At noon, the autumn sun was not inferior to that of summer. It was scorching hot on the top of her head. Lin Xiaoyue felt her back began to sweat. They had no chance to rest after leaving the capital. The two government officials pushed and pulled them desperately to get them on their way. It seemed like that
How terrifying is Yangmingshan!
"Both government officials, we have been walking all morning. Let's sit down and have a rest."
Lin Xiaoyue saw several prisoners around her with white lips and staggering to the point of falling down at any time. She sat down on the ground and panted.
Jiang Bai was about to curse, but when he turned around, he saw Lin Xiaoyue sitting on the ground!
He swallowed the words as soon as they came to his lips, cleared his throat, and said: "Rest where you are! We will follow you up the mountain in a while. If anyone falls behind the team, just wait to be eaten by ghosts at night!"
Lin Xiaoyue looked in the direction of Jiang Bai's finger. There was a fork in the road not far away. There was a wooden sign for Yangming Town on the fork to the left. There was an uphill road to the right. It seemed that they had reached the mountain of Yangmingshan.
Underfoot.
She took a sip of water, and then took out a steamed bun from the baggage. In order to prevent others from discovering her secret, she took out some dry food from the space and put it in the baggage.
After eating two steamed buns quickly, she planned to seize the time to take a nap and climb over the mountain in front of her in one breath. She couldn't do it without saving some strength!
"Snapped!"
Just when she was sleeping comfortably, a loud crack of a whip sounded.
She raised her head suddenly and saw a thin man crouched on the ground, trembling and beaten, shouting "spare my life" at the top of his lungs.
"Brother Yamen, why did this person make you angry?" She bit her lip, but in the end she couldn't suppress the unbearable feeling in her heart, so she walked over and asked.
Jiang Bai whipped his whip while cursing: "Damn it! That bitch actually lied about wanting to pee, and then tried to escape while we were napping! Let's see if I don't beat him to death!"
Lin Xiaoyue tilted her head and met the man's stubborn eyes. He was a wise man!
"Brother Yamen, you are angry, but you have beaten him up at this time. If he can't walk up the mountain, then we are not allowed to spend the night on the mountain tonight? This... I don't want to be eaten by ghosts!"
Jiang Bai felt that Lin Xiaoyue's words made sense. He took back his whip and angrily warned the man on the ground: "You bitch, it's your luck! Next time, you'll have to wait to see the King of Hell!"
The man got up from the ground in pain, lowered his head and said to Lin Xiaoyue: "Thank you very much."
Lin Xiaoyue waved her hand and whispered: "Be smart when you want to escape. Let's go. I'm afraid of ghosts, so I'd better get over this mountain as soon as possible."
The man grabbed Lin Xiaoyue's clothes and said: "Are ghosts scary to anyone? If I go to the North as a man, I will be a slave and live like a dog! But if you go there as a woman, you will be worse than a dog and live like a thousand people."
It’s a day when thousands of people ride on you. I see that these two government officials are still a little bit obedient to your words, why don’t we cooperate and escape?”
Lin Xiaoyue's heart skipped a beat, but she quickly regained her composure. She didn't know this man at all, and now that he was talking about cooperation, he might end up using her as a backing, so she wasn't that stupid!
"Thank you for the reminder, but everyone has their own destiny, and I don't want to run away."
The man's face darkened instantly and he said sarcastically: "It's something I'm used to doing. I do it the same way wherever I go!"
Lin Xiaoyue knew that the man in front of her was insinuating that she was a prostitute and was waiting for her to jump to her feet and stand upright, but she was not a three-year-old child. She was full to compete with a stranger?
She even began to regret that she had stopped Jiang Bai from spanking this venomous man. People should not meddle in other people's business. It is easy to step on shit!
"none of your business?"
After replying coldly, she heard Jiang Bai and He Yuan, two yamen servants, waving their whips desperately urging the others to get up and prepare to go up the mountain, so she turned around and followed them.
Yangming Mountain is not low. The higher up the mountain road, the more Lin Xiaoyue felt her calves became sore, it became difficult to lift her feet, and even her head became confused!
She glanced at the other prisoners who were chained. They were dragged down by the heavy chains and were even more difficult to move!
At this speed, can we really climb over this mountain before dark?
Suddenly, the image of a mountaineer holding a trekking pole in her previous life flashed through her mind. She lowered her head and found a thick branch on the ground to use as a trekking pole, and walked up step by step using the branch.
With the branches, the whole person seemed to have support, and walking was not as strenuous as before.
"Everyone should just look for a branch like me. Just walking up the mountain is too strenuous!"
Seeing that Lin Xiaoyue was walking more easily than before, the others also started picking up branches from the ground.
Sure enough, this method works very well, and everyone's speed is much faster than before.
Jiang Bai couldn't help but cast admiring glances at Lin Xiaoyue. She was worthy of coming from the palace, and her mind was very smart!
Hey, for such a smart girl, maybe she will really fall in love with her, and the emperor will think of her in a few days and want her to go back!
He walked to Lin Xiaoyue's side and said with a smile: "If you really can't walk, I'll ask He Yuan to rest here with you for a while, and I'll take these people away first."
Lin Xiaoyue originally wanted to refuse, but she raised her head and met the hostile gaze of the man just now. Huh, some people don't like her, and she wants to piss him off to death!
So, she nodded deliberately and said loudly: "Okay! Thank you two elder brothers from the government office!"
"I don't agree! Why can she stay and rest and we have to move forward?" The man's eyes almost popped out of his eyes with anger.
Jiang Bai picked up the whip and whipped him, "Who do you think you are? If you don't want to die here, just leave!"
The man was in so much pain that he could hardly stand. He gave Lin Xiaoyue a vicious look, gritted his teeth and walked up the mountain.
Lin Xiaoyue felt very proud, pretending to be at a loss and said: "I'd better follow you, otherwise someone will hate me to death!"
"Don't worry about that bitch! Don't worry, rest here. Let's walk slowly. I'll wait for you at the front." After saying that, Jiang Bai called He Yuan to give him a few words, and then continued walking forward with the others, "Let's go."
Come on, let’s go! If anyone lingers any longer, be careful to eat my whip!”
Although the remaining people were jealous of Lin Xiaoyue's special treatment, they were also afraid of being whipped, so they had no choice but to swallow their complaints and move forward.
Lin Xiaoyue found a clean place to sit down and looked at the retreating team, she couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
In fact, ever since the prison chief of Shuntian Mansion told her about the situation of exile in the North, she had planned to escape. But she didn't expect that she had been kind enough to help the man just now, but he had become jealous of her!
It will be even harder for her to escape next. Not only does she have to deceive the eyes of Jiang Bai and He Yuan, but she also has to deceive the man just now!
What should she do?
The more she thought about it, the more irritated she became, and she couldn't sit still anymore. She stood up and said, "We'd better leave as soon as possible. If we can't get out of this mountain before dark, we'll be in trouble!"
He Yuan nodded and walked to the front to lead the way, "Okay! Lao Jiang and the others haven't gone far yet. We should be able to keep up with them. You don't have to worry."
Lin Xiaoyue couldn't help but rolled her eyes in her heart. She didn't want to follow the team so quickly. Now was a great opportunity to mark the route so that she would know how to avoid it in the future!
When He Yuan wasn't paying attention, she took out a small dagger from the space and hid it in her hand. Then she walked close to the big tree on the side of the road. After taking a few steps, she made two cuts on the tree. Her movements were quick and careful.
, but walking is two or three steps slower than He Yuan.
The moment the dagger cut across the trees, He Yuan suddenly turned around and stared at Li Xiaoyue with vigilant eyes. He walked over and said, "What are you doing? You can't walk on the good road in the middle. Why are you walking on the messy road?"