303 Black Prison in the Cave
Because the shopkeeper sells cloth, the people here call him Lao Bu. Lao Bu can do business in this kind of place, and he is not an ordinary person at first glance, and he must be bold if he is bold. The half-faced fairy here didn't say what to do with Xiao Nan, so he took Xiao Nan to his yard and showed him his family.
Lao Butuo brought his wife and children with him, and he was very capable of giving birth and had five children. One of the children had typhoid fever and had a high fever for several days.
In such mountain conditions, no matter how powerful their military equipment is, the medical conditions are still very poor, because no hospital or doctor would want to come to such a place. In this era, a small cold may kill someone.
Xiao Nan looked at the condition of the sick child and said, "I brought some medicine to reduce his fever." ”
After that, he instructed Wanyue, and Wanyue went back to the small building where they lived and brought the fever-reducing medicine that Xiao Nan brought from the future for the child to take.
In fact, this child's illness is not a big deal in the future, it is just an ordinary typhoid fever. The effect of the pill was not bad, it took less than two hours to take effect, and the high fever gradually subsided.
At this time, Lao Bu was convinced of the rumors that Xiao Nan was a miracle doctor, of course, he had to hurry up and said, "Sir, if you need anything, you can tell me, if you don't dislike it, have a meal at my house!" ”
"It's okay," Xiao Nan said with a smile, "I'm new here, I'm not familiar with the place, and I'm looking for someone to ask." ”
Lao Bu is very good at inches, and said: "Then sir, by the way, you will give my wife and a few old people in the family a number of pulses......
Although Xiao Nan didn't really know how to see a doctor, he also knew the basic rhetoric of some ancient doctors, so he really slapped his swollen face and became fat, fooled people's pulses, and put forward some specious health suggestions that modern society is full of.
Lao Bu suffered the loss of being uneducated, no matter how shrewd he was, he didn't see through that Xiao Nan was a fake doctor.
However, Xiao Nan took out a lot of information from his mouth - this cave is the base camp of the half-faced fairy, the terrain is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the half-faced fairy has also become one of the seven bandit leaders in this forest and sea mountain area because of its geographical advantage.
She is young, but she is very good at establishing her own majesty, although the bandits in the cave village spend all day drinking, but the iron law is like a mountain, she herself rarely shows up, elusive, and some people who can be used in the surrounding villages are gathered in the cave village for her dispatch, and the old and weak women and children who are not needed are all killed, and those young and middle-aged people become her slaves, young and beautiful girls, or slaves, or become "toys" played by bandits, and are locked up in the name "Red Pavilion".
Inside the building.
According to Lao Bu's words, Xiao Nan is a miracle doctor recommended by the laughing camel, and I am afraid that he will not be able to get out if he comes.
"If you are used to staying here, you will get used to it, in fact, as long as you are like me, you will work honestly, and you will not have any thoughts. Every month, they will be given flour, oil, rice and meat, and they will not worry about eating and drinking. We can also grow our own vegetables on the mud floor in this hole. "It's not too dark in this cave, you see, there's a natural patio above the lake, and if it's noon, the sun will light up the whole cave, and you can bask in the sun." ”
It seems that he, like the gardener's family that Xiao Nan met in the garden of the Marshal's Mansion before, has fully adapted to this life in captivity.
But people like Lao Bu should be regarded as the superior people in this cave, they don't worry about eating and drinking, and they are not oppressed, and there are even a few small servants for him to drive, but those slaves who work as coolies may not be as free as him.
The reason why Lao Bu is so reused is because he knows how to calculate and write, and he is very quick to calculate accounts, and all the small shops on this street are actually managed by him, and his own cloth shop is also the largest. But in this cave, everyone has their own special activity area, and no one can cross the line.
It's as if Xiao Nan can only be allowed to move around this street now.
Lao Bu is a businessman who is very good at being a man, and he doesn't know how many things he has hoarded, in short, after eating a meal of cabbage and meat dumplings at his house, Lao Bu also generously gave Xiao Nan some ingredients. The food cooked at his house is indeed delicious, because the things that are distributed to him every month are indeed the best mountain goods in the mountains.
After a full meal and information, Xiao Nan finally returned to his residence.
Wanyue lit the stove to give the room more heat, which had been empty for a day.
"On weekdays, we only eat dumplings like this during the Chinese New Year." Luhua can't get enough of the delicious dumplings.
"Our family used to be too. The ingredients in this mountain are really delicious. Wanyue said, "It's just that these ingredients are transported in, and I don't know how many people will be enslaved." ”
Xiao Nan nodded and said, "That's right, the privileged life of these bandits is based on the blood, sweat and human lives of the people who were turned into slaves by them.
We still have to wait for the time, at least ...... Now we can make our own dumplings. ”
The day was coming to an end, but I didn't expect another teenager to be sent over to serve Xiao Nan in the evening, this young man was about eighteen years old, he looked strong and honest, and he stammered when he spoke, as if he didn't dare to speak. It is estimated that he must have been a handsome young man with a strong body before, but in this cave village, I don't know what kind of torture he was subjected to, he couldn't say a few words, and one ear was gone, and even half of his face was scarred, apparently caused by the torture of the soldering iron.
He came here to be in charge of some chores, Xiao Nan was not in good health, but it was easier to have him, such as washing or something, and he could hand it over to this young man named Alan.
It's just that taking a bath in this place is not as convenient as laughing at the camel, and there is no independent shower system in the small building. But the entire commercial district has its own boiler room, where you can carry hot water.
Higher up in the distance from the commercial street is the Red Pavilion, where the bandits spend their days and drinks.
However, Xiao Nan could only take a look, and he couldn't leave the area outside this street.
He is a person who does not feel bored, trapped in a disability, he is used to being confined to one place, if he changes to a more lively person, I am afraid that he will not be able to hold back and suffocate to death.
Ah Lan helped Xiao Nan bring hot water and helped Xiao Nan take a bath in the bedroom. After going through a lot of things, although Xiao Nan was reluctant for others to see his stump, now this situation has to be considered for the sake of efficiency. He took the initiative to undress and asked Alan to put him in a wooden basin.
Ah Lan did things very seriously, carefully wiped Xiao Nan's body, because he worked very hard, his clothes were beaten by water, wet, Xiao Nan told him to take off his coat, come down and help himself take a bath, but Ah Lan heard this, but he trembled, and finally he bit his lip, took off all his clothes, naked, revealing a scar all over his body - those scars were left by a soldering iron, whip marks, and cuts, and the most terrible thing was a soldering iron scar on his abdomen, hideous and terrifying, spreading all the way down.
Xiao Nan was stunned when he saw it, because of this terrible scar, Ah Lan lost the marker of a man, and there were even more cruel traces of torture behind him, showing how he had been abused.
He was probably so frightened that he knelt down and said in a trembling voice, "Old, old man...... You...... Want me to ...... How do we serve you...... I...... I'm not afraid...... Hurt...... Feel free to ...... Play...... I ......"
Xiao Nan's eyes widened, and he said for a long time: "I...... Just help me take a shower and get dressed. ”
After that, he stretched out his hand and patted Ah Lan's shoulder gently: "In the future, no one will beat you again." ”
This sentence actually made Ah Lan collapse in an instant, maybe no one was so gentle with him after entering the cave, Douda's tears kept dripping, he bit his lip tightly, but he didn't dare to make a sound.
He wiped Xiao Nan's body, got dressed and carried him to the bed, Xiao Nan covered the quilt, leaned on the cushion, and asked him, "Ah Lan, are you the only one who is tortured like this, or are other slaves like you like this?" ”
Ah Lan knelt on the ground, his chest heaved and fell, gritted his teeth for a long time before he said with difficulty: "Come together...... Man...... Child...... Not checked...... Only...... Be a slave...... Cut ...... Over here...... Some people...... Can't get through it...... Dead ......"
"What do you choose?" Xiao Nan asked.
"Kill...... Person...... I...... I won't...... Kill...... Just ...... Slave ......," he said, suddenly lying on the floor and crying.
It turned out that the young men and girls who were seized here, the women were dragged to be changyan and maidservants, and the men were either killed, trained to be ruthless bandits, or castrated and became coolies, and even like Ah Lan, they were devastated and used for people to vent, beasts, and desires.
"I see, are you going to serve me in the future?" Xiao Nan asked.
Ah Lan nodded deeply: "I...... Serve...... Lord......"
"Then I will never beat you, don't be afraid." Xiao Nan called Wanyue and asked Wanyue to arrange for Alan to go to supper first.
Ah Lan still had tears on his face, and followed Wanyue to the kitchen in a daze, just as they still had some dumplings left, and they gave them to Ah Lan.
Ah Lan gobbled up his food, and he didn't know how long he had been hungry. Wanyue motioned for him to eat slowly, and asked, "Ah Lan, what do you usually eat?" ”
Ah Lan shook his head, and said for a long time: "Pig ...... What to eat...... We...... What to eat......"
"It's so unbelievable! You can eat with us in the future! You're going to stay here anyway. Wanyue said angrily.
"You ...... Be...... Good...... Yes...... Be murdered...... Fast...... Escape ......" Ah Lan grabbed Wanyue's sleeve, her mouth was still stuffed with dumplings, and said excitedly, "Here...... Good...... ...... were all killed."
"This is the place where you can come and go whenever you want. You can live in peace and take good care of the master. Wanyue touched his head and said.
"You...... Like me...... Sister...... Just as kind......" Alan said with tears in his eyes.
"Where's your sister? Is it outside the cave? Wanyue asked.
She ...... ...... with me Let's ...... ...... dead" Ah Lan covered his face and cried in pain, probably he didn't say as much as he did today in the past few years.
"...... Burn to death...... They...... Want me to ...... Kill Sister A...... I don't want to...... They burned her...... In front of me...... "The more he spoke, the more sad he became, and at last he could not even utter a word or a single wail.
"It's hell here...... Like I've seen before......" Wanyue muttered as she glared.
"Yes...... Hell...... I...... Can't die...... Sister...... Call me...... Live......" Alan raised his face, "I...... I'm sorry...... Sister...... Dead...... Originally...... It's ...... me."