Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

Gao Yijue rolled his eyes and said, "You were nowhere to be seen when we were dealing with the warriors from Jinyang City, but you all showed up when we wanted to eat meat."

Luo Daxi said, "There is no horse meat, but you can wash the intestines and cook them to eat."

Those slaves immediately blushed and stammered, "We wanted to help, but we have no strength at all. We are afraid that we will be a hindrance. Now we are really hungry and have no choice but to come out to beg for food. As we are all slaves, please give us some rewards. From now on, we will obey you."

Gao Yijue said impatiently: "Go away, go away, all of you, get away from me, don't make me angry!"

Yu Aqi helped an old slave to sit down and said, "We are all poor people here, why should we make things difficult for each other? We have a lot of horse meat, and we can't eat it all in a short time, so let's all come together to eat it."

Chu Xiaomu, Huai Xiaomeng, Xuan Youzhu, Hai Wuqing and those who were acquainted with this group of slaves also invited them.

Chu Xiaomu said: "At this time we haven't left Jiaoshan yet, let alone the territory of Jinyang City. The more people we have, the better." Gao Yijue, Luo Daxi and others stopped talking.

With the addition of this group of raw slaves, the total number has reached more than 600.

Soon the aroma of meat wafted out, and the horse meat was cooked. Everyone started to work on it, each taking a large piece and cutting the meat cleanly.

Someone brought a large bucket of pepper and salt from the kitchen and sprinkled it on the horse meat to make it more flavorful. Everyone laughed and talked happily, and ate with relish.

Liu Zang said, "Such delicious horse meat, but it's a pity that there is no wine. If there were a few pots of Yuyachun or Guizi wine, it would taste really good."

Yu Aqi laughed and said, "How long has it been since we had such a good meal of meat? You, a dog-born slave, actually want to drink. Aren't you too ungrateful?"

Liu Zang glared and said, "What did you say to me, a dog-born slave?" He seemed quite angry.

Yu Aqi waved his hands repeatedly and said, "It's just a joke, Brother Liu, don't be angry."

Luo Daxi said loudly: "Jin Yang City's young mistress Jin Li'er once said that if we slaves perform great deeds, our indentures can be torn up and we can become free. Is what we did today a great deed?"

Everyone burst into laughter and said, "If this is considered a great achievement, then her father, the city lord, must have peeled her frog skin as a reward for her, right?"

"I think the little girl will cry to death in her dreams!"

"The people they raise in Jinyang City are all good-for-nothings. They can't even beat slaves like us..."

Chu Xiaomu tore off the red cloth on his forehead, picked up a pointed sword, walked to a slave house, chopped the wooden sign with "Di Nu Yi Wu She" written on it into pieces, and said loudly: "We don't need her to tear up the indenture for us, we can do it ourselves. Brothers, from now on, we are no longer slaves!"

Everyone also tore off the cloth strips on their foreheads that represented their slave status, and began to chop up and tear up all the wooden signs, stickers, and flags with the word "slave" written on them on the mountain. For a moment, cheers resounded throughout the valley.

Chu Xiaomu added, "We have killed all the soldiers in the camp. It will take at least three days for the news to reach Jinyang City. The Lord of Jinyang City and the Golden Sword and Black Sword will definitely send people to deal with us. They will arrive in four or five days at the least, and eight or ten days at the most. By then, we will not be as lucky as we are today, so we must make plans early."

Jiaoshan is surrounded by water on three sides. The Kun River flows from south to north, separating the west, north and east sides of the mountain. Without a boat, it would be impossible for ordinary people to cross the mountain.

On the east side, there is a stone bridge connecting the official roads at the north and south ends, called the "Ten-Arch Bridge". The bridge is 14 feet wide and 66 feet long. There are always soldiers guarding it, and no one can pass without permission.

Everyone gathered together to discuss which way to escape from Jiaoshan.

An old man said, "Twenty miles down the mountain from here is where the slaves smelt black iron, called Jinshui Bay. There is a small path around the mountain that can avoid the eyes and ears of Jinyang City on the main road. After bypassing Wu Ding's camp, go south along the Kun River upstream for about 500 miles, and you will reach Jieyun Mountain, which is the border between Jinyang City and Bi City. As long as we find a way to pass the checkpoint and enter the territory of Bi City, no matter how powerful the Jinyang City Lord or the golden sword and black sword are, they can't do anything to us."

Most people said it was a good idea.

Huai Xiaomeng frowned and said, "Mu Tou, if we escape to Bicheng, won't we be further away from Xihai City? Where will we find that bastard Bai Yixing then?" He had been with the people from the mainland for several months and had learned a lot of dirty words.

Chu Xiaomu didn't know what to do, so he had to say, "Adou is in the Nunu Refining Shed. We have to go find him anyway, so let's go with everyone and make plans after we find him."

Huai Xiaomeng rolled his eyes at him disdainfully and said, "Don't you have a lot of clever ideas? Why do you still need to 'make another plan' now?"

Chu Xiaomu was speechless and tore off a piece of horse meat and started chewing it.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, they packed up the remaining horse meat and prepared to head to the water-soaked bay where the slaves were being trained. Chu Xiaomu pulled over the chestnut horse he had ridden before and stroked it gently.

Gao Yijue came over and praised, "Brother Xiaomu, you are amazing. Your horsemanship is so amazing! Where did you learn it from?"

Chu Xiaomu didn't understand why, so he asked, "Do you need to learn something as simple as riding a horse?"

"You must be kidding. How can you learn without practice? How can anyone be born knowing how to ride a horse?"

"We don't have horses on our island. I've never ridden one before. Today is my first time."

Gao Yijue opened his mouth and said, "I will never believe that this is your first time riding a horse! When I was learning horse riding, I fell off the horse every time in the first three days."

Chu Xiaomu smiled and said, "To tell you the truth, I started learning horse riding when I was young, so I have to be more proficient."

Gao Yi Jue breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I knew it. How could someone be born with such good horsemanship that he could run close to the mountain? He seems to be better than those people in Bicheng."

Chu Xiaomu smiled and stopped talking.

Huai Xiaomeng asked secretly, "Why did you lie to him that he had been riding a horse since he was a child?"

Chu Xiaomu said: "If we don't lie to him, he will never stop." In fact, he didn't want Gao Yijue to lose face.

Chu Xiaomu took off the saddle, halter, bridle, etc. from the chestnut horse, patted the horse's buttocks, and said, "Go, find a deserted place to eat grass, and it's best not to return to Jinyang City."

Huai Xiaomeng asked in confusion: "This horse is very useful, why did you let it go for no reason?" Yu Aqi, Gao Yijue and others were also very puzzled and asked him why he let the chestnut horse go.

Chu Xiaomu said, "There are four or five hundred of us in total, but there are only four horses. Who is the right one to ride? Instead of arguing endlessly, why don't we all just not ride horses?"