The man lowered his voice and said, "I've raised it for so many years, but it's become a money-losing commodity. I might as well sell it now."
The woman held the child tightly, and the man reached out to pull him.
"If you don't let go, I'll sell you out too."
The woman was so frightened that she dared not move and let him take the child away.
The man carried the child to the crowd and said, "Give me the money and I will sell the child to you."
"Daddy, please don't sell me out."
The girl's crying made many people feel sorry for her, but for the sake of their own lives, no one stopped her.
Bei Yutang was about to step forward when the young man from next door, who had been silent the whole time, came out and grabbed the man's hand. "She's your daughter, and you're going to let her die for such a small amount of money?"
The middle-aged man wanted to break free from his restraints, but he couldn't break free no matter what.
"This is our family's business, don't meddle in other people's business." The middle-aged man said angrily.
The skinny man who was beaten by Xiao Mo'er first also said, "What's wrong with you? He is willing to sell himself. We didn't force him. Why are you meddling in other people's business? Do you want all of us to die? Tell me, is this person sick? If he wants to die, don't drag us all down with him."
Someone immediately responded, "Why are you meddling in other people's business?"
"That's right, he sold it voluntarily. Why are you interfering? We didn't force him to do anything."
"Let him go immediately."
Xiao Moer frowned and looked at those selfish faces, feeling disgusted deep in his heart.
Bei Yutang stepped forward and said, "There is no Dragon King in Qianlong Bay. What you are doing is murder."
"How do you know there's no Dragon King?"
"Didn't you see the lightning and thunder outside? This is clearly the Dragon King telling us to make a sacrifice."
"Yes, yes, today's situation is exactly as the storyteller described. It must be the manifestation of the Lord Dragon King."
"You are not afraid of the Dragon King's anger when you say such things. Be careful or he will take you in."
If it weren't for the little girl and if she didn't want to see an innocent life lost, she wouldn't bother explaining anything to them.
"Lightning and thunder are just natural phenomena. If a dragon really existed, it would have appeared by now for us to see. Who has seen one in the past few hundred years? Have you? Or have you? If you haven't seen one, why do you believe in the existence of a Dragon King? Is it just because of that fabricated story?"
Faced with Bei Yutang's questioning, the group of people were stunned and unable to refute for a moment.
When the atmosphere became tense, the storyteller stood up.
"No, no. I didn't make that story up. I found it while browsing the county annals."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Moer said, "Sir, didn't you see it in a random article before? How come it's become the county annals in the blink of an eye?"
The storyteller choked, his face stiffened, and he coughed lightly and said, "I was wrong just now."
"I think you are just talking nonsense, sir."
Suddenly, someone saw something floating outside the window.
"I saw a dragon."
Everyone subconsciously turned their heads to look outside, and saw a black object falling from the sky, landing on the deck with a "bang".
Everyone walked out and saw a man lying on the deck. He was wearing a shirt, face down and back up.
"Hey, are you okay?" the steward on the ship shouted at the man.
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