Victor looked at the middle-aged woman in front of him again. She looked older than Frank.
But it’s impossible to say for sure, after all, Frank is already a walking corpse.
"Nice to meet you, madam, can you tell me about your husband?" Victor stood in front of her, smiling with his hands behind his back, trying not to put any pressure on the other person.
"Yes...yes...I'm glad to meet you too, may I ask...what do you want to ask?"
When the woman raised her head, the wrinkles on her forehead were obvious. Her skin was rough, her expression showed fatigue, there were many calluses on her fingers, and there were scars on the back of her hands that had been scratched by branches or wheat straws.
These characteristics showed that she had indeed engaged in heavy manual labor in the past. Victor had seen the serfs in his family, so he was very familiar with it.
"Do you know what your husband looks like now?" he asked.
"I...I know that we escaped together. It is said that if you escape to an abolition state, you can obtain the status of a free citizen, and the closest place to our place is here. One day I stole a map from home...
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The woman looked like she was about to speak at length, but Victor interrupted her, hoping to get the key information: "Wait a minute, you actually know that your husband is now a walking corpse."
Harry opened his mouth slightly, then nodded with difficulty.
"Then you still dare to take him with you to escape?" Victor questioned.
Housewife Harry waved her hands hurriedly: "But he often wakes up. I don't think my husband is really dead... He... He is just sick."
The esophagus was rotten, and the body clearly showed signs of death. Victor did not believe Harry's words and pointed this out.
However, Harry was very surprised after hearing this. She told Victor that her husband did not show these characteristics at first. It was after he escaped to Renekton that his body began to rot like a corpse.
"Okay, let's talk about something else." Victor changed the topic, "When did your husband become like that?"
Harry's mouth was a little dry and she wanted to drink water. Victor brought him a cup from the table next to her.
After taking two strong sips down his throat, Harry formally told the whole story.
Frank was not at Smith Manor at the beginning. He was bought two years later than Harry.
During that period, the Smith family was in some difficult times. The serfs in the family were running around to death, labor efficiency dropped significantly, and coupled with some business accidents, the family was on the verge of bankruptcy.
Then suddenly one day, the master of the manor somehow got rich and bought a new group of serfs, and Frank was one of them.
It is said that the master borrowed some money from an intermediary, and the interest rate was quite high. It can be said that it was a desperate move.
Immediately afterwards, Master Smith, like all other slave owners, hoped that the male and female slaves in his family could be united. As long as they could give birth to a child, he would not only be able to keep him in the plantation, but also get a little slave for free.
Therefore, Harry was matched with Frank.
But Harry, a woman, never thought of losing her life's freedom here when she was first sold to Smith Manor. In addition, she witnessed a slave in the manor successfully escape, and her inner desire for freedom was
It's getting stronger.
While her master was asleep, she secretly opened and closed her own door, went to his master's study to steal books, and learned a lot of knowledge, including the laws of Sai.
It was at that time that she learned that abolitionist states would grant free citizen status to runaway slaves, and the application methods and procedures were also very clear.
Although this method is easily prosecuted by the owner and the success rate of the judgment is only half, no matter what, it is worth trying for her freedom.
So, this woman began to secretly conspire with her husband to find opportunities to escape. Coupled with the time she had spent studying law, it took a year.
If you want to escape, you must not be pregnant. Her belly is not moving, and the owner seems annoyed, even though Harry's age may not be suitable for having children...
During this period, people came to collect debts several times. Mr. Smith roared in the room all day long. Judging from his appearance, he must be on the verge of collapse.
The master whipped the serfs more frequently, and Harry and Frank became more determined to escape.
However, just when they were about to take action, an accident happened.
One day, Smith called two men and violently kidnapped Frank to an unknown location.
Harry's heartbreaking cries did not elicit mercy, but instead made Smith so irritated that he even wanted to send her away.
However, those two people thought that Harry was too old to be sent to that place, so they gave up.
Harry lost his husband and was haunted all day long.
She thought Frank was sold by the master to pay off his debts, but this was not the case.
Within a week, Frank was unexpectedly sent back to Smith Manor.
The weirdness starts here.
Harry saw Frank in the prison car, looking listless and insane.
After Mr. Smith came back, he said some strange words to the escort car.
For example, "Are you still alive?", "Are you obedient?", "What to do if it rots?", "What to feed" and so on.
What's even stranger is that Smith suddenly disagreed with letting them live together as husband and wife, and locked Frank up. He would only be released during the day when he was working, and at night he would drag him to a separate compartment with a chain around his neck.
Set up in the room.
This moment made Harry extremely anxious. She needed her husband and needed to escape with him.
"Then you found out that he looked half-dead?" After hearing this, Victor roughly understood the reason.
Harry held the water glass in both hands and nodded slightly: "No... that's right... I went to find Frank secretly and found... I found that they fed him live mice..."
Harry retched as he spoke. She must have been frightened.
Frank became quite strange. He ate the rats every day and howled horribly at night when no one was around.
Harry realized that the place where Smith sent him must have done something to him, turning him into a human and a ghost.
In extreme grief, Harry could only choose to abandon Frank and find a way to escape on his own.
But then something unexpected happened again. Frank was not always like a ghost. He would regain consciousness at certain moments and keep calling Harry's name in the "cell".
"I heard... I heard him calling me... I couldn't... couldn't give up on him..." Harry said, tears streaming down his face, his hands trembling, and the water in the cup was shaken out.
"Disgusting...why do those eastern guys turn people into such ghostly looks?" Amanda looked filled with indignation when she heard this.
Victor did not look at her, but just followed her words and gave his own answer: "Because of the cost, if the slaves do not need to consume food, work tirelessly, and become walking zombies only responsible for executing the master's orders, then the output of the manor will be doubled.
...It would be great if these zombies would not age or rot, and would become the property of the manor owner forever!"