Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 193

Chapter 193: Chapter 191: Delivering a Message_1 Chapter 193 -191: Delivering a Message_1 Xiao Rongyan entered Nanyan openly as a wealthy merchant during the first market fair in Mengcheng, the border town of Nanyan, at the beginning of the year.

Golden light from the morning sun filtered through the clouds, casting a golden hue over the bustling Mengcheng.

Xiao Rongyan’s convoy entered the city under the morning light. The noise of vendors hawking their wares instantly penetrated the carriage. Xiao Rongyan lifted the curtain to peek outside, seeing a scene completely different from the markets of Yan.

In this border city of Mengcheng in Nanyan, there were nobles clad in fine silk, common folk in ragged clothes, and slaves being sold in cages.

Hawkers shouldered their wares, boasting about the superior quality of their furs to merchants on horseback entering the city.

Those who had secured prominent spots atop straw-covered market stalls early in the morning, fearing their goods might go unnoticed, held their prized items high while singing ballads to attract merchants or wealthy patrons. _{fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm}

Women with hair styled in married women’s buns, carrying baskets in their arms, fiercely argued for even one or two coins.

Everywhere was filled with a bustling, lively atmosphere that was now rare in Yan, and truly envied by others.

Xiao Rongyan, draped in a fox fur cloak, stepped down from the carriage and strolled leisurely. He was accompanied by over a dozen guards with knives, presenting a grand display. This attracted many vendors, eager to show their rare goods from the border town to Xiao Rongyan but hesitant due to his guards.

As Xiao Rongyan walked through the market, wherever he took a liking to something, he bought it all up.

Seeing Xiao Rongyan’s generosity, the fear the people had towards his guards lessened significantly. They raised their goods high, shouting for the young master to take a look.

Even the slave traders couldn’t help but approach, shouting: “Young master, buy a few female slaves to take back! They are very tender!”

Nanyan, adhering to Yan’s old policies before Empress Ji’s reforms, had a rampant slave market. It was especially unbridled in this border city.

A child with a chain around their neck was picked by a buyer, who tossed silver to the merchant and pulled the child’s leash to leave. In a cage, a woman speaking in a Jin Kingdom border dialect cried hysterically. With bloodied hands, she desperately shook the cage, begging the buyer to buy her together with her child to not separate them. Instead, she received several harsh lashes from the buyer. The woman could only cry in despair, watching her crying child being bought like livestock.

Xiao Rongyan walked towards the section of the market designated for buying and selling slaves, and the slave traders immediately became enthusiastic, pulling their slaves forward to introduce them.

“You see, young master! Our slave is very strong!” A slave trader pulled a tall and sturdy slave, catching up with Xiao Rongyan’s pace and calling out to him from behind the armed guards. “Young master, buy him back, and he can do anything for you!”

Another trader, pulling a female slave, shouted loudly: “Young master! Young master! Our female slave is very pretty! Don’t mind her messy looks; she’ll be beautiful once cleaned up! Most importantly, she’s still a virgin! She’ll be a good maid or concubine!”

“Our slaves are the best! Young master… our slaves are young, you can train them however you like! They’ll obey everything you say!”

Xiao Rongyan listened carefully to the noises from the slaves in the cages. He could tell that these slaves were brought from the Jin Kingdom and Yan.

“I’ll take all your horses,” Xiao Rongyan said.

The horse trader turned his head to see an elegant gentleman of noble bearing standing in the morning light, a serene smile in his eyes, exuding a refined and distinguished air.

One of Xiao Rongyan’s guards stepped forward, took out a money pouch, and threw it to the horse trader, asking: “Is this enough?”

The horse trader opened the pouch wide, nodded repeatedly: “Enough, enough! It’s more than enough! But… this white horse has a very fierce temperament!”

“It’s alright, I like this white horse,” Xiao Rongyan said, walking up to the white horse. Just as he was about to gently touch the horse’s mane, the white horse stepped back two paces, snorting fiercely in his direction, its entire body tense with obvious resistance.

Xiao Rongyan’s eyes twinkled with laughter; it was indeed a spirited horse.

He didn’t wish to tame the horse, but he felt this horse suited Bai Qingyan…

Xiao Rongyan withdrew his hand from touching the horse’s mane and turned to his guard: “Send someone to deliver this white horse to Miss Bai at Tianmen Pass.”

The guard was slightly taken aback, wondering if Xiao Rongyan had developed feelings for the Bai family’s fourth young lady, thus beginning to win over her eldest sister?