Wu Lai could conclude that he and the sedan chair were roped down a cliff, then put on a boat and floated down the river to the other side. Then, he was taken into the dense forest by the people who picked up Cleo. After climbing a long slope, he walked a long way along the ridge, then went downhill and waded through a shallow area of ​​water. Only then did he arrive at this populated area, because he heard himself passing through noisy voices, and then he was taken into this slightly quiet place...

This journey took almost one night and one day, and because we didn't rest at all, even feeding and giving him water were done in a hurry.

The reason why he knew the approximate time was because just now, Woolley heard Cleo say, "It will be dark soon."

Finally, the cloth that was almost digging into the flesh on his eyes was torn off. However, the person who tore it off obviously didn't consider Wu Lai's feelings, because he didn't mind at all whether his actions were rude.

Although he was mentally prepared, the sudden appearance of light still caused Wu Lai's eyes to feel a sharp pain. The moment tears welled up involuntarily, he quickly closed his eyes.

Then the cloth on his mouth was torn off.

"Shelley..." Wu Lai just shouted and found that his voice had become hoarse to the point of being harsh.

"Shelley! Shelley! Are you there?" Woolley continued to shout, trying to open his eyes again.

“She’s here, stop shouting.” Cleo’s voice was filled with impatience. “If you shout again, I’ll let her answer you with painful moans.”

"Cleo, if you dare to hurt her again, I promise you will pay with your life." Wu Lai said coldly.

"Really? I really don't believe you." Cleo sneered, walked quickly to the sedan chair where Shelley was tied, and kicked Shelley on the back.

Shelley groaned in pain. But to Cleo's surprise, Woolley actually laughed: "Cleo, now I know how big the gap is between you and the Moonlight Girl. You will never learn her elegance, her calmness, her aloofness and arrogance. You are just a prostitute."

“伍莱格林多，你就那么想激怒我吗？噢，是啊，你一定以为惹恼了我，我就会从你的小情人身边离开，过来揍你一顿，然后，她就没事了，对不对？”克莉奥格格一笑，接着说道，“算你俩运气好，我已经累了，哼，收拾你们的事，过两天再说吧。”

Wu Lai frowned. Since Cleo had seen through him and Shelley was sure to be nearby and still alive, he was too lazy to say anything.

After a while, the sound of footsteps gradually faded away, and then the sound of a door closing heavily was heard again.

Wu Lai opened his eyes and looked at Shelley, who was about ten steps away from him. "Shelley, hold on. I will take you away from here and back to Assyria."

Shelley obviously heard it. With her eyes and mouth still sealed, she desperately made a "woohoo" sound.

Long after it had been completely dark, the door rang, the fire lit up, and more than a dozen women walked in quickly, some carrying buckets, copper basins, bamboo baskets, and rattan baskets. Each of them looked to be in their twenties but less than thirty years old, and their physiques were as strong as Wu Lai. Their clothes were very uniform, and they looked like female soldiers.

While Wu Lai was still thinking, more than a dozen women split into two groups. Half of them walked towards Shelley and surrounded Wu Lai in a radius. They put buckets, copper basins, bamboo baskets and rattan baskets on the ground. Some of them worked together to set up the stretcher, and some began to pour water.

After the clang, a pair of copper shackles were put on Wu Lai's wrists and ankles...

With the sound of tearing cloth, Wu Lai's dirty and tattered clothes, pants, shoes and socks were torn, stripped off and thrown aside. Soon, someone picked them up and carried them out of the house...

"What are you doing?" Shelley exclaimed softly. It was obvious that the women surrounding her were making her experience the same thing as Wu Lai.

"Don't be afraid, Shelley, it's okay." Wu Lai shouted quickly.

After Shelley responded, Woolley became naked. Then, two women grabbed his arms, one on the left and one on the right, and the other two women came to his side with copper basins filled with water and began to scrub him vigorously.

"Not bad, and it's warm water, but the technique is not so good." Wu Lai said as he looked at the women surrounding him one by one.

No one paid any attention to him.

"Who sent you?" asked Woolley.

Still no one paid any attention.

"Are you all mute?" Wu Lai suddenly frowned after asking. It was not because no one paid attention to him as usual, but because among the two women who were washing him, the one who was squatting on the ground and washing his lower body "attacked" his vitals. The strength, angle and slow speed were absolutely ambiguous.

Oh my god, was I molested? Wu Lai subconsciously lowered his head, and the woman raised her face. Immediately, Wu Lai caught a hint of shyness and panic...

After the four buckets of water were used up, two women wiped Wu Lai's body dry with cotton cloth. Another woman squatted beside Wu Lai and busy herself with his wounds for a while. Then, some scented powder was sprinkled on Wu Lai. Then, a woman combed his still wet hair and shaved his beard cleanly.

"Huh, you guys are really particular." Wu Lai sneered.

So he was ignored again.

After a while, Woolley and Shelley, who was also "stripped" and shackled, were surrounded by these women and left the house. They were stuffed into a spacious, clean carriage with a hint of floral scent. This time, they were not blindfolded and were allowed to sit together, because this was Hulett's territory and the other party no longer had to worry about exposing their whereabouts.

After the whip cracked three times, the carriage started moving. Shelley leaned his head gently on Wu Lai's shoulder, stood up and asked, "Wu Lai, are we going to die?"

"No, I'm here." Wu Lai grabbed Shelley's hand...

Just as Wu Lai and Shelley were heading towards the unknown hand in hand, a group of captains gathered again in Wu Lai's tent in the Gap Defense Zone, but everyone's face looked not very good.

"Odo, the general has the best relationship with you. Please give us an idea. What should we do?" Red was the first to break the silence.

Odo sighed deeply, frowned and stood up: "I know what everyone thinks. In fact, I want to stay here just like everyone else. Not only because this is General Wu Lai's instruction before leaving, but also because we are backed by thousands of people from Kayikede. If I have to find another reason, it is that I don't trust the combat effectiveness of the Woye Army. However, the order was issued by the Supreme Council, and as a rule, we must obey, so..."

"So what?!" Di Lumen jumped up with a weird cry, "I don't believe the Woye Army can hold this place! Also, the general worked hard to lead everyone to build this place as solid as the Hongguwan Fortress, and we are just going to hand it over to the Woye Army?! Bah! The guys in Mondo Woye don't have that blessing!"

"I object too!" A team leader raised his hand.

"Everyone, please be quiet for a moment." Red stood up quickly. "The rotation of the Woye Army is a decision made by the Supreme Council. Even if we are extremely reluctant..."

"That's enough!" Pu Tong stood up and stopped Red from continuing. "Captain Red, stop talking nonsense. We all know the truth. The general said that we are an army and the army must obey the orders of their superiors. If you take the lead in disobeying orders, how can you lead the troops in the future? I just want to know, where can we go if we leave here?!"

All the regiment leaders were silent. Yes, this was the biggest problem. The general was missing. Maybe he would come back someday. Without the defense zone, would they have to live under someone else's roof? Could it be that they were going to disband?

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"Everyone..." Bailey stood up slowly.

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Another twenty-five days later, the carriage carrying Wu Lai and his companion stopped in a valley bordering the territories of Hulit and Kimo.

There is a huge house built on the mountainside. After Wu Lai got off the car, before he could see the edge of the house that appeared and disappeared among the woods, a black cloth bag was covered on his head.

"Don't worry, Shelley. Now that you're here, you should be able to rest for a while." Wu Lai laughed and said that the treatment these days was completely different from the previous one. Not only were three meals a day provided on time, but he and Shelley would be "cleaned" every other day. Of course, he could not escape the "fate of being molested" every time.

"I'm not worried." Shelley's spirits were much better. Although he was exhausted from riding in the car every day, he had enough food, so he no longer looked as emaciated as before.

After a while, the two of them stumbled into the house.

After the black cloth bag was removed, Wu Lai found himself and Shelley in a spacious, simply furnished living room. The large floor-to-ceiling windows overlooked the garden, and the granite walls were polished to a smooth finish. There were two large lounge chairs about ten cubits long against the left wall, and four large soft chairs on the right. In front of the wall directly opposite the floor-to-ceiling windows was a statue.

When Wu Lai saw the statue, he was stunned. He had seen this statue of a topless female warrior in the Assyrian Citizens' College. The female warrior's brows were slightly furrowed, her eyes were firm, she held a sword in her right hand and a shield in her left hand, her body slightly leaned forward, and she looked ready for battle...

Lini told him that this female warrior was a god named "Lo". More than a thousand years ago, her status was on par with that of the god Amon. In the pantheon of the time, Lo and Amon divided the entire continent equally. Amon was the patron saint of the Assyrians and Hurrians, while Lo was the patron saint of the Kimos and the Tianjuan people.

It would not be a strange thing to see the statue of "Luo" in the Hulit Territory or Kimo or Tianjuan Territory, but what surprised Wu Lai was that the statue in front of him was clearly the one in the academy - he would never make a mistake about this.

"Please take a seat," a woman said loudly, and together with the other women, she "forced" the two men to sit down on the big soft chairs, and then left the living room together.

Soon, two maids came out from the small door on the right, each holding a wooden tray in their hands. On the trays were a wine jug, a ceramic cup and some grapes.

After placing the wooden tray on the two small tables in front of the large soft chair, the two maids turned around and left quickly.

Wu Lai frowned, turned his head and raised his eyes, and his eyes met Shelley's.

"Woolley, look carefully at the emblem on the door handle. Do you recognize it?" Shelley asked in a low voice.

Wu Lai took a closer look and shook his head slowly. He was sure that before today, he had never seen any similar emblem pattern.

"Perhaps we could consider talking to them about the ransom?" Shelley asked again softly.

"Shelley." Wu Lai felt that he had an obligation to make Shelley realize the seriousness of the situation. "The people who kidnapped us definitely didn't do it for money, otherwise they would have just taken us to Hulett's territory and wouldn't have gone through so much trouble to bring us here."

Applause suddenly broke out, and then a voice that Wu Lai had not heard for a long time rang out: "Your analysis is correct, Wu Lai Grindo."

Wu Lai's eyebrows twitched slightly and his eyes moved towards the source of the sound. He saw the door on the left side of the living room suddenly open, and Ye Renwu, wrapped in a pink long dress, walked out lightly and gracefully with a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

"Hi, long time no see." Wu Lai waved his hand, and the shackles on his hands made a loud noise...