How many people live a glorious life during the day, and how many people make a humble living at night.
Outside Xuanzhu County, under the big locust tree on the bank, Rong Yao was wearing a gray robe, leaning against the decayed tree trunk, quietly watching the lights of villages and towns in the distance. The stench coming from the black river seemed to be nothing to him.
Influence.
Rong Yao seems to be inseparable from the night in his life.
His father was a manure digger who transported night incense. He would transport goods with his father at night. He usually came out in the early morning after everyone was asleep, and transported the night incense from each household to the manor outside the county before dawn. Afterwards, the manor servants
Will take over the night fragrance and use it for farming.
In fact, those days were not very bitter. Although the smell was a little bit bad, it didn't matter once you got used to it. Yun Yexiang was still quite profitable, and it was not a problem to have enough food and clothing. Moreover, the streets were empty at night, the lights were bright, and my father pushed the cart.
When he was walking, he could run around. The streets were as big as the whole world, and he couldn't run all the way.
Later, the dung bully asked the dung collectors to pay more "dung gold". The father had a dispute with the dung tyrant, and the dung bully directly beat him to death with a dung spoon. Within two days of his father's death, the family's money was transferred to his sister-in-law and uncle.
He took it away, but my uncle buried his father anyway and even took Rong Yao in.
My sister-in-law is a good person, but a little weak. Her uncle also likes to gamble and smoke. When he comes home, he either scolds his sister-in-law for not having a son or beats others. Rong Yao realizes that his arrival will make his sister-in-law suffer more beatings. It just so happens that the chief of staff of Jing Mansion happens to be around that time.
As a servant, Rong Yao sold himself to Jing Mansion.
Sometimes life doesn't have so many pressures. Rong Yao was already 12 years old at that time, and he could do a lot of work. He could be a worker, go to the dock... But out of consideration, a servant with food and accommodation was more suitable for him.
In fact, the life of the servants in the Jing Mansion is not that bad. After all, the only person they have to serve is Master Jing Zhengwei. Usually they only need to take care of the Jing Mansion. However, Rong Yao had already grown by that time and was nourished.
After that, he looked tall and handsome, and he didn't even look like a servant among the servants.
If Jing Zhengwei had a special hobby, then maybe Rong Yao would rise to the top, but unfortunately Jing Zhengwei didn't, and Rong Yao's appearance did not bring him preferential treatment - at least the housekeeper didn't want to see him.
He returned to his old job again - the housekeeper gave him all the hard work in Jing Mansion, and those tasks were basically concentrated in the early hours of the night, such as cleaning toilets and removing feces, going to the vegetable market to buy fresh ingredients before dawn, and working at night...
The reversal of day and night did not break down Rong Yao's body, it just made his skin whiter and whiter.
"Your skin is so white, and mine is so dark."
"You are not called black, you are a healthy wheat color, as golden as wheat, and will shine beautifully under the sun."
"Hmph, you have a smooth tongue. Did you learn it from the market aunt?"
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"If you don't go to bed so late, be careful if the manager sees you and scolds you."
"I can't sleep, can't I come out and look at the moon?"
"That's right. You are so dark anyway. If you hide to the side, the manager won't be able to see you..."
"I'll strangle you to death!"
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"I heard that Miss Shuangye is going to give me a late-night snack tonight. I have been waiting for it for a long time."
"Hehe, I secretly hid this, but it's already cold..."
"Really? But it still tastes very sweet."
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"I have contacted the White Night Organization and found out the location of the key. I also know the patrols of the night guards..."
"Then let's go!"
"Do you really want to leave? In fact, we are still safe in Jing Mansion for the time being..."
"Even if we don't leave now, we will still leave in the future! Manager Shen will not let his servants have an affair, he will beat us to death! Brother Yao, since we have the opportunity to leave, if we don't seize it now, we will definitely regret it in the future !”
"Okay, let's go!"
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"What should I do? Why is Mr. Shen over there? We can't go that way!"
"Brother Yao, don't panic. Didn't you say there are other ways we can take?"
"Yes, we can still leave Jing Mansion through two paths, but we may be discovered by the guards."
"Let's do this. The two of us will walk one path each. The target is small and difficult to find. We will wait at the agreed place after we go out!"
"But you don't have much experience in night walking. If I'm not here -"
"Don't be afraid, I'm dark and the guards can't see me. Let's go, it'll be too late if we stay any longer!"
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"Frost Thorn."
Rong Yao suddenly woke up and found that a group of masked people had arrived next to him. The voice of the person who spoke to him felt very familiar to Rong Yao: "Spiky?"
"It's me." Yin Minghong said: "All the thirteen travelers who participated in tonight's 'Shattered Silver' plan are here."
Rong Yao bent down and saluted: "I'll be waiting for you for a long time."
Yin Minghong asked: "What happened to you just now? You were looking absentmindedly into the distance? Are you feeling unwell?"
"It's nothing... I just remembered some past events." Rong Yao shook his head: "It won't affect tonight's plan."
He took out his pocket watch and said: "Everyone, check the time and recall your own action plan. After breaking into half the city, we must act strictly according to everyone's timeline. Even if others encounter emergencies, we must give priority to our own actions. Take action on the timeline, otherwise you will only hurt yourself and others!"
"Everyone took out their pocket watches and adjusted the time to 12 o'clock."
The White Night Walkers silently took out their pocket watches and adjusted them. Rong Yao glanced at them: "You are all my seniors, so I won't say any nonsense. The reason why I am in charge of this 'Silver Broken' operation is just because I am better at night operations." , familiar with the distribution of semi-urban areas.”
"As the name of the operation is 'Shattered Silver', we have to spread out like broken silver. We only have fourteen people, but we have to deal with the entire factory area and patrol guards. If we don't want them to react, we must Hit every area quickly, accurately and hard!"
"No matter whether the action is completed according to the timeline, once the time comes, everyone must evacuate! Don't be greedy, otherwise you will only harm others and yourself!"
"Finally, as the person who is taking care of you, I have something to tell you."
Rong Yao put on a mask and said: "I will be at the agreed place to help you all evacuate. But if there is still someone who has not come back by the appointed time..."
"I will go back to find you."
Yin Minghong frowned slightly: "Shuangthorn, you don't need-"
"It's necessary." Rong Yao shook his head: "The so-called waiting is not to give yourself a reason to give up when you can't wait, but to give yourself an excuse to look back when you can't wait."
"After all, while I'm waiting for someone, there might be someone waiting for me to save her."
Rong Yao didn't give Yin Minghong a chance to continue persuading him. He leaned over and picked up a stone fragment, and threw it hard against the river surface, splashing more than a dozen water rings.
"Follow me, break the bank, start!"
After Rong Yao finished speaking, he dived into the dark river like a fish, followed closely by the thirteen night walkers, quietly approaching half of the city under the dark curtain.
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On the other side, in the Jing family factory in the half-city factory area, several warriors hiding in the machine room looked at their pocket watches and put on their masks.
"The time has come, Operation Cutting Off Gold begins."
