A dark space.
A brief moment of silence.
At that moment, there seemed to be only endless wind and snow left between heaven and earth.
The old man looked at the quiet darkness for a moment, then left without saying anything.
As he walked forward, there were pursuers rushing to the water prison, and the dead silence there was replaced by all kinds of scolding and noise.
After climbing out of the slave farm wall, the old man saw Tian Bao and Bai Yu waiting there.
"You came out with grandpa?" Old Man Du stepped forward with a bleak tone.
"Yes." Tianbao wrapped the cloak he was holding around the old man, "My godfather asked me to bring it to you. Are you going back?"
If he dares to sneak out, does everyone know about it?
The thick cloak on his upper body added warmth, and Old Man Du felt more comfortable, "I heard from the waiter in the shop that most of the slaves here are prisoners, soldiers who survived the battlefield by chance, so the old man came over to take a look."
Bai Yu put his arm around the young old man's shoulders and led him towards the inn. He smiled and said, "Grandpa Du wanted to help Uncle Duandao. He heard that those people were soldiers, so he wanted to help them."
"Hmph, they don't have the bloodiness of Broken Knife." The old man muttered.
He didn't expect them to dare to escape, but he didn't even dare to give himself a break. The old man was a little disappointed.
"They have been stuck in the quagmire for too long. They can't believe that someone would really be kind enough to help them. They will only be wary of who is trying to play a new game on them." Bai Yu said, "And they know they can't escape. Even if Even if you are lucky enough to escape from Yicheng, you will not be able to escape from the Xiongnu territory. If you are captured, you will suffer even more severe torture."
Tianbao looked back and followed the two of them calmly.
In other words, those slaves have resigned themselves to their fate and are now just living in numbness.
Having been on the battlefield, seen life and death, and narrowly escaped death, not everyone has the courage to die again.
Those who have courage will no longer be in those cells.
Moreover, sometimes lingering on is not about courage and bloodiness, but about still having cares and thoughts in the world.
Perhaps those numb people are actually waiting for a chance to escape.
…
A peaceful night.
When he got up the next day, the old man went out for a walk on the street. When he came back, he was full of doubts.
"It's weird, it shouldn't be. Grandpa made such a fuss yesterday, why didn't any news come out? It was so quiet, as if nothing had happened. The slave farm owner was played by grandpa, how could he endure this? Tone?"
That bitch was so arrogant when he was talking last night. Logically speaking, he would have to search the whole city for grandpa, but it was unusual to be so quiet.
"When something goes wrong, there must be a monster! Bao, don't you think so?"
In the lobby of the inn, the old man ate his hot breakfast while quietly trying to find a sense of identity with his good granddaughter.
Tianbao chuckled and whispered, "No demon. The four slave farms in Yicheng can be of this scale. It is not something ordinary people can do. There must be support from the powerful behind them. To put it bluntly, the farm owners are working for the powerful. Now, There is no loss in the slave farm. If he insists on making the matter bigger, he will only be blamed by those behind him for his inability to do things well. The right thing to do is to reduce big things to small ones."
"There are many people in Yicheng. If we really want to hunt down people in the city, if we are not careful, we may offend this powerful person, and the gain will outweigh the losses." Xiaomai Sui broke open the meat buns and ate the fillings inside, and threw the bun wrappers to Su Wu skillfully, " So we can sleep peacefully here only because of those powerful people. Dirty old man, don’t worry about those other things. If you really want to play, let’s go play something else."
"I know, I know, the old man is not asking for trouble."
Bai Xiaofeng discussed future plans with Bai Yu and Su Wuze.
At the same time, in the Wangyue Tower across the street, the four major owners gathered.
Wangyue Tower is the most luxurious restaurant in Yicheng, and people with high wealth would not dare to come in.
There is a private room on the third floor that is not used for outside use and is exclusive to the four hosts.
"There are not many distinguished guests who come to Yicheng in the cold winter. Some of them are middle and low-level nobles from nearby tribes. There is no way those people have the courage to cause trouble in our place." Jin Bo, the leader of the South Field, was tall and tall, and his face fell. He was so angry that he gritted his teeth and said, "Who dares to mess with me? I will find him out, otherwise I will not be able to swallow my anger!"
"Is this the reason why the master of the south field asked us to come here?" Xu Buchan, the master of the east field, disagreed. He took a sip of kumiss, narrowed his eyes and smiled lightly, "It happened last night. After a night, the city is still calm today. , it shows that the owner of the south field knows well that this matter should not make a big deal, otherwise you will lose your job first. In this case, it is useless for you to ask a few of us to come over. How can we help? We can't ruin our jobs just because of you. Bar?"
Although the two owners of the west and north fields did not speak, it was obvious from their expressions that they had the same intention as the owner of the east field.
It's none of your business, just hang on.
Jin Bo sneered when he saw this, leaned back on the leather chair, and stared at the three of them sharply, "Although the four of us are in charge of our own corners, we are secretly connected. This is one of the reasons. Secondly, the person dared to touch me last night. Nanchang, how do you know that your territory will not be touched tonight, tomorrow and the night after? Then don’t come looking for me!"
"Brother Jin, don't be angry. We're not saying we won't help you. It's just that those who dare to come to Yicheng must have status or ability. If you want to find someone, you must consider the long term." Lan Yu, the leader of the West Field, looked left and right, raised a smile and smoothed things over. "Otherwise, I have a plan. Can you three listen to it?"
The leader of the North Field nodded, "Brother Lan, please tell me."
"Although that man caused a scene in the South Field last night, the fight was loud with loud thunder and light rain. It looked more like he was having fun. The guards in the South Field were only stunned, and there were many slaves imprisoned. They were all valuable. Not a single thing was lost... This kind of behavior reminds me of this person." Lan Yu paused for a moment, secretly observing that the expressions of the other three people showed no doubts and confusion, and he suddenly felt confident.
Oh, all of them are old foxes.
He obviously had doubts about that person's identity, but he didn't say anything, waiting for someone to speak first.
"There is a notice posted at the city gate. The old poison king of the Central Plains, Du Bugui, may already be in Yicheng. Du Bugui has a weird and moody temperament. He likes to collect rare medicinal materials. It is not difficult to catch him. As long as you cast Just do what you like." Lan Yu looked at the owner of the south field with a smile, "Brother Jin, if it is really him who caused the trouble, do you really want to arrest him? Just say a word, and I will give you the Ganye flower I treasure in my hand. Bait, lest Brother Jin blame me for not wanting to help."
The owner of the North Field spoke very positively this time, "Ganye flowers are a rare medicinal material. There are no more than ten flowers left in the world. Brother Jin is really generous. With dry jelly flowers, they are not afraid of poison and will not invade. Jin will come to your door automatically." Brother, what do you think?"
Jin Bo cursed in his belly.
After he woke up last night, he suspected that the other party was poisonous, otherwise he wouldn't have found the other three people for discussion today, thinking about letting them share some risks.
As a result, Lan Yu and Aronie, two old foxes, sang along and turned around and placed all the risks on him!
He used dried yeh flowers as bait, wouldn't he be the only one looking for poison if he didn't invade?
