Chapter 141: Poisonous Scheme
Noon.
The time of day when the sun is strongest.
The warm sunshine pours down on the barren land of the north, bringing warmth to the world, but it fails to dispel the darkness in human nature.
When they arrived outside the granary, the open space was full of carriages.
A rough count showed that there were at least twenty of them.
People kept coming in and out, carrying out grain bags and wooden boxes from the manor. The amount of accumulated supplies surprised everyone who saw it.
Chen Chunxing squatted on a tree, looked out for a few times, and said with a strange expression: "You said this is a human trafficker?"
"Isn't it?" Liu Sanlang was stunned. He then became more casual and floated directly above those people's heads, wondering, "I really saw a child being imprisoned in the cellar."
Chen Chunxing shook his head and said nothing.
These people are tall and strong, with sharp eyes. They are obviously martial artists. They are fully equipped with swords and knives. How can they be compared with the beggars who make a living by cheating and deceiving people?
"The human traffickers don't keep anyone alive, but they are reluctant to waste food." Xue Yongan sneered.
A word can wake a person up from his dream.
Liu Sanlang reacted and said, yes, which human trafficker would hoard food?
He recalled what he had seen at the manor a few days ago, and his expression became more cautious: "Although there are people farming there, it's only three or five acres, and there is no way it can produce so much."
If they weren't farming themselves, the only option left was to "buy it." If those people were truly human traffickers, why would they trade all their hard-earned money for food? How many mouths do they have to feed at home?
The North is particularly short of food, and has always been able to only import food and never export it.
The behavior is really suspicious.
However, what is more worthy of attention than the grain carts are the innocent children. Their whereabouts have been exposed, and if the government wants to intercept them, it is just a matter of lending a hand.
With Liu Sanlang following secretly, there is no need to worry that the other party will run away.
"Go and find out where these people are transporting the things."
Liu Sanlang was dumbfounded. How could he possibly find out? Did he dream about it? He's not my grandson... He was spinning around anxiously, then suddenly slapped his forehead, remembering his previous experience.
He is a ghost! He can be possessed by a ghost!
How could I forget the only professional skill I have mastered! Damn it!
Liu Sanlang looked around with a frown on his face, and found that Chen Chunxing and the other two had left at some point. He breathed a sigh of relief and then carefully observed the people present. Finally, he chose a skinny man with a sallow face and a body that looked as if he had been hollowed out.
Only those with weak willpower can be easily possessed.
As the skinny guy stepped out of the manor, he shuddered all over, his eyes were dim for a moment, and his inner look had already replaced that of Liu Sanlang.
He calmly glanced at the man who was carrying the goods, thinking about how to approach him and ask him a few words. Unexpectedly, before he could think of anything, shouts came from the manor.
"Enemy detected! Someone's breaking in!"
"Load the car quickly!"
"You guys follow me!"
When Liu Sanlang's name was called, he saw that the other party was wearing a blue shirt made of fine silk, while he was only dressed in shorts. The difference in status was obvious, so he had no choice but to follow him resignedly.
I secretly groaned in my heart.
No way, they just entered and they were discovered? Master Xue is not very good...
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there.
As soon as the two of them entered the manor and found the cellar that Liu Sanlang had mentioned, they heard a boiling sound coming from the distance and were both puzzled.
Who is so unrefined? If you don't have the skills to infiltrate, then don't run around...
The cellar was hidden in a woodshed. Seeing that there was no one around, they knew that the guards had been led away, so they slipped in without hesitation.
Xue Yongan opened the cellar, but found it empty.
A bloody and rotten smell hit me in the face. In the dim underground chamber, bones were scattered everywhere, and broken blades were piled in the corners.
Chen Chunxing frowned, and in an instant he thought of a possibility.
"I've heard that in ancient times, powerful people used the method of raising poisonous insects to train their own warriors. They would lock innocent children in a cave, deprive them of food and water, and let them fight each other until only one was left. Only then would they reward the victor generously. This cycle would repeat itself until their humanity was completely obliterated, and they would then become sharp knives in their own hands."
Her tone was soft and unremarkable, as if she was talking about a trivial matter. But as she was about to finish her words, she raised her hand and shot a flying knife at the roof.
Xue Yongan jumped out from the windowsill at the same time.
There was a dull sound of hitting outside.
Chen Chunxing heard someone shouting in a low voice: "Don't do it, don't do it, my goal is the same as yours!"
She ran out of the woodshed, looked up at the roof, and found that the person fighting with Xue Yongan was actually an old Taoist priest.
This man looked quite young, perhaps forty at most, but his temples were gray. He wore an indigo Taoist robe and a pair of tattered straw sandals. He ran away with one hand covering his head and the other hand scratching his armpit, looking completely disfigured.
After fighting with the Taoist priest for a few times, Xue Yongan had almost figured out the other party's background, but he didn't really kill him. When he saw Chen Chunxing coming out, he stopped and stood in front of her.
"Oh? Taoist priest, are you here to catch human traffickers too?" Chen Chunxing said with a half-smile.
"Human trafficker?" The old Taoist rubbed his shoulder, which was hurt by the kick, and smacked his lips. "If you insist on describing it that way, that's fine."
Chen Chunxing raised his eyebrows and was about to ask what he meant when he saw the old Taoist wave his hand and said, "If you want to watch the fun, follow me."
After saying that.
The old Taoist leaped onto the roof of the nearby veranda. The two followed him without hesitation.
Tracked all the way to the depths of the manor.
The sounds of fighting around became more intense.
The old Taoist priest always went to crowded places. His movements were so ghostly that he always fell into other people's blind spots. Sometimes he even floated over other people's heads without being discovered at all.
If Chen Chunxing had not noticed that the old Taoist had not yet died, he would have suspected that he was from the same profession!
Fortunately, Xue Yongan's lightness skills were equally good, and he followed closely behind the old Taoist, who glanced at him several times with interest.
"Is this person trying to pick a fight with you on purpose?" Chen Chunxing couldn't help muttering when he landed in the elm forest.
Xue Yongan quickly covered her mouth, "Someone!"
The first person to step into the forest was a teenager, about the same height as Chen Chunxing, dressed in tattered clothes. His right arm was stabbed so deeply that the bone was visible. He had to hold the kitchen knife tightly with his left hand.
"The little bastard is rebelling!"
Afterwards, he chased after a dozen strong men, cursing as he went.
Hatred filled the young man's eyes. "You bastards of Jin! You shall not perish haplessly!"
Xue Yongan's eyes flickered.
Jin State connected everything in the manor in an instant.
Although he had little affection for Xia Yuanguo, he was still employed by the court, so it was hard for him not to be moved when encountering such a thing.
In the conflict between two countries, no matter what strategy is used on the battlefield, it is not excessive.
But outside the battlefield, using cruel schemes against innocent civilians is shameful enough.
Chen Chunxing looked at the young man deeply and did not stop Xue Yongan from sliding down the tree.
She was just thinking about how to explain to her grandma that she had picked up another unlucky guy...
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