Children of Loulan

(Ainur originally meant moonlight in the Uyghur ethnic group, but due to some restrictions, it is now renamed Ayi)

Ayi was born in a wealthy family, the fifth child in the family with four older brothers. As she was the youngest child in the family and a girl, she was loved by her parents and brothers. She was the apple of everyone's eye.

Whether it is material needs or spiritual care, Ayi's requests are always met. Whatever she wants, her parents will buy it for her without hesitation; whenever she encounters any difficulties, her brothers will step forward to help her solve them.

However, in this seemingly happy family, Ayi discovered a strange phenomenon-the third brother did not seem as kind as he seemed on the surface. The third brother's smile always made people feel a little unreal, and his heart seemed to hide many unknown secrets.

Ayi once mentioned the strangeness of her third brother to her mother, but her mother thought she was overthinking and told her not to have prejudice against her third brother. However, Ayi's intuition told her that her third brother was definitely not as dandy as he appeared!

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, Ayi is almost at the age of marriage. At this time, her mother suddenly brings back a strange girl and tells Ayi that this girl will be adopted as her daughter.

Ayi looked at the girl carefully and found that she was dressed simply and had rough fingers. She was obviously from a poor family. Although Ayi didn't understand why her mother suddenly adopted a poor girl as her adopted daughter, she decided to follow her mother's arrangement and teach the girl to read, write, sing and dance out of respect for her mother.

In the process of getting along with this girl, Ayi's heart was gradually attracted to her. This girl was smart, gentle and kind, which made Ayi unconsciously develop a deep affection for her. However, just when Ayi was getting along very well with this sister, her mother suddenly told her a shocking news: this so-called sister was actually going to enter the palace to select a concubine in her place!

This sudden news was a shock to Ayiru, and she could not accept this fact. She did not want her sister to face the dangers and pressures of the palace for her, and she would rather bear it all by herself. So, Ayi begged her mother to keep her sister and not let her enter the palace for the selection.

However, her mother firmly told Ayi that this was her sister's voluntary decision. Ayi knew that no matter how much she begged, she could not change her mother's mind. She felt extremely desperate and helpless and could only accept this cruel reality silently.

At the recognition ceremony, Ayi specially found the best fabrics and tailors to make identical dresses for herself and her sister. When the two put on the identical dresses, it seemed that the distance between them was shortened. Although she was filled with reluctance and pain, Ayi still forced herself to smile and completed the recognition ceremony with her sister.

Finally, when her sister left home to participate in the talent show, Ayi gave her sister the two identical dresses. She wanted the dresses to accompany her sister and also hoped that they could bring some warmth and comfort to her sister.

After her sister left, Ayi's mood became extremely heavy. She was depressed all day long, as if she had lost the joy of life. However, time will eventually dilute all the pain. With the reminder of the maid, Ayi finally realized that although her sister left, she could take care of her parents instead of her sister.

So she often visited her sister's parents, thinking that life would go on peacefully, but fate always likes to play tricks on people. Just when she sent two hundred taels of silver to her sister's parents for the last time, a shocking change suddenly befell her.

That day, when she had just handed the silver and money to her sister's mother, a little boy suddenly ran in and said that many people in her family had died and all the government officials had been dispatched!

After hearing this, Aiyi was extremely anxious and wanted to go back to find out what happened. However, she was stopped by her sister's father who had rushed back. He told Aiyi that it was all done by her third brother!

It turns out that the third brother is not his father's biological son, but the illegitimate son of the concubine and someone else. This time, the third brother, in order to seize the family property, actually teamed up with his biological father to kill the family who raised the third brother for many years. Not only that, the third brother also secretly searched for Ayi's whereabouts!

In order to take a last look at her family, Ai disguised herself as a poor man, stood behind the crowd and secretly looked at the door of her home!

At this time, the door of her house was full of yamen runners. She couldn't see what was going on inside. She only saw yamen runners carrying out bloody corpses one after another! Blood was still dripping down the corpses!

She couldn't accept this cruel reality, and tears flowed out like a flood.

At the same time, her heart was filled with anger. How could the third brother do such a cruel thing to the person who raised him for many years? She involuntarily moved towards the third brother, as if being pulled by a powerful force. However, just as she was about to rush in front of the third brother, a hand suddenly grabbed her arm tightly, preventing her from taking another step forward.

Ayi looked back and found that it was her sister's mother who was holding her. Her eyes revealed a trace of anxiety and worry, and she said to Ayi softly: "Ayi, don't be impulsive. If you go over now, you will die in vain. You have to live. Only by living can you have a chance to take revenge."

Aiyi's body trembled slightly. She knew that her sister's mother was right, but the pain and resentment in her heart made it difficult for her to calm down. She bit her lip and finally listened to her sister's mother's advice.

That night, with the help of her sister's parents, Ayi quietly fled her hometown. She felt extremely heavy-hearted, not knowing what her future would be like.

When Ayi escaped from that place, she found that she was completely lost. She didn't know where to go or who to ask for help. She felt extremely lonely and helpless, as if the whole world had abandoned her.

When she was on the edge of despair, it seemed that God was unwilling to let her go. As she was alone, she was soon targeted by a group of human traffickers. These human traffickers had hideous faces and did not hide their evil intentions.

"This girl is quite pretty. She will definitely be able to fetch a good price." One of the traffickers said with a lewd smile.

Ai's face turned pale in an instant. She looked at the human traffickers in horror, her heart filled with fear and despair.

However, it is a pity that she was alone and helpless, and she seemed so vulnerable and powerless in the face of the pursuit of human traffickers. Soon, she fell into the clutches of human traffickers.

During her captivity, she learned an astonishing fact from the traffickers: it turned out that many dignitaries and wealthy businessmen in the Tang Dynasty loved the girls of Loulan and regarded them as rare treasures.

Therefore, these human traffickers would capture some girls from Loulan every year and then sell them to the Tang Dynasty to make huge profits. This cruel reality made her feel desperate and terrified, and she was absolutely unwilling to become a plaything of those people and be manipulated by them.

However, she was just a weak woman, powerless, how could she escape the close surveillance of the traffickers? No matter how she struggled and resisted, she could not change her fate of becoming a plaything.