Laoli died, drunk, with the joy of being able to save his life, and with the good wish to climb out of the fire pit one day.
After a long time, Wu Dongfang opened his eyes and let go, walked to the door and opened it.
It was dark outside the door, and he couldn't see what was going on outside, but he knew someone must be spying secretly.
After opening the door, Wu Dongfang returned to the table and sat down, holding a pot and pouring a glass of water for himself, waiting for someone to come and collect Laoli's body.
"She is very innocent." Yun Ping's voice came from outside the door.
"Very innocent." Wu Dongfang did not look back.
"She could have lived." Yun Ping did not enter the door.
Wu Dongfang took a sip of the cold water in the cup and said, "It was you who sent her to death."
"We may not necessarily kill her," Yun Ping said.
"If she had completed what you asked her to do, you would not have killed her but would have protected her. It's a pity that she didn't complete what you asked her to do." Wu Dongfang was very calm.
"Even if you don't touch her, we probably won't kill her," Yun Ping said.
"You will. Not only will you kill her, you will also use very cruel methods." Wu Dongfang said.
Someone entered the house, but it was not Yunping who entered the house, but the slaves from two inns. They carried away Laoli, just like carrying away a bag of grain or a wooden box.
"Why do we use very cruel methods?" Yun Ping turned sideways to give way, never looking at the scooped-out body.
"Because no matter what she suffered, it was all because I rejected her. You will make me feel guilty by torturing her." Wu Dongfang said.
Yun Ping smiled, and then said again, "You can sacrifice yourself to save her life."
"It's not impossible to sacrifice. It depends on whether it's worth it. Will you dig out your mother's coffin to keep passers-by warm?" Wu Dongfang put down the teacup in his hand.
"No." Yun Ping was not angry.
"Then I don't know how. I'm not familiar with her." Wu Dongfang stood up.
"You could have left her to us to kill her, why did you do it yourself?" Yun Ping stepped in. He did not go to Wu Dongfang, but to the wine cabinet to the west.
"She will suffer less if I do it. The moment I rejected her, I knew that I had killed her. I am no longer noble. Why do I need to use your hands to kill her? I pretend to be innocent." Wu Dongfang said.
"Don't shirk responsibility, don't make excuses, it's terrible, it's terrible." Yun Ping inspected the wine jars on the wine rack and found that most of them had been drunk by Wu Dongfang.
"If anything happens in the future, come directly to me. Don't bring women and children over. It's disgusting." Wu Dongfang spat.
"There won't be many opportunities for us to meet each other in the future. Let's pack up and set off." Yun Ping said.
"I have nothing to clean up." Wu Dongfang walked towards the door. When he arrived at the door, he found that the three wizards who were originally responsible for guarding him were standing in the yard.
Yun Ping walked over from the house and stuffed a jar of wine into his arms, "This is for you."
Wu Dongfang held the wine jar and looked at Yun Ping with a frown.
Yun Ping pointed at the three wizards in the yard and smiled, "We made a bet. I bet you will kill the female slave. You won three houses for me."
Wu Dongfang suddenly broke into a cold sweat. He underestimated Yun Ping, and seriously underestimated him.
"Brother, did you collude with him in advance?" A wizard shouted. These people may not be ranked according to age. The wizard who shouted was over fifty years old, older than Yunping.
"I haven't been here in the past few days." Yun Ping raised his hand and said.
"You are the only one who has spoken to him, so you must have colluded with him." The other two wizards also shouted.
"You guys brought it up, that's all. I don't want your house anymore. Send him there." Yun Ping pointed at Wu Dongfang and said to the crowd.
After Yun Ping finished speaking, many stone bars as thick as bowls appeared next to Wu Dongfang, and a cage made of stone bars formed instantly, trapping him in it.
"I rewarded him with the wine. Let him take it with him." Yun Ping said to the three of them.
As soon as Yun Ping finished speaking, the gabion flew up into the air. It was a feeling of being bounced high, straight up and down. When the upward momentum disappeared, the gabion began to fall rapidly, and it was about to fall to the ground. It rose again and flew towards the northwest driven by the three accompanying people.
Wu Dongfang could hardly open his eyes with the cold wind blowing against his face. He forced his eyes open and could see nothing but the stars in the sky.
The weather was cold, and soon his hair and eyebrows began to be covered with frost. Since there was no specific reference, he could not judge how fast the other party was going or the specific direction. The only thing he could do was to count silently in his mind. This is an estimate of how long it was in the sky.
Twenty minutes to half an hour later, three Tu wizards brought the stone cage to the ground. Wu Dongfang hurriedly lowered his head and looked down. He could vaguely see an island surrounded by water below, more than twenty miles from north to south, and from east to west. After ten miles, due to the dim light, I could not see the specific situation below. I could only see water around the island. There were a small number of woods and patches of small houses on the island. There was a round bulge in the middle area, which should be a There are no large buildings completed.
He had long guessed that he might be taken to a place where slaves lived, but he did not expect to be taken to an island. As the height dropped, he discovered that this island was not a natural island, but was formed through artificial diversion. To the east of the island is a large river, flowing from northwest to southeast. Someone dug a C-shaped channel around the island, diverting part of the water from the river to surround the area.
The river channel around the island is dozens of meters wide. Apart from this river, there are no walls or facilities to prevent escape on the island. Five or six miles downstream of the main river in the east is the tall city wall of the Xia Dynasty capital. You can even see it from here. to the outlines of some of the taller buildings in the city.
There is a mountain in the north of the island. It is the only one on the island. The mountain is not high but it is enough to overlook the entire island. There are buildings on the top of the mountain and at the foot of the mountain. Three Tu wizards took Wu Dongfang to the door of the building on the top of the mountain. , to be precise, it is in front of the tower. This is a three-story stone tower. There is no yard around the stone tower. In front of the tower is a snow-covered earth platform. There is no vegetation blocking the view around it, so the field of vision is very broad.
Although it was built in the shape of a tower, this building was much larger than an ordinary wooden or stone tower. The bottom floor covered an area of more than three acres. It was probably around eleven o'clock in the evening, and there was no light or sound inside the stone tower.
After landing, one of the wizards stepped into the stone tower, while the other two wizards stayed outside.
The gabion that trapped him disappeared after it hit the ground, but Wu Dongfang did not stand up. The half-hour long rush in the cold night had left him cold all over and his limbs numb.
A few minutes later, the wizard who entered the stone tower came out, nodded with the other two, and the three disappeared immediately.
Wu Dongfang was not overly surprised. He once heard Ming Yue say that the Tu Celestial Master's Heaven and Earth Return to Heaven and Earth can go to heaven and escape to the earth. These three Tu Clan wizards did not really disappear, but left using escape spells.
After the three people left, Wu Dongfang put down the wine jar and stretched his muscles. At this time, he discovered a strange phenomenon. In the snow in front of the stone tower, there were only the footprints of the wizard who entered the stone tower before, and then there were footprints where the two wizards were standing. The snow in other areas is complete and there are no traces of trampling.
This place is very close to the capital, and the weather should be the same. There are no trampling marks in the snow, which means that no one has been to this stone tower since the snow started, and no one in the stone tower has come out.
The person living in the stone tower is undoubtedly the most powerful person on the island. It is not surprising that this person lives alone. What is strange is that this person has not gone out during the snowy period. It is okay to eat and drink. Could it be that Lazarus also In the tower
Wu Dongfang stood there and looked around. It would be difficult for him to come to such a high place in the future. He must take the opportunity to understand the topography here.
Unfortunately, the light is too dark to see things clearly on the island. I can only see that the river water on the northwest and south sides of the island is darker than the river water in the main river channel on the east side. This situation shows that there is a gap between the river water on these three sides and the main river channel. There was probably a barrier similar to a lock dam.
Five or six minutes later, someone came to the tower from below. This man was a man in his fifties, with a medium build and an unremarkable appearance. He was wearing a wizard's robe. Due to the dim light, the color of the robe could not be seen. It's impossible to tell what level of wizard he is.
The male wizard walked to the tower and bowed to the stone tower, then turned to look at Wu Dongfang. After a few seconds, he turned around and said, "Follow me."
Wu Dongfang followed the wizard with the wine jar in his arms. The mountain road was narrow and rugged, and there were dead grass under the snow, indicating that people did not often walk on this road.
After walking carefully for more than ten minutes, Wu Dongfang followed the male wizard to a courtyard on the mountainside. The back door of this courtyard was the mountain road up the mountain. The courtyard was narrow from north to south and wide from east to west. It was seven or eight miles from east to west, but the house Not many, only six or seven, and each house is far apart.
There were fourteen people standing in the yard, in groups of two. Each group had a wizard and a man holding a torch. Judging from their clothing and standing posture, these people holding torches should all be military officers, such as officers.
With the firelight, Wu Dongfang could see things clearly. He noticed that among the seven wizards, there were two masked witches. Although the witch standing on the far right was wearing a mask, he felt familiar.
Feeling suspicious, he took another look at her. At this time, the witch was also looking at him. By the light of the fire, he found a look of surprise in the witch's eyes.
"It's her!" Wu Dongfang frowned. He did know that witch. This person was the Tu witch who went to Ming Yue's village to assassinate her and was caught by Ming Yue. The main reason why he was so sure that this woman was Yamiao that he let go half a year ago, apart from the strange look in her eyes, was because Yamiao's body shape was different from other witches. She had big breasts, bigger than ordinary women.
With the light, he saw that the male wizard who had brought him down the mountain was wearing a blue robe and was a mage. At this time, this man was looking around at everyone, and it was obvious who he was considering to hand him over to.
Seeing that Yaomiao was showing signs of taking a step forward, Wu Dongfang hurriedly asked, "Can you hand me over to the witch?"
The mage in blue robe snorted coldly, pointed at him and said to a black tower-like male wizard opposite, "Leave it to you..."