Su Changzhao let him hold her. In her memory of her previous life, this 'Master Jiuchen' had always been arrogant and had never been so humble to anyone.
I couldn't help but feel soft in my heart.
"Jiu...Chen..."
Hearing her call him 'Jiuchen', Yu Jiuchen burst into ecstasy, "I'm here."
Next second.
A surprised voice came to my ear, "Ayao?"
Su Changzhao quickly pushed the person in front of him away, looked at his face, and asked uncertainly, "Who are you?"
The other party was immediately stunned, "Are 'they' out again? Are you not hurt?"
Seeing him busy checking his body, Su Changzhao didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "No, they are all you, how could I get hurt?"
Yu Jiuchen hugged her tightly and said, "It's all my fault. They took advantage of me so easily."
【Ah Heng seems to be very repulsive to those past lives.】
Su Changzhao couldn't help but think about it, then realized that the other party could hear him, and hurriedly explained, "Ah, that's not what I meant."
"I know that in your eyes, they are all me. We are all one person."
"Yes." Su Changzhao nodded repeatedly.
"I really want to accept them, but they always approach you and hurt you without my knowledge. I just want to drag them out and beat them up!"
"No, it's a misunderstanding. Maybe some of them were a little emotional, but it was all because of the pain of separation in their previous lives. In the end, no one hurt me."
"But they... followed you without my knowledge..."
“…………”
Su Changzhao finally understood after hearing this.
[I thought he was angry, but it turns out he was jealous.]
【Hahahaha, you are just jealous of yourself. 】
Someone grabbed Su Changzhao's arm and tightened it intentionally.
When Su Changzhao felt it, he kept shouting, "I was wrong, I was wrong..." and flapped his hands non-stop.
Yu Jiuchen then relaxed his strength, but did not let her go.
"In short, apart from me, if any of 'them' appear in the future, you can't follow them..." Yu Jiuchen paused, then said, "Well."
“Hahahaha…”
"..." Someone silently tightened his arm again.
"I was wrong. I was wrong."
Su Changzhao admitted his mistakes repeatedly, and the other party relaxed again.
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The more he went, the more he went toward the State of Yan.
The topography of the route has also gradually changed.
Dayan was originally a rich country.
However, due to the extravagance of several kings and decades of natural disasters, the population gradually became sparse and the land became increasingly barren.
Su Changzhao lifted the car curtain, and all he saw was a barren expanse of yellow sand.
They finally found an inn along the way.
I decided not to rush on.
After settling down in the inn, Su Changzhao discovered that this inn was far away from the village and the shops. Apart from the owner, there were only a few ugly-looking waiters in the inn.
The point is that every one of them is bald.
While eating, Bai Longnu deliberately asked the store owner who was serving the dishes:
"Eh? Shopkeeper, how many days does it take to get to Yan State from here?"
The shopkeeper smiled and said, "With so many of you, it probably won't go fast. It will probably take about five days."
"I've come all the way here and I've seen only your store. Do you usually have business?"
“There are some, but not many, so the prices of vegetables and houses are relatively expensive.”
"Haha, that's true, so we didn't bargain. You can all understand."
"Yes, yes, yes. From the accents of the guests, I think they are from the Dragon Taming clan."
"Yes, the shopkeeper has good hearing."
"Haha, I'll be able to tell them apart after seeing them so many times. But I don't know what you are doing in Yan State?"
Bai Longnu looked at everyone and said, "We are businessmen, so we are here to do business."
"Haha, doing business? Then you've come here for nothing."
"Why does the store owner say that?"
"Yan State has now become a country of monks. It is impossible to do ordinary business there. Many merchants who have been there said that it was a wasted trip. So I advise you to return early. It is the right thing to do to stop the loss in time."
After that, the shopkeeper stopped talking and said, "Enjoy your meal, everyone. If you have any problem, call the waiter. If the waiter can't solve it, come to me."
After he left, Bai Longnv said, "This shop owner has quite a bit of personality."
Everyone present agreed with her words.
"Sir," Xiao Qinsu sat with Su Changzhao, "According to what the store owner said, something seems to be happening in Yan State."
"Yes," Su Changzhao agreed, "They say it is already a country of monks. Look at the bald heads of the shopkeepers and the shop assistants. Even a dog would not believe that they have nothing to do with the Yan State."
Bai Longnu held back her laughter.
Xiao Qinsu asked, "What should we do next?"
Su Changzhao moved her ears and heard several people hiding in the inner hall whispering.
"Have you taken all the medicine?"
"It's all in the wine."
"Idiot! Why don't you put it in the food?"
"The area within dozens of miles is barren and supplies are scarce. If we use it in food, wouldn't it be a waste?"
"...That's right. After we take care of them, we'll have a good meal."
"Yes, yes, yes, those women are all more beautiful than the other. They will definitely fetch a good price."
"I saw two men who looked delicate and tender. They might be able to fetch a good price."
"Yes, half a year ago, that scholar and pretty boy was sold for a lot of silver."
"Anyway, we're going to slaughter these fat sheep!"
.
After listening to this, Su Changzhao glanced at Yu Jiuchen.
Since she could hear it, Yu Jiuchen could hear it too.
Su Changzhao dipped the wine in water and silently wrote three words on the table: "The wine is poisonous."
Seeing this, everyone knew what was going on.
Love has really run into a black shop.
Everyone ate as usual, but no one drank the wine.
Seeing this, the shop owner and several of his employees became anxious.
"Why don't they drink?"
"Yes, the wine I brewed is so delicious, how could they resist not drinking it?"
Just as a few people were wondering, they didn't realize that they were surrounded.
"Because alcohol is poisonous, I naturally don't drink it."
The shop owner and three employees: "!!!"
They stood up from behind the counter when they heard the sound, and saw that everyone, led by Su Changzhao, surrounded them.
It was obvious that what he said just now was said by Su Changzhao.
The scene changed.
"oops!"
The shop owner was tied up and thrown onto the table, lying prone.
"You...you are robbing! Do you still have the law?"
Just as he finished speaking, there was a sound of "zheng" in front of him, and a sharp sword rubbed the tip of his nose and pierced into the table top that was against his face.
"..."The shopkeeper was so frightened that he dared not say a word.
"Let me not waste any more time. I want to ask you a few things..." Su Changzhao said with a smile.
Her smile was like a flower blooming in hell. It was beautiful, but also came with deadly danger, which made the shopkeeper break out in a cold sweat.
They finally found out from the store owner.
The shop owners were originally ordinary people who escaped from the State of Yan.
Unable to accept the decree issued by the Supreme Patriarch, they chose to flee.
But after all, he was born and raised in Yan State, and no one knew where to go after leaving.
In order to survive, they had to open black shops and rob passers-by and caravans.
Seize their supplies, then sell those with good looks to human traffickers for high rewards.
"What kind of law can force the people to leave the State of Yan?" Su Changzhao couldn't understand.
Upon hearing this, the shopkeeper seemed to recall something, with anger in his eyes:
“In the State of Yan, monks have a very high status, and therefore they enjoy the same rights as nobles.
If they took a fancy to someone's daughter, they would say that there was something dirty in her body that needed to be purified. That's how my sister was taken away by those monks."
The shopkeeper clenched his fists and said, "I originally thought that my sister had really run into some evil spirit, and that these monks took her back to help her. Until that night, when I climbed over the wall to look for my sister, and saw what those beasts did to her... I rushed in directly..."
.
"Let my sister go!"
One of the monks stood up in dishevel: "Oh? If you saw me, I won't let you stay..."
.
“The result was obvious, I was caught and sentenced to death.
No matter what I said, no one listened to me.
But before I died, what I was most worried about was my sister. But one night before the execution, someone came to see me.
I thought my sister heard that I was going to die and tried her best to see me for the last time, but who knew that she met that monk instead.
He did not come to see me specially, but he brought me a piece of news."
The shopkeeper's eyes were red. "He said, my sister... is dead. They played her to death. Do you know how I felt at that time? I wanted to tear the beast to pieces right there and then. I desperately stretched out my hands through the fence to reach him, to grab him, but I couldn't even touch a corner of his clothes.
He just stood there, smiling kindly, like a compassionate Buddha."
The shop owner said this with several sobs.
Everyone was silent about his experience, and it was not easy to continue asking questions because he now looked like a man with wounds all over his body, and blood was oozing from his body and mind.
"Then how did you escape?" The speaker was Yu Jiuchen.
He asked without being moved at all.
His words seemed to bring the shop owner back to his senses, and he said he was lucky.
That day was dog-eat-dog day.
The sky and the earth changed color.
He escaped from the execution ground under cover of darkness.
The three guys also fled together at that time.
He was not the only one at the execution ground.
"These monks from Yan State are so abominable!" said Bai Longnu, clenching her fists.
"They are not human beings, they are beasts!" Even Xiao Qinsu couldn't help cursing this time.
Su Changzhao walked forward, looked down at the shopkeeper with red eyes and said:
"I sympathize with your plight, but have you ever thought about the final fate of those people when you traded the caravans of passers-by to the human traffickers of Yan State?"
“…………” The shopkeeper’s breathing stagnated.
[It seems that I haven’t thought about it. ]
Su Changzhao sighed and said:
"They were probably played around with by those treacherous monks. Have you ever thought that your behavior is no different from that of those monks?"
The shopkeeper suddenly burst into tears, "I...I..."
"Yes, you just want to live, but this does not wash away your sins."
The shop owner and the three employees seemed to have similar experiences, and the last tragic scenes of their loved ones emerged in their minds.
Thinking about how I have aided and abetted the evil over the past few years, I feel extremely regretful.
The shopkeeper first looked at Li Xing's sword.
Seeing that he wanted to die, Su Changzhao hurriedly said, "Stop him!"
Li Xing immediately put away his sword.
The shopkeeper missed his target and fell to the ground with blood on his forehead.
Li Xing quickly grabbed him and pressed him back on the table, and the rest of the people were also subdued by everyone.
Su Changzhao shook his head and said:
"Death cannot solve the problem. Living is the best punishment. If you still have a conscience, pay it back with your remaining life. I just happen to have a plan."
The shopkeeper's disheartened eyes suddenly lit up, "Madam, whatever you say, we will listen to you..."