Jinxiufang, a place of rare and wonderful things, embraces the tides of all rivers and nations.
Where is Jinxiufang??
Let’s just talk about Luoyang, which was established as the capital of the Zhou Dynasty and has been the place to dominate the Central Plains ever since.
Nowadays, the Great Zhou Dynasty is at its peak, and all nations are coming to court. Jinxiufang is the place where countless merchants from the Western Regions gather to do business in Luoyang City.
These merchants from the Western Regions were of all races, and even black people were common, and they were collectively called Fanke.
Every day when the market opens, it is never deserted inside. You can see all kinds of treasures when you walk inside.
There are all kinds of agates, gems, spices, gold and silverware, musical instruments, and great swords from the Western Regions. There are also Hu Ji, Fan Ji, Kunlun slaves, and countless male and female slaves from various countries.
Most of these slaves were prisoners of war captured by the Zhou Dynasty after the defeat of neighboring countries. Most of them were from Turks, and some were sold by border traders.
The ghost market is like a bottomless lake where fish and dragons are mixed.
Then Jinxiufang is a big river, in which you can find all kinds of turtles and monsters from all over the world.
"Sir, what do you need? We have top-quality Kunlun slaves here. They are all strong and obedient, as well as these female concubines. Take a look at their beauty, breasts, and ass. If you don't like it, we have some
Si Jiao Fang’s brand, if you like someone, you can buy them directly with this brand.”
In the slave farm, when the slave owner saw the visitor, he immediately greeted him and introduced him warmly.
But the slaves in front of them didn't even bother to look at them. They just took out a jade pendant and handed it to the slave owner: "Take me to see the Gelao!"
When the slave owner saw the jade pendant, he took it calmly and said with a smile on his face: "We don't have what the guest wants, but if you want to find it, you can go and ask behind the door."
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The slave owner said and pointed to the inconspicuous little door behind him.
"Um!"
Gao Zhuo nodded, but a hand grabbed the slave owner's wrist like lightning: "I don't know the road, please help lead the way!"
"you!"
The slave owner's face changed slightly. He wanted to break away but found that the other person's hand was motionless. He knew that the person coming was not a good person, so he whispered: "Okay, okay, I will take you in, but do you know what is behind that door?"
"Even if it's Shura Purgatory, I want to go in and have a look!"
Gao Zhuo's eyes were cold and he was not frightened by the traffickers at all. He took the slave owner's hand and walked towards the door.
Lifting the thick curtain on the door and stepping one foot inside, the noisy world outside seemed to fade away.
In the dark and damp corridor, expressionless faces seemed to instinctively raise their heads to look at the arrival of strangers.
It's just that the eyes of these people are full of numbness. They have been repeatedly tortured by reality. They are like walking zombies, either leaning against the door or simply sitting on the ground.
Everyone wears stained shackles around their ankles. These people are slaves who have been returned.
The owner of the goods who bought the slaves could return the goods if they found that the slaves were disabled, sick, or disobedient within three days.
This is not an unspoken rule of the slave market, but an express regulation protected by law.
There are detailed notes in "Tang Lv Shu Yi":
If you have an old illness after the bond is set up and refuse to be tamed, but you didn’t know it when you bought it, and you only know it after the bond is set up, you will regret it within three days. If you have no illness after three days, so you deceive others and want to regret it, the market will follow the law, and those who violate it will be punished.
Forty. If someone is ill and does not regret it, he will also be flogged forty.
Slave trading was a legal transaction in the Great Zhou Dynasty and was clearly protected by law.
From establishing a bond, that is, drafting a transaction contract, to overpaying, completing the transaction, and even "after-sales service" are within the scope of legal protection.
The so-called people buy slaves, maids, horses, cattle, camels, mules and donkeys.
The returned slaves can only be thrown into this dark alley and sold at a very low price. If they cannot be sold, they will be thrown into the mines for mining.
If so, it's basically a dead end.
But this was just the beginning. The slave owner continued to take Gao Zhuo inside. The wooden shacks were stacked in a criss-cross pattern. Although it was not a ghost market, it had the style of a ghost market.
All kinds of sewage flowed out along the roadside gutters, emitting a pungent stench.
It is unimaginable that this is the capital of the empire at the feet of a saint.
Under any splendid curtain, there are dark corners covered with darkness, garbage everywhere, and snakes, insects, rats and ants running rampant.
On the back side of Luoyang, this shantytown, which is only separated by a wall from the bustling streets, is the biggest dark corner of this central city in the world.
There are no elves and ghosts in the ghost market here, only dirty slaves and lowly prostitutes.
The laws of the empire cannot reach here. This place is filled with blood and greed, despair and death, and is chaotic and brutal like the Shura Prison in Buddhism.
Even the government does not dare to go deep into this world easily.
"Cough cough cough..."
At this time, a violent coughing sound came from the room next to him.
Gao Zhuo looked sideways and saw that the room had no windows or doors. He could see the woman lying on the bed at a glance.
It's just that the woman's body stinks and is covered with festering wounds.
He was lying on the bed dying and was about to die at any moment.
"Don't pity her. When she was first prosperous, she was once the heartthrob of Luoyang City!"
The slave owner noticed Gao Zhuo's gaze and couldn't help but sarcastically said in a mocking voice.
Yes, this woman used to be the oiran in Tanhua House, and she was so stunning that many wealthy people were willing to invest huge sums of money for her, just in exchange for a night of spring supper for her.
But this silly woman actually fell in love with a poor scholar. In order to help this poor scholar get ahead, she even spent all her family wealth to help him and support him.
In order for him to obtain the qualification of Enke, she went to drink and sleep with the big shots, and took over all the dirty work.
The next story is very cliche. The scholar was ranked second in high school and kicked her away.
The woman contracted Hualiu disease again and was sold here at a low price by Tanhualou.
The woman once imagined that Gelao could help her take revenge. As long as he killed the unfaithful person, he could do anything he wanted her to do. Gelao just left her here to die.
No one will sympathize with a worthless puppet.
Gelao's sympathy will never be wasted on a piece of trash.
The reason why the slave owner said this was to remind this guy that Gelao was by no means the kind-hearted big landowner that people said, but the master of this underground market, a demon who eats people without spitting out their bones.
When Gao Zhuo heard this, he just nodded expressionlessly and uttered two words impatiently: "Lead the way!"
The slave owner frowned and could only continue walking forward.
This dark and dark shanty town is huge.
There are mutilated and deformed children everywhere.
When these children looked at Gao Zhuo with empty eyes, their black and white eyes were full of curiosity and fear.
The skinny old man was lying in the corner, his head raised expressionlessly. If Gao Zhuo hadn't been able to see the weak vitality in their bodies, he might have thought these people were dead.
Several strong barbarians were carrying axes to chop up the unknown pieces of meat.
When he saw Gao Zhuo's figure, his eyes were as greedy as a jackal.
"Uncle, are you here to choose a slave? You can take a look at me. I can do everything. I can make a fire to cook, and I can also warm your bed. I am very clean and I am not sick!"
Some able-bodied children immediately came over to Gao Zhuo after seeing him.
Compared with those children with mutilated limbs, their immature faces have a maturity that does not match their age.
Perhaps, even being bought as a slave is a hundred times better than living in this hell on earth.
Gao Zhuo shook his head. Even with his hard heart, he felt a little moved when he looked at these children and tried his best to look as kind as possible.
"Then are you looking for someone? Or are you here to buy something? I'm familiar with this place. Tell me what you want and I can show you the way."
A child who clearly has Hu ancestry still wants to show his worth.
Upon seeing this, Gao Zhuo could only take out some food from the props book and give it to these children, asking them to leave him.
"Thank you, thank you uncle, you are such a good person, a great person!"
The boy took the cake and immediately bowed to Gao Zhuo to thank him. He handed the cake to the thin girl beside him, took the girl's hand and said, "This is my sister! Sister, thank you uncle."
Although the girl is very thin, she looks very delicate between her eyebrows.
After taking the pancake, he walked forward cautiously with his head lowered and shyly, and whispered to Gao Zhuo: "Thank you, uncle. Can I give you a hug?"
Gao Zhuo instinctively wanted to refuse, but he looked at the hopeful look in the girl's eyes. Just when he was about to nod in agreement, he suddenly noticed the cold light flashing in the eyes of the slave owner beside him, and he suddenly became alert.
puff!!
At this flash of lightning, a mouthful of black mist suddenly came out of the girl's mouth and covered Gao Zhuo's face.
"superior!"
The boy changed his docile attitude and roared ferociously. The other children around him immediately pulled out their hidden daggers and rushed towards him.
At the same time, the boy suddenly pulled out the dagger from his sleeve and stabbed Gao Zhuo.
This knife was cunning and swift, taking advantage of his petite body to stab Gao Zhuo's vital part of the spleen.
However, when the knife stabbed, the blade felt like an extremely hard stone, unable to penetrate at all.
Just when the boy was surprised, Gao Zhuo suddenly raised his hand and slapped the boy away. His stern face gradually became clear in the dark fog, and he stared at the girl in front of him.
The girl was so frightened that she trembled all over, as if she was about to die.
Gao Zhuo reached out and pinched the girl's chin and took out a small machine launcher from her mouth.
I was shocked and angry for a moment.
What's shocking is that these children are linked one by one, making it difficult for people to guard against them. If they were ordinary people, they would probably die here right now.
Angry Stone's own kindness would be trampled on by them.
Looking sideways at the surroundings, he saw that everyone around him seemed to be used to this.
Including the slave owner, who was watching indifferently with his arms folded.
"Run!"
Upon seeing this, the other children immediately scattered and ran for their lives without looking back. Once these small figures got into those narrow dog holes, they immediately disappeared without a trace, making it extremely difficult to catch them.
As for the boy who was knocked unconscious by Gao Zhuo's slap, no one cared about his life or death.
"Get out!"
Seeing this, Gao Zhuo looked at the girl he was holding in his hand and threw her to the ground in disgust.
The girl who was lucky enough to survive got up and turned around to run away regardless of the pain. However, when she turned around, a knife was already slashed on the girl's body.
"puff!!"
Blood spattered on the dark soil. A group of people came out of the darkness with swords and kicked the girl away: "Useless trash, not worth living."
Looking at the girl lying in a pool of blood, even a cold-blooded and ruthless person like Gao Zhuo couldn't help but have a gloomy look on his face when he saw this scene.
"This is a place of sin. The only people here are thieves, robbers, prostitutes, and garbage. Kindness is not a luxury we should have!"
Everyone slowly moved out of the way.
A thin, withered old man wrapped in a scarlet coat slowly walked out from behind the crowd. His skin was as black as coal, his hair was curly, and his lips were thick. He was not a Chinese person, but an old Kunlun slave!
This Kunlun slave's eyes were bright and fierce, his lips were grinning, revealing his white teeth, and it looked like a row of human bones lying on the ground: "I heard that you are looking for me, welcome to my kingdom, this land of sin!"