Not to mention the mobile whistles lurking outside. Even if the person who sneaked out successfully avoids all eyes and ears, it is difficult to get out of this forest without anyone leading the way.
Not to mention escaping, most people will be scared by the dead bodies everywhere in the forest for the first half of their day. Only those with extremely tenacious hearts, strong desire to survive and a little bit of good luck are expected to create miracles.
Chen Zhongwen should have obtained some information from the rare successful people?
As the night became darker, everyone quietly retreated to the dense forest for a while.
Although Xiao Jing was willing to touch it in at night to find out the truth, there was an open area outside the forest, and he would not attack rashly without understanding the situation inside.
Because he could not make a fire, he and his subordinates gathered together to chew dry food and whispered to communicate their next plan.
Just as everyone had eaten and was about to settle down temporarily, a low cry suddenly came from a distance.
"Protect son-in-law!"
The Xia family, who were accompanying him, immediately drew out their weapons and protected Xiao Jing in the middle.
A moment later, the brother guarding the periphery came over with a man with his hands tied and his mouth tucked in.
"Son-in-law, this guy has been wandering around for a long time like a headless fly." The guard whispered: "The villain is afraid that he will make any noise and alarm the people in the imperial village, so he caught it and let it go."
Xiao Jing looked at the terrified face in the moonlight, frowned and said, "What is the origin of this person? Can you tell me? Have you ever searched for his body?"
The guard replied: "Go back to my son-in-law, he has nothing but a piece of clothes. According to the villain, he doesn't seem to be a meticulous work, but he seems to be lost..."
The man nodded quickly, his attentive and pitiful face full of desire for life.
Xiao Jing thought about it, made a "silence" gesture to him, and then gestured to Xia Hu.
Xia Hu understood and put the knife on the captain's neck, then pulled off the rag from his mouth.
"Young Master, you're wronged! The villain's name is Zhu Da. He was originally from Hedong. He was a kidnapped last year. He has been a serf here for a long time... The little one escaped while the person is unprepared. He is not the bad guy inside..."
Because he was eager to confess his thoughts, his voice became louder. Xia Hu had to push the knife forward, so that he did not dare to speak for the time being.
Xiao Jing smiled and asked calmly: "Did you escape? Why don't I feel like it?"
Although this man's words were earnest, what he said was difficult to accept.
As long as you are not a fool, you will definitely want to run as far as possible after you are lucky enough to leave the imperial village. Even if the forest is easy to get lost, the sun in the sky in the sky will hang there smoothly, and chasing the sun that goes west can get farther and farther away from the imperial village. It is not difficult to run to the depths of the dense forest and leave the control of the imperial village. It is possible for individuals to do it.
Who would be like him, and would still be around here?
Seeing Xiao Jing expressing suspicion, Zhu Da couldn't help but say tremblingly: "Young Master, everything the villain said is true. After escaping in the daytime, the villain did go west, but the road was broken as he walked... I really had no choice but to find a way everywhere, but somehow I walked around again and returned to this ghost place again!"
Xiao Jing nodded and said, "Okay, even if you are telling the truth, then I have another thing. May I ask: Others always have to be prepared before escaping. Why do you dare to travel through the dense forest if you have nothing to do? Do you want to live?"
On the way, the Xia family's guards inspected many corpses. Except for the small number of people who were starved to death, most of the remaining murdered people carried a small amount of food on their bodies, while the rest were mostly attacked by wild animals or killed by illness.
Some people even have scattered silver on them!
This proves that everyone who tries to escape knows the dangers of the outside environment. They will make complete preparations before taking action, otherwise it will be no different from dying.
The person in front of him looked very clever. He wouldn't be so naive that he thought he could walk out with a big swagger, right?
Zhu Da said with a sad face: "Young master, the villain also brought food, but he accidentally lost it on the way..."
Xiao Jing waved his hand and interrupted his self-dispute, saying in a deep voice: "Even if this is reasonable, how can you explain your costume? The deceased in the forest are all from this imperial village, why are you the only one dressed differently?"
The bodies that everyone saw along the way were all wearing tattered short shirts, and what about Zhu Da? He actually wore a robe!
Although the robe is also coarse, it looks very eye-catching compared to others; in addition, his clothes are obviously washed recently, and they look much more decent than others' clothes.
Can serfs who work hard to work receive this treatment?
Xiao Jing turned his back helplessly and sighed: "What did you say 'everything is true', but your words are clearly not true... How can people believe you after lies? Forget it, take him to where he should go."
Of course, Zhu Da understood what "where to go" means. This group of people must have been sneaking close to the imperial village, so how could he let him go and expose his whereabouts?
He certainly didn't know that Xiao Jing was just scaring him.
"Young Master, please spare me, the villain has all taken action!"
Zhu Da tried his best to call out before Xia Hu dragged him away.
Then, Xiao Jing finally figured out the whole story.
"The villain has been here for quite a while. Because I could tell a few words when I settled the accounts for people, I was attracted by the supervisor after only half a year of hard work here. Now I am a small leader. Although no one still regards us as human beings, and although I have been tortured by supervisors all day, I can have a full meal a day at least."
"Yesterday, a slaughter who went to the forest to collect herbs never came back. The person in charge asked the villain to come out and take a look. Hmm, don't get me wrong. This is a common thing in the imperial village. When they don't have enough staff, they often call villain a character who is not up or down to run errands, because people know that a character like us who can barely make a living in the village will not easily escape."
"The servant probably ran away. The villain wanted to search for a while nearby and then go back to report his life, but after a while, another thought suddenly arose in his heart... To be honest, the villain originally had parents, wife and children, but they were all separated in the year of the drought. The villain thought that if he could go out, he would have a chance to reunite his family. Unexpectedly, the deeper he went, the less he could find the way, and finally he had to turn back."
"The imperial village has always been severely punished and refused to lend money to those who escape privately. If you just go back like this, you might even lose your life! The villain is in a dilemma, so he has been wandering around here and trying to find a good way, but he was caught by the young master's subordinates."
When talking about the sadness, Zhu Da couldn't help but burst into tears.
After thinking for a while, Xiao Jing's eyes suddenly lit up:
Chapter completed!