Chapter 292: I'm So Envious and Jealous
"not yet."
Zhang Dayi looked at the person on the ground with some concern.
After Xie Wenjie came in, others also came in one after another. The guards who stayed in the room were busy pouring water for everyone to quench their thirst and replenish their energy.
Xie Wenjie walked up to Sixth Brother and was shocked to see Xie Yuchuan’s face flushed red.
"What happened?!"
He reached out to touch his forehead; it was hot.
The guard who was carrying a water bag to pour water for everyone turned around and explained on Zhang Dayi's behalf: "Xiong Jiushan came in. The master used a trick to deceive people."
Xie Wenjie looked up at Zhang Dayi, puzzled: "How did you do that, sir?"
Xiong Jiushan captured him and interrogated him before coming here to investigate. It was such a short period of time, how could he have done this?
Zhang Dayi stretched out his hand and spread it out.
He held a ball of heating pad in his palm, which still felt quite warm.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, then started laughing.
"Sir, that's wonderful!"
Zhang Dayi didn't take credit for it, and smiled faintly, "It was the gift from the Xie family gods that was good. I was in a desperate situation, so I was lucky. I was able to get away with it, but I also took advantage of the current chaos and Xiong Jiushan's lack of interest. Unfortunately, this move can only be done once, and Xiong Jiushan is not stupid."
Everyone in the Xie family nodded.
The lights in the room were lit, and the room was full of light.
Outside, lights were lit in other huts and tents. I'm afraid no one will be able to sleep tonight.
All escorting officers, except those who were accidentally injured and needed to rest, had their rest cancelled and were all on duty!
Following Xiong Jiushan's orders, Cheng Ye brought some men and borrowed a few villagers from the fort who were familiar with the terrain outside to patrol the area outside the fort to see if there were any traces.
Xiong Jiushan was invited by the Tian family to the main hall to discuss matters.
The convicts were frightened in the middle of the night and dared not sleep. The air was filled with the smell of blood. Even though the Tian family and the people in the fort had done a simple cleanup, many people, especially those who were weak, regardless of gender, age or status, had pale faces.
They don't care at all about how the adults discuss things among themselves.
The convicts just wanted to live.
I don't want to die in a place like this for no reason.
Many people sat in the middle of the room with their knees hugged, not even daring to lean against the wall, for fear that something scary would crawl in from some unnoticed gap.
Once bitten by a snake, one will be afraid of ropes for ten years. Most of them have no desire to sleep, but only a few of the exiles have done so a few times and don't care about it at all.
Tie Niu, who lived in a thatched house with Pang Jiming's family, was one of them.
After working outside for half a day, he came back safely without even drinking water. When he heard the official outside saying that everything was fine, he turned around and curled up to continue sleeping.
As if the thrilling scene just now was no big deal.
Slept very peacefully.
After all, Pang Jiming was getting older and his physical strength was not as good as when he was young. In order to protect his wife and children, he was bitten on the ankle in a panic, and unfortunately he was bitten on the back of the shoulder when he fell.
At that moment, Pang Jiming's face turned pale!
I thought that this was the end of my fate. When I thought about the long road ahead if I failed, I thought about how my wife and children, who were unable to protect themselves, would suffer.
The overwhelming fear came over me instantly.
He couldn't recall now how upset and regretful he felt at that moment.
Fortunately, a noble person helped him and saved his life. He came back terrified and hugged his wife and children tightly when he saw them. He couldn't say a word for a long time.
There are many families like Pang Jiming.
Even though someone from the Tian family came later to reassure everyone, saying that most of the snakes were non-venomous and only a small number were dangerous, and that they had been treated one by one and that there had been no casualties, everyone still kept their eyes open with lingering fear, waiting for dawn.
"When are we leaving? I'd rather starve on the road to exile than accidentally feed a snake here."
"It's already this season, they're starving. They need to eat enough to survive the winter. I don't know which bastard actually let them out!"
Some people were rocking back and forth, hugging their knees. The prisoners in the room were complaining and had no desire to sleep.
Those who were frightened were physically exhausted after the shock, but mentally tense and unable to relax at all.
At this time, someone discovered that Tie Niu, a fugitive living next to Pang Jiming's family, was not only asleep, but was snoring while sleeping.
Everyone is really envious and jealous.
Pang Jiming's wife, with red eyes, cleaned her husband's wound. The two children were also frightened, and they clung to their father on either side, without saying a word. Pang Jiming felt very uncomfortable. He hugged the two children and persuaded his wife: "The wound has been treated. It's okay. Don't worry. It's still an hour before dawn. You and the children can sleep for a while."
Pang's wife wiped the sweat from her eyes and forehead, shook her head and said, "I can't sleep, you should get some sleep."
"I can't sleep either." Pang Jiming said.
The couple was speechless for a moment, silently stroking the heads of their two children. After being exiled, the lives of their family of four were like walking on the edge of a knife, and they didn't know when they would die.
Pang's wife was very careful. She cleaned the wound on Pang Jiming's leg, which was bandaged casually, carefully before applying medicine and re-bandaging it.
"Wounds are not trivial matters. In the past, many people lost their lives by the river because their wounds were not properly taken care of."
His wife kept nagging, but Pang Jiming didn't refute her. He just listened attentively.
Inside the thatched hut, everyone was talking and communicating with each other. The convicts, who were usually too tired to even breathe, had more common topics this time, perhaps because they were fighting for survival and slaying snakes together.
Amidst the noisy conversation, there was the occasional snoring of the Tieniu brothers.
The sound of his snoring came one after another, which made people feel surprisingly soothed. Tie Niu's snoring had a magical power that could slowly calm people down, as if the scene just now was nothing big.
At this time, no one noticed that Tie Niu's arms were bulging.
After Pang Jiming treated his wound, he leaned against the wall and closed his eyes to listen to everyone's conversation. The other convicts were all talking about the wealthy Tian family in Wulibao, wondering who they had offended.
As we chatted, we talked about bandits.
Ordinary fugitives who were not well-informed had no idea what was going on outside. They just guessed that Xiong Jiushan and the officials had been staying here with them for a few days. Would something big happen?
Some said the officials were discussing what supplies the Tian family would need for their return trip. Some were discussing the bandits' return, while others were wondering what work the officials would make them do if they didn't leave tomorrow.
They talked about all sorts of things until someone mentioned thanking his family among the crowd.
Pang Jiming slowly opened his eyes and looked over. He saw a taciturn man.
"If the Xie family hadn't discovered it first and reminded everyone, we might not have the opportunity to talk about this here now."
When the others heard this, they nodded.
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