Traveling through troubled times, he fled with his stepson

This slave market was bigger and more cruel than Wei Qiqi had imagined.

A living person was huddled in a cage, naked and dirty.

Wei Qiqi looked all the way over, and the discomfort in her heart gradually filled her heart.

The cruelty of this era lies before us, and natural disasters, man-made calamities, wars and chaos have turned these people with stuttering into caged beasts.

She came to the largest one, but she felt so uncomfortable that she couldn't go shopping any further.

I plan to buy enough at one place and leave.

"Madam, look, these are all good stuff." Someone greeted, not treating these people as human beings.

"I want……"

Wei Qiqi opened her mouth, but before she could finish her words, a loud noise came from a stall nearby.

She looked over and her eyes fell on the person who made the loud noise.

He was a young boy two or three years older than Li Yuan. He looked fiercely at the big men who were trying to capture him.

He wanted to escape somewhere else, but his hands and feet were tied with ropes, so he could only roar in frustration.

"This happens several times a day here. It seems like this kid was just bought. He doesn't obey discipline, so he will obey after a beating." The boss at the stall said, and then called Wei Qiqi: "What kind of person did you say you wanted just now, madam?"

Wei Qiqi suppressed her discomfort and turned to talk to the boss.

"I want six young men and two women."

As soon as he finished speaking, the young man was grabbed and pressed to the ground.

"I would rather die than go to a brothel. Don't even think about sending me to that dirty place and killing me!"

The young man struggled, seemingly determined to die. Wei Qiqi was close enough to see his bloodshot hands and eyes.

The young man wanted to bang his head against the ground, but someone twisted him and pinned him to the ground. The young man's eyes met Wei Qiqi.

Wei Qiqi could relate to the despair and doomed spirit inside.

It was as if I was back in the orphanage and almost fell into the clutches of the devil.

The despair and sadness involved cannot be understood by outsiders.

Wei Qiqi exhaled and walked towards the stall.

"How much is he?"

"what?"

It was too noisy, and the big man sitting in charge didn't hear Wei Qiqi's voice, but his eyes fell on Wei Qiqi and he couldn't help but slow down his voice.

"He has already been betrothed to a prostitute."

"how much is it?"

"Twelve taels."

Wei Qiqi was silent, and she looked at the young man again.

As if he heard their voices, the young man turned his head with great effort and shouted, "Sister! Sister! Please, buy me. I can count. I am very good at it. I can do anything. Please don't leave. I will work to earn money for you. I can do anything..."

The young man's voice was shrill, as if Wei Qiqi was his only salvation.

The boy's voice and the girl's voice in his memory merged together, making Wei Qiqi lose track of the year and month.

After a moment of trance, Wei Qiqi took out fifteen taels from his pocket and handed it to the vendor without bargaining.

"Is fifteen taels okay?"

The vendor was shocked, but when he realized what was happening, his face lit up with joy. He was really lucky to have such a non-bargaining customer as the first to come to the store today. Besides, the boy was really not worth the price.

"Okay, okay, let them choose when the time comes. As for this person..."

"Untie."

The big man who was pressing on the boy saw the vendor greeting him, hesitantly let go of his hands and began to untie the ropes.

After taking the indenture and checking with the young man to make sure it was correct, Wei Qiqi put it away.

"Come with me."

She was the first to leave as she couldn't stay in this place for even a moment.

The young man followed closely. He had been tied up for too long and walked unsteadily, limping all the time.

There was still a hint of disbelief in his expression, and the joy of freedom diluted the previous despair.

After coming out, the boy's clothes were intact but thin, so he went to the shop and bought him another set of clothes.

On the way there, I happened to run into Ye Yuanjiang.

"master."

"he……"

After following for a long time, Wei Qiqi remembered that he didn't know the boy's name, so he turned around and asked.

The boy scratched his head, feeling embarrassed to tell his name to the person who bought him.

"My name is Zhao Tiezhu."

Wei Qiqi: “…”

"Do you want to change your name?"

The boy nodded frantically, "I miss it so much. I want to curse every time I hear this name."

He seemed to have recovered from his recent despair, and began to exude optimism.

Being able to recover so quickly from such a desperate situation requires full marks for emotional value and recovery ability.

"Since your last name is Zhao, then let's call you Zhao..."

"That... master?" The young man called him in a more casual way, and then continued, "Don't use the surname Zhao, this surname is very unlucky. I was sold by that old man for a few ounces of wine..."

Wei Qiqi pinched her brows as the chatter in front of her was going on, and the trance she had just felt was alleviated a little.

Ye Yuanjiang, who was standing by, saw her expression and thought she was annoyed, so he grabbed the boy's shoulders and asked him to turn around, then covered his mouth.

"Woo?"

"woo woo woo woo……"

The boy struggled frantically, but he was no match for Ye Yuanjiang's strength and could only make whimpering sounds.

"If you don't want the surname Zhao... How about the surname Ye? Ye Yuanfeng, how about being free and casual?"

Wei Qiqi's words not only stopped the young man from whimpering, but also stunned Ye Yuanjiang. Both of them looked at Wei Qiqi.

She thought the boy didn’t like it: “Don’t like it? If you don’t like it, change it…”

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Finding that his mouth was still covered, Ye Yuanfeng shook off the hand covering his mouth, his eyebrows suddenly flying, "I like it, I like it too much, Master."

Wei Qiqi was infected by him and couldn't help but chuckle.

Ye Yuanfeng was very satisfied with this name. He and Ye Yuanjiang followed Wei Qiqi and saw that Ye Yuanjiang's clothes were exactly the same as his.

"Are you also a slave bought by the master?"

"what's your name?"

"Yes, Ye Yuanjiang."

Ye Yuanjiang had been locked in a cage for too long and was even sold away to be treated as a bystander, so he spoke very little, but he still responded to Ye Yuanfeng's words.

"Ye Yuanjiang?"

Ye Yuanfeng raised an eyebrow, surprised by the high similarity of the name, and quickly reacted: "This name is chosen according to you. Is it your original name or was it also chosen by the master?"

Ye Yuanfeng kept asking, which made Ye Yuanjiang very annoyed.

Ye Yuanjiang looked at Wei Qiqi who was walking in front of him and said in a low voice: "Stop talking. Didn't you notice that the master looks unhappy?"

After being touched on the nose by the fierce Ye Yuanfeng, he gave up.

"If you don't want to tell me, then don't tell me. I can't do anything else..."

Wei Qiqi walked to the carriage. The coachman had been waiting outside for a while. When he saw Wei Qiqi coming, he hurried forward to act as a handhold.

"Please go back."

The driver nodded.

Ye Yuanjiang and Ye Yuanfeng followed Wei Qiqi and were ordered into the carriage.

Seeing there was a woman in the carriage, Ye Yuanfeng exclaimed in surprise.

"Let me introduce you. This is Ye Yuanjiang and Ye Yuanxin. His name is Ye Yuanfeng. Remember your names and each other's names from now on."

"I will temporarily arrange for you to stay in another courtyard. I will come to see you tomorrow."