Volume 1: Spring in Wulong Town Chapter 184 I am a trustworthy person
"I don't know the identity of the buyer. He is very mysterious and has never mentioned any information about this." Zhang Dali answered.
However, when he saw the gloomy smile on Tang Zheng's face, his breathing quickened a little, and he hurriedly continued: "However, I know the delivery location. Although he always takes the initiative to pick up the goods, I am cautious and sent someone to follow him. I know that he lives in a small courtyard in the eastern suburbs of Wulong Town. There are two big locust trees at the door, and the courtyard wall is vermilion."
Tang Zheng stared into Zhang Dali's eyes, and after confirming that he was not lying, he nodded: "How often do you deliver the goods? How many times have you delivered the goods?"
"Once every seven days. We just delivered one the day before yesterday, and we have to deliver again in two days... I'm not sure how much we have delivered in total. I only found out about this business recently. I used to be in Wuqingshan..." Zhang Dali said as he glanced at Tang Zheng , with a bit of aggrieved tone in his words.
If Tang Zheng had not asked Zheng Qian to use the method of spending money to attack him, he would probably still be doing his forced buying and selling business in Wuqingshan today, and how could he come to engage in human trafficking for a living.
As a result, he didn't expect that the new business was wiped out by Tang Zheng and his men just after a few days of operation. This time, even his subordinates were slaughtered without a single one left, leaving him alone.
Thinking of this, Zhang Dali quickly lowered his head, not daring to let Tang Zheng and Azhi see the hatred in his eyes.
Seeing that Zhang Dali stopped talking, Tang Zheng knew that there was no more useful information in his mind.
Tang Zheng sneered and ignored him for the time being. Together with Azhi, they smashed all the prison doors to pieces one by one, and asked Xu Qingyan to take all the children to the camp in the courtyard to wait.
Seeing these children in tattered clothes and covered with scabies running out of the dungeon in a panic, and many small corpses still crawling in the dirty and dark dungeon, Ah Zhi was still furious and gritted his teeth and said, "Zhang Dali, you scumbag, die!"
When Zhang Dali saw the Blood Sea Corpse King constellation suddenly light up behind Azhi, he was so scared that he took several steps back. The constellation also rose behind him, and he was pale and prepared to make a last stand.
However, Tang Zheng suddenly reached out his hand and pulled Ah Zhi behind him: "Ah Zhi, what did I teach you? A man without faith cannot stand. I just promised that I could let him leave alive!"
Zhang Dali heard Tang Zheng's words, as if he had grasped the last straw, and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, Tang Zheng is right, he promised me, you must keep your word!"
"You promised him, but I didn't. If you don't do it, I will. You didn't break your promise!" Azhi still stared at Zhang Dali, as if he wanted to eat him alive.
Zhang Dali looked at Azhi, holding the weapon tightly in his hand, and moved back secretly. His face was pale and his forehead was covered with beads of sweat.
"No, no, no, I promised not to kill him, and then you came to kill him. This kind of word game has been used too much. It's meaningless..." Tang Zheng shook his finger, turned to look at Zhang Dali, and smiled very sincerely.
"He's right, this kind of word game is not fun at all, so... can you let me go?" Zhang Dali looked at Tang Zheng's smile and felt a little scared, but still forced a smile and asked cautiously.
Tang Zheng clapped his hands, leaned slightly to the side, and stretched out his hand as a gesture of "please help yourself".
Seeing this, Zhang Dali was overjoyed. Without saying a word, he ran towards the dungeon exit.
In just a moment, Zhang Dali had rushed up the stairs and the door to the dungeon exit was already in sight.
Azhi was blocked by Tang Zheng behind him. Seeing Zhang Dali's face full of joy, he had already passed his attack range and was about to escape from the dungeon. He felt a little anxious: "Are you really going to let him go?!"
At this moment, suddenly two dazzling starlight flashed in the dim dungeon, piercing Zhang Dali's calf with incredible precision and smashing his knee.
"Ah——" The smile on Zhang Dali's face had not yet disappeared, but he could not help but let out a howl, and fell heavily to the ground, knocking out one of his front teeth.
"Tang Zheng, you, you promised to let me go...you villain, you don't keep your promise!" Zhang Dali turned his head with difficulty, looking angrily at Tang Zheng who was slowly walking behind him. He wanted to fight back, but he couldn't even stand up.
"No, no, no, you've made a mistake. I did promise to let you leave alive." Tang Zheng's smile was still harmless, but his words made Zhang Dali's heart cold. "But... I never said that you could walk out when you leave."
After Tang Zheng finished speaking, he stepped over Zhang Dali, who had eyes full of resentment, without looking back. Ah Zhi spat viciously at Zhang Dali on the ground and followed him out.
Zhang Dali watched the two figures disappear at the end of the long corridor. He endured the severe pain and crawled towards the exit with difficulty, leaving a long trail of blood behind him, just like the appearance of Fourteen before he fainted in front of Tangjiabao .
Unfortunately, just as he crawled forward a few steps with great effort, an inner door in front of him slammed down with a clang.
Zhang Dali looked outside the solid door. The last bit of light coming through was blocked outside, and his heart sank completely.
The door was right in front of him, but he was lying on the ground, unable to open it and walk out alive.
His only fate was to live temporarily, and then slowly die and decay in this dungeon...
"Tang Zheng, you bitch!"
Tang Zheng listened to the accusations of misery, fear and hatred faintly coming from the end of the dungeon. He spread his hands towards Ah Zhi behind him and smiled: "Is he sick? Look, I kept my promise and let him leave alive. He couldn't do it himself, but he still blamed me. The world is really going downhill and people's hearts are no longer the same as before!"
This time, Azhi did not give Tang Zheng his usual contemptuous look, but instead gave him a thumbs up.
Zhang Dali's wailing, pleading, and cursing could be heard from the dungeon incessantly, but unfortunately, as Tang Zheng and Azhi walked further and further down the corridor, the sounds behind them became quieter and quieter, until they could no longer hear them.
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When Tang Zheng and Azhi came out of the dungeon, Xu Qingyan and Tang Xiaotang had already gathered all the children.
The three bright stars behind Xu Qingyan seemed to be able to bring some spiritual encouragement and comfort to these children who had spent who knows how long in darkness and panic, so most of the children crowded around him.
The youngest little girl, who looked only three years old, instinctively climbed towards Xu Qingyan. Seeing her, Xu Qingyan bent down and reached out to grab her, then simply picked her up and held her in his arms.
"Tsk, should we recruit him to teach the kindergarten class in Tangjiabao?" Tang Zheng came out of the dungeon and stared at Xu Qingyan for a long time.
Xu Qingyan's dead fish face and his current situation as a kindergarten teacher should be a very conflicting picture no matter how you think about it.
But, I don’t know why, it doesn’t seem out of place at all.
Most of the children surrounded Xu Qingyan, only the group of little savages did not surround him.
Although they had been rescued, they immediately began to show signs of anger and were on high alert, maintaining a state of combat readiness.
Children of nature are different after all. They grow rapidly every time they experience something!
"There are a total of 119 children, 104 of whom can say their own names, 87 can say their parents' names, and 70 know where their homes are." As soon as Xu Qingyan saw Tang Zheng coming out, he gave accurate and effective information without any nonsense.
"Where are they?" Tang Zheng pointed at the group of little savages.
"There are twelve of them in total. Thirteen has not returned for several nights. Fourteen is now in Tangjiabao, and fifteen is over there." Tang Xiaotang pointed to a ten-year-old girl who picked up a bloody big knife not far away and put it on her back effortlessly, standing by her younger brother and sister. She added, "She said that after sixteen was taken down the mountain, he was taken away by a skinny man. Seventeen to twenty-three are all here, but twenty-four and twenty-five are already dead."
The howling night wind brought with it a pungent smell of blood.
Although Tang Zheng was silent for only a dozen breaths, it seemed extremely long.
"Mr. Tang." Xu Qingyan's voice came calmly from Tang Zheng's ear, "The law of the jungle is the law of nature. Anyone can die."
Tang Zheng sneered and stared at Xu Qingyan with a sharp gaze.
Xu Qingyan frowned slightly - was he wrong?
The strong prey on the weak and the strong are respected. This can be said to be an eternal truth. He didn't believe that Tang Zheng, whom he followed, could kill people without blinking an eyelid, but didn't even understand such a simple thing.
"The strong prey on the weak, the law of nature?" Tang Zheng smiled again, "Is it natural that he died?"
However, in the case of Thirteen and the others, it was not humans who put in all the efforts for them, but the so-called "survival of the fittest" nature.
The Frostwolves saved them, the jungle fed them, what else could they expect nature to do for them?
There was a hint of confusion in Xu Qingyan's eyes.
"30% natural disasters, 70% human disasters." Tang Zheng's voice was like a morning bell and evening drum, striking Xu Qingyan's heart word by word, "No matter how strong the rules of nature are, in the human world, they have to stand aside!"
Tang Zheng is also an abandoned baby and an orphan!
But why was he able to survive, grow up, and have various options for the future?
"No matter how strong the rules are... they have to stand aside..." Xu Qingyan opened his lips, and his usually calm and indifferent eyes flashed noticeably.
Tang Zheng did not look at the group of little savages again. He waved at Tang Xiaotang and said, "Xiaotang, light the signal fire."
"Okay... okay..." Tang Xiaotang nodded quickly and counted the number of children. "Seven carriages should be able to accommodate them if we squeeze together."
"Well, Xu Qingyan will be responsible for sending back those who can accurately tell where their homes are. Is there any problem?" Tang Zheng asked.
"Leave it to me!" Behind Xu Qingyan, the three stars in the fate palace glowed red again, but soon, the red color sank and returned to a brilliant and dazzling silver.
