The third day of the lunar month is the day when tooth travel begins. Among them, a black market has also opened. This is Xu Mu's true purpose.
After bidding farewell to Tian Song, the four of them took advantage of the dusk sky and slowly left Weicheng.
The opened Yaxing is located in the north of Weicheng. It is only twenty or thirty miles away. It can be reached in about two hours in a leisurely manner.
Si Hu, who was driving the carriage, still held the chopping knife in his arms. He probably wouldn't want to change it if he gave it to his wife.
As for the previous long saber, it was given to Zhou Zun. There are notarizations on both sides, so there will definitely be no problems.
"Brother Mu, can I give it a name?"
"Take it."
"Well, I'll call you Erhu."
"Where did you get the name?"
"I am the big tiger, and he is the second tiger, and he is my younger brother."
"Very good."
Xu Mu smiled. If Si Hu fell in love with this machete and regarded it as his second brother, he would definitely be more majestic in future fights.
"Master, there is light under the slope in front." While talking and laughing, Zhou Zun rode back.
Xu Mu raised his eyes and focused on the distant scenery ahead.
On March 1st, this shady dental business is really a gloomy business.
"Master, why is someone crying?"
Xu Mu frowned and pricked up his ears. Sure enough, he could vaguely hear the woman's whimpering in the night.
There were probably quite a few people, and the sounds of sobbing came and went.
Xu Mu guessed that she was probably the girl who was sold to the dental shop. Now she knew that she had a bad fate and couldn't help crying.
"Si Hu, urge the horse."
In the midst of the traffic, there were also many wealthy carriages rushing along the trail, heading towards the Yahang Black Market behind the slope.
After increasing the power and burning about half a stick of incense, a group of four people finally arrived. After leaving Zhou Zun to guard the carriage, Xu Mucai took Si Hu and another young man and continued walking inside.
Four or five handsome men holding swords originally wanted to check the invitation, but after receiving a few taels of silver, they hurriedly gave up and respectfully welcomed Xu Mu and others in.
"Brother Mu, there are so many people."
Xu Mu nodded, even he did not expect that such a black market for dental products in a remote rural area could attract so many people, and among them, there were many wealthy people wearing gorgeous robes.
"Boss, there's a bunch of people in front of you."
Ren Yazi, also known as Ya Po, specializes in plundering people in every possible way and sending them to Ya shops to be sold. There is a market held every three months, so there is plenty of time to prepare.
The inner city area is fine, but the towns and villages farther away are full of people like this. Most of the captives were young women, who were used as widowers' second wives or as playthings of wealthy families.
It's a bit similar to the hard work in Wangzhou City, which was a result of the dregs of business in troubled times.
In the wooden cage in front of them, there were about seven or eight ragged women with disheveled hair. When they saw someone approaching, they hurriedly squeezed to the front and put on facial makeup smiles.
Smiling like this, I don’t know how many riding whips I had to take before I learned this little skill.
"Master, there are twelve and one." In front of the wooden cage, an old man with a mustache came up to him with his hands drawn back.
Xu Mu was not happy to hear that, only jackals, tigers and leopards would say "one". The woman in the wooden cage was not an animal.
"Xu, Mr. Xu's family!"
Before Xu Mu could speak, a woman suddenly started crying in the wooden cage, causing the old man next to her to hurriedly wave her riding crop and whip her several times.
"Brother Mu, these guys were rescued from Ma Ti Lake!" Si Hu bulged his eyes and recognized them several times before speaking at once.
It was this sentence that made Xu Mu stunned on the spot.
During the Ma Ti Lake Killing List, he indeed saved more than a dozen miserable women. For their safety, he even hired a martial arts practitioner and sent them to the official residence.
But he never thought that in the blink of an eye, he would be sold to the dental shop again.
"Hey, if you don't want to buy it, don't stand here!" The old man was a little angry, thinking that Xu Mu was here to make business.
The sound got louder, and two or three guards carrying knives came over with annoyance.
"I bought them all." Xu Mu froze his face and grabbed the silver bag coldly.
This time, the old man's anger turned into happiness, and his face became flattering again.
"I dare to ask, where is the girl from?"
"Of course they are not from the inner city, they are all from distant places. Hey, don't worry, even if someone is killed, the government will not interfere."
Xu Mu's heart sank, and he roughly guessed that the girls rescued from Mati Lake were either poor women, or they did not have notarization from their husbands' families. Simply, they were all sent to the dental shop by the government to earn some small money.
After counting about seventy or eighty taels, Xu Mu coldly put them in the old man's hand.
"Thank you, thank you, Mr. Xu!" Seven or eight girls came out of the wooden cage and knelt down to kowtow.
Xu Mu couldn't bear to look anymore. These girls were covered with dense scars.
"Sanfu, take people to the carriage outside first, and then drive them back."
Qingzhuang, who called Sanfu, nodded, led the rescued girl and walked out.
"Brother Mu, there is another car. I will negotiate the price."
Xu Mu silently stretched out his hand and pulled Si Hu.
Even if I spend all my money on such a large dental shop, I may not be able to finish it.
"Let's go find those dozen villagers first."
This time around, Xu Mu's purpose was to find the old blacksmith and buy some good horses. But now, my mood suddenly turned terrible.
"My boss, I led them to the carriage. As soon as they left the slope, three of them ran away. They were surrounded by Lao Lin, so it was difficult to chase them." Sanfu hurried back, his tone full of guilt.
Xu Mu sighed for a long time.
This shit-like world has frightened people, so how can we live in peace and quiet?
"Mo Li, let them alone... Sanfu, I brought you out this time to recognize the villagers, have you seen them?"
Sanfu is not an old member of Zhuangzi. He just joined Xujiazhuang with the villagers a few days ago.
Following this round, a big task is to identify the dozen or so villagers.
"My boss, I haven't seen it yet."
"Let's go, walk two more laps."
Walking along the tooth line to the black market, Sanfu still found nothing. Afraid of closing the market, Xu Mu simply bought more than ten good horses before taking Sanfu around.
"My boss, I can't see you." Sanfu's voice sounded bitter.
Xu Mu also felt slightly uncomfortable in his heart. For those three iron bow notarizations, he still wanted to find the old blacksmith, have a good discussion, and make three protective weapons.
It seems that there is no chance for the time being.
Many wealthy men's shouts rang out nearby, and the guards armed with swords and sticks began to drive the purchased people into a new round of carriages.
In the meantime, the woman's voice of resentment and the young man's roar came and went one after another.
Xu Mu led the people and hurried back in silence along the way they came.
"My boss, my boss, my fellow villagers are over there!"
Before reaching the intersection, Sanfu, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly shouted in a low voice.
Xu Mu frowned and looked up, following the direction Sanfu pointed. It was discovered that there were at least four or five carriages outside the intersection, each carrying a full population.
Except for a car full of miserable women, the rest were all young and healthy people with dejected faces.
