"who?"
The man frowned, and the alert soldier pulled out the sword in his hand and looked at the bushes.
Xu Miaomiao took a deep breath, covered her mouth, and dared not make any sound. She kept praying in her heart, but they didn't hear her.
After waiting for a long time, there was still no sound. Xu Miaomiao raised her head and looked forward, but the two people who were originally there had disappeared.
Just as I was about to breathe a sigh of relief, I heard someone's breath behind me.
"There's actually a little girl here."
The man looked at Xu Miaomiao and spoke.
"My two lords, I came here by mistake. Can you just pretend you didn't see me?"
Xu Miaomiao spoke tremblingly.
"General, why don't we..." The man stretched out his hand and made a gesture of wiping his neck and said to the man in front of him.
The man in front of him pondered for a moment, looked at Xu Miaomiao and asked, "Are you from Bai County?"
"right."
"How did you find this place?"
Facing the sword on his neck, Xu Miaomiao didn't dare to lie and said, "The cornfield you passed by is my home. I always thought the footprints in the field were a bit strange, so I wanted to take a look, and I ran into you by accident."
"I see." The man nodded and looked at Xu Miaomiao thoughtfully: "Since you are from Bai County, you must be very familiar with the area here. Do you know the exit of the nearby mountains?"
"Know."
Xu Miaomiao nodded. Now she had to make them feel useful so that they could survive. Besides, she often searched for herbs in the mountains, so she naturally had some understanding of the mountains.
"Take her back and keep her under good care."
"General, she discovered our secret. Why don't we kill them?" The man behind him said with some disapproval.
The man shook his head: "We just arrived here and are not familiar with many places. It is still useful to keep her."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Miaomiao was carried by the man into the cave.
The already damp and dark cave looked even more eerie as it flickered in the light of the torches. Walking inside, the originally narrow road suddenly became wide, and there was a large pit in the middle with a lot of weapons inside.
There were more and more people around, all wearing red armor and masks on their faces, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.
The man took Xu Miaomiao to the innermost part, where they saw a series of small holes surrounded by wooden sticks, forming a simple prison cell. Xu Miaomiao was locked in one of them.
There were quite a few cells here, but most of them were empty, with only one far away from her containing an old man.
Xu Miaomiao tried to talk to him, but was still ignored. The old man looked very old and must have been captured by mistake.
After many attempts, the old man still didn't respond, so Xu Miaomiao gave up.
The most important thing now is how to escape.
Thinking back to the route we took just now, there were stubborn rocks all along the way and no place to hide. If I wanted to slip away, I would probably be discovered by the people here.
Looking at the soldiers who occasionally passed by the door, Xu Miaomiao had an idea.
"Ouch, my stomach hurts."
As soon as the soldiers entered, Xu Miaomiao pretended to have unbearable abdominal pain and fell to the ground.
Sure enough, the man was soon attracted over.
"What’s wrong with you!"
The soldier spoke in a serious tone and looked at Xu Miaomiao without mercy.
"Young General, I'm afraid I've eaten something bad. Can you help me get some water?"
Xu Miaomiao spoke tentatively.
"Women have a lot of things to do. If the general hadn't said you would still be useful..."
The man kept mumbling and was about to turn around and leave when Xu Miaomiao immediately took out psychedelic powder from the space and sprinkled it into the air, and the man fainted.
The cell in front of him was just surrounded by wooden sticks, and Xu Miaomiao opened it quickly.
After dragging the man into the cell, changing his clothes, and turning him over so that he looked like he was sleeping facing the wall, Xu Miaomiao put on the mask and went to prepare.
As soon as she went out, she met the man who had just caught her in, and Xu Miaomiao's heart skipped a beat.
Just when danger was about to come into contact, a man's loud voice came: "Hey, is there anyone so short here? Why don't I remember him?"
Xu Miaomiao held the psychedelic powder in her left hand and said, "Master Jun, you are so busy that you may have forgotten that although I am small in stature, my martial arts skills are extraordinary."
Seeing that the man was still staring at Xu Miaomiao, she was ready to sprinkle the psychedelic powder in her hand, but the man suddenly stopped watching.
"Forget it. Go get the account book where the weapons are deposited. The general wants to see it."
"Okay."
Xu Miaomiao lowered her head and was about to leave.
"Wait!" A male voice suddenly sounded, making Xu Miaomiao feel uneasy.
"The account book is over there, why are you going back?"
Xu Miaomiao laughed and said quickly: "When I saw you, General, I was so scared. I'll go right away, right away."
Only after she slipped away from under the man's nose as if escaping did Xu Miaomiao breathe a sigh of relief.
The cave was complex and looking at the three entrances in front of her, Xu Miaomiao didn't know how to make a decision for a moment.
She simply selected one and walked in, but she didn't expect that she would be so confused.
There was a soldier guarding the door, and there were many books inside. If the light hadn't been too dim, Xu Miaomiao would have almost thought it was a study.
"Who are you?"
As soon as she walked in, the soldier guarding the door asked Xu Miaomiao.
"Sir, I am here on the orders of the general to retrieve the account book for storing weapons."
The soldier nodded, picked up a pen and paper and started to record: "Give me your number."
Number? Xu Miaomiao was confused. Could she just make one up?
After thinking about it, Xu Miaomiao raised her right hand.
The man who should have fallen down quickly covered his nose and grabbed Xu Miaomiao: "Who are you?"
Looking at the sword on his neck, beads of sweat fell from his forehead.
Xu Miaomiao immediately took out a psychedelic needle from space and wanted to stab the man, but was discovered by the man and knocked to the ground.
"Mrs. Xu?"
A voice came from behind, and the man let Xu Miaomiao go.
Seeing the dumbfounded look on the woman's face, the man simply took off the mask on his head and said, "It's me, I'm Ah Da. I thought you were familiar when I saw the psychedelic powder, but I didn't expect it to be you."
A Da is someone close to Nangong Jin. Xu Miaomiao had met him several times when they were in the capital.
Seeing that it was him, Xu Miaomiao breathed a sigh of relief: "Ada, why are you here?"
"I am here to monitor them on the orders of the young master."
"I see." Xu Miaomiao said thoughtfully, "Does the capital already know about this group of people?"
"The emperor had asked you to keep an eye on this place before, so we knew about it as soon as they entered the South Country."
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