Ye An

The gate of Jincheng was closed and no one was allowed to enter or exit.

But with the arrival of the bee swarm, most of Zam and the forces who took refuge in him were trapped in the city lord's mansion, and the city residents gradually took over the city.All the foreign businessmen who were caught, as well as the forces in the city who helped Zam to suppress the resistance of the city residents, did not end well.

The next day after the ants colony sneaked into the city lord's mansion, the servants delivered meals regularly.

Due to the shortage of ingredients, except for Zam and his men, the share that the rest of the people can grab has been reduced again. A piece of barbecue with the size of a fist needs at least four or five people to share.

With such a portion, let alone a grown man, even a half-grown child would not be able to eat enough.

In order to compete for food, fights and even gang fights are inevitable.

Fortunately, everyone still had a bit of reason, and they only used their fists and did not use weapons.Otherwise, the entire hall will be stained red with blood.

After listening to the report, Zam didn't show up in person, he only asked people to speak. If they continue to make trouble, he will personally let the troublemakers learn a lesson.

Such threats are very effective.

Even though they were resentful in their hearts, they didn't dare to continue to expand the incident. They could only swallow their anger, lest they die in Zam's hands before the bee swarm receded.

The merchants and guards stopped making trouble, and the barbecue and wheat cakes brought by the servants were all robbed.Even the plates were licked clean, leaving no gravy or food residue.

When the servants took away the tableware and acted in the hall, they were all trembling with their hearts in their throats.Those merchants and guards stared at them, as if they were watching prey that could walk.

Walking out of the hall, the servants supported each other, returned to the kitchen as quickly as possible, and closed the door with a bang.

Feeling unsafe, the two male servants worked together to push the wooden table firmly against the door, and then sat down on the table legs, panting heavily, and their faces turned pale.Because they hadn't eaten for a long time, they were all supported by water, and their stomachs tightened up and down. The pain made them break out in cold sweat, and they curled up and fell to the ground.

"Chawan!"

"Mara!"

Seeing them like this, the rest of them knew something was wrong, and quickly rushed forward to help them up.

A slightly older maid gritted her teeth hard, resisting the fear in her heart, and tremblingly walked towards the storage room, ready to take out food from it.Even if he couldn't survive after being discovered, at least he couldn't watch them starve to death.

The key to the storage room has always been controlled by Zam's subordinates. Every time he prepares food, he will watch in the kitchen, and the servants are not allowed to keep anything private.

Before leaving, he would give the servants a meager piece of meat, sometimes two or three wheat loaves and a few sprouted potatoes.

Relying on this little food, the people in the kitchen can live to this day.

Since two days ago, such "handouts" are no longer available.The servants were overwhelmed with hunger and despair, and everyone shuddered at the thought of their companions who died with tooth marks on their bodies.

The maid held the doorknob and found that the lock was abnormally strong, and the door was still tied with an iron chain, which could not be opened at all.

Ants can get in and out through the cracks in the door panels, but these people can't.In order to get the food inside, you must try to break the chain and open the door of the storage room.

"Use this." A young maid handed over a kitchen knife.

The knife is heavy and the blade is very sharp.

Both of them didn't have much strength, and wanted to break the iron chain and door lock, so they could only hold the handle of the knife together and slash down hard.

"Are you crazy?!" a footman yelled.

"Otherwise, do you want to watch Chawan and Mara die?!" The maid turned around and roared, even if she raised her voice, it was not deterrent because of her weak body.

"Crazy, you are crazy. I don't want to die, I don't want to die with you!" The freckled male servant stood up suddenly, but fell to the ground due to hunger, muttering to himself.

No one paid any attention to him.

Two more servants approached the storage room staggeringly, holding small axes for chopping bones in their hands, and were about to break the door lock with the maid.

Suddenly, there was a sound from outside the kitchen.

The servants were shocked at the same time, and the freckled manservant also covered his mouth and looked at everyone in horror.

No matter what kind of disputes arise within them, they are very clear that they are grasshoppers tied to a rope.If someone was caught and tortured, no one else could escape.

The sound became clearer and clearer, but it didn't sound like footsteps. It was more like the sound of some kind of obstacle being removed, or the sound of door shafts being pushed, or wall bricks being pushed.

"There, there." The freckled man was closest to the place where the voice came from, covering his mouth with one hand, and looked towards the roof in horror. The voice came out from the gap between his fingers, a little indistinct.

Everyone raised their heads in unison, holding their breath, not sure what would happen next moment.

Instinct made them grab everything they could defend against, even Chawan and Mara who fell to the ground were no exception. They all sat up with support, grasped the table knife handed by their companions, and looked over their heads vigilantly.

There was another sound, a stone slab on the roof was removed, and there were several sharp rats in the dark passage.

"Gopher, it's a gopher!"

The expressions of the servants were still full of fear, looking at the gopher that appeared at the entrance of the cave, but unconsciously licking their lips.

The mice in the castle have been caught long ago. How long has it been since they had fresh meat?Five days or ten days?Or longer?

After the hamster appeared, it did not jump into the room as everyone expected, but disappeared from the hole.

Before they were disappointed, a familiar face appeared in front of everyone.

"Farrell?" The older maid couldn't help but exclaimed.

She clearly remembered that Farrell angered Zam and was arrested by the whole city, but there has been no news.She thought he was as dead as the one-eyed old man.

Farrell raised his finger to signal everyone to be silent.

Looking down at everyone from a high place is actually confirming the black ants that have already been hiding in the corner.After confirming that nothing was missing, Farrell lowered the rope from a height, fell to the ground along the rope, and was immediately surrounded by servants.

"Why are you here? It's too dangerous!"

"How did you get through the swarm?"

"What's the situation outside?"

The servants gathered around, except for the two who were too weak to speak, the rest were asking anxiously.

Farrell silenced the crowd again, took out the wheat cakes from his bosom, and handed them to the elderly maid, asking her to distribute them to the crowd.

The wheat cakes have been stored for a long time, and they have become cold and hard, with a lot of dust on them.The servants didn't care at all, and started to gobble up the food when it was allotted.Even if he was choked, he just poured a large glass of cold water, and the speed of eating did not slow down at all.

Farrell looked at the crowd and waited until they had finished eating the wheat cakes before he said, "I know very well that you didn't take refuge in that man, you stayed in the castle, you just wanted to survive. You have also seen the current situation."

Having said that, Farrell deliberately paused, and once again swept his gaze across the crowd, focusing on the freckled man.

"I want to tell you one thing, the city owner is still alive and in the city."

The servants all looked at Farrell, with expressions of shock, shame, surprise, and hesitation.

"If you want to survive, if you want to leave the castle alive, without being misunderstood and retaliated by the people in the city, you'd better do what I say."

Farrell's tone became very tough.

"One of you, if you want to inform, you'd better think about the fate of those traitors."

Farrell has been hiding in the city, and he can grasp a little bit about what happened in the city lord's mansion without explaining everything.Those servants who are regarded as scapegoats are both hateful and pitiful.

If you don't want to end up like that, everyone present should know what choice you need to make.

"We understand."

The servants spoke one after another, including the freckled man.

Farrell doesn't have Ye An's abilities, but he understands people's hearts.Taking refuge in Zam is death, but helping the city lord can live, but anyone with a little IQ knows how to choose.

"What should we do?" said the older maid.

"Prepare food for them as before, and prepare a richer meal for tomorrow. Don't stay after delivery, come back here immediately, and block the door firmly. At that time, Haig and I will come to pick you up and leave."

After leaving these words, Farrell grabbed the rope and returned along the same path.

He didn't worry that the servants would report to Zam. The black ants hiding in the kitchen were the best protection.

The ant colony and Ye An had a tacit understanding. If these people made abnormal behaviors, the black ant's venom would immediately stop them from breathing.

After Farrell left, the servants quickly cleaned up the kitchen, and the freckled man who was unstable was put under special surveillance. Even if he reassured him repeatedly, everyone was not at ease.

Chawan, who has regained his strength, is responsible for guarding him in case he shows his feet and is noticed.

After nightfall, the bee swarm took turns to rest, but the merchants and guards in the castle did not try to rush out again.

The lessons learned from the past are not far away, they don't want to die in vain.

After gulping down their stomachs with water and suppressing their hunger, everyone went back to the room to rest one after another.After sleeping in the middle of the night, my body suddenly started to itch, and I scratched in a daze, but the more I scratched, the more itchy.

Some people couldn't stand it one after another, sat up from the bed, lit candles, and suddenly found that large pimples appeared on their bodies. The arms, thighs and abdomen were the most densely pimples, and they had been scratched and dripping with blood.

Without exception, these people had grabbed food before, and the more they ate, the worse the situation became.

Accompanying the pimples is a high fever.

Some businessmen couldn't hold on, climbed from the bed to the ground, trying to open the door and call for help.Halfway through the climb, he lost strength due to excessive blood loss, and could only slump on the ground, as if he was in magma, unable to move his whole body until the high temperature deprived him of all life.

Due to the fact that there were too many people gathered in the castle, and there were frequent disputes with each other, the absence and disappearance of some people did not attract attention.

The next day, the crowd gathered in the hall, and the servants delivered significantly richer meals. Where did the crowd care about a lot, they all swarmed up and competed for the barbecue on the plate.

As agreed, the servants left quickly and retreated into the kitchen.

Zam's men, who held the key to the storage room, were tied up and locked in a narrow cabinet.

Farrell and Haig appeared as scheduled and helped the servants leave the secret passage one by one.Then he removed the tables and chairs at the top door, grabbed the bound guards, opened the door and threw them out.

Before the guards understood his purpose, there was a terrible shout and uproar.

At this moment, the hall is in chaos.

The merchant guards covered with pimples kept scratching, driven mad by the itching and high fever, all their sanity was burned, and they began to attack each other with red eyes.

Hearing the movement, Zam put down the uneaten barbecue, opened the door, and saw a guard whose face was scratched and dripping blood rushed towards him, yelling, and fell into madness.

Outside the City Lord's Mansion, the swarm of bees suddenly let go of the encirclement, giving way from the square to the City Lord's Mansion.

Gerald, who hadn't appeared for a long time, appeared in the city. Even though his face was pale and his body was covered with scars, he still raised his arms and shouted. He gathered the townspeople and rushed towards the city lord's mansion.

Ye An stood on the back of a male peacock, which was captured by an adult panda and threatened to pluck the long hair from its tail if he did not help.

It was only then that Ye An discovered that the mutated peacock was not only bigger in size and more beautiful in feathers, but also could fly high in the sky, but it didn't last long.

The peacock flew over the city wall with Ye An, condescending, overlooking the crowd flocking to the city lord's mansion.

Supported by another peacock, Xiao Yun appeared beside Ye An.

"Let's do it." Ye An nodded to Xiao Yun after receiving the feedback from the black ants.

Xiao Yun nodded, a cold wind rose from the ground, and frost fell from the sky, covering the entire City Lord's Mansion.

The huge ice dragon howled and flew, wrapping around the black castle.

Zam was surrounded by black energy, put down the crazy merchants and guards, and quickly came to the lobby on the first floor.

Before he could enter the hall, his feet suddenly shook violently. Blue ice cones pierced the floor, crisscrossed across the entire corridor, sealed the hall door, and blocked Zam's way out.