The Taoist priest was not kind-hearted, nor was he moved by her words.
He was thinking that when he was in Jimo, many big families were looking for maids. Seeing that this girl was quite smart, she should be able to fetch a good price.
If you can sell it to Chu Yuanwai, the richest man in Jimo, you will definitely make a small profit. The money you make from selling a child is more than the money you make by working hard and pretending to be a ghost.
The naive Ruyi thought she could live a good life, so she said goodbye to Tiezhu and followed the Taoist priest.
Along the way, the Taoist priests only cared about eating and drinking and did not care about Ruyi's life and death.
Ruyi could only wait for the Taoist priest to fall asleep before finding something to eat.
When I stayed in the temple, I even ate a dead rat.
After walking for a month, she finally arrived in Jimo. She did a lot of work, but she didn't learn any magic.
Every time she relied on a Taoist priest to learn magic, the Taoist priest would prevaricate her by saying that she would have a long time to come and would teach her later.
Jimo City is not a remote mountain village. You can see the towering city walls from a long distance away.
This was Ruyi's first time in a big city. The biggest and busiest place she had been to before was the annual fair in the next village.
But there were no solid walls, nor majestic guards in armor.
Six-year-old Ruyi, no matter how clever she is, is still a child. She stood on tiptoes and looked forward to it. She wished she could go to the city as soon as possible.
There are many people entering the city. Some are farmers from nearby villages, bringing home-grown fruits and vegetables to the city to sell; some are merchants from other places doing business, and their oxcarts and horses are carrying spices from the Western Regions or fine silk.
Satin.
Just the queue outside Jimo City made Ruyi feel extremely fresh. There must be various stories behind all kinds of people. Ruyi looked left and right, and soon reached the front of the queue.
"Stop!" The guard guarding the city stretched out his hand and stopped Ruyi.
"Whose child is this!" the guard yelled at the top of his lungs.
The Taoist priest was some distance away from where Ruyi was. In addition, Ruyi had endured hunger and crawling for three months. His body was dark and dirty, and he looked just like a little beggar. No one could put such a person at ease.
The child got in touch with the green-robed Taoist priest.
When the Taoist priest saw Ruyi being stopped, he didn't know what was going on and didn't dare to claim it easily.
"Master." Ruyi had never seen this battle before, so she weakly called to the Taoist priest.
Seeing something fishy, the guard asked the priest with squinting eyes: "Do you know this child?"
The Taoist priest rolled his eyes, grinned, and said flatteringly: "Master, what are you talking about? I am a poor Taoist who travels alone all the time. How can I raise a child?"
When the guard saw that the Taoist priest didn't recognize him, he waved his hand and said, "It's okay. You can go into the city."
The Taoist priest was in an embarrassing situation. He was afraid of getting into trouble and did not dare to admit it. However, he still thought about selling the child, so he looked back after walking around.
The guard saw him sneaking around and cursed: "Get out of here, you're blocking the way!"
"Yes, yes, I'm going to get out of here, I'm going to get out of here..." The Taoist priest nodded, bowed, and disappeared in a flash.
Ruyi looked at the Taoist priest walking away with mixed feelings in her heart. Although the Taoist priest was not good to her, he was her master after all. After her mother died, she made up her mind to follow the Taoist priest. But now, the Taoist priest left her and ran away.
, where should we go in the future...
The six-year-old child let out a long sigh, his voice full of helplessness.