“Is there such a bird?
Bring it to me and have a look."
The man spoke in a gentle and calm voice, without any fluctuation in his expression due to the contents of the note.
"yes!"
When Mo Qi left and came back in, he was holding a dizzy big bird in his hand.
In the dim room, the dim candlelight could not hide the bright feathers of the big bird.
The bird, including its tail, was at least one meter long, and it looked somewhat like a golden pheasant. However, the color of the golden pheasant's feathers was almost dark, while the feathers on this bird were bright yellow and a rare snow-white.
Such a bird is too eye-catching. Did the person who sent the note behind it do it on purpose?
"Three in total?"
"yes!"
"The paper doesn't move, put it back and let the two go first.
Do you know what to do?"
Mo Qi respectfully accepted the order: "I understand. In this case, I think it is not appropriate for the master to stay here for long and we should set off.
The master is not fully recovered yet. If someone did it on purpose, we would be short-handed and might have another accident."
“First, send a few secret guards to investigate the place written on the note.
If this is true, we must find out the real person behind this mining.
Perhaps this is a good opportunity, a good opportunity to remove the hypocritical face of King Ling."
"Yes! I will take my leave."
After Mo Qi left, the man fumbled for the note in his hand and suddenly seemed to remember something.
Another red note, this font...
Chaoge had been doing hard labor all day, and now he was really leaning against the stone wall, the kind that could fall asleep in seconds if he closed his eyes.
She had originally thought that she could at least hold on until the emperor's soldiers arrived, and then find an opportunity to take some of the gold from those corrupt officials along the way, but now she felt that she could not hold on for even one more day tomorrow.
With her skinny arms and legs, she simply couldn't handle that kind of work in the mine.
Thinking of this, Chaoge quietly handed Aunt Li a piece of pancake.
Holding the sesame cake stuffed in her hand, Aunt Li's expression suddenly lit up and she quickly hid it.
They can't eat now because there are people sitting opposite them. Even if they want to eat, they have to wait until these people are not paying attention.
Just like yesterday, soldiers came to distribute food and water soon. Chaoge wanted to pretend to grab water, but he didn't have the extra energy.
Aunt Li came back, wiped the water stains from her mouth, and glanced with disdain at Chaoge who was lying against the stone wall.
"See, I reminded you yesterday. What do you mean by that? You don't even want to drink the water? Do you want to commit suicide?"
"No, I'm not thirsty, I just have no strength at all."
Life is so difficult, that's why she doesn't think so pessimistically.
Chaoge answered Aunt Li weakly, not wanting to even open his eyelids or move his fingers.
This was much more tiring than traveling for a whole day and climbing up hills and hills. She just wanted to get into the space as soon as possible.
Aunt Li no longer cared about Chaoge and picked up the black steamed bun and was about to eat it. When Chaoge saw this, he hurriedly grabbed her.
"Didn't I give you a sesame cake?"
There were sleeping pills in the sesame cake. Chaoge wanted to knock Aunt Li unconscious and take her into the space with him.
That way, when Aunt Li wakes up, she won't find that she is missing, and this will also prevent Aunt Li from continuing to suffer like her.
When they went out today, the officers and soldiers didn't even check the number of people. Perhaps they thought they had nowhere to escape, so even if she and Aunt Li stayed in the space for a few days, they would not attract attention.
She no longer thought about gold, after all, her life was more important.
Being able to overthrow the corrupt government in Xiying Province is a very gratifying thing. Rather than gambling his life on the gold, Chaoge rationally chose to be a coward.
“You can’t eat that, save it for my husband and son.
They work harder than I do, so any extra food they can eat is a plus.”
Chaoge: “….”
It’s true that Aunt Li loves her husband and son, but if she doesn’t eat the sesame cake, how can she take the sleeping pills?
“Leave the black flour buns for them, and you can eat the sesame cakes.
Even if you are found giving them food tomorrow, you can say that you saved it and don’t cause any more trouble.”
Hearing what Chaoge said, Aunt Li thought it made sense. Using Chaoge as a shield, she wolfed down the pancake.
"You're amazing. I didn't expect that you could hide things in your body. Do you have any tomorrow?"
"No more, this is the last cake, go to sleep quickly, we still have to work tomorrow.
I don’t know when it will end.”
Everyone was tired, so tonight was a quiet night. After eating, no matter how aggrieved everyone was and how much they wanted to escape, they just accepted their fate and didn't dare to do anything.
The mine is full of archers, and there are cliffs outside the cave.
The thought of escaping was simply wishful thinking. The only thing they could do was to sleep more and try their best to stay alive until they had a chance to leave.
When everyone around them fell asleep, Chaoge wanted to take Aunt Li directly into the space, but he changed his mind at the last minute.
It is unknown when the emperor will send soldiers. Once we enter the space, it may take seven or eight days, or even longer.
In that case, she couldn't have fed Aunt Li sleeping pills for seven or eight days in a row, right?
Even if it were possible, Aunt Li wouldn't be able to survive if she didn't eat or drink.
Although Aunt Li would continue to suffer if she stayed to work, it might not be good for her to not eat or drink and keep sleeping.
Chaoge disappeared in the cave cruelly. After all, she couldn't expose her own space for Aunt Li.
What can be done has been done, and now it all depends on her luck.
Finally entering the space, the fresh air in the space seemed to make Chaoge's fatigue disappear for the most part.
He quickly drank some stream water and ate something to wash off the sweat on his body. Then Chaoge lay down on the quilt and fell asleep without thinking about anything.
When she woke up again, it was already the afternoon of the next day.
The hour hand on the alarm clock pointed to past five o'clock. I probed into the space with my mind and found that the cave was indeed empty.
After washing up, Chaoge prepared to eat something. When she opened the cloth bag and looked at the mountain of food, she suddenly had an idea.
These people are miserable enough. Since I am lucky enough to get these things, I will quietly leave some food for them, so that at least they can fill their stomachs after a tiring day.
Anyway, it is impossible to be discovered by doing all this. She does good deeds not for the gratitude of others, but just a small favor.
Thinking of this, Chaoge took out a few cloth bags of steamed buns while no one was in the cave and placed them under the haystacks on both sides of the cave.
Almost everyone can get one where they sleep, and when they come back to sleep, they will find it without any surprise.
Sure enough, the women returned after dark.
After watching them enter the cave, the officers and soldiers locked the door and left to get food.
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