Bai Chuyi looked down at the huge waves under the cliff, his gray pupils looking a little indifferent.
In order to conceal the existence of this place, the Bai family did not hesitate to offend He Jin and even broke up their family.
But he didn't expect that after so many years, the secret that the family was sworn to guard would eventually be found.
Originally, she didn't want to show up.
As early as half a month ago, she discovered the traces of Liu Fan and her master Nianniang.
In a small fishing village more than twenty miles away from here, she and her junior sister Shuangxi lived there for half a year, looking at this place from a distance.
Now she is the only one living in the Bai family, and she no longer cares about the ancestral precepts left by her ancestors.
The reason why I chose to live in seclusion here was actually to avoid Wei Cheng...
But for some unknown reason, Bai Chuyi always felt uneasy in the past few days and often dreamed about his deceased relatives.
Just today during her lunch break, she had another nightmare. In the dream, a man covered in blood stood in a sea of blood and corpses, staring at her motionless. But instead of feeling scared, she felt a sense of kindness from this man.
meaning.
Bai Chuyi suddenly woke up and broke into a cold sweat. Without hesitation, he took his junior sister and hurried here.
Fortunately, she arrived in time.
The makeshift hanging basket made by the secret guard could carry two people at once. Bai Chuyi took his junior sister to the bottom of the cliff.
Xu Shu and Sima Yi have been waiting outside the cave for a long time.
Putting aside everything else, they didn't dare to be careless just because of Wei Cheng's status as his fiancée.
"Master?!" Bai Chuyi exclaimed with double joy.
Bai Chuyi also discovered Nightmare Niang who was being guarded by secret guards, and Nightmare Niang also discovered them, but she was so poisoned at this time that she didn't even have the strength to speak.
As for Liu Fan, he is already cold.
There was indeed something strange about that hall. The dust hidden under the strong medicinal fragrance was extremely poisonous.
Seeing the condition of the nightmare mother, the little girl Shuangxi was a little overwhelmed. She looked at her senior sister Bai Chuyi, as if asking if she wanted to save her master.
Bai Chuyi looked at Ye Niang with a very indifferent look. She already knew who framed Bai. If Ye Niang hadn't revealed the information about the longevity medicine to He Jin, Bai wouldn't have been harmed by He Jin.
Keep an eye out.
What makes Bai Chuyi hate Nightmare Niang the most is that after Nightmare Niang rescued her, she not only accepted her as her disciple, but on the surface she treated her like her own daughter. In fact, she coveted her abilities and the Bai family had been protecting her for more than four hundred years.
Continuously hiding.
Bai Chuyi felt extremely uncomfortable every time he thought of his wife as his mother, and even regarded her as the closest person in the world.
At this moment, seeing that the nightmare mother's evil was punished, she should have been happy and laughing, but for some reason, she felt sad in her heart.
"The first grade of junior high school!" The mother-in-law looked at Bai Chuyi who was looking down at her, her eyes full of longing for life.
Bai Chuyi took a deep breath, passed her expressionlessly, walked to Xu Shu, and said, "You can return the jade pendant to me."
Hearing this, Xu Shu quickly took out the jade pendant in his arms and handed it to Bai Chuyi.
Bai Chuyi took the jade pendant, glanced at the word "Wei" on the jade pendant, and said in a deep voice: "You should go back and tell him that the longevity medicine will take another six years to become a medicine. If you take the medicine too early, the gain will outweigh the loss."
"Six years?" Sima Yi looked at Xu Shu.
Xu Shu looked at Bai Chuyi in front of him with some embarrassment. In fact, he was skeptical about this woman's identity.
He became even more suspicious when he heard Bai Chuyi ask them to go back.
However, if you think about it carefully, this woman may not be lying. After all, even if he goes back, he will leave behind secret guards to guard the secret.
"This girl, you said you are Wei Jun's fiancée?" Xu Shu asked.
When Bai Chu heard this, he looked at Xu Shu expressionlessly, with no trace of panic in his gray eyes, and replied: "It was."
When Xu Shu saw this, he was probably sure, but he didn't know what happened, so he separated the girl from Wei Jun.
Sima Yi, who was standing on one side, didn't care about his children's personal affairs, he was more concerned about the elixir of longevity.
"Why are you so sure that the longevity medicine will take another six years?" Sima Yi looked at Bai Chuyi and Shuangxi suspiciously.
Shuangxi looked at this boy who was younger than her, frowned and said: "What kind of look is that? My senior sister kindly reminds you, are you still afraid that we will lie to you?"
"Double happiness." Bai Chuyi pulled his junior sister.
Shuangxi pouted, "That's what it is."
Bai Chuyi shook his head, looked at Sima Yi, and said, "If you don't believe it, you can go back and ask the elders of the Wei clan."
Sima Yi glanced at Shuangxi, who looked unhappy, and said in a deep voice: "If you don't tell me, I will ask."
Bai Chuyi nodded slightly and didn't care about Sima Yi's attitude. He looked at Yan Niang on one side and sighed softly.
Nightmare Niang thought she was going to save herself and was about to speak.
Not wanting Bai Chuyi to pull Shuangxi directly, he said to Xu Shu, "Please send us up."
Xu Shu was stunned for a moment and asked, "Miss, don't you go in and take a look?"
Bai Chuyi shook his head, "There's nothing interesting to see... Not everyone desires immortality."
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Luoyang, the divine capital.
Two fast horses galloped past on the driveway, attracting side glances from vendors and pedestrians on both sides of the road.
"Who is that person who dares to gallop in the imperial capital?"
"Shhh, don't talk nonsense, those are secret guards, the eyes and ears of Lord Wei all over the world."
"It looks like something important happened. I don't know if it's good or bad."
"Who knows."
After entering the city on horseback, they went directly to the gate of the palace, and someone immediately came forward to greet them.
"Urgent news from Qingzhou, sorry for bothering you, brother."
"You're welcome. It's been a long journey. You two should come to the barracks and have a rest."
Not long after, the urgent matter was delivered to Wei Cheng by the female guard. At this time, Wei Cheng was playing with his two sons in the study.
Hearing that it was an urgent message from Qingzhou, Wei Cheng immediately guessed that Xu Shu and Sima Yi had something to gain.
Passing the second treasure to the nanny on the side, Wei Cheng took the sheepskin roll and slowly unfolded it.
After a long while, Wei Cheng frowned and muttered: "Bai's daughter? Fiancée?"
Wei Cheng was confused. It wasn't until he saw the news about the longevity medicine that he frowned slightly, "Is it true that the medicine has been developed for six years?"
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In the blink of an eye, more than half a month has passed.
Xu Shu and Sima Yi finally returned to Luoyang,
The two of them immediately went to the palace to recover and gave a rough description of Bai Chuyi's appearance.
Wei Cheng looked confused. He had no memory of this so-called 'fiancée' at all. You must know that his soul had passed through, but he had no memory of merging with his original body.
"It seems that it was the fault of my predecessor." After listening to Xu Shu's story, Wei Cheng felt that Bai Chuyi had no need to lie.
Then if it is 'my' fiancée, then the elders in the family must know her.
Wei Teng hesitated for a moment and ordered someone to call his second uncle Wei Min.
"What, the Bai family girl is not dead?" Wei Min exclaimed, obviously knowing this girl, and now Wei Cheng was really speechless.
"Second uncle, is this Miss Bai really my fiancée?" Wei Cheng asked with a frown.
Wei Min came back to his senses, looked at Wei Cheng who looked confused, frowned and said, "Don't you remember her?"
Wei Cheng was stunned.
Wei Min sighed deeply and said: "This matter must have started more than ten years ago... Cheng'er, you should go see her and make it clear to her face to face. I, Mr. Wei, am sorry for Mr. Bai. This is
We owe her."
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In this way, Wei Cheng and Xu Shu set off again.
Spring had just begun, the ice and snow had melted, and Wei Cheng didn't want to stay in Luoyang all day, that would be boring.
Even Cai Yan and his daughters were supposed to be brought with them, but they were lucky enough to die. Cai Yan was pregnant, and Xie Yu and Hao Niang were also pregnant. Now Wei Cheng didn't dare to take them on a long journey, so he could only
Comfort them and keep them in the palace.
Zhong Chan, on the other hand, wanted to have a private visit with Wei Cheng incognito, but Wei Cheng refused. He knew this girl's thoughts very well, and if he really took her with him, she might have eaten her on a dark and windy night.
This time going north to Qingzhou, Wei Cheng traveled light and simple.
In addition to Xu Shu and Sima Yi, they also brought Dian Wei, Hao Zhao, and more than ten secret guards to disguise themselves as a caravan.
Originally Wei Gong also wanted to be lazy and follow Wei Cheng to travel around the world, but Wei Cheng refused and asked him to stay with Ji Rimen. It would be better to marry her as soon as possible.
On this day, shortly after the convoy crossed the Yellow River, it stopped in a prosperous town.
Wei Cheng was dressed like a young man from a rich family. As soon as he appeared in the busy city, many people came up to chat.
"Master, Master, come and see my goods."
"It seems that these gentlemen are not ordinary people. They came to our Yushan Town to collect Hu slaves. Please come in quickly. I just got a batch of good products here. They are all four or five-year-old children. They will be taken back and trained for a few years.
He is an expert at looking after homes and homes."
Wei Cheng looked in the direction of the shopkeeper and saw more than a dozen four or five-year-old children tied to pillars with chains outside a shop. The children were curled up one by one, looking at those who were targeting them in fear.
Picky customers.
Wei Cheng couldn't help but frown slightly.
At this time, a middle-aged man came forward, picked up a child's arm, and lifted it up like a chicken.
The child didn't know whether he was scared or in pain, so he screamed.
Wei Teng's pupils were locked tightly and he looked at the child's mouth... there was no tongue in it.
The middle-aged man threw the child on the ground as if throwing away garbage, picked up another one casually, then turned back to the shopkeeper and asked: "This is good, cheaper, I want this."
When the shopkeeper saw that it was about to open, Pi Dian Dian came forward to welcome him.
"Hey, this kid can't be cheap. He's the strongest among the dozen or so kids. I have great eyesight. One thousand two hundred coins, this kid is yours."
"Expensive."
The two people carrying the child looked like a merchant and an old woman haggling in a butcher shop. This situation made Wei Cheng, a time traveler, a little uncomfortable.
It wasn't that he had a heart attack. He had originally approved the trading of Hu slaves, but he didn't expect it to be so cruel.
Looking at the dozen or so children, Wei Cheng was sure that they were not Han people. As for which prairie tribe they were from, this needed to be investigated.
However, business is business, so why cut off their tongues cruelly?
Wei Cheng frowned slightly and looked at the shopkeeper who was counting the money.
The shopkeeper took a bunch of copper coins and while counting them, he cheerfully asked the boy to untie the child.
As if sensing Wei Cheng's gaze, the shopkeeper hurried over.
Compared with other guests, Wei Cheng and his entourage looked extraordinary, so of course the shopkeeper had to treat them well.
"Master, how are you doing? Do you like anything? If you buy a lot, it doesn't matter if the old man gives you another 10% off."
Wei Cheng frowned slightly and asked in a deep voice: "Hu slaves are bought and sold, so why do you want to cut out their tongues?"
The shopkeeper was startled when he heard this and looked at Wei Cheng suspiciously.
If it weren't for the fact that Dian Wei and Hao Zhao standing behind Wei Cheng were so intimidating and difficult to provoke, the shopkeeper almost would have driven them away.
"Sir, are you afraid you've never bought a Hunu before?" the shopkeeper asked.
Wei Cheng frowned and asked curiously: "What does cutting out my tongue have to do with whether I have bought a Hunu or not?"
The shopkeeper smiled, looked at the children huddled together, and explained: "If you have ever bought something, you will know that letting them talk too much is not a good thing for the buyer."
Wei Cheng frowned and expressed confusion.
The shopkeeper patiently continued to explain: "Young master, if these Hu slaves can communicate with each other, wait until they are sold and raised for a few years, and then join forces to cause trouble, wouldn't it be like raising a group of white-eyed wolves?"
Wei Cheng looked at the children on the ground and saw that there was not only fear but also deep hatred in their indifferent expressions, and he immediately understood the shopkeeper's 'good intentions'.
However, as a time traveler, Wei Cheng still couldn't bear it.
But he wouldn't be able to use his status to order the shopkeeper to let him go.
"That's it." Wei Cheng nodded slightly, sighed, and turned to leave.
Seeing this, Dian Wei and others followed suit.
When the shopkeeper saw this, he spat on the ground and secretly thought it was bad luck.
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The most luxurious inn in town.
Wei Cheng stood on the terrace on the second floor, looking at the merchants coming and going on the street, especially the 'goods' behind them.
It turns out that this small town prospered by trading Hunu. Because of its special geographical location, merchants traveling from south to north basically had to pass through this small town.
In addition, several tribes from the Northern Xiongnu attached themselves, bringing not only a large number of cattle and sheep, but also slaves.
As mentioned before, the Northern Huns were constantly fighting among themselves and among various tribes, and the Northern Huns were a slave society. The slave trade, like the cattle and sheep trade, was the main source of income for the herdsmen.
Cattle and sheep, after conquering the Southern Huns, the Han Dynasty was not very short of meat, so the Northern Huns nobles have been unable to open the market.
However, slaves are production tools whose functions far exceed those of cattle and horses.
After enjoying several benefits, the nobles of the Northern Huns began to escort slaves from the Northern Plains to the south in large numbers to be sold to Han traders.
This is also the main reason why so many people engage in slave trading, because there is a market.
Wei Cheng shook his head helplessly, looking at the merchants coming and going from north to south, wondering whether it was good or bad for him to condone the slave trade.
You know, people's hearts are never satisfied.
Today they are buying and selling Hu slaves, but will they attack the Han people tomorrow?
Wei Cheng felt that he needed to take precautions early, otherwise countless happy families would fall apart because of his negligence.