Under the sky

Chapter 261

"When can we go out?" Balder asked dissatisfiedly.

Wang Hong's family has been in Arien Palace for more than a month, and there is only one corridor where they can move around.The younger brother Balder was bored and had a bad temper towards his sister.

Wang Hong said: "Are you still not satisfied? Now you don't have to do farm work, and you will be served with good food and wine every day."

"This is jail!" Balder shouted, "You can still see the sun while growing highland barley!"

"If you like growing highland barley so much, why don't you go back and become a slave!" Wang Hong scolded, "The scar has healed and you have forgotten the pain. What a shame!"

"Be respectful to your sister." Yang Yan was thoughtfully sitting on the high chair.Balder was still mumbling, but Yang Yan suddenly stood up and said, "I will take you for a walk in Arien Palace."

Wang Hong was stunned and asked: "Is it convenient?"

"I'm Yang Yanhajin." Yang Yan said, "It's nothing inconvenient."

He opened the door, and the guard outside immediately stood up and saluted.

"I'll take Balder to the garden for a stroll." Yang Yan said.Just as he was about to walk out, the guard stood in front of him and said, "Master Qiao said they can't leave the room..."

Qiao is Gao Leqi's surname, Gao Leqi Qiao is his full name.The Sa religion is a mixture of people of all races, and more than half of the people put their surnames last.

"I want to take him to the garden." Yang Yan said, "This is Yang Yanha Jin's order."

The two guards were very embarrassed. After a while, one of them said: "Yang Yanha Jin, please wait a moment, we will go and report to the Lord."

"You can go, but I won't wait for you." Yang Yan had a tough attitude and walked away.Balder hesitated, and Yang Yan asked, "Are you afraid?"

Balder was at the peak of his energy. He puffed up his chest and said, "What are you afraid of?" He stepped forward.The guards wanted to stop him, but Yang Yan raised his voice slightly and said, "Stand back!" The two guards did not dare to stop him anymore and could only watch the Son of God leaving with Balder. A guard immediately went to notify Gao Leqi.

Wang Hong caught up and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Take Balder for a walk." Yang Yan asked, "Do you want uncle and aunt to come with you?"

Wang Hong asked anxiously: "What trouble do you want to cause again?"

"Why don't you stay in the room and wait for Gao Leqi? Just say that Bald and I are in the garden." Yang Yan ignored Wang Hong and went alone.Wang Hong was confused and had to go back to the room to stay with her parents.

Yang Yan led Balder towards the garden. The guards in the corridor all paid attention. Yang Yanhun didn't care. If anyone came forward to question him, Yang Yan would scold him and leave.He is the son of God Sa recognized by Gulthas, who dares to stop him?
The two of them walked all the way to the garden. It was August, and the afternoon sunshine was warm. Balder had not been out for a long time, and he suddenly felt refreshed.He had never visited such a large garden. The magnificent courtyard and rare statues and paintings made him look around with curiosity.

"Why do you always have trouble with your sister?" Yang Yan asked.

"She has liked to bully me since she was a child," Balder said. "She often yells at me, but I am a man."

Yang Yan said: "In order to save your family, your sister voluntarily entered the prison and became a flame when she was only ten years old."

"No one asked her to do this. She did it herself." Balder replied angrily.

Yang Yan stopped and glared at Balder angrily: "What did you say?"

Balder was startled and blushed: "She is only a few years older than me. I can also be a flame. I can go in her place, but my father doesn't agree, and neither does the priesthood. They ignore it." I."

"She took all these things on her own, and when she came back she looked like I had saved you all." Balder said, "I don't need her to save you. I can save myself...I...I..."

"Are you afraid that something will happen to her in the pass and you will be sad?" Yang Yan's tone softened, "Don't quarrel with your sister all day long. If your sister is not by your side in the future, you will regret it."

"She wasn't here to begin with. I almost forgot what she looked like." After a while, Balder said, "She always said that I was useless and that I couldn't help. She just told me to take care of my parents. Okay. I'm not useless, I know you are planning something big, and I can help."

Yang Yan knew that this younger brother cared about his sister after all, but he was stubborn and had a tough talk.

The two came to a statue, which was the statue of the traitor Munn.Muen was originally a prince. When Salhajin unified the grasslands, his brother Yousi led the tribes on the grasslands to form a coalition to fight against him.Later, Muen betrayed his brother and sank his brother's body into the river. He replaced his brother as the new Arion, which was Tucker's lineage, so his statue appeared in the Arion Palace.

Descendants of betrayers...Didn't Tucker's grandfather also think about resisting Gulthas?

"Have you ever learned martial arts?" Yang Yan asked.

"I learned from my father. He is very good at martial arts. He can handle three, four or more guards."

"I'm asking you," Yang Yan said, "How many guards can you handle?"

Balder said: "At least one."

"Do you want to help your sister?" Yang Yan asked, "You have to prove that you are a brave man."

Balder nodded.

"You can help." Yang Yan said, "But you have to hide it from your sister, she won't let you take risks."

"I won't tell her." Balder was so excited that his eyes were shining, "What does Yang Yanha Jin need from me?"

Yang Yan whispered a few words in Balder's ear, and Balder looked confused.Gao Leqi was informed by the guard and rushed over. Yang Yan stopped talking when he saw him.

Gao Leqi saluted respectfully and asked, "Yang Yanha Jin, what are you doing here?"

"Take Balder out for a walk." Yang Yan said, "Balder, go back to your room first."

"I sent someone to protect him back to his room." Gao Leqi said.

"The Arien Palace is very big, Balder, will you get lost?" Yang Yan asked.

Balder puffed up his chest and said, "I won't go wrong even in the densest woods."

"It's good. I wish I had you leading the way on the road of heroism." Yang Yan said with a smile, "He can go back by himself. I think he is old enough and doesn't need anyone to accompany him."

"These two guards happen to be on duty, come on the way." Gao Leqi pointed to the two guards beside him and said, "It's time for you to go on duty."

"How about Balder stay and have dinner with me?" Yang Yan said, "We can have some drinks and talk about your sister's childhood. Of course, don't let your sister know."

Gao Leqi asked: "I have something to say to the Son of God. Is it convenient to drink next time?"

Yang Yan patted Balder on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Balder, please go back to your room first. I will find you later."

Balder saluted respectfully, greeted the Son of God, and left accompanied by two guards.

"What does the consul want from me?" Yang Yan asked, walking casually.Gao Leqi followed him, and after a long silence he said: "The Son of God wants to take Nadia's relatives around, at least let the guards follow them, they will protect you."

"Nadia is our companion, and we must take care of her relatives." Yang Yan said, "I asked you to redeem their family to relieve them of their status as slaves, not to become prisoners."

"No, she is your subordinate and Tucker Yarian's subordinate, just like my relationship with Tucker. You and Tucker are companions, and Nadia and I are companions, but we are not companions with you. Gao Leqi said, "Although Nadia's parents are protected, they are still slaves. This has not changed yet."

"Exempt them from slavery." Yang Yan said, "This shouldn't be difficult."

"It's easy, but it's not urgent and unnecessary." Gao Leqi said, "They must also be closely protected, and you also need a way to control Nadia. Your Highness, with all due respect, Nadia is very Dangerous person, her allegiance to you today is entirely due to her family, not you."

"Why do you say that?" Yang Yan said, "Wang... Nadia and I have walked the path of heroes. We have gone through joys and sorrows together."

"This statue betrayed his brother, so the Arien Palace changed its owner." Gao Leqi said, "Nadia's interests are based on her family. Yang Yanhajin, I took them in Arien to protect them. Grace Palace.”

"We don't need Nadia anymore." Gao Leqi said, "She is worthless now. She is not good enough as a think tank and has poor martial arts skills. She cannot even be said to be loyal to you. I often see her yelling at you. .”

This is true, Wang Hong must respect him more in the future, Yang Yan thought.However, he understood that Gao Leqi wanted to isolate himself, which made him feel disgusted from the bottom of his heart.

"You plan to imprison them..."

"It's protection." Gao Leqi interrupted Yang Yan, "Protect them."

"You're not very respectful when you interrupt me." Yang Yan frowned.

Gao Leqi bowed gracefully: "I am rude. But we are protecting Nadia's family from the revenge of the priesthood."

"How long will you protect me? Forever?"

"As long as the Priesthood returns the power to Arien." Gao Leqi said, "Winning this battle is very important."

"At least let them have access to Arien Palace." Yang Yan said, "They are not prisoners. Even if they cannot be treated with the same courtesy as Nadia, they cannot be allowed to use weapons to yell at them."

"I understand." Gao Leqi saluted again.As expected, Gao Leqi kept his promise and allowed Wang Hong and his family to move freely in Arien Palace.Monduk and Balder wandered around the palace, marveling at everything, but Mira rarely left the room. When Wang Hong called her, she said she was lazy.

A few days later, Balder sneaked up to Yang Yan and whispered, "Mom has made the clothes."

Yang Yan nodded: "Wait for two more days."

Gao Leqi has a lot of political affairs to deal with, especially since he believes in doing business first and needs enough rest to get things done. He goes back to his dormitory to rest after midnight every day.Yang Yan got up early that day and asked the guard. The guard said that Gao Leqi was discussing politics with other political officials. Yang Yan knew that the opportunity had come.He asked Balder to give him the clothes without telling Wang Hong. It was a one-piece cloak, which was quite luxurious in terms of material.

"Do you want to enter Batu?" Yang Yan asked Balder.

Balder rarely came to Batu. In the past, he lived in a slave settlement and had only a few experiences of being asked to move things into the city. He was bored and nodded hurriedly.

Yang Yan said: "You are my guard, let's go."

Yang Yan put on his cloak and the two of them walked through the courtyard. Along the way, the guards asked questions one after another. Yang Yan said they were just walking around casually.

"Go faster." Yang Yan said.

The two came to a secluded and deserted outer wall. The wall was about two feet high. Yang Yan's lightness skills would definitely not be able to jump over it, let alone Balder.

"There are no guards here now." Yang Yan said, "We have to enter the alleyway as soon as possible after climbing over the wall to avoid being discovered."

"Is it safe?" Balder asked, he was a little nervous. "The guards of Arien Palace must be very tight."

"Of course, their guards are very tight, but won't I find loopholes?" Yang Yan said, "Can they send thousands of people to guard a palace? I have seen their guard patrol map. There is no one patrolling here at this time. They want to It takes a while to find out.”

Balder added: "But I can't jump over."

Yang Yan said: "I will hold you."

After he finished speaking, he took a few steps back, ran forward, jumped up, kicked his left foot on the wall, and suddenly lifted his body a few feet higher. He grabbed the wall with his right hand, stretched out his left hand and said, "Come up!"

Balder also ran forward, jumped up and grabbed Yang Yan's left hand. Yang Yan pulled hard. Balder failed to climb over the wall, and his hand slipped and fell, tearing Yang Yan off with him.

Fortunately, he was not injured. Yang Yan patted Balder on the shoulder and told him not to be discouraged: "Do it again."

This time Balder finally climbed up the wall successfully, and the two climbed over the high wall together. Yang Yan pulled up his cloak to cover his head and face, and shouted: "Follow me!" After that, he ran quickly into the market.Balder followed closely behind, and the two turned into an alley, with Balder running out of breath.

"Where are we going?" Balder asked.

"Outside the city." Yang Yan replied.

He's going to find Huck.Gao Leqi said that he could not find Huck, and Yang Yan suspected that Gao Leqi was not doing his best.

The two were walking when they saw a group of soldiers patrolling the city passing by. Yang Yan stopped them in the street.The captain at the head was riding on a horse and was about to yell, when Yang Yan took off his cloak and revealed his red eyes, which frightened the captain to the point of kneeling in the street.Yang Yan asked him for a horse. Balder couldn't ride a horse, so Yang Yan asked him to sit behind him and walk to the city gate. Balder looked around, very curious.

"You said you can be as brave as your sister." Yang Yan asked, "Do you want to prove it?"

Just as Balder was wondering how to prove it, Yang Yan suddenly reached out and tore the sleeve of his left shoulder, revealing the slave mark.Balder was taken aback. Yang Yan pointed to a winery in front of him and said, "Go buy a jug of wine and fill a skin bag with it."

"But……"

"Go quickly!" Yang Yan shouted, "Remember not to reveal my identity!"

Balder didn't know why, so he had no choice but to obey, and couldn't help but cover the mark on his left shoulder with his right hand.His gorgeous clothes made the winery owner suspicious. Which slave owner would let his slaves wear such fine clothes?But to say that he was a runaway slave, this slave was too bold.

"Where is your master?" The winery owner took a bottle of wine and couldn't help but ask.

"It's just outside, riding a horse and wearing a cloak." Balder wanted to say that he was a free citizen, but the slave mark had not been removed, so he had to say that Yang Yan was the master, and he couldn't help feeling a little uneasy.

The owner of the winery walked to the door, looked around, and asked, "Which one?" Balder hurriedly followed out, but Yang Yan was not seen. He was surprised: "I don't know where he went, but he will be back soon."

The owner of the winery asked suspiciously: "Are you a runaway slave?"

Balder's face turned red and he yelled angrily: "Of course not, I was ransomed!"

"The slave mark is still there." The winery owner asked, "Where is your master?"

In rare cases, a slave could be redeemed, usually if he met a very good master.The master needs to pay an expensive fee to redeem himself at the slave registration office. After the slave registration office finds out the identity and transaction relationship between the owner and the slave, it will brand a new rice mark on the original flame chain as a sign of removing the slave registration. representative.

If it is found that the person who redeemed a slave is not the real owner of the slave, he will be charged with slave theft. This is a severe punishment. In addition to the redemption of the slave, he must return to slavery, and he must also compensate the original owner for a slave and pay a huge fine. With jail.This punishment is to prohibit evil slaves from killing their masters and looking for someone to redeem them.

Apparently the winery owner thought there was something wrong with the slave's fine clothes, and it was most likely that he had committed some crime.Balder was speechless for a moment and could only say: "Why are you asking so many questions? I'm leaving!"

Balder went out, but Yang Yan was nowhere to be seen. When he was anxious, he turned around, and the boss was still looking at him suspiciously.He didn't know where to go to find Yang Yan. He felt uneasy and worried whether the boss would send someone to notify the Prison Department. If the Prison Department came to arrest him, how would he explain it?
After a while, Yang Yan came on horseback and said, "Come up."

Balder was about to mount his horse when the winery owner asked: "Is this your slave?"

Yang Yan nodded, but he covered his head and face and looked suspicious. The owner of the winery didn't ask any questions and bowed.Not long after the horses left, a clerk ran out of the store and ran to the other end of the street. Balder saw this and worriedly asked: "Is he going to inform the prison department?"

If someone reports a runaway slave or a slave thief, they can get part of the slave thief's private property as a reward. Yang Yan and Balder are dressed in fine clothes and look like rich people, so the reward will definitely be generous.

Yang Yan nodded: "Probably."

Although Yang Yan is Ha Jin, Balder is still a little uneasy in his heart. After all, he has been a slave for his whole life, and the crime of runaway slave is deeply rooted in his mind.He had heard countless stories about how escaped slaves were tortured after being captured. The slave mark on his shoulder felt particularly eye-catching. It seemed that everyone was looking at him and wanted to know why a slave would expose the mark while wearing fine clothes.

What's more, even if we don't mention the slave thing, it's definitely not a good thing to walk alone on the street as Yang Yan. It's almost time for Gao Leqi to send someone to find him.

Yang Yan asked: "Are you flustered?"

Balder nodded: "I'm a little panicked."

"Your sister is a hundred times more panicked than you. If she is found out, she will die and will be tortured." Yang Yan said, "She survived like this for eight years."

"Do you realize how amazing your sister is?"

Balder gritted his teeth: "I understand."

The horses left Batu and headed towards the suburbs. Balder saw a bunch of tents gathered outside Batu from a distance and knew that it was a pile of sheep dung.He had never been to that place before, so he was very curious and couldn't help but take a few more looks.Yang Yan urged the horse to gallop quickly, expecting that the prison department and Gao Leqi's pursuers would arrive at this time. Perhaps if the news spreads, more people will come looking for him.

The horse walked for about a quarter of an hour. Under a big tree, Yang Yan reined in the horse and shouted loudly: "Huck! Huck! Storm on the grassland! Huck! Huck!" Soon after, a horse came from deep in the woods. He turned around and shouted excitedly: "Son of God! I'm here, Son of God!" It was undoubtedly Huck.

When Huck saw Yang Yan, he was overjoyed. He dismounted from his horse, fell to the ground on all fours, and said with a choked voice: "Son of God has indeed not forgotten me! You have indeed come to see me!" He burst into tears as he spoke.

Seeing Huck crying, Yang Yan was both amused and touched. He quickly helped him stand up and said, "Why are you crying?" He reached out and asked Balder for the wine bag.

"This is the wine you want to drink." Yang Yan handed the wine bag to Huck.Huck didn't expect that Yang Yan would still remember that he wanted to drink red wine. He was happy and sad at the same time. He opened the wine bag while crying. He was smelled by the fruity fragrance, grinned, and drank from the wine bag.

Yang Yan asked: "I sent people to look for you, but why can't you be found?"

After Huck took a big sip and became a little tipsy, he said, "So those people were sent by the Son of God?"

It turned out that Huck had already heard the rumor that the son of God Sa had arrived in Batu. He was a refugee. It was not easy to find out the information. It was difficult to tell the truth for a while, and he did not dare to go to Batu to recognize him.Gao Leqi sent a large number of soldiers to look for him. Seeing the menacing attack, Huck was so frightened that he hid in the woods. He called it a storm on the grassland, but when he really hid, there was no trace of him. Dozens of soldiers had to return without success, and so on. Several times, I thought he was not here or had encountered an accident.

It seemed that Gao Leqi was not lying. The storm on the grassland was too strong and left no trace. Yang Yan felt relieved and said, "I promised to take you to Batu."

Huck was surprised: "Is it today?"

Yang Yan smiled and said, "You still have to choose a date?"

Huck couldn't help but tremble all over, and said hurriedly: "No! No need!" He became suspicious again and asked, "Why are there no guards around the Son of God?"

"Father God is my guardian." Yang Yan said with a smile, "Let's go back to Batu together."

Huck said happily: "Okay! I'll take a few more sips!" He raised his head and drank a few more sips of wine, his face flushed.He wiped away the tears, got on his horse, smelled of wine, and suddenly became energetic, and said boldly: "Son of God, I will open the way for you!"

Yang Yan shook his head and smiled: "No, you follow me."

At that moment, the three of them and two of them were about to return to Nabu Batu. Before they had gone far, the winery boy led two men from the prison department to chase them.One of them saw the slave mark on Balder's shoulder, reined in his horse and shouted, "Where is your master?" He also saw the refugee ice mark on Huck's face next to him, and he immediately became alert.

Just as Balder was about to point at Yang Yan, Yang Yan whispered: "It's time to see your courage. Go up and beat him!"

Balder opened his mouth wide, not knowing why.

(End of this chapter)