Yi Zong's funeral was handled by Yi Si, and Yanjiao didn't interfere. Yi Si chose to bury Yi Zong somewhere in the forest, not in Yanjiao's hunting area. There weren't many wild beasts living in that area.
After Yi Zong left, he left behind two slaves, the four slaves who followed Yi Zong to Eagle Mountain, and Grey Horse and Bat, who brought Yi Ce back. Altogether, there were eight slaves. These eight slaves were given to the next owner after the previous owner left, which was Yi Ce, who had not yet weaned off milk.
Before Yi Ce could make his own decisions, Yi Si was in charge of him. As long as he didn't hurt Yi Ce, the eight slaves would be under Yi Si's management.
With eight more slaves and a child under his command, Yi Si's life became busier, but still relaxed. Among the eight slaves, six of them were strong and healthy. Yi Si sent them to the construction site to participate in the expansion of Yanjiao's trading area. They worked as coolies, and not only did they get to eat, they could also bring more food back to lighten the burden. Moreover, Yi Ce still needed to drink milk. Like many children in the tribe, Yi Ce drank animal milk.
"He's probably the only child in the Yi family who grew up drinking animal milk." Yi Si sighed.
While he was sighing, Yi Si saw Grey Horse and the other five return from the construction site.
"Why are you back so early today?" Yi Si asked.
Grey Horse and the others were very respectful to Yi Si. Leaving aside Yi Si's identity as a member of the Yi family, they and their young master's lives depended on Yi Si, so they couldn't be rude.
"Yanjiao's people seem to have something urgent, so they stopped work early today." Grey Horse explained.
"Something urgent?" Yi Si looked outside and lowered his eyelids. No one knew what he was thinking. After a while, he smiled and said, "It should be a good thing. Don't worry, you just need to do your job well. "
At this moment, inside the Flaming River Castle.
Shao Xuan looked at the animal skin scroll in his hand and turned to look at Su Li, who was sitting beside him with a conflicted expression.
Because of Wu He, Su Li, the leader of the "Changle" organization, had been a messenger across the sea. At that time, he had left with an attitude that said he would never deliver a second letter even if he was beaten to death. But now, the leader of the Changle Clan sent another letter across the sea.
However, unlike the last time, the letter this time came from the Royal City.
"Why are you looking at me? Read the letter! Hurry up and come back after you're done. " Su Li was infuriated by Shao Xuan's stare. Ever since the matter with Wu He had been resolved, he had never intended to do such things again. Unexpectedly, reality had slapped him in the face. He owed Ji Fang a favour so he had to be a messenger across the sea again.
The letter was written by the current king of the Royal City, Ji Fang, whom Shao Xuan had met at Gongjia Heng's place.
As for Su Li's complaints, Shao Xuan, Gui He and the others ignored them. They were thinking about the contents of the letter. Ji Fang hoped that they could maintain a peaceful relationship with Yanjiao for the time being and not interfere with each other. Yanjiao was currently expanding and the Royal City was in chaos. Rock Hill City was not as crazy as before but the Yi family's incident in the Royal City had disrupted the balance. Ji Fang was very busy. That was why Ji Fang hoped that Yanjiao would not do anything to the Royal City for the time being.
In order to prevent the Flaming Horns from causing trouble over there, Ji Fang would send someone to buy some of the slaves captured by 'Bi' and send them back. Ji Fang asked Shao Xuan to list out the names of the tribes in the Flaming River Basin when he replied to the letter. It would be easier to buy the slaves. As for the non-Faming River Basin tribesmen, Ji Fang would not waste money buying them.
As the largest slave-trading organization, the high-quality slaves in the hands of Bi were not cheap.
"I've already listed all the tribes that have lost people. I'll write them down when I reply," said Guigou, who had rushed over. "But …"
Guigou had other ideas but there were outsiders here so he could not say more.
The Yanjiao people in the room all looked at Su Li, who was sitting there impatiently.
With so many pairs of eyes staring at him, Su Li couldn't ignore it even if he wanted to. "What? You still want to discuss? Fine, I'll leave first. Let me know when you're done. Do you have a place to rest? I want to sleep. "
No matter where the Chang Le's were, they would not mistreat him. Even if Su Li had to wait, he would wait in a comfortable place. He was not afraid that Yanjiao would do anything to him.
"Hurry up!" Su Li turned back to urge them even as he was chased out.
There were no outsiders left. Only Shao Xuan, Guigou, Zheng Luo and Ao were left in the room.
"Do you all believe what they say?" asked Zheng Luo. He didn't believe it. No matter what you said, Zheng Luo never had a good impression of the people there. Back then, the people from King City had tried to kill them. However, in the grand scheme of things, Ji Fang's words made sense.
"I don't know them well so I can't say," said Ao. "But the one who gave the order to kill Yanjiao back then was not the current king. Now that the new king has ascended the throne, he has no intention of becoming Yanjiao's enemy, at least for now."
"They said they would send back the people Bi brought over." Guigou said. "If we wait for them to buy the people from Bi and send them back, we don't know how long that would take. Ji Fang only said he would do it but did not say how long it would take. Most of the people taken away were children who had not yet awakened. "
Shao Xuan understood what Guigou meant. After all, Yanjiao was so far away from Royal City. With no one watching over them, Ji Fang would not be pressured and his subordinates would take their time. When the time came, no one knew what would happen to the children and how many of them would be sent back alive.
"When the Flaming River Alliance was established, the Thunder Mountain tribe and the Drumming tribe said they hoped Yanjiao would bring them over one day and bring back the children they took away."
After the alliance was established, Yanjiao brought them into the forest to increase the strength of each tribe. Now, the knives were sharpened. In the six months that Shao Xuan had disappeared, every time the Thunder Mountain tribe came to Yanjiao, they would ask Guigou when they could go to the other continent to look for the missing people.
Although only the Thunder Mountain tribe came to inquire, they were representing their branch of tribes. They didn't necessarily want to search for the missing people immediately. Their tribes also wanted to search for the missing people, but they didn't have the strength to search for the missing people. If they went there rashly, it wouldn't be beneficial to their tribe. They were even prepared for the possibility that the missing people wouldn't be able to come back. They asked Yanjiao time and time again because they wanted to test Yanjiao and understand Yanjiao's future plans.
Speaking of which, although these tribes had joined the alliance and acknowledged Yanjiao's position as the leader, they were still suspicious and did not fully trust Yanjiao.
"Speaking of missing people, it's not just the children who were taken away as slaves," said Ao.
When Shao Xuan disappeared, there was an incident at the trading point. The Drumming tribe led a few tribes to attack the trading point. That was why Ao had brought people into the forest to look for Shao Xuan but had returned.
According to normal thinking, Yanjiao was not to be trifled with. Plus, they had established the Flaming River Alliance. Normal people would not take the risk to pull the tiger's whiskers. However, the Drumming tribe was crazy. They would even sacrifice their lives to achieve their goals. They were a bunch of lunatics. A bunch of lunatics could not be judged by common sense.
After Shao Xuan returned, he asked Ao about the Drumming tribe. Ao only replied, "The Drumming tribe is gone."
The Drumming tribe had not merged their fire seed yet. Ao had brought people to destroy the Drumming tribe. The Drumming tribe's fire seed had been destroyed by Gui Ze. At that time, the Drumming tribe's old rival, the Drumming tribe, and a few other tribes in the Flaming River Valley who were skilled in martial arts had participated in the battle.
However, after that incident, some people disappeared. They were not killed during the battle, they just disappeared. Even the shamans could not sense the auras of those people who disappeared. They could only sense that they were still alive, but they were very far away.
There was once a travel team that said they saw some suspicious figures. Guigou guessed that they might be from the Drumming organization.
It was not just children who were kidnapped. Now, there might be adults who were kidnapped.
This was why Guigou was cautious.
Children needed time to grow up, but men in their prime could be used as coolies. This was only Guigou's guess.
"I think we should go pick them up ourselves!" Guigou said in a low voice. "Perfect, I want to see what the legendary Royal City looks like."
Zheng Luo and Ao did not say anything. They looked at Shao Xuan.
According to the rules of many tribes, other than the shamans, the leader had the absolute right to speak unless the elders joined forces to object. However, in Yanjiao, Shao Xuan was an exception. His decision alone had great influence. He could even overturn Guigou's decision.
After some thought, Shao Xuan looked up. "Alright."
Since Shao Xuan agreed, Zheng Luo and Ao had no objections.
The four of them discussed for a while. Shao Xuan wrote a reply on the animal skin scroll. As he wrote, Shao Xuan said, "This new king is very clear about Yanjiao's movements."
"Indeed. Looks like the Royal City has been keeping an eye on Yanjiao. They can even guess what Yanjiao is thinking." Guigou was already on guard when he saw Ji Fang's letter. Although many things were not confidential, he had a feeling that Ji Fang had spies here.
Zheng Luo also decided to call the patrol leaders of the trading point over and give them a few instructions to check if there were any suspicious people nearby. They also had to check the people in the trading point. In the future, they would have to check more carefully on teams that came from afar.
After the discussion, Shao Xuan called someone to call Su Li over. He wrote a reply and handed it over. "Bring this to Ji Fang. Tell him that we will personally pick up our people. I hope that by the time we arrive, we will already see that the people who were stolen are safe. "
Shao Xuan emphasized the second half of the sentence, especially the word 'stolen' and 'safe'.
Su Li was still sleepy and angry at being interrupted but when he heard Shao Xuan's words, he immediately perked up. Heh, there was a good show to watch. He had to go back and tell the other Chang Le's to get ready to go to Royal City.
After Su Li left, Guigou ordered, "Notify all the branch tribes that we have a mission."
Ever since Shao Xuan divided the tribes that joined the Flaming River Alliance into different regions according to the branches of the Flaming River, it became more efficient to notify them. Every branch had a leader. As long as the news reached them, they would naturally use the fastest method to notify the other tribes in their respective branches. There was no need for the Yanjiao tribes to send people to notify them.
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