Chapter 345: Fleeing Soldiers
This "heart-pounding" episode for Yun Chen ended quickly.
In order to avoid arousing suspicion from the people around Luojiang, Yun Chen punched the three of them one by one again.
After "dealing with" the three people, Yun Chen sat back at the table, knocked on the table pretending to be impatient, and signaled the vendor to bring some wine and food.
The peddler was not very old, looking only about twelve or thirteen years old, still a little boy. He walked over with food and muttered a lot in Luojiang dialect.
Yun Chen didn't understand a word he heard. He took out a golden bean and threw it on the table. He raised his chin, glared, and acted coldly and rudely.
No matter whether they speak the same language or not, gold is something that everyone in the world can understand.
The young peddler happily put the gold in his arms, and placed a large pot of milk wine and a full bowl of beef jerky in front of Yun Chen, as well as various snacks that Yun Chen had never seen before, and then happily carried the empty box home.
Yun Chen drank milk wine and ate beef jerky while looking around calmly.
Just like her, the slave traders were sitting at the table drinking, while the slaves were all chained and squatting on the ground waiting to be sold.
She looked carefully at the faces of the slaves one by one. Only a few of them were short and thin Luojiang people, and the rest were almost all Nan people.
Among them were seven or eight fleeing soldiers of the Northern Expedition who were wearing armor and covered in wounds. They were tied around the necks with chains in a rough and insulting manner, their hands tied behind their backs, and they were forced to kneel on the ground, just like the people of Luojiang usually tie up their dogs.
When Yun Chen's eyes met those of the fleeing soldiers, an indescribable emotion gently collided in the air.
The fleeing soldiers looked at her quietly, their eyes puzzled, dim, and full of sadness and hopelessness.
The drama she had just acted out, the deliberately vicious words and cruel actions, Huo Gannian and the others knew were fake, but in the eyes of those fleeing soldiers, they seemed real.
For the few fleeing soldiers who were in such a situation where they were at the mercy of others, seeing that the Nan people had also started to traffic in Nan people and even treated Nan people the same way as the Luojiang people, they probably felt nothing but coldness in their hearts.
Unable to bear looking at the fleeing Northern Expedition soldiers, Yun Chen concealed his emotions by lowering his head and drinking.
The spicy, sweet and sour milk wine filled his mouth. The cool feeling slowly calmed Yun Chen's emotions and his complexion gradually returned to normal.
She glanced at Huo Gannian with a reproachful look, and then began to think about how to start the show so that she could sell the three "dogs" in her hands.
Just as she was thinking, a soldier with the most scars among the fleeing Northern Expedition soldiers who had been enslaved in the distance spoke coldly to her:
"Why do you sell out your compatriots?"
Before Yun Chen could say anything, the man from Luo Jiang next to him slapped him hard.
With a "pa" sound, the Luojiang man's hand was as thick as a bear's paw, hitting the soldier so hard that his mouth was full of blood and his body fell to one side.
The soldier spat out the blood in his mouth, struggled to kneel up again, and asked again:
"Is it for money?"
"Pa——" Luo Jiangren cursed and raised his hand to slap him again.
But the soldier seemed to feel no pain and spoke again:
"Don't you have parents? Don't you have brothers and sisters? Were your ancestors born out of stone and not from the Nan Kingdom?! Why are you helping these beasts harm our compatriots?! We left our homes to fight for our country and our people! Why are you doing this to us?!"
Yun Chen maintained a calm expression, his fists clenched secretly.
She looked hard into the soldier's eyes, trying to explain with her eyes, and at the same time prayed silently in her heart, hoping that God would have mercy on her and let the soldier have a flash of inspiration and guess her true mission.
However, reality is always cruel.
The next moment, the Luojiang man next to him did not give the soldier a chance to look up. He swung the shepherd's crook in his hand and hit the soldier on the head.
While beating, the Luojiang man kept cursing in Luojiang dialect, which Yun Chen could not understand.
The soldier's limbs were tied, but he still used all his strength to hit the Luojiang man's stomach hard and bit the Luojiang man's hand fiercely.
The Luojiang man screamed in pain, his hands covered in blood. He instantly became angry and began to beat the soldier even harder.
Seeing that the soldier soon lay on the ground motionless, Yun Chen could no longer sit still.
She exchanged glances quickly with Huo Gannian and the other two. She wanted to save people, but Huo Gannian shook his head slightly and used his eyes to stop him; Ye Yan and Buyan also showed hesitation in their eyes.
A lack of patience will ruin great plans.
Now is not the time to rescue these fleeing Northern Expedition soldiers. Yun Chen needs to gain the trust of the people of Luojiang as soon as possible so that he can find out the whereabouts of Nan Lijun and other Northern Expedition prisoners and plan a major battle to attack Luojiang and its royal court.
But Yunchen had experienced a time when he stood by and watched Dankou and her brother being tortured to death in front of him.
She wanted to ignore everything and take action first.
As long as she takes action first, Huo Gannian and the other two will definitely help her and will definitely be able to save the soldiers in front of them!
She seemed to have forgotten the original purpose of coming here, and the mission she was carrying that concerned the lives of more people - tens of millions of people.
But Huo Gan knew the other three knew her very well, and they could tell from the look in her eyes that she was about to attack, so he had to secretly break free from the chains and be prepared to explode at any time.
But before Yun Chen could stand up, a sudden crisp "crack" sound was heard.
Yun Chen looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the Luojiang man let go of his hand and stood up. His figure as strong as a bear covered the body of the soldier.
When the Luojiang man sat back at the table, Yun Chen saw clearly that the soldier's head had been twisted back in an absolutely impossible posture, revealing a bloody face covered with swelling and bruises, looking at her blankly.
The Luojiang people around were not surprised. It was obvious that they had seen such scenes many times.
Yun Chen felt like she was nailed to the ground, staring blankly at the soldier. It was not until the Luojiang man found a machete, chopped off the soldier's head with one stroke, and carried him out that she felt all the blood rushing to her head and she trembled with anger.
That's her compatriot!
Just like the Lion Army, we are brothers who risked our lives for the Kingdom of Nan!
Ye Yan could tell from Yun Chen's expression that something was wrong. He knew that she was already blinded by anger and was about to go berserk.
He thought quickly, stood up suddenly, and rushed towards the Luojiang man who was walking out, roaring:
"You fucking bastard! Bastard!! I'm going to kill you!!"
Yun Chen had already reached for the dagger at her waist and stood up, but she never expected Ye Yan to do this, and his movements were even faster than hers.
Immediately afterwards, Buyan also rushed forward with a roar, and knocked the Luojiang man to stagger.
Ye Yan and Buyan used all the dirty words they knew in their lives to insult and rammed their bodies wildly, which immediately attracted a beating from the Luojiang people.
Yun Chen was stunned by this scene.
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