Chapter 1694: You're Coming with Us (Patreon)

Chapter 1694: You're Coming with Us

The black market had already experienced an attack by wild beasts in the Beast Camp. In order to control these wild beasts, they had to resort to extreme measures, with knives, swords, and spears. As a result, many of the wild beasts were killed or injured, with more than half of them now lost.

The Beast Camp was managed by Second Steward Fu. He was brutal, bloodthirsty, and used ruthless methods. The wild beasts in the camp were all collected by him, and many of Second Steward Fu's subordinates were lost while capturing these beasts.

Later, Second Steward Fu personally trained these wild beasts. If he were to return and see the state of the Beast Camp now, even Guo Laowu, despite his high status, might not have an easy time.

Currently, Second Steward Fu was away in the capital, giving Guo Laowu some time to ponder how to minimize the impact of this situation.

He was even considering whether to use Jiang Kuangyu as a scapegoat, but the specifics of how to do that troubled him greatly.

Before he could put this idea into action, Xia Yi came to tell him that someone had infiltrated the Beast Camp, intending to repeat the same strategy.

If those wild beasts were to break free again, whether the remaining people in the black market could fend them off was uncertain, and the beasts might not survive either.

Guo Laowu's face turned extremely unpleasant. He beckoned to the three men behind him, "Come with me to take a look."

The three men immediately complied.

However, after walking a few steps, Guo Laowu turned back, squinted at Xia Yi who was standing in place, and ordered, "You, come with us."

Xia Yi immediately panicked and waved her hands, "Steward Guo, I... I'm scared. Can I not go? I'll just stay in the prison corridor."

Guo Laowu couldn't be bothered to listen to her excuses. He instructed the subordinate on his left, "Take her with us."

Xia Yi took two steps back, but her wrist was still grabbed by the subordinate. He dragged her away directly from the prison corridor.

The Beast Camp was just next door, and they would reach it after turning a corner.

After the wild beasts were locked up again, there were still five or six people in the Beast Camp handling the aftermath. They carried out the bodies, relocked the cages containing the wild beasts, and cleaned the area.

Although the main hall outside hadn't been tidied up yet, they had to prioritize cleaning up this side.

Seeing Guo Laowu enter, they immediately turned and greeted him.

Guo Laowu's gaze swept across their faces one by one, and he asked in a deep voice, "Did you see any suspicious person just now?"

The five or six people were scattered in different locations, and two were deep inside the Beast Camp. At the moment, they didn't see Steward Guo, and the remaining ones shook their heads in unison, indicating they hadn't seen any suspicious person.

Guo Laowu turned to look at Xia Yi. She displayed a frightened expression and quickly said, "I didn't lie, I really saw someone coming in. Maybe, maybe he's hiding somewhere."

Guo Laowu narrowed his eyes, "You better not be lying, otherwise, you can go feed those wild beasts yourself."

Xia Yi shivered, hastily speaking, "I swear, I truly saw it."

Guo Laowu waved his hand, "Close the door, everyone start searching."

The people who were previously busy dropped what they were doing and focused on searching for the intruder.

Guo Laowu carefully inspected both sides, then glanced at the ceiling beams, and with his three subordinates and Xia Yi, proceeded step by step towards the innermost part.

The roars of the wild beasts and the sounds of cages being struck covered up some subtle noises that could barely be discerned from behind.

(End of this chapter)