Chapter 19: Camouflage, Blindfolds, and Shackles
Via Kai Empire, Sether City, Red Pool
At half past ten o'clock in the evening, a small, ordinary dark carriage drove into the main entrance of the pigeon cage, and several bundles of miscellaneous goods were piled up behind it. The guard officer stopped the coachman for routine questioning, and received a reply that the forging supplies were supplied, and the guards checked the items and confirmed that the answers were true, and immediately let them go.
The carriage came unhindered to a small building northeast of the pigeon cage mansion, and encountered no living creatures except a few wild cats. The coachman jumped out of the car and unlocked the door, and out of it came a guard in a pigeon-cage uniform, and when the latter got into the car, the coachman turned his horse's head as fast as he could, and drove into a middle road, where he disappeared in a short time.
In the narrow carriage, Infant Bai and Yin Xinmei sat facing each other, the windows had been completely covered by an opaque black cloth, and the only source of light was an oil lamp nailed to the wall, and the fire flickered and dimmed with the bumps of the carriage, and could be extinguished at any time. The two men didn't say a word the whole time, and each fell into deep thought. Silence seems to have become a fixed pattern for the two of them to get along.
When Yin Xinmei got the news that he was going to be summoned by the emperor, he was thinking about how to deal with the current situation. Judging from the information obtained from all sides, this emperor is a sophisticated person and good at power arts, although she has not met him yet, she is already sure that he will not give up if he does not peel off her skin tonight. She didn't care about any of that, even if she was stripped of blood, but the thought of Semier dispelled the thought of dying early from her mind.
Looking back on the past, Yin Xinmei has never been responsible for anyone, and no one intends to be responsible for her, so how can there be an extra fetter now? Maybe the tragic experience of Semier, who fell from a high position, made her, a person who had been a slave for almost her whole life, feel unbearable, maybe he made her want to take care of someone for the first time, maybe she inadvertently regarded him as her own brother; in short, could it be that the worry about Semir made her unable to do whatever she wanted, and deprived her of her freedom all along?
How ridiculous is that she still has freedom, and think about it, she has the same freedom to do whatever she wants, just like the pretentious emperor! How wonderful it is to have everything and freedom to have nothing!
Thinking of this, Yin Xinmei laughed, and Infant White glared at her in surprise.
"I'm sorry, Captain," she stifled a laugh, "something funny came to mind. ”
The atmosphere in the carriage was a little lighter, and for a moment Infant White seemed to unarm and wanted to say something, but swallowed it back.
The carriage was jolting even harder, and the air was chilling to the bone, and judging by the time, they should have been about to drive out of the inner city of Sethor. As soon as Yin Xinmei wanted to ask how long it was left, she felt a sharp braking and the horse neighed.
"What's going on?" asked Infant Shiro.
"The horse is frightened, but there is nothing unusual around," came the coachman's voice, "probably a minor injury to the front hoof." ”
"Keep going. ”
"Yes!"
It didn't take long for the carriage to stop. Infant White took out a black cloth bag, and obediently asked him to put his head on a strong one, and buckled the iron cuffs around his wrists. He helped her out of the car, then took her arm and walked forward.
The air here is cold and humid, the night dew is heavy, and the wind is strong but the sound of the foliage is not audible, probably on a dry land away from the crowds. She heard the sound of night owls, the creaking of stones under her feet, and the faint smell of fishy water indicating that there was a river flowing nearby, and she looked at the map of Sether's city, and she felt that she should have been taken somewhere in the northeast corner of the inner city. At this moment, Infant White stopped, and after a few minutes of silence, she heard what seemed to be the sound of a stone being slowly removed. She was then ushered up a long, not steep stone staircase, and the two of them descended gradually, with the sound of closing behind them.
It was obvious that this was an underground building, and the air was gradually warming, judging from the echo of the footsteps of the two of them, it was not too big, but according to her experience, there would be more underground passages and entrances like this, and it was easy for people to fall into traps.
After about ten minutes, a pleasant stream of heat rushed in front of me, and the smell of sweet wine was still in the air. Sure enough, Infant White led her to sit down, then untied her hood and unshackled her.
"Wait here. ”
He said this and left, and the footsteps faded away.
Hidden eyebrows shook her head and began to look around.