Chapter 43: The Lady's Courtyard
When Gu Xiaobai left Shaqian Village, the scene was also very grand, and the villagers stood in a row to bid farewell to the big hero who helped them exempt themselves from taxes.
Sitting in the carriage, Gu Xiaobai deliberately chose the position next to Li Leg, he wanted to make sure that he could use him as a bargaining chip at any time, so that he could take the initiative, and it could be seen from the eyes of these people in the guard that everything was not so simple, although for the time being, he didn't know why Li Leg suddenly agreed to his conditions.
Out of the end of the village, there is yellow chaos between heaven and earth, this is not the boundless desert like before, to be precise, it should be the Gobi, the ground is relatively hard, the wooden wheels of the carriage roll on the mixture of sand and soil, the sky is clear, but there is no living thing in sight, and occasionally you can see the corpses half-hidden on the ground, all of which have been weathered, only the jars that fell on the side can show that they are all "sand miners".
Walking farther afield, they could occasionally see a few small villages, but Li Leg and his party did not stop, according to him, Shaduan Village was the last village they were responsible for collecting taxes. Looking at the large area of ashes in the distance, Gu Xiaobai knew that this was all a good thing that Li Leg and the others did, and if they couldn't collect taxes, they would set a fire to solve it easily.
Along the way, everyone rarely spoke to Gu Xiaobai, but their occasional resentful look made Gu Xiaobai know that he couldn't let his guard down, and he decided to get rid of these humanoid beasts who might bite him at any time as long as he went to the domain mansion.
Who knew that this walk was five days, and the speed of the group was not slow, and the distance between Shaduan Village and Yufu was not far, but it took five days, which shows the vastness of the northern region. The barrenness and desolation along the way Gu Xiaobai saw it in his eyes, as Miao Lao said, the Northern Regions were too poor, and the Domain Government only focused on taxation, completely ignoring the lives of the people, so the people were miserable, and people wanted to escape but had no way but could only survive.
At noon on the fifth day, you can see "Kuncheng" from a long distance, which is the capital of the entire northern region, and it is a yellow-brown box from a distance, but when you get closer, you find that the area of this Kuncheng is not small. The yellow-brown city wall is more than ten meters high, and you can see by looking at the color that its material is the same as the sand houses in Shawan Village before. At this time, the gate of Kuncheng was wide open, and a row of guards in brown robes stood at the entrance of the gate to check the passers-by, which looked like the scene in the costume TV series, which made him wonder if he had crossed over, but after looking at the time on his phone, he was sure that this was really a place completely isolated from the world.
Gu Xiaobai took out his mobile phone again and looked at it, there was still no signal, he originally thought that there would be hope when he arrived in the capital, but the truth disappointed him.
When the carriage team walked to the door, those people saw that it was the tax guard, and they were immediately in awe, moved their positions to let the guards pass, and everything seemed to be going well, but the corners of Li Leg's mouth quietly curled.
Suddenly, the carriage stopped, Gu Xiaobai didn't understand what was going on, they were in the middle of the gate of the city gate at this time, but they were sandwiched back and forth by two teams of people, behind were the guards who were checking, and in front, there was a team of people wearing the same color clothes as Li Leg and them.
"Hahaha, now look where you run, it's a good urn to catch turtles. Li Leg suddenly began to laugh.
Gu Xiaobai's reaction was not slow, and he grabbed Li Leg as soon as possible, wanting to control his hostage, but suddenly found that his body stopped in mid-air, and something firmly restrained his hands and feet, but when he looked over, there was nothing, which reminded Gu Xiaobai of Li Yufei's ability.
The Li leg was still palpitating, and he crawled down the carriage, but he broke his foot and let out a wail.
"My lord, you want to help me get revenge, it's this beast who broke my feet!" Li Leg looked at the man standing in the distance, it was a middle-aged man about forty years old, with a beard, and a murderous aura leaking from his eyebrows, he was not a master to be messed with at first glance.
"Just heal your foot yourself, this is for Madame, it's not my turn to call the shots for you. The man spoke loudly, as if he were reading a holy decree.
"To Madame......?"
"That's right, his current status is 'waiter'. ”
As soon as these words came out, Li Leg, who was lying on the ground, suddenly showed a weird smile, his eyes were full of pity, as if he was sympathizing with a dying person, he looked at Gu Xiaobai and shook his head silently.
"That's good, although killing him will make me more comfortable, but it's better to live than to die, Lord Xie!" a few people picked up Li's legs and limped towards the doorway.
"Take him back to the Yufu and send him to the 'Yayuan'. With an order, several guards came over and dragged Gu Xiaobai off the carriage. He tried many times, but he couldn't break free, and it seemed that the middle-aged man not only had magical abilities, but also had a high level as an ability.
Along the way, although Kuncheng is the capital of the Northern Regions, the scene looks completely backward, the sand houses here are higher, but that's all, the large and small shops along the street sell vegetables, fruits and daily necessities, but the price is exaggerated, just a toothbrush made of wood and horsehair costs twenty dollars, which makes Gu Xiaobai really startled.
Soon, at the end of the street in front of me, a super-large sand house appeared, with the plaque at the door reading "Northern Regions Mansion" in large golden letters, and a row of guards stood at the door, and the group walked directly in.
In the Northern Regions Mansion, there is a world of difference from the outside world, there are not only flowers and plants that are impossible to see outside, but even a pool the size of a basketball court, you know, Miao Lao and the village where they live in Shaduan even whether the well can get water depends on God's face, in comparison, the extravagance in the Domain Mansion can be imagined.
Walking through the intricate corridors, the guards dragged Gu Xiaobai all the way to the depths of the Domain Mansion, which was like a labyrinth, if it wasn't for the familiar route, it would be quite difficult to get out.
Soon, a courtyard that was not so large in comparison appeared in front of me, and the name of the courtyard was only two words: Yayuan. The layout here is particularly feminine, full of fragrant Tulan flowers, there are goldfish in the small fountain pool, there are a total of three rooms in the courtyard, and Gu Xiaobai was directly brought into the room on his left hand.
This sand hut is only seventy or eighty square meters, and it is unbelievable that it is a cage made of steel, and there is a figure curled up in the corner of the cage at this time. When the man saw Gu Xiaobai being brought in, he suddenly began to laugh loudly, and the laughter was heartbreaking, as if he had finally escaped from a nightmare.
"Haha, I can finally die!Hahaha, I'm going to die!" The laughter was very penetrating, and several guards hurriedly drilled outside after throwing Gu Xiaobai in, they didn't want to get bad luck here.
"He is an anomaly, and even with my ability, he is still a dangerous object, and you must keep strict care of it. The middle-aged man gave a few words, then pushed the door open and left, and then the guards all went out, leaving only two standing in the doorway.
"Hahaha, I'm finally going to die! I'm finally going to die!" the man was still laughing maniacally, and his crazy appearance looked really scary.
"Hey, man, can you shut up, it's noisy!" After the middle-aged man left, Gu Xiaobai found that he could speak.
"You know what? Soon you'll be just like me, hahaha, just as eager to die!" the man's eyes were bloodshot, and he twitched incessantly, as if he was going to die at any moment.
Gu Xiaobai shook his head, he didn't plan to talk nonsense with him, the most important thing at the moment was to see the domain master, if he wanted to go to the Southern Regions, it was not a way to be locked up here. Gu Xiaobai tried to stand up, but the power that bound his hands and feet still did not disappear, and he couldn't stand up, he simply squirmed to the side of the cage like a reptile and slammed his head against the iron rod of the cage.
"Dang!" There was a loud bang, and the iron rod was even slightly deformed, but this time it also made Gu Xiaobai hurt half to death.
"Damn, come on, Lao Tzu has something to say!" Looking at Gu Xiaobai who was roaring, the man was stunned in place, and he could deform the iron rod with one end, what kind of monster should this be, could it be that the lady's taste is getting heavier and heavier?
"Don't shout, they'll ignore you, and you'll be able to go out at night. The man walked up to Gu Xiaobai and helped him up. Only then did Gu Xiaobai see his appearance clearly, this man was unexpectedly handsome, not at all like a person living in a desert area, with white and tender skin, a straight nose, and a handsome guy in the outside world, but his body was too thin and weak, and he looked like he could be blown down by the wind.
"What do you mean?
"Here, this is the Elegant Courtyard, haha, the Elegant Courtyard. As he spoke, the man began to cry, tears dripping down his nose and falling to the ground.
"What the hell is going on, who are you?" Gu Xiaobai was completely confused, he couldn't even figure out what the situation was now.
"My name is Li Qiusheng, this is the elegant courtyard, and it is also Madame's secret garden, every night, Madame will come here on time and ravage her 'pet'. Li Qiusheng held back tears and said heartbreakingly.
"Ravage?pet?, are you her xingnue object?" Gu Xiaobai opened his mouth in disbelief.
Li Qiusheng nodded silently, although this statement was the first time he had heard of it, he knew that the meaning was the same.
"And Madame has a habit of having only one 'pet' at a time, that is, from the moment you come in, I am doomed to die, and you are the next 'pet' to succeed me. Li Qiusheng's eyes had lost their sparkle, and it was a sense of helplessness that had lost hope for life.
"Damn, such nonsense?" Gu Xiaobai couldn't believe his ears, this is the twenty-first century, even if he is isolated from the world, there will be no such nonsense.
"Don't worry, you will never die, damn, aren't you just a girl, who plays who is not certain!" Gu Xiaobai's face showed a vicious look, he didn't believe that he had spent five inhuman years on the island, and in the end he would fold on a woman who liked to play SM.
Li Qiusheng's eyes gradually became strange when he looked at Gu Xiaobai, but he didn't know what he was thinking.