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Chapter 17 Buying a Person

He couldn't sleep, so he went out to talk to a prisoner.

The prisoner was not very old, and his lips were cracked after being exposed to the sun during the day.

Su Nancheng asked his face to bring water for him to drink.

"Didn't you say we won't die either..."

Su Nancheng shook his head: "It's really hard to say whether you will die if you kill someone. But you will be more alive when you come back to Beijing with us."

"You are a good man, please save us and tell the emperor..." The man burst into tears.

Su Nancheng shook his head lightly: "I'm just a ninth-rank official, even if I want to ask, I won't be able to see His Majesty. But I promise you, when I see the prince, I will intercede for you, no matter whether it succeeds or not, I will always ask."

The man was just crying, obviously feeling hopeless too.

But another old man in the prison car said: "If you die, you will die. At least go to Beijing and tell us about our sufferings in Xianzhou..."

"Yes, when you come to Beijing, there will always be some opportunities. Why don't you tell me about Xianzhou?" Su Nancheng sat down and asked Liansheng to get some water and dry food.

In fact, Mr. Ma knew what he was doing very quickly, so he didn't care after thinking about it.

Su Nancheng just sat under the moonlight, listening to the eight prisoners telling stories.

In fact, although Xianzhou has been exploited miserably, it is still much better than some remote places that rely entirely on the sky for their livelihood.

He just heard it in the middle of the night before being called back to sleep by Lian Sheng.

On the way back, when we reached Guzhou, we should cross the river.

It was raining heavily, and the group could only rest in Guzhou first.

In the inn, they directly booked the next floor.The inn here is very big, just one floor plus the backyard is enough.

The eight prisoners were also released from the van and locked in the backyard.

They can't run either.

It was still raining just now, Su Nancheng waited for the hot water sent by Xiaoer to take a bath.

It was at this time that we heard crying and noise from outside.

It was quiet at first, but gradually it became louder and louder.

Su Nancheng and Lian Sheng went out to have a look, and saw many people shouting in the lobby, one of the women was crying miserably.

When Su Nancheng got closer, he saw an old man lying on the ground and twitching.

A teenage girl called him anxiously, as if she was the girl's father.He just looked like an old man again.

A little boy next to him panicked and explained: "I didn't touch him, I didn't touch him, he fell down by himself."

It's a pity that people around him blamed him.

Not long after, the shop owner also ran over, and without asking Qing Hong, kicked the waiter over with one kick.

It was obvious that the waiter in the shop was not very old, and he was thin and dark, and he was kicked so hard that he couldn't get up on the floor.

"You bastard, you are causing trouble for me. You guys, why don't you take him out quickly? Are you going to alarm the distinguished guests?"

Just as other people in the store were about to carry it, the old man had stopped convulsing, with a lot of foam coming from the corner of his mouth, but he was obviously better.

Su Nancheng looked at it, it looked like a shofar wind.

The old man was fine, but he and the girl were kicked out anyway.

Su Nancheng ignored it and went back to take a bath.

Wet and very uncomfortable.

Unexpectedly, after lunch, there will be something else.

Lian Sheng came in from the outside and said, "My lord, that little girl was beaten so badly this afternoon. I heard that it was the oil bottle brought by the owner's wife. She was beaten since she was a child."

"Then his wife doesn't care?" Su Nancheng asked.

"It's dead. The shopkeeper said it would be good if he would give that oil bottle a bite to eat. Tsk, pitiful. It's not as good as me. I have no relatives since I was a child. At least I won't be beaten every day if I sell it to our house."

Lian Sheng has always been satisfied with his life, even if he is accompanied by the most unpromising son, he still thinks it is better than outside.

"Go and find out, if you can, we'll buy him." Su Nancheng said.

Lian Sheng's face changed greatly: "Is it because Lian Sheng is not serving you well?"

Su Nancheng shook his head speechlessly: "Can you serve me alone? After returning to the house, you will be alone? Are you stupid, buy one, and you are not the most caring son? You will also be yours when you buy it, and you can also command it."

Liansheng is happy now.

"Okay, let's go and have a look."

The shop owner was a little unhappy when he heard that someone wanted to buy his oil bottle.

Of course he wasn't reluctant, it's just that people are like this.I can practice abuse, beat and scold me, and beat me to death if I am not a proper person.

But once someone says he wants it, he instantly feels at a loss.

So opening your mouth is 20 taels.

Lian Sheng was furious: "You are willing to ask for it! You can buy a healthy servant outside, which costs a few hundred cash. My lord saw that your son is clever, so he bought it with you. How dare you speak!"

At this time, the beaten half-dead Xiao Er crawled over from one side: "I am willing, I am willing to sell the deed to death! It doesn't matter how much it costs, this person is not my father, and I have never been registered with his family."

"You little bastard, I have raised you all these years, but you are ungrateful." The storekeeper said, but he didn't dare to do anything.

After all, Lian Sheng's master is an official, no matter how low the official position is, he is still an official.

"How old is he?" Lian Sheng asked.

"I'm fifteen this year." The little girl replied, "I came to his house when I was eight years old. In the past seven years, I haven't had a full meal or new clothes. My mother passed away three years ago, and I was beaten every day. I am willing to sign a death contract and give him the money to offset his family’s food for the past few years. I beg this brother to save me.”

Xiao Er cried miserably, he would die if he stayed.

The beatings were getting worse each time.He has no food in his stomach all year round and cannot bear it.

He nearly froze to death last winter.

"Shopkeeper, you can see for yourself. Should we sell him properly, or should we sue the government? Since his household registration is not with you, it is inappropriate for you to beat him to death." Lian Sheng snorted.

Lian Sheng is also from the capital, so it's okay to scare a shop owner.

The store owner really couldn't afford to cause trouble because of a servant-like oil bottle, so he nodded: "That's good, we can't support him for nothing all these years."

"Just five taels! If you want it, we'll do it right away. If you don't want it, just sue the officials. I don't believe it. This matter can't be done yet." Lian Sheng said angrily.

The shopkeeper gritted his teeth: "Okay!"

Five taels is a lot, and that's all for those who signed a death contract.

In times of famine, you really don’t need one or two to buy one person.It's just that it's not a dead contract.

The owner of the servant who signed the death contract can dispose of it at will, and it is fine to kill him.

It's just that Lian Sheng glanced at the little girl a few times, and thought that he had to see a doctor for this, and that this servant bought it, so he died.

"You go and clean up, and I will go see you later. When the rain stops tomorrow, we will set off across the river and return to Beijing." Lian Sheng deliberately said the word "return to Beijing."

The store is more honest.

Xiao Er was very excited, and the road ahead might be bumpy, but at least he was out of this devil's lair for now.

He was really frightened, frightened by hunger, frightened by pain, frightened by cold.

(End of this chapter)