Miaomiao took out a shiny object and waved it in front of her. Xue Miyin took it and observed it with the faint light. In the night, it was dark. Only after looking carefully did she realize that it was a beautiful golden-green gem with a diameter of about 10%.
It is about an inch thick and feels smooth and round. The most special thing is that there is a particularly bright line in the center.
"Like a cat's eyes..."
"It's called Cat's Eye."
"How do you have such a thing? And how come it...hasn't been discovered by Ren Yazi?"
"During the body search, I'll hide it in my hair. Keep your voice down so that no one else finds out. I'll tell you alone."
Miaomiao raised a finger to her mouth and pointed to her head. She had a round ball in the middle, which she couldn't hold. She took back the cat's eye stone and put it into her thin clothes.
.She added:
"This is passed down from our ancestors. I heard that my wife... my grandfather was a prince, I don't know if it's true or not. His house was ransacked as a remnant of the previous dynasty, but he had already stuffed the previous items in the house to his wives and concubines. How long could he escape?
It all depends on your ability. This bead is a treasure left over from that time. During the war the year before last, my father was
He was arrested and sent to the army. He told our mother that if she couldn't survive, she would use it as food. My mother was always reluctant to part with it and thought of this bead as a memory. We did the same. Looking at it seemed to remind us of our father. My mother said that the things should be placed there
It's easy to search her place, so let us hide it. We can't throw it away, we have to take it to see our parents in the future."
Although the words "live" were already a dream in Xue Miyin's eyes, after patiently listening to Miaomiao's words, she seemed to feel that it was not impossible to escape from the evil people alive.
"We can indeed survive for a while." Xue Miyin suddenly said.
"How did you figure it out?"
"You think that if they only wanted meat, they would have killed us long ago. But no. Because if we die, the meat will spoil. So they will still walk a long way to let us live to the other side of the mountain."
"Then why did they drag us to the other side of the mountain?"
"Maybe we are more expensive on the other end."
"Oh...sister is so smart."
Being praised by such a child at this time, Xue Miyin actually couldn't be happy.
But she just laughed.
The face that is not used to smiling is dirty, and every small movement is like a crack spreading on the wall, causing the wall skin to fall off, revealing the original face of the wall. Clean and spotless.
However, they did not come to the other side of the mountain. As mentioned before, the Peacock Spirit's men fought with the caravan on the narrow mountain road, and they and the car fell into a deep valley. There were many buffers along the way, and there was no naked body.
The rocks were broken apart for them
The cage. Moreover, this cage was inlaid with iron sheets in many places. It was extremely strong and was actually intact. But the children were not so lucky. Several of the weak ones knocked their heads and died on the spot. They became the flesh to protect others in this small cage.
pad.
Although the boy's car and the car containing meat were both on the mountain, they were probably divided up by monsters, monsters, and birds. The situation of the girls was not optimistic. Although they were safe for the time being, they had no food or water.
, and have to share with several corpses
Being in a room. This will be a huge torture for both body and mind. The cage is buckled to the ground on its side, and the locked side door is pressed directly into the ground, and it cannot be rotated no matter what. The previous base and cage
It forms two of the four walls.
There was a relatively stronger girl who pulled a loose railing hard. Everyone went up to help and just tore off the railing, even though it was only the upper half. But the railings of this cage were very dense, even if one was missing.
, it’s also difficult to let one person out, and the gap is awkward. Besides, these children don’t have the strength to remove other railings like this.
"We must go out..." said a girl who was a little older among them, even though she was only fifteen years old. "The dead will rot and attract beasts and monsters."
"Won't we, the living ones, be the same?" said a girl with a shrill voice. "And you put it lightly. We can't even open the cage, and we have no food."
"There is food... there is."
A girl with a missing front tooth looked at the bodies of her dead compatriots. Then everyone looked over.
Some people are unwilling no matter what, but some things are beyond their control. Xue Miyin did not join in the dispute because she knew very well that this was all they had. Miaomiao timidly shrank in the corner, holding Miyin's hand, no
Dare to speak out. At this time, even the person providing food no longer exists, and no matter how encouraging words are, they cannot satisfy the needs of the stomach.
"Can we just eat..."
"You must eat." Xue Miyin lowered his voice, "If you don't eat in the first place, you will have no strength. You will regret it if you are hungry, but if you want to eat again, you will not be able to overtake those who have filled their stomachs..."
Miaomiao was a child after all, and finally couldn't help crying. She didn't drink water for a long time and couldn't squeeze out a drop of tears, so she just howled dryly. The girl with the loudest voice thought it was noisy and slapped her hard. She
She was one of the people who didn't like this girl before. Her accomplices also got angry, grabbed her and beat and kicked her.
Xue Miyin couldn't stop them, there were too many of them. The crazy girl vented all her anger on the youngest child, and there was nowhere else to vent her anger. Miyin just watched her only child
My friends were beaten, torn, and scratched by the crazy girls, and they all bled. They beat and cursed, saying
She was the noisiest on the road, saying useless words and annoying people. Xue Miyin struggled hard, but was pinned to the ground by two of her accomplices, and her head was hurt by the railing. Those who had been encouraged by Miaomiao in the past
The people just watched numbly. To them, the hope in this child's mouth became something that had been shattered.
The sound of Mi is urgent and brings wisdom.
"Wait! Stop fighting, stop fighting! Let her get out! From that hole - let her find someone!"
The girls who were fighting in a group suddenly stopped when they heard the last sentence. Only the one who took the lead gave her an extra kick. They all looked at Miyin in a daze, their eyes fierce and terrifying. She had never heard from any human being in her life.
I've seen it in my eyes.
"She is the youngest...she can get through that hole." Miyin's voice weakened and she pointed at the opened gap, "Let her go out to find someone, or at least help us get some food..."
Now everyone looked at Miaomiao. Miaomiao stopped crying, but she must be in pain. She wiped the blood on her face with her sleeves. There were four eye-catching scratches on her left eye, which were still oozing blood.
People were frightened. The bystanders suddenly reacted and nodded in agreement.
"But how could there be anyone in the valley..." someone asked.
"Well, at least, let's have some water..." someone answered.
Among another wave of bullies, someone asked: "What if she runs away?"
"You can't survive if you run away."
After the leader said this, he spat on Miyin. She did not dodge, but just looked at Miaomiao blankly, hoping for some reaction from her. Finally, she nodded without saying a word.
Everyone worked together to lift Miaomiao and squeeze her out of the narrow gap. She was scratched by the section of the railing, but it was not serious. She staggered forward, passing the wreckage of the car and the corpse of the horse.
, turned back three times in one step, and disappeared into the overgrown bushes. Miyin knew that if she really didn't come back, whether she escaped alive or not, she would be targeted, but it didn't matter.
Miaomiao runs back once a day, bringing water in a water bag, and rests with everyone next to the cage at night. Sometimes she can bring back some wild fruits. There seems to be no large beasts that pose serious threats to humans living here, such as
Jackals, tigers, and leopards were smaller, but it was a pity that they could not be caught with Miaomiao. On the sixth day, she disappeared, only to appear the next day, and everyone's hearts fell to the ground. She said
, she spent more time climbing up high, and saw human arrows stuck in the rocks on the mountain. The arrows were a little rusty, and the wood was rotten. She didn’t know when it was, but this gave everyone some hope. Mi
Yin felt suspicious and shot the arrow on the stone for some reason. Whether this was true or false was not important anymore. She knew that Miaomiao was a good child and she wanted everyone to live.
If she leaves again, there will be no news.
"It was a long time after that - I don't know how many days. Miyin said she couldn't count the days." After mentioning this for many years, Shuangyue Jun's hands were still trembling slightly, "Every few days, there will be one
The individual became weak. The group of children finally got to the point of eating the corpse. That day, that is the night when I fought with Kuchugetsu-kun, after Kuchugetsu-kun left, the Tengu noticed something and took me to that place...
...that is, the prison where Miyin and the others are kept.”
"She is the only one alive."
"Yes, she is the only one left." Lord Shuangyue tightened his grip on the cup, "And a long time ago, she was the only one left. Those corpses were all mutilated, and it was impossible to tell which part belonged to whom. There were teeth marks on them.
The meat will spoil quickly, attracting some medium-sized carnivorous or scavenging guys... She put the stumps across the cage
Throw them out to keep them away from her. Those horses have turned into white bones and are covered with thin dry fur. I don’t know how long she persisted. She later told me that it rained twice during the journey, two days apart.
Let her live a little longer. At least at that time...she had reached the point where she could neither make a sound nor stand up."
"...This is indeed too cruel for a child of thirteen or fourteen years old."
"I can't ignore it, you know," Shuangyue-kun repeated, "I can't ignore it."
"I know. I actually thought...she might be a girl with a similar life experience to you, so you would help her. But in this case, I completely understand you extending a helping hand to her. You are always so soft-hearted."
"I have seen many children with tragic fates, and I don't blame them. At this time, she was the closest one I could help. I rescued her and took her with me for a while until the famine passed. But it was difficult to settle her,
First of all, she is a girl, too thin, and has experienced that kind of thing, so she cannot do heavy work. For so many years, she has been just living around, and I have to find a home for her when I am on assignment, so I am very worried."
"It sounds very bitter. But why would she suddenly treat you..."
"...Because that little girl named Miaomiao appeared and she found Miyin."
"She's still alive?" Shi Wuqi was a little surprised, "I thought she had an accident and didn't come back."
"That's the problem."
Lord Shuoyue's expression was like the last snow melting, revealing the rugged and sad gray color of the rocks.
