Seeing that it was getting dark soon, Su Liuye also knew that it was impossible to sneak onto the ship to find Erbao and the others by herself.
"Why are you still out here? The boss said that you will stay on the boat tonight and set off early tomorrow morning!"
"Hey, I just came out to find something. I'll be back soon."
She was just thinking about running back to the town to ask Yang Chongzhou for help, but she saw two bandits coming from the boat.
The conversation between the two made her face darken.
If she sets out early tomorrow morning, she won't have time to go back to find Yang Chongzhou now.
It was going to be night soon. The mountains and forests were steep and dangerous, and there were wild animals in them. She was not familiar with the area, and it would be easy to get lost if she went in at night.
But she couldn't just wait here.
If Mingyin and Erbao were really on the boat, she could only go to the boat tonight to find someone.
Su Liuye gritted her teeth. After seeing no one on the shore, she quickly ran to the ship, found an empty room, took a set of clothes from the closet and put them on, and painted her face black to make sure no one would recognize her. she.
Perhaps they were preparing to eat, but there were only a few people patrolling outside the cabin. They were all men with fierce faces. They could tell they were bandits at a glance.
"Hey, why are you still hanging around here? Why don't you go to the kitchen and bring some water?"
She was just about to see where the children were being kept, when a man suddenly came out and spoke sharply.
"Okay, okay."
Although she didn't know what the other party was talking about, Su Liuye didn't want to be discovered, so she could only follow his words and lift the bucket aside.
The bucket was filled with murky black water, with oily flowers floating on it. I didn’t know what the water was.
"Should this water be thrown away?"
she asked in a hushed voice.
The man was about to leave, but when he heard her words, he turned around and shouted, "What are you pouring? Give it to those bastards, don't die of thirst!"
"Okay, okay."
Su Liuye was overjoyed. If he guessed correctly, he should be talking about Erbao and the others.
But Su Liuye didn't dare to ask any more questions, lest his identity be exposed.
She left with the bucket. In order to avoid being recognized, she walked with her head down, and her long hair blocked half of her face.
Because she didn't know where the children were, she could only carry a bucket and search slowly on the boat. When she found the cabin at the back, a small sound came from inside, like the sobbing of a child.
Su Liuye looked around and saw that no one had noticed her, so she walked in quietly.
"Woooo..."
It was dark inside, but the child's suppressed sobs became clearer.
Candles cannot be easily used on the ship, so she can only move forward cautiously by touching the walls. Walking all the way to the innermost part of the cabin, her eyes got used to the dimness here, and she vaguely saw a large iron cage with several children in it.
Su Liuye's heartbeat was in her throat. She walked over quickly and asked in a lowered voice, "Xiaoyin, Erbao, are you there?"
As soon as she finished speaking, the sobbing in the cage stopped immediately.
The next second, a small figure ran to the iron cage, and his voice was filled with surprise, "Mom, is that you?"
"Second treasure!"
Su Liuye immediately recognized the voice.
It's just that it was too dark inside the boat, and she couldn't see the child in the cage clearly. She lowered her voice and said, "Erbao, is it you? Is Xiaoyin by your side?"
"Mom, it's me! Brother Xiaoyin is here too, he's over there!"
The little man in the iron cage raised his head and pointed to the corner.
Su Liuye only saw a few children standing over there. One of them was standing alone. His figure was different from the others. He should be Mingyin.
Seeing that he was safe and sound, Su Liuye breathed a sigh of relief and scolded, "What's going on with you two? Why did you run out!"
"Mother, I didn't mean it..."
Erbao said pitifully. Even if he couldn't see her face, he could still imagine her aggrieved expression at this moment.
Su Liuye also knew that now was not the time to talk about this. She looked back and saw that there was no one outside the cabin, so she called Mingyin over in a low voice.
"Xiaoyin, do you know what kind of ship this ship is?"
"Smuggling ship."
The boy's voice was calm and befitting his age, "The destination is the capital."
"Capital?"
She frowned.
It takes more than a month to travel by water from Luoxi Town to the capital. They can't stay on the boat! Dabao would definitely be worried if he stayed on the boat for more than a month.
"You guys wait here, I'll find a way to take you out."
"Xiao Bai has already gone to call someone."
"But they said they were leaving early tomorrow morning."
Su Liuye was still worried.
If the little white dog went to call someone at this time, it might take midnight at the earliest to get there.
She looked at the other children in the cage, and the sobbing stopped after she came over. Although she couldn't see it, she felt that the children were looking at her in horror, and the air was filled with stench.
Thinking of these children being kept here all this time, her face turned ugly.
The dirty water in the bucket is their drinking water, right?
What a scumbag!
After catching these children, they were imprisoned in a place like this, and their food and drink were worse than animals.
"You guys wait for me here, I'll find a way to take you out!"
After saying that, she was about to leave immediately.
But as soon as he moved, his sleeve was pulled.
She turned around, and Ming Yin was looking at her, with a coldness in his young voice, "The people outside are all bandits, you can't do it alone, wait for Yang Chongzhou and others to come over."
Su Liuye pursed her lower lip.
Mingyin continued, "There is a place over there. You go there to hide and don't let people on the boat find you. Anyway, you can't get off the boat at will now."
Su Liuye also knew what he meant.
It was impossible that the bandits on the boat had not noticed her all this time. She just came up when there were few people, but once there were more people, she would be easily recognized.
Bandits usually stay in the mountains. They are so familiar with each other that it is not difficult to find her.
The darkness in the cabin blocked her sight, and she opened her mouth. She wanted to ask Mingyin why he ran out, but when the words came to her lips, she swallowed them back.
This is not the right time to ask this question.
"Are you sure they will come?"
"meeting."
Mingyin nodded with a firm tone.
Su Liuye was silent for a moment and said, "Okay, then I'll go over there and wait. If Brother Yang doesn't come here later, I'll find a way to take you out."
"OK."
Seeing him nodding, Su Liuye didn't say much, walked quickly to the corner of the cabin, and soon found the place where Ming Yin was talking about.
There are several boxes stacked here, forming a perfect blind spot. Sitting here will protect you from outsiders.
You can also see the condition of the iron cage from here.
Su Liuye stayed in the cabin for a long time, and her eyes became more and more accustomed to the dimness. She looked up and realized that there were at least a dozen children in the iron cage, each of them very thin.
