There was water on the deck. The little girl tried to get up twice but failed. The bearded man waved the whip in his hand again and was about to whip the child.
Suddenly, the man saw a blur in front of his eyes. It was as if something had flashed by and then disappeared. His whip hit the empty air and landed on the deck, but the little slave who was originally lying on the ground had disappeared.
The sound of the whip hitting the deck was very loud. With a "pa" sound, the ship owner was whipped over. The old man cried out in fear and cursed, "Do you want to die? This ship is sailing on the river. If you break it, I'll feed you to the fish and shrimps first! "
The bearded man was also a fierce man. When he heard the ship owner speak so rudely, he didn't say anything. He raised his whip and was about to whip the ship owner.
After such a commotion, the boatmen couldn't stand it anymore. They all rushed over to tear the bearded man apart. In addition, there were some onlookers who also criticized the bearded man. It didn't take long for the bearded man to stop. He also knew how stupid it was to destroy the deck on the ship. However, he soon remembered the reason why he accidentally hit the deck. He hurriedly looked around and finally fixed his gaze on a place. He saw a little girl about twelve or thirteen years old pulling her little slave and asking her questions. There was a man wearing a bamboo hat standing next to her. He didn't know why, but he felt that the man under the bamboo hat was staring at him. The man's stare made him feel cold all over.
"Humph!" He calmed himself down and snorted angrily to boost his courage. He took a few steps forward and said loudly, "How dare you! Are there robbers on this ship? That's my slave. Why did you take her away? " He originally wanted to curse out loud, but when the unpleasant words reached his mouth, he couldn't say a single word. A sense of danger invaded his nerves, and he instinctively believed that once he cursed, he would be mercilessly obliterated by the other party. But the slave was his. There was nothing wrong with him taking her back. So he shouted again, "Cheap bitch! Come back quickly! "
The little girl was scared by him. However, she still couldn't control herself and walked towards the bearded man. She was a slave and her indenture contract was in the hands of others. What else could she do other than go back?
But before she could take two steps, Feng Yu Heng pulled her hand back and pulled the child back.
Big Beard saw it clearly and asked discontentedly, "What do you want?"
Feng Yu Heng winked at Wang Chuan. Wang Chuan immediately raised his voice and said, "Don't you have eyes? We are inspecting the goods! "
"Inspect the goods?"
"Nonsense!" Huang Quan scolded, "Aren't you selling slaves? If we want to buy this girl, we naturally have to inspect the goods first to see if she is obedient. "
When the man heard that the other party was here to buy slaves, he immediately put on a smiling face, took a few steps forward, and began to promote his slaves. Feng Yu Heng was annoyed and pulled the girl back to the private room. Xuan Tianming ordered, "Buy her." Then he followed in, leaving Huang Quan and Wang Chuan to trade with the bearded man.
As soon as the three people entered the private room, Xuan Tianming immediately closed the door. Feng Yu Heng pulled the girl and asked anxiously, "Tell sister, where did you get the red string on your wrist?"
The little girl had a red string on her wrist. It looked ordinary. Even the bearded slave owner didn't care about it. He thought it was just a common string, so the little girl wore it. But Feng Yu Heng recognized it. She took the red string out of her space. Zirui took it and put it on his wrist. The string wasn't something from this era. She believed that it was impossible to have such craftsmanship in this era. But because it was very dirty, if one didn't look carefully, they wouldn't be able to see it.
The little girl was a little scared and shyly hid. At this time, Wang Chuan's voice came from outside, "Master, I've bought her."
Xuan Tianming opened the door and took the slave contract. After closing the door, he waved his hand at the girl. "We've already bought you. From now on, we're your masters. Master asked you a question, you still don't answer truthfully! "
When the little girl heard that she had been bought, she looked at Feng Yu Heng and suddenly realized that she would be much better off with this sister than with the bearded man. But she still didn't feel at ease and asked, "Will you beat me? Won't you give me food to eat? "
Feng Yu Heng shook her head, "We won't. As long as you know what to say, you will be like an ordinary girl in the future. You only need to serve us with all your heart. "
The little girl breathed a sigh of relief and then told the origin of the red string, "The bearded man locked us up at the dock and sold us for three days. On the second day, which was two days ago, a group of people came to the dock to wait for a boat. One of them was carrying a large cage covered with a black cloth. When the cage passed by me, the black cloth was blown away by the river wind. I saw a little brother inside. He also saw me, but the black cloth quickly closed again. I couldn't see him, but this red string fell out of the cage. " The little girl pointed at the red string on her wrist as she spoke, "I thought it looked good, so I picked it up and put it on. The bearded man came to see it once and found that it was just a broken string. He didn't care about me and put it on with me. "
The little girl was talking about other people, but when she talked about the boy in the cage, her little face showed some sympathy. She said, "That little brother is so pitiful. The space in the cage is very small. It must be very uncomfortable for him to be curled up in there."
The more Feng Yu Heng heard, the more her heart ached. When she heard that the space in the cage was very small, she almost collapsed. Xuan Tianming pressed on her shoulder and kept saying, "Calm down, calm down." Then he asked the little girl, "Did that group of people get on the boat? Did you see them? "
The little girl nodded, "I saw them. They also got on the boat. They left two days ago."
They didn't ask any more questions. Xuan Tianming personally sent the child next door to live with Huang Quan and the others. When he came back, he said to Feng Yu Heng, "Just now, the boatman said that the wind on the river was very strong all day yesterday. It didn't weaken until night. The wind was blowing from north to south, and it didn't stop until this morning. It can be seen that two days ago, the boat should have been delayed on the river. It should have been shortened by at least half a day. We've already made arrangements in Qingzhou. As long as the boat docks, they won't be able to escape. "
At this point, there was no other way except to believe that the people in Qingzhou would be able to stop them. Feng Yu Heng was a little tired, and the fire in her heart was burning uncomfortably. She simply returned to her space to take a shower. When she came out again, Xuan Tianming was fiddling with a few steamed buns. He didn't know how to eat them.
"What's wrong?" She asked. Where did the steamed buns come from?
Xuan Tianming said, "The boatman gave them to us as dinner. It's said that this is dinner in the private room. The people in the private room only have porridge that is as thin as water to drink. The poor people at the bottom have nothing. They can only eat their own dry food." As he spoke, he pinched the steamed bun in his hand and broke open another one, "It's as hard as a rock. I think the filling is probably rotten cabbage."
Feng Yu Heng helplessly shook her head, "Put it down. I'll go cook some noodles in my space. In a moment, I'll call Huang Quan and the others over to bring a few bowls. Then I'll call all the brothers over. We'll squeeze into the two private rooms. A bowl of noodles should be fine."
Xuan Tianming nodded. He watched her enter her space, then went out to instruct the secret guard to inform everyone to gather in the two private rooms to eat.
Feng Yu Heng had a lot of handmade noodles in her space. They were usually made by the fu's chef. She saw that they were good, so she took a lot and put them in her space. But these things wouldn't automatically replenish themselves. Once they were finished, there would be no more than ten bowls. Fortunately, there was a lot of dried noodles in her space. Those were inexhaustible. She cooked a big pot of noodles and brought them out one bowl at a time. She brought out a total of twenty bowls.
Soon, the secret guards were equally divided into two private rooms. They didn't ask about the noodles that their royal princess brought out of nowhere. In any case, the royal princess always gave them good food. With these fragrant and steaming noodles, who would be willing to eat the pig feed provided by the boatman?
Everyone held the noodles and ate happily. Feng Yu Heng also brought out some meat patties that she had brought out earlier and placed them in front of everyone. There weren't many meat patties. They were also made by the previous chef. After cutting them up, each person could get half a piece.
The little servant girl who was bought was simply dumbfounded. She had never eaten such good food in her life. For a moment, she didn't dare to move her chopsticks.
Huang Quan saw that she didn't eat and asked in puzzlement, "Aren't you hungry?"
Wang Chuan was speechless. How could she not be hungry? This child was so hungry that her eyes were about to turn red. She didn't dare to eat. So she stuffed the chopsticks into the child's hands and told her, "Eat. Follow our family's young miss and you'll have a happy life in the future."
Only then did the little girl dare to eat the noodles. Once she ate, she wolfed them down. She ate even faster than the young men. Finally, a bowl of noodles went down her stomach. After eating half a piece of biscuit, the child's little face regained some color. She told Wang Chuan, "I haven't eaten for three days. Even if I ate three days ago, I only had one meal a day, and it was still thin porridge." After saying this, she seemed to have thought of something. She turned her head and asked Feng Yu Heng, "Sister … no, Young Miss, are you going to save that poor little brother?"
Feng Yu Heng looked at her, "Why do you ask?"
The little girl hurriedly said, "He's very pitiful. Young Miss, please save him. I can take care of him. If I save him, I won't cause trouble for Young Miss."
Feng Yu Heng's nose turned sour. She turned her head and didn't say anything. Wang Chuan stroked the child's head and told her, "Don't worry, we'll definitely save him."
After everyone finished eating, they quickly left. Wang Chuan wanted to stay behind to help wash the dishes, but Feng Yu Heng didn't let him. She went into her space and washed the dishes. Then she took out some bedding from her space.
Perhaps it was because she was too tired, but she slept very deeply that night. She only felt Xuan Tianming stroking her hair. After stroking it a few times, she fell into a deep sleep.
She didn't have any dreams that night. When morning came, a white fog just appeared in the sky. Xuan Tianming suddenly sat up in bed and listened to the movements outside.
Feng Yu Heng was also startled by him. She casually asked, "What's wrong?"
At this time, Ban Zou's voice came from outside, "Your Highness, Master."
"Come in." Xuan Tianming directly opened his mouth to speak.
Ban Zou pushed open the door and entered. When he arrived in front of the two, he handed over a small wooden box, "This subordinate just went to relieve himself. When I came back, I saw this box in front of the door." Ban Zou was a bit annoyed. He had only left for a short while, yet this kind of thing had happened. If someone tried to assassinate him, he really would be done for.
Suddenly, an indescribable feeling of dread attacked her. Feng Yu Heng used her hand to cover her chest and stared straight at the wooden box.
Xuan Tianming also realized that something was wrong. He half turned his body to block Feng Yu Heng. He first opened the box to take a look. Ban Zou was given a fright. He feared that there was a hidden weapon or poison inside the box. He was about to step forward and block it for Xuan Tianming. However, he saw Xuan Tianming suddenly raise his right hand and reach behind him. He accurately covered Feng Yu Heng's eyes and said in a deep voice, "Don't look."
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