Chapter 7 Departure (2)
After the drawbridge was slowly lowered, the wooden door opened, and two Sudanese soldiers wearing black turbans, brown leather armor, and curved swords pinned to their waists walked out.
Dao Yan drove the elephant into the fortress. On the way to the back kitchen, Dao Yan found that the place was indeed heavily guarded, with a wall full of sentry posts and a patrol patrolling around the fortress. As he passed through the prison, he glanced inside along the fence at the door, and saw many young men locked up in the wooden cells that looked like chicken coops, which he thought were the Moon Protoss who were imprisoned here. Arriving at the back kitchen of the fortress, Dao Yan entered the house and saw a man who looked like an officer sitting on a stool smoking a hookah and leisurely puffing out smoke rings. After saluting the officer, he took the contract and bill out of his cloth bag, and took two silver tankas and placed them on the table in front of the officer. The officer squinted, stroked his beard, grinned and pulled the two silver tankas he took the two silver tankas he sided, changed his position, and squatted on the stool to look at the contract.
"Did this gambler lose a lot of money again? Even this eating business was sold. The officer took another drag on his cigarette as he spoke.
"The lord said... Money... Honor you. Dao Yan stammered and said stiffly.
"Are you Han people all unable to survive in the Yuan Dynasty, recently more and more Han people have fled to us, forget it, do you understand the rules? Understand... Is it? The officer said as he gestured as he drank water.
Dao Yan shook his head again and again: "Understand, master... Said. ”
"Okay, I've learned our habits, come with me." After the officer finished speaking, he led Dao Yan to the waterwheel, filled a leather bag of water, and then led him to the camp of the commander of the fortress.
After entering the barracks, the officer took the contract to the commander of the fortress.
"Why is it so late this time?" The chief asked in a hoarse voice.
"Sir... Mahmoud... Back to Basics... Lost again. Dao Yan said while gesturing.
"Okay, next time early, let him drink it quickly, the people of the Yuan Dynasty will arrive in a while, you can also bring more water, those uncles of the Yuan Dynasty can't afford to offend." The commander said impatiently to the officer.
The officer waved his hand at Dao Yan, who raised his neck and took a big sip of the water in the leather bag.
"Take a sip, you have to drink it for two days, the old man's water is bought for money." The officer was distressed and hurriedly stopped Dao Yandao.
After searching his body, the officer asked again: "There are no extra cells, let's lock up with that Han man, anyway, the Yuan Dynasty people will arrive in a while." The chief agreed, and waved them to leave.
In order to prevent poisoning, every time someone who came to the fortress to deliver water had to be locked in a cell and drink the water they brought, and after two days if there were no problems, the soldiers in the fortress would drink the newly delivered water, and the person who delivered the water would be released. After a long time, the water delivery person has his own 'exclusive' cell. A few days ago, the patrol team caught a Han man suspected of being arrested by the Yuan Dynasty with a bounty, so they were locked up here and waiting for the Yuan Dynasty to send someone to deal with it. Since the Moon Protoss occupied the rest of the cell, the Han man was temporarily kept in that 'exclusive' cell.
The officer took Dao Yan to the prison, told the guards that he was a new water delivery worker, checked his drinking water according to the old rules, and put him in a 'private' cell before leaving.
Dao Yan glanced around and saw that the cell was covered with thick wooden fences on three sides, except for the stone wall at the back, and an unkempt prisoner was sitting in the corner with his head bowed and his back against the stone wall. Dao Yan walked over to the wooden fence adjacent to the next cell and sat down cross-legged, placing the water bag in front of him.
"Little brother, can you give me a drink?" The prisoner said in a weak, hoarse voice.
Dao Yan felt that this voice seemed to be very familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was for a while. But the most difficult choice in my heart at this moment is whether to give him water to drink.
At this moment, a group of guards came over, and after opening the prison door, two soldiers dressed in Yuan Dynasty armor set up the prisoner, and a person who looked like a Yuan Dynasty general grabbed the prisoner's hair and pulled his head back. Dao Yan then saw the man's face clearly, and it turned out to be the senior brother Rujing who had been absent for a long time. After Yuan Bing took Hong Yuanxuan away, Dao Yan's heart was in turmoil, but he immediately calmed himself down. Through the gap in the fence, Dao Yan saw that the Moon Protoss in the cell were sitting quietly and neatly, so he spread the hay on the ground, lay down on his arms, and hummed a 'little song' to get ready for sleep.
In the evening, the guards brought food to Dao Yan, and after supervising Dao Yan to drink water, they left the food behind. Dao Yan found that his meal was less than that of the Moon Protoss, but there were more green beans and cassava. The Moon Protoss ate normally, some pretending to drink water and spit it on the wall while the guards were not looking, while others secretly poured it into the commode. Dao Yan knew that everyone had received the code, but he began to worry about Hong Yuanxi's safety.
The cell door opened, and the two guards dragged Hong Yuanxuan, who was tortured and bruised all over his body, into the cell and threw him on the ground, and then locked the cell door and left. Finding that the surroundings were safe, Dao Yan hurriedly carried Hong Yuanxuan to a corner of the cell.
"Brother Hong, Brother Hong, wake up." Dao Yan shouted in a low voice in Hong Yuanxi's ear.
"Water... Water... Hong Yuanxuan said weakly.
Seeing that Hong Yuanxuan might die at any time if he didn't drink water, Dao Yan looked around and found that there were no guards nearby, so he asked the Moon God Clan next door if he could give him a water cup. After getting the water glass, Dao Yan slashed his two fingers on his forearm, blood flowed down his wrist into the cup, and when he received the cup, he tore off a piece of fabric from the corner of his clothes to bandage the wound. Dao Yan raised Hong Yuanxuan's head slightly, and slowly poured blood into his mouth. After taking the second cup, Dao Yan felt a little dizzy, and when he was about to take the third cup, he heard a light cough behind him, and Dao Yan looked back and saw that a water cup was handed over from the wooden fence of the prison next door, which contained a cup full of blood.
After Hong Yuanxi woke up, Dao Yan learned from him that since the assassination failed, he had lost contact with the master, and he returned to Diming Temple to avoid arrest, and after many inquiries, he learned that the master had also been rescued and was recuperating in the South Shaolin Temple of Jiulian Mountain. After this incident, the imperial court began to levy all kinds of rebels, so he was sent to carry out a secret mission and to avoid the pursuit of the pursuit, but unexpectedly not far from here was caught by the local patrol, locked up here waiting for the Yuan Dynasty to send someone to come to the land, after today's torture, the Yuan Dynasty people saw that he refused to recruit his comrades, so they decided to execute him on the spot tomorrow. Dao Yan was shocked when he heard this, thinking about how to rescue Hong Yuanxuan. Hong Yuanxuan saw Daoyan's thoughts, and told him not to risk his life for himself, and to assist the master in saving Li Min from fire and water in the coming day, and restore the Han family. made a generous statement and passionate righteousness, Dao Yan admired this senior brother who sacrificed his life for righteousness from the bottom of his heart. Hong Yuanxuan said that he had read little, and asked Yan if he could tell him some stories about loyal ministers and righteous people, so Dao Yan told him the unyielding deeds of Wen Tianxiang in the last years of the Song Dynasty.
The executing guards made Hong Yuanxuan kneel, he raised his head and resolutely refused, the guards slammed his knees from behind and kicked him down, he struggled to stand up, the two guards had to press his shoulders with their hands from behind, and stepped on his knees with their feet to force him to kneel, he struggled to make his body face east, the executioner pulled out the dagger, he smiled sideways to Daoyan, and shouted loudly: "The national disaster is the first to see the integrity, and it will forever be remembered in history." Then he began to look up to the sky and laugh.
With the flying debris of the broken wood, the guards on the edge of the prison fell down, Dao Yan rushed to the execution table, his elbows struck out, and the two guards who pressed Hong Yuanlu's shoulders fell to the ground in response. Hong Yuanxi was pulled back and leaned back, only to see a bloody light in front of him. The sound of severed limbs and screams was endless, Dao Yan was covered in blood with arrow wounds, carrying Hong Yuanqi on his back, like a trapped beast, forced by the guards behind a sentry against the wall.
"Why bother, if you also die, my hope of leaving a name in history will be dashed." Hong Yuanxuan said bitterly.
"I am honored to die with my brother." Dao Yan said after smiling and putting Hong Yuanxuan down.
"We kill so much, we can't ask the Buddha to bless us, there are corpses in this place, and there is no need to prepare additional sacrifices, we might as well take this opportunity to become brothers, and we are not lonely on the Huangquan Road, what do you think?" Hong Yuanqi said.
"The eldest brother is on top, the younger brother, the younger brother... Dao Yan struggled to get up and saluted Hong Yuanlu.
"Excuse yourself from these rituals." Hong Yuanxuan said as he tried to move his body outward.
"Big brother, what are you doing here?" Dao Yan asked in surprise.
"After a while, they will definitely choose to kill the one who is outside, and when the elder brother has no reason to let the younger brother die in front of him. If you don't agree, you will be the big brother in the next life. Hong Yuanyu laughed.
The two looked at each other and laughed loudly, and the sound of footsteps came from far and near. The figure flashed, and both of them closed their eyes at the same time.
"Quickly carry them to the car, bandage them immediately, forget if the wound medicine is not found, let's escape from the fortress first, and the master will definitely cure them." Singh Shah said as he commanded his people.