Chapter 873: Discovered
Zhao Jia walked to the ruined courtyard with a smile, and then seriously looked at the dozen or so scarred Europeans in front of him, although these people looked somewhat similar to the big cannibals and Persians, but he could also see some differences, especially after getting along with Agnes in the past two days, he could be sure that these people should be of the same race as Agnes.
"You...... Who are you? Gerry looked at the steel knife around his neck with some horror, and asked loudly while retreating, as soon as he opened the door, he was put two guillotines around his neck, Fras and the others just wanted to resist, but they didn't expect hundreds of people to climb over the wall and stop everyone at once, without giving them a chance to resist at all.
"Huh? You can actually speak Chinese? Zhao Jia was stunned for a moment when he heard Gerry's words, and then seemed to understand something, and his face couldn't help but become a little gloomy.
"Who the hell are you, we are just some desperate coolies who have escaped to work in Nanyang Port, why do you want to arrest us?" Gerry said loudly again, in fact, he had already recognized Zhao Jia and knew that the other party was the young man who took His Royal Highness Agnes from the traffickers, but he never expected that the other party would find this place and use so many people to round up his own people.
"Don't pretend to be stupid, you people have been monitoring around my yard again and again, and I almost caught you during the day yesterday, but you were really bold, and you even sent people to go at night, my son-in-law just used a little trick to let the three people go on purpose, but although they were very vigilant, they went around the city a few times before coming back, but don't forget, this is Nanyang Port, even if you turn around in circles, how can you escape our eyes?" At this time, Steward Lu also stood up and said with a smile.
"Ah~, you guys are following me!" Amank can't speak Chinese well. But he could understand that when he learned that these people had actually followed him to find this place, he yelled angrily, and suddenly pushed the steel knife around his neck to the side, and then rolled on the ground to avoid the attack behind him, and he was also very particular about the direction in which he rolled. It was where they had placed their weapons, and as long as they could get their hands on them, there was no chance of saving the others.
It's a pity that Amanke's skills are good, but the people brought by Zhao Jia this time are also the elite under Steward Lu, if the people who are begging for business at sea do not have the corresponding force, even if they have a big backer, it is useless, so these people's skills are also excellent, before Amanke touched the weapon, a guard kicked Amanke down again. Then six or seven steel knives were again on his neck.
Seeing that Amanke was so bold and dared to resist in this situation, Zhao Jia stepped forward with a smile and said: "Don't resist, this son has no ill will towards you, and even if you make trouble and kill people at the dock, this son can help you settle it, but I want to know who you are and why did you come here in Nanyang Port?" ”
For Zhao Jia's questioning. Gerry, Florus, and the others looked at each other, then they all closed their eyes and said no more. Because their origins are really too involved, especially related to the safety of His Royal Highness Agnes, they have been very derelict in failing to protect Agnes, and it is naturally impossible for them to take the initiative to reveal their identities now.
Seeing that these people didn't speak, Steward Lu was a little angry, and just wanted to be tortured. However, Zhao Jia stopped him and said: "Arrest them all back and detain them temporarily, but don't embarrass them, it's not too late to deal with them when I find out their identities." ”
Hearing Zhao Jia's order, Steward Lu immediately agreed, and the people he brought immediately rushed up. Originally, only a dozen people were arrested, and most of them were injured, so there was no need for so many people, but he was worried about Zhao Jia's safety, so in order to ensure that nothing went wrong, so many people were mobilized, and even if it wasn't for the lack of time to prepare, he might call all the people who could be mobilized, and then it would not be a hundred or ten, but a thousand.
Gerry and the others were quickly escorted away, and then Steward Lu asked people to search their residences, only to find some broken armor full of blood, and some weapons and the like, these armor and weapons were of a strange style, and they were not recognized by Steward Lu's knowledge, and it was estimated that they should have brought them from Europe.
Zhao Jia did not stay here for a long time, but immediately rushed to the small courtyard where Agnes lived, but this time he did not call the interpreter Ekola, but came to Agnes's residence alone, when he entered the room, he saw that Agnes was learning to make tea, since she relaxed her vigilance, she also liked the taste of tea very much, it happened that there was everything in this small courtyard, so she learned to make tea.
"Childe is here, please have tea!" When Agnes saw Zhao Jia coming in, she immediately poured a cup of tea that had just been brewed in her hand very happily, and then handed it over, of course, she still spoke in her native language, for some reasons, she didn't want people to know that she knew Chinese, so as not to cause trouble.
Zhao Jia took the tea brought by Agnes, but did not taste it, but sat down and looked at Agnes for a while, and then slowly spoke: "Agnes, in fact, there is something I didn't tell you yesterday, that is, when you just came to this small courtyard, there were people peeping outside, especially last night, there were three people sneakily watching around the courtyard. ”
Originally, Agnes had always pretended not to understand Zhao Jia's words, but when she heard the above, she couldn't help but feel excited, because she knew that those people were probably Vrus and them, and this excitement also made her expression unnatural for a moment, and these naturally fell into Zhao Jia's eyes, which made him trust his judgment even more.
Then I saw Zhao Jia continue to speak: "But don't worry, my people have found those sneaky people, and they have also caught them, a total of eighteen, but unfortunately these people don't want to say anything, and I don't know who made them do this, since that's the case, then they can only be killed!" ”
"Don't!" Hearing Zhao Jia's words, Agnes finally couldn't pretend anymore, and exclaimed at the moment, with a pleading look on her face, this time she didn't use her native language, but spoke the pure Song official language.
Hearing Agnes's exclamation, Zhao Jia's face suddenly became gloomy, when he heard that Gerry could speak Chinese and was very fluent, he was already suspicious in his heart, after all, even the people around Agnes knew Chinese, and when she communicated with the interpreter before, she actually knew many languages, so there was no reason why she couldn't speak Chinese? Of course, this was just speculation, but now he was proved right. The thought that he had been deceived by the little woman in front of him for two days made Zhao Jia a little annoyed.
As soon as Agnes's words came out, she immediately regretted it, and seeing Zhao Jia's face change, she felt a little scared, but after all, she was from an extraordinary background, so she quickly stabilized her emotions, and immediately made a Han salute to Zhao Jia very generously: "Childe forgives, Agnes really has a last resort, so she hides it from Childe!" ”
"What a bitter feeling, I know that you have an extraordinary background, and I don't want to ask you what your origin is, for me, I just want to learn about the situation in Europe through you, but you pretend not to understand Chinese, what is the reason?" Zhao Jia said angrily at this time, after all, he was only a sixteen-year-old boy, and he naturally had no good attitude towards those who deceived him.
"I ......" Agnes wanted to explain, but she didn't know how to explain, when she was attacked by pirates at sea before, she thought she was dead, and finally met Hu San to run away from the pirates, she thought she was saved, but she didn't expect that the other party was a human trafficker, in order to hide her identity, she pretended not to understand the other party's words, so that she didn't have to be interrogated by the other party, and then Zhao Jia came to buy her, she naturally wouldn't trust Zhao Jia, so she continued to pretend not to understand the other party's words, of course, these few days of contact, She found that Zhao Jia had no ill will towards her.
Seeing Agnes' appearance of wanting to speak and stopping, Zhao Jia was even more annoyed in his heart, and saw him sit down heavily, and then stared at Agnes and said: "Why don't you speak, do you think that your identity is very important, so you try every means to hide things about yourself, but don't forget, this is the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, thousands of miles away from your Europe, and your identity has no role here at all!" ”
Hearing Zhao Jia's sarcastic words, the gentle Agnes did not get angry, but her heart was still very sour, and tears flowed down at once, because she felt that Zhao Jia was right, and she and Florus and others tried their best to hide their identity, but in a place like Nanyang Port, her identity has no meaning at all, and no one cares, so her actions are indeed a little ridiculous in Zhao Jia's opinion.
Thinking of this, Agnes suddenly had a feeling of enlightenment, as if she had unloaded a big burden at once, and at that moment she raised her head and stared at Zhao Jia and said: "Zhao Gongzi, when you bought me from the traffickers and didn't ask me to do anything excessive, I knew that I had met a good person, so I hope I can get your help!" ”
Seeing Agnes' tearful appearance, Zhao Jia also felt that his words were a little heavy, and coughed at the moment: "What help do you want?" ”
"I can tell you my identity, but can you send me to the capital of the Great Song Dynasty, I want to ask for asylum from the Great Song Imperial Court!" Agnes said with a serious face at this time, there is no place for her in Europe, fortunately her father has a good friend, and it is with the help of this good friend that she finally chose to escape to the Great Song Dynasty. (To be continued.) )