Chapter 54: Don't be reckless
Based on the strong smell of incense and candles in the air, as well as the quiet and solemn atmosphere, Mu Tian guessed that this place should be a place to worship incense.
The first thing he thought of was the ancestral hall, because when he came, he noticed all the spiritual positions in the inner hall.
"Have you heard?" muttered a servant in the inner hall.
"What?"
"I heard that the black army captured a lot of women and children last night, and it has been the eighth time in the past half a month. The servant suddenly lowered his voice, "I heard from the people on the other side of the beast house that those who were captured were all dragged to feed the beasts!"
"Where did you hear the news that there is still such a thing in the huge Yanyu City?"
"That's not it, on the surface, it looks like the city is calm and quiet, but in fact, there is already a dark tide surging in secret! I heard that the relationship between the high priest and the Marquis of Zhenbei has been stiff recently!"
"Shhh, you can't talk nonsense about this kind of thing, let others hear it, it's going to lose your head!"
"Don't say it, let's clean it up quickly, leave early after it's done, I heard that this ancestral hall is haunted!"
"Don't talk about what you don't have, there can still be ghosts in broad daylight, I see you just want to be lazy!"
"Gotcha, don't believe it!"
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Huo Yuntian hid on the beam of the roof and listened to the conversation between the two of them very well.
If what they say is true, then Ah Lian and the others are in a very dangerous situation now, and they must find their location as soon as possible and rescue them.
Mu Tian and Zhai Feng hid under the tribute table and secretly changed their clothes, and after they finished changing, the people in the ancestral hall were almost finished.
It didn't take long for all the slaves to leave.
"Are all the people gone?" Zhai Feng asked softly.
"Let's go, come out!" Mu Tian said before he could answer.
Huo Yuntian observed everything on the beam, and he was clear about every move of the people who came in to clean.
"Let's change your clothes first!" Mu Tian threw Huo Yuntian a piece of clothing and said.
His clothes fit well, but they are a little monotonous and have no tricks.
"I can't get used to wearing this thing!" Huo Yuntian was a little repulsed.
He has been accustomed to wearing animal clothes since he was a child, and he is still a little difficult to accept when he suddenly changes to cloth clothes.
"What are you going to do next?" Huo Yuntian asked as he straightened his clothes.
"First find out where the people who were captured yesterday are kept, and familiarize yourself with the environment in the city, so that you can get out when the time comes!" Mu Tian finished speaking, made a look, and walked towards the gate.
He was about to open the door and go out, when someone came outside the door again, and in order to avoid facing each other, he hurriedly found a place to hide.
"You and I go in, and the others stay outside!" said a magnetic voice outside the door.
"Yes!" another voice echoed.
Immediately afterwards, the door was pushed open, and a middle-aged man entered, with a serious expression, a long beard, sharp eyes, a thin figure but a resolute step, and a luxurious dress.
He was followed by a soldier in black armor with a short sword pinned to his waist and a black helmet in his hand.
"It's him!" Mu Tian recognized the person behind him, who was actually the black army general in black armor.
The middle-aged man walked into the inner hall, and after kneeling down on incense, he looked at the dozens of spiritual positions placed and muttered something.
Because the sound was too small, Huo Yuntian and Zhai Feng, who were relatively close, couldn't hear any useful information at all.
"Is everything done?" asked the middle-aged man.
"The people have been secretly imprisoned!"
"The fewer people who know about this, the better, Zhenbei Hou will be back in two days, I don't want the rumors to flow out of the city!"
"Rest assured, my lord, his every move is in our hands!"
"How's the Black Army going?"
"Nothing big move!"
"Let you pretend to be the black army and go out to arrest people to hide people's eyes, don't show your stuff!" The middle-aged man turned around and continued: "You should also rest and rest, go back and let your people take the black armor away! But remember, what you do is best kept secret, and it must not be spread out!"
"Don't worry, lord!"
"It's time for Yanyu City to change its owner!" The middle-aged man's eyes showed a fierce light, "The little thing has been eating more and more recently, starve it for a few days first, let those people live for two more days, so as not to arrest people frequently and make people suspicious!"
"Understood, I'll arrange it right away when I go back!"
"Zhenbei Hou, you keep an eye on me, report anything to me as soon as possible! Also, it's better to keep a low profile when doing things, don't make him suspicious!"
"Rest assured, the Northwest Territory will be your world in the future!"
"It's too early to say this, and I won't talk about it in front of me in the future!" After the middle-aged man finished speaking, he walked towards the door with his hands behind his back, "It's been a busy two days, if there is nothing else, let's try to move around as little as possible!"
The door opened again, and the two left one after the other, without much stopping.
There was a commotion outside the door, and then the noise gradually drifted away until it disappeared completely
The three of them gathered in front of the door, and cautiously opened the door, outside which was a small forest, not too deep, with birdsong rising and falling.
There is only one path in the woods, which leads to an avenue outside.
"Let's go!"
Mu Tian took the lead and swaggered out of the ancestral hall.
"Where are we going next?"
Zhai Feng hurriedly followed, and Huo Yuntian followed.
Mu Tian said with a graceful face: "Let's learn about the surrounding environment first, and find something to eat by the way!"
"Why don't you go find someone first, the more they stay here, the closer they are to death!" Huo Yuntian suddenly stopped in front and didn't let Mu Tian move forward.
"Do you know those two people? do you know what they do?" Mu Tian asked rhetorically, "We can't act recklessly until we get to know each other better!"
As you just heard, they won't be attacking them anytime soon, and they're safe at the moment! But you have to understand that the three of us can't save so many people, and we need to make a plan!"
Mu Tian was a little helpless.
"I know you'll definitely have a way!" Huo Yuntian looked at him with a firm look in his eyes, as if he regarded him as the last straw.
"Find their location first!" After Mu Tian finished speaking, he directly bypassed Huo Yuntian and left quickly.
The city was so large that they couldn't see the high walls on the periphery of the city when they looked up, but the three towering mountains came into view.
No one knows how high the mountains are, but their existence has threatened the future of Yanyu City.
It has been some time since the Marquis of Zhenbei was summoned by the emperor, and although the city of Yanqi is heavily guarded, it is still a borderless place.
The people who are not good friends with the Marquis of Zhenbei on weekdays are already secretly ready to move, and the current form of the city is also precarious.
Of course, the external environment is also not optimistic.