Because he had already agreed with Qin Chushang to be his Xiaoyao Prince and not to interfere in the affairs of Zhongyuan, Xie Fu had better dress up a little.
The name of Xie Fu, the Jiedu Envoy of Huainan Road and the Prince of Lingnan County, has long been known all over the world. It is said that a big tree attracts wind, so it is convenient to conceal your identity.
Jiancheng is located in ancient Shu. During the Spring and Autumn Period, ancient Shu was bordered by Ba in the east, Yue in the south, Qin in the north, and Eji in the west. The land was called Tianfu.
Legend has it that his ancestor was the son of the emperor who married the daughter of the Shushan clan. He gave birth to a son named Gaoyang, who was named Emperor Zhuanxu. His descendants were granted the title of Hou Bo in Shu.
The road to Shu is difficult to travel, with numerous passes, dangerous passes, cloud stacks, and turbulent waters. Therefore, from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States to the present, ancient Shu has always been a peaceful and mysterious place.
Regardless of the chaos and wars outside, the land of ancient Shu was as peaceful and peaceful as a paradise.
Later, an official path was built - the Golden Bull Path.
The Jinniu Road is 2,000 miles long, passing through the Qinling Mountains and out of the sloping valley, leading directly to the Qinchuan River for 800 miles. It has to pass through countless passes, gorges, and bad waters, making it the most difficult pipeline to navigate.
Although Wei Shouguo was once the military envoy of Jiannan Road, his jurisdiction was excluded from the core area of ancient Shu and focused more on the southwest area.
Sword City, a country within a country, is also a place that Wei Shouguo cannot touch. It is like a big stone in the middle of a clear pool, impervious to water.
Xie Fu went west from Lingnan Road into the Jiannan Road area, then went all the way north from Jiannan Road, then walked around to the west, and then from west to east before entering ancient Shu. It was a big circle.
There were few people along the way, and only when we entered the plains did we gradually see populated towns. Xie Fu asked about the location of Sword City all the way. The strange thing is that very few people knew the detailed location of Sword City. Even if they had heard of Sword City, they could only give Xie Fu a general direction.
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Maybe it’s because the traffic is so congested and the people I’m asking are people from the wilderness, or maybe it’s because Sword City is too mysterious.
This day I came to a town market and saw a group of people surrounding me.
When Fu took a closer look, he saw a middle-aged man shouting constantly on the high platform. Next to him stood a beautiful young woman. After listening for a while, he realized that this middle-aged man was selling his wife.
Xie Fu was curious. Although the land of ancient Shu was not as prosperous as the south of the Yangtze River, there had been no disasters along the way. The people lived and worked in peace and contentment. Although their clothes were simple and plain but not shabby, how could there be such a thing like selling wives and children?
Xie Fu had also seen this kind of selling of wives and children. Most of the time, they were forced to sell their wives and children to wealthy families as slaves and maids after encountering a famine and wandering all the way without enough food to eat.
After asking an old man next to me, I learned that in the land of ancient Shu, selling wives to buy wives was a common thing. There was no such thing as marrying a wife from an ordinary family in the land of ancient Shu.
The money is just to marry a woman and have a child so that he can inherit the family and have an extra worker in the family.
After hearing what the old man said, Xie Fu felt that this was a normal thing, like the custom of this ancient Shu land.
The old man noticed Xie Fu's confusion: "Man, are you from out of town?"
Xie Fu smiled and nodded, and the old man asked again: "Have you fallen in love with this woman?"
Xie Fu smiled again. He had seen so many stunning beauties. In his eyes, the woman in front of him was just pretty, but for ordinary people, she was already a pretty girl that would please everyone.
"Don't tell me that you are attracted to her. Old man, I am also attracted to this young woman. It is a beautiful thing to have a young lady to serve you, but I'm afraid it will cost a lot of money."
While Xie Fu was talking to the old man, a middle-aged man who looked like a wealthy businessman had already walked onto the stage.
Xie Fu curiously asked the old man: "I don't think this man is in need of a wife."
The old man whispered: "What do you know? This person is traveling all over the country to do business. He bought this woman to be his mother-in-law. After the business is completed, he sells the woman back."
Xie Fu was surprised: "It can still be like this!"
The old man scorned and sarcastically said: "Business, buying and selling, you look like you have never seen the world."
When the shopkeeper who sold the woman saw that the wealthy businessman was interested, he let the woman walk a few steps in front of the wealthy businessman and even twisted her waist, which made the wealthy businessman feel itchy on the spot.
Seeing that the wealthy businessman took the bait, the shopkeeper struck while the iron was hot and said that the woman's name was Xiao Yu'er, she was eighteen years old, and she had only been with three men so far. She could be said to be an out-and-out newcomer, so the price was higher, only fifty.
Two silver coins.
The wealthy businessman was obviously a veteran. He lifted the woman's chin and looked at her mouth. After looking at the woman's body, he said that the woman was at least twenty-three years old and asked for thirty taels.
The shopkeeper was a little unhappy. He said that the woman was standing with her willow end facing the wind like a hibiscus out of water. He asked the woman to walk a few more steps and lifted up her skirt, exposing Xue Yue's thighs. This could attract the attention of the onlookers.
The man's eyes turned red when he saw it, and the old man next to Xie Fu even drooled. He wished he could buy the woman and go home to warm her quilt, but he was short of money.
Only the wealthy businessman was very calm and was only willing to give him up to forty taels. The two parties bargained for a while.
The shopkeeper glanced at the crowd and saw that everyone in the audience was wearing ordinary clothes and no one could afford the high price of fifty. He was about to agree, but at this moment Xie Fu came up and carried it up.
Seeing that there was another buyer, the shopkeeper immediately smiled and glanced at Fu Xie quickly. He saw that the other person was neither well-dressed nor bad, and looked dusty. At first glance, he looked like a passerby who couldn't afford it.
However, in order to raise the price, I still asked politely: "Sir, what can I say, you are also interested."
Xie Fu just heard from the shopkeeper that this woman is from Jiancheng, a girl from a good place, so he planned to buy this woman and act as a guide. He would ask questions along the way, but he was straightforward: "Fifty taels, I'll buy it."
Got off."
When the wealthy businessman heard that someone was robbing him, he quickly said: "I came first, just fifty taels!"
"Sixty taels!" Xie Fu did not write any ink and directly raised the number by ten taels.
The wealthy businessman was not happy when he heard this: "Hey, you are here to cause trouble, right?"
The shopkeeper didn't expect such a good thing, and said with a cheerful smile: "Okay, okay, sixty taels, the lady is yours."
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The shopkeeper smiled apologetically: "If I had arranged it for the trustee, why would I sell it to him instead of you?"
The wealthy businessman said loudly: "I will pay you sixty-five taels, so there is no need to fight anymore. Just sell it to me at this price."
Xie Fu ridiculed: "Pick, dig, search, seven..."
Before the cross was made, the wealthy businessman let out an exclamation and suddenly hit Xie Fu. Xie Fu grabbed the rich businessman's hand and pushed him off the stage with a slight force, causing him to fall like a dog.
From the beginning to the end, the woman watched with cold eyes, showing no emotion or anger, as if it didn't matter who she was being sold to.
In the end, Xie Fu spent sixty taels to buy the woman and left under the envious eyes of everyone.
The woman followed behind Xie Fu, and saw that Xie Fu had a happy face, as if he had bought something to his heart's content, and finally said: "You let the shopkeeper deceive you, a product like me is worth at most ten taels of silver."
Xie Fu looked back at the woman and saw that she had marked a low price for him, but she didn't care. If this was the case in Jiangnan, objectifying women would be a great insult to women. He smiled and said: "In my eyes, you are incompetent."
price."
The priceless thing Xie Fu said means that she is a human being and cannot be measured by money.
How could a woman have ever met a man like Xie Fu? How could she understand his subtlety? She thought that Xie Fu had fallen in love with her and bought the wife of her dreams. She sneered: "I'll tell you the truth, I wiped it on my face."
Fan, I’m twenty-six this year. I can’t give birth to a child, and I’m sick. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been resold repeatedly and fell into your hands. I’m worth ten taels of silver.”
Many men buy mothers-in-law just to have a child so that they can inherit their family fortune. Even if they cannot have children, they are worthless.
Xie Fu was stunned for a moment: "Why don't you see a doctor?"
The woman laughed at herself: "It costs a lot of money to treat me. Who would be willing to do it?"
Xie Fu smiled, but the woman didn't say anything when she saw Xie Fu: "I see that you have been saving this money for a long time. You are planning to marry a wife and have a son. Who has ever thought of buying a hen that can't lay eggs?"
The woman actually giggled and laughed as she said this: "Let's find a place where there are more people, and I'll help you hide it and sell me out, so you won't lose too much."
Xie Fu smiled lightly: "You are quite a nice person."
The woman sneered: "Okay! I'm afraid you will blame me and take your anger out on me in the future. Then I won't have a good life."
Xie Fu smiled lightly: "No, I won't regret it since I bought it."
"No! What man is not petty? What's more, he spent half his life's money to buy junk goods. He will never be able to get rid of his anger after being beaten and scolded for a lifetime."
Xie Fu said with a smile: "Then if I sell you to someone else, your fate will not be the same."
The woman smiled and said: "That's hard to say. For you, sixty taels is a lifetime savings, but for some people, it's just a drop in the bucket. It's just a loss-making business, and you won't take it out on me. If you want to use me first,
I'd be happy to do it for a few days, but I'm afraid you won't be able to do it and I'll stink. If you don't believe me, just squat down and smell it."
Naturally, Xie Fu would not really squat down and smell it, and smiled lightly; "Let's find a place to eat first."
The woman followed: "I told you first, I won't work, lest I regret it later."
Xie Fu didn't answer, he just found a restaurant on the street and ordered a table of food and wine.
I don’t know if the previous person who bought her was mean, but the woman was obviously hungry, and she started eating the food unceremoniously as soon as it was served.
Xie Fu originally wanted to ask her about the location of Sword City, but when he saw that she was talking non-stop, he couldn't find a chance to ask questions.
The woman also noticed that Xie Fu had been staring at her and said with a smile: "I have never seen a woman, or I have never touched a woman."
"I have never seen a woman as beautiful as you."
Xie Fu wasn't like this before, and I don't know when he became a talkative person. It's probably because there are many women in the family to coax, and coaxing has become a habit.
The woman smiled sweetly: "After dinner later, find an inn. I'll let you watch as much as I can after I take a bath. It's a meal in return. You can sell me tomorrow."
Xie Fu smiled and said: "I won't sell it anymore."
The woman giggled and said, "Then I'll give it a few more days before selling it, but I think you'll feel unappetized after tonight. Some things look bright on the surface, but they're actually rotten inside."
"I don't plan to sell it." Xie Fu planned to let her go after arriving in Jiancheng.
The woman stopped trying to persuade him and continued to eat.
Xie Fu asked: "What do you call it?"
"My name is Xiao Yu'er."
"Xiao Yu'er, I just heard below that you came from Jiancheng?"
Xiao Yu'er suddenly stopped, motionless, and her face changed color.
Fu Xie thought he was asking something that he shouldn't ask, but he saw Xiao Yu'er covering her stomach with both hands, her face turned pale, and even makeup couldn't cover it, and big beads of sweat broke out on her forehead: "My stomach hurts!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he rolled his eyes in pain. He fell to the ground and fainted from the pain. The skirt under his lower abdomen was stained red with a pool of blood.
Xie Fu was surprised and quickly squatted down to check. He immediately smelled a foul smell and almost vomited out all the food he had just eaten. Then he remembered that the woman had said that she was sick.
He didn't care much, so he paid for the meal and hurried to the doctor behind the woman's back.
In the hospital, after the doctor made an examination, he frowned and asked, "Who are you to her?"
Xie Fu responded simply: "I am her husband."
"Your wife is sick, and she is very sick. Don't you know?"
"I come here all year round. I just came back. Is her illness cured?"
The doctor said: "It was just a minor illness at first, but it turned into a serious illness if it was delayed again and again. If it is not treated, my life will almost be lost."
"Doctor, please treat me quickly."
"Let me tell you first. To cure this disease, we need two relatively expensive medicinal materials. The cure will cost a lot of money."
"Don't worry about money."
After saying that, the doctor was unmoved. Xie Fu suddenly realized and took out five taels of silver. The doctor glanced at it and said calmly: "I told you, this is not a minor illness. It requires two expensive medicinal materials."
Xie Fu became impatient: "Doctor, just tell me how much money is needed?"
"Fifteen taels!"
"As a husband, you have a conscience. If it were someone else, you might have given up."
Xie Fu felt that the doctor was cheating him because he had no medical ethics, and he didn't care whether he was cheating him or not. It wasn't until he saw that the doctor used two expensive medicinal herbs, ginseng and deer antlers, that he believed that the doctor was not cheating him.
The doctor handed the medicine to Xie Fu and ordered: "Don't get out of bed for three days. Take good care of her and take the medicine on time."
When Xie Fu heard that he had to take care of a woman for three days, he frowned. He still had to go on his way.
Seeing his expression, the doctor said displeasedly: "You have been so impatient for three days. You are still suffering from this disease. If you find it troublesome, just don't treat me. I will return the money to you now."
"Treat it, rule it." Although he doesn't like to meddle in other people's business now, he is not to the point of refusing to save anyone.
He left the hospital with the woman on his back, found an inn and settled down, put the woman on the bed, and gave her some medicine.
While boiling the medicine, I smiled bitterly. I originally wanted to buy someone to lead the way, but I didn't expect it to be a troublesome one. Ling Luo was right, don't meddle in other people's cause and effect.
When I think about it, I just wonder why he has become so hard-hearted. It is probably because after he became a county prince, he got used to treating things rather than people. Showing mercy to people cannot solve problems at all. Only by solving things can people and things be solved together.
After boiling the medicine, it will be dark now. Wake up the woman, lift her up and support her back, and feed her the medicine.
The woman didn't know if she was not sober, so she kept looking at him from the corner of her eyes. Xie Fu explained: "You are sick. You just saw the doctor. The doctor said that you can get better after taking medicine."
The woman glanced at Xie Fu and wanted to say something, but in the end she said nothing.
After Xie Fu fed her the medicine, he went to get some water and saw that the corners of the woman's eyes were wet. She had obviously cried just now. He smiled and said, "Don't worry, this disease can be cured."
The woman said: "You will regret it."
"What do you regret?"
"I regret spending so much money on me."
Xie Fu didn't say anything. He wrung out the towel and helped her wipe her face. The makeup and powder on her face were wiped off, and her beauty was greatly reduced. She was now just an ordinary-looking woman.
The woman also knew her own affairs from her own family, and said: "When I feel better, I will dress up and help you sell it at a good price. You are the best man I have ever met."
Xie Fu smiled lightly: "You just had bad luck before, but from today on, your luck will get better and better."
The woman stopped talking.
"I'll get you some food."
After Xie Fu finished speaking, he left.
While feeding the woman porridge, the woman looked at Xie Fu from time to time, which made Xie Fu feel embarrassed and couldn't help but ask: "Why do you keep looking at me like that?"
The woman said: "If I didn't get sick, I would follow you. It doesn't matter if I suffer a little."
Xie Fu smiled and said, "I told you, this disease can be cured."
The woman laughed at herself: "There were people who were willing to treat me in the past, but this disease cost too much money. He gave up after half a month."
Xie Fu smiled and said: "Is he as good as me?"
"Well, as lustful as you are, he can be considered an ordinary person with a conscience, but he is not Guanyin Bodhisattva."
Xie Fu was amused: "Am I doing this to please you and to please you?"
"What are you planning on?"
As the woman spoke, she touched her temples with her fingers and said with a smile, "I look good dressed up, don't I?"
Xie Fu smiled and hummed, looking at her green fingers, it was obvious that she had not done any rough work.
The woman noticed it and chuckled: "You've never seen such beautiful hands on a woman, have you?"
Xie Fun said perfunctorily, "A woman who has never done rough work is considered to have poor hands."
The woman took the initiative to hold Xie Fu's hand, letting him feel the softness and delicateness in it, and then placed Xie Fu's hand on her chest.
Xie Fu was stunned for a moment, his hands were already one step ahead of his brain, and he pinched it. This had been a habit he had developed over the years, just like a swordsman who had been walking around for many years, unsheathing his sword when encountering an enemy.
Probably due to the contrast between Xie Fu's expression and his palms, the woman chuckled: "Have you never wiped a woman's vagina?"
Xie Fu smiled, withdrew his hand, helped the woman cover the quilt, and left the room.
In the face of beautiful women, he has long been able to talk and laugh happily, and the only thing that can shock him is the rich emotions in his heart.