nycdaug Chapter 202 Escape
Chapter 202 Escape
After returning, He Yue and the others had not returned yet. They were not squeezed in the crowd just now, but were sitting in a restaurant near Shihui and carefully observing the people at the scene.
When He Yue came back, he saw Lu Linlang and others cutting a stone. They had just bought this small cutting tool on the recommendation of the inn waiter. The stone was not big, and half of it had been removed by Lu Zhan's violent hammering.
"It doesn't matter where you cut it, it looks the same to me." Lu Zhan held the tools and followed Yun Yi's instructions.
"Are you guys here to gamble on stones? Can this stone really produce jade?" He Yue looked at them leisurely. He stopped talking when he realized that someone seemed to be staring at him.
"Yes, we heard that the Western Regions produce jade, so we picked up a piece at the stone fair to test the waters. Look, we haven't found anything yet, and we don't know if the fifty taels of silver were wasted. Come on, come on, do you want to guess?"
Seeing that he didn't talk about the real business, Lu Linlang knew that he just understood what they meant. Since someone was watching, he might as well put on an act.
"Let me take a look. Let me guess. This stone looks very ordinary. It doesn't look like it has any jade. Are you being fooled?"
"I think this stone might actually have something. Why don't we take out some money and gamble?"
"I won't join in the fun with you. I've already promised my sister that I won't gamble. This is what my eldest brother is betting on. I'll open the stones for you." Lu Zhan shook his head. He had promised not to gamble, so he had to do it.
After a while, the room automatically split into two groups, one group betting that there was jade inside, and the other group betting that there was not.
Even the waiter came to join in the fun and threw in two coins.
After a while, Lu Zhan cut the stone in half, but still found nothing. Some people were dejected, while the other group held their heads high.
"Don't worry, there's still some here. This stone is already very small and we can't cut it directly. We need to use something that can scrape stones to rub it slowly." Seeing everyone's expressions, Yun Yi took the initiative to do it himself.
The room was silent, afraid that his breathing would affect the outcome, and finally, a little green was wiped out.
Some gamblers cheered immediately, and another group of people finally gave up. That was the last bit of hope before failure.
The waiter just won and shared the money with everyone else. Although it wasn't much, he was grinning from ear to ear. However, he wasn't that fond of jade.
"Sir, if you want to sell this jade, you can find a royal shop in the city or go to one of the four major families. However, this jade won't fetch much. Here, a piece of stone with a strange shape is worth more than jade."
The waiter comforted them, but this dissuasion surprised everyone. The hobbies of these Fengchi people are really unique.
After the waiter left, the guards secretly investigated several places and then went to guard everywhere. Only then did He Yue speak to them in a low voice.
"We've been targeted. I suspect it's the black-robed men. It seems the Fengchi Kingdom is highly suspected. And when you just left, although we couldn't see the Second Prince's expression, we noticed that he was angry. He left with his men and didn't even pay attention to the girl."
"I also noticed something. When we heard the second prince describe the shapes of the stones, it was as if the stones were not works of art but living people. He also focused on describing the texture of the stones' skin, which is obviously not in line with common sense.
I observed the Second Prince. Although he wasn't wearing a black robe, he was wrapped up tightly, looking very similar to those black-robed men. I suspect it's them. He's already started monitoring us. We can't stay here any longer. We need to leave quickly and return to the land of Daqi. Otherwise, I'm worried about what they might do."
"I feel the same way. We should do this as soon as possible." He Yue told everyone about his plan, and Yunxi also offered his own ideas.
After a while, Lu Linlang and the others came downstairs to have lunch. They told the waiter that they had gotten up early in the morning and were going to take a nap after lunch, so they should not be disturbed during this time.
The waiter nodded repeatedly and watched them go upstairs.
They were not the only ones upstairs. Because of the Stone Society, many businessmen had also come in.
They were dressed in strange clothes. After coming back to rest for a while, they went downstairs one after another to go out for fun.
The waiter watched them leave and thought to himself, now he can take a break. The inn is full, most of the guests have gone out, and the rest are taking a nap, so he might as well take some time to take a nap.
While he was sleeping, someone suddenly woke him up.
"Hey, do you have any guest rooms here? We want to go to the second floor and take a look."
"I'm sorry, gentlemen, but our second floor is full. Please stay somewhere else." When the waiter heard that you were here to stay in the hotel, he could only answer with a smile.
"Are the guests upstairs still there?" the man asked seriously.
"Yes, everyone is resting. You'd better go to other inns quickly. If you go too late, there will be no rooms." The waiter yawned. Who knew that these people not only did not listen, but also forced their way upstairs.
"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing? Our upstairs is really full." Seeing that they were about to rush up regardless of the consequences, the waiter quickly followed them, fearing that they would disturb the guests.
"Is this what you mean by fully occupied?" The man suddenly kicked open a door, and there was no one inside except for the inn's belongings.
"Hey, I remember this is where the guests from Daqi stayed. Why is there no one here? Weren't they taking a nap?" The waiter was also puzzled, because this was indeed the room they stayed in.
Seeing that he knew nothing, the man kicked open the other doors, but they were all empty. He then kicked open the doors of several other merchants' houses, only to see that they were all looking at the intruder with sleepy eyes.
"Who are you and why did you suddenly break into our house?"
"Hey, didn't I remember that you went out? When did you come back?" The waiter didn't understand at all, but he realized now that those guests had disappeared.
Their room fee hasn't been refunded yet, and they just left like that without even saying goodbye to him?
"Hmph, come here, split up and chase them, we must bring them back!" The leading man looked at the waiter fiercely and gave orders to the others, who immediately did as he was told.
At this time, Lu Linlang and others had already fled out of the city and arrived at the territory of Qianlang Mountain. After crossing Qianlang Mountain, they arrived at the territory of Daqi.
"Thank goodness everyone put their heads together and decided to pretend to be the merchants and leave. Otherwise, it would be really hard to leave the city. They should be looking for us by now. Let's go quickly. We should be able to return to Daqi tonight."
They knocked out the merchants who returned to the room, dressed up as those merchants, and took advantage of the waiter's drowsiness to leave the city one after another. As for the waiter's drowsiness, that was also Yunxi's doing. The drug he brought this time was very effective and would not make people fall into a deep sleep. When they woke up, they would only think that they were sleepy.
So when they woke up, Lu Linlang and others had already escaped from the city.