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There was not a ray of sunlight in the cave.

Song Jin stayed here for two days, busy with embroidery all day and had no other activities.

It's so suffocating.

Sun Niang came in with a fruit basket and gave each embroiderer an apple, leaving a few big red ones for Song Jin and the others.

"Here, eat something."

Song Jin held the apple and nibbled it in small bites.

She was not familiar with these weaver girls and could only listen to what they said to her granddaughter.

"My lady, don't you usually dislike participating in such events? Why do you suddenly want to go out?"

Sun Niang picked up their embroidery and examined it. "Nothing special, just a few threads missing. Go buy some."

"With my wife participating, I think she will undoubtedly be the first. Who here can sew better than my wife?"

When Sun Niang saw a certain embroidery, she was stunned.

This embroidery, this stitch...

She remembered that it was the new guy who came a few days ago.

Song Jin unexpectedly met her eyes.

She smiled, put down her embroidery and walked over: "Are you used to this place, young lady?"

Song Jin was unsure of her intention, but thinking of how she had helped him before, he nodded slightly, "Thank you for helping me with what happened a few days ago."

Sun Niang looked at her face intently, "I don't think you look like an ordinary young lady. You can only go in but not out here. You should stay here quietly and don't have any bad thoughts."

After he finished speaking, he added something in a low voice.

"Come to my room tonight."

Song Jin responded without changing his expression.

This granddaughter always feels weird.

There is no distinction between day and night in the cave, and the work for the day is only over when Mother Wu calls for a stop.

Song Jin groped his way to her room as promised.

Sun Niang closed the door after making sure that there was no one around.

"Tell me, who are you?"

Song Jin tilted his head, looking puzzled: "What are you talking about, madam? Of course I was abducted here. Madam should know that everyone here was abducted here."

Sun Niang was silent.

It seems that he really knows that the women here were abducted here innocently.

Did Magistrate Lu bring her here to trap her?

Song Jin never sits and waits for death.

"I'm not hiding it from you, my lady. I want to get out of here. Imprisoning others privately is a violation of Yu Dynasty's laws. Even if the Suizhou prefect is behind it, I have to pay the price for my actions."

When she heard the name of Magistrate Lu, Sun Niang's expression was slightly moved.

She looked at Song Jin's determined eyes, and vaguely remembered that she used to be so unwilling to accept the result.

"Forget it." She didn't want to delve into Song Jin's identity any further. "Mother Wu will take me out tomorrow. What message do you want me to pass on for you?"

Song Jin was surprised: "Madam, are you willing to help me?"

Sun Niang shook her head: "Don't give up until you hit the wall. I'm just helping you to face the reality. You can't get out of here."

Song Jin didn't believe it. Not only did she want to go out, she also wanted to help everyone leave here.

This is a huge slave land.

*

The next day, Mother Wu took her grandson away, and the person in charge was replaced by a man whom she had never seen before.

The embroiderers seemed to be afraid of her.

The embroiderer who was embroidering with her approached her stealthily.

"This is Manager Lin from the mine next door. Be careful, don't let him catch your little braid and teach you a lesson."

Mine?

Since there are mines, there must be people digging.

There are more than just women here who were captured to do embroidery.

Song Jin looked at his embroidery and fell into deep thought.

What exactly does Magistrate Lu want to do by doing all this?

"ah!"

Suddenly, the woman's miserable scream echoed throughout the cave.

Manager Lin grabbed her hair, showing no mercy, and beat her with all his might, until the young lady begged for mercy.

There are always disobedient slaves in the mines.

He always carried a whip with him, and would whip any stubborn slave severely.

The tougher ones will have to be beaten for a few days before they behave themselves.

At this moment he pulled out the whip from his waist and hit the young lady without saying a word.

The clothes were thin and the woman was weak, so she soon bled.

Manager Lin was swearing.

Song Jin then realized that the young lady wanted to sneak out while Mother Wu was away, but was discovered by the people in the mine and brought back.

The screams gradually faded away.

Song Jin couldn't bear to watch it any longer, and stopped him in front of everyone's shocked gazes.

Manager Lin glared at him and said, "Here comes another person who doesn't know the rules! I'll beat you up too!"

Song Jin blocked him without being servile or arrogant, and looked at him calmly: "Mother Wu is not here, please look after us. We have been embroidering here day and night. If you beat her to death today, who will finish these embroiderings?"

Manager Lin glanced at the half-dead man on the ground and said, "I just whipped him a few times. Do you think you can scare me?"

Song Jin: "Women are weak to begin with, how can they withstand such a beating? Her mission still needs to be completed by her. If she dies, I don't know how long it will take for the next person to come. With just a few of us, we can't even finish our own work, how can we fill in for her?"

"You don't want Mother Wu to come back and argue with you, do you?"

In the past few days, Song Jin has figured out Mother Wu's personality.

He is a very strong person.

The people under her don't allow others to interfere. If someone really dies, it would be strange if there is no commotion.

Especially in the past few days, the number of young ladies abducted has gradually decreased.

Manager Lin also thought of this, spat in annoyance, and asked someone to take her back.

Able to save people from Manager Lin.

Song Jin undoubtedly became the light in the eyes of all the embroiderers present.

When Mother Wu came back, Minrui noticed their changes.

After hearing what happened, he just sneered.

He is a man of means.

"This is what happens when you run away! Tie your skins tight, or you'll be next!"

Song Jin felt Mother Wu's gaze on him.

Sun Niang blocked her view without making a sound and sat down beside her very naturally.

"The news has spread. It depends on whether your friend has the ability to get in."

Song Jin dragged her to take the news out. Qing Wu had followed her since childhood and was most familiar with her. She was not worried that Qing Wu would not see the news. What she was worried about was whether Shi An could sneak in.

I'm afraid that Lord Marquis has also fallen into the trap.

*

A few days later, Song Jin was sitting and embroidering as usual.

After her, no other young ladies were abducted into the cave.

A lot of new slaves came into the mine opposite.

Song Jin secretly inquired about it and learned that the people above had ordered them to quickly dig out a batch, and they had been working on it every night recently.

The embroiderers all looked tired.

Not only is processing going on in the mine, but they are also doing more embroidery work here.

The two caves are not far from each other.

Song Jin listened to the shouting and cursing coming from the opposite side and thought that Chang was embroidering her own things.

If Shi An really sneaked in, she would have to leave a mark.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Song Jin followed Xiu Nu to eat.

This was her only chance to leave her mark.

When no one was paying attention, he quickly left a cat paw mark on the wall.

There were many wild cats in the cave, and she had seen them several times. Leaving this opportunity would not arouse too much suspicion.

Song Jin was counting the days until the time came for Mother Wu to take people out to buy embroidery thread.

Sun Niang seemed to see her intention and intended to make her embroidery stand out among all the others.

Mother Wu has also been observing her for quite some time.

He is a fairly honest person.

He nodded his chin and picked her out.

Song Jin obediently took the poison and allowed them to blindfold him and lead him out.

The stone cave is winding and twisting, as if it was deliberately designed this way to confuse people.

But they underestimated Song Jin's memory.

One round trip was enough for her to remember the route.

It comes out again after a month.

Song Jin felt the warm sunshine on his body for the first time in a long time. There was fresh air in his nostrils, and the depression in his chest was swept away.

"Follow me closely, and don't have any bad thoughts."

Mother Wu threatened.

Song Jin nodded obediently and followed her to the street to buy embroidery thread.

This is still Suizhou. Two hours have passed since I came out of the cave.

Song Jin made a rough estimate and concluded that the cave should be outside the city, so it would be too late to call for help.

"Let's go back."

Mother Wu is very fast.

Song Jin immediately retracted his gaze, smiled and left with her.

Being blindfolded and dragged back again, Song Jin knew this road by heart.

The poison she had taken before leaving was also delivered along with the embroidery thread.

Taking poison is to prevent them from escaping halfway. If you don't want to die from the poison, you have to come back obediently.

Song Jin still underestimated their methods.

But she was surprised to find that a corner of the mark she left behind had been erased.

It's time! He got in!

In the corner, Sun Niang caught a glimpse of the faint smile on her lips, and then she lowered her eyes as if nothing had happened.

*

That night, Song Jin met Shi An at the agreed place.

Shi An's face was dark and there were shallow whip marks on his body.

When he saw Song Jin, the only clean eye burst into joy.

"My lady, I finally found you!"

He quickly explained what happened after the welcoming banquet. After he found Song Jin missing, he followed him secretly. However, he was smartly shaken off by those people. When he went back to look for Cui Huaiji, there was no trace of Cui Huaiji.

He knew that Cui Huaiji was always confident in what he did, so he calmly hurried back to the house and hid himself with Qingwu.

Until I got news from Song Jin.

Song Jin combined his words to analyze the situation: "The Marquis should not be here. These people are all kidnapped and driven as slaves. I have already figured out the way out. I have to find an opportunity."

After Eucalyptus had been here for a few days, he had some understanding of the mine.

"In the mine, unless they are working, they are digging the rest of the time. I have seen the mine, the quality is high, and there is a lot of ore. I don't know what the governor Lu wants so much ore for."

Song Jin could vaguely guess what it was used for.

Most likely it was for the rebels.

"The security here is very strict. It may not be easy to find an opportunity."

Shi An: "My wife, I secretly hid the gunpowder..."

Gunpowder?

Song Jin's eyes lit up. Perhaps he could use gunpowder to create chaos and take the opportunity to slip away.

But using explosives in a cave is too dangerous.

"I advise you not to try."

The sudden female voice startled the two of them.

Shi An pretended to hit her to death.

Sun Niang looked at the two of them calmly and said, "If you take another step forward, I will shout and lead them over here."

Song Jin quickly stopped him, "Madam, since you were willing to help me before, you must not be here to arrest me. Madam, you are familiar with this place, what do you think?"

Sun Niang said nothing and asked them to come into her room.

"You guys follow me."