Chapter 153: Enemies from both sides, beasts in front and pursuers behind
Fat Niu wailed and screamed: "Deputy General, spare your life. How dare you force a female prisoner in such a lowly position? She did it voluntarily!"
Of course Xie Chen didn't believe it.
This world is harsh for women, especially when there is a huge disparity in status.
Insulting one's innocence can also be beautified by the party with a higher status into a relationship between you and me.
Jie Chen waved his hand and signaled to Skinny Monkey and the others: "Cut off one of his fingers as a warning to others."
The fat cow screamed in fright and kept struggling.
"It was really of her own volition. She took a bag of jewelry and exchanged it with me for ten days of food! The stuff is still in my waistband!"
Hearing this, Jie Chen retracted his sword, and Skinny Monkey bent down and dug twice in the waistband of Fat Cow's trousers.
Sure enough, I pulled out a small purse.
However, after the things were poured out, Jie Chen's thin eyes suddenly narrowed.
Because there are not only some earrings and jewelry in the bag, but also half a short arrow.
After Concubine Shu returned, she took out a bag of rice noodles from her arms and asked Xiang Qianqian to cook them.
Xiang Qianqian was very happy when she saw the food.
"Mother, where did you get it?"
Concubine Shu combed her black hair and said coldly: "Of course it's a change. I promise Lieutenant Fat Niu that you can exchange for some meat tonight."
Xiang Qianqian was startled, and the fingers holding the bag turned slightly white.
"What can I exchange for meat?"
Concubine Shu glanced sideways at her and smiled: "What else could it be? Of course, I will give you what you have!"
Xiang Qianqian's eyes were red: "Does the mother-in-law mean that I... let me serve him?"
"Exactly," she put down the comb and took Xiang Qianqian's hand, "Qianqian, today is different from the past. My mother and concubine tell you that a woman's innocence is not as important as her life. We can't live anymore, so why should we care about innocence? ?”
Xiang Qianqian burst into tears: "I am a princess! You want me to serve such a dirty person?"
Concubine Shu glared at her: "What princess, your father himself has run away, we have no home and no country!"
Speaking of the emperor, Concubine Shu was itching her teeth with hatred.
She was a beloved concubine, and the emperor still remembered to take her with him on the way to escape. She was especially grateful.
Unexpectedly, in order to delay the pursuing troops, the emperor kicked her out of the carriage.
Even though she cried heartbreakingly, she didn't look back.
If King Xuan hadn't arrived in time, she might have been humiliated to death by those South Vietnamese soldiers.
When I met Qianqian, she just cried and refused to do anything else.
Concubine Shu had a cold look on her face.
"You're just not as smart as Xiangying. Even if she wants to sacrifice herself, she still finds someone in the team who can talk to her. Look at you again."
"Ke Jianjun, no matter how many days you win over me, you won't get any benefits. Since you think innocence is too great, then don't eat my food!"
She yanked back the rice and flour bag, causing Xiang Qianqian to stumble.
Concubine Shu kept her promise and refused to give her anything to eat, leaving Xiang Qianqian to huddle in the corner and cry.
When Zhao Bingyang asked, Concubine Shu only said coldly: "She doesn't like what I got in exchange for, so what else can she eat? Don't leave any for her!"
Xiang Qianqian had no choice but to go to Ke Jianjun again.
Cry and act weak at his place and get a bowl of meat porridge.
She originally wanted to bring it back to eat, but unexpectedly, as soon as she arrived at the door of the house after returning, she heard the sound of Concubine Shu and Concubine De talking from inside the door.
Concubine De said: "Why does Fat Niu fall in love with her? If she doesn't go, will she still have the meat she promised us?"
Concubine Shu sneered: "Does she think she can stop going if she doesn't want to go? I'll knock her out later and send her there directly. She will get used to it once it's familiar again, and she'll get used to it."
"If Fat Niu hadn't said he liked her, we wouldn't have gone to such trouble."
Xiang Qianqian stood in the cold wind, but felt the flying snow passing through her heart.
Along the way, she endured a lot of humiliation and held on for a breath.
That's because she felt that the mother-in-law had left with her father, and sooner or later she would make a comeback and take her back as a princess.
At that time, she will still be the fifth princess, even the eldest princess Xiangying will be a head shorter than her.
Unexpectedly, her good mother-in-law used her chastity as a bargaining chip in exchange for supplies.
Xiang Qianqian could tell from the time Concubine Shu pushed her to the front at the guard's house in Mangzhou City and asked her to serve the city guard. The current mother-in-law has completely distorted her mentality.
If in this world, if you don't eat others, you will be eaten by others, then she will be the one who eats people.
Xiang Qianqian wiped away her tears, held the meat porridge in her hands, and walked to another place.
evening.
Jie Chen came to Xiangying's house.
He sat down and spread a simple terrain map in front of Xiangying.
At that time, Xiangying was holding black rice porridge and drinking it one mouthful after another.
This body is too weak, and blood replenishment is very important.
Xie Chen pointed to several terrains on the map.
"The internal agent in the team has basically been determined. It should be that the defeated soldiers of the Western Zhou Dynasty gathered into a force and followed the marks left by the internal agent in the team."
"Where they are most likely to be hiding, at these points, I have put out a long line, and they should show up tonight."
Xiangying licked her lips, her eyes dark: "Do you think they came here to save me?"
Jie Chen sneered: "Impossible. If I really care about your life, I will find people around you to be internal agents."
"What's more, after the false news that you gave me the imperial seal was released, these people made new moves. They came not for you, but for the imperial seal."
Xiangying frowned, her fair face showing a faint pink color due to the firelight.
"I don't understand. The Western Zhou Dynasty has already perished. Even if we get our imperial seal, what will happen?"
Jie Chen stared at her and raised his eyebrows slightly: "You really don't know?"
Xiangying shook her head honestly.
Jie Chen sneered: "It seems like there was nothing else in your mind except men."
His inexplicable tone was mixed with a sudden hint of sullenness.
Leaving Xiangying confused.
But this doesn't stop her from teasing Jie Chen.
"You are the only one in my head. Are you satisfied?"
Jie Chen glanced at her coldly: "Let's get down to business, they are going to take action tonight, so tonight, you sleep at my place."
Xiangying paused: "Just me? Where are the children?"
"I asked the scholar to arrange for people to protect them. I bet these people will either come to snatch the jade seal, or they will attack you, so you must stay with me."
Xiangying thought for a while, but had no objection.
She also thought about separation.
"My brother is the only direct bloodline left in the Western Zhou Dynasty besides me. Should he also be protected? How about sending him to Lu Beiyi?"
"You still have too many views on Lu Beiyi. He is not as simple as you think." Jie Chen directly refused.
In the end, the two agreed that Slender Monkey would take someone to protect them and separate.
At this moment, the panicked footsteps of soldiers came from outside the door.
"Oh no, Lieutenant General, Li Fenghai was taken away by a wild beast. All that was left where he was tied was a pair of feet!"
When Xiangying heard the news, she almost stopped holding the bowl in her hand.
Jie Chen quickly caught the bowl with quick eyes and hands.
"You stay in the house, don't go out, I'll go take a look."
Xiangying quickly stuffed a packet of medicinal powder into his hand: "Bring this with you, just to be on the safe side."
Jie Chen didn't say anything, nodded and left.
Xiangying frowned and looked out the window at the sky that was not completely dark yet.
Although the heavy snow turned to light snow, it was not dark yet, and the beast came out to eat people, indicating that it was hungry and anxious.
Now they are under attack from both sides.
There is a group of enemies hiding in the dark, and I don't know how many there are; there are also wild beasts watching eagerly in the nearby mountains and forests.
Xiangying thought for a while, then got into the space and started filling the firecracker.
At critical moments, you still have peace of mind when you have a weapon with you.