Ye An

Based on the news from the city, the nails in the trade area were pulled out one after another, including two teams from the settlement area and several homeless people.

According to their confessions, it was further confirmed that the main messenger behind it was Qiancheng.

Surprisingly, someone in Zhao Weng's motorcade was bought, and it was a man whom Zhao Weng trusted, rescued from the mouth of the mutant beast, and brought up by himself.

Inside the tent, Zhao Weng sat cross-legged on the animal skin and cut open a fruit with a dagger.The strength he used was just right, the blade cut through the outer skin, and the flap-shaped flesh was still intact.

After tearing off the white network on the pulp, Zhao Weng carefully picked out one piece after another of the flesh, and put it on the plate in front of him.

The saucer was no bigger than the palm of a grown man, and the flesh quickly filled up, and was deliberately piled into a pyramid shape, and the syrup squeezed from the tubers was poured on it.

Zhao Weng concentrated on peeling the fruit. The men and women on both sides of him resisted the desire to kill, and glared at the traitor lying on the ground. They pressed their hands on the knife, and the back of their hands bulged with force.

If it wasn't for Zhao Weng's order, the traitor would have been chopped into pieces.

After peeling a piece of fruit, Zhao Weng looked at the pulp on the plate, seemingly very satisfied with his result.He took the cloth towel handed by the child to wipe his hands, and pushed the plate to the man beside him.Under the man's surprised gaze, he said: "Try it, it's rare to have such a fresh fruit in the snow season. We can eat it, thanks to City Lord Xiao."

"But, Zhao Weng..." The man's unfinished words were stuck in his throat, and he met Zhao Weng's eyes, but he didn't continue talking, and took out a piece of fruit pulp from the plate.

"That's right." Zhao Weng smiled.

The dishes were passed among the people, no more, no less, exactly one piece for each person, even the children tasted it.Compared with the refreshing fruit, children prefer the syrup squeezed from the tubers. The taste is sweet but not overwhelming, and the taste is quite good.

When the dish finally came back to Zhao Weng, it was empty.

The man who betrayed him was lying on the ground with no rope on his body and no serious injuries. The only few bruises were caused when things leaked and he tried to escape.

Feeling the dignified atmosphere, the children did not speak. After eating their share of the fruit, they wholeheartedly guarded the stove, adding hay and firewood to it.

The iron kettle on the stove made a sharp sound, a large cloud of white gas burst out from the spout, and the hot water rolled in the kettle, just like the mood of the betrayer at this time.

Anxious and restless, the whole person seemed to be roasted on the fire, falling into endless torment.

Finally, Zhao Weng's voice broke the silence: "Tell me."

His tone was not harsh, but it was not as kind as usual.Not much anger could be heard, only endless indifference.

The betrayer didn't dare to raise his head, bead-sized beads of sweat rolled down from his forehead and dripped to the ground, leaving large dark marks.

"Speak, don't pretend to be dumb!" A man finally couldn't bear it, slapped the dagger he was carrying on the ground, and shouted loudly.

The betrayer remained silent, his body trembling slightly, not knowing whether it was fear or anger.

"Bastard!" The man was furious, and was about to rush over, but a strong woman stood up before him, rushed to the betrayer like a leopard, grabbed his collar with both hands, and pulled him up from the ground.

The woman is tall, comparable to kapok.The muscles on his body are very strong, and his strength is no less than that of any man present.

The woman tightened her fingers, and the betrayer was lifted up by her.

The collar choked the betrayer out of breath, and his legs kicked instinctively. No matter how he struggled, his toes still couldn't touch the ground.

"Why did you betray the convoy? You were raised by Weng Zhao. Without Zhao Weng, you would have been torn to pieces by mutant beasts!" The woman's voice revealed endless anger. If she hadn't asked questions, she would have strangled the man in her hand on the spot. die.

"Eva." Zhao Weng's voice came from behind, "Let him go first."

Eva stared at the betrayer viciously, punched him in the stomach with her fist, and threw him to the ground.The betrayer coughed violently, saliva mixed with blood dripped from the corner of his mouth, curled up on the ground with his arms around his abdomen, unable to stand upright due to the severe pain, bent like a shrimp.

"Say it, I won't kill you." Zhao Weng said.

"Zhao Weng!"

Zhao Weng shook his head, stopped the words of Eva and the others, got up and walked to the side of the betrayer, bent down, patted the top of his hair like the betrayer did when he was a child, and then gently faded, grabbed his hair violently, his fingers almost tore him apart scalp.

"Say!"

Zhao Weng led the people to walk in the wilderness, maneuvering among the cities with ease, and opened the trade zone year after year, how can he be a soft-hearted person.

Compared with the angry expressions of Eva and others, the betrayer was obviously more afraid of Zhao Weng. The strength of his grasp on the hair continued to increase, and the scalp seemed to be torn off from the skull. The betrayer finally couldn't bear the pressure and turned to Zhao Weng. Ong reveals the truth.

"The elders of Qiancheng sent someone to contact me to cooperate with their actions and lead the elephants to the tent, as long as..." The betrayer suddenly shut up, hesitatingly daring not to speak again.

"Continue, as long as what?" Zhao Weng asked urgently.

"As long as I can kill you, I will become the team leader for me, and the trade zone and the convoy will belong to me." After the betrayer said the last word, his face was pale, his head hung down, and his whole body was covered in cold sweat.

"Do you believe it?" Zhao Weng forced him to look up, "I don't remember raising you so stupidly."

The betrayer's lips trembled, and his whole body trembled. He couldn't speak, let alone refute.

"Idiot!" Eva said coldly.

The people in the tent looked at the betrayer, wondering why he believed such an obvious lie?Once Zhao Weng is killed and the convoy has no leader, with the greed of thousands of people, will the convoy be handed over to him?It's a joke!

The traitor was silent, and Zhao Weng threw it on the ground like a rag.

"According to what I said earlier, I will not kill you."

The traitor raised his head abruptly, with a look of hope on his face.

"Eva, throw him out." Zhao Weng turned back to where he was sitting before, and picked up another fruit, "Tell everyone in the trade zone that he betrayed me and has been expelled."

"Yes!" Eva answered loudly, got up and picked up the betrayer, and dragged him directly out of the tent.

"Zhao Weng, forgive me, I was wrong, I know I was wrong, please forgive me!" The betrayer was shocked, realized what was waiting for him, with tears streaming down his face, struggling to beg for mercy loudly, "Forgive me!" , I am willing to be your slave, please, please forgive me!"

Zhao Weng didn't look at him again, pulled out the dagger stuck in the animal skin, and started cutting the fruit again.It's just different from before, when the peel was half peeled, he seemed to lose his patience in an instant, and the tip of the knife suddenly went down, piercing through the core of the fruit with force.

"A Thousand Cities!"

In the City Lord's Mansion, Ye An was arranged to rest in a bedroom on the second floor.Like the hall, the room was empty, with nothing but a wooden bed and a fireplace on the wall.

Two wooden boxes were brought in and placed side by side at the foot of the bed.

After leaving the cell, Xiao Yun disappeared, and Ye An didn't ask any questions. He followed the broken arm into the room, took the barbecue from the other party, thanked him, and closed the door.

The fireplace has been lit, the flames are jumping in the furnace, the smoke is discharged along the pipes, and the room is only warm.

Ye An looked around, moved a wooden box to the fireplace, sat on the box, and ate all the barbecue on the plate.

The ferrets were lying on his lap, not interested in barbecue, each holding a few honey ants and nibbling quickly.It is estimated that there are not many treasures left by the anteaters, and most of them have been scooped up by them.

Putting the plate aside, Ye An got up and stretched his hands and feet, added a few more firewood to the fireplace, and started to deal with the wooden box.

The iron nails are nailed very deep, the lid and the box body are tightly seamed, and the four corners of the box are wrapped with iron sheets, which is very firm.It took Ye An a lot of effort to pry all the nails away, and when he lifted the lid of the box, a large piece of brown sea turtle shell came into view.

The tortoise shells are cut into similar sizes and stacked neatly together.Ye An took out a piece and observed it carefully. Judging from the shape and size, the turtle was astonishingly long, at least over three meters long.

"Such a big turtle..."

Ye An knocked on the back of the tortoise shell and tried to break it off with his hands, but it didn't move.Then use the knife to cut it, and there is a gap in the blade, and the turtle's shell is intact.

"So hard?" Ye An couldn't help being surprised.

The hardness of sea turtle shell is no less than that of snapping tortoise shell. How can the shell be cut into such a shape?

Looking at the tortoise shell in his hand and looking at the fireplace, Ye An wanted to test whether the tortoise shell would crystallize after being fired.Before he could do anything, there was a knock on the door, and he came to take away the dishes with a broken arm, and told Ye An that there is a bathroom on the first floor of the City Lord's Mansion, and a hot spring is introduced, and the water temperature is suitable, which can relieve fatigue.

"Thank you." Ye An handed the plate to Broken Arm, temporarily giving up the idea of ​​calcining the sea turtle shell.

Broken Arm explained the exact location of the bathroom to Ye An, took away the dishes, and closed the door proactively.

Ye An was about to pry open the second box when the ferret suddenly climbed onto his shoulder, barked at him twice, waved its little paws, and told him what it had found.

"Is there something in the ground?" Ye An stopped, squatted beside the box, grabbed the ferret on his shoulder, and asked curiously, "What is it?"

The ferret continued to make gestures. Although he tried his best to express it, there were too many messages passed to Ye An, and he couldn't distinguish clearly for a while.

"Giant bones, abandoned ant nests, fruit, what else?"

The ferret continued to gesture, and Ye An caught more clues, and curiosity inevitably arose in his heart.After deliberating for a moment, he shook his head and suppressed this curiosity.

"Don't go." Ye An pressed the ferret's little paw to prevent it from continuing to make gestures. "It's not something we can touch. Don't go there anymore, understand?"

Curiosity killed the cat.

Ye An just wanted to complete the transaction smoothly and leave safely with the goods.He is just a passer-by in Hunter City, and what is hidden under the City Lord's Mansion has nothing to do with him.The most important thing he should do is to abide by the duty of a guest and not be too curious.

Ye An pressed his paw and nodded his head again, but the ferret didn't insist, and climbed onto Ye An's shoulder again, wrapping his body around the back of his neck.

Ye An continued to pry open the nails with a short knife, and counted the turtle shells in the box.

After counting all the armor pieces, Ye An tried to piece them together. Judging from the results, the turtle's body length was at least four meters long, far exceeding his previous guess.Just as he was about to put away the turtle shell, there was a sudden sound in his ear, and several fiery birds stopped outside the window, knocking on the window glass with their beaks.

Ye An immediately walked to the window, opened the sash and let the bird in.

The bird flew close to Ye An, fluttered its wings and croaked, conveying the discovery outside the city.

"A group of gophers?" Ye An was surprised.

Among the many mutant beasts, gophers are small in size, average in individual aggressiveness, relatively easy to catch, and are an indispensable source of food for most homeless people.But this does not mean that gophers are not lethal, as long as they reach a certain number, they are still terrifying existences.

The news that the bird brought back was not optimistic.

In the forest not far from the trading area, large groups of gophers are gathering, numbering in the tens of thousands.Such a swarm of rats is as destructive as a herd of elephants, and to a certain extent, even more terrifying than a herd of elephants!