Although he acted very relaxed, and even the smile on his face seemed so nonchalant, the shock and confusion in Wu Lai's heart could not be described - it was self-evident that the appearance of Night Blade Dance, who had been missing for a long time, at such a time and place must have been very unusual.
"Yeah, long time no see." Ye Renwu's eyes swept over Shelley, and then fell back on Wu Lai's face. After sitting down on the big recliner, she took the wine glass handed by the maid and took a sip. She smiled and asked, "Wu Lai, I heard that your leg was injured? Who did it?"
Shelley was a little surprised, because Ye Renwu's tone sounded like she was reminiscing about the past with Wu Lai. Although she had already heard this from their conversation, it didn't look like a conversation between a kidnapper and abducted person.
"Do you even need to ask? Your people." Wu Lai answered calmly.
"Oh, yes, I know who it is. I'm just curious, who can still hurt you." Ye Renwu put down the wine glass and pointed at Shelley. "I also heard that in the first 10 to 20 days, in order to save her life, you gave her half of your food every time?"
"Is this strange? I'm trying to lose weight recently and don't want to eat so much." Wu Lai replied with a smile.
Shelley on the side was stunned. After falling into the pit, she quickly fell into extreme panic. It was Wu Lai who kept comforting her and encouraging her, and she slowly calmed down. Then, she was soon tortured by hunger and became dazed and sleepy all day long. How could she know that half of the food she ate every day was saved for her by Wu Lai.
No wonder he was so weak. Shelley's nose suddenly felt sour.
"Okay, stop joking." Ye Renwu leaned back and leaned comfortably on a large cushion. "You two, one is a general famous throughout the continent, and the other is a legendary priestess in the Assyrian territory. Oh, by the way, I also heard that you can use divine arts. Hehe, Wu Lai, I guess her divine arts have something to do with you."
"Ye Renwu, you were not the type to talk nonsense before." Wu Lai simply closed his eyes. "If you don't want to tell me your purpose, I don't care. I've already done this anyway."
"Okay, since you're so anxious to know." Ye Renwu nodded, "We're arresting you to settle accounts."
"Settling the accounts?" Wu Lai's eyebrows jumped again.
"Wu Lai, do you still remember the Moonlight Girl?" Ye Renwu frowned slightly.
Woolley opened his eyes. Of course he remembered.
"The Daughter of Moonlight was the holy envoy of my Heavenly Favor Hall. She died in your hands. Because of her death, we were forced to flee Assyria. In order to protect us, my uncle, the warrior Monadil of the Heavenly Favor Hall, and a group of good fighters died one after another. Tell me, how could my Heavenly Favor Hall let you go so easily?" Ye Renwu's voice suddenly became a little cold.
Wu Lai nodded again: "So that's how it is. Now I understand everything..."
"Understand? What can you understand?" A mocking look suddenly appeared on Ye Renwu's lips.
"You are stupid, so don't think that others are as stupid as you." Wu Lai sighed and shook his head. His words almost made Shelley beside him laugh out loud.
This Woolley has a very mean tongue, Shelley thought.
Night Blade Dance frowned.
Wu Lai smiled slightly and continued, "You have been hiding in Assyria for many years. I think you should have gathered enough information on military strength, terrain, customs, power, and technology. At least, you thought you had gathered enough information. However, my appearance made you stay a little longer because the technology I have is something you have never seen or heard of before."
"Finally, you approached me in the least suspicious way, but I thought it was just a coincidence..." Wu Lai smiled self-deprecatingly. "In the last conversation between Mr. Lini and me before his death, he mentioned to me that it was you who suggested that I take charge of printing the Assyrian book on clay tablets. At that time, Mr. Lini just felt sorry for your disappearance. In fact, he and I both thought that you were in trouble."
"The Moonlight Girl killed me because she didn't want Assyria to have my technologies that could be converted into combat power at any time. If I don't die, not only will you not be able to suppress Assyria in this regard, you may also be counterattacked. She failed, so I became a thorn in your side. This time you didn't kill me but kidnapped me. Do you have any other reason besides coveting my technology? Therefore, your purpose cannot be to settle accounts with me."
"No more talking. We are all smart people. If we talk too much, it will all be nonsense." Wu Lai frowned slightly, "So, you should let Helen come out."
A trace of surprise flashed across Ye Renwu's eyes. After glancing at Wu Lai, she snorted coldly: "Wulai Grindo, you are too confident in yourself."
"Excellent people can't help but be confident in themselves. Do you think I'm lying to you? No, I'm not." Wu Lai shook his head slowly. "From the beginning to the end, the only person who has access to most of my secrets is Helen. If I'm not mistaken, she should be your Heavenly Saint now. The Assyrian Book records the qualifications for the Heavenly Saint. In my opinion, except for..."
"Excellent." Ye Renwu applauded again. "Wuliglindo, although you didn't describe the logic and clues completely, the facts are indeed not much different from what you said. I admit that Helen is the Saint of our Tianjuan people, but the Saint is very busy now, and I'm afraid she won't have time to see you for a long time. However, she asked me to tell you two things."
"Go ahead." Wu Lai felt very uncomfortable now. Although his heart sank the moment he saw Ye Renwu, he was still unwilling to accept the fact that Helen approached him just to steal his technology, even though he had already deduced it and had got Ye Renwu's personal confirmation.
"Her Lady Saint said that if you are willing to serve Tianjuan, she will grant you the greatest honor in the Tianjuan territory." Ye Renwu said.
"What about the second sentence?" Wu Lai frowned.
"If you are unwilling to work for Tianjuan, she can only choose to ensure that you will not become an enemy of Tianjuan." Ye Renwu said.
"What's the method? Kill me?" Wu Lai asked with a cold smile.
"No, it's confinement." Ye Renwu sighed and stood up. "Wuliglindo, don't think that the Saint is just being false to you. The burden on her shoulders is not light, and it has been on her since she was a child. So, you'd better not hate her and think that she doesn't hate you either."
"Holding a grudge against me?" Wu Lai frowned. "What is the relationship between her and the Moonlight Girl?"
"Your Excellency the Holy Envoy is the aunt of Her Excellency the Saint, so, Wu Lailindo, you actually owe Her Excellency the Saint." Ye Renwu's answer made Wu Lai silent for a moment.
"But why did you kidnap Shelley?" Wu Lai asked.
"We only plan to bring you here. As for taking her along, it was Gosmondo's suggestion. You can hate him, I don't mind." Ye Renwu smiled and stood up. "Wuliglindo, the world of Tianjuan Territory is bigger. With Her Excellency the Saint here, no one dares to become your enemy. So, you should think about it carefully. Her Excellency the Saint is still waiting for your reply."
"Lock me up first." Wu Lai stretched lazily with a smile, "I want to calm down for a while and think seriously. Also, no matter where you lock me up, Shelley cannot leave my sight. Otherwise, I will never consider cooperating with you."
"Wuliglindo, are you trying to delay the war?" Ye Renwu frowned.
"That's a good word. It seems that Helen taught you some of the things she learned from me." Woolley smiled.
"Wuliglindo, you should know that, first of all, you can't escape. Secondly, imprisoning you forever has the same effect as killing you. The latter will allow us to rest easier." Ye Renwu reminded Wu Lai.
"That's just your unilateral idea." Wu Lai glanced at Ye Renwu and then turned his gaze to Shelley. "I'll have to put up with you for a while."
"If you have time, tell me the story of you and Helen," Shelley said with a smile.
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It was not until the rear guard of the Salt Marsh Army left his sight that Date came to his senses.
After a heavy sigh, he turned around and looked at Eddie: "Eddie, I'm afraid this is the only way. Wu Lai has been missing for so long and there is no news. He is either dead or abducted somewhere. If it is the latter, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find him."
"He is so smart and brave, he will be fine. Or he is just imprisoned temporarily. Also, I heard from Oddo that more than a hundred of Wu Lai's direct subordinates have already set out to look for him. They are the elite among the elite. So, please let me stay in Kayikede City for a while longer." Eddie begged with red eyes.
"Of course you can stay in Kayikede. As long as I'm here, you can stay as long as you want." Date said quickly. He felt sorry for his niece from the bottom of his heart. She came here from thousands of miles away, so anxious and disappointed, but he couldn't help her at all.
"I, I want to go to West Point with the Saltmarsh Army." Eddie said.
"How can that be possible?" Date shook his head. "If you don't like staying in our camp, then stay in Kayiked. West Point is Woolley's territory, but it's a military academy, mostly filled with men. It's not appropriate for you to go there."
"Why not? I can still train the army for Wu Lai, and wait for him to come back while training." Eddie frowned. After the Salt Marsh Army was replaced by the Woye Army, nearly half of the troops were dispersed. Now there are only more than 8,000 people left, and there is no place to go except West Point Village. Eddie feels that if no one helps to manage it, more people will choose to leave.
"No, no..." Date waved his hands quickly, "Eddie, this matter is not negotiable."
At the same time, in the Shitan Camp where only the left army of Hulit's First Legion was stationed alone, Saiyin was lying comfortably beside a pile of firewood, enjoying the long-lost sunshine. In the open space near the firewood pile, four deputy generals and nine lieutenant generals stood respectfully with their hands hanging down, not daring to show any strange expression. In the past few days, they have seen Saiyin's methods, so how could they dare to provoke this young commander.
"Reporting to General Saiyin, it has been confirmed that the enemy's defense zone has completed the change of guard." A scout ran over quickly and reported loudly.
"Got it." Saiyin waved his hand and dismissed the scout without any further action, as if what the scout said just now had nothing to do with him.
…
After Shelley turned around, he walked back from the gate to the bed and carefully drew the fifth "shallow groove" on the wall with copper shackles.
"Another day has passed," Woolley said to himself.
All in all, Wu Lai was quite satisfied with his current "residence" - it was located in the basement of a large house halfway up the mountain, converted from a small cave. Although it was not spacious, it was relatively dry, which was at least better for his health.
Wu Lai could see that the people who renovated the two dungeons had put a lot of thought into the design and must have invested a lot of manpower. Otherwise, it would have been impossible to carve four stone chambers out of the stone wall in the originally small cave. Moreover, they were made very symmetrical, with two chambers on each side, one large and one small, and even their areas were basically the same.
The large stone room outside was the bedroom, and the small stone room inside was the toilet. There was a thick curtain between the two stone rooms. Every day, a female guard would take out the used ash bucket and replace it with a new one. She would also clean the stone room and change the sheets. Every two days, the guard would bring two large buckets of hot water and clean clothes for the two to wash and change.
While the guards were cleaning, Wu Lai and Shelley would usually leave the stone chamber and stroll in the corridor for a while. This was allowed because there were three thick copper gates in this corridor, which was about fifty steps long. Even if the two could successfully pass through these three gates, they would not be able to pass the slope of more than two hundred stone steps leading to the exit.
Therefore, the time when the female guard is cleaning is equivalent to the "release time" for Wu Lai and Shelley. At this time, Wu Lai will give Shelley a loving hug and a kiss, which can make Shelley more optimistic.
After leaving the corridor and returning to their respective stone chambers, the two could still communicate by gestures or shouting, because the copper gates of the two stone chambers were facing each other and were less than thirty steps apart.
But most of the time, the two chose to stand by the door and look at each other silently. Occasionally, Wu Lai would make a face or something, and every time he did that, Shelley would giggle out loud.
Her laughter was the best comfort for Wu Lai.
Lying in bed but unable to fall asleep immediately was definitely a torment for Wu Lai, because he would always unconsciously think about many things and people, the confusing situation on the continent, and the war between Assyria and the Hulit-Kimor coalition forces...