Xiao Yilan walked aimlessly on the streets of Benhai City, surrounded by constant shouting and noisy markets, but his mood was not as light as before. Since Xiao Mu set out on the expedition, the whole palace has been busy, and Xiao Yizhan is even more eager to have two more hands, but fortunately, there are a few capable officials to help him, otherwise it will be even more troublesome.

Li Xianru originally expected Xiao Yilan to supervise Xiao Ying'er's homework, and also changed her frivolous and flying temperament, and reviewed her past homework, but Xiao Yilan watched Xiao Ying'er enter and leave the school every day, and was blinded by Xiao Ying'er's eyes. Li Xianru was a little unhappy when he was busy, and reprimanded him twice, so although he was free, he didn't have much to play, and although he came to Benhai City, he didn't look for those playmates.

He was walking down the street, and some of the merchants and vendors on the street recognized him and greeted him politely. He coped with it casually and unobtrusively.

"Second Young Master!" suddenly came a shout in his ears. Xiao Yilan turned his head and saw Li Zheng standing at the door of the blacksmith shop, grinning, revealing his white teeth. He held a hammer in his hand, and his upper body was naked, revealing strong muscles and sweating. Although he is the same age as Xiao Yilan, his body seems to be a circle bigger than Xiao Yilan.

It turned out that Xiao Yilan unknowingly walked to the door of Li Zheng's blacksmith shop. He was a little surprised, and his originally depressed mood suddenly came alive: "Coincidentally, I was walking around casually and had nowhere to go, and I saw you when I looked up!" He looked behind Li Zheng and asked again: "Are you alone in the shop, where is your master and master?"

"They went back to their hometown in the countryside, and they seemed to be in a hurry, so I stayed to look after the store. Li Zheng put down the hammer and wiped the sweat.

"When will your shop close, let's go to Liyungang for a walk." ”

"Wait for me for a while, Master is not there, there is no new list, and I can only help with some blanks. I'll just wait for me to clean up......" Li Zheng said, but his voice stopped abruptly, because he found that Xiao Yilan's expression suddenly became a little weird, and his eyes suddenly revealed a wave of anger when he looked at the street.

Li Zheng looked in the direction of his gaze, and the most conspicuous figure on the street was a tall back, draped in a black robe, with an upright hood covering his entire head. The moment he turned around on the street corner, Li Zheng glanced at the man with a scar on his forehead. The corners of his eyes jumped.

"It's the guy from last time!" Xiao Yilan said through gritted teeth, obviously haunted by the experience he had had had had last time.

He suddenly became excited again, Li Zheng only felt inexplicable, he suddenly had an ominous premonition, and asked, "Is this ...... What's there to be excited about?"

Xiao Yilan said with a radiant look: "Let's go over and take a look, see that he still has a scar on his face, most of them are not a good person, maybe he is doing something unseemly!"

Li Zheng couldn't help but smile bitterly, these words must be just Xiao Yilan's excuse for nonsense, this young master is looking for an opportunity to take revenge and tease this person. He himself is also playful, although he has been snubbed a lot since he was a child, so he doesn't hate this man, but it's really boring to keep the shop alone, and it's not bad to have a pastime.

"Wait a minute. He hurriedly put on a sweatshirt and coat at random, cleaned up the shop briefly, and then turned over with one hand on the railing at the door and landed next to Xiao Yilan.

The man in black didn't deliberately speed up, but because of his long hands and feet, his steps were quite large, Xiao Yilan and Li Zheng had to trot all the way to keep up. There were quite a few people on the street, and although they were a little flustered at first, the people in front of them didn't seem to notice them at all. The two of them scurried left and right between the shops along the way, and the young man had a heart attack, and he was so happy that he even forgot the purpose of tracking for a while. But when they came to their senses, the man in black was still in their sight.

But the two soon realized that something was not quite right. The man in black walked all the way to the northwest, and he was almost on the outskirts of the city. Now that it was getting late, Xiao Yilan suddenly remembered what he said casually before, and his heart was secretly excited. Dressed mysteriously, running to the suburbs when it's almost dark, it doesn't look like a good person.

The two continued to follow cautiously, and the number of people on the street gradually decreased, and the two also held their breath and followed unhurriedly.

At this time, it was already dark, and the two of them followed the man in black to the outside of the city. In the darkness, Xiao Yilan and Li Zheng could no longer see the figure of the person in front of them clearly. But the two were unwilling to give up, so they had to continue walking. Fortunately, there was only one passage for people to walk on, and there were clumps of weeds on both sides, coupled with the faint moonlight, the two of them did not lose their way, and kept a distance not far from the person in front of them.

groping around a one-man high stone pile, there was a fire not far away. The torches in the darkness were particularly conspicuous, and from a distance, the men in black who they were following could be seen walking into the range of the firelight from the shadows, and under the firelight, several other moving figures could be faintly seen, as well as a few carriages, which seemed to be pulling some goods behind, but the distance was too far away for only faint outlines could be seen.

Xiao Yilan and Li Zheng glanced at each other, and they could see the curiosity and nervousness in each other's eyes. They didn't hesitate long, and gently approached in the dark.

After getting a little closer, the two gradually saw clearly, plus the man in black they were following, there were five people on the other side, standing or sitting around a bonfire, as if they were saying something. The man in black seemed to be in charge of procurement, and he brought something to join them. A group of people dressed up to look like merchants, but if they were legitimate merchants, why would they camp out of the city with torches?

Xiao Yilan felt more and more strange about this group of people, and he became more and more curious about the goods they transported. He poked Li Zheng with his finger, revealing a smug expression, indicating that what he said before was true. Li Zheng smiled and didn't dare to make a sound.

The two took advantage of the night to go around to the side of this group of people, their carriage and horses happened to be between the two groups of people, and the figure of the mysterious merchant was blocked by the carriage, which made Xiao Yilan and the others feel a little relieved. The group had two carriages, four or five horses, one of which was pulling some large and small packages, and it was impossible to see what it was, while behind the other was a large boxy box, and when the two of them got closer, they found that it was a square object, tightly wrapped in a dark gray cloth.

Xiao Yilan seemed to think of something, his face was a little ugly, and he whispered to Li Zheng: "Look at that square thing, does it look like a cage?"

Li Zheng obviously thought about it, but before he could speak, a strange sound similar to a roar suddenly came from the square box, accompanied by the sound of chains dragging on the ground. Xiao Yilan and Li Zheng's faces changed.

Immediately ahead there was the sound of metal crashing, accompanied by a few invectives, presumably someone from the mysterious merchant impatiently striking the "square box" with a scabbard. The sound of metal crashing convinced Xiao Yilan that this was really a cage holding some kind of beast.

When the front was quiet again, Xiao Yilan couldn't suppress the curiosity in his heart, and wanted to step forward and lift the gray cloth to see what was inside. Although rare and exotic beasts are rare in Benhai City, Xiao Yilan has seen some, especially in Liyun Harbor, many islands from the six regions of the East China Sea, which are rare in the mainland, and are mostly bought by the noble families and wealthy families on the mainland to use as ingredients or pets. But this group of people did not enter the city, and wrapped the cage in a gray cloth, which is really mysterious.

Xiao Yilan was about to beckon Li Zheng to step forward, when he suddenly heard footsteps behind him! Xiao Yilan suddenly felt cold, almost couldn't hold back his scream, and was about to turn around, when his head suddenly hit something hard, and a sharp pain accompanied by a feeling of dizziness struck, and Xiao Yilan fainted suddenly.

A strong man looked at the two people who fell to the ground and let out a sneer: "These two boys are bold enough to dare to hide here and peek! "He only has one eye and the other wears a black blindfold.

The man in black that Xiao Yilan and Li Zheng had been following before walked over and frowned: "I seem to have seen these two people before." He pointed at Xiao Yilan, "This kid is dressed quite richly, as if he is a horn in Benhai City." ”

"Old Yan, they won't come with you, right? It's a bit embarrassing to be followed by these two little kids!" the one-eyed man laughed a little weirdly.

Lao Yan's face changed, and he scolded: "Phew! Lao Tzu is tired and tired of running inside and outside the city these days, you sit here all day long, and you have the face to talk about me?"

The one-eyed man was just about to have a seizure, when he glanced at a man beside him, muttered secretly, and stopped talking. A man next to him clasped his hands around his chest, one of which held a knife, seemed to be the leader of the group. He stepped forward and glanced at Xiao Yilan, and said, "The clothes and fabrics this kid wears are not cheap, there must be some ways to come, maybe they will be of some use to us." ”

Lao Yan nodded and said, "Yes, I saw him a few days ago, and he didn't dress like an ordinary person, I heard others call him the second son, and he should be the youngest son of Xiao Mu in Benhai City." ”

Everyone else looked surprised and looked at each other, obviously not expecting the young boy he grabbed casually to have such a background. Then it was the one-eyed man who spoke: "Boss, wouldn't it be too risky to move his son in Xiao Mu's realm? ”

Liu Feng, who was in the lead, let go of his hugging hands, walked to Xiao Yilan's side and looked at him, and gently stabbed him with his scabbard: "He has already seen our deeds, and it is impossible to let him go." Lock him up with those things, since it is not good to kill or stay, it will all be decided by the above. Anyway, we will leave tomorrow, and even if the Xiao family finds out and wants to chase it, it will take some effort. ”

"What about the other one?" someone asked.

"Let's kidnap them together, leave him alive for the time being, and save trouble. Liu Feng walked to the bonfire without looking back and sat down cross-legged.