There is a long wooden platform on the left side of West Street, the wooden platform is about five zhang long, one zhang wide, three feet from the ground, there are several braziers erected on the left and right, there are three people standing on the platform at this time, two are men in black in the prime of life, and the other person is a middle-aged woman, the lower body is wearing a long skirt, but the upper body has no clothes.
There were more than 100 men around the wooden platform, these people were dressed in different clothes, some were dressed in foreign cross-dress, some were also dressed in martial arts, but no matter what they were dressing, their appearance was not good, and they were shouting at the two black-clothed men on the stage, asking them to take the woman down.
Mo Wen had seen the human market many times when he was looking for Lin Ruochen, and the situation here must be a one-person market, but it was more barbaric than the human market in the territory, and he even took off the woman's clothes in public and let the buyers take a closer look.
"Old Five, don't look at insolence."
Mo Wen turned his head and found that Lao Wu was still staring.
Seeing that Mo Wen seemed to be angry in his words, Lao Wu retracted his gaze and walked towards him.
Mo Wen waited for him to get closer, turned around and walked east, the two of them came here to rest, this matter has nothing to do with the two of them.
Just as the two were about to leave, the shouting from West Street made Mo Wen frown and stop, and the man shouted, "Don't look at this woman's old age, but she is from the county government, she is a woman from a large family, she can read words and know how to cook, and it will be very useful to buy it back." ” "Master, what's wrong" The fifth didn't know why he stopped walking.
Mo Wen raised his hand to signal the fifth child to silence, and at the same time listened attentively, only to hear that everyone in the audience did not seem to buy it, shouting for the seller to take the woman down and pull the new person out.
There is no doubt that the seller should be a domestic person, but there are people who speak brute among the buyers.
When everyone was noisy, a woman's scream came from the northwest wooden platform, and then the seller shouted again, "Such fat and white skin is not worth ten taels" "Chuanjia three catties, give it to me."
The cry was so awkward that it came from the mouth of a barbarian.
"Master, this person is a fool, a pound of Sichuan armor is worth ten taels."
Lao Wu grew up in a pharmacy and knew why Chuanjia was and knew the price.
Mo Wen nodded when he heard this, and raised his hand again to signal the fifth child not to speak.
"Master, don't listen to it, go over and take a look, you are now a Taoist priest, why do you still talk about indecent disrespect."
The old five instigated.
Mo Wen had doubts in his heart and wanted to go to take a look, but he didn't want to peek at the woman's body because of the number of etiquette, although the words of the fifth child did not make him change his mind, but it reminded him of the ancient Yangzi Taoist before, as long as he was open-minded, what did it matter if the three more narrations were blasphemous, and it was difficult to accept the words of the Taoist in the daytime, and the Taoist should get rid of pedantry in his actions, as long as there are no evil thoughts in his heart, it is okay to see it.
With this in mind, he turned and walked back to the street, where a barbarian in a leather jacket and a handbag was standing on the stage to bargain with the seller, and the woman's culottes were torn off at this time, and she was slumped on the stage and covered her private parts with her hands.
The barbarian quickly made a deal with the seller, handed the bag in his hand to the seller, took off his leather jacket to protect the woman from the cold, and then led her down the wooden platform to the north.
"This southern barbarian has suffered a big loss."
Lao Wu looked at the barbarians and women who were gradually walking away.
Mo Wen turned his head and glanced at Lao Wu, at this time he was full of doubts in his heart, the seller had said before that this woman was a descendant of the county government, at this time, the local government can be divided into three levels of state, county and county according to the size of the subordination, the county government is the mansion where the county official lives, why did this woman live here as a subordinate of the county government After the woman had been replaced by the barbarians, the two men in black on the stage dragged out from the west room again a woman, who was twenty-three or four-year-old, and who was wearing a lot of dirt and water stains on her face, who had obviously washed her face before going on stage.
The woman was too frightened and stood unsteadily after coming on stage, one of the men in black supported her, and the other put her face straight so that the buyers in the audience could see clearly, "This little lady is worth twenty taels, and you can buy or exchange." ” This woman is a little more beautiful than the previous woman, but the seller's asking price is too high, and there is no one in the audience.
The man in black saw that everyone had no intention of buying it, so he took out a document from his bosom, walked to the brazier and looked at it a few times, and then put it in his arms and said to everyone in the audience, "This woman is in the main room of the Lang Lang, she has not yet given birth, and she can also recognize the words, it is the best to buy it home and pass it on to the next generation, twenty taels is not expensive." ” "Master, what is the Lang Lang?"
the fifth man turned his head to ask Mo.
"Qipin court official, the woman who sold it before is also an official woman."
The students of the Jin Kingdom were all familiar with the official ranks of their own dynasty, and Mo Wen was no exception, but what puzzled him was how these men in black got these women.
"I'll take a look."
While the two were talking, a drunk man holding a wine jug staggered onto the stage, looked at the woman left and right on the stage, and after a while, he took out a handful of broken silver from his bosom and handed it to the seller, "Is it enough?"
The seller dressed in black took the silver tael and weighed it slightly, "I'm afraid it's not enough." ” The drunk man heard the words and reached into his arms again, took out a handful of copper coins and handed them to the seller, there are many ways to trade at this time, gold is the most popular, in addition to silver two, copper coins, cloth, grain and other replacement methods, the Jin Kingdom minted copper coins are not much, most of them are left over from the previous dynasty, but they can also be used at this time.
"It's still not enough."
The seller shook his head again.
"I'll give you this jug too."
The drunken man drank the wine from the pot and shoved the copper pot into the seller's arms.
The seller laughed and returned the jug to the drunk, then waved his hand at him and motioned for him to take the woman away.
"Let's go and have a good life with my grandfather."
The drunk man dragged the woman down the stage.
"Second Master Qian, spend so much money to buy a safflower and break the goods, it's a loss."
Someone in the audience teased.
"You know a fart, I'd rather have a civil official's wife than a military attaché's concubine, and there are still three new points among the women used by scholars."
The strong man scolded.
"Can you live the seven points old outside," the man teased again.
The drunk man was not angry when he heard this, and raised his hand to the woman beside him, "Let her tell you another day." ” The drunk man walked south with the woman through the crowd amid the laughter of everyone, and when he saw Mo Wen and Lao Wu standing on the street, he raised his hand and pointed back, "You came too late, there are not a few left, why don't you go and buy it quickly." ” Mo Wen didn't pay attention to him, only Lao Wu arched his hand at him, and the drunk man didn't care, holding the wine jug in one hand and leading the woman to the east with the other.
Mo Wen turned around and looked at the woman who was bought, and after the woman was bought, she did not struggle and cry, but obediently followed the drunk, without any reluctance.
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This scene reminded him of Lin Ruochen again, Lin Ruochen did not resist that day, thus saving his life, and people can do anything when their lives are threatened.
"Master, what did he do when he bought that woman back," Lao Wu Chong Mo asked.
"Naturally, I was a wife and a concubine."
Mo asked and replied casually.
"Oh, be a wife."
Lao Wu answered.
"Old Five, do you see the boots that those men in black are wearing" Mo Wen raised his hand and pointed forward.
Hearing this, Lao Wu tiptoed to look at the wooden platform, "It's familiar, it looks like the boots worn by soldiers." ” "Yes, these people must be soldiers of the Jin Kingdom, those women should be the family members of officials, their main family may make mistakes and lose power, they will be exiled to the frontier if they are implicated, and the soldiers who escorted them did not settle them properly, but moved here to sell goods at a high price."
Mo Wen frowned and said, at this time, the status of women is extremely low, and they are only subordinate to men, so the laws of the Jin Kingdom clearly stipulate that women are not punished without shackles, and if women make mistakes, they should be accepted by the master's family, so there is only one possibility for these people to be displaced here, that is, they have been implicated by the master's family.
"It's really pitiful that a woman from a big family has fallen to this point today."
Lao Wu nodded and said.
"The world is as black as a crow, and these Jin troops are no different from the Hu people."
Mo Wen turned around and walked east, he had always thought that only Hu people would do all kinds of bad things, but what he saw and heard after arriving in the Jin Kingdom made him change this mind, and the army of the Jin Kingdom was not much better.
"Yes, the court must not know that they got these women here, these women will never go back if they are sold here, poor place."
Lao Wu echoed.
Mo Wen nodded when he heard this, exile is different from sending them to the army, exile only allows sinners to leave their hometowns, these women should be free, and it was these soldiers who escorted them to escort them here.
"Master, how far is the place we are going to be from here" Lao Wu turned around and looked back from time to time as he walked.
"It won't be too far."
Mo asked and replied casually.
"Oh, hurry up and find a place to settle down, you can cultivate with peace of mind, and I'll deal with the chores when the time comes, but it's a pity that Xiaocui was captured by the Hu people, and no one will do your laundry and sew for you."
Lao Wu said.
"yes."
Mo Wen replied casually with a smile, he knew very well what the fifth man wanted to do, and he was considering whether he should buy a wife in this way at this time, most of the women he bought were broken, and he had two hearts, the fifth was his only relative, and he didn't want the fifth to settle like this.
"Master, you said that the two of us will be too busy to open a pharmacy," said the fifth man with a shy face.
Mo Wen had already turned the middle street at this time, and was looking around for the inn, when he heard the words, he sighed helplessly, and then turned around and walked west.
"Master, why are you going" Lao Wu followed closely.
"You have a point, we do need a maid."
Mo Wen did not puncture the fifth child, ordinary men should get married at this age, and the fifth child has never concealed his curiosity and desire for women, which is also human nature.
"They ask for a sky-high price, which is surprisingly expensive, and it only costs five taels to buy a maid in the country."
The fifth child sells well.
"That's right."
Don't ask and stop when you hear it.
"But it's not in vain, those women are all from big families, and everyone is definitely more sensible than small families."
Seeing that the situation was not good, Lao Wu hurriedly changed the conversation.
Mo Wen finally couldn't help laughing, "Let's buy whichever you like today." ” Hearing this, Lao Wu nodded again and again, and didn't dare to say anything more.
After a while, the two returned to West Street, and at this time the betrayal on the stage was a woman with a cloak of hair, her hands tied behind her back, and her mouth was strangled with a horse's chew.
"Although this woman does not obey discipline, she is from a famous family, and ten taels are still worth it."
The seller pulled the woman's hair and showed her face, Mo Wen frowned suddenly, this woman may have been beaten many times before, and her nose and eyes were bruised and swollen at this time, and she was no longer visible.
When everyone saw that it was ugly and insane, no one would buy it.
Mo Wen looked at it for a moment and walked slowly to the wooden platform.
"Sir, I don't like this."
Lao Wu followed Mo Wen and muttered quietly.
"If you can get this martyr as a wife, it will be a great blessing for you," Mo Wen raised his right hand and shouted, "I bought it":