Chapter 152 The face (yīn) is heavy

The county magistrate screamed: "Why don't you step back quickly?" ”

It seems that the county magistrate is a little enraged.

The men had no choice but to retreat.

We were taken into the prison in the right corner of the entrance of the county hall, and there was a wall inside the door, and there was only one side of the passage, probably to prevent the prisoners from escaping.

As soon as you enter the prison gate, there are four right-angled and five doors in succession, followed by an "alley" about one meter wide. On either side of the "alley" are two rows of low cells, where some miscellaneous prisoners are kept; At the southern end of the "alley", at a right angle to the east, is the inner prison, which seems to be a place for felons, and I saw that these prisoners were all wearing heavy shackles, and their faces were heavy (yīn) and fierce.

The inner prison was in the shape of a courtyard, with ordinary cells on the east, west, and south sides, and two windowless cave cells on the north.

I couldn't sit down because of the pain, so I had to lie on top of the firewood and grass in the ground.

Shousheng's condition was not much better than mine, he was beaten forty times, ten more than me, and his (pì) thighs were already drenched in blood.

Ever since he was escorted down the hall, he had been moaning incessantly, and he had endured it when the official was around, and as soon as we were left, he screamed.

I was so annoyed by him that I wouldn't let him scream, but he could listen, but he was louder than the other.

In the end, the official was alarmed, and after scolding him through the door, it immediately took effect, and Shousheng did not dare to call again.

But as soon as the official had left, he cried out again.

In this way, it was not until the middle of the night that he gradually subsided.

When he was better, he asked me, "How long are they going to keep us locked up before we can be released?" ”

I shook my head, I still resented him so much, if it weren't for him, how could I have suffered this, suffered this sin?

When the servant brought me food, he no longer argued with me as before, but asked me to eat first.

In this way, my (qíng) thread is getting better a little bit.

Finally, one morning, the servant opened the door and ordered us both to go out.

You look at me, I look at you, I don't understand what he's doing.

"What are you doing, get out of here!" The yagong couldn't bear (xìng) and shouted again.

Immediately my heart lit up, and it was about to set us free.

was just about to take a step, but was pushed aside by Shousheng and said, "Don't go quickly, why are you spontaneous?"

After speaking, he took the first step out of the cell, and hated him so much that I really wanted to scold him, but because of the presence of the officials, I didn't dare to speak out, so I had to go out in hatred.

Outside the door, the two of us looked around blankly, and when we didn't know where to go, suddenly some people rushed out in front of us, and they couldn't help but say something, dragging us to run.

I tried to struggle, but the men lifted me up and ran as fast as the wind could.

After a while, we came to a wood, and before we could react, we were thrown to the ground with two sounds, and then we were put on a sack (tào) on our heads, and then someone scolded: "Beat to death!" ”

All we could hear was the sound of crackling, and we rolled on the ground in pain, and then we didn't know anything.

I don't know how long it took, but suddenly I felt that someone was tearing my clothes, and I opened my eyes

When I looked at it, I saw that it was still those people, and they all looked hideous, like demons and monsters, holding sharp blades, and stabbed at me.

I didn't have time to think about it, but when I saw a ditch next to it (shēn), I quickly rolled it, and those people were caught off guard, and I took advantage of this opportunity to jump into the river, which was so turbulent that in a short time I was washed far away.

I did not dare to look back, but continued to swim along the river for a long time, and saw a flat bank in front of me, and after looking back a few times, I was sure that there was no one to pursue me, and then I climbed to the shore.

My clothes had been torn to shreds by them, and I couldn't hide myself.

I was so frightened that I ran up a high slope, got into the bushes, and hid.

It was a secluded place, with many birds chirping in the trees and the river jumping and tumbling merrily.

I lay motionless in the grass and did not dare to move, and this went on for an unknown amount of time, until I felt that I was safe, and then I dared to stand up (shēn) tremblingly, trying to find a way out of this place.

Just as I was looking around, I suddenly heard a movement behind me, and when I looked back, I was suddenly pounced on by something, and I was unprepared, and I was thrown to the ground at once, and my face suddenly fell into the mud and sand of the river beach, and I was out of breath, I was in a hurry, and immediately struggled desperately.

But no matter how hard I tried, to no avail, the animal above—or the human—was always pressing me down, refusing to let go at all.

Little by little, I felt a little confused and lost the ability to resist.

I realized that I was about to die.

At this moment, I suddenly heard the sound of laughter above my head, and at the same time, I felt relaxed on (shēn) because there was no longer anything pressing on me.

Reluctantly raised my head and looked up, it was not an animal that was pressing on me (shēn), but a shousheng.

He was the one who made such a big joke with me!

I was so angry, how could you play me so tricked at such a critical juncture, and almost crushed me to death!

"I just want you to get up as soon as possible!" This is how he explained his actions.

It turned out that he, like me, found a river below when the men stripped us of our clothes and were about to slaughter us, so he jumped into the river and escaped.

As much as I hate him, no matter what, after all, with a companion on the side, the rest of the things will be easy to do, and at least we can negotiate a way to escape from this place of right and wrong as soon as possible.

We looked around and noticed that the trees were so dense that there was no way out of the river, which was covered with dense forests on all sides.

We can't stay here for long, because those who want to kill us can follow us down the river at any time and place.

We can't continue to swim down the river, because then we won't be able to escape their clutches.

We must find a way out of this woods to get out of danger.

So, we quickly burrowed into the jungle.

When I entered it, I realized that it was easier said than done to find a path here.

As soon as you walk into this primeval forest, you will be greeted by a variety of ancient trees and strange trees, which is dizzying. Towering trees, some of the trunks and branches of the aerial roots from the ground from the air, gradually thickened, become the pillar roots supporting the canopy, forming a unique landscape of a single tree forest; Some of the aerial roots are wrapped around other trees,

The longer and thicker, the longer and wider, and finally connected, the attached trees are hanged, forming a unique strangulation phenomenon, in addition, the criss-crossing ground roots that are coiled like dragons, forming a "hanging garden" with dozens of plants such as ferns, lichens, mosses, orchids, etc.

There are few bushes in the forest, and it is full of towering thousand-year-old trees. The branches of the trees are intertwined, and the flourishing branches and leaves that stretch out like green clouds cover the blue sky. A huge camphor tree protrusion came into view, its bark dark green, and its thick, strangely shaped branches coiled around the tree like a dragon. The breeze passed, and the branches and leaves rattled, like the sigh of a dragon.

The trees are impermeable to each other, the roots are intertwined, and the vines are intertwined.

We walked for a long time, but we couldn't get out of the forest, and we began to feel scared as the trees grew deeper and deeper.

After walking some more distance, Shousheng stopped and told me that he didn't dare to go any further, and asked me to go ahead and find out the truth first.

Listening to his words, I felt very unwilling, and thought to myself, where are those abilities in your ping, you are really a fierce and introverted guy, and you will show your original form at a critical moment.

I wanted to say no, but he sat on the ground and refused to go, and I couldn't, so I had to continue walking.

But how to walk, there are vines and tall grass in front of me, and I feel afraid to step on my feet, because if I step on the ground, it will be fine, but if I step on snakes, insects, or wild beasts, it will be troublesome.

I really wanted to come to something, just when I was trembling and moving forward step by step, I stepped on a soft, slippery thing, stepped on by me, that thing rolled, only to hear a "swoop" sound, I didn't keep up with my hind feet, and immediately came to a big split, I have never practiced this kung fu, I suddenly felt a sharp pain in the crotch, and immediately fell diagonally in the grass.

At this point, I immediately felt my feet being clamped tightly, as if falling into a large mouth, as if there was something (tiǎn) inside my feet.

What is it going to do, is it trying to bite off my leg, I just feel that my head is big, if that's the case, I lost a leg before I got out of the forest, wouldn't it be completely confessed?

I hurriedly pulled my leg back, but the "mouth" became tighter and tighter, and to my strange feeling that the mouth seemed to have no teeth, that is, it was just holding me tightly, but not biting, which made me feel a little relieved, and if so, I didn't have to worry about it, so I had time to wrestle with it and try to break free.

But then, I felt that I was thinking too naïve, and I responded to the folk saying: chickens don't pee, each has its own way.

Although this "mouth" has no teeth, it has its own unique method of predation.

It didn't take long for me to feel a fever in my legs, and gradually, pain again.

Not good!

I suddenly remembered that when I was a child, there were people in the village who used the "squeak" water when welding water tips and kettles, which was a liquid, yellow, except for some differences in color, I couldn't see any difference with water, but this liquid was very powerful, dripping on the stone immediately burst out a lot of bubbles, and made a "squeak" sound, and after a while, the stone was "burned" off a layer of skin.

We kids were so frightened and curious that I tried to dip my fingers in them, but I didn't want to be slapped right away and knocked my hands back.

The craftsman scolded, "Are you impatient? ”