Wait until the group of scouts start throwing away bodies.
Xia He and two civilians slowly crawled out from the pile of corpses, pretending to be discovered, and ran back in panic.
Sure enough, their actions immediately attracted the attention of the scouts.
"There are a few alive ones over there! Chase them!"
The leading scout shouted and chased after them on horseback with several soldiers.
Upon seeing this, Xia He and his companions immediately pretended to be terrified, fell to the ground, and trembled all over.
The scout leader approached, looked at them carefully, and sneered:
"So they are some drug slaves who are not dead yet. Catch them quickly! The medicinal properties of Linghe have not been fully absorbed yet. Don't waste them!"
A soldier nearby echoed:
"Boss, these guys look like they can hold out for a few more days. Capture them and increase the dosage. Maybe we can even make a few more elixirs!"
Xia He lowered his head and sneered in his heart, but pretended to be weak on the surface.
After the spiritual grass is swallowed into the body, it will take root in the abdomen and wait until the person dies.
Then dig the Linghe out of the stomach and give it to another person to take.
Only when all the toxicity of Linghe is eliminated can it be used as medicine.
Therefore, there are not many people like them who appear to be dead but suddenly come back to life.
But there would be a few occasionally, so it didn't arouse suspicion.
Soon, Xia He and his companions were put on a carriage and headed towards Youzhou City.
When they approached the city gate, the leading scout shouted loudly:
"Open the door!"
"Today's password - 'Storm Rising'!"
"Reply to the order—'The mountains and rivers are safe'!"
"Password..."
The city gate slowly opened, and Xia He was secretly shocked.
He heard several rebels around him complaining quietly that the password was obscure and difficult to remember, and it changed every day.
If he had chosen to sneak in disguised as a soldier, he would have been discovered immediately if he had not matched the password.
Fortunately, he chose to disguise himself as a drug slave, and was able to sneak into the city smoothly.
However, their "success" did not last long.
Several people were escorted to a huge dungeon, which was like a huge pigsty, with thousands of drug slaves densely packed inside.
The light was dim, and the air was filled with a sickening smell of decay and herbs.
Xia He looked around and found that these drug slaves were all pale and thin, with dull eyes, as if they had lost hope of living.
When the two civilians saw this scene, their eyes were filled with fear and despair.
One of them whispered to Xia He:
"Sir... after we are captured, we will be forced to drink more spiritual herbs until our bodies can no longer bear it and we die from the poison..."
Xia He nodded and whispered comfortingly:
"Don't be afraid, I will find a way to get you out."
He carefully observed the situation in the camp and found that there were dozens of soldiers guarding it.
There were also several Hua Jin warriors stationed in the center of the camp, apparently to prevent the medicine slaves from rioting.
“It’s not easy…”
It is obvious that once we start, we will be easily discovered in a short time.
However, Xia He soon discovered that although these drug slaves were detained together, they were still separated into groups of dozens of people.
The 'cell' they were brought into only had seven or eight people in it, the smallest number of people.
"Your Excellency does not know..."
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