Chapter Seventy-Six: A Sad Journey - Dead Star (8)
All the ladies of Akhao and Daji's palace were thrown into the dungeon without mercy, and all kinds of rats and insects infested them. There are also flies plopping on the face, and ants crawling down the trouser tube into the legs. If you put your hand back, you will feel the shell of the cockroach.
Nine women jumped around in fright.
"Ahhh "This is not a place for people. In the past, in the barracks, at least there were good blankets and tents, and wormwood was often smoked. ”
"It doesn't hurt that we slave girls. After all, before entering the palace, I stayed in a worse place. Just poor girl. As soon as Hong Yuan finished speaking, she was bitten by a big flying ant.
"What nonsense are you talking about, I am the same as you, we are all created equal. Sooner or later, I'll go out, and someday, I'll uproot these ingrained slave ideas from people's minds! ”
Wei Su's voice came from the corner: "Although slavery still exists, it is not as prevalent as it was in the past. There are only a few people who are truly enslaved. Most of the subordinates are not slaves, but only work as slaves by default. If you really go around saying that the slavery system of our Yin Shang is rampant, and the current subordinates are no different from slaves, I am afraid that they will be regarded as crazy people. Today's Li people only hope that the present world is safe, and they don't care about us people. ”
Jing Yan also sighed: "People only care about their own well-being, where will they have the leisure to care about us." Especially the king and the ministers. ”
Ah Kao was very sad in his heart, how could the hearts of people in this palace be so cold, no different from the battlefield. The palace ladies have long lost confidence in life, and in the eyes of the powerful, they are just tools, no different from those bronze tripods.
She suddenly remembered something: "By the way, since the king snatched me into the palace, it means that the Su clan is useful to him." Therefore, he will never let me be wronged for no reason. Now that Concubine Mao has arrested me, the king must not know. So I'm going to inform the King! ”
Desperately knocked on the railing: "Brother Jailer, I want to see the king!" If you can let me confide my grievances to the king, I will definitely answer you with a good amount of money! ”
Immediately after, a voice came from not far away: "The king will not come here, and I dare not call the king here with my little life." You'd better save it. ”
Hong Yuan sighed: "Forget it, girl, the king has a lot of opportunities." By the time he found out about our situation, we were already dead. ”
Akau remembered another object.
"I thought again, there's something that could save our lives! I always carry a bag of tips with me for this situation. Just send the tips to my family, and they will know that I am in trouble and will come to my rescue. Akor felt in his clothes, "Hey, where did I put it?" Found it, this is it. ”
She took out the brocade bag, the shape and size were very ordinary, but it was embroidered with the pattern of the Big Dipper, one of which was embroidered with gold thread, which was particularly eye-catching.
Then, Akhao took off all the jewelry. He knocked on the cell door and shouted softly, "Brother Jailer! Jailer's Big Brother! You can do it this time! ”
She accidentally smashed an emerald bracelet and left it aside.
A jailer walked over slowly, his tone full of impatience: "What's the matter?" Hurry up! ”
Ah Kao held the jade step shake and a golden hairpin: "I know that I have offended Xigong Niangniang, and my life will not be long." I want to give a token to my family before I die. Please put this bag in the hands of Xibohou. These pieces of jewelry as a token of appreciation. In addition, when you arrive at the Xibohou Mansion, they will also give you additional money as a reward. ”
The jailer was puzzled: "Don't you have Miss Daji of the Su clan?" Why is the family in Xibohou Mansion? ”
"Adults don't know. My family has always been good friends with the Xibohou family, and they are now away from home and staying in the Xibohou Mansion. ”
"Alright then, I'll send it over for you, it's a good thing."
After waiting for the jailer to leave, Akhao gestured to the palace maids with a V: "Great, we will be able to get out soon." ”
Cheng Kite and Yu Jie curiously learned this strange gesture of Akao, which made everyone laugh.
Akau's tips gave everyone a glimmer of hope, and the cell was gradually full of life.
In the mutual comfort, they were very tired and fell asleep quietly.
Lina prayed silently before going to bed: "I hope everyone is safe." ”
I don't know how long it took, but it was already dark outside, and the faint moonlight was not enough to illuminate the entire palace. In one corner of the jungle there are a few young wild deer, which sleep on them after playing. Adult deer forage for delicious mushrooms from afar and place them next to their children, while keeping an eye out for the surrounding eagles and birds of prey that occasionally come out of their cages. The little animal still has a family to rely on, but at this time, the fallen Akhao and the palace maids can't wait for news from the jailer.
Akhao was awakened in the middle of the night by a nightmare in which she dreamed that she was dressed in gorgeous clothes and plunged into the flames. She was so painful that she wanted to die, but her body was intact no matter what.
She didn't know how much time had passed since the bag had been given away. She just muttered to herself, "I'm afraid it's only been a few hours, and my father hasn't received the news yet." Wait a little longer, and soon they will come to my rescue. ”
Suddenly, several buckets of cold water were poured on their bodies, and this water exuded a strange aroma, some of which smelled good, but they felt a little disgusting after smelling too much.
The cold touch hit his body, and Akhao was like a chicken in the soup at the moment: "Who is so unsightly!" I am the eldest son of the Xibohou family. After Akhao said this sentence casually. only to find out that he was such a "Daji" who was in trouble.
Fortunately, Concubine Mao didn't see the clue, she stood in front of the prison door, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and looked really beautiful and cute with a smile.
However, the skin that hides the deadly poison is dirty, no matter how beautiful it is.
"No matter how beautiful you look, you will be ruined by a devastated and foul-smelling heart." Ah Kao stared at a pair of pointed peach blossom eyes and looked at Concubine Mao angrily.
However, Concubine Mao ignored her, turned to the guard and asked, "The smell of these herbs can really attract poisonous snakes?" “
"Of course, sissy. This is my family's ancestral method of attracting snakes. The guard smiled flatteringly.
"Let the snake out. You have to protect me. ”
"Got it, sissy."
A few guards opened a keg, and out of it burst out ten poisonous snakes, frantically spitting letters, searching for the aroma of their prey.
There are many types of snakes, and the first one is a five-step snake with a brown low and many black patterns. Its speed was so fast that the nine women were powerless to resist.
When the viper ran over, it saw Akau's eyes and stopped suddenly, and did not bite them immediately. After a few seconds, it shook in front of them.
The girls in the cell door were in a mess, and suddenly, this prison of several square meters had no place to stay. The girls were forced into a corner.
"Haha, it's just a group of slaves, and the only master in this is a slave ten years ago. Bite them, bite them to death, it's your credit. After a while, after you succeed, I will ask the second prince to hunt ten hares and reward you! Concubine Mao laughed.
Akhao took off his coat and tried desperately to keep the vipers at bay. She tried to catch them with her three-legged cat skills, but the snake's speed was too fast for her to do anything. At this time, she regretted that she had not practiced martial arts seriously before.
She shouted frantically: "Poisonous woman, if you have any grievances, you want to rush at me, why should you hurt irrelevant people? ”
"Shut up! I'm going to be annoyed if you say it again! Let's wait to be bitten. Concubine Mao waved her sleeves, made it to the seat, and continued to laugh and watch the play.
The five-step snake had shaken enough, or it had shaken itself to the end, and began to look for the most suitable prey for its mouth. A pair of dark yellow eyes stared at the girl at the very edge.
It bit into the sheepskin embedded in Lina's sleeve, and Lina instinctively plucked it away, leaving a tiny mark on her skin.
Another frightened king cobra rushed towards Jing Yan, and Hong Yuan ran over to cover it, and was bitten on the back by the king cobra.
"Ahh Save me......" Hongyuan was frightened, her voice painful.
Several women went up together to try to beat the king cobra away. Before this one could be driven away, several more pounced.
Soon, screams filled the dungeon.
The chaos lasted only half an hour, and the women, who were closed in the prison door, all fell to the ground. The dirt and insect corpses on the ground, mixed with a little blood, set off the nine women even more desolately.
"Alas, I can only resist for so long~ What a useless group of slaves!" Concubine Mao pursed her lips, quite dissatisfied.
She got out of her seat and walked over to the cage, wanting to see what was going on. But as soon as I got closer, a strange smell rushed into my nose. She covered her nose and instructed the guards: "You, go and see, is there anyone alive?" ”
A few guards looked through it and came back to report: "Back to Niangniang, Daji still has a trace of breath, and there is a palace maid with a sheep's horn necklace, a palace maid with a pink hairpin, and there is also a pulse, and the rest of the people have no breath." ”
"That's it! Daji's life is quite hard. But that's fine, if she dies right away, it's not much fun. Concubine Mao rolled her eyes, as if she was thinking of some other way to torture people.
After a while, she said, "Yes, then leave Daji and those two palace maids with half a life." You put big fish and meat in front of them every day, but you don't allow them to eat them. Starve it alive. With that, she smiled wickedly.
"What about the corpses?" The guard asked again.
"Since Daji likes to be sisters with them, let's stay with her. Hum! ”
"Yes."
Concubine Mao smiled and watched the "masterpiece" in the cage for a while. Then he said softly to the snakes in the bamboo basket: "Good, this palace will take you back to the West Palace." From now on, you will be the pets of this palace. Tomorrow, the palace will pester the second prince and ask him to give me all the rabbit meat. He didn't dare not listen, those delicious foods are all yours! ”
Ah Kao didn't completely faint at this time, she listened to Concubine Mao's words selectively into her mind. For example, Concubine Mao wants to raise poisonous snakes. For example, Concubine Mao has a great relationship with the second prince.
Although Akhao is delirious, he is subconsciously like a mirror. She had already ignited a fire in her heart the moment she had just fallen.