"Logically, I shouldn't complain."
Sitting down at the small table in front of Tang Zhao, Wei Changle felt as if someone traveling in the desert had found an oasis and a bonfire. He felt warm and relaxed all of a sudden. After taking a few sips of the hot tea handed over by Tang Zhao, he rarely opened himself up. There is a desire to talk.
"I'm not the first group of people to come undercover in the two mountains. Whether it's the District Investigation Department, the Jing'an Department, or the forces outside Yunzhou, all the seniors have worked hard like this, and some even sacrificed themselves on the mountain. Who am I to complain? But this mission has been in trouble since the beginning. The power of the Prosecution Department in Jiangliang Mountain...is basically non-existent."
"Although the Division sent undercover agents every once in a while in the past, they were all single-handed and could never form an underground organization in Mengliang Mountain. Often when one person died, the entire Mengliang Mountain became blank. When I went up the mountain, it was like In this way. The last undercover agent who successfully penetrated into Gangliang Mountain has died three years ago. In the past three years, several undercover agents have been sent, but there is no successful precedent. Therefore, I can basically not provide help in the mountain department. I am equivalent to clearing up wasteland. "
"Before I left, only one senior who worked undercover in Mengliang Mountain more than ten years ago gave me guidance. He reminded me that Mengliang Mountain is different from other places. In other places, they are used to disguising their identity, not to be exposed, and then unfolding intelligence Work and try your best to complete the task. But in Guliang Mountain, the primary goal is to survive."
“It’s very difficult to just survive in Mengliang Mountain.”
Tang Zhao sighed secretly in his heart after hearing this: It is already extremely difficult to open up wasteland for the intelligence area, let alone the two mountains? The task assigned by the Prosecution Department is worthy of a narrow escape and is worthy of a direct entry into the Swordsman's quota. Even the difficulty of this kind of mission is a bit ridiculous. There was not much hope from the beginning. If you give up after trying, there is still room for change, but Wei Changle did not give up.
Wei Changle recalled as he spoke, "Senior told me that there is no room for ordinary people to live in the Gangliang Mountains. There are only two kinds of people there, slaves and slave owners. The ones who can barely be considered in the middle are the semi-slave swordsmen. Although No freedom but barely safe. But it’s impossible to play that kind of character without being a swordsman.”
Wei Changle sighed: "But it is impossible for the Secretary to send swordsmen undercover. All the swordsmen in Zongliang Mountain are controlled by the manor owner. On the contrary, they are more strictly controlled than the sword slaves, and there is no room for intervention. Because their number is limited, they are in each manor. In the sacrificial array, they are all marked in conspicuous places, and it is easy to distinguish the authenticity. And slave owners... are not so easy to impersonate, not to mention that the slave owners in Guliang Mountain are all swordsmen. So the senior introduced to me, only They can be used as slaves. There is only one kind of slave that is easiest to impersonate, and that is the ordinary slave who has exhausted all his inspiration and is still working in Guliang Mountain."
"But the number of such slaves is really very small. Most manors basically don't keep such slaves. Once they are used up, it is too troublesome to transport them down the mountain for resale. They are thrown into the shadow and become silent. Those jobs would rather squeeze those bodies Bring a sword slave who is almost half disabled to do it. And it is difficult to impersonate a sword slave who has already cultivated a sword species, not to mention that his identity and lifeline are also controlled by the sacrificial array. They are in a half-dead and half-crazy state. You can't even act it out. If you can really act it out, you're not far from being really crazy."
Tang Zhao nodded. The Prosecution Department is not a place to train professional actors, and there is no systematic acting method to teach people to express specific states. If you want to perform to the essence of the performance, you can only go to the "experience school", immersing yourself in the play for a long time, and being immersed in it. Wouldn't it be crazy to experience that painful and despairing feeling, to play it out for months or even years, in the end?
"Seniors who chose the path of sword slaves basically didn't end up well. So I chose to be an ordinary slave, mixed in with a group of children and transported up to Jiliang Mountain. Fortunately, my face is still tender, and I have a little bit of trouble. It’s not difficult to play the role of a fourteen or fifteen-year-old if you shrink your bones.”
Wei Changle was already emaciated. After two years of training and nutrition, he replenished a little energy and his growth was not affected. However, after all, he could not make up for the losses he suffered in childhood, and he was not tall anymore. Now that we meet again, he is so thin that he can almost see The shadow of the young man in the ruined temple appeared.
"It's not like I didn't do my homework before blending in. I checked all the information and chose Sunset Manor."
Tang Zhao was slightly surprised: What a coincidence?
Sunset Manor is also one of the goals of their trip. It was not nonsense to say at the banquet that they would choose Sunset Manor for the challenge. Because Sunset Manor has a lot to do with the original war.
Sunset - do you think this name is for nothing?
"I heard that the Sunset Manor is a very old manor. It is a large place, has a lot of property, and has two people to look after it. There must be a lot of information, and it is worthy of being an undercover agent. I also said that the owner of the manor is old and fatuous, has a rich family, and likes ostentation. He is not very good at it. Cruel. He especially likes great achievements. Therefore, he needs many people to play gongs and drums for him. He can't wait to have eight people to serve him when he goes to the toilet. It is said that he buys people and does not even become sword slaves at all, just for his own enjoyment. Calling him a sword slave is just for the sake of being in the group. .”
"I spent a lot of time and blended into the team that was sent to Sunset Manor. Sure enough, I entered the manor."
"When I first entered the manor, everything was fine. Although it was dark, I was quickly led to learn the rules and work. No one even mentioned being a sword slave. That's where I learned a lot of the common sense in the Gangliang Mountain."
"However, before I could start my mission, a group of people suddenly attacked Sunset Manor. Before I could distinguish between east, west, north and south, I saw Sunset Manor being massacred and looted. It was really a disaster. Later I heard about it .The one who ransacked Sunset Manor was another manor called Dark Star Manor."
Tang Zhao was surprised: "Dark Star Manor attacked Sunset Manor more than a year ago? This is unexpected."
Since they have set their target at Sunset Manor, of course they have investigated the current situation of Sunset Manor. We have investigated everything that can be investigated, and we have a clear picture of the general situation, but we cannot say how detailed the research is.
Gangliang Mountain is like a huge black box. Unless there is an internal response, the specific information about a certain manor can only rely on the rumors spread by the manor owner at the table. But those manors are so far apart from each other that they are like a piece of scattered sand, not to mention that there are three big stairs that are like a vast abyss across the sky. How credible are the rumors?
For example, this Sunset Manor, passed down from generation to generation is how old they are, what achievements they had in the past, how they are declining now, and the old manor owner is suspected of having a stroke...
A year ago, Sunset Manor was attacked by the new mysterious second-level manor Dark Star Manor, and no one knew about it!
"Could it be that Dark Star Manor has secretly taken over Sunset Manor?"
If so, that would be terrible.
Because... Dark Star Manor may be the base of the turtle bandits.
Although it has not been confirmed yet, a comprehensive analysis of the reports coming from several lines is very close to the truth.
The turtle bandits have already laid out their plans in Zongliang Mountain, and have already secured a second-level Dark Star Manor, and should have accumulated a lot of power. I'm afraid there is more than one swordsman, and he is preparing to do big things.
As for Tang Zhao and the others... they don't even have control over a third-level manor.
If Dark Star Manor has already mastered Sunset Manor, that would be even worse, they might even have the clues leading to the Destruction Sword Intent.
And... if Sunset Manor belongs to Dark Star, the civil war they initiate will be troublesome, which will trigger an early showdown with the turtle bandits.
Wei Changle shook his head and said, "I don't think so. They penetrated the outer wall but failed to go any further. Otherwise, they wouldn't be so violent back there. They worked hard for several days and killed many swordsmen in Sunset Manor, but in the end they were still in the core When they returned home in vain, it seemed that they had not even touched the side of the manor owner, so it must not change hands. Before leaving, they kidnapped all the slaves they could, including those of us who were lucky enough not to be killed."
Of course, it was not a fluke that he was not killed, it was just the result of hard work.
"The result of us being kidnapped is...a nightmare!"
"We slaves were put into a huge cage. It was very strong and it was difficult to move even an inch. All of us had only a thin piece of clothing. We even had to open our mouths to check. There was no place to hide anything. Thanks to my alertness, Hide my package outside halfway, otherwise a 'suspicious' person will be killed casually. They have many swordsmen, and there is no room for resistance. These people do not make sword slaves, but they will drag out one or two every day The slave will go out. He will bleed to death in a day or two, and he will be dragged back and sink into the shadow. As long as he goes out, he will definitely die. I suspect they are doing some dangerous experiment, and we are all experimental subjects."
"Every day, the number of people in the cage will decrease, and we all know that tomorrow it will continue to decrease until they are all dead. Those who stay in the cage and linger are all mortal enemies. If you are not sure to let someone die tomorrow, die It could be me."
Speaking of this, Wei Changle's expression gradually became trance-like and his voice became distorted:
"It was then that I realized that there was a hell in the world that even I could not imagine. Everyone was already so miserable. They were almost naked and ate pig food. But there were still people who wanted to live and tried their best to survive. Let others die. Whether you use intrigues or murderous fights, just to ask others to die for you."
"What's even more frightening is that I was doing the same thing. And I...after all, I did it with an advantage over others. So I stayed alive for four months."
The white fox shuddered as he listened to his narration.
"For four months, I didn't dare to recall what I did. I just remember that I was always afraid that someone would come in and arrest me the next day. Then my hair gradually turned white."
He smiled bitterly and grabbed his hair. There were shocking strands of white hair on it: "It gets whiter almost every morning."
Tang Zhao was silent, as if he was back in the ruined temple and beside the bonfire, listening to Wei Changle telling the story of how he lost his sister in the devil's cave.
A few years later, everyone has grown up, but Wei Changle's experience still makes people shudder.
Wei Changle picked up the tea on the table and drank it all, and said: "Four months later, I finally waited for an opportunity. Once, Dark Star Manor made a deal with another manor, and probably lost some wealth. One of them The white-haired swordsman passed by our cage, pointed at us and said, 'Just use these to pay off the debt.' Then I loaded the car with several other slaves, left Dark Star Manor, and entered the new manor."
"It's no exaggeration to say that the white-haired swordsman is my savior. He is Mr. Kozo of the Long Hair Manor."
(End of chapter)
