Princess Lanyu's tone became slightly colder: "It's clearly what you said just now. Now that the source body is here, it's not easy for us to get out of trouble. Why are you blaming me now?"
Ji Yueyun said in a young voice: "What I mean by 'the source body is here' is that we are not really like mortal beings, but we are not asking you to use sharp weapons to verify this now. In any case, we will wait until We will make plans after arriving at Zezhou Prefecture."
Princess Lanyu snorted coldly and said, "Then let me ask you, the Yao Realm is clearly a place for cultivation, why do we fall into an illusion?"
"Then why are you so sure that this place must be an illusion?"
Ji Yuenian shook his head, "According to my speculation, this is probably a real world where time and space are distorted to the extreme. As for where the mystery of the Yao Realm lies, when we leave this world, See for yourself."
After saying this, he leaned against the door frame of the carriage again, gently closed his eyes, and fell into silence.
Princess Lanyu in the other carriage also gradually became quiet.
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Bang!
After an unknown amount of time, the bumpy carriage finally stopped on the side of the road. There was a hustle and bustle from outside the carriage, which was extremely noisy.
"Come down!"
The curtain of the carriage was opened by a tall and strong slave. He glared fiercely at the people tied up with hemp ropes in the carriage, and said in a rather impatient tone, "If you don't want to be whipped, please climb down quickly!"
Ji Yuenian was tied to the edge of the door frame. The tall slave removed the hemp rope from his ankles and stepped out of the carriage first.
After that, a full eight young men of different ages filed out, their hands tied with tight ropes that made it impossible to break free.
Although the hemp ropes around their ankles were removed, no one thought about escaping.
There were more than a dozen tall and strong men surrounding the two carriages, many of whom held barbed whips in their hands. Next to "Master Zhao" were two armored guards with sinister expressions. The long sword he held reflected an icy cold light.
At the same time, the curtain of the carriage where Princess Lanyu was sitting was also opened, and several girls stepped out of the carriage one after another, including two girls under ten years old.
Ji Yuenian looked around and had a vague idea of the situation at this time.
This place is an extremely prosperous market, with people coming and going, and soldiers wearing armor passing by from time to time, but no one cares about the slaves tied here at all.
Even if there were occasional people who stopped, they would look at Ji Yuenian and others as if they were looking at a piece of goods. After asking about the price, they would walk away with hesitation.
Obviously, Mr. Zhao has a very dark heart and has made up his mind to sell these boys and girls at a high price.
"Stand still for me!"
A tall and strong slave came over fiercely, pushing and pushing the young people into a line, with an extremely impatient look on his face.
Ji Yuenian's hands were tied with hemp ropes in front of him, and he stood there without saying a word, looking coldly at the noisy market, but thoughts were surging deep in his mind.
Every living person in front of you does not seem fake. The emotions exuded by these creatures are extremely real. The world here is clearly not an illusion!
With that being said, what is the truth about the Yao Realm world? !
Suddenly, a bolt of thunder and lightning flashed through his mind, and Ji Yuenian's pupils shrank slightly as he thought of a terrifying guess.
"Is this really the case..."
"If the facts are really what I think, then this white jade butterfly is really too scary..."
Thinking of this, Ji Yuenian turned his head and looked at Princess Lanyu who was a few feet away.
Princess Lanyu seemed to be aware of it. She also raised her eyes and looked at Ji Yuenian, and said through her heart: "Looking at your expression, do you already have a clue?"
Ji Yueliang nodded lightly and said, "I just had a guess, but I'm not completely sure yet."
Princess Na Lanyu said: "I also have a guess, and I need to verify it. Once I have a clue, I will tell you."
When the two of them were transmitting messages, there were already many people gathered in the market here. Many eyes were wandering around these young girls, as if they were choosing what they liked.
Among the crowd, a Qingjun scribe in robes stood out, with a serious look on his face, and said to Mr. Zhao: "May I ask this bastard, where do these slaves come from?"
Mr. Zhao looked a little surprised. He took out two old yellow papers from his sleeve and said, "Why do you ask these questions? I have the approval from the state government, and I can sell slaves no matter where they are!"
The robed scribe looked at Mr. Zhao steadily and said: "Half a day ago, three villages and towns to the west of Zezhou Prefecture were plundered by horse bandits, but the government soldiers did not find the bodies of any children. Are they all being looted by you guys? Did the traitors carve it up from the horse bandits?"
"That's nonsense!" Mr. Zhao looked a little panicked. Although he had a license to sell slaves, having an affair with a horse bandit was a major crime of beheading. "You are talking nonsense here. What evidence is there?"
During the commotion, two more extremely gorgeous carriages stopped here one after the other.
Mr. Zhao's eyes lit up and he didn't care about arguing with the scribe. He immediately went up to him with two guards, nodded and bowed and said, "Is the officer coming down to take a look?"
"What official! I've blinded you!"
A maid in green spit at him, turned around, stretched out her hand to lift the silk curtain of the carriage, "Young lady, be careful."
Surrounded by several maids, the young woman in luxurious clothes stepped out of the carriage. A pair of autumn-like eyes swept across all the slaves and said softly: "That bastard, let me ask you, if I own all these slaves, How much silver do you want to buy it for?"
Head Zhao was overjoyed, bowed and said, "Madam, if..."
"Wait a minute!" The scribe in robe came up and saluted the young woman, "Madam, everything is first come, first served. I have just fallen in love with two slaves and I was just about to pay."
The maid in green clothes scolded: "Do you know what our young lady is, how dare you..."
The young woman raised her hand, interrupted the maid in green clothes, glanced at the scribe in robes, and said, "Which two slaves are you interested in?"
The robed scribe nodded twice from the crowd and said, "They are these two people."
The young woman looked a little hesitant. After thinking for a moment, she said: "Since you came first, I don't want to bully you. In this way, the girl belongs to me and the boy belongs to you. Is that okay?"
The scribe in the robe put it away when he saw that it was good, then he cupped his hands and said, "Then I'll thank you, madam."
After saying this, he walked towards Mr. Zhao who was standing on one side, took out a heavy piece of snowflake silver from his sleeve, placed it in Mr. Zhao's hand, and whispered: "The silver goods are both done."
Head Zhao stared blankly at the silver taels in his hand. After counting, he finally realized what he was doing and said subconsciously: "A slave only needs three taels of silver, but this guy gave me a full twenty taels of silver. Could it be that he has lost his mind?" What!"
When he looked up again, the robed scribe had already disappeared into the crowd with the slave he had just chosen, and was no longer seen.
"The young man he took away was not an ordinary person. If you calculate it carefully, fifty taels of silver can't buy it," the young woman said with a smile. "The bastard followed the carriage with all the slaves. The Zezhou Governor's Office will settle the accounts with you."
After saying this, she turned around and walked onto the carriage, lowering the silk curtain again.
Head Zhao responded hurriedly, and then urged the slaves to stand up one by one, followed the carriage, and walked towards the Zezhou Governor's Mansion.
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