Chapter 6 Low as Grass
In the alley, a large area was occupied by dozens of corpses clutching their throats, and the place where many people fought before was scattered with stumps and blood flowing. One of the corpses was even cut off by Huang Yun, a silver-robed young man, with a strong stop.
In the blood all over the ground, Jia San and Kong Lin sat on the ground and leaned against the alley wall, Kong Lin's left shoulder was simply bandaged by the strip of cloth torn off Mu Bai's shirt, at this time Mu Bai was a little in a hurry, trying to block the wound on Jia San's chest, but the blood from the wound kept flowing out, and it couldn't be blocked no matter what.
Jia San's face was pale at this time, and he waved his hand at the vain Mu Bai weakly, breathing rapidly, "No... Don't be busy, no... It's useless. ”
Mu Bai heard this, but he didn't stop, his hands trembled slightly, he couldn't stop the rags torn from his shirt in his hands, the rags were red from being soaked in blood, and Jia San didn't speak anymore when he saw this, just watching Mu Bai busy with his work. After working for a long time, Mu Bai finally stopped dejectedly and looked at Jia San blankly.
"I live... I can't live anymore, that's obvious. Jia San gasped violently, his tone was flat, his dim eyes were very calm, he turned his head to look at Kong Lin, and continued, "You... You two have to live well. A few words seemed to drain Jia San's whole body strength.
After a while, Jia San's originally pale face suddenly flushed with a touch of ruddy, as if it was echoing the light, and he said quickly.
"I am a civilian, I have been practicing martial arts with my teacher since I was a child, and I left my teacher to enter the Zhou Mansion when I was an adult. ”
"A few years later, the Zhou Mansion was destroyed due to its involvement in the Prince Incident, and I was demoted to slavery. Jia San said, gasping violently a few times, his face became more ruddy, and he continued to speak quickly:
"Although I came from an ordinary background and had a humble status, I was not willing to be a slave all my life, although I was going to die, but I did not regret it, if there was an afterlife, I would be a good man in eighteen years. Saying this, Jia San roared angrily with all his strength, and his voice stopped abruptly, and then his head tilted, and he was silent again.
Mu Bai, who was squatting on the ground, looked at the corpse with his eyes closed, and was silent, although he had not been in contact with Jia San for a long time, he was indeed a man, this person did not have anything brilliant except for his martial arts, but even so, Mu Bai did admire Jia San.
Originally, Jia San and Huang Yun fought to the back, knowing that they were invincible, but they did not escape, but kept fighting against Huang Yun, and even fought desperately with him in the end, wanting to die together.
Kong Lin, who was also silent on the side, his face was a little pale after losing blood, he glanced at the corpses all over the ground, and spoke, "Let's go, their corpses can't be buried, Huang Yun ran away before, or it won't be long before someone comes here." Looking at the carriage in the distance, with only wheels and a plank base, "You step on the carriage and climb the wall of this alley, and then pull me up and hide in it for a while." ”
When Mu Bai heard this, he was a little helpless, nodded slightly, got up and helped Kong Lin up, and walked quickly towards the carriage.
They couldn't help it, there were streets at both ends of the alley, and there were people everywhere, and the original plan was that if it went well, the slaves could send people to disguise themselves as slave merchants and leave when they saw the opportunity.
But at this time, only the two of them were left, and there were still blood stains on their bodies, once they went out of the alley and walked to the street, they would definitely not be able to walk ten steps before they would be arrested, and in desperation, they had to climb over the wall and enter.
Mu Bai and Kong Lin, who had crossed the alley, were standing on the other side of the small wall at this time, this place was a backyard, the yard was not large, there was a small path, leading to the back door of a house, and some flowers were scattered on both sides of the path.
Fortunately, the blood stains on the two of them have dried up, and the wound on Kong Lin's left shoulder has stopped bleeding and has not left traces on the wall.
The two entered the backyard hut and walked through the hut into the antechamber. There was no sound in the hall, and there were no other people, the two of them sat in the Taishi chair, and after a while, Mu Bai slowly spoke, "There is no one here, it should be out to run errands." ”
In Bloodstone, the merchants and slave traders generally stayed in guest houses, and most of the people who had separate accommodations were people with a little status. If you're not here at this time, you must have something going out.
"Wait, wait for the master of this place to come back, and take him hostage to take us out of town. Mu Bai's tone was firm, they were cornered, if they didn't do this, what was waiting for them would be a dead end.
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The place where Mu Bai and Kong Lin are located is a two-story attic with a front hall, surrounded by a blue brick wall outside the attic, two courtyards before and after, from the outside, the attic is exquisite and elegant, and the gate of the attic courtyard is facing the roadside street.
In the evening, two people walked from the direction of the city square, one of them was a middle-aged man, wearing a dark red and black striped robe, this person frowned slightly, as if he was troubled, the two bowed their heads and walked silently. Seeing that the direction they were walking in was the gate of the courtyard outside the attic where Mu Bai and Kong Lin were.
The middle-aged man pushed open the courtyard door and whispered to the people around him, "Huang Yun's kid has an accident today, it may be a little unpeaceful, you pay attention to it a little." ”
The people around him nodded slightly, silent, and as the two pushed the door into the hall, a long sword with a gap suddenly stretched out from the side and directly rested on the middle-aged man's neck.
Just when the middle-aged man was stunned, Mu Bai opened his mouth and whispered to the middle-aged man, "Don't move, take us out of the city." ”
When the middle-aged man heard this, his slightly frowning brows loosened, glanced at Kong Lin, who was sitting on the Taishi's chair in the room, and said to Mu Bai: "It's useless, do you think you can blackmail me with this broken sword?" As soon as the middle-aged man's voice fell, the man standing behind the middle-aged man moved.
This person was like invisible before, and he had not attracted the attention of Mu Bai and the others, but at this time, he stretched out his right hand forward with lightning speed, and his index finger flicked lightly on the sword body in Mu Bai's hand without the slightest smoke and fire.
'Ding!'
The crisp sound of collision, with the sound of the long sword vibrating, Mu Bai only felt that he was holding a hot piece of iron in his hand, which directly shook the tiger's mouth, and the long sword in his hand couldn't help but fall to the ground, and there was a clanging sound in the collision.
Mu Bai's right hand was numb for a while at the moment, looking at the long sword that fell to the ground, his face couldn't help but turn pale, his eyes were turning, and he looked at the person who shook his long sword down, with a look of despair in his eyes.
The man looked like a young man in his twenties, his hair was inches long, and there was a slender scar on his bronzed face, which was slashed directly from left to right, and the man's eyes flashed from time to time, but the scar on his face did not seem to have the slightest sense of disobedience.
After the inch-haired young man flicked down Mu Bai's long sword, he didn't say a word, and stood silently behind the middle-aged man, as if what had just happened had not happened.
The middle-aged man's expression was indifferent, "Also, I don't like to be held by a sword around my neck, it's very insecure." As he spoke, the middle-aged man looked Mu Bai and Kong Lin up and down, and then glanced at the sword wound on Kong Lin's left shoulder, "If I'm not mistaken, you are those escaped slaves today, right?"
didn't wait for Mu Bai to answer, and continued to talk to himself, "I heard about this matter, that stupid Huang Yun of the Huang family was injured like that. The middle-aged man said, with some sarcasm on the corner of his mouth, and glanced at Mu Bai up and down, "I don't know if he's stupid or you're powerful, but looking at you, it doesn't seem to be very good." ”
When Mu Bai and the others heard this, their faces turned even paler, listening to what the middle-aged man said, it seemed that many people knew that they had escaped, and even if they were not planted here today, they would have to be arrested if they went out.
Seeing that the two of them didn't speak, the middle-aged man walked to a Taishi chair and sat down directly, "Okay, now you can have a good talk, it's not impossible for me to take you out of the city, but what's the benefit for me?" The middle-aged man leaned back on the Taishi chair and looked at them with interest.
Mu Bai's eyes lit up a little when he heard this, but he was not too happy, but asked carefully, "I don't know what Mr. needs us to do?"
"Forget it, you can't help me much. As he spoke, the middle-aged man waved his hand, and when Mu Bai heard the middle-aged man's words, his eyes, which were originally a little shiny, dimmed in an instant.
But then because of the middle-aged man's words, there was hope again, "I can send you out of the city, and I don't want you to do any benefits, because you can't give it, the reason why this is so is because you made that kid of the Huang family half dead, I am happy." Saying this, the middle-aged man smiled, seeming to be a little happy.
"I don't know ...... Mr." Mu Bai said this, and didn't say it anymore, he couldn't figure out the middle-aged man's thoughts, sometimes good and sometimes bad.
"It's okay, you don't have to worry, stay with me today. The middle-aged man said in a mocking tone, "Those city guards don't dare to search me, and there are tens of thousands of people in the city, most of them are slaves, and there are all kinds of slaves running away every day, and it is impossible for them to show the people of the Huang family because of you searching around, at most they will show the people of the Huang family, and after collecting the money, they have to do things on the surface." ”
Mu Bai was a little sad, the slaves' lives were as low as grass, some died, some ran away, and they didn't attract much attention, most of the slaves were like Jia San, they died in obscurity, some were for their own future, and some were directly tortured and beaten to death.
The middle-aged man's words have come to this, Mu Bai is not sure what the middle-aged man thinks, so he immediately straightened his waist and said: "But with Mr.'s arrangement, if Mu Bai succeeds in the future, he will be rewarded." As he spoke, Mu Bai clasped his hands into fists and bowed.
The middle-aged man waved his hand, not caring and said: "I didn't expect you to repay anything, I was just happy for a while, the people of the Huang family auctioned off the former county lord at the auction this time, but on the way back, I heard that Huang Yun's kid was injured half to death, I didn't expect it to be you." The middle-aged man's tone was a little mocking, "That county lord is a former county lord, and at this moment he is just a female slave, although he was taken away by Huang Yun's kid, but if it weren't for the one behind her......" As he spoke, the middle-aged man was silent.
When Mu Bai heard this, he knew that the matter of this auction was not so simple, and if the middle-aged man didn't say it, he wouldn't continue to ask. He didn't worry about the middle-aged man deceiving him, saying that it was okay to stay here, that would still have some credibility, but he was not afraid, if the middle-aged man wanted to harm him, the inch-haired young man could kill them with a backhand, so Mu Bai simply let the middle-aged man arrange it.
"I've got some gold sore medicine, let's use it. As he spoke, the middle-aged man reached into his arms, took out a porcelain vase, and threw it at Kong Lin, "You go to the wing room on the second floor to rest in peace, I will send you out of the city tomorrow, and the city guard will not check the situation in the carriage when he sees me." After speaking, the middle-aged man ignored the two of them, turned his head and continued to give instructions to the inch-haired young man behind him.
Mu Bai and the others clasped their fists in thanks, turned their heads and walked towards the staircase leading to the second floor.