Qin Emperor Ziying

Chapter 417 Runaway Slave
As soon as he entered the ancient Luo city, Lu Ning was immediately shocked by the prosperity of the ancient Luo city.

Although the Ouluo Kingdom is called Baiyue together with the Nanyue Hundred Clans, the Ouluo Kingdom that occupies the Red River Delta alone has its own particularity.

First of all, the ruler of Ouluo was a survivor of the ancient Shu Kingdom, and he brought some advanced production technology with him, and then occupied the fertile Red River Delta, and his development was more advanced than other ethnic groups.

From the fact that the rest of the tribes are all called clan leaders, and those who are a little more advanced, such as Xiou, are called kings, and Ouluo is only called king, so you can see a little difference.

As for cities like Guluo City, although they are only a medium-sized county in the Central Plains, they are already first-class cities in South Vietnam.

After entering the city gate and walking not far, there is a stall selling rice on the side of the road.

Lu Ning traveled all the way through mountains and rivers, and has been relying on things like wild fruits in the mountains for food for such a long time.

Seeing the rice that he hadn't eaten for a long time and smelling the aroma of rice, Lu Ning's stomach immediately growled.

"Boss, a big bowl!" Lu Ning went to sit down, and immediately ordered a big bowl of rice and ate it hungrily.

After Lu Ning finished eating, he suddenly remembered that he hurriedly left without money.

As for the shop owner, seeing that Lu Ning was about to finish eating, he was already waiting to collect the money.

"Girl, a bowl of high-quality rice and three coppers." Copper is the local currency issued in Ouluo, but it is just some thin copper sheets.

But at this moment, she didn't have a single copper on her body.

Seeing Lu Ning whose face suddenly became embarrassing, the shopkeeper immediately stretched out his hand with a look of displeasure and said, "Could it be that the girl is not going to pay?"

"I forgot to bring it. When my friend comes, I will pay you twice." Lu Ning said with a red face.

As the former Xiou female monarch, she still can't do things like not paying for meals.

And the friend she mentioned was naturally Du Ming, the third prince of Ou Luo who had proposed to her and was beaten up by him.

In her understanding, the two didn't know each other without a fight. Since Du Ming warmly invited her over before leaving and obviously didn't take the beating seriously, the two should be regarded as friends.

"This shop has a small business and little profit, and we don't owe you any credit." However, facing Lu Ning's rhetoric, the shop owner did not agree at all.

"Unless your friend can show up here immediately, you don't even want to go out if you lose one of the three coppers." The shopkeeper said aggressively.

How can a majestic Xiou lady not give money for meals, but now she only knows that Du Ming is the third prince of Ouluo, and she doesn't know where Du Ming is at all.

Anxiously, she suddenly touched a gold bracelet on her hand.

At the wedding, she naturally wore a lot of jewelry. Most of them were thrown away when she thought it was in the way when she left. The bracelet on her hand thought it was relatively small and very delicate, so she kept wearing it on her hand.

He took the bracelet off his hand and patted it on the owner's hand.

"This bracelet is made of gold. It is worth thousands of bowls of your rice. I will mortgage it to you first, and you will return it to me before my friend comes to pay for the meal." Lu Ning said to the shop owner.

Hearing Lu Ning's words, the shop owner carefully held the bracelet in his palm and looked at it again and again.

Although he has never seen gold, but in this era metal represents wealth, this brilliant yellow color is much higher-grade than copper at first glance, and the decoration on it is very exquisite, even if it is not made of gold, it is absolutely priceless.

Judging by the woman's expression, it shouldn't seem like a fake.

"Can I leave this time?" Lu Ning said angrily.

Hearing Lu Ning's question, the shop owner was about to nod when he saw a team of Ou Luo's patrolling guards passing by his shop door.

Suddenly the shop owner hid the bracelet in his cuff, grabbed Lu Ning's sleeve and shouted loudly at the passing guards: "I caught a runaway slave."

Hearing the shopkeeper's shout, before Lu Ning realized what was going on, the team of guards rushed in quickly and surrounded Lu Ning in the middle.

Ouluo's "progress" compared with other tribes is also reflected in the fact that most of the rest of the tribes are still in the semi-primitive era, while Ouluo has entered the era of slavery one step ahead of schedule.

After the survivors of the Shu Kingdom conquered this place, the aborigines here became the slave class. In order to protect the legitimate interests of the slave owners, the Ouluo Kingdom spared no effort in hunting down the fugitive slaves.

What's more, in many areas of the Ouluo Kingdom recently, the slaves are a little unsafe, and incidents of escape happen from time to time.

And the owner of the store had already judged by his accent that Lu Ning should not be a native of Ouluo when Lu Ning entered the shop.

Under such circumstances, it is impossible for her to have any evidence to prove that she is a civilian, falsely accusing her of being a fugitive slave, as long as she is captured by the sergeants, the bracelet will be her own.

As for whether she is really a fugitive slave, there is no need to worry about it. With her beauty, if she is captured by these rude guards, she is either a fugitive slave or a fugitive slave.

During the arrest process, not one or two female slaves died under the ravages of these guards.

"Bei Ping!" These guards said to Lu Ning coldly after they surrounded Lu Ning.

Bei Ping is a kind of identity certificate issued by Ou Luo State for domestic civilians.

Lu Ning is new here, so naturally there is no such thing.

"I'm not a slave!" Lu Ning argued to these people.

However, these guards saw that Lu Ning couldn't get the back cover, and they didn't tell where their home was.

In their opinion, this is naturally the most standard escaped slave, and they have never seen such a beautiful escaped slave before.

It was a world of difference from the black-painted slaves who were captured and ravaged to death by them before.

"Catch it!" a man who seemed to be in charge of the team ordered.

Looking at Lu Ning's beautiful face, he couldn't wait to capture her and take her to his secret residence.

Seeing that these Ouluo people not only took away their bracelets, but also slandered themselves as escaped slaves and wanted to arrest themselves.

Naturally, Lu Ning would not let them catch him, and started to fight these people immediately, and after a while, the team of five guards lay on the ground.

At this time, the shopkeeper saw that such a team of guards were no match for this woman, so he naturally knew that he might have encountered a hard problem.

Seeing that Lu Ning turned his gaze to him again, the owner of the shop was shocked immediately.

He hurriedly held the hidden bracelet tremblingly in his hand and handed it to Lu Ning again, then knelt down on the ground tremblingly begging for mercy with a plop.

Kicking the shop owner out of the shop, Lu Ning strode out of the shop.

This shop is not far from the city wall, and the movement here has long been seen by the guards of the city wall. When Lu Ning walked out of the shop door, the small shop had been surrounded by the guards on the third floor and knocked down. A team of guards on the ground has also been helped up by them.

(End of this chapter)