Through the troubled times and famine, I just want to farm peacefully

"Tell me about it in detail." The city lord said calmly.

The servant was very clever and organized his words quickly.

"They arrived at noon and stopped ten miles outside the city. There were nearly a thousand men, women, old and young in the team. They had a few horses and cattle, and the wagons were carrying a lot of supplies."

The city lord seemed to be interested. He sat up straight and looked at the servant. "Do you know where they came from?"

The servant lowered his head and dared not look him in the face. "I haven't found out yet, but they have sent more than a dozen people into the city to gather information. They all carry swords and knives, so I think they are good at fighting. One of them looks like a woman, but she is wrapped in a scarf, so I can't really see her face."

"interesting."

At this moment, a man outside the door reported, "Reporting to the city lord, a dozen strangers entered the city through the shops."

The city lord waved his hand and said, "Pass the order down, keep a close eye on their movements, let Ah Da find out their background first, and if possible, try to recruit them, and don't act rashly."

"Yes!" The subordinate took the order and left.

"How many refugees have you received today?"

The servant on the ground beamed with joy and said respectfully, "There are about five hundred people."

The city lord gently tapped the dragon head of the chair with his palm, "It's a little less."

After saying that, he stood up, walked to the window, reached out and pushed open the two windows, and looked towards the city gate leading out of the city.

"Notify them and have Ah Da and the others prepare. If those people enter the city tomorrow, close the city gates and don't let any of them escape."

"Yes!"

Looking at Lin Yinan and others standing at the crossroads, he licked his bloody lips and said, "Send the child and the beautiful woman to the palace."

"The city lord is wise!" The servant flattered the city lord and left.

Lin Yinan, Yun Mo and others walked along the street and came to the center of the city, where there was a side street second only to the main street.

The noise from the side streets on both sides was endless.

Yun Mo chose to look to the right first, "Let's go over here and take a look."

As soon as we turned in, we saw a sign with a big word "赌" (gamble) on it. It meant a gambling house.

Lin Yinan looked inside through the curtain and saw that the place was filled with smoke.

As they were approaching the door of the gambling house, a gambler rushed out from inside and everyone quickly got out of his way.

"Don't run! Stop right there!"

Five men holding shining swords chased out.

"Damn it, you want to run away after losing the bet!"

"Don't kill me! I'll pay it back! I'll go back and get it back for you guys." The gambler ran and shouted.

One of the men was more skilled in martial arts, and he kicked the gambler in the back.

The gambler screamed "Ah!" and fell to the ground.

"Then go to hell and pay it back!"

The thug grinned and stabbed the gambler in the back.

The other four men caught up and slashed at the fallen gambler with knives. Blood splattered all over the faces and bodies of the five men, but they didn't care at all and continued to swing their knives wildly.

The gambler soon fell silent.

"Drag them to the meat market." The leading man ordered two of them.

The two men dragged the body off the ground. The gambler's hands, feet and head were almost chopped off, leaving a long trail of blood on the ground.

Seeing Lin Yinan and the others standing there in a daze, the man wiped the blood off his face, looking even more hideous.

He walked over and grinned to them, "Dear guests, come in and play a few rounds. The newest way to play here is to bet on food. If you win, you get food. If you lose, you have to pay with your life, just like that man just now."

Lin Yinan frowned. What kind of perverted place is this?

Yun Mo said calmly, "No, we just arrived, let's get familiar with the environment first."

The man was not angry when he was rejected. Instead, he bowed to them and said, "Okay, we welcome you anytime."

After saying this, he took the two men with knives back to the gambling house.

Lin Yinan and the others continued walking forward. The side street was not long, and after only twenty or thirty steps they stopped under a huge plaque with the words "Chunfeng Tower" written on it.

A gust of wind blew, and everyone could smell the aroma of wine and meat.

Lin Yinan felt a little nauseous when he smelled the smell, so he took two steps back and fell behind the crowd to avoid the fragrance that was blowing towards him.

"Gentlemen, come in and play!"

A woman's sweet laughter could be heard above everyone's heads.

Looking up, I saw two seductively dressed women standing upstairs.

"Master, come on! The good wine and food are ready."

Lin Yinan glanced at the padded jacket he was wearing. The women upstairs were actually wearing gauze. Judging from their expressions, they did not seem reluctant at all. Instead, they were very eager.

Yun Mo led everyone to walk a few steps forward. They found that all the shops were closed, and the houses in the alleys were also quiet. No one knew whether there was anyone living inside.

The group turned around and returned the same way.

Passing by the entrance of the gambling house again, Lin Yinan saw the bloodstains from before, flowing along the cracks in the ground to the gutter under the eaves.

The palm-wide drain was full of brown liquid, and she discovered that the fishy smell came from there.

"Look at the gutter under the eaves." Lin Yinan said softly.

Yun Wu knew medicine and poison, so he could tell what was inside immediately.

"It was full of human blood."

Everyone gasped. How many people would have to be killed to form a stream? It seemed like it would take more than a day or two to accumulate.

When she reached the center of the main street and the side street, Lin Yinan suddenly felt a chill on her back. She looked around quickly but found nothing.

Yun Mo noticed her strangeness and asked, "What's wrong?"

"Just now I felt someone was spying on us."

Yun Qi whispered, "I felt it too."

Cross the main street and walk to the other end of the side street, where the noise is even louder.

Not long after we walked, we saw a large open-air market, which was divided into countless small areas by fences, and each area was filled with people with their hands and feet tied.

Su Yunzhi had a good memory and recognized that many of them were refugees who had followed them all the way here.

He said gently, "Many of these people are refugees who followed us."

"Yes, were they captured?" The villagers who followed were even more anxious.

Most of them had dull expressions and showed no reaction to the people passing by or the sounds of bargaining.

The small number of people who refused to surrender were severely whipped by the traffickers.

Some who resisted and cried loudly were dragged aside by several people and strangled on the spot, with blood splattered everywhere.

The environment here is even worse, with a terrible smell and a foul stench. People are treated like livestock.

Lin Yinan and his group were terrified and were about to leave when the trafficker came up to them enthusiastically and introduced, "Whatever you want to choose, we have everything here. They are all fresh goods that have just arrived today."

Lin Yinan only felt her heart tighten, as if sensing her emotions, the little thing in her stomach was punching and kicking.

She didn't want to stay here for a moment. Good people became fresh commodities and were insulted and killed at will.

"Let's go!" Su Yunzhi endured the pain in his chest and spoke first.

Seeing that they were about to leave, another human trafficker hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, being extremely humble.

"Please stay and tell us your requirements. We will try our best to meet them."

Lin Yinan was stunned. The voice sounded familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before.