I saw that the hyena vendor had nothing else in front of him. I looked carefully and found that they were the wooden sculptures of Yingchun. These Hello Kitty were left on the island and no one else could call them out. There were new and old ones. After seeing them, Yunwen said that the newest ones should be the ones that Yunwen lost in the room.

Sure enough, this confirmed my guess. Yingchun really came here to reach a barter condition through her handicrafts. The reason why she knew this trick and got into all these troubles must be related to the ugly wooden man. The ugly wooden man used to have the body of a mermaid, and later Yingchun used the ability of Taoist binding to allow the ugly wooden man to be resurrected and enter the body of the wooden man.

And the ugly monster still has memories of the old days. Seeing that there are many mermaid buyers in this market, it can be seen that the ugly monster, like other mermaids, knows that there is such a place. Therefore, this trick must have been achieved by the ugly monster with the help of Yingchun, which also caused Yingchun to be caught up in this trouble.

"What should we do? We can't communicate with it in the same language, and we have no way of asking about Yingchun's specific situation." Yunwen asked.

"It's okay. It won't tell you even if you ask. Have you ever seen a seller who would actually inform the buyer of the supply channels? Wouldn't it be better if it could monopolize the sales? And you see, there are gaps in the placement of these wood carvings, which means that several of them have been sold. It seems that this thing is very popular. In this case, it will not cut off its own source of income by telling us." I said.

"Yeah, so the clue ends here, right? Then how can we best save Yingchun?" Yunwen asked.

"You see there is an iron gate in front, with several guards on duty and a few patrols. The only possibility is that Yingchun is imprisoned in there. After all, we didn't see any blood along the way, which means that Yingchun is not injured. In addition, since Yingchun's things are so popular, she is at least a way of making money. It would be a pity to kill her. Therefore, she should be fine, just locked up inside." I said.

"Well, yes. Where there is a market, there will be a gap between the rich and the poor, and there will be comparisons. Where there is comparison, there will be selfishness. It is possible that the vendor is detaining Sister Yingchun in order to continue to exploit her so that he can make money faster. Therefore, it will only be illegal detention, and she will not be abandoned. Sister Yingchun should be safe." Yunwen said.

"It will be absolutely useless for us to force our way in now, it will only get us all killed. So my idea is, now that we know Yingchun is temporarily safe, we will go back for the time being, and then come back to patronize this hyena man's stall in the future to see if he has Yingchun's latest sculptures. Then we will know whether Yingchun's disappearance was caused by this guy, and we can set a goal to rescue Yingchun step by step and fight a protracted war." I said.

Yunwen nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll follow your arrangements."

So we strolled around the valley and roughly figured out the road. There were two mountains and two slopes. The slope was blocked by an iron fence halfway. We went straight ahead. In addition to the slope, the open space at the foot of the mountain was basically full of stalls. There was also an iron fence at the end of the road, guarded by hyena men, who prevented us from moving forward.

From this, we can roughly judge that the outside is the suburban area of ​​the Hyena's Lair City, and the inside is their real territory. This outside area is specially used to entertain those of us who come to buy things, similar to some kind of black market.

Now the main problem was that I didn't know how to get out, and I didn't want to be caught by the two patrolling outside with spears. So I observed what other customers who wanted to leave here did. I saw that those mermaids went out through a passage dug from a mountain. Since the mermaids were very tall, almost three meters tall, the passage was designed to be relatively high. There were two people without weapons standing in the passage. After the mermaids went out, they nodded. They should be playing a role similar to welcoming guests.

Yunwen and I also went out seriously, and they nodded at us, probably saying welcome back again.

We followed the two mermaids in front of us through the passage and arrived near a pool of water. They jumped into the river with a bang. Yunwen and I were embarrassed, as this exit was reserved for mermaids. Just as we were about to turn back, we heard the faint sound of wind, so I took Yunwen and followed the sound of the wind.

It was not until we saw a relatively small gap that we remembered that this should be a hole left specifically for the rat people, so Yunwen and I huddled down and knelt to crawl out from there. The hole was slightly smaller than a dog hole, which I considered a rough hole. My skin was almost worn out from climbing this way, but after climbing for a while, we finally reached the end, only to see that it was blocked by rocks. I pushed it open and after going out, I found that I was back in the cave along the underground river. This was also the entrance to the floating bridge near the cave where we just came out of.

After going around in circles for a long time, we finally managed to get out. So we took the kerosene lamp and went back to the cave along the same route. When we reached the stairs, we went up and returned to the area near the castle, and then we had to go back.

Seeing the bright lights in the castle, I thought Bai Lu was still waiting. Yunwen held me and said, "When we go back later, how are we going to explain to Sister Bai Lu?"

"First, tell her that Yingchun is still alive, and then explain to her one by one what we encountered, so that she can reduce the symptoms of palpitations as much as possible." I said.

Yunwen nodded.

After returning to the house, we spoke to Bai Lu as planned. The first sentence was to confirm that Yingchun was alive. Her tense heart relaxed a lot, and she was able to listen to what we said after that. Although she still remembered the stab of her sister, when she learned that she was in trouble, blood is thicker than water, how could she not be anxious? Therefore, my words were designed to protect her from being overly excited to the greatest extent.

She knew that the two of us had tried our best, and that her body was not in a condition that would allow her to go down the cave again to find and save Yingchun, so she had to rely on Yunwen and me. Therefore, she didn't say anything else. Having gotten a relatively good answer, she heated up the food for us. We were very hungry, and since we hadn't had a big feast before, we could finally eat a few more bites and have a full meal with peace of mind.

After dinner, everyone was tired, so they heated up some water and washed up. Then they lowered the candles and blew them out. Then they went back to the room on the second floor to rest.

After everyone went back to the room, Yunwen helped Bailu to rest on the bed, and I was preparing to sleep on the sofa, but at this time, Bailu waved at me, so I went over. The kerosene lamp was placed on the table, and the room was still bright.

Bailu patted the bed, meaning for me to sit down. I looked at her and then at Yunwen. I didn't understand what she meant, but I sat down anyway.

"Brother Zhou Bo, what are you thinking? Do you have any plans to save Yingchun?" Bai Lu asked.

"Don't worry, I do have a plan in mind, but there's no rush. We must first confirm whether it was the hyena vendor who kidnapped Yingchun. This needs to be determined through the source of its goods. If there are new works of Yingchun, then it's almost certain. If it's confirmed, we will proceed to the next plan, follow the vendor, monitor his whereabouts, and maybe we can find his hideout." I said.

"But didn't you say that there were a lot of iron fences down there? How can we follow it in?" Bai Lu asked.

"Money talks. We have a lot of handicrafts down there. If it doesn't work, we can just keep some of them with us and see if we can bribe the guards and sneak in," I said.

"Good idea." Bai Lu said.

Now that everything has been made clear, I was about to continue fetching water, but I saw Bai Lu pulling my sleeve. When I turned around, I saw that they were both looking at me somewhat embarrassedly. I couldn't help but blush as I looked at them.

"How about you sleep with us like before? The room is damp and cold at night, and it will be warmer if we huddle together." Bai Lu said.

I kept scratching my scalp, a subconscious action that was obviously due to nervousness.

But since I was invited so warmly, why should I stay on the sofa? Yunwen held me tightly that night, and Bailu stayed close to me all the time. When Yunwen left and I was half asleep, I accidentally heard Bailu say, "How about you take me and sister Yunwen tonight? Let's have sex here."

I was shocked, but I also understood that the plan I mentioned was dangerous after all. She was afraid that I would change my mind later, so she wanted to make sure it was foolproof. That's why she dragged Yunwen along to make me have a strong desire and use my body as a bargaining chip.