"Quick! Come on! Little brown skin,, didn't I give you food today! ”

A crisp whip rang out not far behind little Alido, followed by a child's cry of pain.

The sound of breaking the air continued to sound, accompanied by a loud whipping, and the voices of the children who had been crying weakened, and the roars became smaller and smaller, replaced by sobbing and pleading.

"Phew, little bastard, you can cry again!" The dart master who was in charge of escorting the children scolded in a skillful Chu Ze language.

Alido couldn't help but clench the little hand that was pulling the corner of the companion's clothes in front of her, the children's bodies were very weak, if they didn't support each other, someone would soon fall on the way forward. The little girl's heart was split in half by a sharp blade called fear, sinking deeper and deeper into the abyss.

After being forced to pour a strange soup by the old woman before, little Alido only felt as if there was a knife scraping his flesh and bones inside and out, and his consciousness was about to completely dissipate in the flood of pain almost in the next moment, but the domineering power of the medicinal soup held the last trace of clarity in Alido's mind, so that the little girl couldn't survive and couldn't die.

It seemed that less than half an hour had passed, but it seemed that a hundred years had passed, and the pain in Alido's limbs had finally dissipated, and the little girl tried to stand up with her body, but just as she propped up her thin and slender arm, the strength on her arm disappeared completely, and her little body fell back to the spot with a thud.

The little girl's eyes were completely gray, and bean-sized tears flowed from her desperate eyes, and her little mouth opened slightly, but she was so weak that she couldn't even call out the simplest "Mommy".

After about half an hour, the children who had been poured the medicinal soup barely regained their strength. When the coachmen saw that the children were moving with great strength, they came up and, brandishing their whips, and scolding all the children, and driving them into the house.

After experiencing great suffering, these children seemed to become numb in an instant, and the eyes of the bold children who had been bold before looked at the coachmen and the old woman with only fear left, and there was no longer a trace of the idea of escaping.

The children were held in a dimly lit room until the next day, during which time the guards distributed a cold, hard cake and a bowl of cold water to all the children on the evening of the first day and the morning of the second day. After breakfast on the second day, another convoy came to the courtyard, and when the convoy arrived, the guards covered all the children with strips of cloth and put them on the new carriage one by one, and sealed the carriage, leaving only a small hole for ventilation.

Alido was stripped of the strip of cloth in front of her eyes and mouth, and when she saw the outside world again, she was in this dark and narrow secret passage.

Xu Fengshi and Ma Guo walked at the front of the team, the two of them and the accompanying dart masters all carried oil lamps, and not long after going down the secret passage, a faint light also appeared in the dark corridor in front of them.

Ma Guo often docked with his collaborators inside and outside the penalty area, so it was not surprising to see the lights ahead, he motioned for everyone to stop, and then raised the oil lamp in his hand towards the front and shook it, blowing three loud whistles, two long and one short.

Soon, the lights on the opposite side flashed a few times, and Ma Guo also relieved himself, and it didn't take long for three people in black robes to walk towards them from the opposite side.

After the black-robed man led by him walked in front of everyone in the Fruit Wood Chamber of Commerce, he pulled down the hood on his head, Xu Fengshi found that the person who came to contact them was a middle-aged man, and under the dim oil lamp, an ugly scar on the middle-aged man's neck looked particularly hideous.

Ma Guo was solemn, his attitude was much more respectful, he bowed to the middle-aged man in front of him, and said, "I didn't expect Mr. Ling to pick it up in person today." ”

The middle-aged man was Ling Xuan, his face looked a little tired, he just nodded slightly, in response to Ma Guo's courtesy, and said expressionlessly: "The strange treasure is about to be born, you have to keep an eye on it these days, and you can't let the sacrifice have an accident." ”

"With our Liulin Dart Bureau, you can rest assured." As he spoke, Ma Guo turned around and introduced Xu Fengshi to Ling Xuan with a smile, "This is Mr. Xu Fengshi, the deacon of the North Rainforest Continent Branch of the Fruit Wood Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Xu, he will also be watching us in the forbidden area these days, we will work together, the treasure in the forbidden area must be in our pocket!" ”

When Ling Xuan glanced at Xu Feng, the look on his face was a little surprised, "Deacon Xu...... Don't seem to be a monastic? ”

Xu Fengshi just wanted to speak, but Ma Guo had already taken the first step to explain: "Deacon Xu is indeed not cultivating, but the reason why our Chamber of Commerce has been able to track down the specific whereabouts of the treasure these days, so as to successfully complete the Watergate Formation, is all due to Deacon Xu's ability. ”

"Oh? Ling would like to hear more about it. ”

Seeing that Ling Xuan was interested, Ma Guo explained with a smile: "Deacon Xu's family has learned some magical skills from a reclusive master in the North West Continent, even if he is not a cultivator, he can deduce all kinds of secrets hidden in a piece of land from the trend of the leylines and mountains, although Ma does not understand this thaumaturgy, but from the perspective of the effect, it is really mysterious. It can only be said that the world is big, and there are no surprises. ”

Ling Xuan pondered for a moment and nodded: "Ling has heard that there are many incredible methods in the Dao Gate thaumaturgy of the Northern and Western Continents, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation. ”

Xu Fengshi quietly glanced at Ma Guo, he was quite respectful and enthusiastic in front of Ling Xuan, who had always been quiet on weekdays, which made Xu Fengshi, who was good at observing words and feelings, couldn't help but have a few notches higher in his heart for Ling Xuan, making Xu Fengshi also cautious when talking to Ling Xuan, for fear of making a mistake.

While chatting, everyone walked to the depths of the corridor amid the painful snorts of the children behind them and the pushing and shoving of the dart masters who escorted the children.

Ma Guo obviously noticed this, and he couldn't help but admire: "It's only been a few days, and this section of the road has been rebuilt so wide, Mr.'s methods are really magical." ”

Ling Xuan shook his head and said, "It's not all Ling's means, during this time, thanks to the blessing of your Chamber of Commerce, a large number of Jiuchun slaves who can do things have been sent here, and with this group of slaves in hand, the work of widening the secret passage has been greatly accelerated." ”

"If we had known, we would have sent some more, since we took care of the unknown tyrant of the previous King Jiuchun, there is no obstacle to the slave labor business in the Jiuchun Islands, and the price is also the cheapest in the Northern Rainforest. As long as you speak, sir, don't say that the Fruit Wood Chamber of Commerce is our Liulin Dart Bureau, and it is not a problem to pay you to add three or five hundred people! ”

The voices of Ma Guo and the others talking farther and farther away, along with the weak footsteps of the children, gradually disappeared into the depths of the secret passage.