Carriages carrying prisoners kept gathering and heading north in this cold winter, and the team got bigger and bigger. When the team crossed Hulukou downstream of the exit of Taihu Lake, it entered the territory of Danzhou. Danzhou and Hezhou are
It is bounded by Taihu Lake and the middle and lower reaches of the Jiuqu River at the outlet of Taihu Lake.
Many people got seasick when they crossed the river. Even Chen Mo felt a little uncomfortable. He was not afraid of anything and he got seasick.
After crossing Hulukou, the team did not move forward in a hurry. Instead, after crossing Hulukou, they set up camp at a place called Bailantan. At this time, the team already numbered several hundred people.
Using the prison car as a boundary, they were divided into small circles, almost all coming from the same county. There were dozens of people in Chen Mo's circle.
At this time, Ah Xiao finally found a chance to talk to Chen Mo. He leaned close to Chen Mo. Looking at the heavy iron chain on his body, he knew how much the officials valued him.
"You didn't escape either." When Ah Xiao saw Chen Mo being taken into prison, he knew that Black Tiger Mountain had really been driven out and killed. Even the children were not spared. What Lu Yu did was true.
Jue. So Ah Xiao didn't ask him why he didn't escape. There was only regret and helplessness in his words, as well as anger towards Lu Yu.
"It's really not worth it for Thirteenth Mother to die under those swords. Now we don't even know what to do." Ah Xiao said. "It's probably hard to escape death. How about we fight?"
Ah Xiao speculated on the fate of their group. They would all die anyway, so why not give it a try? He didn't believe that the officers and soldiers escorting them were experts from the Three Realms.
"They're fine, we escaped."
Chen Mo spoke a little weakly, and the injuries on his body were not healed. There were so many heavy chains, and he was seasick. Even he found it incredible.
"Ah? You escaped? Well, then why were you caught?" Ah Xiao was confused at first, then became excited: "Are they okay then?"
"Those people are fine."
Chen Mo stared at the bonfire lit not far away. They were only wearing thin prison uniforms in the cold weather, and only the firelight could bring them warmth.
"But I killed her."
Chen Mo's meaning did not waver at all. He told a fact calmly, and he had no intention of hiding it.
"Kill, kill?!"
Ah Xiao was stunned for a moment, and he could quickly guess what was going on. Those two people were originally the maids of Mr. Niangpi Zhenlan. Such a beautiful girl was given away without blinking an eyelid. She just wanted to come.
In order to create a gap, no wonder that woman was always asking questions in front of him those days. It seemed that it was all his own wishful thinking. Ah Xiao smiled bitterly.
"It doesn't matter if they die, let them go down and serve Thirteenth Niang. Thirteenth Niang has never enjoyed such a life. It would be nice to enjoy it after death." Ah Xiao comforted himself.
"At the execution ground, I took Thirteen Niangs with me."
"ah?!"
Ah Xiao looked at Chen Mo in surprise. He didn't expect him to do such a thing. After only two years in the mountains, he could do this for Thirteen Niangs? No wonder he was still trapped after escaping.
It seems that he was caught back because of this incident.
Just when Ah Xiao's face was beaming, Chen Mo extinguished his fantasy of whether the Thirteenth Mother would be nearby and looking for an opportunity to rescue them.
"Even if I take her away, she will still die. She is too injured."
Ah Xiao was silent. Chen Mo gave him hope twice and disappointed him twice. It was like throwing him into the sky. He felt happy for a while, and then he hit the ground hard, not once.
Chen Mo didn't say anything to him. He slowly closed his eyes. He was tired.
The prisoners stayed quietly in the area circled by the prison cars. More prisoners were sent from Hezhou on the other side of the river one after another. These prisoners became more and more curious about where they were being taken.
Officers and soldiers wearing refined equipment and holding crossbows patrolled back and forth among the prison circles, keeping an eye on the prisoners inside the circles who were shivering in the cold wind. Some prisoners who really couldn't resist the temptation of freedom would form gangs to rebel.
However, as soon as they stepped out of the circle of prison cars and surrounded the city, they were turned into hedgehogs by soldiers armed with bows and crossbows, without any reason.
With the failure of the first bird's path exploration, those who are lucky can only give up the tempting freedom. Now running away is a dead end, and there is still a chance of survival to an unknown destination.
Some people have already speculated that they must have been exiled to a certain mining area to work as coolies day and night. After all, some prisoners knew that Chu and Shang were likely to have a fight, which would require a lot of people.
Ironware, the mine has too few manpower, so we will catch them. When the time comes, those officials will definitely say the polite words: "This is your only chance to make up for your mistakes."
After a small commotion, the prisoners who did not escape and knew how to escape tried their best to return to the fire. The only fire that could give them warmth. The closer they were to the inside, the worse the prisoners there were. There was no room for humility at this time.
Meaning, these people grabbed the best position by virtue of their strength. Not only were there fires in front of them, but there were also layers of human walls behind them to protect them from the wind. So in Chen Mo's circle, the people from Black Tiger Mountain basically occupied the most seats.
Good location.
And Chen Mo was sitting alone in a corner. He didn't feel cold, and he didn't want to join a group with them to keep warm.
Late at night, the extremely cold people finally had their only food of the day, dry and hard-to-eat pancakes, and each of them had a piece.
A small piece of naan bread is not enough to feed them for a day, but it just prevents them from starving to death. Therefore, when there is hunger, there will be competition. Of course, they do not dare to snatch the food of the officers and soldiers, but attack the people in the unified circle, so
On this cold night blown by the east of the Yangtze River, fights over food broke out in circles of all sizes. The victims were always the weakest group of people, and the officers and soldiers ignored them as long as they did not step out of the circle.
, they also let them make trouble, just to add some atmosphere to this boring and cold night.
Chen Mo's circle is no exception. Although they have many people in Black Tiger Mountain, they can't remember the civil war. The people who originally belonged to Shisanniang Village suffered heavy casualties in that battle, plus all kinds of new enemies.
The old grudges, Ah Xiao and the others could not get any benefits. The only thing that surprised some people in this circle who were not familiar with the situation was that no matter how fiercely they fought, no one bothered the man who was chained by so many iron chains.
Tied boy.
Some good-looking officers and soldiers were also curious. In order to test the abilities of an unspectacular boy, they threw more food in front of him and at the same time closed the nearby circle of prisoners and the circle of young people. They were not worried.
These prisoners will band together to break out of their guards.
At first, the prisoners were a little confused, but when they saw the isolated boy with so much food around him, they became jealous and understood what they meant.
A burly man who was also bound by many iron chains came out. He was three times the size of Chen Mo. He walked like a symbol of strength. He had already grabbed a lot of food in his circle before, but he might still be there in the future.
There is still a long way to go, and he doesn't have such a good chance to get more food when he is imprisoned alone.
The burly man walked up to Chen Mo and looked at Chen Mo who was also treated differently by the chains. In his eyes, people who could be treated like this were only strong people, or people who committed unforgivable crimes, such as defilement.
The daughter of a powerful family was brutally beaten to death. Obviously, in the eyes of a burly man, this person did not belong to the former group.
"Boy, I want your things, sir."
The loud voice made everyone around him excited. Those knowledgeable people knew that this guy practiced pure foreign martial arts and had such a physique.
Chen Mo casually threw something to the strong man, causing everyone onlookers to raise their eyebrows: "Are you sending away the beggars?"
"You think I'm a beggar?" the man said disdainfully.
"Either you, or get out." Chen Mo said lightly. Originally, he didn't want to have a baby, so he could save some energy.
"Then grandpa, I will let you go!"
The man stretched out his thick arm and pulled the iron chain on his body. The speed was slow under the pull of the iron chain, but it did not mean that his strength was weak.
Chen Mo's eyes flashed. He was also restricted and couldn't move too fast. He just waited for the other person to stretch out his hand, wrapped his hands around the other person's hand like a snake, looked at the surprised face, and twisted it skillfully.
, he moved the burly man to the ground, shocking everyone. However, before the matter was over, Chen Mo, who had changed his sitting position to a half-kneeling position, made a movement, and a crisp click sounded to everyone who witnessed it.
It was horrifying, and then the strong man's painful screams were heard.
Chen Mo had no intention of stopping. He raised his arm wrapped around the iron chain and aimed it at the strong man's head.
At this moment, the officers and soldiers outside the circle shouted: "Stop."
At the same time, the crossbows in the hands of several officers and soldiers were pointed at Chen Mo. As long as he dared to attack, their crossbows would follow. These officers and soldiers were instructed to try not to suffer any damage to the prisoners, especially some strong prisoners.
.
Chen Mo didn't make a move. Now he really couldn't ignore these crossbows. He slowly lowered his arm and snatched the food that the strong man had just grabbed under the eyes of everyone.
"Ah Xiao."
Chen Mo called Ah Xiao over and ignored the howling of ghosts and wolves by the grown man beside him.
...
Cheng Yan and anxious Xiao Yanyu looked for Chen Mo in the direction where Chen Mo lured the enemy. They waited for Chen Mo in Black Tiger Mountain for several days, but did not see Chen Mo coming. Xiao Yanyu was so anxious that he cried.
, begging Cheng Yan to take her out to search.
They searched for Chen Mo along the vague traces for a long time, but there was no trace of Chen Mo, but Xiao Yanyu had no intention of giving up.
"Yan Yu." Cheng Yan still wanted to persuade her. She guessed that Chen Mo would most likely fall into the hands of that person, but she couldn't explain it to her.
"Look, that's Chen Mo's knife." Xiao Yanyu ran excitedly to somewhere in the forest. A knife she was familiar with was inserted into the trunk of a tree. Xiao Yanyu tried hard to pull it out, but she couldn't pull it out.
"Sister Cheng Yan, help me, his knife is here, then he must be nearby."
"good."
Cheng Yan agreed, but instead of helping Yan Yu take out the knife, she gave her a hand knife directly on her neck, knocking Yan Yu unconscious.
"Yan Yu, Chen Mo said that as long as something happens to him, he will take you away. Don't blame me, sister." Cheng Yan gently picked up Yan Yu and pulled out Chen Mo's broken knife. Cheng Yan was sure