Chapter 198 People Under the Eaves
"Moonlight Maiden, wake up, wake up!"
The noise around her made Lin Yuesha frown. It was so noisy. She had a headache and wanted to sleep a little longer.
"Wake up!"
Someone was calling in her ear, the voice urgent. Lin Yuesha finally realized that she was not dreaming, and then she opened her heavy eyelids.
"Sister Baozhu?"
Lin Yuesha was stunned. How did she end up seeing Jiang Baozhu? Where was she?
A cold wind was blowing all around, oil lamps hung on the walls, and behind him, there was a dark mass of people.
"Sister Baozhu, what are you doing here?"
Lin Yuesha tried to get up, but found that her feet were shackled, and they felt very heavy.
"That's what I wanted to ask you too."
Jiang Baozhu smiled wryly. She was probably the last person she wanted to see acquaintances in this kind of place, especially Lin Yuesha.
"I?"
As her memories slowly returned, Lin Yuesha remembered. She had gone down the mountain with Pockmarked Face, but Pockmarked Face had something important to do, so he asked her to wait at a villager's house first.
Then, she went to the old lady's house and was drugged.
Lin Yuesha was certain that the old woman and the pockmarked man were definitely not in cahoots; otherwise, it would have been much easier for the pockmarked man to do whatever he wanted without going to such lengths.
This time, she was kidnapped by bad guys again. What bad luck!
Lin Yuesha took a deep breath, on the verge of tears.
“That night at the lantern festival, barbarians suddenly appeared. Zhang Jing took me and ran. In the end, we had nowhere to go, so we hid in the Jiang residence.”
Jiang Baozhu sighed. Not long after returning to the mansion, the barbarians arrived and killed the servants. Her mother was so frightened that she vomited blood again.
“The barbarians wanted to arrest people, so I begged and pleaded, offering to use all the money I had on me just to buy my mother’s life.”
Jiang Baozhu devised a plan to hide Zhang Jing and have him take care of her mother, but she stepped forward and was captured by the barbarians.
Jiang Baozhu had no idea what fate awaited her after being captured, but she came to terms with it: every day of this life was a gift. At least, she had already achieved much more than she had in her previous life.
"Sister Baozhu, what's the situation in the city right now?"
Lin Yuesha was very upset. So, this meant that she had also been kidnapped by the barbarians.
"I don't know either."
Jiang Baozhu sighed; she had been arrested that very night.
"What else could happen? In the end, he's just dead."
A woman sobbed and choked out her words.
From the moment they were captured, they knew they were doomed and had no will to live; every day, someone would run into a wall and die.
Several people died in succession, so the barbarians specially added straw and cloth to the walls and threatened that if anyone else died by running into them, they would randomly grab people and drag them out to be beheaded.
The people deeply abhorred the barbarians' brutality, but there was nothing they could do but keep an eye on each other.
"Those who report suicide will receive an extra steamed bun."
Jiang Baozhu's voice was full of sarcasm. These people were so selfish in order to survive that they didn't care about others as long as they were okay.
“I know you’re alluding to me, but I won’t be able to eat if I don’t do this.”
Beside Jiang Baozhu, a dark-skinned, plump girl spoke up. She had reported several people and was rewarded by the barbarian guards, who gave her an extra steamed bun with every meal.
"Hmph, someone didn't want to commit suicide, and you went and smeared them, all for a steamed bun. Do you have any conscience?"
The chubby, dark-skinned girl responded directly, and Jiang Baozhu couldn't hold back any longer, angrily retorting.
It's true that those who are ruthless are afraid of those who don't value their lives. The chubby, dark-skinned girl was going all out, and no one dared to confront her directly, fearing that she would slander them.
Anyone named will be dragged out, and some will never come back.
Using other people's lives to feed yourself, that's really cruel.
"Conscience? Look at her crying and sobbing, what does it mean she doesn't want to commit suicide? She's affecting other people's moods."
The fat, dark-skinned girl was referring to the weeping woman, who immediately fell silent and continued to plead. She was simply afraid, not that she wanted to die.
"Sister Baozhu, stop talking."
Lin Yuesha tugged at Jiang Baozhu. This brat is troublesome; we must stay away from people like him. But they could only watch indifferently.
With no end in sight, where would she be taken if she were captured by the barbarians? Lin Yuesha had no idea. She found herself thinking of the pockmarked man again. If he found the house empty, would he think she had run away?
If so, and he goes to her house looking for her but she's not there, will the pockmarked man give up or continue trying to find out more about her?
"well."
Taking a deep breath, Lin Yuesha felt frustrated. The pheasants and rabbits were all on the mountain. Even if she was caught, she could at least have a chance to have a big meal!
What's all the noise about?
At the entrance stood a barbarian, speaking broken Daqi language, and roared.
"Someone wanted to commit suicide, and that was her."
The chubby, dark-skinned girl rolled her eyes and pointed at Lin Yuesha.
Upon realizing she had implicated her best friend, Jiang Baozhu angrily retorted, "You're talking nonsense!"
"Drag that little girl out!"
The barbarian was too lazy to verify, and ordered two tall, strong old women to drag the person away. Jiang Baozhu was about to snatch the person away, but Lin Yuesha turned around and shook her head at her, then followed the old women upstairs.
That place was a cellar, and Lin Yuesha judged that it was already midnight, so she must have woken up after only a short time.
In other words, this place is still a border town of the Great Qi Dynasty.
"Little girl, is it you who wants to commit suicide?"
The man was dragged into a dark room, where someone looked down at him and asked a question.
"No, no, no, sir, you've misunderstood. I want to live."
Lin Yuesha quickly stated her position, saying that she had heard that those who were reported would be severely beaten even if they came back.
She's already had enough bad luck; she doesn't want to be.
Oh well, all the hardships will eventually pass. This might be the price I pay to marry a noble person and become a superior one in the future.
"oh?"
The young girl is quite bold; most young women and wives would faint at the sight of her, and very few would be able to defend themselves.
"I'm new here and don't know the rules yet. I hope you'll forgive me, sir... no, sir."
Lin Yuesha lowered her stance and was very polite. She had no choice; when you're under someone else's roof, you have to bow your head.
If you don't court death, you won't die. If you had stayed on the mountain and waited for Pockmarked Face, you wouldn't have been kidnapped by the barbarians and become a prisoner.
Now, what is there for her to struggle with? She can do whatever she wants with them.
"Now that you've come out, you can't go back intact. You can choose between branding with fire or whipping."
After the man finished speaking, he fell silent. Clearly, allowing the little girl to choose her own punishment was already an extraordinary act of leniency.
What?
Lin Yuesha suddenly raised her head and finally saw the person in front of her clearly.
The barbarian in front of her was different from the one she remembered; he had a high nose and big eyes, and surprisingly, a pair of beautiful blue eyes.
"Or do you want your eyes gouged out?"
The little girl's audacity piqued his interest, but seeing his eyes would surely terrify her.
The women of Daqi were the least worldly-wise, and blue eyes represented bloodline and supreme power among the barbarians.
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