Chapter 004: The Holy Maiden of Troubled Times (03) Desperate Situation
This cold appearance made my father-in-law a little surprised, and he couldn't help frowning and looking at him coldly.
The coachman was so frightened that his heart trembled and his legs weakened, but he continued to nod and beg: "Father-in-law, you see, the number of people is seven to eight each time, and there is no fixed number. This time, I brought a total of eight people, and it didn't matter if there was one less. Seek the fulfillment of the father-in-law. ”
The father-in-law has not yet expressed his position, and the girls in the cage are already stunned. It turned out that the coachman had already planned to bribe his father-in-law and take Azhena for himself.
Presumably Ah Zhen also knows, right? Is she crazy? For the sake of a coachman, he would rather give up entering the palace.
This is the Yan Imperial Palace, the safest and most glorious place in the world! Even a small palace maid, in terms of food and clothing, is far from being comparable to the coachman who follows the cloth and rough food.
Ah Zhen was so nervous that she trembled, but she didn't blink her eyes and looked at her father-in-law with bated breath. She knows very well that what awaits her is not the difference between rich and poor, but the pronouncement of life or death.
"Presumptuous!" The father-in-law raised his voice to reprimand, but the purse of broken silver was tucked into his sleeve without blinking.
In his opinion, the girl in the cage is just a lowly existence like a mustard. But no matter how cheap things are, since they already belong to the palace, it is not the turn of a pariah like the coachman to ask for it.
If it weren't for the sake of this bag of broken silver, my father-in-law would have ordered the guards to cut down this daring pariah with a knife.
The coachman was so frightened that he fell to his knees.
Reason told him it was time to shut up, but he felt sorry for the money handed out.
That's half of his belongings, which he has saved with great difficulty over the years. How could he have expected that this father-in-law was so black-hearted, and the money was received correctly, but his small request was not accommodating.
He was also reluctant to give up Ah Zhen.
In the troubled times, life is not easy, and he has been a widower for many years, and he has always longed for someone around him who knows how to feel the heat. This woman looked like his dead wife, and she was very close to him, and she had followed him, and he did not want her to die in vain.
"I beg my father-in-law to have mercy! I beg my father-in-law to have mercy! The little ones will be doubly filial to their father-in-law in the future! I beg my father-in-law to have mercy! ”
The coachman kept kowtowing and pleading.
The father-in-law was impatient and glanced at the guards on the side. One of the guards stepped forward, raised the scabbard at his waist, slammed it on the driver's forehead, and kicked it at the same time.
Suddenly, the coachman fell to the ground with his heart covered, and blood was pouring from his forehead.
The real pain was accompanied by fear, and the coachman was afraid for a while, and he didn't dare to ask anymore, so he knelt on the ground again: "The little one knows that he is wrong." ”
Seeing that he was interested, the father-in-law snorted coldly, stopped pursuing it, and commanded the guards to take the eight girls away.
Ah Zhen's face was white and tired, as if all her strength had been drained. She numbly stuck at the end of the line and walked towards the palace.
The palace gate behind him was closing, and Ah Zhen couldn't help but look back. The coachman was still kneeling outside the city gate, his eyes red with blood, full of pain, unwillingness, and helplessness.
The coachman had almost given up his life for her just now. It's a pity that his strength is small and he can't shake the boulder of fate.
Now that the hope of life has been extinguished, Ah Zhen is sad and desperate in her heart, moving forward like a walking corpse.
Bolan had a new confusion. The coachman, who had spoken foul language and was arrogant and arrogant along the way, made them fearful, and in the face of his father-in-law, who was shorter and thinner than herself, he became groveling and timid as a mouse, and he did not dare to reply to him even if he was beaten or scolded.
This world is so strange, there are vastly different people between different people, and the same people will be judged like two people in different circumstances.
In addition to being confused, Bolan was also curious, what would happen in this palace?
Soon, the group was taken into a cell. The interior is shabby, dimly lit, and the vents are high and narrow, making the air cloudy and stuffy, with a foul smell.
A little eunuch carried a bucket of vegetables and rice into it with an expressionless face. The girls were already hungry, but when they got closer, they saw that the food was rancid, how could they swallow it?
What is happening in front of them is far from their fantasy. Ah Xiang stepped forward and grabbed the iron railing, and asked with a flattering smile: "May I ask my father-in-law, didn't we enter the palace as palace maids?" Why are you locked up here? ”
"Palace maid?" The little eunuch sneered, "You cheap slaves of Zhao State are also worthy?" ”
Ah Xiang froze with a smile: "That'...... Then why did you bring us into the palace? Is it just to keep us here? ”
"Tomorrow you will be able to leave here and go to the Colosseum to perform the beast. Those who watch the fighting beasts are the most noble royal relatives and nobles of my Dayan Kingdom, and it can be regarded as your blessing to be able to enter the eyes of the nobles. ”
The little eunuch's tone was ordinary, but the girls' eyes widened in fright, and they asked in disbelief, "What do you mean by letting us fight the beasts?" ”
"That's right." The little eunuch was already accustomed to seeing the frightened look, and nodded leisurely.
In just four words, the girls lost control, and suddenly there was a cry and wail.
Suddenly, Ah Xiang screamed, pointed at Ah Zhen and scolded: "Slut! Didn't you already know? Why didn't you tell us sooner? ”
The rest of the girls woke up like a dream, and they all gritted their teeth and looked at Ah Zhen. She knew that this was a dead end, but she only thought about her own escape, which was too vicious!
The more Ah Xiang thought about it, the more angry she became, and she pounced on her to hit Ah Zhen: "It's really an eyes-opener, you can't escape!" I'll kill you ruthless slut! - Ahh ”
The pain in her wrist made Ah Xiang exhale, but it turned out to be the thin Alan who squeezed her hand. Alan didn't know where the strength came from, Ah Xiang, who was obviously half a head taller than her, was pulled like this, and she couldn't move.
Seeing that Ah Xiang's face was already flushed, Bolan let go of her hand, with a faint warning in her eyes.
Ah Zhen, who was lying flat all the way and laughing at her, did not remain silent this time, and said in a dumb voice with red eyes: "If I told you in advance that it would be useful, of course I wouldn't hide it!" But does it really work? Who can escape? Even if you run away and don't have a title deed, where can you go? If I say it, I'm just making everyone despair early! Now, although the ending remains the same, at least along the way, everyone has had hope and happy times! ”
After speaking, Ah Zhen covered her face and cried bitterly. The other girls felt that they couldn't refute it, so they simply cried together. The cries one after another suddenly became one and intensified.
"Hugh should be noisy." The little eunuch frowned and reminded, "Tomorrow's fighting beasts, whoever can hold on to a stick of incense for a long time will have a way to live." I advise you to save your strength for tomorrow. ”
There was a brief silence in the room, and suddenly the girls rushed to the food bucket, desperately stuffing it into their mouths, as if it was the best taste in the world, and they didn't care if they couldn't search for food. When you are full, you have the strength to evade the pursuit of wild beasts and get a chance to survive.
The little eunuch looked at the scene in front of him like an ant, and hooked his lips to reveal a hint of mockery.
Over the years, no one has ever made it out of the Colosseum alive. But as explained above, you have to draw a cake, so that these people have hope, and they will desperately survive. The more fierce the fight, the more exciting it was for the nobles to watch.
Even Ah Zhen was kindled with hope by the words of the little eunuch and kept eating. No one is in the mood to make any more noise. There's a fierce battle tomorrow, and everyone needs to recharge their batteries, and there is no time to be distracted.
Bolan couldn't eat a bite. She smelled all the delicacies at the peach banquet in the Heavenly Palace, and when she was on the way in the prisoner car, the wild fruits were sweet and sour, and the dry food was not delicious, and they had never spoiled.
Boitdha is obsessed with the flesh and truly tastes the food, and the bottom line and persistence of foodies make her prefer to stick her chest against her back rather than touch those spoiled foods.
She was sitting alone in the corner, and suddenly thought of something, and called out in her heart: [Forrest Gump, in the previous life, what happened to the original Alan and these girls? 】