Chapter 4: The Stigma of Humiliation
"What else does the princess command?" Zhong Lei thought that the princess was going to change his hexagram, and his face suddenly changed.
"Childe, last night you said that this princess has lost her title, you can rest assured that my father will seal me another one."
"The princess doesn't mention the stupid things that the ministers said last night, and the ministers are already ashamed." Zhong Lei rarely held back a big red face, looking very embarrassed, but more annoyed, but he didn't see that he was the slightest bit afraid.
"Childe misunderstood, it's just that this princess wants to try your strength again, whether you are worthy of the glory of the concubine." No night, no hurry, no hurry.
Zhong Lei heard that the princess used the title of the concubine, he was flattered for a while, and stammered: "How to try the law to ask the princess to speak clearly, the subordinates are all respectful." ”
"Okay, this princess will race horses with the princess, if the princess can reach the palace gate one step ahead of the princess, then there is no night to be convinced, and you will not marry!"
Zhong Lei seemed a little hesitant when he heard the princess say this.
"What, Zhong Gongzi doesn't dare?" Nightless deliberately provoked him.
"Okay, that's a deal. Come on, lead a good horse for the princess! Zhong Lei was most afraid that others would look down on him, especially the princess, so he agreed at the moment. In order to show that he is skilled, he also asked someone to give Wuye a good horse.
Seeing that the horse was tall and strong on a summer night, he secretly complained in his heart: I can't ride a horse.
"Do you really want to marry this little overlord? Rest assured, this princess is a good horseback rider. Nightless's voice sounded in his head.
In this case, Xia Ye had no choice but to bite the bullet and get on the horse, to be honest, if she was married to Zhong Lei and was thrown half to death by the horse, she would rather choose the latter. Unexpectedly, after getting on the horse, Xia Ye's body seemed to have an instinctive reaction, she skillfully picked up the reins, and clamped the horse's belly with both legs, and the horse immediately rushed out like a sharp arrow.
"Princess, wait for me!" Zhong Lei was so anxious behind him that he tore open his throat and shouted.
"Waiting for you?! Unless I'm sick. The summer night slapped the horse that sat down more urgently, the horse galloped so fast, the cold wind blew across her face like a knife, and she sat firmly on the back of the galloping horse, secretly glad that she had one more skill in the air.
"Princess, run-wrong-chase!"
"Drive-drive-" Summer Night was already running crazy!
At some point, the sky began to drift with goose feathers and heavy snow again, and the sound of chasing horses' hooves always followed closely behind them not far away, and they couldn't shake it off.
"Princess, wherever you go, your subordinates will surely catch up with you. Drive! ”
Hearing Zhong Lei's sudden throat in the summer night, he was so frightened that he quickly patted the horse's buttocks again, and the horse ran wildly in pain, and opened up some distance for a while, but Zhong Lei was like a ghost, biting tightly.
After galloping like this for a long time, gradually the horse began to show fatigue, its breathing became heavy and staggered, its steps were no longer light, and the summer night knew that it had done its best, but now was not the time for it to stop.
Under the gray sky, the snow is getting heavier and heavier, and the more she runs on the summer night, the more desperate she becomes, thinking that even if she can escape Zhong Lei, how can she survive in such a scene. She even thought that she was simply killing herself by running blindly on such a snowy day, so it was better to let Zhong Lei take her to the warm and comfortable palace, and then get married, what could he do if he didn't admit it.
Just as her confidence began to waver, she suddenly saw a group of men and horses on the other side of the dim snow curtain, like black clouds, moving silently towards this side, and at this time in the summer night, it was as if the drowning people had seen the land, and did not think whether these people were friends or foes, so they rushed towards them on horseback.
"Stop!" Zhong Lei, who was behind him, also noticed something wrong at this time, and sped up to catch up.
Seeing that Xia Ye was about to be caught by Zhong Lei, a group of cavalry suddenly ran out of the opponent's team, and when he got closer, they were all heavily armed soldiers, with murderous faces on their faces.
"Boss, it's the army of Wei."
"Let's go!"
That Zhong Lei was very aware of current affairs, and immediately took his subordinates to turn around and run.
At this time, Xia Ye had already crossed the opponent's cavalry, and finally could not support it, and his body fell on the snow.
Two soldiers came over and dragged her to the front of the group.
"Marshal, there is a woman who broke in, I don't know what to do, and I ask the marshal to show me."
Xia Ye raised her head weakly, her vision was blurred by the excessive cold, and she vaguely saw a man in full armor sitting on a tall steed, he seemed to glance at her, and then said a little arrogantly: "You don't need to ask Ben Shuai about this kind of trivial matter, leave it to the pioneer!" "Just as he was about to pull his horse and leave, a soldier came running in a panic to report.
"Report to the marshal, something is wrong, Concubine Ze excused herself to get out of the car and jump off the cliff to find a short view."
When Xia Ye heard this, he suddenly felt as if his head had been split alive, and he fainted without even making a sound.
When she awoke, it was pitch black in front of her, and before she could understand her situation, she heard a frightened, crying cry bursting out of her mouth: "Mother, mother! ”
As soon as Xia Ye wanted to stand up, she shook violently under her, and she fell down, falling on top of a bunch of people, causing a group of girls to scream.
"Oh, what is this for?"
"Crushed to death."
"What the hell is your name?"
Only then did the summer night realize that he was in a moving carriage, which seemed to be full of people.
However, Wuye turned a deaf ear to all this, and shouted even more miserably: "Let me out, let me out, I'm going to find my mother." ”
The door panel of the 'bang bang bang' carriage was slammed, and a rough voice shouted outside: "What are you arguing about, you want to find death!" Shut up Lao Tzu. ”
"Don't make a fuss, are you going to kill everyone?" A girl nervously reproached in the ear of the summer night, and in the darkness, she seemed to be trying to cover her mouth.
In the midst of this confusion, Summer Night felt a soft 'flutter' sound in her head, like the sound of a candle going out, and then she realized that she could actually speak: "Where is the carriage going?" ”
The girl seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and whispered, "Go to the Wei Kingdom." ”
"What are you going to do in Wei?"
"Be a slave." After saying this, the girl ignored her.
Calm gradually returned to the carriage.
Summer Night carefully groped her way to the wall of the carriage and sat down, and immediately a trace of cold wind blew to her cheeks, and she turned her head slightly, and she found that the carriage had been nailed to the planks, but the wind blew in through the gaps, and she looked out, and it was already dark outside, and there was a lantern hanging in front of the carriage, and snowflakes the size of a coin were dancing wildly around the lantern.
After a while, there was snoring one after another in the carriage, but I couldn't sleep on a summer night. She thought to herself that the mother of the nightless must treat her like a jewel, otherwise how could she be so sad and grief-stricken after hearing her jump off the cliff, and now it was as if her soul had been wiped out. Just as they were thinking about it, they heard someone talking in the carriage in a whisper, maybe they thought everyone else was asleep.
"Did you send it?"
"When I got off the bus at noon today, I didn't wait for the opportunity, and I didn't send it out, but I will quietly send it early tomorrow morning."
Summernight was curious about their conversation, and immediately tilted her ears to listen carefully.
"Well, that's right, my father spent a lot of money to find out, and the Qi girls sent to Wei will be sent to the palace to serve the emperor, but the other batch will be sold on the black market."
"Oh, I'm glad you reminded me, otherwise I would have hidden all this money for nothing."
"Who told us to fall in love."
"Hee-hee."
The two of them talked for a while, and finally there was no sound.
Xia Ye immediately understood the meaning of their words, which was to bribe these Wei soldiers so that they could be assigned to the palace. It seems that these girls are the five hundred Qi girls sent to Wei by Emperor Qi. At this time, Xia Ye couldn't help but think about it, but what she wanted was to exchange money for freedom. However, at this time, she touched all over her body and there was nothing of value. Originally, she also had a lot of burial companions, but some of them fell off when she ran away, and the rest must have been picked up by someone when she passed out. But it didn't bother her, and in the darkness she quietly stretched out her hand......
In the morning, a fresh but bitter cold wind woke her up, the door of the carriage was opened, and the people in the carriage rushed out, trembling and running to the ditch on the side of the road to solve the problem of the night, and the summer night was also squeezed out of the car by the crowd, and then she found that there were nearly ten people sitting in a small carriage.
The snow has stopped, and when you look around on a summer night, the sky and the earth are very lonely, only a long convoy stretches like a giant snake, adding a little vitality to this miserable white world. She saw that there were nearly ten cavalry escorts next to each car, and it seemed that it would not be easy to escape.
At this time, a girl was suddenly heard screaming, and everyone looked at her.
"My money is gone!" She screamed in horror, looking like she was scared silly.
"Qianqian, have you looked carefully?" A tall girl stepped forward and asked.
"Red Luo, it's really gone." Qianqian was pitiful, but said with certainty.
"Didn't you fall on the car."
"Yes, yes."
"Sisters, help find it." Hong Luo said that he and Qianqian got into the carriage to look for it, and the girls in the same car also helped her find it nearby.
After a while, thousands of helpless cries came from the car.
This suppressed cry upset Xia Ye, and she couldn't look down on someone weaker than her the most, so she couldn't help but stretch out her hand into her arms - that's right, she stole Qianqian's money last night.
"What are you going to do?" Suddenly, Nightless's voice sounded in her mind, and her soul was like a fire in the cold wind.
"She needs the money so badly, we can find a chance to escape."
"We won't run away, we're going to enter the palace, we're going to be in the palace." Nightless's attitude is extremely resolute.
"Why?" Summer Night asked.
"Because, I, I want to avenge my mother's concubine, and I have to wash away the shame of Daqi."
Xia Ye felt that Wuye was blinded by hatred, could it be that she wanted to enter the palace to kill Emperor Wei, and those palace guards were all eating dry rice? She saw that beside the carriage not far away, Qianqian hugged Hongluo and cried heartbroken, taking advantage of the fact that Wuye's soul power was still weak, she gently tried and found that she could still speak, and immediately took out the money bag from her arms and shouted: "I found it in the snow, but yours?" ”
Qianqian ran over quickly, snatched the bag away, pressed it to her chest, cried with joy, and said after a while: "Thank you, girl, you saved my life." ”
Summer Night smiled, not knowing if it was wrong or right for her to do so.
"This, please take it." Qianqian suddenly became a little flustered, took off a bracelet like copper and silver from her pale and slender wrist, stuffed it into Xia Ye's hand and said, "I have been carrying this bracelet for a long time, it was used by a guest who drank in my tavern to offset the wine bill, although it is not worth much, but it is a little thank you from me, please be sure to accept it." I heard my father say that it is called a copper snake silk bracelet. ”
Summer Night also accepted it politely.
After the turmoil, the convoy continued to travel, and walked for a few more days and nights, and after stopping for the day, the soldiers drove all the Qi women to one place.
I saw a man who looked like an officer, holding a long list in his hand, pulling his throat, and began to report the names of Qi women one by one, and those who were called were led into the carriage by the soldiers and did not come out again, and Xia Ye and a group of Qi women stood in the snowdrift with the north wind howling, and there was an ominous feeling in their hearts.
Sure enough, after reading the list, the Qi girls walked for nearly a half, and Xia Ye saw that Qianqian was also called out, it seems that she finally gave the silver, otherwise she should be like them, standing in the ice and snow. The summer night was freezing hard, and just then they were driven to the woods, where there were several stoves made of stones, and the fire was burning brightly, as if there were bellows. She was overjoyed: Is this to keep them warm?
She thought so beautifully, she saw dozens of soldiers, suddenly rushed to them like wolves, dragged them frantically, and the cries of horror suddenly came one after another, and on a summer night, she saw a young soldier with a frosty face and cracked lips, staring at her with a pair of blood-red eyes and rushing in front of her, stretching out her big hand and grabbing her collar, and a terrible thought suddenly rose in her heart - is he going to be rude to her?! The thought frightened her trembled as if she had stepped on an electric door, and she grabbed the placket of her clothes in vain, and she really regretted it.
'Thorn-stab', there was a sound of cloth cracking in her ears, the girls cried one by one, they were so nervous that they were about to faint, and in a trance they felt that the collar was torn open, just when she was about to bite her tongue and kill herself, the soldier dragged her to the stove, reached out and took out a red-hot soldering iron from the stove, and pressed her right shoulder blade without pity. With the smell of burnt flesh, Xia Ye felt a heart-rending pain that made her shrink instantly, and at this time, the soldier threw her aside as if throwing a rag, and went to grab the next target.
Summer Night was immediately driven into a carriage, it was obvious that this was no longer the original car, and the screams in her ears were incessant, but she did not even have the strength to cover her ears, and there were already three or four girls sitting in it, and she did not know any of them, but they were all pale, disheveled, and listless like frosted eggplants, and they were all branded without exception.
From their bodies, there are two words in the summer night - 'prostitutes'!
When the carriage was filled with Qi women again, the convoy set off, and the people in the carriage had not yet recovered from the physical pain, and the atmosphere was terrible, and in the next few days, some people began to fall ill because of panic and even more burns.
In the carriage on a summer night, there were three girls who were more serious, they lacked medical care and medicine, and finally died on the road. Wei Bing threw them on the side of the road without paying attention, as if they were still dropping a bag of garbage. The rest of the people are becoming more and more silent, or their physical condition is not optimistic. Xia Ye's forehead is also a little faintly hot, and she doesn't have much strength in her body, but she has tenacious willpower, which is trained under the control of Uncle Qiang's perversion, and sometimes, the body's endurance is often related to her psychological energy, if so, she seems to be grateful to Uncle Qiang, but she is worried that her weak body can't withstand another blow, and Xia Ye is even more determined to run away - she began to secretly wait for the opportunity.
On this day, I don't know how many days it was already in the carriage, and I was sitting on the wall of the car on a summer night, when suddenly there was a loud thunderous noise in the sky, and the car jerked violently, and the people in the car fell to the ground.
"Be careful, all the soldiers, it's the bandits of Wu Fengzhai!" Someone outside the car shouted.