Accidentally dressed as an empress

If a carriage stops under the old locust tree at the entrance of East Market Street, it cannot go in, and carriages cannot run rampant in the downtown area.

The bluestone streets are lined with small stalls, and there are shops on both sides that are full of goods. People are shoulder to shoulder, and it is bustling. The air is filled with the aroma of sugar-coated fruits.

Yunxiu got off the carriage, took Zhong Yi's hand, and walked through the streets of East Market.

Zhong Yi dressed up as a woman. He tied his hair into a bun, inserted a white jade hairpin, and wore a purple robe. When he walked with her, it was impossible to tell their gender.

Yunxiu actually came to Xishi with Yunji. She wanted to repair her sisterly relationship with Yunji, but she was always too enthusiastic. However, Yunxiu was the kind of person who never gave up. The colder she was, the more motivated she became.

Zhong Yi looked around with great curiosity. Some of the rare birds and animals in the cages looked very strange. He had never been to Xishi before.

A large, spotted tiger was locked in a huge cage, twirling and snarling. The animals in the other cages were also restless, and the entire street was filled with the stench of animal excrement.

Zhong Yi quickly covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief and frowned as he looked at the rusty lock on the beast's cage.

"Your Highness, we'd better leave quickly..." Zhong Yi suddenly stopped talking when he saw the small iron cage with people curled up inside.

People on both sides stretched out their bony hands toward them. Zhong Yi was startled and quickly hugged Yunxiu's waist. Yunxiu then realized that he seemed to have grown taller, half a head taller than before.

Yunxiu was also terrified. These people were truly inhuman. Seeing it with her own eyes was even more shocking than seeing it through the system screen.

If there is something good on the top, it will be great on the bottom.

If the superior hates something, the subordinates will hate it even more.

Historically, the pressure has been increased layer by layer from top to bottom.

Throughout the Yun Kingdom, the vast majority of people treated foreign prisoners of war as property and two-legged beasts, and no one regarded the prisoners of war as human beings like themselves.

Human evil, especially collective evil, is worse than that of a tiger.

There are so many people here. How many people can she and Yun Ji rescue?

The matchmaker swung her whip and hit the dirty hands that were stretched out, and they pulled their hands back into the cage in pain.

When Yunxiu saw the matchmaker, she said, "I want ten women, between fourteen and twenty years old, strong and able to do farm work."

The matchmaker took one look at the two people's attire and said with a smile, "Sir, do you want a girl or a boy?"

"Boys are both required." Yunxiu said.

The matchmaker smiled meaningfully, thinking the nobleman didn't just want to do farm work. "You two noblemen, you are both beautiful as fairies. I'm afraid these filthy things will pollute your eyes. We have some clean and good stuff here. Would you like to take a look?"

Yunxiu returned a knowing smile and said, "Lead the way."

Yun Ji discovered that Yun Xiu had successfully started doing business with the matchmaker and hurried to follow.

The matchmaker led them into a low tiled house with moss on the tiles. They passed through a wooden door and entered the garden, where they saw a stone table and stone benches in the corner, overgrown with weeds.

In the open space of the garden, some skinny slaves were holding torches and performing a fire-breathing show.

Yunxiu followed the matchmaker and pushed open the next door, then walked into the yard. The people there were all men of other races, some with brown curly hair and white skin, some with black curly hair and bronze skin, and they all looked pretty good.

This is a dark kiln.

The matchmaker took them into the largest room, picked out ten good-looking ones, and had them line up in front of her.

Yun Ji waved his hand and said to the matchmaker, "No matter how much they cost, I'll buy them all."

The matchmaker said, "One ounce of gold per person, so ten ounces of gold is enough."

It doesn't sound too expensive. Liu Jin is really valuable. She's worth fifty gold coins alone.

Yun Ji directly took out his sword and said, "Use this to resist."

The matchmaker said, "We don't accept collateral here. We only accept real money."

Yun Ji put away his sword awkwardly, and it was obvious that he was short of money.

Yunxiu took out the magnolia purple brocade purse and said, "I have ten taels of gold here."

Zhong Yi pursed his lips, remaining silent. He felt a surge of resentment simmering within him. As a man, a sense of powerlessness gripped his heart. The men here couldn't even control their own bodies.

All of them had some injuries on their bodies. To rescue them, they had to be sent to the clinic first.

Zhong Yi suddenly saw an acquaintance, "Zhong Lu, why are you here?"

Zhong Lu quickly covered his face and slipped away from the corridor.

Here, I met Zhong Lu, the daughter of the Zhong family. Zhong Lu knew she was too shameless. Zhong Yuan visited Qingfeng Tower, and Zhong Lu visited this secret kiln. It can be said that people from the same family often visit each other.

Yunxiu said to the matchmaker, "My sister has already bought ten. I'll buy ten too, but I want the younger ones."

The matchmaker smiled obscenely again, "These ten are guaranteed to be unopened and easy to train."

Zhong Yi began to feel unwell again.

Yunxiu was not interested at all. She hugged Zhong Yi and asked, "How much?"

The matchmaker's face turned red. What did the customer mean by this? She didn't like men, but women, and yet he came to her to buy someone. The matchmaker said, "It's also one or two ounces of gold each."

Yunxiu shook her head. "Forget it. It's not worth it. How much food would it cost to raise these little kids who haven't even grown up yet?"

"Then, ten and a half ounces of gold."

Yunxiu said, "The jobs outside are actually not bad. They just involve doing farm work."

The matchmaker gritted her teeth and said, "Three taels of gold."

Yunxiu said, "Okay, deal."

Yunxiu counted out thirteen taels of gold, and the matchmaker wanted to take it directly. Yunxiu withdrew her hand and asked, "Where is the indenture?"

The matchmaker quickly asked someone to bring the wooden sign over.

Yunxiu handed over the gold in one hand and took the wooden sign in the other.

The matchmaker quickly grabbed a gold ingot, put it to her teeth, bit it, and then put on a flattering smile and said, "Goodbye, my lord."

Yun Ji stood there with a stern face, holding his sword, while Zhong Yi was uncuffing the handcuffs and leg irons of the slaves.

Yun Xiu looked at Zhong Yi and said to Yun Ji, "You still owe me ten gold coins. Remember to pay it back."

Yun Ji's face stiffened. "Sister, you are so good at bargaining, why don't you help me bargain?"

"You were the one who refused to bargain," Yunxiu said bitterly. "Besides, how can you go out without enough money?"

Yun Ji's face froze again.

Yun Xiu raised her hand, patted Yun Ji's arm, and said, "Third sister, are you not good at business? Come and ask me for advice."

Yun Ji was a man of his word. He bowed and said, "I will go to your house tomorrow to ask for advice and sign a written agreement for you."

Yun Xiu handed Yun Ji's ten wooden tokens to her and said gently, "No need to sign a certificate, and no need to thank me. Just consider it as accumulating merit for the Queen Mother."

Yun Ji looked at her, stunned.

After leaving the West Market, Yunxiu took out a tinderbox, piled ten wooden signs of slavery together, lit them all, and said to the skinny little slaves, "You are free now."

The five people ran away, and Su Da, Su Er, Su Jiu, Su Shiyi and others jumped out and knocked the fleeing people unconscious with a knife.

Yunxiu smiled and said, "Send the ones who escaped to the farm, and bring the remaining five back to the mansion."