Chapter III: Arrest
At sunset, on a dilapidated two-lane dirt road, a caravan is heading towards this! This caravan knew at a glance that it had obtained a lot of supplies, more than 20 carriages were full of supplies, and the two pack horses in front of each carriage were also struggling to move forward, which showed that there were a lot of supplies on the carriages.
The materials on the carriage smelled of blood, and caravans would stay away from such caravans. If this caravan was either cleaning the battlefield before, it was a robber who came across a caravan on the road.
However, when you see the scene behind the carriage, you will be relieved.
The carriage was followed by many ragged and stinking slaves, and judging by the wounds on the slaves and the clothes they were wearing, it was clear that the caravan had been cleaning the battlefield before! Capture those who are still alive on the battlefield and turn them into slaves.
And the slaves who are usually on the battlefield are usually the most popular!
Although they were unruly, if their masters had enough force, the slaves who had previously been soldiers were the best laborers. If you have to fight, you can also use these slaves as cannon fodder to consume the enemy. So usually these slaves can be sold for a good price.
And our protagonist Lu Yu is in this caravan, of course, not on the carriage in front, but in the slave team behind.
It has been seven days since he left the battlefield, and Lu Yu is now the same as the slave on the side, with a stinking smell, fleas in his hair, his face is full of traces of mud splashing, and many blood blisters have been ground out on his feet, and many blood blisters have broken and begun to pus. And Lu Yu's back is full of whip marks, some of which have pus, and some of which are still bleeding.
As for why there are so many whip marks on the body, it has to start after Lu Yu and Roger were arrested that day.
After being caught by Yellow Fang that day, the two obediently followed Yellow Fang and waited for the arrival of the caravan, and then were assigned to clean up the battlefield and find those who were still alive. And then the ranks of slaves continued to expand.
With three days spent cleaning the battlefield. And when the battlefield was completely cleaned, the caravan was ready to return to the city. Of course, the slaves had no carriage to sit on, and could only follow them with their feet behind the carriage, and anyone who tried to escape would be chased and killed by the guards on horseback. Along the way, at least thirty people thought they had escaped, and were chased by the guards and killed in front of all the slaves.
As for why Lu Yu was covered with whip marks, it was because of Roger, Roger's injuries were already serious, fortunately, he had three days to clean up the battlefield, and Roger's recovery ability was also perverted enough, although it took three days to not recover from the wounds, but it still recovered to the extent that it would not bleed, and this level was enough for Lu Yu to be surprised.
The penetrating wound in the abdomen did not use any medicine, but only a few bandages with rags on the clothes, and it took only three days to stop the bleeding. Are you Xiaoqiang? At first, Lu Yu thought it was the credit of the previous potion, but later learned from Roger's mouth that the potion, like adrenaline, was to stimulate the body at the critical moment so that he would not die at once.
And from the beginning of the caravan, Roger has been supported by Lu Yu because of his injury, but because the wound is afraid of rupturing again, and Roger is very weak because of the injury, Lu Yu can't walk fast with his support, so he can only follow the slave team at the end, and from time to time there may be a team, and as soon as he falls behind, the guard's whip will fall, Roger's wound obviously can't be injured again, so Lu Yu blocked all the whips that hit Roger.
The first time he was whipped Lu Yu almost fainted, as a modern young man whose biggest injury from childhood to adulthood was cutting vegetables and hurting his hand, it was obvious that he couldn't stand being whipped by the whip. Although Lu Yu wanted to faint at that time, thinking of Roger on the side, Lu Yu gritted his teeth and endured it, and by the way, he also blocked the whip that hit Roger.
And when the one-eyed guard saw this scene, he was obviously even more angry, since you want to block it, then I will let you block it enough, the whip fell like raindrops, and Lu Yu could only grit his teeth and block all the whips.
"Stop"
Roger's eyes were red, and he roared with murderous anger on his face.
The one-eyed guard, apparently not in a good way, continued to whip him, and this time even harder.
When Roger saw this scene, he wanted to break free from Lu Yu's defense, but Lu Yu grabbed Roger's body or he broke free.
"One eye is enough, if you fight again, you will die, and you will compensate for the loss of a slave's money."
At this moment, the yellow fang on the side spoke.
When the one-eyed guard heard Yellowfang's words, he lowered his whip and spat on us, garbage.
And when One-Eye stopped, Roger tried to pull me up, and when he pulled me up, he found that I had fainted, and finally it was Roger who pulled the stunned me to follow the caravan.
When I woke up again it was night, dozens of slaves huddled together to keep warm, and next to me was Roger. Roger was very happy to see me wake up.
But when I wanted to move, I suddenly pulled the whip marks on my back, and the painful Lu Yu suddenly curled up like a shrimp in a frying pot.
When I looked back, the wound on his back was clearly bandaged, and it was clear that it was Roger who had bandaged it, because there was a lot of cloth missing from his clothes.
"Lu, you're awake."
"Yes, after I fell unconscious, did you help me to keep up with the caravan!"
Roger looked very sad when he heard my words.
"Lu, why are you helping me block the whip, are you crazy!"
"Since you regarded me as a friend before, what is there to say about me as a whip for my friend!"
"Lu, you're the craziest person I've ever met. I don't understand what's going on in your mind! By the way, this is the food sent out in the evening, only a little. ”
Roger said with a wry smile, although he smiled bitterly, but he still used his slap the size of Lu Yu's face, and quickly took out the food hidden in his clothes and gave it to me, and the food that was distributed at night seemed to be less than in Roger's huge slap.
The caravan was obviously afraid of the resistance of those of us who had been found on the battlefield, so they were given very little food, one in the morning and one in the evening, each of which was a small amount of food, which could only fill the stomach slightly. Let's walk with a little strength and not have enough strength to rebel against them.
The food given by the caravan was a piece of black bread that was as hard as a stone. When I stuffed the black bread into my mouth, I realized that it was all wounds in the end. I was whipped and clenched my teeth tightly, causing not only a toothache, but also a bite on my tongue and cheeks in my mouth. The mouth was full of blood.
Although it was very painful, I still managed to swallow the pain.
Back on the seventh day, Roger could no longer hold me on, so the two of us walked side by side among the slaves.
With non-stop progress. The sun is getting hotter.
At this time, Lu Yu also found that there was something wrong with Roger. Roger's face began to turn pale, and his breathing became rapid.
Lu Yu found that something was wrong and hurriedly helped Roger.
"Lu, you don't have to hold me, I can still walk"
Roger pushed Lu Yu away.
But Lu Yu still held Roger.
As the sun gets hotter and hotter. Lu Yu and Roger also began to approach the end of the line.
And when Roger and Lu Yu arrived at the end of the group, they saw the one-eyed guard again. And the one-eyed guard obviously saw Lu Yu and Roger as well. In the past seven days, he will be beaten every day, but every time Lu Yu will block it, so every time it makes One-Eye angry, although he wants to kill him, but the slave did not escape and was killed, but he has to face the anger of the caravan leader.
Although slaves have no human rights, the slaves found on the battlefield are obviously more expensive and more cherished, so it doesn't matter if ordinary slaves die, if these battlefield slaves die, it will be a big loss. So every time he hit at most, until Lu Yu fainted, One-Eye would stop. Although one-eyed is angry, he also knows measure.
When Lu Yu and Roger reached the end of the team again, the one-eyed whip fell again.
The leader of the caravan disembarked from his carriage again and rode his horse to see once again the riches he had made at great risk.
And when the caravan leader came to the end of the team, Lu Yu also saw him, and the arrival of the caravan leader also allowed the plan in his heart to unfold, these days he was whipped by this one-eyed guard every day, even the clay man has three points of anger, Lu Yu wanted to take revenge on this one-eyed guard early on.
The caravan leader rode to the end of the caravan to see how he had obtained the most valuable possessions on the battlefield and the quality slaves he had found on the battlefield.
The caravan leader, the merchant Chebman, this Chebman has the same common problems as all merchants, obesity, greed for money, and miserliness, but also has an eye that ordinary merchants do not have.
As for why Lu Yu knew that Chebman had a vision that others did not have, it was because Lu Yu heard from the guards that Chebman used all his net worth and borrowed money from everywhere to get the opportunity to clean up the battlefield. It is clear that Chebman has made a lot of money on this opportunity, and all of Chebman's investments have paid off, and the returns are very rich.
When Chebman arrived, he saw that the slaves, although they were a little depressed, believed that they were the best labor when they were full, and the thought of returning to the city and selling all the slaves for the money he had earned, made Chebman's heart beat faster.
At this time, Chebman also saw the one-eyed slave fighting the last slave of the team, but Chebman didn't care much about this, the group of slaves just wanted to find a few examples, no one was punished, how could the slaves be obedient!
Just as Chebman was about to leave, he heard the roar of the beaten slave!
"One-eyed, you bastard is enough. You are losing the interests of the caravan leader in disguise, who gave you the courage to do it! ”
One-eyed heard how a slave dared to call himself. Suddenly, the strength in his hand was used even more! He also shouted this from his mouth.
"You lowly slave dare to talk to me like this, do you want to die!"
"If you continue to fight, the interests of the caravan leader will definitely be lost in your hands."
As a merchant, he cares about the loss of profits, and no merchant will allow the loss of his property, so Chebman came to the vicinity of One-Eye.
"One-eyed, stop"
When One-Eye turned his head and saw that Chebman was so frightened that he almost fell off the horse, he quickly put away the whip in his hand and came to Chebman flatteringly.