Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 58

Gao Ming originally brought his younger sister to go shopping this time, and the purpose was naturally to buy, buy, buy, and now someone said that there was a baby to sell to him, so he naturally agreed with a smile.

"Okay, what treasure do you have, show it to Grandpa, Grandpa has plenty of money!"

Gao Ming has been holding back this sentence for two lifetimes, and he finally said it today, which makes him feel so happy!
"Damn, I didn't expect that I would be here today. If it was in my era, I'm afraid there would be a lot of people shouting to be friends with me? Hahahaha..."

Gao Ming's local tyrant temperament obviously also shocked the man in front of him, and he suddenly showed a happy expression, his posture was lowered, and his face also showed a flattering face.

"Hey, Grandpa, don't worry, it's definitely a baby!"

Speaking of this, he glanced left and right immediately, and looked cautious all the way, after making sure that there was no suspicious person around, he moved closer to Gao Ming, and was about to lower his voice and whisper in Gao Ming's ear.

"Master, the villain's treasure is placed in the inn next to it. There are many people out here, so the villain didn't dare to bring it out. You and the villain can take a look and see."

Hearing his words, Gao Ming also nodded.

"Well, that's right, since it's a baby, naturally you have to be careful, let's go, take me to have a look."

"Okay, sir, you come with me!"

After getting Gao Ming's approval, the man immediately agreed and led the way, while Gao Ming took Li Mingda's hand and followed.

After a while, several people came to an inn, and then followed the man into his room.

After entering the room, the man immediately pulled out a sack from under his bed. Gao Ming clearly saw something moving inside the sack!

"Live?"

At this time, Gao Ming's first reaction was whether this guy was selling children, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was impossible. After all, this was the Tang Dynasty, and human trafficking was legal. It is really not difficult to want children.

Moreover, human trafficking is a felony. The principal offender must be hanged, and even the accomplices and their family members must be held accountable. Obviously, the harm outweighs the benefits, so this man's baby should not be a child.

"Probably some precious animal!"

Just as Gao Ming thought, after the man dragged the bag out, the things inside also screamed.

"Hurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr..."

Hearing this strange sound, Gao Ming was stunned for a moment. He felt that the sound was familiar, but for a while he couldn't remember what kind of animal it was.

Just when Gao Ming was in a daze, the man had already taken out the animal. When Gao Ming saw this thing, his eyes widened immediately.

I saw that this animal looked like a little piglet, but it was thinner than ordinary piglets, and it was shining with golden light, as if it had been painted with gold powder. With the sunlight coming in from the window of the inn, it looked Quite dazzling.

The moment the man took out the little golden pig, Gao Ming clearly heard a few gasps from the side.

Looking at this little golden pig, Li Mingda grabbed Gao Ming's hand and looked at him expectantly.

"Brother, I want it!"

Seeing his sister's determined face, Gao Ming sighed suddenly, then raised his chin towards the man.

"Tell me, how much is your baby?"

Hearing Gao Ming directly asked the price, the man's eyes lit up immediately, but he didn't directly say the price, but stretched out two fingers.

Seeing his action, Gao Ming suddenly sighed.

"Okay, since my sister likes it, let's just pay for it twice, Azheng and Aji, give him the money!"

"Yes!"

Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng had just agreed, but before they had time to take the money, the man immediately raised his hand.

"and many more!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Ming frowned.

"What? Don't plan to sell it?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the man suddenly showed a tangled face.

"That... my lord, this is a golden pig, a rare auspicious beast, you just give me two coins, this is really..."

He didn't say the rest of the words, but his meaning was already obvious, that is too little!
Seeing his tangled face, Gao Ming suddenly raised his chin towards him with a half-smile.

"Then how much do you want?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the man immediately glanced at Gao Ming, then at the bags in the hands of Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng, and swallowed.

"Twenty... no, two hundred guan, as long as you give me two hundred guan, this auspicious beast will be yours!"

Hearing his words, Gao Ming couldn't help laughing out loud.

"Haha, two hundred pennies, thanks to the fact that you can scream, I'm willing to give you two pennies, but it's for my sister's sake. Otherwise, you think I'd be willing to spend money to buy you, a gold-coated pig." ?"

As soon as Gao Ming's voice fell, the man suddenly showed a look of shock.

"You... how did you know?"

Seeing his surprised expression, Gao Ming shook his head helplessly.

"A low-level deception like yours can only starve to death with us. Forget it, why do I tell you so much, it's a waste of my time."

After finishing speaking, Gao Ming waved his hands at Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng.

"Aji, Ah Zheng, send this guy and his gold-dusted pig to the yamen, and let the chief judge judge them according to the "Tang Law"!"

"Yes!"

At this time, before Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng could make a move, the man knelt down after hearing a "plop", and then kowtowed three times to Gao Ming.

"Master, the villain knows it's wrong. The villain has eyes but can't see Mount Tai. I beg you to let the villain go. There are old people and young people in the villain. If I go to prison, my whole family will starve to death, sir." All right, all right, I will kowtow to you."

After finishing speaking, "咚咚咚" kowtowed again, the movement was very smooth, not sloppy at all, it seemed that this was not the first time he begged for mercy.

Seeing this scene, Gao Ming waved his hands to Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng again, signaling them not to arrest him, and then smiled at this man.

"It's easy for me to let you go. Tell me honestly, who is your name, who is in your family, and how many times have you done this?"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the man immediately raised his head and looked at Gao Ming expectantly.

"Did I tell you to let me go?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Ming immediately waved his hands at Hegan Chengji and Zhang Sizheng.

"Catch him to the officer!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, the man quickly raised his hands and shouted loudly.

"I said, I said, the younger one's name is Li Goudan, the owner of Chang'an Dongmen, there is no one in the family, the younger one has been doing this since he was 14 years old, and he has been doing it for six years, so the younger one doesn't remember This is the first time I have done this, sir, please forgive me, I will never dare again!"

Having seen Gao Ming's dominance, Li Goudan didn't dare to hide it anymore, and he explained everything like a bamboo tube and a bean. After listening to his words, Gao Ming suddenly couldn't laugh or cry.

"You've been working for six years. You're awesome. You used to sell golden pigs too?"

Hearing Gao Ming's question, Li Goudan raised his head and gave Gao Ming a flattering smile.

"Master Hui, the little one used to sell golden turtles. It's too cold now, the Weishui River is frozen, and turtles are really hard to find, so I bought a little wild boar to save trouble. It cost me a little thirty or so Wen!"

Hearing his words, Gao Ming was a little dumbfounded.

"Then where did you get your gold powder?"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Goudan immediately laughed.

"My lord, you are asking the right person this time. The small gold powder was scraped from the big Buddha in the temple in the north of the city. If you like it, you can put the small one first, and I will scrape two catties of the small one for you later. Hey Hey……"

As soon as Li Goudan finished speaking, the corners of Gao Ming's eyes twitched twice.

"Dare to scrape gold powder on the Buddha. I'm drunk too. Aren't you afraid that the Buddha will blame you? Besides, can a Buddha statue scrape two catties of gold powder?"

Hearing Gao Ming's question, Li Goudan seemed to see the hope of escape, and suddenly smiled brighter.

"Didn't those monks say 'My Buddha is merciful', and 'cut meat to feed eagles' or something, I am so poor, I think the Buddha will understand if I scrape some gold powder, as for the amount of gold powder..."

Having said this, Li Goudan gritted his teeth immediately, as if he had made up his mind, and then looked up at Gao Ming.

"Twice if you can't do it once, and three times if you can't do it twice. Don't worry, sir. I'm a trustworthy person. I'm sure I'll get it all for you!"

"..."

(End of this chapter)