C124 (1/2)
The cloaked man turned around, and in the end, his gaze fell on the two meter tall pile of straw. He pulled out a dagger from his boot and the five of them formed a circle, slowly approaching the pile of straw. Chu Yunge also slowly took out his dagger.
The people from Worryfree Hall were not only dressed like ghosts, their perception was also like ghosts. Didn't normal people follow the alley and chase after them?
The five people slowly approached, blades in front, blades in front, blades in an attempt to dig into the pile of rice, Chu Yunge and the others hid behind the straw and were just silently enduring.
The encirclement got closer and closer. The knife stabbed into the pile of straw, layer by layer. A light breeze blew past, making her cape flutter slightly, the corner of her clothes floated in the air, Chu Yunge felt that the blade was getting closer and closer to him.
She held the dagger tightly in her hand. If he dared to move forward again, she would definitely kill him. Slowly raising his hand, he guaranteed that the floating straw would not budge. Chu Yunge's hand was already close to the top.
The two cloaked men probed the pile of straw and turned their heads.
Chu Yunge thought that they were going to take action and also came out from the pile of rice. However, when she peeked her head out, she realised that the black-clothed man had already disappeared and was chasing after an alley.
”Yes, haha.” Chu Yunge looked at the black-cloaked man who disappeared into the depths of the alleyway.
”What are you waiting for? Hurry up and leave. Wait for them to come back and find you!” Ji Guzi crawled out from the pile of straw. When he jumped in, he almost buried himself in the bottom of the pile.
”Haha …”
”Hurry up and leave!” Ji Guzi grabbed Chu Yunge's ears and pulled her out of the pile of rice grasses, ”That stupid dog will be back soon.
Stupid dog... A stupid dog that brought its own GPS and had the ability to lure enemies?
Ji Guzi rubbed two pieces of dust on the ground, and muddle-headedly smeared it all over Chu Yunge's and Feng Yi's faces. Even their makeup had already aged them up to a certain point, adding the two pieces of dust, they looked just like impoverished beggars.
After erasing her and Feng Yi, Ji Guzi started erasing himself again, and said while erasing himself, ”This is called camouflage technique, understand?”
Chu Yunge twisted her mouth, picking out two broken bowls from the pile of rice and holding them in her hands, ”Since it's already like this, we'll think about it after we leave the city.” As she said that, she tore a few wounds on her new clothes and gave Feng Yi a broken bowl.
Chu Yunge climbed up the city wall and looked down at the lowest part of the houses. The place with the worst things was probably the slums. By borrowing the bright moonlight, Chu Yunge was able to see clearly that the place she was looking for was in the southwest corner of the city.
They had accidentally made it to the center of the city. Right now, buying a carriage from the horse shop was tantamount to walking into a trap. Their whereabouts could be said to have already been exposed halfway. The fire at the city gate was still burning. The guards probably had no idea how to deal with the situation until now.
Chu Yunge took the lead and led the two of them to the southwest corner of the city. She wanted to leave a mark for Ha Ha Ha, but was afraid that the mark would be discovered by Worryfree Hall and the other beasts, so she could only give up, and hoped that her scent would stay on the streets for a little longer, so that she could smell their scent and find them.
In the dead of night, the three of them walked in a hunched manner through the deep alleyways. The stone tiles under their feet turned into dirt roads, and the surrounding area also became more spacious. The houses were all made up of low stone houses, which were on two different levels compared to the two-story wooden structure inside the city.
The smell was getting worse. Chu Yunge reckoned that they were almost there.
Observing her surroundings, Chu Yunge kicked a soft object and subconsciously retreated a step. Chu Yunge lowered his head and only then could she clearly see that it was a person.
Lying on the ground, the old man glanced at Chu Yunge, then turned his body and hugged his bowl as he continued to fall asleep. His clothes were even worse than Chu Yunge's and the others'.
”We've arrived.” Chu Yunge stepped over the people on the ground and headed towards the run-down temple that had candles burning in the distance. Wasn't it normal for beggars to be in the run-down temple? The cold autumn wind was blowing, yet there was still someone sleeping on the ground.
The moment Chu Yunge pushed the dilapidated temple open, he immediately understood what was going on. There was a 60-square-metre temple, with the Buddha statues occupying half of the space, the remaining seats were all occupied by people. There were even some who directly slept on the Buddha's bronze statue.
Those lying on the ground and those sitting on the ground could be found in almost all the sleeping positions. The entire temple was filled with a strange smell that made one feel nauseous just by smelling it. It was already late autumn, and there was almost no sweat. It was really impossible to imagine what it would be like if they came here in the middle of summer.
Many of these children, even in their infancy, fell asleep on the straw.
Feng Yi's brows slightly knitted, and a faint 'chuan' word appeared on his grey-black face that had been wiped clean.