Xia Shang muttered, frowning and looking at the people around him.
The expressions of the three people around him were the same as Xia Shang's. This situation was really unexpected.
I originally planned to learn something from this woman, but now she can't speak...
Fortunately, I can hear, otherwise I really wouldn't be able to communicate.
Xia Shang paused, picked up a small branch from the ground, and handed it to the other party: "Since you can't speak, then write. We want to ask you some questions and hope you can answer us truthfully, okay?
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Unexpectedly, the mute girl shook her head and placed the twig on the ground, as if she was unwilling to write.
Xia Shang looked at it for a long time, wondering what this woman was taboo about.
Xian'er suddenly thought of something and asked, "You can't even write, can you?"
The woman nodded, looking innocent.
"ah?!"
This is troublesome!
If you can’t speak or write, how can you communicate?
The four people looked at each other, obviously no one had foreseen such a situation.
Taking advantage of the silence at this moment, the girl secretly looked at the four of them, and some fear could still be seen in her eyes.
After a while, Xia Shang really had no choice but to ask the girl again: "Okay, I'll ask you some questions, and you just need to nod or shake your head, okay?"
This time the woman nodded.
"Are you from the Central Plains of China?"
The girl nodded.
"Were you captured by the Nanman people on the border out of Bashu?"
The girl continued to nod.
"Those dead girls were from the same village as you?"
The girl nodded.
"Why did the two groups of southern barbarians fight?"
The girl was confused.
Xia Shang reacted and knew that his question was wrong, but he didn't know how to ask this crucial question.
Seeing that it was a bit awkward to ask, Xian'er interrupted: "Sir, let's forget it. If we keep asking like this, we won't be able to find anything useful."
Xia Shang thought so, but fortunately he didn't ask.
"Girl, a few of us are here to go deeper. We have important matters. Now that you have been rescued, we can give you some dry food. But I don't know if you can leave on your own?"
When the girl heard this, she seemed to be very frightened. She grabbed Xia Shang's arm, looked frightened, and made a series of strange sounds while hesitating. She was obviously very scared.
"You can't leave here alone?" Xia Shang asked with a frown.
In fact, this question is meaningless.
If this girl were an ordinary person living in the territory, how could she enter the rainforest without any trouble?
Let alone a woman, even Xia Shang would not be able to come to my place casually without Miao Caihe's guide.
If Xia Shang were here alone, don't worry, he would definitely get lost or even be trapped and die in the rain forest.
The girl kept nodding, as if she was afraid of being left behind.
Perhaps because of Xia Shang's influence, Xian'er's sympathy has become a bit heavy recently. Seeing the girl like this, she comforted her repeatedly.
"Girl, don't be anxious. Since my young master saved you, I won't let anything happen to you."
After listening to Xian'er's words, the girl's mood calmed down a little.
Xia Shang glanced at the crowd and felt helpless. He turned back to the girl and said, "If the girl doesn't mind, then come with us. As long as we finish our work, we will return to Shu, and we will send you home at that time."
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The girl nodded repeatedly and tried her best to smile.
In this way, a seemingly ordinary girl with unknown origin joined Xia Shang's team.
The addition of a girl did not affect Xia Shang's original plan. Since he could not get any useful information from the girl, Xia Shang did not ask any more questions.
Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Xia Shang told everyone to go to sleep and prepare to continue their journey early tomorrow morning.
Tonight is Zhou Jianren's vigil, but he felt sleepy after a big battle today.
In the first half of the night, Zhou Jianren kept holding on.
At first, he paid attention to the girl, but when he saw that the girl was also asleep, his vigilance relaxed a little.
As soon as I relaxed, I felt sleepy, and I didn't know when I fell asleep by the fire.
Drowsily, Zhou Jianren felt someone tap him on the shoulder.
Zhou Jianren was startled and broke out in a cold sweat, thinking that it was the Nanmanzi who was coming.
"No……"
"Shh!"
Before Zhou Jianren screamed, a familiar face appeared in front of him.
It turned out to be Miao Caihe.
Zhou Jianren breathed a long sigh of relief: "It turned out to be you, you scared me to death. Sorry, I got distracted and fell asleep."
Miao Caihe frowned, obviously a little dissatisfied, pointed to the side, and whispered: "I will keep watch, you go and rest."
"No, no, no, I promise I won't get distracted again."
"Don't hold on, it's not a joke here. The most scary thing in the rainforest is not people, but poisonous snakes and insects that are invisible to the naked eye. You have to be clear about the movements around you, it's not a joke."
Seeing how serious Miao Caihe said it, Zhou Jianren thought about it and nodded.
Zhou Jianren got up and prepared to go to bed, but just after taking a few steps, Miao Caihe behind her patted her shoulder again.
Zhou Jianren turned around: "What's the matter?"
"Brother Zhou, you can be considered an old man from the Twelve Divisions. You should know some things better."
"Um?"
"It's just... I just have some questions I want to ask you."
When Zhou Jianren heard this, he stopped curiously: "Just ask."
Miao Caihe secretly glanced at Xia Shang, who was sleeping next to him, and lowered his voice: "Is that really the head of the Twelve Divisions?"
Zhou Jianren was stunned: "Why are you asking this all of a sudden? How can this matter be false?"
"This First Lord is far from what I think in my heart. In addition, after walking together for several days, I have even more doubts in my mind."
"Then what does the First Master in your mind look like?"
"At least...at least you won't take in an irrelevant woman...right?"
"What do you mean?"
"Why do I feel that the current Metropolitan Procuratorate is weird? Everyone in our Twelve Divisions is a killer hiding in the dark. Why do I feel like someone who started a charity? Let's just say that this woman's origins are unknown, and I don't know what happened.
What is her identity? If she hides something, wouldn't staying here increase the threat? How could you not know such a simple truth? This is not the way of the Metropolitan Procuratorate."
Zhou Jianren was silent for a while, then looked at Xia Shang and said in a low voice: "This is indeed not what the Metropolitan Procuratorate does, but..."
Zhou Jianren wanted to explain, but seemed unable to speak. He pondered for a while: "Maybe this is a change... A young man who wants to reorganize the Metropolitan Procuratorate sometimes feels unreliable, but I am loyal to
That waist card, the rest is not important."
After saying that, Zhou Jianren patted Miao Caihe on the shoulder: "Don't think too much, people from the Twelve Divisions shouldn't have any doubts. I'm going to bed first."
Zhou Jianren left, but Miao Caihe's doubts did not diminish. Instead, his brows furrowed more and more tightly. He glanced at Xia Shang again and muttered in a low voice: "I am not loyal to my pocket cards, I am loyal to the right person..." (