What made Ye Lingyue even more depressed was yet to come. Song Jingyun heard that some refugees said that because Beiqing and Daxia were unwilling to formally accept them, in order to make a living, they planned to cross Zizhu Ridge and go to several small countries west of Zizhu Ridge earn a living.
Song Jingyun offered to take the refugees along.
"We promised Young Master Long that we will escort him all the way through Zizhu Ridge. The journey is fairly peaceful, so why don't we take this group of refugees with us. There are not many refugees, about a hundred or so. Our maximum Lose some time."
"I disagree. There are many refugees, and no one can guarantee whether there are people with bad intentions among them."
The two captains of "Di Sha" disagreed.
It has been the third day since they came out. Although they only encountered a few sporadic beast attacks and no assassins along the way, Zizhu Ridge is ahead. to what danger.
"Miss Lanlan, what do you think?" Song Jingyun said, looking at Lancai'er.
Lan Cai'er frowned, and glanced at Song Jingyun, seeing that the latter's eyes were clearly provocative.
"I don't agree either. Our mission this time is to escort Xiaolongbao. His safety comes first. We are mercenaries, not bad guys."
Lan Caier's answer surprised Dao Ge a little.
"I know that some people are selfish. These refugees look very pitiful. We also think that we should escort them. Besides, with the strength of a dozen of us, we are afraid that a hundred or so refugees will not be able to make it." Xia Xia The three sisters sneered coldly.
"Everyone, stop arguing. Why don't we have a vote to see the number of people in favor and against? Which side has the most people, and then decide whether the refugees will go or stay." Song Jingyun saw that the two sides were arguing, and rushed out to persuade them.
There is no suspense in this vote.
The number of blood drinkers was already higher than that of Disha, and Long Baobao felt sympathy for a child about his age among the refugees, so the more than a hundred refugees stayed like this.
"That Song Jingyun is not simple." Ye Lingyue glanced at Song Jingyun who got along very well with the refugees. "Anyway, let's be careful."
Lan Caier made a promise.
When she went out to make a fire, she encountered a knife again.
"Lan Caier, you've changed." Dao Ge didn't expect that Lan Caier, who was originally passionate and loves justice, would be so cold-blooded against allowing refugees to stay today.
"Captain Knife, I didn't expect that you, a member of the devil's sect, would change your career and become a good person. Sure enough, the power of love is great, and right and wrong can be confused." Lan Cai'er laughed sarcastically.
"Lan Caier, you are warning you one last time, don't get too close to Sha, he is not easy." Dao Ge didn't understand why Lan Caier, who was so clingy to him before, became like a hedgehog now.
Even if he killed his father, Lan Yingwu also killed so many people from the Demon Sect.
"I will return this sentence to you intact. You should be careful of the person next to you. Sometimes, the person closest to you is the deadliest." Lan Caier frowned, not far behind, Yan Jiu yelled there.
"Lanlan, I want you to start a fire. You are procrastinating in giving birth. It's your turn to watch the night. Come back quickly."
She pouted, got up and walked to the tent.
Dao Ge took a step forward, but finally turned around and strode away.
Because of the addition of refugees, the team's schedule suddenly slowed down a lot.
But fortunately, all the way is safe and sound.
On the seventh day, the team entered the Zizhuling area.
Zizhu Ridge, as the name suggests, is different from the vegetation around the Mercenary City. There is a kind of purple bamboo growing all over the mountains and plains here.
From a distance, it looks like a purple cloud covering the sky and covering the mountain.
Due to the appearance of Zijin Arrow Bamboo in this area, the number of spirit beasts suddenly increased, and several small-scale bandits were encountered on the road, but fortunately, they were all stopped by several captains.
But even so, after a whole day, everyone's nerves were highly tense.
"Relocate the refugees, and send at least two people from both sides to take turns patrolling."
After dark, Dao Ge discussed with Di, and quickly decided to patrol all night.
When Ye Lingyue and Long Baobao returned to the camp, Long Baobao also brought back the refugee child who was traveling with him.
"Sister Hei, I want Xiao Xiao to sleep with me, okay? He's in the refugee camp, so he can't sleep well every day?" Long Baobao blinked his big eyes and looked at Ye Lingyue.
Children of the same age are always easy to become friends. This boy named Xiao Xiao, like Long Baobao, is six years old this year. Because of the appearance of Qiankun Zijinzhu, his family members were sent to the village to inquire about the whereabouts of Qiankun Zijinzhu. The evil alchemist was killed.
He also became an orphan and depended on his grandfather for life.
Ye Lingyue glanced at the little boy, who looked at him tremblingly and nodded.
After nightfall, Long Baobao and the boy named Xiao Xiao fell asleep quickly.
Ye Lingyue kept watch for a while, and fell asleep around midnight.
As soon as Ye Lingyue's sleeping sound came, the little boy named Xiao Xiao's eyes opened immediately.
The little boy got up very quickly.
He lifted the tent and looked outside.
Outside the camp, it was quiet. Zhuge Yi, who was in charge of patrolling tonight, had already fallen asleep by the campfire.
Beside the bonfire, a water sac was scattered.
In the little boy's eyes, there was a hint of sinisterness that was extremely inconsistent with his age.
I saw him raising his hand, a dagger slipped out of his thin coat, and walked to Long Baobao's side, he was about to wipe his throat with a knife, the technique was so vicious, it was clearly an old and experienced man now.
Seeing that the dagger was about to cut through Long Baobao's throat, he suddenly heard a ding.
The little boy's wrist went numb for a while, and the dagger was directly sent flying.
And it was the female mercenary who should have been "asleep" that knocked her own dagger into the air.
The little boy was shocked.
The dagger fell to the ground, and Long Baobao, who was still asleep, suddenly woke up.
"Xiao Xiao?"
Long Baobao was still a little confused, the little boy snorted coldly, his figure was like lightning flashing past, and he was about to catch Long Baobao.
A thunderbolt struck his fingers and landed at his feet.
Ye Lingyue had already snatched the dragon bag in his hands, and stepped aside.
"Your skill?"
"It's very strange, why didn't I pass out? You and your accomplices, why is the poison you poisoned in the upper reaches of the water source useless to us? Because I didn't drink the water you poisoned at all."
Ye Lingyue is vigilant by nature. When she goes out on missions, the water she drinks is all water from Hongmengtian.
Since Song Jingyun took in these refugees, she secretly replaced the water used by the "Di Sha" people and Long Baobao with Rainbow Stream.
Sure enough, these refugees had a problem. They injected a colorless and odorless poison in the upper reaches of the stream, and even silver needles could not detect it.