In the blink of an eye, it was afternoon. Besides Jian Shiqing who was watching coldly, everyone else was eagerly engaging in conversation with the holess people.
No one had eaten lunch yet, but they still hadn’t found the person they were looking for.
Jian Shiqing stood in the corner, his eyes growing increasingly deep.
"Little brother, where are you from?" A ragged man sat across from Zhu Yiping, his gaze sowhat dazed.
He did not share the sa eager hope of returning ho like the others, waiting for soone to ask him, but instead sat there indifferently, with a hint of fear.
Upon seeing the young man in front of him questioning him, he slowly lifted his head and said, "I’m from Zhuzhao Country!"
After answering, he imdiately lowered his head again, not daring to et his eyes.
Because everyone here could account for their place of origin clearly, which was how they got food and Silver Taels. He didn’t know if soone unclear like him could receive any.
Zhu Yiping was stunned for a mont, then asked, "Where in Zhuzhao Country are you from?"
"I..." Following his mory, he softly said, "The Jiangnan area!"
Zhu Yiping furrowed his brows and said, "Lying will get you no food or Silver Taels. Just tell the truth, and you will have what others have!"
The young man lifted his head to look at Zhu Yiping, with so trepidation, and asked again, "Can I really get it?"
"Of course, as long as you tell the truth!" Zhu Yiping replied.
He parted his lips and said, "I, I don’t know where I’m from."
Zhu Yiping was slightly startled, and beca serious.
After all the questions asked, everyone could na their origin. It really was rare to find soone who didn’t know where they were from.
Even Jin Luoyin, who was asking soone else nearby, stopped and looked at this holess young man.
Jian Shiqing, standing coldly watching from a corner not far away, also lowered the arms he was holding and looked at the holess man.
"When did you co to Beiyi?" Zhu Yiping asked with so excitent.
"I..." He shook his head and said, "I don’t know, maybe when I was very young!"
"Who brought you here?" Jin Luoyin suddenly asked excitedly from the side.
The holess man looked at them in surprise, his face dirty and obscuring his features, but his eyes shone bright like stars.
Yet his gaze was timorous and fearful, evasive, showing that Jin Luoyin’s urgent question scared him.
Zhu Yiping said to Jin Luoyin, "Calm down for now, it’s not certain yet, let ask!"
Jin Luoyin took a breath, suppressing the wild beating of his heart, and sat aside.
"Who brought you here?" Zhu Yiping repeated the question.
The holess man looked at them timidly, and in a low voice said, "I don’t know, he died many years ago. After his death, I’ve been begging for a livelihood ever since!"
"Died?" Zhu Yiping was montarily stunned, glanced at Jin Luoyin, and continued to ask, "Was he a middle-aged man?"
"Yes!" the holess man said.
"Do you know what your na is?" Zhu Yiping asked again.
Upon hearing this question, the holess man lowered his head even further, not daring to et their eyes again. After a long while, they finally heard his low voice.
"He called Little Beast!"
The words "Little Beast" echoed explosively in everyone’s ears.
What kind of person would call a child that? Unless the child had a grudge with him.
Everyone knew that Jin Xuyao was taken away at the age of four, very likely brought to the northernmost country, but nobody knew exactly where.
Upon hearing this man’s answer, although it couldn’t be confird that he was Jin Xuyao, the possibility was greater compared to others they had found before.
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