Spring comes to the desperate place

Chapter 490 Collect All the Food

The conversation inside was still going on. The old man offered Cai Sheng very generous conditions. The amount of money he offered was a level that Cai Sheng had never even thought of. He also promised that if the matter was successful, he could also give Cai Sheng a high-ranking official position.

Although Cai Sheng did not recognize the person in front of him, he guessed from his accent that the old man must be from the south. Coming from the south and being able to make such a boast, he must be a vassal king. His request was to hand over the formula and usage techniques of explosives to his subordinates without reservation. Cai Sheng was not a naive child. He could figure it out even with his toes. By the time he taught his subordinates, his death would be approaching.

"How could a vassal king plot a rebellion and leave evidence for the world to see? No matter who you are, you won't spare my life afterwards. Let me guess, which prince are you, Chu Yue? No, that's not right. Chu Yue is close to the sea. Japanese pirates have been rampant in the Fuzhou area in recent years. The King of Chu Yue has asked the court for help several times. He has been struggling to take care of his own fiefdom, so how could he have the leisure to rebel? Am I right, King Pingnan?"

Although his identity was guessed, King Pingnan was not annoyed. He chuckled softly a few times and then walked out of the room. After everyone else in the room left, Cai Sheng and his apprentice finally relaxed their tense bodies.

The apprentice was so frightened that he was covered in cold sweats. He was really afraid that the other party would get angry and draw his sword to kill him and his master.

"Master, what you said, aren't you afraid that he will kill us?"

Cai Sheng pretended to be calm: "What are you afraid of? He still wants our formula. As long as they don't get it, they won't do anything to us. Just wait and see."

In fact, Cai Sheng’s subtext is: Just wait, Young Master Song already knows the mastermind behind this and will come to rescue them soon.

The apprentice understood, and his heart, which had been beating extremely fast, began to calm down a little.

After Cai Sheng finished speaking, he calmed himself down. It would be a lie to say that he was not nervous. It was just that the apprentice was still young. If he made a mess, the apprentice would also panic, which would be detrimental to Song Chunlin's success.

Song Chunlin saw that Cai Sheng had also guessed the other party's identity, but he didn't expect that Cai Sheng was only half right. Song Chunlin had met the King of Pingnan once in his early years. Although the height, figure and even the half of his face that was exposed were somewhat similar to the one in his memory, Song Chunlin felt that this person would not be the King of Pingnan. He was probably a substitute specially found by the King of Pingnan. After all, there was really no need for him to come in person for such a thing. The vassal king was not allowed to leave his fiefdom without permission. The King of Pingnan had been dormant for so long, so naturally he would not fail at the critical moment.

However, Song Chunlin only wanted the answer, the process was not important. He did not go to rescue Cai Sheng and others immediately, but came to the cave where these people stored food again. Coincidentally, the old man was there too.

Song Chunlin hid in the dark and listened to him instructing others to transport all the food away by tomorrow night.

"The master's important matter cannot be delayed. Since those two people are unlikely to give in, take them away together. Prepare to send people to bring their families and friends as well. Even if you don't care about your own life, you should at least care about the lives of others."

After the man finished giving the order, the people around him started to prepare the carriage to transport the grain. The old man walked to another corner, sat on a stone and closed his eyes to rest.

Song Chunlin sensed that this man was a martial artist, and seemed to be a master, but no matter how powerful the master was, he would not be able to detect his presence through the mental barrier.

While these people were busy, Song Chunlin transferred most of the food in the cave into the space. Soon, only the food in front of the old man remained in the cave, and all the food in other places disappeared.

The old man was just confused at first, but because there was no change in the food in front of him, and he didn't think anyone could take away the food out of thin air, so although he was confused, he didn't get up to check. At this time, Song Chunlin had already taken most of their food down the mountain.

Because they were busy transporting food, the supervision of Cai Sheng and his apprentice was much lax. Song Chunlin knocked out two guards who were similar in build to Cai Sheng and his apprentice, fed them the muscle softening powder he had stolen, and then dragged them into Cai Sheng and his apprentice's room. Because these four people were men, Cai Sheng had no choice but to drive Song Chunlin out. He and his apprentice stripped the clothes of the two guards and exchanged them, then tied them up. In order to prevent them from asking for help, they stuffed their smelly socks into their mouths.

The two admired their masterpieces with satisfaction. Cai Sheng looked at their neatly arranged hair, thought for a moment, and then messed it up a little more. This way, at first glance, no one could tell what the other person looked like. Very good, perfect.

At this time, Song Chunlin was already urging them outside. Cai Sheng and his apprentice quickly packed up and went out. Song Chunlin took them around to the other side and walked along the mountain road for a while. After making sure they were out of the range of the manor, Song Chunlin blindfolded them and gave them mental hints before controlling the mutant vines to grab the two and quickly leave here.

Cai Sheng and his apprentice were trapped tightly by vines, their eyes blindfolded and unable to see anything, but they were not afraid because the mental suggestion they had been given made them completely trust Song Chunlin, no matter how outrageous the situation was.

So when they stopped at dawn, they found that both sides had returned to the outside of Wanshan City.

Cai Sheng felt that something seemed to be wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on it. Song Chunlin took the two of them into the city and went straight to General Cheng's mansion. After explaining his purpose to General Cheng, General Cheng said that he would send someone to protect the master and apprentice, and immediately sent someone to notify Gu Fengyue and send a letter to the capital.

After Song Chunlin settled Master Cai Sheng and his apprentice, he immediately walked back without looking back. He planned to follow the clues and collect all the food and military supplies stored by the other party. Without these, it seemed that they would not be able to put up a big fight.