Nian looked around and said, "It's okay. This is not the place to talk. We can talk about it later."

Seeing this, Tieniu guessed that she had something to talk to him alone, so he didn't ask any more questions.

When everyone packed up the food and took it back to the cave where they lived, the managers of the deserted city had all been captured by the new group of slaves, tied up in one place, and were being watched.

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Later, someone came to visit the cave where the slaves who came first last year lived, and took the opportunity to discuss cooperation.

All of them, men, women, old and young, totaling about 600 people, were divided into thirteen small groups.

As for the group of Nian and Tieniu, they did not reach the average. There were only about thirty people who had a pretty good relationship. Among them, those who were closer to Nian and Tieniu, such as Uncle Song, were not.

to ten people.

Although earlier today, the thirty people here thought that Tieniu, the son of a leader who once led a slave uprising, was suitable to be their leader. But after everyone came back to their senses, they began to waver.

The former King You was defeated after all. Do they want to believe that the son of a failed slave king can lead them to new success?

This question has become a bigger question mark in the minds of most of the slaves in this cave since the thousands of slaves on the opposite side sent representatives to negotiate.

At this time, Nian had already seen the cowardice of many slaves in the cave where he was. Admittedly, they were scared out of their wits by the team of thousands of slaves living in the cave opposite. Especially

When the other party openly proposed cooperation, but actually wanted to annex them, nearly twenty-five of the more than thirty people showed fear on their faces.

This situation made Nian more determined to leave.

In the evening of that day, Nian called Tieniu to a corner of the courtyard and told him his decision.

"A-Nian, why do you want to leave alone? Why don't we stay here for the time being? Now this is an opportunity to become a free man. I am confident enough to establish a foothold here. You continue to stay here, and we, brothers and sisters, will learn together.

Wu, let’s fight together. Sooner or later, wouldn’t it be great to break through the palace and defeat those rulers and nobles?”

Ting Tieniu, no, he has now changed back to his original name of "Ke". Nian listened to Ke's rhetoric, but his heart was not moved at all. Instead, he raised his head and said in a serious tone: "Brother Ke, I have already

I have decided to leave, would you like to go with me?"

Ke stood there and hesitated for a long time, "I'm sorry, A-Nian..."

Nian shook his head and smiled, "It doesn't matter. To borrow a word from brother Ke, 'Everyone should have his own way to go', and from now on, I will also have my own way to go."

Ke concealed the reluctance in his eyes and said, "Okay! When does Anian plan to leave, I will see you off."

"Just tonight, but how about I sew an inner pocket on Brother Ke's clothes later? It will be convenient for you to put some personal things in the future."

Kelian waved his hands, he didn't want to waste the last time the brother and sister spent together on such meaningless things.

"If I want to sew, I can sew by myself at any time. If I need your help, can't we just chat for a while during the rest of the time?"

Nian insisted: "Brother Ke, I am very good at needlework. I can also chat while sewing."

Finally, unable to resist the temptation, he finally agreed to sew a pocket on the inside of his clothes.

The two of them found a deserted soil cave, lit an oil lamp, Nian sewed the pocket, and Ke spoke carefully to the side. He would always talk when Nian stopped sewing, for fear that she would be pricked by the needle.

"Okay, it's time to sew. Brother Ke, don't you want to go to the latrine?" Nian raised her head and looked at Ke. She was sure that he would definitely go because she had deliberately made him drink a lot of water.

After her reminder, Ke immediately felt embarrassed and said, "A-Nian, please wait for me, I'll be back soon."

"Okay, no problem. Go ahead. I've already sewed it. Brother Ke can try it on when he comes back." As Nian spoke, he waved his hand at Ke.

Perhaps it was because the separation was imminent, but when Ke saw Nian waving his hands towards him, he felt a little disappointed in his heart. But people have three urgent needs, and in a hurry, he obviously couldn't think about that many things.

When he was finished and ready to return to the cave just now, the more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. He jogged all the way back to the cave, fearing that his guess would come true.

But when he returned, he saw the empty earth cave with the oil lamp lit and the clothes on the bunk neatly arranged there, and his heart suddenly skipped a beat.

He didn't have time to look closely at the hole, so he quickly walked out into the yard and shouted loudly: "A-Nian! A-Nian!"

The sound echoed around, but no one responded.

He didn't have time to think about it and rushed towards the exit closest to the cave.

The deserted market was now guarded by slaves. The guard had seen him during the day. The news that he was the son of King You had already spread, so he did not stop him. But he rushed outside and shouted for more than ten times.

He called "A Nian", but no one responded. When the two gatekeepers saw this situation, they were a little confused.

One of them hurriedly asked him: "Ke, are you okay?"

Ke came back to his senses and hurriedly asked this person: "Brother, did you let anyone out just now? Just now, she looked about seven or eight years old. Have you ever seen such a tall girl?" he said as he said.

While gesticulating, Nian is almost ten years old, but he has been malnourished for a long time, so he is a bit short.

"Ouch! So we are looking for someone, your sister, right? Don't worry, no one has been here except you just now. Maybe your sister has gone to the latrine, you can go back and look for her."

After hearing what he said, Ke quickly raised his hands and ran back to the earth cave in the courtyard, but still didn't see Nian. His face was full of depression and he couldn't accept the fact that Nian left without saying goodbye. Just at this time, a person walked in from outside the earth cave.

He turned back, and before he could see the person clearly, Nian's name was about to blurt out. However, after seeing clearly, he found that it was not her, and asked slightly disappointedly: "Uncle Song, why are you here?"

"I still want to ask you. Ah Nian just came to my place to say that she was leaving. I was afraid that you would be in a bad mood, so I came to persuade you."

Ke quickly asked: "What then? Where is A Nian? Where did she go?"

"Ah? Didn't Anian come here? Did she just say that she came here first?" Uncle Song came back to his senses, "Oh! It's broken! This child must have gone away quietly by himself. We should be able to catch up now if we chase him.

It only took a short time to see her for the last time."

Ke shook his head, "It's too late. I just ran after her and looked at the door, but I didn't see her."

Uncle Song sighed: "Hey! How could this child leave without saying goodbye?"

"Maybe A Nian is afraid of the farewell scene." Ke said with a bitter smile.

After a while, a man from outside the cave ran in panting, "K, I finally found you. I ran through two caves before I knew you were here. Oops, I'm so exhausted!"

Ke Yi saw that the person was the man guarding the door just now, so he hurriedly asked: "Brother, what can I do for you?"

The man regained his breath and said, "When I was changing shifts just now, I saw a dark figure about the same height as your sister leaving from the east exit. The lights were a little dim, and I couldn't see clearly who it was or how tall it was.

No. But I went over specifically to inquire about it, and I heard from the brothers over there that it was a little girl who left, saying that she was going to Huanggu City to do something on the orders of the boss."
Chapter completed!