Three hundred and two top assassins
Zhuangzi watched the soldier turn his head but had no sense of crisis at all, so he tiptoed to the quarry.
The herbs mentioned by Uncle Wu grew on the hillside of the quarry, and were still a distance from the edge, and there was no hidden place around. Even if the coolies wanted to escape, no one would choose this route, so the patrol of the Baidi people did not pass here.
The fire tiles in the dark night are too conspicuous, and Zhuangzi can only use the faint moonlight to search for the herbs they need in the weeds bit by bit.
There is obviously a risk of being discovered at any time, but Zhuangzi doesn't seem to be in a hurry at all. He observes the rhizomes of each grass carefully, for fear of treating the weeds as herbs.
Soon, half a cup of tea passed, and a young man dressed in soft armor of a low-level Bai Di officer and dressed as a standard quarry guard suddenly appeared behind Zhuangzi. He did not say hello, but only paid attention to the movements around him and whispered: "Don't worry, brave man, Lingtang has been rescued from Bai Di Army. Now it is placed in an absolutely safe place in the city. Whenever we have the chance, we will send her out."
Zhuangzi's hand was paused, and his eyes turned red in an instant. He forced himself to suppress his excitement. After a while, he turned his back to the officer and gritted his teeth and replied: "I, Nie Zheng, do what I said."
The officer paused for a while and released another shocking bomb: "Not long ago, news came from outside the city. Ling Mei found it. Now she has been taken to the military camp and properly placed. After the matter is completed, the heroes and their family can be reunited."
Nie Zheng's move that was about to leave suddenly stopped, his pupils suddenly opened wide, and the questions were already in his throat.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the officer immediately turned his head, glared at Nie Zheng warningly, and then explained softly: "Don't worry, hero, we have no intention of taking hostages. Ling Mei was ours who accidentally discovered it when he was following Bai Di scout. It was also Ling Mei's luck. If she was one step late, she would be taken away by Bai Di people."
Nie Zheng stared at the eyes of the visitor without blinking, and the officer looked at each other calmly. After a while, Nie Zheng slowly relaxed, and his lowered voice became hoarse because of his emotions: "Please tell your master, I, Nie Zheng, will repay my kindness, please take good care of Nie Zheng's family..."
"Of course." Seeing that the atmosphere eased again, the officer turned his head and carefully checked around. "Even if there is no promise from the hero, we will never refuse to save the people of the Central Plains. It's getting late, so the hero should go back."
After saying that, the officer took out a stack of flying knives and a small bottle of medicine from his arms: "This is a hidden weapon and medicine. Let the little kid with fever eat it, keep warm, rest well for a night and sweat, and cannot delay work tomorrow."
Nie Zheng blinked, took the flying knife and the medicine bottle and stuffed it into his arms: "How do you know that someone has a fever? Could it be..."
"What's strange about this?" the officer smiled. "I not only know that the one who has a fever is a doll, but also know that the baby is named Qian San, and he is the only one left by your benefactor's family, right?"
Nie Zheng paused, and finally said nothing. He bowed his hands and left the mountainside, tiptoed back to the cave. The guard at the entrance of the cave was still the soldiers who had looked at the grass before. This time his vigilance was obviously not as high as before. Not only did he turn his back to the entrance of the cave, but he also left his post and pulled another guard to talk about the mountains, which made Nie Zheng slip into the cave without much effort.
The cave was still dark, and the coolies heard footsteps at the entrance of the cave and became restless.
"Quiet!" Nie Zheng roared and walked through the crowd and returned to the innermost part of the cave where Qian San was lying.
The child was still asleep and made several painful sleeping sounds from time to time, and the situation looked very bad.
Uncle Wu and a few young and strong men were guarding Qian San. When he saw Nie Zheng coming back, his eyes lit up: "How is it?"
Nie Zheng thought about it and did not take out the medicine bottles he got from the officer, but only took out a few collected herbs and handed them to Uncle Wu: "The Bai Di people are watching it tightly, I am afraid of being discovered, so I only found this."
Although it is only a little bit, there are actually adults who are so much younger. Uncle Wu happily took the medicine and patted Nie Zheng on the arm: "Thank you for your hard work, let me leave my destiny. I hope this child will be blessed."
Everyone nodded and watched nervously as Uncle Wu crushed the herbs, fed the squeezed juice into Qian San's mouth bit by bit, and then put the remaining herbs on his forehead. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief. Only the man who had previously volunteered to go out to find medicine together was observing Nie Zheng with his own light without any trace.
After feeding the medicine, Uncle Wu looked at the men surrounding him again: "The humidity is heavy at night, so you can't let Qian San get cold. Who is stronger? Take off your clothes and cover it with San'er."
This middle-aged man named Wu Uncle seemed to have great prestige among coolies. As soon as he finished speaking, several strong men took off their clothes and handed them over. Among them was the strange man. He smiled and handed them on his clothes, and even jokingly patted the muscles on his arm, but Yu Guang kept paying attention to Nie Zheng's actions.
Nie Zheng had a flying knife and a medicine bottle hidden in his arms, of course he could not take off his clothes, but he also noticed that someone was looking at him all the time. With his concern for San'er, he could not be willing to starve and take risks, but he was unwilling to contribute a thin piece of clothing.
But coolies are not a solid piece. Bai Di people promised that as long as they report and expose the person who wants to escape, they can rest for two days and have a good meal. If they catch spies mixed in from outside, they can not only regain their freedom, but also get a lot of money!
For this kind of alms, many coolies are willing to betray their brothers who share the joys and sorrows. They open their eyes wide and serve as the eyewitness of aliens day and night, hoping to betray their brothers in exchange for freedom.
Nie Zheng's actions tonight were too high-profile, which must have attracted the attention of such people. If they could not cope with it, not only would Nie Zheng suffer, but the outside plan would be useless, and it would also affect Uncle Wu and Qian Saner and others.
His vision has not disappeared, and there is no way. Nie Zheng had to take off his clothes while quickly thinking about how to deal with it.
Fortunately, Uncle Wu stopped Nie Zheng's actions in time. Not only did he not let him take off his clothes, he also took a piece of clothes that others took off and asked Nie Zheng to put on: "Don't get involved. I haven't eaten for a day, and I'm just trying so hard. Hunhe Nuanhe and have a nap. Don't let San'er fall down again!"
Nie Zheng felt relieved and quickly thanked Uncle Wu repeatedly. He took the clothes and put them on his back and lay down next to Qian San.
"Oh, what a good boy." Uncle Wu sighed, and took advantage of the time when the others were relieved to rest and grabbed the arm staring at the man Nie Zheng, and looked over with a fierce look: "Ergen, what do you want to do?"
Erqigen's honest face showed an extremely complicated expression, and his eyes met Uncle Wu and avoided it: "Uncle, what are you saying? What can I do?"
There is no single room in the crowded cave, and there is naturally no soundproofing place for anyone to talk to whom no matter how low the sound is, there will always be people who can hear it. There is no secret or privacy between them at all.
So as soon as Uncle Wu grabbed two of them, the people around him who were lying or sitting were raising their ears, trying to hear clearly what the two of them were saying.
In this environment, even if Ergen wants to persuade Uncle Wu to monitor Nie Zheng together, he cannot do it, because once he reveals his intention to betray his brother in front of everyone, these men will be able to let him corpse and quarry the next day.
"I can warn you that Zhuangzi took the risk of collecting herbs for Saner." Uncle Wu reached out to grab Ergan's collar but found that the other party had been shirtless, so he had to settle for the second step and pinched the thin neck in front of him. "Ergen, Saner, you have been growing up since childhood. As a human being, you cannot go against your conscience!"
"Uncle!" Ergen was anxious, "What did you say? Will I be the kind of person who betrays my brothers!"
Although Nie Zheng and Uncle Wu were separated by Qian San, his outstanding ears still allowed him to hear the conversation between them clearly without saying a word.
It turned out that the master who was ubiquitous in sight I felt before was Ergen.
Nie Zheng secretly felt alert. Although he was sure that Ergen didn't know what was going on outside the cave, having such a person was an unstable factor in the plan to rescue Kuli, and he had to find a way to get rid of him.
He agreed to his benefactor's plan to assist Tang Jun in rescuing coolies as his subordinate, and promised that he would definitely mobilize those who were willing to respond. At that time, he had already been optimistic about the coolies who were radical in their daily lives and had a deep hatred with the Baidi people, and he was just waiting to make a clear relationship.
But now two people inserted a horizontal bar and thought they had something wrong, and they would definitely follow him in a row, and the Bai Di guards would not care about this obvious action that was indicative of tracking and surveillance.
There is only one day left before the agreed action date. If you have not discussed it with your brothers before tomorrow, the benefactor's actions will definitely be affected, and the people of the Central Plains in the city will definitely be implicated.
It seems that if the two stubborn people are stubborn, they can only let him go to the underworld to meet his Master Bai Di first.
Just as Nie Zheng was worried about the plan for the riot, Fang Li was drooling at the pie falling from the sky in his tent.
It was already a surprise to find Nie Zheng, the fragrant steamed bun in the coolie camp, but God actually brought his sister to him.
Haha, if saving your mother is a deal between you and me, then Fang Li rescued Nie Zheng’s sister under the horse's hooves of Baidi people. This is a real kindness!
Although I don’t know why my sister became a sister in the Spring and Autumn Continent in history, Nie Zheng was a person who would repay kindness and had no feelings for his motherland. Such an assassin was much cuter than Jing Ke.
When his thoughts were chaotic, he couldn't take them back. When Fang Li came to his senses, Nie Zheng's sister Nie Zheng could no longer help but shrink her neck.
Chapter completed!