Chapter 485: The Betrayer
Hidden in the cave of the military camp in the hinterland, there is a cave that is particularly large.
It was made of several pieces of wood and enclosed in a cage where many people, all of them women, were held.
They were unkempt and ragged, and most of them lay weak on the ground.
And in the far corner of this cage, there is Yu'er, and next to her is Tang Shiqi, who is gnawing on her nails at the moment.
The two of them were not very lucky, after leaving from the Tang Gate, Yu'er wanted to take Tang Shiqi to escape to Wu through Chu, but who knew that as soon as they arrived at the edge of Yizhou City, they would not die and met the Meng army to seize the city, she and Tang Shiqi couldn't escape for a while, so they could only pretend to be people, but they were escorted here instead, locked in a cage in this cave, and used as bait.
Yes, bait.
Every day, someone would bring food in exchange, and whoever couldn't bear the hunger had to exchange his life for him - to go to the city of Jinzhou for the Meng army to enter the city and deceive the city gate.
"Bell, bell!" The soldier with the bucket appeared in front of the fence at the entrance of the cave, and the sound of him striking the bucket made the women and women who were lodging up in excitement, rushing forward and squeezing in a crowd, just to get food earlier.
Tang Shiqi also squeezed over, while Yu'er sat there against the wall, looking at them coldly.
"Don't move! Listen, tomorrow, we will have six people, if anyone is willing to go, in addition to this bowl of rice tonight, we will also give a big chicken leg! β
The people immediately looked left and right and hesitated, Tang Shiqi quickly crawled to Yu'er's side and looked at Yu'er: "Mother...... Go to ......"
"Don't go!"
"Hungry...... Fly...... Yan...... Hungry ......"
"Don't go hungry!" Yu'er said and grabbed Tang Shiqi's arm: "If you go, I'll ...... No mother. β
Tang Shiqi touched her stomach and swallowed her saliva and looked at the soldiers at the door.
And at this time, someone couldn't help it.
"I'll go!"
"Good! You count one! Come and eat the big chicken thighs first. The soldier immediately handed the man a chicken leg, and the man devoured it, and the aroma diffused to make it unbearable for more people, and some people raised their hands.
Soon, there were four mothers-in-law and a young girl.
And they were all taken out after they were given food.
"That's it! Don't want a mother-in-law, there's still a girl missing! Is there a girl coming? β
Tang Shiqi's stomach was gurgling at this time, and she immediately pressed her stomach and grinned at Yu'er, Yu'er's heart fluttered, and she said loudly: "I'll go!" But I want two chicken legs! β
"There is only one person!"
"I can't come back after I go to Bacheng, I have to ask my mother for a chicken leg, if you don't give it, pull it down!"
The soldier hesitated: "Cheng, two chicken legs!" β
Yu'er got up immediately, Tang Shiqi reacted at this time, and hurriedly hugged her leg and shook her head: "No...... Hungry...... No...... To ......"
Yu'er broke her hand, stepped forward and took two chicken legs, and handed one to Tang Shiqi: "Eat!" If you don't eat me, I'll ignore you in the future! β
Yu'er bit the chicken leg herself, Tang Shiqi wanted to speak, but Yu'er glared and stopped: "Eat!" β
Tang Shiqi gnawed on the chicken legs, the first bite was very slow, but after eating two bites, he sped up and finished it in two clicks.
Yu'er looked at her and smiled: "Mother, wait for me to come back." Yu'er bit the chicken leg and walked out.
Tang Shiqi quickly rushed to the fence, but she was kicked to the ground by the soldiers guarding in front of her, and when she got up again, she could only watch Yu'er being taken away, tears flowing.
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In the hinterland, a soldier yawned into his small tent.
At this time, several soldiers and six civilians passed by, and Yu'er walked in front as if she were deadβshe believed that she would come back alive.
Soon after they walked over, the tent was opened, and Hua Rou walked out dressed in a soldier's clothes, looking into the depths of the hinterland, avoiding the soldiers as much as possible along the way, exploring and understanding the situation in the camp, but looking from the hinterland to the several layers of caves on the mountain, she really couldn't see anything special.
But she was not idle, she secretly drugged the water source and soup pot she passed along the way, when she touched the nearest cave at the foot of the mountain, and found that there was actually a pile of grain and grass in it, she looked at the stars in the sky, rummaged through all the medicines available on her body, but there were only four porcelain bottles, and she had to leave here carefully.
Soon, she saw the stable, so she held a bundle of grass and pretended to be a breeder to feed the horses, so she opened a porcelain bottle to feed the hay, but she deliberately left a trough without adding it, at this time a team of water delivery passed by, Hua Rou quickly picked up the bucket on the side, lowered the brim of the hat, and followed.
In this way, Hua Rou followed the water delivery team through one cave after another, and when she saw the cave where Tang Zhao, Tang Feng and other people were imprisoned, she would sneak out the porcelain bottle and pour out the pills to catapult into the cave.
When Hua Rou followed the water delivery team past the cave where Tang Lin was, Tang Lin was being tied up and hung on a wooden shelf to be whipped.
The executioner whipped very fiercely, making Tang Lone's muffled snort full of depression and forbearance.
Seeing this, Hua Rou clenched her hand tightly with the bucket, and her heart burst into tears: These bastards! Tang Lone, bear with me again, I'll save you later.
She poured out the pill and was about to eject, but Tang Lone's head seemed to be unconscious.
The executioner whipped twice and saw no movement, turned around and picked up the bucket on the side and splashed it, but Tang Lin was not awake.
The executioner was stunned, where did Hua Rou dare to wait when she saw this? Immediately transported the poison gong, threw the bucket in his hand forward, and raised his hand to push his palm.
Before the people in the cave could react when they noticed the movement, they were swept by the poisonous palm wind, and several people fell to the ground one after another, without even making a sound.
After Hua Rou confirmed that no one else was aware of it, she took the trick and rushed in to put Tang Lin down from the wooden shelf, and hurriedly turned over the inside of her belt, and took out the silver needle hidden on the inside to give Tang Lin a needle.
After a few stitches, Tang woke up: "The master of the door ......"
Hua Rou directly stuffed the pill into Tang Lone's mouth: "Eat this, and in a quarter of an hour, you will be alive." β
Tang Lin immediately swallowed the pill, and Hua Rou couldn't help but feel apologetic when she saw the skin on his body open: "I'm sorry for making you suffer." β
Tang Lin sat up: "Don't talk about this. β
"My poisonous palm wind can paralyze people to the point of fainting, it will take some time to dissipate, it is safe here for the time being, you can recover and deal with the injury on your arm before going out, and wait for the big flag in the hinterland of the valley to see you." Hua Rou was about to leave after speaking.
"Wait! This is the Meng army barracks, the danger is not small, why don't you wait for me to recover, let's go out together to save people. β
"No need, in a quarter of an hour, the people here will be abolished, and it shouldn't be a problem for everyone to come out."
"Then you are in a hurry to get out......"
Hua Rou frowned and said, "There are betrayers in our team, I want to find the person who captured us and ask for it." β
"What?" A look of surprise flashed in Tang Lone's eyes: "Betrayer? Are you sure? β
"Nine pullover sacks are no more, no less, and...... How the other party will deal with my poison skills has also been taken into account, this is not a betrayer, what else can it be? β
Tang Xiao was stunned and silent when he heard this, and he was a little annoyed and careless in his heart, and at this time Hua Rou said again: "I'll go find someone, when you go out, you might as well set fire to the third and fourth caves from the left at the foot of the mountain, as well as the north corner of the hinterland Yishan." β
"Burn what?"
"Supplies and food and grass." After Hua Rou finished speaking, she picked up the bucket and walked out immediately.
Tang Lonely had a look of worry in his eyes, he took out his dagger and dug the arrow out, poured medicine and treated the wound by himself, and rushed out without delay.