if he can survive without him.

The person who held him back seemed to have a feeling of sympathy with him, so he said a few more words: "You were tricked by them, right?"

"You too?"

"Most of the people here are sold by their families." Judging from this man's voice, he must not be very old, but he said in a rather vicissitudes tone, "I was sold by my parents. Last year The one who was sold was my younger sister, and it's my turn this year, there's nothing I can do, there are still a dozen people in the family waiting to eat."

Ye Xiaozhou has only heard of Ren Yazi who abducts women and children everywhere, but has never heard of any family who voluntarily sells children. The teachers in the academy have always been benevolent, righteous, courteous, trustworthy, gentle, courteous and frugal, and only talk about how parents love their children. And how to honor your parents.

There are parents who say that there are no faults in the world, but they never said that there are parents who sell their children in this world.

"Since you can't afford so many children, why do your parents still have so many?" Ye Xiaozhou was puzzled.

The child who seemed to be younger than him sneered, and then said: "You don't understand, how can you pampered children understand? It's like sharpening a pig's knife. If you sharpen a knife, you still have more to do." One, there will always be a knife that will be sharp. It is the same to have more children, if you have more children, there will always be one who will be successful and filial."

Ye Xiaozhou still can't understand it, but he has learned a lot, and now he can't let out a fart like Mr. Shufu so easily.

"But... But isn't that irresponsible to the children?" Ye Xiaozhou asked back, "Don't you resent the parents who traded you for money?"

"Hate it, why don't you hate it?" A thin little girl laughed, "So I put rat poison in the rice noodles at the farewell, and they will never spend the money I got from selling me."

Ye Xiaozhou's spine shivered when he heard this: "But they... are also your parents after all."

The child suddenly let out a "puchi" laugh. He has never heard such innocent and stupid words in his age. He asked back, "Will your parents sell you to someone else?"

"Do you know the destination of our trip? If you are more beautiful, you will be sold to those wealthy masters who are full of food as a plaything. If those masters are unwilling to want you, no one will accept you." If you are a house slave, you can only be sent to a rotten kiln, and become a lowly whore who you can ride for money."

Ye Xiaozhou was stunned.

The child seemed to be very satisfied with his reaction, and there was a vile pleasure in his heart, tearing apart the world of fireworks, and ripping open his belly to show these children who were raised in the greenhouse. Highlight moments of a lifetime.

"The most worthless people in this world are children from poor families."

"But you are luckier than us," the child didn't know whether he was crying or laughing, his expression was a bit hideous in the dark wooden box, in such darkness, he could still vaguely see Ye Xiaozhou with his eyes that had adapted to the dark environment "A person like you can't fall into the last situation. I heard that those masters like you the most down-and-out sons and ladies."

But Ye Xiaozhou didn't think it was lucky.

"Don't you guys want to run away at all?" Ye Xiaozhou turned to the others and asked, "If you don't run away, you may not be free in this life."

The child seemed to have heard a joke, and said weakly: "Escape? How are you going to escape? Sometimes they only give us a meal in two days, and they searched all the sharp things on our bodies before getting in the car." , tell me how we are going to escape?"

"And the sad freedom you speak of, that is what you long for when you have enough to eat. Even if we escape, we will either sell ourselves into slavery or starve to death—the word freedom can be eaten ?"

Ye Xiaozhou suddenly fell silent. He didn't agree with a word he said, but he couldn't refute him a word.

He felt that no matter what he refuted now, he was like the Emperor Hui of Jin who said "why not eat minced meat".

Since no one here wants to escape, he must save himself. He is different from these people. Pingjiang still has his relatives and his bright future.

At three o'clock, at the corner gate of Prince Ning's Mansion.

The first torrential rain since the beginning of summer fell in Shangjing. The rain pierced straight into the dry ground like a steel needle, and then mixed the loess into mud, which slapped the passing pedestrians and the carriages of the horses, and finally burned the eyes. the marks.

Han Xiuping jumped out of the carriage first, and then opened a huge, pitch-black oil-paper umbrella, enveloping Jing Min, who got off the carriage, into the shadow.

"The news came from over there, saying that Ye Xiaozhou was knocked out and thrown into a thief's car. The thieves were three notorious villains. They must have been sent to someone's family to be a concubine, or to be sent to do hard work somewhere. Whether to save or not depends on your will." Han Xiuping said in a business-like manner.

Jing Min stepped on a rainy night, and a speck of mud was splashed on his clean white boots. He frowned, feeling a little irritable for no reason: "It's up to you."

Han Xiuping didn't know what the master meant, so he just bowed his head and said, "This subordinate dare not make rash decisions."

"If you don't want to save people, why do you need to make up for his fate?" Jing Min restrained the trace of irritability that he had just shown, and said expressionlessly, "Which hand knocked him out, he was chopped up and fed to the dogs. , Whoever deceives him shall cut off his tongue."

Han Xiu calmly said, shouldn't you be hacked into pieces?But this is his master, he can only continue to bow his head and say yes.

"But master," Han Xiuping's voice was very low in the rain, as if it had been broken and diluted by the rain, "If you don't want to save him, why do you say follow me?"

Jing Min didn't seem to hear him, and ignored him.

Passing through the corner door and stepping into the long corridor, the sound of the turbulent rain outside seemed to be cut off, like being swallowed into the mouth of a giant beast, and the palace was so quiet that a needle could be heard.

An honored guest in the palace was sitting on the couch in the dormitory. He was dressed in a bright yellow robe, and a five-clawed golden dragon lay on his chest. The golden dragon opened its eyes, and this person also opened their narrow eyes.

"What time is it now?" the nobleman asked.

The old housekeeper who knelt for several hours replied: "If you answer His Majesty, Zizheng is already here."

"When will your prince come back?"

"This..." The old housekeeper was silent for a while, and then said, "I don't know."

As soon as he finished speaking, the teacup in the nobleman's hand fell on his knee, which made the old housekeeper tremble.

This set of teacups is a treasure that is hard to come by. The water-soaked amethyst teapot has no flocs or horizontal stripes inside. It was rewarded by the emperor last year, but now it is just smashed.

"Brother Huang, why are you so angry?" Jing Min sat on the wooden wheelchair, behind him was Han Xiuping who bowed his head and quietly pushed the wheelchair.

The nobleman on the couch stood up, his eyes fell on Jing Min's face, and his originally dark face suddenly returned to normal: "You have always been in poor health, but you didn't return in the middle of the night tonight. I am just worried about you. How can you say that you are angry?" It's heavy?"

Jing Min smiled very coldly: "It's my younger brother who said something wrong."

"I heard that Ah Min hasn't been in Beijing for the past few months, where did he go?" Jing Ling smiled.

Those who don't know may think that this is the elder brother chatting with his younger brother, but everyone present knows that as long as Jing Min's answer is wrong or if he is a little careless, this uncertain emperor will turn his face at any time.

Jing Min's complexion remained unchanged, and he replied unhurriedly: "I heard that there is a miracle doctor in Shu who can resurrect human flesh and bones, so I imagined that this broken leg can be cured, but that miracle doctor doesn't come out of the mountain easily. So I had no choice but to look for him in person. It took a lot of time to come and go, and I delayed the matter of assisting the emperor because of my own selfishness, I really deserve to die."

Hearing what he said, Jing Ling just laughed.

"Why didn't Ah Min tell Yu Zhen earlier? A piece of imperial edict was sent to him, even if he didn't want to, he got to. It's not difficult to tie him here."

"Brother Huang said it's not that I haven't thought about it, it's just that I'm afraid that the strong will make things difficult for me, and the genius doctor doesn't want to be a god anymore." Jing Min said with a bit of frustration, "It's just that he said that my brother's leg is seriously ill and hard to break, even if it is even a god. It's gone."

Jing Ling seemed to be unintentional, but at the same time, he said with a half-smile, "Don't be afraid, Ah Min has been so smart since he was a child. As long as he wants to leave, is he afraid that he won't be able to stand up?"

Jing Min didn't seem to understand the metaphor in his words, so he replied dryly: "Brother Huang was joking."

He and this emperor brother who is more than ten years older than him have never had anything to say, even if they pretended to be happy, it was difficult to pretend to be happy, so after finishing this sentence, the result was a long silence.

The two of them finished a cup of tea silently facing the broken amethyst teacup on the ground, and then Jing Ling was about to leave.

"Ah Min," Jing Ling said just before leaving, "You seem to be a lot darker."