Chapter 210 Can't Leave
After Shen Yuexi calmed down, before she had time to think about the current situation, she heard a noisy sound coming from downstairs.
The stairs made a "thump thump" sound, as if a lot of people were rushing up.
She glanced behind her and jumped onto the bed, as far away from the door as possible to be on the safe side.
Several Jingzhou soldiers armed with torches and weapons rushed in first and began to deploy. Then a general came in laughing and said, "We really caught a mouse."
Shen Yuexi wasn't panicking at all. The cage had no exit. She couldn't get out, and they couldn't get in either. She shouldn't be in any immediate danger. She retorted, "Is all you can do to deal with others using conspiracy and subterfuge?"
The general walked to the iron cage, stared at Shen Yuexi standing on the bed, and said, "The general discovered traces of intruders the day before yesterday, and guessed that if they failed once, they would come again. Tell me, are you one of Xiao Zhuo's men?"
"Hmm...it seems to be right." Shen Yuexi felt that what he said made sense, so she nodded.
"Then Xiao Zhuo sent you here twice in a row. Was he planning to kidnap and blackmail the general's wife and use her to threaten the general?"
Shen Yuexi curled her lips and said, "Your Jingzhou army has been beaten to this point. It will be completely defeated soon. Do you still need such a despicable trick as kidnapping the general's wife?"
"You...you you..." The general was so angry that he raised his finger and pointed at Shen Yuexi, "You damn girl, you are still stubborn even when you are about to die."
He turned around and said to the soldiers, "Quickly open the cage, take this girl out and torture her severely!"
Shen Yuexi was shocked. If she was really caught, it would be very bad.
A soldier said, "General, the bars of this cage are so thick, we can't break them. We need the General's Yanque Sword to cut them through."
The general scratched his head and said, "That's true."
He turned around and asked, "Since you're not here to kidnap the general's wife, then what are you here for?"
"Chen Lan is my sister. I'm here to find my sister." Shen Yuexi raised her voice, "Where is my sister?"
"You said the general's wife is your sister?" The general was shocked and quickly said to the soldier holding the torch behind him, "Hurry and bring the torch closer so I can take a closer look."
Just now, the iron cage fell, knocking the candles on the table to the ground and extinguishing them. The soldiers came to the iron cage with torches in hand. The general took a closer look at Shen Yuexi's face and exclaimed in surprise, "It's Shen Yuexi! Xiao Zhuo's wife."
He stopped talking to Shen Yuexi and said to the soldiers, "You must keep a close watch on her. If you let her escape, I'll chop off your heads!"
The sergeant asked, "Where are you going, General?"
"I'm going to go to the northern camp and inform the general. He'll definitely be pleased."
After saying this, the general ran downstairs excitedly, and on the way he did not forget to shout: "Remember to keep an eye on her."
The soldiers in the room looked at each other. One of them said, "With this iron cage, she can't escape at all, right?"
"That's right," another echoed, "but the general has given orders, so we'll just watch from here."
Shen Yuexi asked, "Let me ask you, where is your general's wife now? I want to see her."
I came here to save Chen Lan, I can't even find her.
As soon as she finished speaking, the voice of a soldier came from outside the door, saying, "Greetings, Madam."
Shen Yuexi raised her eyes and looked towards the door, and her eyes met with Shen Lan who walked in.
She was dressed in mourning clothes, with light makeup on her face. Her expression was gloomy, as if she was unhappy with everyone. She walked in and stood in the middle of the room, saying to the soldiers around her, "You guys go out first. I need to talk to my sister."
The soldiers said in embarrassment: "Madam, General Zhou has ordered..."
"How dare you!" Chen Lan's face turned cold. "A group of you men broke into my room. Aren't you afraid that I and the general will say that you have bad intentions?"
A sergeant quickly said to Shen Lan, "Madam, calm down. We are also following General Zhou's orders. If you want to talk, please speak. We will wait downstairs."
Another said, "If we leave, what if Shen Yuexi runs away?"
"What nonsense are you talking about? With such a thick iron cage, even General Zhou wouldn't be able to escape, let alone her."
The soldiers went out and downstairs while whispering to each other.
Seeing the soldiers leave, Chen Lan's face changed. She hurried over, grabbed the railing of the cage with both hands and said, "Sister, why are you here?"
Shen Yuexi also jumped off the bed, came to the iron cage, and said to Shen Lan: "Sister, I sent someone to rescue you last time, but you refused to go with me, so I had to come here myself."
After hearing this, Shen Lan lowered her head and said, "I am already Xiao Kai's wife, how can you save me?"
Shen Yuexi asked, "Sister, does he always beat and scold you?"
This was what she cared about most. Although Qiang Lin had said so, she still wanted to verify it with Shen Lan.
Chen Lan shook his head and said, "Let's not talk about this now. General Zhou has gone to find Xiao Kai. You have to escape quickly."
She didn't know what to do for a moment and tried to pry the iron bars with both hands. However, Shen Yuexi ignored that and put both hands through the bars, one hand holding Shen Lan's wrist and the other hand pushing up Shen Lan's sleeve.
"Don't look!" Shen Lan wanted to retract his hand, but Shen Yuexi grabbed his wrist and he couldn't pull it back.
On the white arms were streaks of blood, as if they had been whipped or cut by a knife. Some were old, some were new.
"He is simply not a human being." Shen Yuexi gritted her teeth.
Even if Chen Lan was not her sister, she would be angry to see a strange woman being treated like this by her husband.
If the arm is like this, there must be more injuries on the body.
Shen Lan leaned her forehead against the iron bars and sobbed softly, "Don't say that. Find a way... to let you escape."
"Sister, come with me." Shen Yuexi reached out and cupped Shen Lan's cheek, "Don't be tortured by that man anymore."
"I...I can't leave." Shen Lan took a step back in horror.
"Sister, are you confused?" Shen Yuexi said angrily, "Xiao Kai tortured you so much, and you actually wanted to stay with him?"
"Sister, you're confused. Xiao Kai married me in a formal ceremony. If I run away, what will others say? How will I survive when thousands of people point fingers at me and tens of thousands of people scold me?"
"Even if he beat you, scolded you, even if you were covered in scars, you wouldn't leave?" Shen Yuexi asked in disbelief.
"He only hit my body, not my face. I can still see people..."
Shen Yuexi was speechless.
Unexpectedly, Shen Lan actually thought that Xiao Kai's fighting was appropriate, which really made her feel terrified.
"Is this the life you want, sister? You want to be beaten and scolded all day long by a man you've never liked?" Shen Yuexi said bitterly, "I remember that sister really hated Xiao Kai."
"Yes... that's right," Chen Lan said, wiping away her tears. "But if you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. I can only blame my miserable fate. Unless he divorces me."
Shen Yuexi was stunned.
Su Mo also said this to her.
Are women of this era really unable to control their own destiny?
"No, sister. I can't just watch you in this fire pit," Shen Yuexi grabbed Shen Lan's hand, "Come with me, my husband is about to defeat Xiao Kai, you have to leave here."
"Don't think about me," Shen Lan said, "Sister, you are already locked up here, why are you still thinking about me?"
"As long as you agree to go with me, I have a way." Shen Yuexi pleaded hurriedly, "Sister, come with me."
"No, I can't go with you," Shen Lan broke free from Shen Yuexi's hand, "I'm going to find a saw. Sister, just run away and don't worry about me anymore. We have to hurry. Once Xiao Kai comes back, you're done."
"Sister!" Shen Yuexi shouted.
The sergeant downstairs heard Shen Yuexi's voice upstairs and shook his head and said, "I never thought that Madam and this Shen Yuexi are actually sisters."
Another said, "One of them is Xiao Zhuo's wife, and the other is our general's wife. Although they are sisters, they are now enemies. It's quite pitiful."
The soldiers discussed downstairs for a long time until Xiao Kai and General Zhou appeared together.
"Is Shen Yuexi imprisoned upstairs?" Xiao Kai came in front of the soldiers and asked with a happy look on his face.
If that's true, then it's worth it for him to rush back overnight.
"Yes, the lady is talking to her upstairs, and it seems like there has been no movement for a long time." A sergeant replied.
Xiao Kai smiled and said, "Xiao Zhuo seems to have always attached great importance to Shen Yuexi. It would be great if we could capture her."
General Zhou smiled and said, "I will lead the way for you, General."
The soldiers followed behind, and a large group of people went up the stairs in a noisy manner. Until General Zhou, who was walking in the front, let out a cry of surprise.
"Where's the cage? Where's the person?"
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