A fox and a raccoon swam past furtively.

The ripples on the river were shattered, reflecting the rows of torches on the dark deck, like floating gold.

The officers and soldiers patrolling the edge of the deck dragged their feet sparsely and made a thumping sound on the deck.

I saw their sleepy eyes, their steps half staggered, and the torches in their hands looked like they were about to fall off.

The general was scolding: "Are you trying to keep your spirits up? We are almost to Yongcheng, and we are still sleeping, one by one."

The general grabbed another handful of reeds and slapped them on the faces of the officers and soldiers one by one.

The strange thing is that the officers and soldiers seemed to be tickled and remained fearless. When being scolded, they just wiped their faces and continued to desecrate their duties.

This kind of laziness is almost impossible in the Qin Dynasty, which has strict laws and regulations.

The harshness of the Great Qin was almost cruel. Even if he forged a shoddy arrowhead, the master blacksmith would still risk being beheaded.

But under the control here, another kind of rules gradually emerged.

The officers and soldiers wore long swords at their waists and continued to sway with floating steps.

So when Baitao dragged the chubby Zheng Guo ashore with his teeth, they were all blind and could not see, and continued to swim in black shadows.

"I thought you were just hairy, but I didn't expect you were really fat."

Baitao walked into the official ship and stared at the officers and soldiers for a while. Seeing that the sentry was nothing more than that, she couldn't help complaining to the panting Zheng Guo, "My teeth haven't broken yet, why are you gasping for air first?"

Zheng Guo said weakly, "There is no way. I am only suitable for walking on water, not walking. What's more, I have to climb up and my claws are slipping."

Baitao spit out some hair from her mouth and looked at the officers and soldiers walking in front of her, "Are they really invisible?"

"It's so late, most people have to go to bed, so we monsters are the only ones who are energetic." Zheng Guo flicked his tail, "I seem to hear a lot of noise inside."

"It's a bit noisy. There must be a lot of people fighting over drinks."

The fox's ears were pointier, and Baitao walked forward tiptoeing, "Follow me."

Zheng Guo: "Okay!"

Zheng Guo jumped onto the wooden box and then onto the basket. Zheng Guo followed and bumped into Baitao unexpectedly.

He quickly covered his nose, trying to express his innocence.

Baitao turned around and glared at him, Zheng Guo curled his tail and looked aggrieved.

“…”

There is nothing I can do, he is my younger brother after all.

Baitao sighed, stretched out her paws, pulled Zheng Guo and herself close, and looked inside under the cover of the basket.

It was exactly as Baitao said inside, as lively as oil cooking in a raging fire.

There are many officers and soldiers drunkenly stepping on the table to give drink orders, "It will definitely end. Two good fortunes, three fortunes, and four leaders!"

"Four"

"Come on, come on, you lost, drink up!" The generals' faces turned red as the wine bowls collided, "Hiccup, the King of Heaven and I can't control this place, you're like a happy god!"

"Hahahahaha!"

The generals banged their tables and kicked their stools, laughing loudly.

One person said, "Hey, even though we are living a good life and no one cares about it, if we don't handle the matter of Chang Xinhou well, we will lose our heads. Let's just say that in the past two years, Chang Xinhou has to

A boy or girl must be born on a lunar month and a lunar day, so ten of them must be found in a month."

"Well, if you want to say that everything else is good, I want something with a yin moon and a yin sun."

"How many gifts have you given in these two years?"

"Whether it's abduction or trading, it's almost empty now. The further you go, the more you reach Rong Di's territory. I can barely find ten this time. I don't know if I can successfully deliver the goods next time."

"Why are you panicking?"

Another person showed his yellow teeth and burped loudly, "With wine, meat, and generous rewards, I will be happy even if I die now, hahaha!"

"Hahahaha! That's right, come on, come on, do it, do it!"

Baitao listened secretly and swung her tail, "They were also ordered by Lao Ai to look for boys and girls. They catch ten boys and girls a month, and they have been catching them for two years? How many children do they need?"

"I feel so pitiful about those boys and girls."

Zheng Guo wrinkled his nose, "I'm afraid it's going to be more bad than good."

Although they are not the same kind, Baitao also has some sympathy and sentiment towards those children.

She pursed her lips and said, "Don't jump to conclusions so early. It may not be certain. Seeing is believing, hearing is false. What you haven't seen is possible. It's just a guess."

"Pray for those children."

Zheng Guo clasped his two paws together. Seeing that Baitao was indifferent, he tugged on her paw again and closed his eyes. "We pray that they will have a good pregnancy in their next life and stop being human."

Baitao: "."

Baitao: "?"

The officers and soldiers in front came over, and Baitao dragged Zheng Guo, who was praying under the moon, into the basket, and whispered: "Why do you think you are not a human being? Are they treating you like pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep on the table for you to eat?"

Zheng Guo's eyes were watery: "Hey, I don't eat meat. I think it would be great if everyone stopped eating meat, became vegetarians, and lived in harmony. Maybe the Seven Kingdoms wouldn't start a war."

Looking at the compassionate Zheng Guo, Baitao slapped his forehead with his paw: "The Seven Kingdoms started fighting not because of eating meat. Let's go see the ten newly kidnapped children first. I seem to have heard their voices.

The sound of breathing is coming, just below this deck."

Zheng Guo was diverted: "Okay!"

The footsteps left.

Zheng Guo twisted his tail and pushed the blocked basket back to its original position. He threw it in an arc and followed the fox jumping on the deck. She pushed open a piece of armor with her paws and rushed in with a swish.

Zheng Guo stood on his hind legs and looked around for a while, then he jumped in without hesitation.

The white peach falls to the ground as light as a feather.

"." It was silent.

When Zheng Guo landed, his limbs were flat and the goose spread out.

"Dong-dong-" beat the gongs and drums.

Baitao: "???"

This sound was particularly harsh in the dark basement. Several children who had been sleeping lightly were awakened and started to cry in fright, "Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu."Mom. Uuuuu. Daddy."

"I want to go home. Woohoo."

".I'm afraid, wuwuwu, where are you, my dear?"

Baitao planned to cover the first child's mouth when he cried, but she didn't expect that all the children would be woken up.

She slapped Zheng Guo on the forehead with her paw, and the meaning was self-evident: It's all your fault!

Zheng Guo curled his tail and felt aggrieved silently.

The dim oil lamp was lit, and the charming orange light made the dirty and damp basement look a bit spooky.

There was a lot of filth on the ground, and several eight or nine-year-old children were crowded together, with their ankles tied with chains.

Their cheeks were sunken, covered with skin and bones, and their eyes looked surprisingly big, but now their faces were stained with tears, and fear and hesitation filled the place.

"Who came in?"

There was a tall boy at the head. His figure was illuminated by the oil lamp in his hand, as if he was a ghost. His face, which was green and yellow from hunger, had a different kind of calmness.

The two raccoons, Baitao and Zheng Guo, had already scurried behind the pillar.

Hearing this, Baitao pulled the pillar to look at the boy who was talking. Unexpectedly, her ears were caught off guard by a small hand behind her.

There was a dirty girl who scratched her ears and laughed out her baby teeth, "Brother, brother, fox, fox."

Baitao's hair became ruffled, and she hurriedly pulled her ears away from her hands, patted Zheng Guo with her paw, and ran away again.

"Where did the fox come from?"

The sound of footsteps came closer along with the jingling iron chains. The boy holding the oil lamp came closer and looked around.

He only saw the girl who was sucking the salt from her fingers and blinking her eyes. He sighed, "You are too hungry."

"Fox. Fox."

The girl patted her flat belly and smiled, "Little fox..."

The boy took out a palm-sized dry biscuit from the bag on his waist and said, "The officials here are so unscrupulous that they even withhold food. You can eat it."

The smell of food attracted these children.

The eyes of the children who were tortured by hunger were glowing green, and their survival instinct inspired their predatory ferocity.

They stood up involuntarily and rushed over like crazy at the same moment the boy handed the cake to the girl.

He firmly suppressed the helpless girl, snatched the dry biscuit that she was guarding in her hand, and wolfed it down.

"Gulu——"
To be continued...