"What's going on?"
Yang Zhao asked, "Shouldn't you be returning to your hometown?"
Yun Xiaozi wiped his face hastily, then tried to ignore the nausea and said, "I've already returned to the village. I've given the salt-making recipe to my grandmother and the village chief. I've already discussed it with the village chief. This method of making sea salt will be submitted to the government, and the surrounding villages will also be informed. This way, our villages near the sea will be self-sufficient, and people won't die from salt."
This statement made Yang Zhao raise his eyebrows.
However, since she had given him the method of making sea salt, she could let him do what he wanted with it. Whether he wanted to do sea salt business or share the recipe, she had no objection.
"And then?"
"Could it be that you're being hunted down because of this sea salt recipe?"
Qiuliang also looked at Yunxiaozi.
Yun Xiaozi shook his head, glanced at Qiu Liang secretly, and then told him about his journey.
It turned out that after he decided to release the sea salt recipe, he had made up his mind to follow Yang Zhao. After all, he had sworn before that his life would belong to Yang Zhao from now on and he would be loyal to Yang Zhao.
So after he left his village, he headed all the way to the Mo Dynasty.
But he didn't expect that he would meet Wang Liu, an envoy of the Mo Dynasty, on his way back. That night, he and Wang Liu's team rested by the same river. However, the leader, Lord Wang Liu, was a good-tempered and talkative person.
I saw him alone, and he was a handsome young man.
So I went up to chat.
Later, Yun Xiaozi realized that Wang Liu was not just chatting nonsense, but was obviously attracted by the fish he grilled.
Because of a fish, the two of them had a very pleasant chat.
Later, when Wang Liu learned that Yun Xiaozi was also going to Yujiang to do business, he invited him to go with him. Yun Xiaozi wanted to refuse, after all, he was in a hurry, but his horse was bitten to death by a poisonous snake in the middle of the night.
Helpless Yun Xiaozi could only get on Wang Liu's carriage.
He had planned to wait until the next market to buy a horse before setting off, but before he could catch a ride to his next destination, he was attacked by bandits on the way. After he had managed to kill the bandits, most of them were killed or injured, but not long after, he was attacked again.
Although Yun Xiaozi followed Lord Wang Liu, he was always considered to be "protected".
However, these frequent accidents also made him smell something was wrong. As soon as the crisis was resolved, he planned to quickly part ways with Wang Liu and his gang, but he didn't realize that it was too late.
Just as he was not far away from Lord Wang Liu, he saw the man in black hiding in the dark, who was throwing a hidden weapon at him. If the guards around Lord Wang Liu had not been quick-eyed and quick-handed and rescued him in time, he would have probably been killed.
In this way, he escaped all the way with the "protection" of Lord Wang Liu.
Of course, during this period, he also took advantage of his familiarity with the locals and avoided many dangers. He also realized along the way that the black-robed assassins who wanted to kill Lord Wang Liu were not from Qi.
Although Yun Xiaozi did not have a strong sense of patriotism, he knew that if the envoy of the Mo Dynasty died in the territory of Qi, it would definitely cause disputes between the two countries, and war would break out at that time.
His hometown finally got the sea salt recipe, and they can live a stable life in the future. He doesn't want the war to spread to his hometown.
So at the critical moment of the last large-scale assassin attack, he had no choice but to take Lord Wang Liu into the water...
I thought it would be fine if I could escape back to the territory of the Mo Dynasty.
Who knew...
After arriving at the border of the Mo Dynasty, he finally understood what it meant to strike with a knife every three steps and stab every two steps. There were so many people who were assassinating him openly and secretly that it made his scalp tingle.
Even the soldiers guarding the gate are like this!
He was forced to use a small passage that he had once spent a lot of money to smuggle through before he was able to enter the country.
But in the end, he had no choice but to hide the dying Lord Wang Liu while he went to seek help. However, he had the misfortune to encounter a black-robed assassin who was mowing down a farmer's house. The sight of him peeling off the man's face in blood was so frightening that Yun Xiaozi almost vomited.
And it turns out that he is lucky.
The assassin who was cleaning up the situation was also injured and half-crippled. After being discovered, he fought back with all his might and saved his life.
Afraid of another accident.
Yun Xiaozi then got a set of clothes from the farmer and put on the mask made by the man in black robe. He rushed all the way to Yujiang City without stopping, and then found out the location of "Duke Yang of Qi" and came here.
He tried to be as careful as possible along the way.
But the pursuits, assassinations and attacks along the way have made his nerves extremely tense.
Now that he could finally relax and talk about it, he almost wanted to cry.
"Master, if I hadn't had to, I really wouldn't dare to use real human skin on my face. It's too disgusting and too scary. Those black-robed people are simply not human. A family of farmers, big and small, with seven or eight people, are all dead. The skins have been peeled off and soaked in a jar. I don't know how deep the hatred is..."
After hearing this, Yang Zhao's expression turned cold.
"Where is Lord Wang Liu? Where is the farmer whose face was peeled off?" Yang Zhao asked coldly.
Yun Xiaozi quickly told the location.
Yang Zhao glanced at Qiu Liang and said, "Take your men to that farmer's house, see what's going on, and then bring back the body of the man in black robe."
Qiu Liang nodded immediately: "Yes."
"I'll go too. I'll lead the way for you." Yun Xiaozi suddenly stopped slouching and stood up straight.
Qiu Liang glanced at him and said, "If you're injured, don't make things worse."
Yun Xiaozi grinned: "It's okay, it's okay, I just have minor injuries..."
"You don't have to follow Qiu Liang. You can take people to bring Lord Wang Liu back later." Yang Zhao said to Yun Xiaozi.
Upon hearing this, Yun Xiaozi immediately became listless, but he nodded, "Yes, Master."
Qiu Liang didn't say anything else and just turned and left.
However, Yang Zhao did not let Yun Xiaozi go directly, but went to the opposite side to find the "Wing King".
When Chen Ming heard that Lord Wang Liu was being hunted by assassins, including a group of black-robed men wearing black robes and masks, he was quite surprised, because the description was very similar to the black-armored guards who acted in private.
"Duke Yang of Qi wants my black-armored soldiers?"
Chen Ming appeared very stable on the surface, and continued to maintain the detached demeanor of a Buddhist master.
Yang Zhao glanced at the 'King of Wings'. This time, he seemed to feel that his appearance was not too exaggerated, because he always felt... fake.
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