Chapter 214: Xinjiaozhai (Third Update)
Seeing the black off-road vehicle driven by Li Tai, the villagers instinctively retreated to the side of the road.
Zhou Ran noticed that many of the villagers here were not sound, some were missing arms, some had no ears, and some were missing fingers.
Murana looked at the three people in the car numbly, waited until the three left, and continued to walk forward.
"Lu Yanzhuo and Songpa they are veritable emperors of the soil on their own territory, and those who want to escape, most of them will be cut off their hands and arms if they are caught, and they are considered lucky, and those who are unlucky have already eaten guns. Li Tai said with a complicated expression.
Although he sympathized with the plight of these people, he did not have the slightest recourse about this complex region.
"Brute!" Bai Zhijun scolded in a low voice, his face full of anger.
She could clearly see that there was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy among the villagers passing by, and all the fingers on his right hand were gone.
Li Tai glanced at Zhou Ran and said carefully: "When I get to Xinjiao Village, please don't be angry, after all, it is Lu Yanzhuo's private territory." ”
Although he is a Nine-Rank Grand Master, if something happens, it will be difficult for him to guarantee that he will escape with Zhou Ran and Bai Zhijun in other people's territory.
"Listen to you. Zhou Ran nodded.
He made this trip to get the news about Batu through Lu Yanzhuo.
Only by finding Batu can he help Bai Zhijun figure out the truth about the slaughter of the village back then.
Hearing this, Li Tai couldn't help but look at Bai Zhijun again.
Bai Zhijun understood, and said in a deep voice: "I listen to Master. ”
Li Tai nodded, along the way, he was a little puzzled why Bai Zhijun called Master Zhou Ran, but he was not a talkative person.
After continuing to drive on the mountain road for twenty minutes, a stockade lined with houses appeared in the sight of the three of them.
At the intersection of the stockade, a squad of five soldiers guarded it.
Seeing the black off-road vehicle, one person raised his hand, and Li Tai immediately stopped the car.
"Liangzi, tell Lu Yanzhuo, just say that I, Li Tai, are looking for him. Li Tai looked at a young man who was only about twenty years old and said, as he handed him a box of cigarettes.
The young man nicknamed Liangzi glanced at Zhou Ran and Bai Zhijun in the car, turned around and trotted towards the village.
Not long after, he ran back and said, "The general asks you to go over on foot." ”
Li Tai turned to look at Zhou Ran, Zhou Ran nodded, opened the car door and walked down.
This is a mountain col, the whole Xinjiao village is built in the center of the mountain col, and the building style of the village is a bit like the south of China.
The green tiles on the roof of the village are matched with the green mountains and beautiful waters of the mountain col, coupled with the hazy mist halfway up the mountainside, it looks like a fairyland on earth.
The three of them followed Ryoko all the way to the depths of the stockade.
In the stockade, there were soldiers with guns everywhere, and they didn't seem to be interested in Zhou Ran and the others, so they just looked at it twice and continued to chat and brag.
However, the gaze that fell on Bai Zhijun was one more time, and their gaze was not concealed at all, Rao is Bai Zhijun had a good temper, and his face was a little ugly at the moment.
In addition to the soldiers guarding the village, there were some villagers in the village, most of their expressions were numb, and there was no sparkle in their eyes, and they looked like living dead.
After walking for about five minutes, I turned an alley and a courtyard in the style of garden architecture appeared in front of me.
The courtyard door was open, and a man in a military vest was sitting on the Taishi chair in the pavilion, his skin was dark, and his arms were full of strong muscles.
To his right and left, two soldiers with guns stood on each side.
Behind him, a woman in a wide vest was gently pinching his shoulders, and several slender whip marks on the woman's arms looked shocking.
"Wait a minute. Ryoko said to the three of them, and then trotted into the courtyard to make an announcement.
Lu Yanzhuo slowly opened his slightly squinted eyes and waved his hand to the woman behind him, and the woman left with empty eyes.
When he saw Li Tai, he got up from the Taishi chair laughing and said, "Brother Li, I can be regarded as looking forward to you!"
Li Tai stepped forward and hugged Lu Yanzhuo.
"Brother Lu, I haven't seen you for more than a year, I miss it very much!" Li Tai said politely.
After a while, the two let go, and Lu Yanzhuo looked at Zhou Ran and Bai Zhijun and asked, "Who are these two?"
"Do you remember the guest I mentioned to you last time?" Li Tai smiled lightly.
Lu Yanzhuo's face was abrupt, and he said politely: "It turned out to be them, please come in!"
Zhou Ran and the three walked into the courtyard, and Lu Yanzhuo immediately shouted: "Xiaoqiu, where did you die, and you don't serve tea to your guests!"
As the words fell, a little girl of eleven or twelve walked out of the house cautiously with a tea tray, the threshold was a little too high for her, and she almost tripped over.
She cautiously walked to the gazebo, placed the tea tray on the table, and poured tea for several people.
"Brother Li, I just bought it some time ago, how is it, is it a beauty embryo?" Lu Yanzhuo showed off to Li Tai with some pride.
The little girl was wearing a sackcloth with tears hanging from the corners of her eyes, she should have just cried.
The tear stains on her face made people feel even more pity, she lowered her head slightly, and looked at Li Tai and the others timidly.
When Bai Zhijun saw the little girl, her face was a little ugly.
"It's really good, I don't know how much Brother Lu spent to buy it?" Li Tai said with a light smile.
Lu Yanzhuo stretched out a finger.
"Ten thousand?" Li Tai asked in surprise.
"One dollar!" Lu Yanzhuo said excitedly.
Buying a human life for a dollar sounds ridiculous, but here, it's really happening.
"That big brother is really making a lot of money!" Li Tai glanced at the little girl, and there was a flash of unbearability, but still with a smile.
He picked up the teacup and took a sip, then put it down and said, "Good tea!"
"I've already drunk the tea, Brother Lu, let's get down to business. He looked at Lu Yanzhuo with a smile and said.
As he spoke, he picked up a leather case he had brought, and was about to open it, when the four soldiers behind Lu Yanzhuo immediately pointed their guns at Li Tai.
"What are you doing, let go!" Lu Yanzhuo reprimanded angrily.
When the four soldiers heard this, they put their guns down.
"Brother Li, don't be surprised, they're used to it. Lu Yanzhuo said with a faint smile, without the slightest apology on his face.
Li Tai didn't say anything and opened the suitcase.
Suddenly, a box of dollars appeared in front of Lu Yanzhuo and others.
"Here's two million dollars, Brother Lu, you can call someone to order it. Li Tai said, putting his hand on the table.
"No need, Brother Li, I still can't believe it?" Lu Yanzhuo smiled and glanced at the soldier behind him.
The soldier was about to take the box when Li Tai stopped him.
"We have shown sincerity, and we hope that Brother Li will not lose his trust. Li Tai said, and closed the suitcase again.
Bran only found out that the events of that year were related to Batu, and the Golden Triangle region, with complex terrain and many forces, would be difficult to find out where Batu was if he did not rely on local forces.
Zhou Ran didn't want to startle the snake, so he found Lu Yanzhuo.
A flash of displeasure flashed in Lu Yanzhuo's eyes, which was fleeting.
"Batu came to the Golden Triangle about five years ago, and he was accompanied by a Chinese man surnamed Yan, who was only a little famous in the area before the two came. Looking at Zhou Ran and the three of them, Lu Yanzhuo said slowly.