Chapter Eighty-Nine: Lost
In the moonlight, Tang Yao and Xuan Qing waited on the roof, and the three of them gathered at the front of the car. The shorter man lifted the curtain of the car, and his fat head looked inside, "Oh, this time the goods are good." ”
"Not really."
Because of the light, even if Tang Yao squinted, he could only vaguely see that there seemed to be people tied up in the carriage. She leaned forward, trying to see inside the carriage. 'Bang' the bricks fell to the ground, and the three of them immediately looked around vigilantly.
"What sound?"
"Check it out!" Seeing that the three of them walked to the side of the carriage and pulled out three machetes from under the carriage in an uproar, Tang Yao even forgot the act of swallowing saliva. Xuan Qing pulled Tang Yao over, her toes were a little lighter, and she hid in the dark.
As soon as they hid on their front feet, the three strange men chased them out with big knives on their back feet. Tang Yao hid in the dark with Xuan Qing, not daring to make a sound. I saw that one of the three people squatted down, stretched out his hand and pinched the ground where they were standing, "Someone! ”
"What do you say! Where did this come from? The fat man shouted.
"You idiot, so loud, be careful to be heard!" The thin man slapped the fat man's head and said dissatisfied, "You wait here, I'll go and have a look with Lao Yan." ”
"Hey, okay."
The two of them went around the yard with knives to arrest people, leaving behind a fat man who was not very clever. Xuan Qing saw the opportunity, twisted a stone with two fingers, and threw it to the other side with a 'boom'. When the fat man heard the noise, he shouted suspiciously, "What man! ”
Xuan Qing pointed to the carriage and glanced at Tang Yao. It meant that he went to lure people away, and Tang Yao took the opportunity to see what was in the carriage. Regarding Xuanqing's skills, Tang Yao was quite relieved. So after Xuan Qing lured the fat man away, she didn't waste the opportunity, ran directly to the carriage and lifted the curtain.
Sure enough, she was not mistaken, there were three or four people tied up in this carriage, and they were all little girls. A few little girls were lying in the carriage, without any movement. Tang Yao was puzzled, jumped into the carriage and approached the little girls, reaching out and touching their snorts.
Breathing is normal, but there was such a big movement just now, these little girls didn't react, even if they were sleeping, they shouldn't be, so it seems that they were drugged by the three people just now.
Tang Yao jumped out of the carriage and probed the three carriages next to him. The rest of the cars were also filled with little girls, the oldest being fifteen or sixteen years old, and the youngest being only five or six years old, but they were all women.
What the hell are these three people doing? Could it be that the goods in their mouths are good, and they are referring to these living people? No, although she doesn't often do these good deeds on weekdays, she can't sit idly by since she encounters it.
Xuanqing, who was responsible for luring away the fat man, flashed back from the shadows. Seeing that Tang Yao was still pondering, he said softly, "Let's go, those three are back!" Tang Yao lowered her head slightly and thought about it, she didn't know what the situation was now. If you act rashly, I am afraid that you will not be able to find out the truth of the matter.
After some psychological struggle, Tang Yao left with Xuan Qing.
Not long after they left, the three strange men returned. They walked around the carriage, and the thin man said, "Are you sure there was someone just now?" ”
The man who opened the door to them said before, "Hmm. ”
"If that's the case, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time, so we'll send the goods over overnight."
"Okay."
The four carriages hurriedly drove away from the backyard, and Tang Yao and Xuan Qing walked out of the darkness, "Xuan Qing, you follow and see where their stronghold is?" ”
Xuan Qing bowed slightly, "Okay, I'll go." ”
"Be careful." Tang Yao instructed.
"Hmm."
Tang Yao went back to the inn alone, she was completely sleepy at the moment, so she sat in the carriage and waited for Xuanqing's news. It wasn't until the sun just pulled up a ray of light from the sky on the second day that Xuan Qing came back with a tired face. Seeing him staggering, Tang Yao hurriedly jumped out of the carriage and helped him up.
"What's wrong with you?" Tang Yao saw that his face was pale, so he said worriedly.
Xuan Qing waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's just that some internal force is lost." I just didn't expect that among the accomplices of those three people, there would be a strength comparable to my martial arts. ”
"Can I match you?" Tang Yao said in astonishment.
"Hmm." Xuan Qing replied.
It turned out that Xuan Qing followed the four carriages directly out of the county seat, and the three of them were afraid that they would notice that someone was following them, so they tried every means to throw each other away. On the way, I don't know what the three people did, so they disappeared from Xuan Qing's sight. Xuan Qing wanted to rush back immediately, but a masked man who was also dressed in black suddenly made a move on him.
The two fought for several rounds, but Xuan Qing did not get any benefit from the other party's moves. Tang Yao was quite surprised by this, this could be on par with Xuan Qing's fight, which showed that the strength of the black-clothed masked man was indeed not simple.
"Where did those four carriages go?" Tang Yao asked.
"It's less than a few miles away from Luo City." Xuan Qing Road.
"Is this far away from that Luo City?"
"It's only a day's journey."
Tang Yao nodded, having already made up his mind, "Since that's the case, let's go to Luocheng and find out the truth of this matter." ”
Regarding Tang Yao's sudden request to change the route of the inspection, Li Yanhan felt a little strange, but he didn't ask much. Tang Yao didn't plan to talk to him either, after all, it was always bad to say something unfounded before he was sure of something. She Tang Yao does things to show the facts in front of you, so that you have nothing to say.
Luocheng is located in the east-east of the south of the Yangtze River in Qiyun Kingdom, and is a water town comparable to Hangzhou. From the moment he entered the city, Tang Yao could see that the people of this Luo City were living a prosperous life, and they couldn't see anything wrong. The person in charge of receiving them was Zhang Baotian, the county magistrate of Luocheng, who seemed to be an honest official at a glance.
Unlike Liang Jinzhong and Wang Shen, he naturally has a face that is not a good person.
Zhang Baotian hurriedly rushed from the mansion to the city gate, saw Li Yanhan and Tang Yao and his party, and hurriedly saluted respectfully, "The lower officials greet the four princes and the arrival of Lord Tang, it is really a long way to welcome." ”
"Excuse me." Li Yanhan raised his hand slightly.
The prince spoke, and a county magistrate still stood there respectfully, apparently afraid of offending this ancestor. Tang Yao couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic to Li Yanhan, could it be that the reputation of the four princes had spread to Luo Cheng? This iceberg aura is really very deterrent.
Tang Yao stepped forward and helped Zhang Baotian up, "Weichen and the prince this time are just a private visit to Weifu, so the county magistrate doesn't need to be so polite." ”
"Thank you to the fourth prince, thank you Lord Tang."