Niu Fang is an old man with a small wrinkle on his face, who is in charge of this small market. Everyone who enters the market to set up a stall must provide him with some benefits. More importantly, he was the one who guarded the high platform where slaves were sold in the market.
On weekdays, this high platform sometimes auctions some valuable items. Since the opening of the Great Heritage Continent, the most valuable items have been people from other continents. What could be more eye-catching than living people. Those who can go to the Great Relic Continent are more or less capable. Buying such people into the clan, slowly losing their wild nature, having cultivation and strength, and being able to use them for decades, is really not a good deal. Losing money.
When Wu Gen found the cow, he was squatting next to a stone mill, with a plate of side dishes in front of him, squinting and drinking the pungent shochu. From time to time someone would come over to say hello and put a small baggage in front of him. Niu Fang just glanced at it and kept the ones he liked, and let others take away the ones he didn't like. This also meant that today's booth would not be assigned to this person again.
Looking up at Wu Gen, and then at the tiger head ornament in his hand, Niu Fang stood up and walked to the hut behind the stone mill, and took out a palm-sized tiger body. With a click, the tiger head and body fit together perfectly. .
"Feng Qing sent you here with a token. Tell me, what's the matter? This is the last favor I owe him. Once I pay it back, it will be gone. I'll think about it after thinking about it." Niu Fang continued to squat. On the ground, he took a sip of wine, his face twisted together in pain.
"I heard that two foreigners are going to be sold here in the next two days. Can I visit in advance?" Wu Gen also squatted down, holding his knees and testing.
"Just for this, wasting a token?" Niu Fang put down the wine cup in his hand, feeling a little incredible.
"Let's see and decide." Wu Gen moved his butt and stretched out his hand to refill the wine cup in front of him. "Lao Niu will have to take care of him then."
"I'm a businessman. I'm profitable. Everything is easy to talk about. It's bullshit whether I care or not. Since Feng Qing has thrown such a big capital here, I can't ruin my reputation. But I also want to make it clear to you. "If it exceeds the cost, you need to pay more, and Feng Qing's face is not that big." Niu Fang put the wine bottle on the stone grinder, turned around and asked a boy to carry it away, and then walked towards the back of the market with his shoes. .
Wu Gen quickly got up and followed him, even holding him close as he walked, "Old Niu, you are in charge of such a large piece of land. You must have made a lot of money this year. I wonder what can be bought and sold here."
"Everything someone buys can be sold, including your head." The cow put its head down without looking back, dragging its shoes on the ground, making a squeaking sound.
Touching his head, Wu Gen said with a smile: "My head is smelly and hard. No one will want it wherever I put it, and I'm still rude. May I ask how much gold and silver it takes to buy these two foreigners." "
Niu Fang glanced at Wu Gen, but he didn't answer the question, "It seems that the little brother is not a local, and his accent is a bit strange." After thinking about it, he replied: "Usually those who buy foreigners come from the village, or they are from the village. An inscription is either a hunting ground or a rare item. There is no price, it all depends on the seller's will."
"Oh." Wu Gen then realized why Niu Fang's expression was so strange just now. It was because he was exchanging goods with others. When I think of this, I can't help but feel a little nervous in my heart, wondering where I came from to become a hunting ground.
Soon the two of them arrived at the back of the market, where several stone houses were built and seven or eight guards were patrolling and guarding them. Seeing the cattle being herded, these people saluted them one after another. Niu Fang ignored it and walked straight to a stone house. He nuzzled at the two burly men standing at the door and said, "Open the door."
"Yes, Master Niu." The two big men agreed, opened the iron door of the stone house, and stepped aside to make way for the passage.
Wu Gen followed Niu Fang into the house. As soon as he entered the door, an unpleasant smell mixed with the smell of feces, urine and sweat hit his face, almost making Wu Gen cry. Niu Fang didn't care at all and pointed at the room casually, "Well, those are the two."
There were two iron cages placed in the center of the room. The iron bars on the cages were as thick as arms and were speckled with red. The cage is no higher than a person's thigh, and the person trapped in it cannot even straighten his or her waist when sitting up.
Wu Gen covered his nose with his sleeves and walked to the cage. In the cage near the door, a man with disheveled hair is sleeping on his stomach. His clothes are in tatters, but judging from the fabric, they are made of fine brocade silk.
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In another cage, there was a young man with a dark face, a short and bloated body, who looked very simple and honest, chewing on a bone with not much meat left. The strange thing is that despite his young age, he has a lock of white hair on the top of his head, which makes him look very eye-catching.
Hearing Wu Gen's movement, the lying man showed no reaction, but the fat young man raised his head and looked at the person curiously.
Walking to the first cage, Wu Gen reached out and wanted to knock on the iron cage to see what the lying man looked like. The cow was placed behind him and reminded, "I advise you not to touch it. This is a cage made of ghost blood and iron, which can absorb human blood. Otherwise, how could these warriors be imprisoned?"
Wu Gen shrank his hand back in fear. Only then did he realize that the railings of the iron cage were deeply inserted into the ground, and there were no iron bars underneath. He could only say loudly: "It's a pity that both of them are men. It would be nice if there was a woman."
Hearing Wu Gen's voice, the sleeping person moved slightly and slowly raised his head. Wu Gen almost laughed when he saw it. This person was not Ye Ziming. The originally elegant and elegant young master now looked like a beggar, with streaks of black and white on his face, and one of his eyes was still blue.
Seeing Wu Gen, Ye Ziming's eyes lit up. Just when he was about to speak, he suddenly became alarmed, pointed at Wu Gen and cursed: "What do you think, you bastards? Let grandpa go quickly, otherwise... ...Otherwise, grandpa will crash and die on this iron fence, and you will lose both your life and property."
Seeing that no one was paying attention, he cried bitterly and said, "It's okay if you don't let me go. At least I can change the place. I can prepare a banquet and two maids. My requirements are not high."
Wu Gen was delighted when he heard this. This noble man from Beirong, who was responsible for sharpening swords, happily escaped from home and went to Dayizhou, but in the end he was tied up here like a dog. "Open your mouth." Wu Gen said in a deep voice.
"What?" Ye Ziming was confused for a moment and didn't know what he meant.
"Look at the mouth of the tooth. Why don't you buy it back? In case it's just a fake and you fail at work." Old God Wu Gen was there and motioned to Ye Ziming to open his mouth wider.
"Your uncle..." Ye Ziming became furious upon hearing this, jumped up and hit his head heavily on the iron cage. As soon as he got close to the cage, Ye Ziming's expression changed, his face turned pale, his body was shaking like chaff, his teeth were chattering, and he lay on the ground gasping for air.
Wu Gen couldn't help but be a little surprised. This ghost blood iron was really overbearing and could make people unbearable even if it was touched a little. It was indeed a weapon for imprisoning warriors.
Seeing that Ye Ziming would not be able to recover for a while, Wu Gen pretended to walk to the second cage and said, "The one just now was too hot, so you have to endure it. Come on, open your mouth and don't jump around, or else you'll end up in trouble." Like that." He pointed at Ye Ziming who was lying on the ground.
The fat young man looked frightened and moved his mouth several times before opening it. Seeing Wu Gen nod, he said solemnly: "Sir, I can do a good job at work. I won't be lazy. Whether it's farming or hunting, I'm good at it." After saying that, he lay down and kowtowed to Wu Gen. .
"Okay, I understand." Wu Gen turned around and walked towards Niufang. The reason why he still wanted to look at the unknown fat black man again was because he was afraid that Niu Fang would see his intentions.
"Master Niu, let's go out to discuss it. The smell here is too strong." Wu Gen smiled and made an invitation gesture.
Without saying a word, Niu Fang and Wu Gen walked out of the stone house. After finding a secluded place, Niu Fang leaned against a tree, folded his arms, and looked at Wu Gen expressionlessly.
"Master Niu, I want these two people." Wu Gen got straight to the point. When doing business with people like Niu Fang, there is no need to make so many twists and turns, otherwise it will only make the other party resentful.
Niu Fang looked at the sky and spat viciously, "It's not dark either."
Wu Gen was startled, not knowing what the other party meant. There was a sneer on Niu Fang's lips, and he said disdainfully: "Your face is not that big, and Feng Qing's can't do it either."
"Haha." Wu Gen was ridiculed, but he was not annoyed at all. "Master Niu, it's a business. You have to pay back what you want. You can tell us the lowest price. We can talk about it if it's suitable."
Niu Fang stood up straight, stretched out his hand to pick out his ears, and blew, "These two people are from the alliance. Although I led people to capture them, I can't handle them without permission. Let's do this, man, you can Take one away. The favor with Feng Qing will be over, and we will not owe each other anything in the future."
"Let's discuss it again and see if we can add something to take away two people." Wu Gen smiled and looked like he was pestering him.
Niu Fang leaned forward a little, "Why does Feng Qing want two people? He has too much appetite. If he wants two, what will other villages think? This is a strong man who can fight. And he is an exotic species. There is a great possibility that the boy will practice inscriptions in the future. You just go back and do nothing, just farm on the kangtou. In a few years, there will be a few more strong men in the village. Tell me which village will agree."
Wu Gen was stunned. It turned out that there was still such a level of interest. It seemed that giving Niu Fang to one of them really gave Feng Qing a lot of face. "Okay, just one. When will you take the person?".
Niu Fang took a deep breath and looked at the sky, "Tonight, you come here to pick up people. I will ask people to move away to save people from talking too much."
"Okay. I'm happy." Wu Gen was also quite happy. In any case, he had never expected that Zi Ming could be rescued so smoothly. This Niu Fang is straightforward in his work, and he is indeed a businessman.
After the two of them discussed it, Wu Gen prepared to leave and only waited for a while to come back here. "Wait a minute." Niu Fang suddenly said. He took out the tiger-shaped ornament, squeezed it hard, and it broke into pieces. "Take it."
Wu Gen didn't know why, so he had to reach out and take the fragments. Niu Fang rubbed his hand on Wu Gen and wiped off the remaining small fragments on his hand. "Tell Feng Qing not to bother me anymore." After saying that, he put his hands behind his back, pulled his shoes and left alone.
Looking at the fragments in his hand and then at Niu Fang's back, Wu Gen couldn't help but wonder that this man was so determined despite not knowing that he had any entanglement with Feng Qing. Forget it, never mind, after fishing out Ye Ziming, he will leave here and continue his trip to the Great Relic Continent.
After returning to the place where Shui Congyue and others were hiding, Wu Gen briefly talked about his trip. Hearing that Wu Gen was going to pick up someone, Shui Congyue was a little worried, "Why don't I go with you so that you can take care of me if anything goes wrong."
Wu Gen thought for a while and shook his head, "Forget it, I'll go alone, lest there are too many people and the other party will have any ideas. If I don't come back after the time has passed, you can try to save me again."
Baoxiang suddenly said, "Isn't there still a person being imprisoned? Whether he can be saved or not, he is still from another continent after all."
"Alas." Wu Gen sighed, "It's hard to save this person unless we grab it forcefully. But if we forcefully grab it, the opponent will have many people and will inevitably trap us in it. We have worked hard to get here, there is no need to risk it again. Such risks.”
Baoxiang nodded, "That's what I said, forget it, just fish out that Ye Mingming."
Several people were discussing, and suddenly the Holly Bird, who was sleeping on the ground, raised his head and looked around suspiciously. After looking for a long time but finding nothing, he lay down on the ground again and continued to beat up.
