Chapter 16: Escape from Hard Labor

Time flies, life is like a dream, and it is impossible to change. It was another dark night, Xiao Ling lay on the straw in the temporary shed, touched the iron handkerchief on his hand with his hand, and felt the faint pain from the whip on his body.

I don't know how many times I think of the days of two years ago. At that time, he was still studying hard behind closed doors, pursuing his dreams. Now, he is still in a world with only iron shackles and whips. How many times have the workers around me collapsed from exhaustion and were thrown into the wilderness.

How many times have I imagined that I have returned to that isolated mountain village and lived a simple and happy life.

How many times have I wanted to collapse under exhaustion and the pain of the whip, and just go to this life.

How many times, I no longer want to have a future and dreams.

Fall, and then the Zombie Wilderness, in the midst of endless hard labor, it seems to be the only home for the toilers. However, there is always such a force that makes Xiao Ling unable to fall.

It's hard-working parents, waiting for them to go back to fulfill their filial piety. It's my uncle's tall body that gives me strength. It's the eldest brother Lu Ping, who rushes out every time to prevent disasters for himself. It was the figure of the sword dancing on the big rock, although it was already ethereal, but it was imprinted in the heart, and it could not be wiped out and waved away.

In this world, I have only lived a beginning, and I am really unwilling to disappear. Stay alive, keep alive, there will always be hope.

Xiao Ling at night had a few whip marks on his face, and his hands were covered with thick calluses. A tattered dress, draped over the body, has been significantly shorter. In two years, living in such a difficult environment, Xiao Ling's height has also grown a lot. Listening to the snoring of the surrounding workers, Xiao Ling fell asleep deeply.

On the second day, it was just dawn. Several soldiers came to wake up the laborers and handed out a bowl of porridge to each of them. After breakfast, he took the laborers to the construction site. On the way, dozens of laborers were pulled out and escorted to other construction sites. The surrounding workers have changed, and the hard workers have become accustomed to it. The remaining laborers continued to do their work under the whip.

At noon, a group of laborers were brought in to the construction site to replenish the manpower that had been withdrawn in the morning. Xiao Ling was indifferent to all this. I hastily ate lunch and took a break again. Then he was called to work again.

The sun was scorching, and it was noon. Lu Ping secretly looked at the new workers around him. It's been a year and a half, and there hasn't been any news from Xiao Ling. Lu Ping had no other way than to worry. It can only be found one by one.

In the past year and a half, Lu Ping has been working day and night, lying in the shed at night, secretly practicing the exercises of the third layer of the Danxia Heart Method. Although the cultivation time is very small, Lu Ping's physique is good, and his cultivation speed is not slow. His skills are much deeper than they were a year and a half ago.

After a short time, the soldiers on the construction site arranged for work. So under the whip, the laborers were busy again. While Lu Ping was working, he looked at the workers around him. After a while, I saw a thin figure in the distance.

Lu Ping was shocked and looked at the face of the thin figure. Although it has changed a lot, it is the brother I have worked so hard to find. For a while, looking at Xiao Ling's dark skin, the whip marks on his face, and his thin figure, Lu Ping didn't know whether he was happy or sad, so he was stuck there.

After a while, I felt pain in my body. But the surrounding soldiers were stunned when they saw Lu Ping, and the whip in their hands was whipped. Lu Ping suppressed the excitement in his mood at the moment and busily did the work in his hands.

During the night, the laborers were placed in different sheds. Lu Ping secretly paid attention to the shed where Xiao Ling lived, so he followed the accompanying laborers and was arranged to live in another shed.

In the middle of the night, Lu Ping secretly got up, and then saw that the muscles of Lu Ping's hands changed for a while, and the iron handkerchief on his hand fell on the straw. It is the bone shrinking skill that Lu Ping has learned. Then Lu Ping took his feet out of the shackles again. Take advantage of the night, transport the true qi, and disappear into the night like a smoke.

Approaching the shed where Xiao Ling lived, Lu Ping hid beside the big tree next to the shed, waiting for a team of patrol soldiers to walk by. He walked in through the door of the sheltered shed. Lu Ping looked excitedly at the laborer lying on the ground, and soon found Xiao Ling, who had fallen asleep in the straw.

Lu Ping walked up to Xiao Ling and first pressed Xiao Ling's mouth with his hand. With a little force in his hand, the true qi in his body runs, and a stream of heat is sent out of his hand.

Xiao Ling felt a warmth in his sleep and woke up. When I opened my eyes through the night, it was Lu Ping. was excited for a while, and was about to make a sound, but was covered by Lu Ping's hand and couldn't make it.

Lu Ping whispered in Xiao Ling's ear: "I finally found you, Brother Ling, I'll take you out." ”

Xiao Ling's excitement can be imagined, but he also knows that at this moment, the two of them are still deep in the surveillance range of the officers and soldiers. Don't dare to speak out at the moment. Lu Ping took out a dagger from behind his back and forcefully handcuffed Xiao Ling and shackled his legs. With the blessing of Lu Ping's true qi, he only made a gentle sound of breaking through the air. Xiao Ling's handcuffs and shackles were opened.

Lu Ping didn't hesitate at the moment, grabbed Xiao Ling's hand, and put Xiao Ling on his back. The real qi in his body swirled, and he said softly: "Don't move on my back, let's sneak out." ”

Then, Lu Ping went out the door, a few ups and downs. Two groups of patrolling soldiers escaped. Leap towards the exit. But he saw that the exit was very narrow, and a group of soldiers guarded it. Lu Ping saw that there was nowhere to hide. found a whip to tie Xiao Ling to his back and let Xiao Ling grab him hard. Then I found another tree trunk. Jumped, and ran towards the exit.

A group of soldiers at the gate were shocked when they saw Lu Ping flying towards this side like a heavenly soldier. They all raised the spears and knives in their hands and slashed towards Lu Ping.

Lu Ping jumped a few times and danced the trunk in his hand. But where the trunk of the tree passed, spears and broadswords fell to the ground. But in a breath, Lu Ping came out of the exit.

Several soldiers had just gotten up from their panic and hurriedly signaled outward. At one moment, the soldiers from all over the construction site rushed to this side. Lu Ping was full of luck, picked a small path and ran desperately.

Lu Ping didn't run far, and suddenly saw a burst of fireworks rising from the construction site. The fireworks are very visible at night. After a short while, I suddenly saw torches lit in many places from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain. But it was the soldiers guarding everywhere who saw the fireworks signal. They all lit up their torches, and they all slowly surrounded Lu Ping's side.

Running to a hillside, Lu Ping looked down the mountain. However, several of the main exits were heavily guarded, and archers were waiting in the distance. As a result, the direction of the road changed horizontally. Carrying Xiao Ling on his back, he no longer walked along the road, and walked to the depths of the grass and trees. As a result, there are constantly early wood thorns in the way. The speed at which the two of them moved forward slowed. After continuing to walk forward for a while, I heard a dog barking. And the barking of the dog is getting closer and closer. It was the officers and soldiers who followed them with domesticated hounds.

Xiao Ling was on Lu Ping's back, and when he heard the barking of a dog, he was also anxious. Suddenly, I saw a low-lying flat land in front of me, and there were several piles of rocks on the flat ground. At the moment, my heart moved. Gently said in Lu Ping's ear: "Big brother, go to that flat land, let's set up a small psychedelic array." to block them. ”

When Lu Ping heard this, he immediately jumped to the flat ground with Xiao Ling on his back. After arriving at the place, Lu Ping untied the whip behind his back and put Xiao Ling down.

Xiao Ling pointed to a few positions on the flat ground, and asked Lu Ping to separate the piles of stones and put them in several positions. Then he asked Lu Ping to use a dagger to cut off a few trees on the flat ground and place them in a directional manner.

Xiao Ling sharpened one end of the severed branches in the psychedelic array, and simply laid out a few traps in the psychedelic array. After this was done, the barking of the dog sounded not far away. A faint figure of a soldier holding a torch appeared in the background.

Xiao Ling watched the three dogs being led towards the psychedelic array and called Lu Ping. The two continued to flee in opposite directions. He hadn't fled far when he heard several fierce dog howls, and his voice turned from sharp to weak. Xiao Ling estimated that it was a few traps he had arranged to shoot the pathfinder dog.

From a distance, I saw a group of soldiers with torches lost for a while in the psychedelic array arranged by the two. The two continued to walk, climbed to the top of the mountain, and then walked in the direction of the construction site, and when they walked a short distance, they came to a high cliff. But he saw an abyss ahead of him, and looked back, but saw torches coming from all directions.