Chapter 111 Poisonous Fruit
"Yes, there is not much dry food left. If we don't hurry up, even we will starve to death here! I really want to find a restaurant to have a big meal, tut..."
"Okay, let's find a town to have a good meal after processing. It's my treat! Don't shout, be careful to be heard by those prisoners..."
Hyman's surprise was beyond words. He covered his mouth tightly for fear that he would accidentally make a sound. He heard the two people step on the grass all the way and returned to the tent with a slight squeaky sound before he let go of his hands.
I can't believe I heard such a great thing!
Thinking that it was convenient for them to come out in the middle of the night and only wanted to stay away from those female criminals, so they were relieved to speak and forget that there was a person like her who was far forgotten.
No wonder she has always felt a little strange. After the leading officer knew that she had leprosy, his attitude was still so resolute that he risked that he was also infected to escort her away. In fact, he reported to the above that he could have left her or killed her alone on the way to eliminate the pathogen.
But he didn't do that. It turned out that he had such an idea. It turned out that they didn't intend to escort them to Wulin Mountain at all. He wanted to kill all the prisoners and then blame her. No, to be precise, it was leprosy. How vicious!
Fortunately, they did not intend to do it immediately. Since she knew in advance, it shows that God still has favor for these female criminals. She must not die like this. She was so easily deprived of her life by a group of extremely selfish court moths.
In fact, she still has a chance to escape now. She should be able to untie the rope tied to her hand by herself, but the handcuffs are a little difficult, very heavy, and difficult to run. If only I could get the key, but the key has always been hanging close to the waist of the leading officers and soldiers. Not to mention that she doesn't have a chance to get close to him, even if she has a chance, she can't get it.
Moreover, she can't just run away and leave other female criminals alone. Even if you have no feelings for those people, at least you have to save Shen Qiaoqiao. After all, she is Xiaoyao's mother. Mother's life is a kind of support. When Mother dies, she completely becomes an orphan!
The truth is so, but how can we save them? No one wants to approach her, and she can't pass on the message. After all, those women and maids are ignorant women. If they know that those officers and soldiers are going to kill, they will never hide their emotions, and they will only attract the attention of officers and soldiers to do it in advance!
Hyman forced himself to suppress his panic and calm himself down. There must be a way, and there must be some way to escape this disaster.
She turned her brain at a high speed and saw that it was dawn, but she still couldn't come up with a perfect way. It's really difficult to rescue 15 female prisoners, including herself, and not let the escort officers and soldiers find out. God really gave her a huge problem!
"Get up, get up, let's go!" The officers and soldiers collected the tents and urged the female prisoners to go.
I slept on the dew grass all night, and my whole body was sore, and I didn't feel tired at all. The female prisoners were reluctant, but they didn't dare to say anything more. They obediently got up and lined up and went on the road.
"Hurry up, hurry up!" The officers and soldiers kept urging, and their tone was already quite impatient. It seemed that they could not find a place to deal with them and then go home to enjoy their happiness.
It is quite difficult for Shen Qiaoqiao to walk. He stutters behind the team and will fall down at any time.
"You, hurry up, hurry up!" The officers and soldiers urged her fiercely.
"Your Majesty, I... I'm not feeling well and haven't eaten anything. I really don't have the strength to walk..." Shen Qiaoqiao pleaded, "Can you let me eat something before I leave?"
Her words immediately aroused the response of the female prisoners, "Yes, officer, I'm so hungry. Give me something..."
"I'm so hungry that I can't go..."
The officer and soldier looked at them disdainfully, "Do you want to eat? It's beautiful. We're almost running out of food. You can just have some. Let's go!"
Haman's head flashed when he heard this. By the way, he seemed to have heard them say that there was no dry food last night. This may be used. She thought about shaking her body and suddenly fell down.
"Hey, what's wrong with you?" The officers and soldiers felt that the rope sank. They turned around and found her lying on the ground without approaching. They shouted harshly.
"Master, I really can't walk." Hyman said weakly, "Give me something to eat!"
The officers and soldiers got angry and pulled the rope fiercely, "It's said that there is nothing to eat. What else do you have to say? If you stinky women hadn't been for the grinding and couldn't catch up with the post station, how could you have eaten up the dry food? Go quickly, and there will be something to eat when you arrive at the post station. It's been very hard for us to escort you. Don't involve us anymore..."
Post station? I'm afraid they will never arrive, right? Hyman still refused to get up. "Master, even if there is nothing to eat, why don't you open the shackles for us? This shackle is too heavy to walk..."
"Yes, if I take off the shackles, I can walk faster..." Shen Qiaoqiao also gasped.
Other female prisoners echoed, "Yes, sir, we don't want to be involved quickly. If we want to leave quickly, we can also eat something delicious. If you have shackles, we can't walk fast at all..."
"You want to rebel, don't you?" The officer and soldier choked and pulled out the steel knife, "Let's go, let's go!"
The female prisoners were deterred by ** Wei, so they had to shut up and continue to move forward. Originally, I didn't think that someone had come up with such an idea. Everyone suddenly felt that there were thousands of pounds on their feet. The more they wanted to walk quickly, the more they couldn't move. Coupled with Shen Qiaoqiao's stumble and Hyman's deliberate grinding, the speed of the whole team can be said to be extremely slow.
If you go on like this, the original plan will be messed up. The officers and soldiers who led the team suddenly realized that things were not good, frowned and frowned, "Stop, open the fetters for them!"
"But boss, what if they take the opportunity to escape?" Some officers and soldiers quietly raised questions.
"How far can they run with this virtue? We'd better hurry up now. This is a common problem. The closer you are to the plan, the more urgent you are. Sometimes you can't calm down and think about things.
The officers and soldiers think this makes sense. How can such a group of sick women run past their group of big men? Besides, he had had enough of this crime, so he put down his objection, took the key, and opened the shackles for the female prisoners one by one.
"Head, what should she do?" In the end, only Hyman was left. The officer and soldier were a little embarrassed. He didn't want to get close to a leper.
"Give her the key and let her open it by herself!" The leading officer and soldier frowned and said.
"Can she still get the key after she has taken it?"
"If you can't want it, don't want it. Go to the post station and match it again. Now the most important thing is to hurry up..."
The officer and soldier listened to him and immediately agreed, and they would not need fetters in the future. But in the end, she still didn't want to take a step closer to Hyman, put the key ring on the rope, slipped along the rope into Hyman's hand, and let her open the shackles herself.
At the moment when the flings were loose, Hyman couldn't help but be excited and finally lifted the obstacles on his feet. Even if he couldn't think of a perfect way, it was more convenient for everyone to escape.
After removing the fetters, everyone was much lighter and walked faster. The officers and soldiers kept urging them to come to a mountainous area before noon. There were dense forests everywhere, hidden and rarely seen. It seemed that this was the place they wanted to choose.
"Where is this place?" Not only Hyman was uneasy, but the female prisoners also felt uneasy and couldn't help muttering.
"Don't quarrel, don't quarrel. There will be a post station after crossing this mountain. Let's go!" The officers and soldiers urged angrily. I'm afraid it's not safe enough here. They have to do it in the depths of the woods.
Do you shout? Is their conspiracy exposed at this time? But can they really escape from their clutches? Human life is at risk, and you can't take care of a lot. You can save one.
She gritted her teeth and was about to make a sound when she heard someone shouting in surprise, "Here are fruits and food..." The female prisoners suddenly got up.
Heyman followed their eyes and saw some small shrubs on the trees, with a string of black and purple fruits, which was mouth-watering.
Wait, this fruit seems to have been seen somewhere. Ah, by the way, in the pharmacy of the old medicine head. This is really an endless road. She was immediately overjoyed. She reached out and picked up a bunch, picked up a few and stuffed them into her mouth. "This fruit is so delicious!"
The female prisoners had been hungry for a long time. When they saw someone taking the lead in eating, they didn't have much care, so they immediately scrambled to pick the fruit.
"Hey, why don't you stop and drive me right away?" The officers and soldiers were angry and pulled out their knives to intimidate them.
"Let them eat." The leading officers and soldiers pressed his knife. Although he was vicious, after all, he would hurt people and always feel guilty. If they were full and died, they would have less resentment against him after death, right?
Haiman saw Shen Qiaoqiao sitting on the ground and gasping, and he didn't have the strength to pick the fruit. Those people only care about eating by themselves. How can they control her? Then he pulled a string of people over and said, "Come on, eat!"
Shen Qiaoqiao showed her frightened eyes and subconsciously dodged back and refused to take the fruit in her hand.
Hyman couldn't help smiling secretly. He was dying, and he still had the strength to be afraid of leprosy?
"You don't have the strength to eat, do you? I'll feed you!" She squatted down with her back to the officers and soldiers, couldn't help holding Shen Qiaoqiao's shoulder, sending the fruit to her mouth, and whispered, "Don't swallow it. This fruit is poisonous..."
Shen Qiaoqiao was stunned for a moment and showed a panic look. Just as he wanted to say something, he was held down by Hyman.
"If you want to live, listen to me, for Xiao Yaoer..." Haiman didn't have time to explain more to her and urged her urgently.
Although Shen Qiaoqiao didn't know what she wanted to do, she didn't want to harm herself. Moreover, she also mentioned Xiaoyao'er. She felt sad and couldn't help nodding her head.
"Ah, this fruit is poisonous..." A female criminal exclaimed and fell down with a bang. Her face turned blue, her mouth foamed, and she kept twitching.
The other female prisoners were shocked and hurriedly threw out the unfinished fruits in their hands, but it was too late. They fell down one after another, foaming at the mouth and twitched all over.
Two officers and soldiers saw that the female criminal ate sweetly and couldn't help picking the fruit and eating it. Hearing that it was poisonous, they suddenly panicked and spit out.
Seeing this, Hyman immediately pulled Shen Qiaoqiao and fell to the ground. Anyway, she was a leper, and no one would come to check whether she was really poisoned...