Looking at the stack of banknotes, Su Hong frowned. This was far from enough. But at this time, she couldn't care about that much.
"You scumbags, stop it. - I sold all the girls on the stage!"
Su Hong stretched out her hands and shouted loudly.
This sentence instantly attracted everyone's attention, and the originally noisy crowd suddenly became quiet.
"Miss, do you also like women?"
On the platform, a fat man who looked like a businessman squinted his eyes and chuckled. Although he looked naive, his temples were bulging on both sides and there was blood under his skin. He was obviously a martial artist in the martial arts realm.
boom!
Hearing the fat man's words, the crowd around him burst into laughter.
"You bastard, you fat pig, are you going to sell it or not?"
Su Hong said angrily.
"Sell it, why not sell it! One hundred thousand taels for ordinary beauties, one hundred thousand taels for top-grade beauties, a total of three hundred thousand taels of silver. Miss, do you have three hundred thousand taels of silver?"
The fat man said slowly.
"Asshole! It's obviously not that expensive, are you trying to raise the price?"
Su Hong was furious.
"Hey, you can't say that. We have been training these female slaves since they were seven or eight years old, selecting the best beauties, and then reading, writing, playing chess, calligraphy and painting, and... top-notch Fangzhongshu——"
"Shameless!"
Su Hong's face turned red and she cursed angrily.
Yang Ji frowned. The scene in front of him seemed not as simple as it seemed.
The fat man in the ear continued:
"Okay, since Miss is so shy, I won't say much more. - Miss, how many do you want to buy?"
Su Hong gritted her teeth, her face uncertain. After a long while, she finally said: "One... one!"
As soon as he said this, there was another round of men laughing.
On the platform, the fat man shook his head and smiled without saying a word: "Miss, is there just one?"
Su Hong gritted her teeth and was filled with anger.
As a woman, what she hates most are those who treat women as goods. However, the small town has a long history of openly selling female slaves.
This is not only true for the Iron Crown Sect, but also for the entire sect.
Strictly speaking, this extravagant style was passed down from the secular world. As some wealthy children joined the sect, they brought this habit with them. On the one hand, it was for business needs. On the other hand, it was also used to get to know the disciples of the sect.
Expand the influence of wealthy families.
All disciples in the sect must strictly abide by the sect's rules and regulations, but they do not interfere with the lives of their disciples under the mountain. As long as they do not do anything harmful to nature, they will basically turn a blind eye.
Although the "senior sisters" in the faction did not like this kind of trafficking in women, they worked together to reduce these bold sales to once a month. But after all, they could not completely ban it.
——There are more than just "senior sisters" on Tieguan Mountain.
On this day once a month, not even the "senior sister" in the faction can interfere, let alone Su Hong.
Su Hong was so angry that her teeth itched, but she had no choice but to do anything. In front of everyone, she was ridiculed for not having enough money, which made her angry, ashamed and annoyed.
Yang Ji secretly shook his head and sighed in his heart. Compared with the children who have to be rich or noble, with family support, four thousand taels is his upper limit.
Su Hong's intentions are okay, but he is helpless in this regard.
Just when Su Hong was ashamed and annoyed, a clear voice suddenly came from behind:
"This lady's money will be spent in the next generation."
This sudden sound instantly attracted everyone's attention. Su Hong's body trembled, her eyes widened, and she looked over.
The crowd parted, and only a handsome young man with a silk scarf on his head, a handsome face, white clothes like snow, silk shoes on his feet, and a folding fan in his hand walked out.
There was a smile on his lips and a calm and confident expression, giving people a feeling of being approachable.
"A total of three hundred thousand taels of silver, right? I'll pay it for this young lady."
The elegant young master said and glanced at Su Hong through the crowd with a smile on his face.
This sudden scene shocked many people, and Yang Ji also glanced at it in surprise. Su Hong's face turned red obviously.
"What? Not selling it?"
The young master flicked his wrist, and thirty banknotes worth ten thousand taels each were shot out as straight as arrows without even blinking.
"Sell, sell! These slave girls are yours, no, they belong to this lady."
The fat man on the stage came back to his senses, nodded and bowed, and said repeatedly. He had been in the town for a long time, but he still couldn't figure out the details of this young man. He seemed to look unfamiliar.
However, he still understood the principle of "giving flowers to beauties and swords to heroes". He nodded quickly in Su Hong's direction, which satisfied Su Hong "a little".
"Yang Ji, I'll go over first."
Su Hong turned around and said.
"Um."
Yang Ji nodded. The other party had helped with so much money, so it was appropriate for Su Hong to go over and thank her. When it came to Su Hong's personal affairs, Yang Ji was not in a position to interfere:
"Go ahead, I'll wait for you here."
When Su Hong passed by, Yang Ji couldn't help but take a deep look at the other party. Perhaps because of Su Hong's relationship, the other party also took a good look at Yang Ji.
"It's strange. I don't know where this person came from. He gave away 300,000 taels of silver to help an unknown person without blinking an eye."
Yang Ji secretly thought in his heart.
He glanced around and found that there was no entourage around this mysterious young master. And no one around him seemed to know him.
"Maybe I'm overthinking it."
Yang Ji smiled and shook his head, quickly looking away.
After a while, Su Hong came back from the crowd.
"How about it?"
Yang Ji smiled.
"His name is Yuan Jian, and this is his first time here. Haha, he had something to do just now, so he left first."
Su Hong said, looking happy.
Only then did Yang Ji notice that while he was distracted by the meeting, the man had already left.
"Oh, didn't you ask where he lives?"
Yang Jidao.
"He didn't say anything. He said he would tell me the next time we meet."
Su Hong was smiling all over her face. She obviously liked the other person very much.
Yang Ji frowned.
"What's wrong?"
Su Hong noticed it immediately, raised her head and said in surprise.
"Nothing. Haha."
Yang Ji pointed at the girls and smiled: "But, what are you going to do with those girls? You can't take them to the sect."
"You don't have to worry about this."
Su Hong said confidently:
"Master Yuan will stay here for a few days. He has promised me that he will help take care of these women and give them a good place to go. - It's almost time, let's go find Duan Gang."
Yang Ji nodded and said nothing more.
When the two found Duan Gang, they were surprised. Not only was this guy carrying a bag full of things, but he was actually accompanied by a snow-white crane.
"Duan Gang, you actually bought that crane?"
Yang Ji was shocked.
There was only one crane in the whole town. Needless to say, Duan Gang bought the crane that Yang Ji saw.
"Loud rich man! Duan Gang, Duan Gang, you are really 'the real person does not show his face. The real person does not show his true face'. I should have known that I had just borrowed money from you."
Su Hong ran up and circled Duan Gang several times, looking like a monster.
You will know how expensive things are in this small town once you come here. Duan Gang bought so much by himself, which is really shocking.
"what?"
Duan Gang looked confused:
"This crane was given to me by someone. Most of the stuff I bought in my bag was Polygonatum sibiricum and Fuling, for it to eat. I can't afford Dali Dan to feed it."
"Come on. I've seen it more than once. Why doesn't anyone give it to me?"
Su Hong looked unbelieving.
"Duan Gang, could it be that you were psychologically affected by that crane, so you bought this crane?"
Not only Su Hong, Yang Ji didn't believe it either.
Speaking of which, although Yang Ji knew the family backgrounds of Wang Xian, Shen Tong and the others, he had never asked Duan Gang. But now it seems that Duan Gang's family background is probably worse than that of Wang Xian, Shen Tong and the others. .
"What does it have to do with what? What does it have to do with that crane? I just saw this crane and I liked it very much."
Duan Gang waved, and the crane behind him actually stretched its head over. It reached into Duan Gang's arms, rubbed its long sharp beak, and looked affectionate.
"Forget it, forget it if you don't want to say it. By the way, Yang Ji. I didn't even remember to ask, what did you buy?"
Su Hong turned her head to Yang Ji and said curiously.
"I didn't buy anything, just a sutra painting."
Yang Jidao.
"Sutra Painting!"
Su Hong and Duan Gang opened their eyes wide at the same time, with shocked expressions on their faces. However, when Yang Ji took out the half-remained sutra painting, their shocked expressions quickly disappeared.
"Yang Ji, this thing is useless. What did you buy it for?"
Su Hong said strangely.
She looked over the half of the sutra painting several times, trying to find something from it, but finally had to admit that she failed.
"It seems that this kind of thing cannot be practiced. Moreover, the level does not seem to be high."
Duan Gang also said.
"It's not a very expensive thing in the first place. It's really of a very high grade. Do you think I can afford it?"
Yang Ji had a speechless expression on his face:
"This is just personal interest. It doesn't matter even if it's useless."
"Well, not bad. I appreciate this mentality."
Su Hong smiled and returned the scripture painting to Yang Ji:
"Let's go. I should be able to get back to the sect in time for a stick of evening incense."
"Then let's go."
The three of them smiled, and together with the crane, they rushed towards the entrance and exit of the town.
The entrance to the town was crowded with people.
"Eh? Isn't that Young Master Yuan?"
Su Hong suddenly exclaimed in surprise.
Yang Ji followed Su Hong's gaze and saw a familiar figure at the entrance of the town, with his back to everyone, chatting with a carriage driver.
Not long after they separated from the place where female slaves were sold, the two actually encountered the original stream for the second time.
Yang Ji's eyes darkened, and a dark cloud suddenly passed between his brows.
Su Hong looked happy and quickly greeted her. Duan Gang looked at Yuan Jian in the distance with a look of surprise on his face:
"Who is this guy? Why does he seem to be very familiar with Su Hong?"
Yang Ji told him what happened before.
"Throwing out three hundred thousand taels of silver notes without blinking an eye? This man is really generous!"