Seventy, escape from the wolf's den
I don't know what the identity of this man is, and the fat man seems to be quite jealous of him, and when he sees him, his face changes, and he runs up flatteringly to curry favor. Minna was used to seeing the evil appearance of several of them, and she never expected that this kind of person would say such low-voiced words in her mouth, and she couldn't help but be stunned.
The young man ignored them, and just said lightly: "This child is still young, even if he makes a mistake, he shouldn't be beaten too hard." ”
"Yes, yes, you said yes."
"If it's okay, just go about your business......"
The fat man and the others looked at each other, and wanted to say something, but they saw the young man's impatience in his expression, so he left obediently. Minna pretended not to see them glaring at her, and glanced at the young man scrutinously, wondering if he could be trusted.
"Anything else?" The other party's smile became kind again, but the smile did not reach the eyes. Minna was accustomed to seeing the faces of all kinds of people, and immediately sensed the indifference of the other party.
This person may be kind and kind to others, but he will never help for no reason. Minna quickly shook her head, picked up the jug, and turned away.
She could have escaped without the help of others.
"You damn girl, what good things have you done?!" The drunkard appeared in front of her at some point and stared at the puddle of water on the ground: "You actually spilled the water?!" Still not going to get it again?! ”
He scolded twice, and when he saw the young man not far away, he immediately greeted him enthusiastically: "Your Excellency the Duke!" What a coincidence that I met you, did you come to me? ”
"Just passing by occasionally." The young man was unexpectedly polite to the drunkard, "I don't know when the medicine I mentioned to you last night will be ready?" ”
"Ah, that, don't worry, I'm already boiling, and it will be made soon, don't worry......"
While the two of them were talking, Minna quickly returned to the cave where the water was stored, received the water, and made a detour back to the tent, where the drunkard had already returned, and was concentrating on stirring the cauldron on the stove, and from time to time putting some materials into it, and it was rare that he did not drink, let alone curse.
Minna sat next to her and cut the rhizomes of the daffodils, grinding the dried scorpion powder, and at the same time peeking at the drunkard's movements, she recognized that he was going to be prepared with a special headache potion, which not only relieved the pain, but also made the mind clear and invigorated. Is this the medicine that the "duke" just wanted to dispense? He looks so young, where would he be the duke? Is it Noga? She couldn't help but think of what she had experienced with her grandfather in that country back then, it should have been the first time she suffered a lot, right?
When the previous king of Noga died of illness, the capital Nomonka had a bloody storm because of the choice of the next king, and as a result, several princes died two and injured two, and the last one to ascend the throne was actually the least favored Prince Gael, and the arrogant Mario only ended up with the title of prince.
The current Gale II is a mild-mannered man, frail and sickly, fond of art, and has never liked to get involved in politics, but he did not expect to be put on the throne. However, thanks to him, the situation in Noga has gradually stabilized in recent years, and trade with other countries has resumed, but the possibility of war still exists, because Prince Mario's power has not been reduced because he lost the king's throne, and the army, war horses, funds, and food ...... Everything is still a work in progress.
Minna had heard about this from her grandfather and teacher, and when she arrived at Turi's camp, occasionally a few "big men" would get together to discuss the situation in Nogawisha. The people here seem to have gathered for some purpose, and every year new people come, but also every year a group of people are taken away, and the rest, some of whom will get together to discuss state affairs, some of whom will make all kinds of potions or weapons, and some of whom will stay in the camp all year round, occasionally go out to work for a month or two, and when they come back, the smell of blood on their bodies is always disgusting.
Minna sometimes wondered if this was some kind of secret base or something.
The drunkard slowly stirred the potion, yawning and feeling uncomfortable, obviously a drunken addict. If it was usual, he would have dropped the medicine and drank wine, but he didn't expect to insist on standing in front of the stove now and continue to put the ingredients in the pot. Minna felt a little weird, and suddenly, she saw him drop the contents of the pot, her eyes flashed, and she lowered her head.
Someone came in: "Hey, how's the medicine doing?" ”
"All the best, just cook for another two hours." The drunkard glanced at the man, "What?" Do you have good wine? ”
The man chuckled, "Yes, but you have to get the medicine ready, and don't let the little duke see the problem." Don't forget, we're listening to the other one. ”
The drunkard smiled: "Don't worry, he will definitely not find out." He dropped two drops of an orange solution into the pot, mixed well, reduced the heat, and said to Minna: "Look at it!" Cook for two hours, stirring every five minutes, and don't leave! I'll bring you food back!"
Minna nodded hurriedly, and he was satisfied with the man and pulled the man out to "taste" the good wine. As soon as he left, Minna quickly ran to the place where he had taken the materials just now, picked up the thing and smelled it, and was sure that it was the Shaonan specialty round seed grass.
Why do you put round seed grass in headache medicine? It can have side effects with other ingredients in the medicine, which can make people overexcited, and it will make people go crazy when taken for a long time!
He's doing bad things with potions again.
Minna sneered, and dripped five or six more drops of the orange solution that the drunkard had dripped into the pot, which greatly neutralized the amplitude effect of the round seed grass.
If you want to harm someone, I will make you unsuccessful! Before the potion causes real harm to the human body, the person taking the medicine will find out that something is wrong, and when the time comes, I will see what you do!
Minna put everything back in place, but when she turned around, she caught a glimpse of the box of round seed grass and suddenly remembered that the alcoholic's usual hangover cure contained licorice. She bit her lip and quietly grabbed a handful and put it away.
In the largest tent in the camp, the young duke was drinking and watching coldly as the slave girl, who had served him bathwater only a few hours earlier, was crushed under someone else, crying and struggling. And the man riding on her, his originally handsome facial features were distorted by Yu Wang, and he looked particularly hideous.
After a long time, he got up and said with a boring face: "This kind of small place is only this kind of color, the skin is rough, the posture is not good, there is no style at all, but it is still used by others." He glanced at the dying slave girl in disgust, and turned to the camp owner next to him: "Nothing else?" Thirteen or fourteen years old, pure point. ”
The camp owner smiled: "Of course there is, His Royal Highness the Prince likes that, why didn't you say it earlier?" I ......" "I grieve for your steward, Lawler. The young duke interjected suddenly, "He went around looking for beauty for you, and you came to such a place to hunt wild food and play with the little slave girl." ”
"Don't be angry, dear Brother Jada." Prince Lawler looked at him with a grin, "I asked you just now, and you said that you were not interested in this slave girl, so I asked her to wait for me." Now that it's all over, don't get sour. ”
Jada sneered, "I'm not sour, I'm just curious what Uncle Mario will think after knowing this." Ignoring Lawler's ugly expression, he got up and walked out, followed by the other man sitting beside him, leaving the camp master to carefully soothe the gloomy prince.
Jada walked all the way to the nearby Red Rock Mountain, feeling aggrieved. The man who came out with him patted him on the shoulder and asked, "Are you alright?" ”
Jada snorted coldly: "The nobility of the wind has fallen, our prince, the future heir to the throne, is actually like this!" That slave girl is even our Nogar! Sargent, I really don't want to stay in this kind of place anymore, as soon as we get the potion, let's go! ”
Sargent sighed: "Lawler is indeed too much, but there is no way, His Majesty the King has no heirs, Prince Mario is powerful, and the Queen Mother dotes on her grandson, so she decided to make him a ****." I hope that the medicine you bring back will make Your Majesty's health better, and if possible, it would be nice to have a real prince. ”
Jada was a little discouraged: "Even if Your Majesty's health can really improve, there will be no more princes." He once said that he was unwilling to betray the deceased queen, and they had been in love for twenty years, but it was a pity that Prince Fiedler died too early. There was a glint in his eyes, and he knew that his cousin's death was strange, just like his father's!
Sargent quietly looked at the look on his face, and suddenly smiled: "Actually, Lawler is just going to please the Queen Mother, His Majesty the King may not be willing to make him a ****, otherwise he will not just make him a prince." Speaking of which, you are the grandson of the former king and the nephew of His Majesty like him, but you are more suitable than him in terms of ability and prestige. ”
Jada stared at him tightly, and suddenly frowned, "Who's over there?!" Come out! ”
Minna cautiously emerged from behind the rock, and Sargent saw it and said, "This is the little slave girl of the Potions Master, right?" Probably here to dig up snakes. She's just a child, she's mute, and she can't talk nonsense. ”
Minna was holding a snake in her hand, proving the correctness of this guess. Jada narrowed her eyes and saw her stupid look on her face, and decided not to do anything superfluous, lest she attract Lawler's suspicion and the Potions' displeasure.
He waved her to leave, but then said, "Stay in the tent as much as possible for the last few days, it's not safe outside." ”
Minna paused at her feet, and then walked away as if she didn't understand, and threw away the snake that she had caught in a hurry as a cover, and secretly pondered what she meant by "unsafe outside".
In the evening, she finally understood the meaning of the sentence. A thirteen-year-old slave girl in the camp was brought into the main tent and came out with a cold corpse and blood all over her body.
Minna had heard that some people were particularly fond of playing with little boys and girls, but the female slaves in the camp usually faced a similar fate until they were fourteen or fifteen years old. The deceased, because of her particularly beautiful appearance, was regarded as a precious commodity by her master, and was rarely physically tortured except for being scolded, and even her clothes were neater and more beautiful than others, and the other girls of similar age in the camp were envious and jealous of her, and now that she was dead, they could not help but gossip.
Minna watched coldly as they pointed at the little corpse, glanced at the clumped young slave girl in the corner, and turned and walked into the tent.
From that night onwards, she left her "master's" tent as little as possible, and only went out at dawn to fetch water, or in the evening she ate with the slave girls, and other than that, she worked in the tent and did her own thing. After two days, when there were three fewer slave girls in the camp, the guests were finally leaving.
As they departed, they took with them a large number of men, all of them powerful and powerful, and surrounded a nobleman who was said to be a prince, and it became more and more deserted to the young duke who had only one retinue on the side. The latter looked at the big men with a blank face, with scrutiny and defensiveness in his eyes.
After they left, the camp was much deserted, and because of the sudden reduction in manpower, even the guards were relaxed. Newcomers will arrive at least a month later. Minna knew her chance had come.
One evening, when the drunkard was drunk again, Minna very obediently delivered the anti-alcohol medicine, he took a few sips and smiled: "How have you become clever lately?" Yawning, he found that his eyes were a little blurry, his mind was groggy, and he thought to himself why he felt that he couldn't see things clearly recently, and he was sleepy, could it be that he drank too much wine and couldn't stand it? He hurriedly drank all the hangover pills and instructed: "Take care of the fire, I'll sleep first." With that, he lay down on the bed, and soon fell asleep.
Minna looked at him, suddenly smiled, turned back to the fire, picked up a few powders, stirred them into lumps with wormwood infusion, and burned them with fire, and when she saw that it was emitting gas, she covered her nose and took it under the drunkard's nose and shook it twice, and the latter tilted his head and passed out.
She threw the rest of the medicine into a jar of wine that the drunkard usually treasured, and then walked to his friend's tent with the wine in her hand, and gave it to her. The man smiled when he saw it: "I thought that kid must be reluctant to give it, but I didn't expect him to really ask you to send it?" ”
Someone next to him asked, "That's what you said, the wine that the fallen potions master lost to you in a bet?" ”
"That's right, I'm going to go to him tonight to ask for it, I didn't expect him to send it so quickly, quick, let everyone try it together, this is a good wine from Yini! While he doesn't regret it, let's drink it all. Everyone laughed and said yes, and went to call someone.
Minna quietly withdrew from the tent, went to the stable, fed the drunkard's horse, and wrapped its hooves in hay while no one was looking, and put it in the cage. This horse is usually taken care of by her, except for the drunkard, who listens to her the most, and naturally will not resist.
When all this work was done, Minna went back to her nest, put the water bags and food she had collected these days into a rough cloth bag, took a water bag and a dagger from the drunkard, and waited quietly for the camp to sleep.
The drunkard snored, especially loud at night, and Minna looked at him with disgust, and the hatred in her heart came uncontrollably at the thought of the torture he had tormented herself for most of the past six months.
Looking back at the medicine boiling on the fire, she gritted her teeth, walked over and scooped up the LSD, poured it into the bottle, thought about it, poured some more into the glass, and placed it next to him. Then, within reach of his hands and feet, he placed a few candles and scattered oil and flammable cloth around.
You bastard, if you're lucky, burn here tonight, or the medicine you're taking these days will be enough to make you blind and wasted! Let you suffer all your life!
She scurried into the stable in the darkness and stole the horse, and quietly went to the edge of the camp, and caught a glimpse of the guard (one of whom had just had a drink) leaning on the pillar, already asleep, so she quietly led the horse and copied it out.
She walked far before she turned over and galloped on her horse. Although her riding skills were just the beginning, she didn't care so much about it now, and she could only see ahead in her eyes. A man and a horse galloped ten kilometers away, and occasionally turned back, only to see a flash of fire in the sky, burning vigorously.
Minna couldn't help the happiness in her heart, and laughed out loud, but there was a faint cry in her hoarse voice. After a while, she remembered that it was not the time to relax, so she quickly wiped her face, steadied her horse, looked up at the dim starlight in the sky, discerned the direction in which she was going, and galloped away to the southeast.
(My little Minna, too, can be ruthless~~~ Birds will be on the shelves tomorrow~~~~)