Chapter 29

"After the man came in, he casually picked up a pole to prop the door shut before turning around."

"That was a man who looked honest and dull, about twenty years old."

"But at this moment, on his extremely ordinary face, there was an uncontainable, strange excitement."

"The man opened his cotton-padded jacket and pointed to a bulging belt tied around his waist."

"He said to the woman very excitedly: 'A total of forty pounds; it's what I've tried every possible way to hide over the past three years!'"

"The woman, upon hearing this, instantly trembled all over and quickly blew out the candle, saying: 'Are you trying to get us killed?'"

"Who knew the man would firmly say: 'I don't want to die; I want to take this gold and you, and escape together.'"

…….

Zhang Lin spoke of a dull man who wanted to take a woman who was clearly a dark prostitute and escape together.

Carrying forty pounds of gold!

The audience was already too busy to care why Heibei Laoliu hadn't appeared yet.

They were all waiting nervously for the fate of this pair of desperate lovers!

Zhang Lin had previously laid the groundwork that every hall master had at least ten blade-wielder teams under them.

These blade-wielders were all strong and sturdy, and were masters of the blade!

Not only that, the Gelao Society in the Jinshajiang area at that time would also keep Tibetan Mastiffs.

Those were fierce mastiffs in the true sense, specifically used to hunt down escaping laborers.

And what was the terrain near the Jinshajiang?

Steep mountains and towering ridges!

In that era, there were undeveloped places everywhere, inaccessible and without even roads!

Even if one could climb the mountains to avoid the pursuit of the blade-wielder team, they might be bitten to death by wild beasts in the mountains.

Therefore, very few people could successfully escape with gold.

What's more, this man also wanted to take a woman with him!

Anyone with a bit of reason knew this was courting death!

Sure enough, they heard Zhang Lin continue: "After the man said he wanted to take her and escape together, the woman suddenly froze there without making a sound."

"And in the darkness, the man didn't notice the strangeness of the woman's expression at all."

"He was still rambling: 'Today is the day the Golden Lead won; the leader will summon everyone to announce this, and will also let everyone have a good day of rest; this is the best chance to escape.'"

"The man rambled for a long time, and only after realizing the woman had no reaction did he come back to his senses."

"He was a bit angry, constantly shaking the woman, and said in a flustered and exasperated way: 'I know what you're thinking; a Golden Lead returns in total victory, and he can choose any woman here.'"

"'You're thinking about being chosen by him, becoming the woman of the Golden Lead, aren't you!'"

Until this moment, the audience knew that the victorious Golden Lead had the right to choose women.

Any woman, as long as Heibei Laoliu wanted her, he could speak up.

Because it was he who used his life to win the gold mining rights for the entire river for the gang!

Zhang Yueshan, hearing this, frowned and said: "This is wrong; Heibei Laoliu is a hero of the gang; what kind of woman can't he find? Would he choose this dark prostitute?"

Yin Yin Nanfeng said calmly: "Maybe this woman is extremely beautiful? You didn't hear the storyteller's description; just grooming herself in front of the mirror, I couldn't help but feel some pity."

Zhang Yueshan shook his head: "That's because you don't understand men; a normal man would never choose a dark prostitute as a reward."

Yin Yin Nanfeng whispered: "Maybe Heibei Laoliu isn't normal? Didn't you all say he's a madman?"

……

"The Golden Lead used his life to win a larger gold mining area for the gang."

"Therefore, he could get all the gold mined on the first day of the new river section; this was the reward he deserved!"

"Under normal circumstances, the amount of this gold would exceed one hundred pounds!"

"When the man said the woman was waiting to be chosen by the Golden Lead, he seemed to go crazy and began to mutter."

"He said to the woman: 'You are so beautiful, that Golden Lead will definitely like you, but...'"

"'But they only know how to kill, not how to love! I have enough gold; as long as we escape, we can live a good life!'"

"Hearing this, the woman was unmoved and just said: 'You also said escape; what if we can't escape?'"

"The man, upon hearing this, trembled all over and told the woman not to say it, not to say it, as if he couldn't even bear to think about the consequences of not escaping."

"But after a while, the man firmly said: 'I want to escape; no matter what the price, I must escape.'"

"'If you don't come with me, are you willing to stay here forever? Do you think you're living a human life here?'"

"Just this one question made the woman close her eyes, and two crystal-clear tears flowed from her trembling eyelashes."

"Then, they strung into two strings of teardrops; her chest heaved as she said: 'You don't need to remind me that I'm not living a human life!'"

"Just like that, after a while, the woman suddenly took a deep breath and said: 'Okay, I'll go with you; at worst, it's death!'"

"After she said this, she suddenly laughed, a very miserable laugh."

"Just like that, the two hugged in the darkness; only the man's heart was hot, while the woman's heart was cold."

"At this time, everyone outside was heading to the river beach, so the two didn't need to prepare anything; they walked out the door generously and mixed into the crowd."

"In the narrow passage between the shanties, the crowd flowed silently in the same direction."

"This man and woman were also in the crowd, the man holding the woman's hand tightly, his expression unusually nervous."

"Then, they suddenly broke out of the crowd and flashed into a passage on the left."

"Once they entered the deserted passage, the man pulled the woman and began to run wildly!"

…….