Tyrant, you're offline again

Chapter 40
It is not an exaggeration to say hell on earth here.

The whole city is almost full of old, weak, sick and disabled.

They squatted listlessly in the corner, their eyes were filled with ashes, or they covered their mouths and kept coughing, or they cried out that they were hungry, or they covered their faces and cried helplessly...

The only thing in common is that the people here are all dressed in tatters, and there are countless patches on their clothes. It is winter, and many people don't even have straw sandals.

Even if there is, the toes are exposed.

Although there are people hawking in the city, the business is very deserted. There is a huge difference between the rich area and the civilian area.

Here at a glance, there are beggars everywhere.

Some parents forcibly sold their children regardless of their wishes, and the cries of the children almost spread across half the street.

But here, everyone is numb, as if they are familiar with those things.

Hearing those children crying not to sell her, she will eat less.

Huang Zhen really raised his heart.

A trace of grief flashed in Qiu Chen's dark eyes, and he said melancholy, "The current situation in the slums is like this, the imperial court hardly cares about them, they can't survive, they can only sell their sons and daughters and wives, if they sell out, there will be no food , and can only starve to death. The children here are very cheap, and they can only exchange five catties of rice at most.”

"So cheap? Why did the court do this?"

After Huang Zhenzhen finished asking, she wished she could slap herself.

She is now the Queen of the Jin Kingdom. Qiu Chen said that she was the one who suggested dividing the rich and poor areas.

No, when we return to court, we must change this rule.

"Where do they sell their children?"

"The ones with outstanding looks will be sold to brothels, or merchants' official residences. They will be used as pets or forbidden... those with mediocre looks will be sold to be slaves."

"What about the little girl just now?"

"It will probably be sold to brothels. Although brothels... at least they won't starve to death, hey... son, what are you doing?"

Qiu Chen hurried to catch up, this is a slum area, no one cares what happened.

It is not bad for them to spend money to buy children, and the children of many families are directly robbed.

Huang Zhenzhen was too fast for him to catch up. When he caught up, Huang Zhenzhen had already protected the sold child and was arguing with them.

"Looking at your clothes, you don't look like a person from the slums. Why, you want to rob goods? I tell you, no matter who you are, you'd better get out of here, otherwise, I won't let you go."

"I want this child, how much?"

"You want it? That's fine, ten taels of silver."

As soon as the ten taels of silver came out, everyone on both sides of the street gasped.

Although Huang Zhenzhen didn't understand how much ten taels of silver was in modern times, she knew it clearly with her eyes closed, and she must be sitting on the ground and asking for the price.

The little girl protected by her wiped her tears and sobbed in fear, "Brother, when my parents sold me, they only sold me for ten pennies."

"Ten coins?" Huang Zhenzhen looked at Qiu Chen.

Qiu Chen didn't quite understand what she meant, she probably didn't know how much ten Wen was.

"One tael of silver is one thousand Wen."

Huang Zhenzhen's face was darker than a pot of charcoal, and he yelled at her, "When you bought her, you paid ten yuan, but now you want ten thousand yuan from me. Are you out of your mind?"

Brother Qiang, the human trafficker, originally didn't want to conflict with them.

Although these two people seem to be weak and weak, the cloth of this suit is very valuable, so don't offend anyone just in case.

But when they heard Huang Zhenzhen's words, they couldn't swallow it.

Over the years, they have been buying and selling children in the slums, and there are people in the court to take care of them. Anyone who sees them must respectfully call out "Master Qiang", when did they receive such a bird's temper.

"If you don't have any money, just leave me. If you want to find fault, then check yourself to see if you have the ability."

Brother Qiang waved his hand, and nearly ten brothers behind him surrounded Huang Zhenzhen and Qiu Chen.

People on the street ran away in fright, and the little girl cried in fright.

Huang Zhenzhen's face was extremely ugly.

These bastards, if you don't give them some color, they don't know that there are people outside the world, and there is a sky outside the sky.

Just as he was about to call out the hidden guard, Qiu Chen said gently, "This jade pendant is worth ten taels of silver. If you leave this child and those behind you behind, I will give you the jade pendant."

Brother Qiang's eyes lit up, and he stared at the clear jade pendant in Qiu Chen's hand without blinking.

With just one glance, he knew that this piece of jade was worth a lot.

Just put all the kids... this...

Qiu Chen didn't care about their attitudes, but said indifferently, "Since we dared to come to the slums alone, the imperial court naturally has our people. If you grab them hard, huh..."

"Who is in your court?" Brother Qiang asked urgently.

Qiu Chen smiled instead, and his attitude was still gentle and modest, just the meaning in his words, but people dare not look down upon him.

"We bought those children today because we were in a good mood. Since you don't want to, let's go to another place to buy them."

Qiu Chen put away the jade pendant, turned around and wanted to leave.

Brother Qiang hurriedly stopped him, his attitude changed drastically, and he smiled like a dog leg, "Brother, brother, I'm afraid he has taken a fancy to that little girl, hehe, that little girl is indeed quite pretty, and she will definitely be a beauty when she grows up. , although it's smaller now, it's more exciting for young children to play with, so I'll give it to you, take a look..."

Qiu Chen casually threw the jade pendant in his hand to him.

Brother Qiang received the jade pendant, and the more he looked at it, the happier he was. He told Qiu Chen to go to him to pick out new ones at any time, and then he left with a smile.

Huang Zhenzhen was depressed, she returned the little girl to her parents, and let the other children go home.

The child's parents fell to their knees with a plop.

"Thank you, thank you benefactor. It's just... this child will starve to death sooner or later if he stays at home. If he sells them, maybe... maybe he can leave a cheap life."

Huang Zhenzhen almost didn't come up in one breath.

Helped them save the child, and they still want to sell it?
"Don't worry, the imperial court will allocate funds soon."

Everyone smiled sadly, "Waiting for the imperial court to allocate funds is better than waiting to starve to death sooner."

"Master, please, please help us, we haven't eaten for many days, please..."

"Young Master, I beg you to save my child. My child has been ill for several days and is now dying.

"Master, please do me a favor, take pity on my parents, they are cold, hungry and sick, please help them."

When one person knelt down and begged, almost everyone in the city rushed over, kneeling down and begging one by one.

Huang Zhenzhen's eyes turned red.

She touched her whole body, but she didn't get half a tael of silver, only two pots of Clivia in her hand.

But this Clivia belongs to Yi Yongan, it must not be given away, it is useless for them to spend it.

She hates it so much, when she left the palace, she should have brought some money.

"Do you have any silver with you?"

"No."

Huang Zhenzhen gritted his teeth, and regretfully took out a few jade chess pieces from his bosom.

This jade chess piece was brought by her from Yi Yongan, some of it was destroyed by Yi Yongan, and she kept the rest on her body.

She felt distressed, but when she saw those refugees, she felt even more distressed, so she could only reluctantly give up.

Qiu Chen could see her every move, especially her reluctance and struggle.

For some reason, seeing her eyes that were so clear without any impurities, my heart was inexplicably filled.

Even the face that he hated so much became sacred at this moment.

　The transition in this chapter is relatively flat, and the next chapter slowly climaxes all the way.

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(End of this chapter)