Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 489 Destroy it

Three years ago, when Song Chunlin went north, he met southern merchants who were also going north. Those merchants said that it was becoming increasingly difficult to catch fish in the south. If it was becoming difficult to catch fish, what about food?

Is it possible that the Song family, which has formed an alliance with the Gu family, also wants to get a piece of the pie in the north because there is no grain to harvest in the south?

At this point, Song Chunlin couldn't ask Song Qingxi, but if he wanted to rebel, this amount of food might not be enough. This place was very close to the border, and he wondered if there would be other food storage points like this one if he went further south.

Song Chunlin walked around here and avoided two groups of patrolling guards. These people were quite alert. Song Chunlin suppressed the urge to transfer all the food into the space and returned to the farm along the same route. He estimated that the person behind the scenes would appear by then.

Probably because they felt that they were in their own territory, these people were not as strict in guarding the master and disciple as before. During the day, these people would deliver food to Cai Sheng and his disciple twice, morning and evening. The food was just thin porridge mixed with muscle softening powder to prevent the two from escaping.

In fact, if they were not fed with the muscle softening powder, these two people would not have the strength to escape. With just that little bit of thin porridge, they would be lucky not to starve to death. Let alone running, they couldn't even stand up.

Of course, that was when Song Chunlin was not around. Now Song Chunlin provided the two of them with three meals a day, and also provided spiritual spring water to loosen up the muscles. Cai Sheng and his apprentice only needed to tie themselves up again and lie on the bed when those people delivered meals in the morning and evening.

As for physiological problems, just wait until the middle of the night, sneak out to a deserted corner, and solve it quietly.

About three or four days passed like this. Song Chunlin calculated that if Gu Fengyue wanted to send a letter at this moment, it would have already arrived in the capital, and the person behind the scenes would have appeared by then.

Just as Song Chunlin expected, late that night, a low-key and simple carriage quietly stopped at the back door of the manor. The deaf-mute couple who managed the manor quickly removed the door sill and let the carriage in.

Song Chunlin did not stay in the farm, but stayed in the woods not far away. He put on a camouflage suit and climbed up a tree pretending to be part of the tree.

He had not dared to sleep these days. When he was tired, he would close his eyes and rest. Today, he was finally caught. He did not open his eyes immediately, but used his mental power to keep an eye on the movements in the house.

An old man in simple cotton clothes got off the carriage. He had a cloak on his head and he didn't take it off even in the farm.

When the old man heard his subordinates say that Cai Sheng and the other two were very honest, he paused, turned around and said something.

"Two people?"

The subordinate bent down even lower, and added in a trembling voice, "When we captured him, his apprentice kept clinging to him and wouldn't let go. I figured, even though he was just an apprentice, he should have some real skills, so I captured him as well. He might be a good helper."

The old man's voice expressed no emotion, he just hummed lightly and said nothing more.

However, it was this lack of reaction that made the hairs on the subordinate and the people around him stand up.

Damn it, is the master happy or unhappy?

The old man didn't say much about this, probably tacitly agreeing with their actions, but when he approached the door, he said something lightly.

"It's punishable."

The people behind him knelt down one after another. Except for the deaf-mute couple and the guards around the old man, there was no one standing in the yard. These people knelt quietly on the ground. The old man ignored them and pushed open the door and walked in.

Cai Sheng and his apprentice inside had already heard the noise outside, but they did not react at all. Even when someone pushed the door open, they just lay quietly on the bed, their breathing becoming a little faster.

The old man seemed to have sensed something. He walked to the side of the table. The guard beside him quickly wiped the chair with a cloth, and then the old man sat down leisurely.

"Since you two are awake, why don't we talk about cooperation?"

Cai Sheng slowly opened his eyes. His movements were a little slow, but when he turned his head, the old man still hadn't put down his cloak hood, covering half of his face. People could only see the lower half of his face, but his eyes were hidden in the darkness. There was only one oil lamp lit in the room, so even the lower half of his face was a little blurry in the dim light and could not be seen clearly.

Cai Sheng felt a little regretful. The man was wrapped so tightly, he must be a high-ranking noble. Such a person went to great lengths to kidnap him, so it must be no good thing. Cai Sheng began to regret it at this time. Why was he so stubborn at that time and insisted on checking the detonator himself? Now he fell into the hands of the other party, and he was afraid that he would have no good days.

Cai Sheng first hoped that Song Chunlin would be more capable and rescue them as soon as possible.

Song Chunlin, who was outside, felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity when he saw the old man for the first time, but he covered himself too tightly, and even with his mental power he could not see clearly. Song Chunlin thought that this man was quite cautious, but there were only two old princes with military power, either Pingnan or Chuyue. Song Chunlin preferred Pingnan.

Compared with Chu Yue, who was a bit extroverted and gossipy, Prince Pingnan was more cunning. At that time, the three old princes led their troops into the capital overnight. Except for the one who rebelled, the other two emperors did not pursue their actions of leading troops privately, but they were also wary of these two in both open and covert ways.

Song Chunlin touched his chin, wondering whether he should take advantage of this good opportunity and just kill the man.