The long official road is full of yellow dust, although it is an official road, but it is remote, and this official road passes through the Keshit Mountains, which is notoriously high and difficult to cross, so most of the chamber of commerce's trucks will not pass here, and only a few slave traders will choose to pass through here with more profits.
At this time, a young man was wrapped in a tattered cloak, walking on this sparsely populated road, behind his back was a long sword-like thing, the whole body was wrapped in a cloth that had been dyed by the wind and sand, and his black hair was a little messy by the wind, and the cloak was hunting in the wind.
"Tuk tuk tuk..." A sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, as we say, most of the slave traders passed by this road, and the sound of a carriage was officially a slave trader's carriage, and the carriage was full of slaves. However, the slave had the same characteristics—all with a human body, but with the ears and tail of a beast.
As for why there are no other types of slaves, it is probably because in recent times, the slaves of the beast-eared race are particularly good at making money, because the battle between the beast-eared race and the demon race failed, the royal capital was also captured, the beast-eared man Wang Zhai Qiushan died in battle, the princess killed herself, most of the royal family members and commoners were reduced to slaves, so the purchase price was low, and it could even be called a worthless transaction.
The distance between the young man and the carriage became closer and closer, and the sound of the wheels of the carriage became clearer, and the young man also raised his head, looked at the sign on the oncoming carriage, and said to himself: "It's a slave trader, it just so happens that I still lack a slave who runs errands." He stretched, stopped, and shouted at the carriage: "Hey, here! "
The young man's voice was loud, and the slave traders in the carriage noticed him, wondering why anyone had come out of the Kshit Mountains, which were notoriously harsh. But before he could think about it, the carriage had already slowly stopped beside the young man.
"Hello, sir..." The slave trader stepped forward with a smile on his face, but he was stunned to see the man's youthful face, which was a little young for the safe passage from the Kshit Mountains. He hesitated and asked, "Are you?" "
"It's not famous, just call me Qianmiao." Qian Miao waved her hand, walked past the slave trader, walked to the back of the carriage, looked at the cart of beast-eared slaves, and touched her chin: "I want to pick one from you... Well? Qian Miao seemed to see something that made him a little familiar, and was stunned for a moment.
"Okay Chimi-san, if you want a slave, I have everything here." The slave trader followed, rubbing his hands and asking with a smile: "What kind of slave do you want?" Is it a combat class, a porter class, or do you need one..." He winked mysteriously at Qianmiao: "Meat slave? "
"What's the mess?" Qian Miao was obviously choked by this bold statement, and he paused: "Why are they all beast-eared slaves?" "
Hearing this, the slave trader looked at him with some surprise, and after repeatedly confirming that Qian Miao really did not know about it, he spoke: "Your Excellency really does not know about the recent destruction of the Beast-Eared Human Race, which has spread throughout the world. "
"Ah..." Qianmiao scratched her head: "I just came out of the Kshit Mountains, and I've been inside for the past few months. He pointed to the depths of the carriage: "Pull that blue-haired slave out and show me." "
"Blue-haired..." The slave trader looked into the carriage, and after several twists and turns, he saw that there was indeed a blue-haired slave in the depths of the carriage, and while surprised by Qianmiao's eyesight, he asked: "That's a blind man, are you sure you want it?" "
"Don't care so much, just pull it over and I'll take a look."
"Okay sir, it's me who talks too much." The slave trader climbed into the carriage, and the slave in the cart also saw him come up and automatically parted to the sides, revealing the blue-haired slave, and the slave trader picked up the chains on the cart, and tied the other end to the slave's neck, pulling and pulling the slave out.
"Here you are, sir. Except for being blind, they all meet the standards of normal slaves. In fact, it doesn't matter if you are blind, I tell you, although she is blind, she can perceive everything around her, no different from normal people, she can perceive everything. "
"Your words really leave me speechless, what is it that except for being blind, everything else is in line with normal slaves?" Qian Miao raised her eyes: "Do you think I'm a pit?" "
"No, no, sir." The slave trader quickly denied: "I definitely didn't think so. "
Qian Miao didn't answer him again, carefully observing the slave who didn't say a word, his eyes were covered with a black cloth, his long hair that should have been blue could no longer see the original color, the gray cloth top and black shorts were extremely loose, of course, it could also be because he was too thin. A pair of cat ears on the top of the head are also gray, and the tail is also hanging behind it. "It's very similar..." Qian Miao seemed to be thinking about something: "Hey, you just said, how is the Beast Ear Man royal family?" "
"If the royal family dies in battle, the princess kills herself, and the rest are basically reduced to slavery." The slave trader replied, "If the gentleman doesn't see it, I have many other slaves here." "
Qian Miao waved her hand and asked again: "Are you sure the news is true?" "
"Except for the princess's body that was not found, everything else is real, more real than pearls." The slave traders swore the word.
"That's it, how much?" Qianmiao nodded and took out a money bag from her waist.
"Nine silver coins."
Hearing this, Qian Miao frowned: "So expensive? I remember that the price of an ordinary slave was only about two silver coins. He stared at the slave trader, "When I don't know the price? "
"This..." The slave trader rubbed his hands awkwardly, and said a little embarrassed: "How many years ago did you say the price?" The current price is four silver coins. "
As soon as the words fell, I saw Qianmiao nodded, and said again, "She's not just blind, right? Seems a little dumb? "
The slave trader broke out in a cold sweat, careless, this person looked really carefully, as Qianmiao said, this slave was indeed dumb, and his vocal cords were damaged as an experimental object in the previous master. But who cares?
The slave trader laughed and said politely: "Then, let's subtract one silver coin for you, three silver coins, you can take her away." "
"No." Qian Miao took out three silver coins from her money bag and put them in the palm of the slave trader's hand, "What about the slave contract?" "
"I'll get it for you," the slave trader pulled out a piece of contract from his bosom, and cut the slave's finger with a knife and pressed it to it. "Just press a fingerprint on it." He handed the contract to Qianmiao
Qian Miao looked at the contract book in her hand with interest, and also took out a knife from her pocket, slashed it on her index finger, and pressed her finger on it. Suddenly, the parchment lit up, emitting a red light, slowly rolled up, and in the next moment, Meng turned into a red light, shot towards the slave girl's arm, and then melted in, and a pattern appeared on the wrist, which was the slave pattern.
Looking at the establishment of the slave pattern, Qianmiao waved her hand at the slave trader: "You unshackled her." "
The slave trader quickly nodded: "It should be." He untied the key from his waist, opened the chain around the slave girl's neck, and took a calfskin collar from the car, put it on the slave girl's neck under Qianmiao's shocked gaze, looked at Qianmiao, bowed and said: "Then, sir, I will leave first, I still have to go to the delivery, so I won't be more accompanied." "
"Let's go." Qian Miao nodded, took the slave girl's arm, and continued to walk in the previous direction, along the official road. He was going to get to the nearest city before the sun set today.
The woods on both sides of the road are very dense, and as for why there is no one on the road, as mentioned earlier, this road is a road leading to the Kshit Mountains, and no one will take this road.
Speechless all the way
I don't know how long they walked, the two finally saw the outline of the gate of the town in the distance, and they noticed this city when they looked at this side in the Kshit Mountains before, and it was quite large, as a border city of human species, its gate was naturally guarded by many soldiers. The appearance of the two immediately attracted their attention, usually except for caravans and slave traders, where would anyone enter and exit through this city gate.
When the two approached, a soldier took a step forward and stopped them, and the voice under the armor was strong and powerful: "Hello, please show your documents." "
Qian Miao raised the slave girl's arm and signaled that it was a slave, while rummaging through his pocket, his identity card had not been used for a long time, as if it was in his pocket?
"Found it." He handed the soldier his ID card.
The soldier carefully compared the appearance of Qian Miao and the person on the card, and frowned: "This... Qianmiao? That thousand families in the royal city? He raised his head and stared at Qian Miao, his voice full of doubt: "Why do you look like a broken house?" I remember that the big families in the royal city will collect people with the same surname in each city, right? They're all doing well. He paced slowly around Qianmiao, while looking up and down: "Is this really your identity?" "
Hearing this, Qian Miao frowned, feeling a little uncomfortable, how could this person dare to ask anything? He looked at the glow on the soldier's armor: "Silver Wolf Knights? Why do you talk so much, what do we have to do with you? He said in a bad tone, stepped forward and nodded at the soldier's armor: "What makes you so suspicious, because I am not arrogant enough?" He reached out and grabbed the soldier's hand: "Don't want to live, do you?" "
"Be bold!" Seeing this situation, several soldiers around them pointed their guns at Qian Miao, but the soldier waved his hand and signaled them to put the gun down, and then he did not continue to interrogate as if he had changed someone.
"Open the gates for them and let them go." He returned Qianmiao's identity card to Qianmiao and saluted him again: "Welcome to Yalebed City." "
With the sound of gears turning, Qianmiao looked at the slowly opening city gate, and suddenly felt unreal, he had not entered any city for a long time, the most inhabited place he passed was the village he passed two years ago, and the clothes on his body were made for him by the tailor he found at that time. Seriously, Qianmiao really forgot what the city looked like.
After the soldier showed them the way, he secretly put his clenched fist in his pocket, and the silver coin fell into his pocket with the opening of his palm, and then he took his hand out casually, still hanging by his side.
Qian Miao noticed his small movements, and knew what he was doing, and couldn't help but sigh a little, although he hadn't lived in society for so many years, this kind of soldier guarding the city gate pit some money, but it was still common.
Thinking of this, he didn't say much, nodded to the soldier and walked towards the city gate. The slave girl was holding a long sword cloth bag in her arms and followed behind Qianmiao. After the two passed through the gate, the gears of the gate behind them sounded again, and the door slowly closed.
"Finally." Qian Miao looked at the city scenery in front of her, felt a little relaxed, and breathed a long sigh of relief:
"Back to human society."