Being an otaku in the world of American comics

#246 - Seeing injustice

A week later, Liang Yue, stopping and starting along the way, finally arrived at the capital city of the Yuan Dynasty, Dadu.

When passing through the city gate, he had deliberately placed Little Diamond in its exclusive pet space. After the inspection was completed, he strolled into this somewhat unfamiliar city.

According to the system's introduction, the pet space was a rather magical place, said to provide sufficient recuperation and rest for contracted pets, and the rules there seemed to be more conducive to their growth.

However, although the information was presented in this way, Liang Yue had not personally seen the appearance of the pet space, so he was temporarily hesitant to conclude whether the system was fooling him or not~

After checking into a passable inn nearby, Liang Yue began to wander around the city.

The city of Beiping at this time was very different from the Ming and Qing dynasties, both in terms of architectural style and the people coming and going.

He could clearly feel the difference between the two time-space planes. There were not as many common people here as there were during the reign of the Little Emperor Kangxi, and in terms of race, people of Semu origin were almost everywhere.

That is, the people from that corner of the Middle East, whose clothing and attire also appeared somewhat strange, neither Chinese nor foreign.

Genuine Han Chinese were not absent, but they were extremely few in number, and most of them appeared to be of low status, mostly treated as servants by certain "masters," following behind them in a submissive manner.

A Han Chinese like Liang Yue, wearing a seemingly Daoist robe and daring to wander around the streets, was extremely rare!

In addition to this, he even saw people grazing sheep and cattle in some sparsely populated areas within the city…

Before he had wandered around for very long, Liang Yue immediately sensed the strangeness around him.

He seemed to be surrounded~!

But at this time, the street was still bustling with people, a lively scene of people coming and going as usual.

People were speaking in various languages that sounded somewhat awkward to him, constantly hawking and bargaining.

But in the dark, some teahouses, restaurants, shops, and even behind the walls, many people had already lurked, most of whom were experts.

However, Liang Yue did not feel surprised by this.

After all, the distance from the Shaolin Temple in Henan to the city of Beiping was not much farther than from Kunlun Mountain to Mount Hua, but he had spent a whole week on the road before.

During this time, Liang Yue was not only traveling and hurrying, but also doing many things besides seeing the local customs and practices.

Wherever he passed, wherever he saw Han Chinese people being bullied, wherever he encountered the residences of Yuan Mongol nobles, wherever he inquired about the garrison locations of Yuan Mongol military camps…

He would kill them all!

Although in this process, Liang Yue had tried his best to eradicate the roots and prevent future troubles, it was inevitable that news would leak out along the way.

As a result, Liang Yue's name quickly spread throughout the Jianghu.

By the last three days of that week, he could see wanted posters with his portrait near the city gates almost every time he arrived at a town.

The person who wrote it may have seen his appearance with their own eyes, so the person in the portrait looked very much like Liang Yue.

With just a few strokes, they had already outlined his half-length attire and the expression on his face.

Those towns along the way all had wanted posters of him, and the Yuan Mongol soldiers guarding the city were as afraid of him as they were of tigers.

But at this time, near the city gate of this Yuan Mongol capital, everything was as usual, and he was allowed to walk in smoothly, which was obviously a very abnormal thing.

One possibility was that the Yuan Mongol side did not want to startle the snake openly, and a large number of imperial hounds had already been ambushed and gathered in the city, waiting for him to throw himself into the net.

Just like now~

Of course, as the art of war says, make the empty appear full, and the full appear empty.

"You can sign a contract of indenture on the spot!"

"Come on~ everyone come and take a look~! Passing merchants~"

…

Just as Liang Yue was walking slowly along a commercial street, ignoring those lurking people, a shout suddenly rang out from one side of the street.

Turning his head, he saw a curly-haired, brown-bearded middle-aged man walking out of a nearby alley, leading a little girl with an iron chain.

As he walked, he shouted and peddled.

Looking at his calm expression, swaying from side to side, one would think he was selling cows or sheep.

Judging by their appearance, this pair was clearly not of Chinese descent, at least not Han Chinese. They looked a bit like people from the Middle East, with a faint smell of sheep on their bodies.

The man had a face full of beard, tattered Hu clothes, pointed shoes, and a small hat on his head.

The little girl being led by him was really quite cute, looking a bit like a certain celebrity from his previous life, with big eyes and some baby fat on her face.

At first glance, she seemed to be only a seven or eight-year-old girl, not at all like a thirteen-year-old should look.

At this time, the little girl had a numb look on her face, tears in her eyes, tear stains on her face, and her hair looked a little messy. The clothes on her body were gorgeous, but they were too big, obviously not her own.

"Yo~ Old Bagan! Out selling your daughter again?"

An old Middle Eastern man with a head full of white hair and a white beard, looking much older than the man, wearing a full Avanti outfit, walked over with his arms crossed, saying with a bit of teasing in his tone.

"What~ you old thing, finally willing to spend money? Bring twenty gold coins, and she's yours!"

The little girl's father obviously knew the old man, so he said to him unceremoniously.

"Don't tease me, Dili Bagan! It's chaotic everywhere now. A little girl like your daughter isn't worth much money at all. I'll offer at most~ five gold coins~"

The old guy glanced at the little girl with the chain around her neck, and his eyes lit up immediately. After sniffing, he held out five fingers to her father.

"If you don't have money, get lost! Grass~ five gold coins? Not even enough for a drink! Come and take a look~ merchants passing by, come and take a look~"

The man named Dili Bagan, after hearing the other party's words, immediately looked angry, waved his hand at the old guy like he was swatting a fly, and then continued to shout loudly.

"Still a drink? Maybe I would have believed it before, but now you, Old Bagan, are just a fallen household, pretending to be a big shot!"

Seeing the other party's behavior, the old Middle Eastern man immediately curled his lips and muttered in a low voice.

"What, Old Basa, do you know that father and daughter?"

A young man next to him came over at this time and asked the old guy, looking at the little girl with some peeping intentions.

"How could I not know them? Back then, this Old Bagan was a big shot on this street. Because he curry favor with an official, he was sent to a Han Chinese town to be a supervisor.

But that was several years ago. It is said that during that time, this guy didn't do less harm to those Han Chinese women by relying on the right of first night, but later his backer lost power, so he had to come back.

He also brought back a lot of gold and silver jewelry that he had previously looted! However, this guy is a gambler, and he lost it all in no time, and then it was about half a year ago."

As he spoke, the old Middle Eastern man suddenly showed some memories on his face, paused for a moment, and continued.

"A woman suddenly came from another place, it seems to be a Han Chinese girl that Old Bagan had harmed in that town, and she brought this little girl with her."

"So, is this little girl really his daughter?"

The young Middle Eastern man next to him immediately asked after hearing this.

"Of course, if she wasn't his daughter, what would he sell? I heard that Old Bagan's recent days don't seem to be very good. A bunch of creditors are chasing him for debts all day long!"

"Then what about this little girl's mother?"

"He beat her to death not long after she came to find Old Bagan."

…

"Pa~!"

Hearing the conversation between the two people next to him, Liang Yue suddenly clenched his fist fiercely, and the air exploded as he squeezed it. As the energy spread, his wide sleeves swelled up.

At this time, he pursed his lips tightly, looking at the little girl who was standing in the middle of the crowd, trembling, listening to the beast next to him constantly haggling with people.

His eyes narrowed slightly, and he reached out and pushed aside the crowd in front of him, walking forward.

"I want this girl."

…