"Thank you, husband." Yan Shuixin was happy, and pressed a kiss on Xiao Yeheng's mutilated left cheek.
Xia Chuxue woke up from her slumber and saw the scene of Yan Shuixin taking the initiative to kiss King An. She disdainfully said, "What kind of love are you showing early in the morning? It's a pity, don't forget that Yan Shuixin took on the position of supervising doctor today. King An, from now on, only the two of us will rely on each other in the cell."
After laughing madly, she turned her head and found that corpses were piled up on the corridor outside the cell. Thinking of the scene before she passed out last night, she screamed in fright, "Ahhh!"
Xiao Yeheng shot a dangerous look in his eye.
Xia Chuxue hurriedly covered her mouth with both hands, her right hand, which was missing an index finger was wrapped in gauze, was particularly obvious.
There was a sound of footsteps approaching the fifty-ninth cell, and the guards, Wang Mo and Li Dian walked around the pile of corpses and appeared outside the cell.
"Doctor Yan, it's great that you're still alive!" The jailer Wang Mo untied the hairband that tied the prison door and the prison bars, and walked in. He was just about to hold Yan Shuixin's hand, but Xiao Yeheng blocked him, and separated the two of them.
Knowing that he had lost his composure, Wang Mo restrained his expression, and then said to Yan Shuixin, "A prisoner has been seriously injured. Yan Shuixin will officially take up the post of supervising doctor today. Hurry up and follow me to see the injured."
Yan Shuixin put forward the conditions that had been planned a long time ago, "I need someone to help me. I want Xiao Yeheng to live with me in the medical supervision room in the future."
Wang Mo said, "I can help you."
She shook her head, "I only want Xiao Yeheng."
"What if I disagree?" Wang Mo's face became annoyed.
"Then, if I'm in prison for a day, I won't see patients anymore. Besides, I won't move out of the fifty-ninth cell."
Yan Shuixin walked to Xiao Yeheng's side, raised her hand to grab him and said to him softly, "My lord, I said last night that I would go and have a good life, but I was actually testing you. I wanted to see your reaction. I didn't expect that you would do everything for my own good. In fact, I didn't want to abandon you. No one knows how many more days I can live. I'm doing good now, but can I live a few more days? I don't want to be separated from you. After last night, I wanted to explain to you that if we can't move to the prison together in the infirmary, then I'll stay here. But who would have expected that some prisoners would wantonly kill people, so there was no time to explain myself. Now, I can finally tell you what I was planning."
Xiao Yeheng hugged Yan Shuixin firmly in his arms, his usually cold voice was a bit choked up, "Xin'er!"
It's so touching, God has treated him cruelly, but also treated him kindly. Letting such a good-hearted woman come to him. In fact, he didn't want to be separated from her for a moment.
Xia Chuxue's face was gloomy.
Damn this Yan Shuixin, she actually coaxed King An to burst into joy!
Wang Mo looked at the two embracing each other, his expression was equally ugly, "All right. Then King An will serve as Supervisor Yan's assistant in the future. Please, Supervisor Yan, come with me to save people quickly."
Yan Shuixin smiled and said to Xia Chuxue, "I'm sorry, Miss Xia. My husband won't be able to live in a cell with you alone in the future."
Anyway, the prison leader is now dead, and many others have also died last night, the prison guards must be weak, and she is not afraid that other men will have objections to her relationship with King An.
Whatever method the other side employs, there will always be a means to deal with it.
"Hmph." Xia Chuxue snorted, as if thinking of something, she quickly ran out of bed and grabbed the hand of the jailer Wang Mo, "Brother Wang, I can't live in this cell alone..." She glanced timidly at corpses in the hallway. The pile of bodies, her whole body was shaking with fright, "I don't want to live alone, I'm afraid."
Wang Mo stretched out his hand to break her hand away, "Miss Xia, please respect yourself."
Xia Chuxue was a little angry, "Brother Wang, it's not like we haven't done more before. What's so obscene about this now?"
Wang Mo's face was very embarrassed, "Don't mention the past."
"Are you trying to pull up your trousers and deny me?" Xia Chuxue wanted to say something else, but the jailer Li Dian looked at her upturned figure and said, "Why don't Miss Xia sleep with me tonight? I won't be pulling up my trousers and deny the responsibility."
Xia Chuxue wanted to agree, raised her head and glanced at Xiao Yeheng quietly, and said softly, "Let me think about it."
"Doctor Yan, please go and see the injured first." Wang Mo made a gesture of invitation.
Yan Shuixin said, "King An will go with me."
Xiao Yeheng nodded, and took another look at his missing left leg. Would it be too ugly to jump out with one leg?
"Please ask the messenger to help King An get a crutch." Of course Yan Shuixin knew Xiao Yeheng's difficulties, so she made a request.
Wang Mo immediately ordered, "I'll take Doctor Yan to see the wounded. Li Dian, go and get King An a cane."
"Yes." Li Dian turned and left.
Yan Shuixin and Wang Mo went first.
Xia Chuxue originally wanted to follow, but just as she walked outside the cell door, she saw piles of corpses on the hallway, she didn't dare to step over, and shrank back into the cell in fright.
Seeing Xiao Yeheng standing firmly on one foot in the center of the prison, a smile appeared on her face that she thought was endearing, "King An, now only you and I are left..."
Before he finished speaking, his figure flashed, and there was no one there. Xia Chuxue only saw his figure quickly disappearing at the other end of the prison cell.
She was the only one left in cell fifty-nine. Moreover, the outside is full of chopped up corpses.
"Ah!" Xia Chuxue let out a shrill cry in fright, and hid in a corner trembling.
When Wang Mo and others heard this, they turned their heads for a while, "Could it be that something happened to Miss Xia?"
"Then the messenger will go back and have a look?" Yan Shuixin stepped up and continued to walk out of the prison.
"No. Miss Xia is probably just afraid of corpses." Wang Mo thought, if Xia Chuxue was really killed by a mad prisoner hiding in the dark, wouldn't it be dangerous for him to go there alone?
That woman is not worth his risk.
In the cells on both sides of the long row, there were several dead bodies lying horizontally from time to time, some were chopped into meat, some had missing limbs and broken legs. Fortunately, they were only stabbed once and could keep the whole body intact.
There were dead people everywhere in the cell and along the corridors, and the air was filled with a strong smell of blood.
Wang Mo and Yan Shuixin walked out of the prison, and saw seven people standing or sitting in the open space.
Among them, Bai Jinchuan, the male prisoner Awang, the jailers Zhao Bing and Zheng Quan, and the prison guard Feng Hai who monitors at the watchtower, these five people were recognized by Yan Shuixin.
Yan Shuixin had also seen that pale female prisoner before, she seemed to be called Wan Niang?
Another male prisoner, whose name was not known, was lying on the ground, seemingly unconscious.
The seriously injured Feng Hai was slashed multiple times, clutching his stomach and wailing incessantly.
"It hurts...it hurts me to death..." Feng Hai was lying on the ground, and when he saw Yan Shuixin, he immediately begged, "Doctor Yan, help me..."
Yan Shuixin walked past him, walked to the unconscious male prisoner first, knelt down, and raised her hand to feel his pulse.
If he has the energy to howl, then it's not that urgent.
"How is it?" Wang Mo asked.
"Blood loss is too much, he is been drained dry. It's hopeless." Yan Shuixin sighed.
As she finished speaking, the unconscious male prisoner stopped breathing.
She walked back to Feng Hai, the guard, and checked his pulse. "The injury is very serious, but he will not die. Hurry up and take him to the infirmary, and I will give medicine to him."
The jailer Wang Mo immediately ordered, "Then quickly take him to the infirmary..."
But none of the people present moved.
This is embarrassing.
Yan Shuixin looked around, but didn't see anyone else, "Where are the others?"
Wang Mo said with a sad face, "Except for King An, Xia Chuxue, and the prison guard Li Dian you just met, plus the few people present, the rest of the prisoners and prison guards are all dead."
Two lines of tears flowed down Wang Mo's face. she didn't know if he was really sad, "I think there are more than 60 guards in my prison, but only three of them survived. It's really sad."
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The faces of several people present were extremely heavy.
Yan Shuixin didn't expect that there would be a big shuffle this time, and so many guards and prisoners would die. She pointed to Feng Hai, the seriously injured prison guard, "If you still want me to see him in the future, then quickly carry Feng Hai to the infirmary."
"I'll come first." Wang Mo raised Feng Hai's shoulders, and Bai Jinchuan took the initiative to come over, "I'll help too."
When the rest of the people heard the words, they all stepped forward to help.
Feng Hai, who was seriously injured, was carried to the infirmary under everyone's help.
Yan Shuixin looked around, and found that Xiao Yeheng was leaning against the wall outside the prison, staring at her without blinking.
She took the initiative to walk over to him, and supported him, "Let's go together."
"Not in a hurry to save people?" Xiao Yeheng asked.
"Not as important as you," she said.
The warmth feeling rose again in his heart.
The jailer Li Dian came over with a straight log as thick as his wrist, and handed it to Xiao Yeheng, "Your crutch."
The latter took it, and found that the length of the wooden cane reached his shoulder. He tightly held the 'crutch' in one hand to support himself.
One step with the crutches, he can take one step with his right leg.
In this way, although it is harder, he can still walk.
This walking posture must be ugly, Xiao Yeheng felt uncomfortable in his heart, but on the surface he looked at Yan Shuixin calmly, and found that she only gave him an encouraging look and had no other meanings, so he felt better.
The three of them went to the infirmary together.
Bai Jinchuan, a son of the prime minister's family, took the initiative to clean Feng Hai's wound. Yan Shuixin dispensed medicine and bandaged Feng Hai's wound.
After finishing all this, all the people gathered in the medical supervision room were silent, each with their own thoughts.
Xia Chuxue was also picked up by jailer Li Dian. She and the female prisoner Wan Niang stood in a corner of the infirmary.
Seriously injured Feng Hai was lying on a single bed in the infirmary, while Wang Mo and Li Dian stood beside him, and guards Zheng Quan and Zhao Bing followed behind them.
Bai Jinchuan leaned against the window of the infirmary, looking leisurely. The male prisoner Awang behind him was helping him squeeze his shoulders.
Then there were Yan Shuixin and Xiao Yeheng who were sitting on the chairs.
A total of eleven people who were still alive in the prison were all present.
Wang Mo took the initiative to speak, "Yesterday, I collected all of the votes from the guards and became the new head of the prison. On this matter, Feng Hai and Li Dian can testify. I think that even though so many people died, the rule of the law cannot be broken. All of you, have to listen to me from now on."
"I agree." Li Dian and Feng Hai said in unison.
"I object!" Bai Jinchuan said with a sarcasm, "There are only eleven people left after the killings last night. On your side, there are three shrimp soldiers and crab generals left. There is no law in this prison, so if you want to continue to dominate in the prison, then forget about it!"
"It's better to vote. The minority obeys the majority." Wang Mo raised his hand first, with an expression of certainty, "Raise a hand if you agree to me being the leader."
"Vote or not vote, I'm still not interested." Bai Jinchuan sneered.
Li Dian and Feng Hai raised their hands, and Wang Mo only had three votes.
Wang Mo stared at Zheng Quan and Zhao Bing, "You two, I treated you well before, so why didn't you raise your hands?"
"You guys not getting tired of this yet? He will be the master, and you will be his slaves." Bai Jinchuan fanned the flames, "Do you still want to set up a leader to control you?"
The servants Zhao Bing and Zheng Quan hesitated for a moment when they heard the words, and said to Wang Mo, "I'm sorry, boss."
Wang Mo saw that both of them had rebelled, and his face showed anger, "You two!"
The two lowered their heads.
Wang Mo asked Yan Shuixin, "Doctor Yan, you have excellent medical skills. In the future, everyone will rely on you for medical consultation. You have the right to speak, so please speak."
"Do you still need to ask?" Yan Shuixin said with a light smile, "Who likes to be controlled by others?"
"Even Supervisor Yan doesn't agree with you being the cell leader." Bai Jinchuan said flatteringly, "Everyone does not acknowledge you as the cell leader. But if anyone has a headache or a fever, they still have to rely on on Supervisor Yan. Her position as a medical supervisor is recognized by everyone."
Sure enough, for their own sake, everyone agreed with what he said.
Yan Shuixin shrugged indifferently.
Wang Moke was annoyed, "I will be the boss, even if you listen or don't listen!" With a gesture, Li Dian pulled out the knife with a 'swipe', "Those who don't obey the cell boss, will be chopped up!"
Except for Yan Shuixin, Bai Jinchuan and Xiao Yeheng who did not respond, the rest of them turned pale with fright.
"What a big attitude." Bai Jinchuan stood by the window and gave Awang a wink.
The latter bent down to the window, picked up the two long knives that had been placed on the ground, and handed one to Bai Jinchuan. He held the other one with trembling hands.
The knife was used by a dead jailers.
"If you have a sword, you have the right to speak." Bai Jinchuan sneered, "I will see who dies today! Awang, show them the evidence that we found about these 'prison guards'."
"Yes." Awang took out a booklet from his arms with one hand, "This is the prison booklet that Young Master Bai asked me to steal from Wang Mo's room. Wang Mo, Li Dian, Feng Hai, and the previous prison boss of the cell are not guards at all, but a group of gangsters!"
"What?!" Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
Handyman Zhao Bing took the booklet from Awang and showed the pages in front of everyone. What was written on it was, Sun Cheng: Jiangyang Bandit, native of Kanshan Village, aged between forty, raped and murdered ten women, robbed 8,000 taels of silver with his accomplices, and was sentenced to death.
Wang Mo: Thief, aged 28, illiterate, ancestral home in Wangjia Village, Wu County, him and his accomplices robbed 8,000 taels of silver, killed two yemen servants, and was sentenced to death.
Feng Hai: Thief, in his twenties, his ancestral home is Dayuan Hutong Lane, Changle Street, Yuan County. He and his accomplices robbed 8,000 yuan in silver, killed a yamen servant, and died as a criminal.
Even Li Dian was an accomplice of the robbers.
Zhao Bing turned the pages at a moderate speed, and the book recorded everyone's identity, age, status, and what they had committed in the prison.
A booklet that records nearly 400 people, including the real prison guards who have died.
For those who died, a cross was put behind the name, and rows of crosses were put behind each name.
Zhao Bing pointed at Wang Mo and the others, "Wow! Wang Mo, you gangsters pretended to be guards! What happened to the real guards?"
Wang Mo said nonchalantly, "It was only me, the dead cell boss, Feng Hai, and Li Dian who were imposters. Didn't all the real guards die yesterday to kill the crazy prisoners? I'm not familiar with all of the guards. When I was first being monitored by a guard, I accidently spotted the booklet and killed four guards, and took over their identities, all for the sake of living a good life, what's wrong with that?"
"Let's see who else's identity is fake." Zhao Bing kept flipping through the books.
Yan Shuixin directly reminded, "First read the records of the people present. Read the rest slowly."
Xiao Yeheng: King An, twenty-four , the third son of the previous emperor, the current emperor's younger brother. He was able to write at the age of five, and started martial arts at the age of seven. At the age of thirteen, he was engaged to Xie Siya, the daughter of Marquis Dingyuan. Nineteen-year-old Xiao Yeheng became disfigured on the left side of his face, and losing his left eye, as a result he was tragically abandoned by Xie Siya. King An has no regrets about his love for Xie's daughter, and he has not married until now. At the age of twenty-four, his left leg was chopped off and he was thrown into death row.
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Yan Shuixin: Sixteen years old, born from a concubine, and the second concubine daughter of Yan Qing, Minister of Rites.
Then Bai Jinchuan, the son of the prime minister's family, and Xia Chuxue, the daughter of Marquis of Guang'an, both of them from high status families.
Awang, Wan Niang, Zhao Bing, and Zheng Quan are ordinary villagers from normal families.
Xiao Yeheng's eyes fell on Yan Shuixin's face, seeing her expressionless face, he couldn't help feeling a little bit disappointed. Could it be that she doesn't mind his affair with Xie Siya? He can explain...
"Doctor Yan, you don't look like a cowardly and incompetent person." Bai Jinchuan looked at her curiously, "Everyone's background is written truthfully, so how do you explain yourself, Doctor Yan?"
"The cowardice in the past was just fake. As for the rest, don't you already know?" Yan Shuixin didn't want to mention more, lest she make too many mistakes.
"Yan Jianyi is the only direct disciple of the late medicine god Sima Jing." Wang Mo said to everyone, "She has never harmed anyone."
"Brother Wang, if you say that, then you seem very biased..." Xia Chuxue said disapprovingly, "Nowadays, so many people have died in prison. Who knows who is innocent and clean?"
Xiao Yeheng glared at Xia Chuxue, "Whoever dares to say that Yan Shuixin is not innocent, then this king will kill them!"
Xia Chuxue shrank and lowered her head.
"Don't try to set up a new prison chief." Yan Shuixin said, "So many people died last night, we can't tell when it will be our turn. Everyone is a grasshopper on the same rope. Let's find out what's going on so that the same thing doesn't happen again."
Wang Mo inserted the saber back into the scabbard, "Doctor Yan is right."
The group of people also agreed.
Except for Feng Hai, who was seriously injured, the group walked to the open space outside the prison, where the corpses of several prisoners lay in disorder.
Yan Shuixin stepped forward to check one by one, and led a group of people to the prison.
"Ah... I'm scared. Can we not go in..." Xia Chuxue stood there trembling.
"Then you should stay outside." Li Dian replied to her.
When Xia Chuxue saw that everyone went into prison, she was left outside alone, she was even more frightened and followed behind.
Yan Shuixin probably inspected dozens of corpses, and it took almost half a day. She really couldn't examine all the corpses, but she came to a conclusion. She casually pointed to several corpses with different appearances, "Look, corpses with purple skin are all prisoners who went crazy last night. The rest were hacked to death, so their skin color didn't turn purple."
Bai Jinchuan asked aloud, "Then why did they suddenly go crazy?"
"It's seems like they have consumed medicine that will make people go crazy and lose their minds." Before Yan Shuixin finished speaking, Wang Mo shouted at Zheng Quan and Zhao Bing, "You two are responsible for the food and drinking water. Did you do this?"
Zheng Quan was so frightened that he knelt on the ground with a bang, "It's not me, I never did it..."
"I don't dare to do that. Leader Wang, you have to trust me..." Zhao Bing also knelt on the ground.
"It's too late for you to call me leader!" Wang Mo drew his sword to kill, but Bai Jinchuan stopped him, "You are so anxious to get rid of them, is it because you have a guilty conscience?"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Wang Mo was full of anger, "Except for robbing money outside, I have never done anything inside."
"Doctor Yan hasn't finished explaining yet." Bai Jinchuan said, "Listen to what she has to say first, and don't rush to convict someone."
Yan Shuixin continued, "According to the symptoms, these prisoners were not food poisoned, but affected by the toxins in the form of water."
The vast majority of people present did not understand.
Bai Jinchuan voiced out their thoughts, "I don't understand..."
"To put it simply, they were poisoned through sexual intercourse." Yan Shuixin added, "Through the exchange and fusion of fluids during sexual intercourse, toxins spread throughout the body, flooding the brain and causing madness. Moreover, this kind of poison is very domineering, it controls people's nerves and makes people feel bloodthirsty and manic."
"Qihuan poison." Xiao Yeheng and Bai Jinchuan said it almost at the same time.
"It's still King An who knows better than me, please continue." Bai Jinchuan made a gesture of invitation.
"Decades ago, this poison was developed by the Banyue Jiao Sect, an organization that tried to control the imperial court. Back then, the Banyue Jiao raised a group of poisoners who specialized in testing and developing various poisons, and Qihuan poison was their most powerful creation. This poison is a black powder. No matter whether it is a man or a woman, after human body inhales it, it will lie dormant in the blood for two hours. Within two hours, if you do not have intercourse with others, you will gradually get sick to death. The toxin will spread to the whole body at a faster speed than usual, and it will take three days for the toxin to control the brain. After about three days, the toxin will go berserk, and after killing and beating people, the person who's poisoned will die of exhaustion."
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Xiao Ye Heng calmly continued with a blank face, "The previous emperor thought that this poison was too harmful to the common people, so he ordered the Banyue Jiao sect to be destroyed, and those who used this poison would be executed. This poison has been lost for decades, and unexpectedly, it reappeared in this prison."
"That's right." Yan Shuixin said, "Three days before the accident last night, all the prisoners in the prison were allowed outside to get fresh air."
Wang Mo suddenly said, "I understand. At the time of the release, the twenty-eight female prisoners in the prison were dragged to the corner by the male prisoners... So, the male prisoners who assaulted female prisoners, as well as the twenty-eight female prisoners... They all turned into crazy prisoners."
Xiao Yeheng corrected in a cold voice, "It's twenty-five female prisoners. Shuixin didn't go out that day."
"And me..." Xia Chuxue raised her hand, "During the release that day, I went to the bedroom of the late jail guard Zhao Youshun and was not bullied by the male prisoners."
"I saw that the situation was wrong that day, so I took advantage of the chaos and hid when I got out of prison." The female prisoner Wan Niang also explained in a low voice, and then said in fear, "Fortunately, I escaped a catastrophe."
Yan Shuixin nodded, "I counted just now, and there are twenty-five male corpses and twenty-five female corpses that have become purple. They all went crazy and started to stab people when they were still alive. It's a pity, more than a hundred people were hacked to death by them."
"King An, may ask if you have heard of the antidote to this poison?" Zheng Quan, the handyman, suddenly looked anxious.
Xiao Yeheng shook his head, "When the late Emperor was still alive, he ordered the most renowned imperial physician in the court's imperial hospital to develop an antidote to this poison. Unfortunately, it did not succeed. As a result, the only solution they came up with was to eliminate all of the poison and classify it as a forbidden drug."
"Doctor Yan, you are the disciple of the miracle doctor, can you make an antidote?" Zheng Quan looked at Yan Shuixin expectantly.
The latter shook her head, "It's useless to ask me, I don't know much about it." Her moist eyes flicked across Zheng Quan's face, and she said with certainty, "You're sick."
"In the past three or four days, I've been feeling weak and nauseated for no reason." Zheng Quan said in fear, "I've never been like this before."
Yan Shuixin walked over and motioned for him to raise his hand. She probed his pulse with three fingers, and asserted, "You really got poisoned with Qihuan."
Zheng Quan was white as paper, "Doctor Yan, you must save me!"
She shook her head, "I have never heard of this poison, so how can I find an antidote."
Zheng Quan, a man, burst into tears, "Woo, I don't want to die... I don't want to die..."
The rest of the people all looked ugly, and said one after another, "Doctor Yan, you also help me see if I have been poisoned..."
All nine reached out to her.
Yan Shuixin helped Xiao Yeheng take the pulse first, "My lord is fine."
Xiao Yeheng was moved by her actions. She really cares about him.
After Yan Shuixin checked the pulse for everyone, she said, "Except for Zheng Quan, none of you have been poisoned."
Just as the rest of the people were about to breathe a sigh of relief, Yan Shuixin continued, "But... two people have venereal disease."
Immediately, several people were shocked and asked, "Who are these two people?"
Yan Shuixin's expression was indifferent, "This is private information, so it's not convenient for me to say it aloud, but I can tell you that two people in the group have been infected. I'd also like to remind everyone to stop messing around with each other. Otherwise, if you were lucky enough not to be infected before, it's hard to say if you will be lucky next time."
Except for Xiao Yeheng, all the men were as uncomfortable as if they had eaten a fly.
Even Wan Niang and Xia Chuxue looked very embarrassed.
Bai Jinchuan said urgently, "Dr. Yan, you'd better speak out and not hide it, in case someone accidentally catch it..."
"If you take good care of your lower body, you will be fine. If you don't manage yourself well, then you will get it." Yan Shuixin remained unmoved, "The two people who have been infected will gradually develop symptoms. I wish you good luck."
Xia Chuxue pinched the hem of her clothes, hesitated to speak, but never spoke.
Wang Mo suddenly slapped Xia Chuxue hard, "Bitch, since I entered the cell, I've only slept with you, and if I get infected, it's all because of you. See if I don't kill you!"
Angrily, he pulled out his pocket knife.
Bai Jinchuan also glared at Xia Chuxue with a face full of annoyance, "If I didn't acknowledge you as the number one beauty in the capital, I wouldn't have slept with you. I've also been in prison for the past few months, and I've slept with you alone. If I'm infected, then you will die!"
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The other men had slept with many female prisoners before, so they couldn't blame Xia Chuxue entirely, but they also cursed angrily a few times.
Seeing Xiao Yeheng's expressionless face, Bai Jinchuan said, "King An is not worried?"
Xiao Yeheng snorted coldly, "This king has always kept himself clean. Why would I worry about such dirty things."
"Well, King An is crippled, and no female prisoner likes it..." Li Dian just spoke, and Yan Shuixin sternly swung a knife, "Shut your mouth. King An is not disabled. No matter how cheap your mouth is, I'll chop it off!"
"You!" Li Dian's eyes burst into flames, "Yan Shuixin, don't think that you can do whatever just because you have good medical skills, aren't you still a young girl? I will fuck you first and then kill you..."
Before he finished speaking, Li Dian suddenly screamed "Ah", his body flew out, vomited a few mouthfuls of blood on the ground, and died.
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Those present could clearly see that it was Xiao Yeheng's palm that struck him.
"Yan Shuixin is this king's woman. Anyone who insults her with words will die." Xiao Yeheng's sharp eyes swept across the people present.
Everyone stepped back in fright as if they had entered hell.
Wang Mo turned pale with shock, "Killed with one blow! King An, the Hua Gong San poison in your body has been dispelled!"
Before Xiao Yeheng lost his leg, he was one of the best masters in Fengxiang Country. If his internal strength recovers, there will be no one in the prison that could be his opponent.
"His martial arts has recovered a long time ago." Bai Jinchuan glanced at Yan Shuixin, "No need to guess, it was the doctor Yan who detoxified the poison. Sun Cheng, the former prison leader and Zhao Youshun died at the hands of King An. Do you really think that those two people murdered each other?"
Zhao Bing heard the truth about the death of his younger brother Zhao Youshun, and secretly clenched his fists.
"Bai Jinchuan, what nonsense are you talking about?" Yan Shuixin showed displeasure.
"I'm not talking nonsense." Bai Jinchuan said to the male prisoner Awang, "tell them what you saw."
"Before, the male criminal Brother Sheng took Xiao Liu to find Yan Shuixin and sleep with her, and that's when I saw the two of them being killed by King An. King An also ordered me to make it look like the two of the two of them fought each other to death."
Awang said tremblingly, "I had to obey, I was afraid that King An would kill me. I never expected that King An's martial arts would be so high. Young Master Bai heard that the prison chief and Zhao Youshun died earlier, so he deduced that it was King An."
At this time, Xia Chuxue also came out to accuse angrily, "It was King An who did it, and he even pushed the cause of death of the two of them as fighting over me, and made me into such a big scapegoat. What's even more annoying, he cut my index finger off."
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With righteous indignation on her face, she completely forgot that it was she who first asked Zhao Youshun to deal with King An and Yan Shuixin.
"So what." Xiao Yeheng didn't care, and didn't bother to explain, "I just killed four people. Add two more zeros, I still won't care."
Bai Jinchuan accused loudly, "King An, you finally admitted it! You were responsible for Qihuan poison!"
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Xiao Yeheng frowned. In the past, he might not be willing to talk nonsense with these idiots. But now, he can't take the blame for a crime he didn't commit, just to avoid implicating Yan Shuixin.
"No matter how crazy the prisoners are, they are still locked in the cells." Bai Jinchuan said, "When they were crazy, I clearly saw a black shadow flying across the corridor, and first opened the cell doors of each cell, picked up a bundle of swords in his arms, and threw them into the cell through the space between the bars, those crazy prisoners had weapons to kill people. There is no one with such high martial arts skills in the prison, other than Xiao Yeheng."
"This king didn't do it, so why should I admit it." Xiao Yeheng smiled coldly, and he sarcastically said, "If you want to name someone who is skilled in martial arts, you, Bai Jinchuan, have that ability as well. Why don't you say it's you?"
"I can testify, I was with Young Master Bai last night, it must not be him." Awang quickly raised his hand.
Yan Shuixin's expression was cold, "Last night, before and after the crazy prisoners killed people, I was with Xiao Yeheng. It wasn't Xiao Yeheng who did it, and no one can accuse him of it."
Wang Mo looked at Xia Chuxue, "Miss Xia, you were in Cell 59 last night, did King An go out at night?"
Xia Chuxue wanted to say no, but this morning, Bai Jinchuan came to her and asked her to force Xiao Yeheng to death together. Not to mention being cut by Xiao Yeheng, she held grudges in her heart, so it's only natural that she stands on the side of her lover, "He has been out."
"He never went out, you're lying!" Yan Shuixin was furious.
Xia Chuxue had no way of going back on his word, and simply said more realistically, "Chuxue is a lady from a wealthy family, therefore I dare not to lie. The poison given to the crazy prisoners must have been done by Xiao Yeheng."
Swish! All of a sudden, everyone except Yan Shuixin and Wan Niang pointed their knives at Xiao Yeheng. Today, almost everyone who is alive has picked up the knife used by the guards for self-defense.
Wang Mo said, "King An, no matter how high your martial arts are, I, together with Mr. Bai and others, can kill you. You might as well give up without a fight."
Yan Shuixin stood in front of the group of people, "You fools, if you are provoked by someone's words, you quickly to turn against each other. Whoever dares to harm Xiao Yeheng, then don't blame me for being impolite!"
Even if she is lacking in skills, she still has some poison hidden in her hands.
Xiao Yeheng was moved by her protection. But he wants to protect her!
"Hey, who's afraid..." Zheng Quan, the handyman, wanted to joke, but Bai Jinchuan gave him a look, "Don't take her lightly, Yan Shuixin knows medicine, so she may be able to use poison."
Only then did the group of people regain their expressions.
Xiao Yeheng curled up the corners of his lips coldly, "Let me tell you, this is the deadly prison that the King of Jin, together with the important officials of the court, have created to entertain the powerful. At first, there were 330 people in the prison, but now there are only ten left. The man in black who poisoned the crazy prisoners must be an assassin. Whoever the nobles spend money to detain will be killed in prison. In my position as the king, it is impossible to act as that assassin. Moreover, even if the king is willing to go into this prison and kill a few people for fun, I would never cut off my left leg beforehand. You must be stupid to be that easily used by 'people with a heart'!"
'Someone with a heart' is clearly directed at Bai Jinchuan.
Hearing this, the long knives in Wang Mo, Zhao Bing, and Zheng Quan's hands turned around to Bai Jinchuan.
Bai Jinchuan's face was sullen, "You can't believe whatever he says. I, the young master, am the son of the prime minister, and I hold the same noble status, so who can hire me as a assassin? Don't make assumptions."
Wang Mo said, "Everyone present is suspicious. We must find that killer, otherwise we won't know how we died."
Zhao Bing agreed, "What if that killer attacks us again..."
"The other party doesn't have that kind of poison anymore, so it's probably used up." Yan Shuixin said with certainty, "If there are any more, they would have tried to poison us long ago, so how can we still be alive and well?"
Awang muttered, "To be fair, the killer murdered hundreds of people, and he hid himself too deeply. He is not an ordinary powerful person. Wang Mo is right, everyone present is suspicious."
Yan Shuixin looked at Awang, "Including you."
"I didn't, I didn't." Awang waved his hands cowardly, "The little one doesn't know martial arts at all. Since he was imprisoned, he has been bullied by Brother Sheng. After his death, the little one followed Master Bai, and my life has just gotten a little bit better."
"You also said that that person is hiding very deeply. Isn't it?" Xiao Yeheng suddenly raised the wooden stick in his hand that was used as a crutch and threw it at Awang.
Awang screamed in fright, and reflexively covered his head with both hands, but did not dodge.
Xiao Yeheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and retracted the stick before hitting him.
"Don't be suspicious, it's not him." Bai Jinchuan chimed in, "If it was really Awang, with that killer's martial arts, he would have dodged the stick just now."
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Yan Shuixin's gaze wandered around the faces of the crowd, seeing Wan Niang kept her head down, and asked, "What advice does Wan Niang have?"
"The little girl is just an ordinary village girl." Wan Niang said with fear on her face, "I was arrested completely innocently. In my family, there is a paralyzed father, a demented mother, and younger brothers and sisters. I cannot be a bad person at all."
"Bad people don't write it on their faces." Xia Chuxue snorted, "Just because your family has a heavy burden, doesn't mean you can't do anything bad."
"I dare not." Tears flowed down Wan Niang's face, "I still want to go out alive and take care of my siblings and parents."
Wang Mo analyzed it, "That assassin killed so many people, he must have expected us to find him out. He's hiding in the dark, not necessarily within our group."
"It makes sense, but he may also be hiding to watch us kill each other..." Zhao Bing and Zheng Quan agreed one after another.
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Everyone's eyes looked around, except for the cell corridor and the dead bodies everywhere in the cell, they didn't find anyone else.
Yan Shuixin pondered for a while, and asked Wang Mo, "You and the former prison chief Sun Cheng have managed the prison for so long, but have you found any possibility of a successful escape?"
Wang Mo tugged at the front of his shirt, "Every day, I watch the bodies in the prison with a thumping heart, wondering when it will be my turn. I've always wanted to flee because I'm terrified. However, dozens of prisoners have escaped from prison in recent months, including two of the top 10 martial arts professionals, He Jin and He Yu, who are brothers. They are both talented and accomplished martial artists. I covertly let them to flee in the dark night by using wooden boards as shields and two long swords. These two were skilled enough to escape the arrow attacks and the prison's high walls. There was no news for three days, and just when I assumed they had successfully fled from prison, I saw the two of them again, but they were covered in mud and many stab wounds on their bodies. Their bodies were tossed back over the prison's high walls. Even previously escaped inmates had only their heads thrown back after fleeing. After several months of research, it was determined that there were several dangers outside, and no one could flee without a chance of survival. Otherwise, I would have fled a long time ago if I could."
"Then, do we have to wait to die?" Xia Chuxue's face was as pale as paper, "I don't want to die, I don't want to wait to be killed..."
In fact, Yan Shuixin had long wanted to escape, but she had read the original book.
There was a sentence that was clearly imprinted in her mind: Prison break, death.
Apart from her knowing the past, she knew that in about three months, the emperor's guards would break through the prison to rescue, the original book does not describe the rest of the situation at all.
That is to say, she and Xiao Yeheng will have to stay in prison for another three months. At present, the assassin is waiting for an opportunity to kill, and it may be difficult to stay alive for even a month.
"I am currently imprisoned here, and there is no other way." Bai Jinchuan's face turned red with anger.
"Since we can't leave for the time being, then..." Yan Shuixin glanced at the piles of flesh lying everywhere on the ground, "There are more than a hundred corpses in the prison that must be disposed of. Otherwise, once the weather gets hot, it will soon stink. Not to mention, so many corpses are rotten and making it easy to be infected with diseases. It is best to burn them to ashes."
"All the firewood in the prison is in the backyard of the kitchen." Wang Mo said, "It's not enough to burn with, especially burn hundreds of dead bodies into ashes."
"Then dig a big hole and bury them all." Yan Shuixin picked up this idea, "Since the killer can't be found for the time being, the top priority is to deal with the dead bodies. All of you go dig the hole, Xiao Yeheng is watching from the sidelines, in case someone is the killer and secretly attacks."
"Why let him guard? What if he's the one that has evil intentions?" Bai Jinchuan was not happy.
"Then can you beat this king?" Xiao Yeheng's eyes were cold, "If you don't accept it, this king will kill you now!"
You know, with Xiao Yeheng's martial arts ranked among the top in the world, not everyone combined may be able to kill him.
Some are terrified of Xiao Yeheng, while others are acting for their own benefit, therefore they all agreed to follow Yan Shuixin's demands.
A group of people ran to the utility room, took hoes, baskets and other tools, and gathered on the flat ground on the side of the prison.
Waving the hoes, Wang Mo, Bai Jinchuan, Awang, Zhao Bing and Zheng Quan worked hard to dig the pit with their hoes.
The three women, Xia Chuxue, Wan Niang and Yan Shuixin used shovels to put the soil dug up by the men into baskets and dumped it on the open space next to them.
Xiao Yeheng watched from the side, no one dared to be lazy.
"Xin'er, I'll do your work for you." Xiao Yeheng supported the wooden crutch, trying to take Yan Shuixin's basket.
She shook her head, "I can do it. I'm not capable of monitoring and preventing people from attacking. It's better with you, since you can move quickly."
"But..." Xiao Yeheng wanted to say something else.
Yan Shuixin has already started to work.
In summer, it's hot and the sun is shining. They have to work and sweat all over.
Bai Jinchuan said angrily, "Feng Hai is still comfortable. He is lying in the medical room recuperating from serious injuries, and doesn't need to do this strenuous work"
"It's not that he can't move. Let him cook with a cane." Yan Shuixin said.
Xia Chuxue hurriedly said, "Why don't I cook?" She stretched out her right hand, which was missing her index finger and wrapped around with bandage, "My hand also hurts so much, I can't hold it anymore."
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"Then how about this king taking you 'on the road'?" Xiao Yeheng glanced at him, and the latter immediately faltered, "I can still hold on."
In this way, Feng Hai, who was injured during the day, went to cook three meals a day, and a group of people braved the scorching sun, digging soil from morning till night.
After two days of digging, the first big deep pit was dug out, and some of the corpses were moved into the pit and buried with earth.
Afterwards, it took another four days to dig another two large deep pits, before the corpses of prisoners and bury over a hundred corpses of prisoners and guards.
Even though the corpses were all buried, there was still a stench of rotting corpses in the prison and the open space. Everyone worked together to fetch water with buckets, and after sweeping twice, the environment in the prison was basically clean.
Even though Yan Shuixin insisted on doing her own work, Xiao Yeheng still took most of it.
During these seven days, to avoid being plotted. Everyone slept in a large cell together, with each single bed placed half a meter apart, and there were ten beds in total.
Every time everyone sleeps, two people are on duty. To avoid being ambushed in their sleep.
After seven days, no one died.
Early in the morning, Yan Shuixin woke up on the bed next to the wall, and saw Xiao Yeheng sleeping on the bed half a meter away from her.
Xiao Yeheng let her sleep between him and the wall, so as to ensure her safety to the greatest extent.
In fact, she understood his intentions.
At dawn, all eight of them woke up.
Bai Jinchuan and Zheng Quan are on duty to keep watch.
Bai Jinchuan yawned, "As a Young Master, I'm so exhausted, I've never worked so hard before. At very least, King An has a noble status, but what have you guys done to deserve this young master to guard you sweetly. You are simply too lucky to be granted this treatment from me."
"Young master, bah!" Wang Mo just sat up, and then spit in the direction of Bai Jinchuan, "Don't you dare to act high and mighty here, as the prime minister's son, who do you think you are? If you have the ability, stop your guarding duties, and go to another room to sleep alone. It's not like you're afraid of facing death by yourself!"
"You...you...you!" Bai Jinchuan pointed at him, trembling with anger, "Believe it or not, when I get out of this prison, I'll rip your skin off."
"I'm afraid you won't survive tomorrow. Hahaha!" Wang Mo used to pretend to be a bit educated, but since he was exposed as a gangster, he no longer pretended to be polite.
Just as Bai Jinchuan wanted to settle accounts with Wang Mo, Wan Niang who was sleeping on the middle bunk suddenly sat up and screamed, "Ah!"
"It's early in the morning, what are you screaming for?" Bai Jinchuan glared at her, only to realize that Feng Hai, who was half recovered from his injury, had quietly crawled into Wan Niang's bed.
Wang Mo took a breath, "Brother, you are too unsightly, you still want to fuck women when you're injured."
"Brother Wang, I've been abstinent for a few days now. But, brother, I used to carry those female prisoners to shake the bed every day." Feng Hai touched Wan Niang's delicate face, "I can't help it anymore!"
"Okay." Bai Jinchuan looked as if watching a play, "Go ahead and do it if you're not afraid of death. This bitch might be sick."
"Speaking of venereal diseases..." Wang Mo suddenly remembered, "Didn't Supervisor Yan say that those two people would have symptoms one after another? These nine days have passed, and I've been observing the group for a while. Why doesn't anyone come to Supervisor Yan for treatment for their venereal disease?"
"Just being stared at by you, those two are probably too embarrassed to ask for help." Bai Jinchuan laughed.
"I wanted to know who had venereal disease because I was afraid it would be me, but now I know I've been worried for nothing these days." Wang Mo suddenly shouted, "Everyone, take off your clothing and let's check who has symptoms. I'll go first!"
As he said that, he took off his clothes directly, and only wore trousers, and the trousers were lifted up, revealing that although there were scars, there was no abnormal skin.
"I'll also take it off." Feng Hai did as he did.
Awang undressed and put it back on in fear.
Bai Jinchuan found a fan from nowhere, and fanned himself flirtatiously early in the morning, "This young master will not take it off. Even though I'm a man, such bare-chested behavior is not cultured."
Wang Mo and Feng Hai smiled, and said one after another, "I see, you are the one who's infected."
Bai Jinchuan was angry, but he didn't want to bear that dirty reputation, so he took it off and put it back on.
Xiao Yeheng and Yan Shuixin had no relationship with anyone in the prison at all, so they naturally didn't need to be involved.
Only Zhao Bing, Zheng Quan, Wan Niang and Xia Chuxue were left.
"Be honest, of the four of you, which of you are suffering from a filthy disease?" Feng Hai squinted his eyes on Wan Niang and Xia Chuxue's faces, "If these two women are not sick, it will be more convenient to still play with them."
All four bowed their heads unwilling to admit it.
Feng Hai directly reached out to take off Wan Niang's clothes, "Let me check, is it you?"
"No no no, I'm really not sick." Wan Niang held up her skirt and refused to take it off for him, "Master Feng, I'm a woman, if I take off my clothes in front of so many people, how do you want me to live later on?"
Feng Hai waved his hand and slapped her, "Bitch! With the men in the prison, you have at least slept with ten of them before, so why pretend to be chaste now. If you resist again, I will kill you right away!"
Wan Niang let him take off her clothes in humiliation, and then revealed her shoulders. Seeing all the men, except Xiao Yeheng, staring at her, she got off the bed and ran out of the cell sobbing.
"Little girl, don't run!" Feng Hai chased after her.
The sound of Feng Hai tearing her clothes came from the cell next door, "Don't worry, everyone, I checked and Wan Niang is not sick."
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After a while, there was ambiguous sounds coming from the cell next door.
As for the cell where Bai Jinchuan and others were, Wang Mo ordered Zheng Quan take off his clothes, but the latter refused.
Bai Jinchuan shouted loudly, "Could it be you?"
Zheng Quan wanted to run, but Bai Jinchuan stopped him, touched his acupoints, and took off his clothes.
They saw that the skin on Zheng Quan's body was full of stiff wrinkles.
Bai Jinchuan sized it up, "This isn't scars from a fire or sword. Zhao Bing, what's the matter with your skin?"
"Birth... birthmarks." Zheng Quan's teeth chattered.
Bai Jinchuan, Wang Mo, and Zhao Bing all gathered around to look at it, and all came to conclusions, "This is not natural."
Xiao Yeheng also glanced at the stiff and wrinkled skin on Zheng's body, his brows furrowed slightly.
Wang Mo said to Yan Shuixin, "Doctor Yan, I think the creases on Zheng's body seem to be caused by testing some poison or something. Look at it, am I right?"
Yan Shuixin knew that if she answered yes, then Zheng Quan would die, so she simply said, "It has nothing to do with me."
Thinking of Zheng Quan and Bai Jinchuan pointing knives at Xiao Yeheng earlier, she didn't intend to rescue him.
Wang Mo couldn't get the answer, so he didn't give up. Bai Jinchuan said with certainty, "Zheng Quan's body creases are definitely caused by too many poison tests." He suddenly realized, "Ban Yuejiao sect created the Qihuan poison through human testing. Zheng Quan, you are the killer behind all of this!"
As soon as the words fell, murderous aura appeared in his eyes.
Xia Chuxue and Wang Mo also stared at Zheng Quan with hatred.
If he didn't cause the death of so many people, why would they need to dig mud for seven days!
"It's not me!" Zheng Quan's acupoints were locked and he couldn't move. "My martial arts are low, I just learned a little bit of boxing and kicking. I come from a poor family, so I went to a big medical center in the capital to work as a medicine tester. I tested poisons and medicines to make money. That's why I got this skin."
"Lies, how could there be such a coincidence, I think you are the killer behind the scenes!" Bai Jinchuan pulled out the long knife up and put it on Zheng Quan's neck.
"I'd rather kill an innocent person than let a villain slip through the cracks." Wang Mo also meant the same thing.
"Forgive..." Zheng Quan just wanted to beg for mercy, but Bai Jinchuan raised the knife and chopped Zheng Quan's head from his neck.
Blood splattered all over the place.
"Ah!" Xia Chuxue screamed in fright.
Bai Jinchuan looked at the blood-stained cell and said regretfully, "It looks like I can't live here anymore."
Wang Mo narrowed his eyes and looked at Xia Chuxue and the trembling Zhao Bing, "We didn't check you guys, did you two have venereal disease?"
"Yes... yes." Xia Chuxue nodded fearfully.
Wang Mo opened her sleeves and saw a lot of red spots on her skin, "It's really you! After sleeping with so many men, it's no wonder you have a disease."
Zhao Bing didn't wait for Wang Mo to speak, and opened the front of his clothes, and there were large red spots on the skin on his chest.
"It's all your fault that I'm like this!" Zhao Bing was so angry that he slapped Xia Chuxue on the right cheek.
Xia Chuxue covered her red and swollen face and wept, "You guys insist on touching me, and I... I didn't want to either."
"You still have the face to cry! For the sake of food and drinks, you even hooked up with forty-something cell boss. You even took the initiative to seduce those guards, so don't pretend that you were reluctant." Zhao Bing slapped her left cheek fiercely again, This time, Xia Chuxue's cheeks were swollen symmetrically.
Yan Shuixin watched from the side, and felt that Xia Chuxue could not be blamed for this matter, but this woman wanted to frame Xiao Yeheng as the killer earlier, so she didn't get involved.
Watching her being beaten really couldn't arouse even the slightest bit of pity.
"Since the killer Zheng Quan is dead. From now on, we all don't have to huddle together in one cell." Bai Jinchuan yawned and walked out of the cell, "This young master will go and chose a comfortable guards' dormitory to sleep in."
This largest cell can only hold a dozen single beds. There are just nine inmates living separately in this prison, and there are many empty rooms where the guards used to live.
Awang had already turned to Bai Jinchuan, and hurriedly followed, "Master Bai, wait for me."
Zhao Bing walked towards Yan Shuixin tremblingly, bowed his head and said, "Doctor Yan, can my disease be cured?"
"There's no cure. I don't know every disease." Yan Shui shook her head.
Wang Mo patted Zhao Bing on the shoulder, "So what if you get a dirty disease, you won't die. Just bear with it. If you can get out, go find a doctor outside the prison."
Zhao Bing thought that this was the only way to go, so he dragged Xia Chuxue away, and shouted, "I'm going to kill you, let's see how I deal with you!"
Xia Chuxue screamed as she was being dragged away.
Wang Mo sincerely bowed his hands to Yan Shuixin, "Thank you, Supervisor Yan."
Yan Shui didn't understand, so she asked, "Where does your gratitude come from?"
Wang Mo smiled and said, "You know, I had an affair with Xia Chuxue before. If it wasn't for the appearance of Supervisor Yan, I would have continued to flirt with her, and I would have contracted the disease. It wasn't for Doctor Yan... I would have continued to touch other female prisoners. Thus, it's thanks to you that I avoided getting dirty."
The implication is that he admires Yan Shuixin and kept himself clean for her.
"You're looking for death!" Xiao Yeheng's eyes showed a stern look, and Wang Mo hurriedly hid behind Yan Shuixin who was standing there, "Doctor Yan, you have excellent medical skills and you are calm in any situation. Unlike that bitch Xia Chuxue, who can only bark when she's on the bed, and can only bark when she's off the bed. Although you are ugly, you are much more attractive than her."
"How dare you talk nonsense!" Xiao Yeheng raised his palm, wanting to knock him into the air, but he hid behind Yan Shuixin, which made him afraid of hurting his sweetheart, so he didn't do it.
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"King An, if you want to guard a woman's heart, what's the use of King An killing other men? If you have the ability, you will let Supervisor Yan only care about you." After Wang Mo finished speaking, he cast an ambiguous look at Yan Shuixin, quickly ran out of the cell.
Only Xiao Yeheng and Yan Shuixin were left in the cell. Apart from the occasional noises from Feng Hai and Wan Niang coming from the next door, this cell was fairly quiet.
Xiao Yeheng looked at Yan Shuixin's indifferent face, didn't know what to say for a while, and said casually, "You could cure Zhao Bing's disease easily, but you didn't want to treat him."
She nodded, "Zhao Bing is Zhao Youshun's elder brother, and Zhao Youshun died at your hands. How can I save him? It would only leave trouble for us in the future, so we have to be careful."
"Xin'er, you really care about me." Xiao Yeheng raised his hand, wanting to hug her into his arms.
When Yan Shuixin thought of what was written in the booklet, about how Xiao Yeheng broke off his engagement with Xie Siya, and he had not married for five years. Does Xiao Yeheng like Xie Siya?
Thinking of this possibility. She was in a panic.
Pushing away his embrace, she walked out of the cell.
"Xin'er, what's wrong with you?" Xiao Yeheng was puzzled. These days, she seems to be very cold towards him. He thought she was just tired.
"It's nothing." Yan Shuixin stopped in front of Zheng Quan's headless corpse, "He may not be the killer."
Xiao Yeheng had a thoughtful look, "I don't know if Bai Jinchuan wants to force out the real killer, or if he really naively thinks that assassin is Zheng Quan."
Yan Shuixin said, "Before, every time a person died in the prison, it would be recorded. Combine all of the prison guards and prisoners that died, I have basically counted every corpse. That is to say, All the people in the prison, dead and alive, are not missing, and they are completely counted."
"In other words." Xiao Yeheng said solemnly, "The killer is among those seven people."
"Exclude you and me." Yan Shuixin said indifferently, "So trust me?"
"When the killer appeared, we witnessed it together. Of course it wouldn't be you and me." Xiao Yeheng wanted to wrap his arms around her shoulders, "Even if it's you, I don't care."
Yan Shuixin turned sideways, away from his embrace, and walked towards the kitchen, "Of course it's not me. I don't have that ability." She is a modern person, and she is not cruel enough to kill hundreds of people at once.
Wang Mo, Zhao Bing, Feng Hai, Wan Niang and Xia Chuxue, plus Bai Jinchuan and Awang, among these seven people, who is the killer?
It's hard to find out.
What was on Xiao Yeheng's mind was that his Xin'er was really alienating him, and he couldn't help feeling pain in his heart.
Standing behind her with a straight wooden crutch.
Seeing him following silently, Yan Shuixin slowed down a little.
His left leg was missing a section below the knee, so walking on one right leg and using crutches on the other, was very hard work.
She wanted to go to support him, but she was afraid of hurting his self-esteem.
After all, the missing leg will never come back.
After thinking about it, she stepped out of the prison, passed the open space, and walked towards the kitchen.
Xiao Yeheng followed her all the time, seeing her find a few nails in the kitchen drawer, and went to the backyard before stopping.
Yan Shuixin glanced at the large firewood pile halfway up the mountain, picked up the hatchet on the firewood pile, rummaged through the woodpile for a while, and found a straight log about two meters long and six centimeters in diameter. Holding the wood upright, she compared it to the height of Xiao Yeheng's armpits to the ground.
Cut the wood from a height of six centimeters under his armpit with a wooden knife and cut it carefully, with a flat section as flat as possible.
Then, neatly divide the extra long wood at the other end into three pieces with a length of 20 centimeters, and the cut is either flat or slanted.
With a hatchet, she carefully cut and polish the slanted surface.
Xiao Yeheng stood aside and watched, it's so obvious that he could roughly guess what she was doing. He can't help feeling very moved.
Bai Jinchuan and Wang Mo also walked over at this time.
"Hey, Miss Yan is chopping firewood." Wang Mo didn't understand why, so he said, "Just let a man do this kind of hard work."
Wanting to take the hatchet in her hand, Xiao Yeheng glanced sharply, and his voice was as cold as ice, "Go away!"
Holding a folding fan, Bai Jinchuan smiled coquettishly, and gave Wang Mo a disdainful glance and said, "I really commend you for being an idiot. It's very clear that Yan Shuixin is making crutches by chopping wood."
Yan Shuixin held three twenty-centimeter-long pieces of wood. One of them, with flat cuts on both sides, was just nailed to the straight wood that will be used under Xiao Yeheng's arm. The other two slanted short woods were nailed to the side of the horizontal short wood. In this manner, a 'flat' shape is made.
In this way, the crutches are completed. Yan Shuixin holds them in her hand to weigh it, "This is the trunk of the pepper tree. Although it is very common, the trunk is so thick, which means that it has a certain age. The crutches are light, tough and durable. If it is carefully carved, it can be sold for hundreds of copper coins."
She handed it to Xiao Yeheng, "The side of the crutch can support the armpits, making walking much more convenient."
The crutches in Xiao Yeheng's hand were all straight and long, and he was heavy and had broken several of them. Taking the new cane made by Yan Shuixin, his eyes lit up and he stood up and walked a few steps, praising, "It's indeed stable. I didn't expect the cane to be able to do this way, it's much lighter and more practical
Bai Jinchuan praised from the side, "King An, you look better when you walk now than before."
Wang Mo didn't even notice what she was making at first, so he smiled awkwardly, "Doctor Yan, I didn't expect you to have such clever hands."
"It's nothing, I'm a healer, and I went to the mountains to collect medicine before." That was before time travel. Yan Shuixin said calmly, "It's easy getting some simple and practical things."
Xiao Yeheng's deep eyes fell on her deeply, "I like it very much."
In the future, he will keep this crutch well, this is the first gift she gave him.
"As long as you like it." Yan Shuixin began to search in the woodpile again, found some bamboos, "I'm going to get some raw bamboos."
"Why are you looking for bamboo?" Wang Mo was curious, "Why don't I go with you."
"No need." Yan Shuixin always felt that the killer was not dead, so she was afraid of danger, so she said, "My lord, let's go together."
"Okay." Even if she didn't say anything, Xiao Yeheng decided to guard her every step of the way.
Wang Mo looked at Yan Shuixin's back and said, "Besides being a little ugly, Supervisor Yan is clever and skillful, and she can also do medicine. She's really an amazing woman."
"She's not ugly." Bai Jinchuan was thoughtful, "If the acne on her face is cured, I'm sure her appearance is no worse than Xia Chuxue's."
"So beautiful?" Wang Mo didn't quite believe it, "Xia Chuxue is the number one beauty in the capital."
"It's just a slut that was spoiled by men." Bai Jinchuan sneered, "It's more fitting to call her the number one slut."
(didn't you sleep with her? )
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Wang Mo gave him a look of disdain, "Young Master Bai, don't forget that you were once Xia Chuxue's guest of honor. Talking about her behind her back is really worse than a dog."
(thank you )
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"You..." Bai Jinchuan was so angry that he drew out his sword, "You're courting death!"
Wang Mo drew out his long knife and slashed at him, "I've been learning martial arts since I was young, and I'm afraid you won't succeed."
Bai Jinchuan dodged and flew up, with a long sword in his hand that swung back and slashed at him. Wang Mo blocked him with his sword, and the two fought dozens of rounds in the backyard...
In the open space outside the prison, there is a ten-story-tall tower. Yan Shuixin had only seen the fake jailer Feng Hai keeping vigil on the tower's platform.
Now, she also climbed up the simple vertical ladder next to her.
Xiao Yeheng stood under the tower, watching her go up the ladder. This type of ladder is composed of two vines with wooden strips attached between them, it is very difficult for people with able-bodied limbs to walk, let alone someone who's disabled like him.
But she went up, so he had to go up.
He was at the bottom of the tower, watching her hold the sides of the vine with both hands, and go up step by step.
Afraid that she would fall, he was always ready to catch her below.
Facts proved that she was quite careful, and she climbed to the top of the wooden tower in a short time.
At the top is a four-square-meter wooden platform without a tower top. At each corner of the platform stands a half person high column, and two long vines connect the four columns, making it a simple fence.
It can't block the wind or rain, and the fence is not stable. You have to be careful when standing on it, otherwise you won't know if you fall.
Xiao Yeheng saw that she was standing firmly on the top of the tower, he flew up, used his lightness skills to step up, leaped a few times, and stood beside her.
Looking around from the top of the tower, which is tens of meters high, one can see that the prison is surrounded by a high wall. The outer ring of the wall, within a range of fifty meters, is flat. No matter who gets out of the high wall, they will be discovered immediately.
On the flat ground, there are dense forests all around. According to Wang Mo, many archers are ambushed in all directions in the forest. Anyone who jumps out of the high wall will be shot into a hedgehog.
Moreover, there are many swamps in this area. If one is not careful, they will fall into the swamp and never get up again.
Yan Shuixin still wanted to observe the surrounding situation carefully, when a flying arrow suddenly shot from a long distance. Due to being too far away, and the tower she was standing on was too high, the arrow only hit the bottom of the tower before falling.
A few more long arrows were shot this way, and more than 20 archers dressed in black ran out of the dense forest, and ran to the side where the flat ground was closer to the prison wall. The arrows shot were much closer, with two passing beside Yan Shuixin.
"In the past, Feng Hai was on guard on the tower. Why did no one shoot arrows? Why now? Could it be that Feng Hai is the only guard, or has something changed?" Before Yan Shuixin could finish her doubts, the arrows flew more densely.
"Get down from the tower. "Xiao Yeheng was about to fly down with Yan Shuixin in her arms," but she said. "Wait a little longer. Anyway, it's a bit far now and it's not easy to hit. Let the soldiers outside shoot more arrows."
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Xiao Yeheng probably understood what she meant, nodded slightly, and just blocked her behind him.
If you get shot by an arrow, you will die!
He protected her so much, Yan Shuixin was suddenly moved. Even if Xiao Yeheng had loved Xie Siya, that was something from the past, she shouldn't have cared about it, or should she?
Besides, she never asked him.
Whoosh! Several flying arrows shot over, and the ambushes outside were getting closer and closer.
"Get down quickly." Yan Shuixin knew that she couldn't delay anymore, seeing him fly up the tower just now, it shouldn't be difficult to fly down.
He hugged her with his arm, flew forward, and jumped off the wooden tower with her in his arms, his clothes flying...
Yan Shuixin was suspended in mid-air, staring at his half-crippled, half-handsome right cheek with deep eyes that were noble and inexplicably charming.
She couldn't help but look foolishly.
Until his feet landed, Xiao Yeheng lowered his head, looked at her dazed eyes, and opened his lips hoarsely, "Does it look good?"
She nodded subconsciously, and realized that she was being hugged by him, she quickly took two steps back, and said playfully, "Thank you for saving my life, the little girl has nothing to repay, she can only promise with her body."
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Isn't that right? She doesn't know how to use lightness skills. She climbed down the tower ladder step by step, but her speed was slow, and being shot would be disastrous.
One word escaped from Xiao Yeheng's throat, and he stared deeply at her with possessive eyes, "Yes."
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The other seven people who were still alive probably discovered the situation here and ran out from the direction of the prison guard's residence. They saw so many arrows on the ground, and five of them hid back from fright.
Yan Shuixin quickly bent down to collect the arrows shot by the archers.
Although the prisoners who tried to escape died, she would still attempt to escape as last resort.
Except for the long knives used by the guards and a few hoes and hatchets, there were no other weapons in the prison.
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Close range is okay, but long distances require the use of bows and arrows.
She knew from conversing with Xiao Yeheng that he could shoot arrows a hundred steps out. That is to say, he was a master of the arrow.
Now that she have got a bunch of arrows, she will try to make a bow, maybe it will come in handy in the future.
Among the seven people, only Bai Jinchuan and Wang Mo approached their way, Bai Jinchuan asked, "What happened?"
Yan Shuixin picked up a large armful of arrows, and said after picking up, "As you can see, I was shot down as soon as I got on the tower post."
Wang Mo's expression was very anxious, "How could this happen? No matter who went to the tower post before, this never happened."
"That only means that we are not allowed to go up again now," Yan Shuixin concluded.
The faces of several people became very solemn.
Bai Jinchuan scolded angrily, "What are you doing on the tower post?"
"Having been locked up for so long, I just wanted to have a look." She actually wanted to see where there was bamboo, and to observe the situation outside the prison. But she doesn't dare say too much.
Xiao Yeheng took the initiative to hug the bunch of arrows in Yan Shuixin's arms.
He guessed what she meant.
These arrows they get from their adventures are useful. If he wanted to escape, he could shoot a few archers from a distance.
It's just that he just observed from the top of the tower that there are at least a hundred people lurking in the dense forest, and they would die if they decide to rush out.
All the people in the prison were trapped to death.
Bai Jinchuan didn't believe that Yan Shuixin was just taking a look. He glanced at the pile of arrows in Xiao Yeheng's arms, and said to Yan Shuixin, "I think you're scheming after arrows."
"So what? "Yan Shuixin snorted coldly," I didn't steal or rob, I risked my life to obtain them. If you have the ability, you can also go up and be a target."
"This young master is not that bored." Bai Jinchuan is bold and extravagant, but he would not take such risks.
Yan Shuixin's eyes swept around Bai Jinchuan and Wang Mo, then looked at the five people who were poking their heads behind the door of the jailer's dormitory, and said loudly, "I will soon make a bow. Whoever dares to steal my things will be punished by God!"
"Hahaha!" Wang Mo laughed loudly, "Doctor Yan, you are the daughter of a high official after all, and you actually believe in such a ridiculous thing as punishment from heavens. It's okay to deceive children, but deceiving people with a little brain, who will believe it?"
Bai Jinchuan is very smart, so he understood the meaning behind her words.
"Believe it or not, it's up to you." Yan Shuixin had already warned.
"It seems that none of us can leave this prison." Bai Jinchuan was thoughtful, but Wang Mo didn't mind, "It's no big deal, we can take care of ourselves here. We have food and shelter, and there are women..."
Looking at Yan Shuixin, his gaze was filled with admiration.
Xiao Yeheng's cold eyes shot over, and Wang Mo hid behind Bai Jinchuan in fear.
Yan Shuixin suddenly thought to something, "If you want to stay here, it may not work. Since they won't even allow people to enter or exit the watchtower, how can we solve the food in the prison?"
There was a moment of silence, and no one could answer the question.
Bai Jinchuan yelled in the direction of the jailer's dormitory, "All of you, come to this young master!"
Seeing that there was no danger, Awang, Zhao Bing and Feng Hai walked over here.
Wan Niang and Xia Chuxue followed behind timidly.
The five of them stopped three steps away from Yan Shuixin.
Wang Mo said to Zhao Bing, "You are a handyman, responsible for cleaning and cooking, and you know the food situation in the prison best. How is it now?"
Zhao Bing replied respectfully, "In the past, every three to five days, a mute man would push a cart through a square hole on the prison wall, delivering food and firewood. For the past nine days, Feng Hai has been cooking, I don't know the surplus food in the kitchen."
"Food and firewood will be delivered in three to five days?" Feng Hai was shocked, "After nine days, no one has delivered anything at all!"
"What!" Several people said in unison, and everyone's face was quite gloomy.
"Go and have a look at the little hole where the food comes in." Zhao Bing took the lead, and the remaining eight people followed.
Walking around the backyard of the kitchen and stopping in front of a side wall, Zhao Bing pointed in surprise at a one-meter-square hole in the middle of the high wall, which was obviously a wall hole that had only been blocked for a few days, "Food and firewood are delivered here, but how come the hole has been blocked!"
"It seems that people outside want to starve us to death." Bai Jinchuan's face was full of anger.
"It's too much, this is murder!" Wang Mo was so angry that he slammed his fist on the wall.
Zhao Bing said reproachfully, "Feng Hai, no one sent food, why didn't you inform everyone? Do you want everyone to starve to death?"
Feng Hai said angrily, "A few days ago, you were digging pits and burying corpses, but I was wounded and cooked for you guys. I didn't see anyone rewarding me with a word of thanks. I didn't know that the food in the prison had to be delivered every now and then. When I started cooking, I thought it had already been prepared. I never thought that there wasn't enough food!"
"It's useless to blame anyone now." Yan Shuixin said, "Hurry up and see how long the remaining food and firewood can last."
A group of people rushed to the kitchen, opened the huge wooden barrel and rice jar, and there was only half a jar of rice in it, which was estimated to be about 30 catties.
There is also a piece of bacon in the kitchen, and a pile of green vegetables that have been yellowed for a long time.
"Is this all the food?" Bai Jinchuan asked in disbelief, "There are so many people, this food can't last for a few days."
They searched the kitchen and found no other food.
Feng Hai said dejectedly, "That's all I have, I didn't keep anything hidden. Everything else went into your belly!"
Xiao Yeheng narrowed his eyes slightly, and his eyes slipped towards Zhao Bing, the handyman, "Where is the granary? Before hundreds of people died, it was impossible to put all the food in the kitchen. Lead the way."
Zhao Bing didn't want to say it, "No...no..."
The rest of the people drew out their long swords and pointed at him, "Don't try to hide, lead the way."
Faced with threats from the crowd, Zhao Bing had no choice but to lead them to a small room behind the kitchen, and opened the door, "It's all here."
There were about 170 catties of rice, one bag of dried soybeans, nine pumpkins, eight pieces of bacon pork, and three bags of red pork.
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Other than that, there is nothing else.
"That's all?" Bai Jinchuan was very dissatisfied, he had never cooked, and asked Zhao Bing, "Nine people, how many days can these things last?"
"Twenty days." Zhao Bing, the handyman, replied.
Feng Hai hurriedly said, "I don't want to continue to cook. Every meal, you have to test for poison with silver needles, as if I'm going to poison you guys to death. It's thankless job. In the future, when we need to eat, everyone takes turns cooking."
Wang Mo said, "I'll do it, as long as you don't think it tastes bad, it's okay for me to do the cooking."
"I also intend to do all the kitchen work." Zhao Bing raised his hand
"Then I will too." Even Wan Niang, who has always been cowardly, said so.
Xia Chuxue looked at these people suspiciously, "It's not easy to cook meals for nine people, why are you rushing to do it?"
"It's really not easy." Yan Shuixin pointed out, "Food is limited, and the person who cooks can secretly eat enough."
"Don't think about it!" Xia Chuxue disagreed, "Whoever cooks must be supervised, and you are not allowed to eat secretly."
"Hmph, it's difficult to guarantee that the person keeping watch won't be an accomplice." Bai Jinchuan was very worried.
"You won't agree on people taking the initiative to cook, and having someone oversee the cooking doesn't work either. What do you want?" Wang Mo became impatient.
"Everyone eats together, some eat more, some eat less, it's quite unfair." Wan Niang said, "You guys have to eat three bowls of rice for a meal, I... I can just eat one bowl."
Feng Hai was very angry, "Eating more is also a concern, why don't we divide the food and firewood!"
"I agree." Yan Shuixin nodded, "The firewood in the yard behind the kitchen, and there are many trees in the open space behind the prison, which can be used as firewood if they are cut down. Even if we cook separately, the firewood is enough."
A group of people argued for a while, most of whom were deeply afraid of they would suffer losses. In the end, all the food was distributed.
Each person was given 22 catties of rice, a piece of bacon, a pumpkin, ten catties of sweet potatoes, two catties of dried soybeans, and a lot of firewood.
There are also seasonings such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, all of which are divided.
Yan Shuixin and Xiao Yeheng lived in the room connected to the infirmary room, and the other seven chose to live in the prison guard's dormitory.
Anyway, so many people died, the prison guards' dormitory is very empty, so they can live wherever they want.
Each of them took away their own food, and the firewood was piled in an open space close to their own residences.
Yan Shuixin and Xiao Yeheng took all the assigned things, including the arrows, into their room and locked them.
"Xin'er, didn't you want to find bamboo?" Xiao Yeheng said, "I know where it is, let's go together."
The killer hasn't been caught yet, and he will never be separated from her for a moment.
Yan Shuixin showed excitement, and took a hatchet to follow, "I haven't seen it anywhere on the tower before, it's good that you know."
"That place is a bit embarrassing." Xiao Yeheng looked slightly embarrassed, but Yan Shuixin didn't care, "It's good to have bamboo, the rest doesn't matter."
Xiao Yeheng took Yan Shuixin to the hut behind the utility room.
A stench of dung wafted in the air, and the doors of a row of toilets were open. Inside were wooden barrel with wooden planks that has a hole in the middle.
The waste pulled out by people goes in through that hole.
There are many people who didn't aim properly, and there was a lot of "gold" on the board, but no one has cleaned it.
It was too dirty, but there was no one to wash it.
Xiao Yeheng led Yan Shuixin around to the back of the thatched cottage, and saw six bamboo trees, not tall, but with thick stems, growing in the midst of overgrown weeds.
A wild mulberry tree is swaying in the wind among the grass. Mulberry fruits are bright red and purple, the size of little fingers, and look even more appetizing in the sunlight.
"Great, it's mulberry fruit!" Yan Shuixin hadn't eaten fruit for a long time, and was so excited that she gave Xiao Yeheng a kiss on the face, "How do you know there were fruits here?"
Xiao Yeheng caressed the place she had kissed in a daze, his half-damaged cheeks turned red unnaturally, "I just heard the guards chatting before, saying that there are a few bamboo trees growing here, but unexpectedly, there is also a mulberry tree."
"This kind of fruit tree likes to grow next to the latrine. It's a pity that there is only one tree, and it doesn't bear much fruit, which is enough to eat for a few days." Yan Shuixin took out an empty cloth bag that was ready to hold things at any time, and first put it in some leaves from various trees to fill the bag, and carefully picked the ripe mulberry fruits one by one into the bag.
Xiao Yeheng also helped her pick the fruit without saying a word.
Yan Shuixin couldn't help picking and eating, the taste was sour and sweet, very moisturizing, and it tasted so delicious! She handed one to his mouth, "You eat too."
Xiao Yeheng bit off the fruit she handed over, and deliberately sucked her fingers.
The warm tongue wrapped around her slender fingers, full of ambiguity, and he even sucked twice.
Yan Shuixin blushed, pulled out her finger, but was not angry, "For unwashed fruits, just eat two. We can wash them later and have a good meal."
"As long as you like it." He didn't care about these fruits.
On the contrary, she... was slender and delicate, her body was light, and her skin was crystal white in the warm sunlight, more delicious than fruit.
Moreover, the pimples on her face seemed to be much smaller than before, and her facial features became more delicate.
His deep eyes couldn't help adding a little heat.
Yan Shuixin noticed his burning eyes, and reminded him aloud, "Husband, this is behind the toilet, so it's not suitable to kiss."
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With a slightly embarrassed expression on his face, he calmed down a little, and helped her pick all the ripe fruits of the whole mulberry tree, leaving only a dozen or so green fruits left on the tree.
An ambiguous atmosphere spread between the two, and a smelly wind blew from the hut, and the two woke up.
Yan Shuixin asked Xiao Yeheng to cut down six bamboo plants by the roots, remove the fine branches, and tie the bamboo stems of the six bamboo plants with vines growing among the weeds. Xiao Yeheng then carried a bundle of bamboo and turned back with Yan Shuixin, who was only carrying about three kilograms of mulberry berries.
She originally intended to help him carry it, after all, he had a cane and had to carry bamboo bundles, which was very difficult. He said it was a man's job and she was not allowed to do it. She couldn't resist it, so she left it to him.
When passing by the open space outside the prison, Bai Jinchuan saw them and asked, "King An, isn't there enough firewood for burning? Why are you chopping bamboo? I didn't expect there to be bamboo in the prison."
"I think they just came from behind the thatched cottage, probably they cut it there" Wang Mo went to the side to answer.
"What's the use of picking bamboo from filthy place for? It smells so bad." Bai Jinchuan picked up the folding fan and fanned it, as if it really stinks.
In fact, these wild bamboos grow in the back, exposed to wind and sun, so they don't smell bad at all. Yan Shuixin and Xiao Yeheng ignored them and walked towards the infirmary.
"Ahh!" A painful cry suddenly came from the direction of the infirmary.
Hearing the voice, it was Feng Hai.
Yan Shuixin, Xiao Yeheng, Bai Jinchuan, and Wang Mo rushed towards the source of the screams, and soon, they saw Feng Hai scratching himself outside the hospital room and yelling, "Yan Shuixin, how poisonous you are! You even poisoned the grain bag!"
The door of the room behind him was open, the sweet potatoes in the bag rolled all over the floor, the bag of rice grains fell on the door, and a bundle of arrows also scattered. Feng Hai was stealing here while no one was around.
Yan Shuixin looked away from the door which had been locked before but was now open, and snorted coldly, "Feng Hai, you took advantage of me and Xiao Yeheng's absence to try to steal things from our room, and it's your own fault."
Xiao Yeheng threw the bundle of bamboo on his shoulders on the ground, narrowing his eyes. Still smart, she took precautions in advance.
Feng Hai scratched his body aggressively, creating bloodstain streaks. The more he scratched, the itchier he became, and the more agonizing it was when he bled from scratching. He howled loudly, "Doctor Yan, I was wrong. I shouldn't have come to steal your things. I won't dare to do it again, please spare me!"
Seeing him in such a miserable situation, Wang Mo soft-heartedly chimed in, "Doctor Yan, you have a bodhisattva heart, let Feng Hai go."
Bai Jinchuan waved his folding fan nonchalantly, "Feng Hai, you are so stupid, you can't steal someone's things, especially from Yan Shuixin. She has already reminded you a long time ago that you will be punished by God if you do."
Wang Mo was stunned, "It turns out that this is what Supervisor Yan meant before. She can poison to prevent people with unclean hands from stealing. Fortunately, I am an honest person." After boasting, he turned to ask Yan Shuixin, "Will Feng Hai die?"
"He won't die." Yan Shuixin was still very kind, "At most, the body will be scratched to a bloody mess, so much that the bones can be seen. In the end, all the flesh and blood will be scratched off, turning into a skeleton without skin and flesh."
"This is life worse than death." Wang Mo shuddered, "Doctor Yan, Feng Hai is my brother, I would like to offer some rations, can you let him go?"
"How much?" Yan Shuixin was interested.
Wang Mo stretched out a finger and gestured with his index finger.
"Ten catties of grain?" Yan Shuixin was still very satisfied with this, "Ten catties can..."
Before she finished speaking, Wang Mo shook his head, "It's one or two catties."
So stingy...
"Each person's food ration is enough to live for twenty days, and there is nothing left after that. One or two catties of food is already a lot." Wang Mo said to Feng Hai, "Brother, I can only help you so much."
Feng Hai couldn't bear the itching and pain, and said quickly, "I'm willing to give ten catties of rice."
"Really." Yan Shuixin looked around and found that there were few people missing, and had a premonition, "If someone knew that you came to steal from me, wouldn't they steal from you?"
Feng Hai's heart trembled, "Impossible, impossible." Dragging his itchy body, "I'll take you to my room to get the food..."
"If you have food in exchange, then I'll spare you." Although Yan Shuixin really didn't want to spare Feng Hai, she couldn't resist the temptation of ten catties of grain.
When the food in hand is finished, an additional 10 catties of rice can be saved. If you eat it when you're hungry, you can live an extra ten days.
Thinking about it, it will take three months for the emperor's imperial guards to come to the rescue, but right now, she and Xiao Yeheng only have 20 days of rations.
Her heart became uneasy.
Bai Jinchuan, Xiao Yeheng, Yan Shuixin and Wang Mo went to Feng Hai's jailer's dormitory together, only to see that the door was ajar.
Feng Hai was puzzled, "Before I left, the door was obviously locked."
In one corner of the door, a broken lock was thrown on the ground, apparently broken by someone.
Pushing open the door, except for the wardrobe, bed, clothes and bedding, Feng Hai found that all the food he piled under the bed in the room was gone.
Feng Hai howled loudly, "Where are my rice, my sweet potatoes, my bacon, and my soybeans? Ahh! Who stole my things? Who?"
Yan Shuixin felt very regretful, "Sure enough, wicked people have their own troubles. Others are also thinking about stealing from you."
"My food is gone, how can I live!" Feng Hai was rolling on the ground in pain this time.
Seeing this, Wang Mo said with a dark face, "Who is so ruthless that they didn't even leave Feng Hai with a single ration."
Bai Jinchuan waved his folding fan, "I saw Feng Hai came out of the dormitory earlier, and it took only a stick of incense to go to the infirmary to steal. Just now, Wang Mo and I chatted with King An and Yan Shuixin, and during this time we heard a scream and went to the infirmary room, just a stick of incense, Feng Hai could not have stolen his own things. According to the calculation of time, the five of us have no time to steal. There are four people who weren't present. Those three are all suspected of stealing. "
"Wan Niang, Awang, Zhao Bing, and Xia Chuxue." Wang Mo was puzzled, "There are obviously four people, why are there only three suspects?"
"Awang is timid and willing to be my follower. He has no guts to steal, it's not him." Bai Jinchuan doesn't want to lose a follower right now. With Awang following him, he didn't have to do any work, and there were still someone serving him.
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"The other three people may not have the guts to steal either. It's unfair for you to say that." Wang Mo was angry.
"Then don't check it out." Bai Jinchuan didn't care if Feng Hai starved to death.
"Check, check to the end!" Of course Wang Mo took care of his brother Feng Hai.
Wang Mo led Feng Hai to kick open the doors of the four suspects' rooms, and searched from room to room, but found no stolen food at all.
Yan Shuixin and Xiao Yeheng did not participate, but basked in the sun on the open space outside the jailer's dormitory.
Hearing that the four of them were crying under Wang Mo's sword, and yelling that they hadn't stolen, they all had a wronged expression with snot and tears.
Yan Shuixin shook her head, "Who would be stupid enough to hide the stolen food in their room, it's like waiting to be caught."
"Why don't we go find it?" Xiao Yeheng suggested.
"Good idea." Yan Shuixin agreed, and they searched every room, corner, and even the prison, but they couldn't find the stolen food.
Yan Shuixin found the whip used by the deceased Li Dian and a toothpick made of cold iron.
The rest of the people also thought about the possibility of the stolen food being hidden elsewhere, so they all went to find it separately, and they didn't even miss the latrine.
They almost dug the ground three times, but they couldn't find it.
"The area within this prison cell is not big or small. Where did the stolen food go?" Bai Jinchuan was always clever, but he still couldn't figure it out.
Yan Shui thought to himself, "There is still one place we haven't looked."
"Where?" The group of people said in unison.
"The place where the bones are buried." She said, Xia Chuxue didn't believe it, "That's where hundreds of corpses are buried. Who would hide the food there?"
Yan Shuixin noticed that Zhao Bing lowered his head, and her eyes flashed unnaturally for a moment.
She could almost conclude that her judgment was correct.
Xiao Yeheng also noticed Zhao Bing's reaction. If Zhao Bing, the handyman, stole it, he probably knew that there was not much food left in the prison, and it wouldn't last long. This guy deliberately pretended not to know, he must have hidden a lot of food secretly.
"Let's go to the burial place to look for it." Wang Mo cursed, "Damn it, it's too important to have a ration now!"
Zhao Bing trembled inexplicably. He had indeed discovered that the mute delivery man no longer brought food anymore, and he had secretly hidden two bags of rice in the burial ground earlier.
He even stole Feng Hai's food.
He was afraid of starving after a while.
He thought that no one would dare to go to such a terrifying place where corpses are buried, but unexpectedly, Yan Shuixin, a bitch, guessed it!
Thinking of this, a trace of viciousness flashed across Zhao Bing's lowered eyelids.
After everyone buried the corpses and filled them with soil two days ago, the soil on top was flattened with wooden boards. At this time, the ground was as flat as ever, and there were no footprints on it, as if no one had been there.
"This soil is tightly pressed and there is no sign of it being turned over again." Bai Jinchuan asserted, "The grain should not be hidden here."
The rest of the people also agreed, not wanting to dig up the soil and see those buried dead bodies.
Xiao Yeheng glanced coldly at the seven people except Yan Shuixin, "Have any of you been here in the past two days?"
Everyone shook their heads.
Xiao Yeheng said in a firm tone, "The stolen food is buried here." Pointing to the flat land in front of him, "Three big pits, after the corpses were buried, this king planted a few wild grasses on each pit. Now, two of the weeds are still there, and one of the pits has no grass. It means that someone has moved the soil. The soil surface is flat, and after moving it, it was carefully flattened again. "
Upon hearing this, Zhao Bing was so frightened that a cold sweat broke out. When he was hiding food, he never thought of this, thinking that a few plants of grass were already carried in the soil.
It looks like it's going to be exposed...
Following Xiao Yeheng's instructions, Wang Mo waved the prepared hoe and started digging.
The soil was dug up, and several decayed dead bodies were soon seen, and the stench was overflowing.
"I didn't see the food, you must have guessed wrong." Wang Mo looked in Xiao Yeheng's direction.
Xiao Yeheng saw that one of the corpses was arched up, and there must be something hidden underneath, "Move that corpse away."
Wang Mo was afraid that the corpse would be disgusting, so he dug up the corpse with a hoe and saw a big box under the corpse.
The crowd stared.
Wang Mo opened the box and saw that there were indeed several bags of rations in the huge box.
Feng Hai cried and went down to count, "Yes, it's my food, and nothing is missing!"
Guilt and surprise flashed across Zhao Bing's eyes.
There shouldn't be only these in the box, there are obviously extra two bags of rice that he secretly hid in advance.
Now the two bags of rice are missing, someone must have found them and taken them away!
Zhao Bing dared not speak up about it, so as not to be discovered that he had stolen Feng Hai's rations.
What a shame.
Xia Chuxue stood beside the corpses, disliked the smell of them, covered her nose and said, "That thief is really smart, I would never have thought of hiding food in such a place."
Yan Shuixin and Xiao Yeheng looked at the big box and thought, there should be more than this.
Bai Jinchuan took the lead in saying, 'The things in the box are not right.'
Feng Hai nodded, puzzled and said, "I'm not short on food either."
"Feng Hai's food is less than forty catties in total. Look at this big box, it can hold at least one hundred and fifty catties." Bai Jinchuan folded his folding fan, "Who would be so stupid to pack such a small amount of things into a big box? You know, this box belongs to the prison guard's dormitory, so it's very conspicuous when you move it here, and the chances of being discovered are high. Why don't you find a smaller one?"
Awang understood, "Master Bai, you mean, there were other grains in it?"
"That's right." Bai Jinchuan nodded.
Since Bai Jinchuan had spoken out, Yan Shuixin examined the marks on the inside of the box and said, "In my opinion, the grain was packed at the position of the flat box cover, so there is still one hundred kilograms of grain."
Bai Jinchuan gave Yan Shuixin an appreciative look, "Doctor Yan is really smart."
Xiao Yeheng nodded, "I also agree with what Xin'er said. So..." His sharp eyes shot towards Zhao Bing, "If you can know in advance that the mute man will not send food, then you must be a kitchen handyman. The one who found and hid a hundred catties before everyone distributed the food."
"King An is right." Bai Jinchuan pointed at Zhao Bing with the folding fan in his hand, "Tell me, where did you hide that one hundred catties of grain!"
The long knives in the hands of A Wang and Wang Mo also pointed at Zhao Bing, and the latter said, "Good Zhao Bing, you dare to hide secrets, let me see if I don't kill you!"
As he spoke, he slashed at Zhao Bing with his sword. Xiao Yeheng quickly grabbed the back of Wang Mo's long sword, and the blade stopped half an inch away from Zhao Bing's neck.
Zhao Bing fell to his knees in fright, his face pale.
Wang Mo couldn't move the knife in his hand, and asked angrily, "King An, what do you mean by this?"
Xiao Yeheng's sharp eyes fell on Wang Mo, "You didn't even ask clearly, but you are in a hurry to kill people to silence them. Do you have ghosts in your heart?"
"I...what can I have in my heart?" Wang Mo said frankly, "I was just angry for a while, and I was angry that Zhao Bing was hiding something behind everyone's back."
"Please forgive me!" Zhao Bing knelt down and cupped his hands tremblingly, "I admit that I did hide two bags of rice before distributing the grain, which added up to about one hundred catties. Even if there was one hundred catties more, it would not be enough for food. The more grain, the better. When I saw Feng Hai go out, I went to steal his grain."
Pointing to the big box in the pile of corpses, "I hid it all here, but I don't know why the one hundred catties disappeared..."
Wang Mo shouted, "Obviously you changed the hiding place!"
"Even if I had moved it somewhere else, I would have brought Feng Hai's food as well. I really didn't hide the one hundred catties." Zhao Bing was trembling with fright.
"It seems that the praying mantis stalks the cicada, not being aware of the oriole behind it." clearly believed that Zhao Bing was not lying, "Who is the oriole?"
Xia Chuxue kept looking at Wang Mo, seeming to hesitate to speak.
Yan Shuixin asked her, "What do you want to say?"
"Do you know who stole the one hundred catties of grain?" Bai Jinchuan comforted, "Xue'er, tell me, Brother Bai will make the decision for you."
"It's...it's Wang Mo." Xia Chuxue said, "I saw Wang Mo carrying two bags of things into the kitchen sneakily, but I searched around in the kitchen, but I couldn't find them."
"No wonder Wang Mo wanted to chop off Zhao Bing just now. In that case, one hundred catties of stored grain would definitely be blamed on Zhao Bing. However, he didn't get all the blame by himself." Bai Jinchuan folded his fan and glanced resentfully. Looking at Wang Mo and Zhao Bing, "You two bastards are so selfish, you deserve to be killed!"
Feng Hai came out of the pit holding the lost with his recovered grain, and complained to Wang Mo, "Brother, you are so unscrupulous. You had stolen hundred catties of grain, but when you pleaded to Doctor Yan before, but you were only willing to sacrifice one or two catties. "
Wang Mo showed embarrassment and forcefully argued, "I planned to talk to you about it in a few days..."
"It would be strange if I believed you now." Feng Hai is not stupid either.
Yan Shuixin analyzed, "As the second-in-command in the prison, Wang Mo naturally knows the rules in the prison. The mute man will no longer sent food to the prison, and he has also noticed it. Just when he wanted to hide food in advance, Zhao Bing did it first. "However, because we didn't have much extra food, he couldn't let everyone have nothing to share, otherwise, people would kill each other to get food. So Wang Mo silently followed Zhao Bing and secretly transferred the hundred catties of food that Zhao Bing had stashed ahead of time. Feng Hai's food distribution was still kept there in the hopes that Zhao Bing would be exposed and take full responsibility."
"Doctor Yan..." Wang Mo's eyes fell on her with regret, "You guessed right. You are so smart. It's a pity..."
In the end, you still have to die.
"What a pity?" Yan Shuixin wanted to hear.
"It's a pity that you look a little ugly." Wang Mo stared at her, "The acne on your face seems to have disappeared a lot, your appearance is not as ugly as before..."
"It seems to be." Everyone looked at Yan Shuixin's face.
(please focus 😒)
2
"Don't change the topic, fill it back with soil." Yan Shuixin pointed to the corpse pit that had been dug up to see the light of day.
Awang took the initiative to fill the soil with a shovel. Because the digging was not deep, he filled it back in two or three strokes.
Seeing everyone staring at him unkindly, with the word selfish in their eyes, Wang Mo touched his nose, "Don't blame me, who among us is selfless here?" Pointing at Xia Chuxue, "'Let's just talk about her. Since she saw me stealing grain into the kitchen earlier, she even searched around but couldn't find it. If she had found it, would she still expose me?"
Xia Chuxue showed her selfless spirit, "Xue'er would've done it, we are all in the same prison, Xueer is kind-hearted, even if she finds food, she will share it with everyone."
"It's pleasant to hear this, after everything is over..." Bai Jinchuan didn't believe it at all.
Without arguing about this, the group marched back to the kitchen from the open space behind the prison, looking for the one hundred catties of grain that had been hidden away.
As soon as Awang, Wan Niang, and Feng Hai entered the kitchen, they began to rummage around.
Bai Jinchuan held a folding fan and shook it like a nobleman.
Xiao Yeheng and Yan Shuixin stood beside them without moving.
Wang Mo asked, "Since Supervisor Yan is so smart, can you guess where I hid the one hundred catties of grain?"
Yan Shuixin said, "Xia Chuxue said she searched all over and found nothing...then it must be under the stove."
She saw two huge iron pots for cooking on the stove, and some firewood ash was piled in front of the stove hole.
Wang Mo's expression changed, and then he showed an expression of admiration, "Doctor Yan is really amazing."
Awang lost his voice, "The bottom of the stove is for lighting fire, isn't Wang Mo afraid that the hidden food will be burned?"
"Of course he's not afraid." Xiao Yeheng said, "The communal kitchen has such a big pot that it takes a lot of firewood to burn fire. The firewood and food are all divided, and the stove is turned off. No one will come to the communal kitchen to waste firewood. It is safe to store food under the stove."
"King An really knows my heart." Wang Mo nodded.
"That's not necessarily true. I will use the common kitchen in two days." Yan Shuixin said, Wang Mo said, "In two days, I will also move the food under the stove." He watched as Awang dig out the two bags of food under the stove with a wooden stick, his heart ached deeply, "It's too late to say anything now."
Awang happily weighed the two bags of rice, "I can eat for a while longer!"
"As usual, the hundred catties of grain are evenly divided." Bai Jinchuan waved his folding fan, pointed at Wang Mo, Zhao Bing and Feng Hai, "These three selfish thieves have no share."
Turning around, he glanced at Xia Chuxue, "As for you, although you have selfish intentions, you finally revealed that the food is in the kitchen. You can have your share."
"Thank you, Brother Bai." Xia Chuxue was so excited that tears welled up in her eyes.
The rest of the people did not dare to have an opinion, and the remaining six divided up a hundred catties of grain. Each person got sixteen catties and six taels.
Feng Hai gave Yan Shuixin another ten catties of rice to pay off the debt of the theft, and Yan Shuixin cured him of the pain.
This time, it was Yan Shuixin who had the most food.
Originally, the six of them wanted to beat the three thieves to death, but Feng Hai and Wang Mo had excellent martial arts, and even Zhao Bing, who never showed his skills, was not weak in martial arts.
They didn't do anything for a while, so they let it go.
Yan Shuixin seemed to remember something, and led Xiao Yeheng to the depression far outside the fence in the kitchen yard.
This is where the domestic garbage from the entire cell is dumped. What kind of rotten cloth, rotten water, vegetable residue, leftovers...all of them are there. There was a faint stench in the air, but under the intense sunlight, most of the water evaporated.
Yan Shuixin remembered that before the prison would run out of food, there would always be some food left over to be thrown away.
Maybe, she can still find something.
She saw some dried rice in the garbage dump and wanted to pick it up. She was also afraid that Xiao Yeheng would dislike the dirty rice...
Unexpectedly, Xiao Yeheng took the initiative to bend down, picked up the good-looking leftovers, and put them into the cloth bag that he carried.
Xia Chuxue, Wan Niang, and Awang were curious about what they were doing, so they also followed.
Seeing this, Xia Chuxue said contemptuously, "Such disgusting leftovers, to actually pick up..."
Before she finished speaking, Awang and Wan Niang had joined the leftover team, and even picked up some leftover tofu.
Xia Chuxue couldn't take it anymore, so she simply made a pile of leftovers and planned to pick them up later.
Yan Shuixin and Xiao Yeheng arrived first, and what they picked up was the best dry rice leftovers.
Their find added up to about two catties, it can be eaten for a day
The others were too disgusting, so the two stopped searching, turned around and left, and quickly went to the only well in the prison.
There are four fish at the bottom of the well, each about a catty.
Wang Mo was spearing fish into the well with a slender wooden stick with a sharpened end.
"Whoever sees it has a share!" Yan Shuixin shouted immediately.
Bai Jinchuan also followed, "Wang Mo, you've gone too far. The fish in the well belong to everyone, yet you secretly came to spear the fish!"
Awang and others also followed at this time.
Now, wherever you can get food, go for it.
A group of people surrounded Wang Mo and the others in the middle.
Wang Mo couldn't help but say, "When I fork up all three fish, everyone will divide equally, okay?"
Xia Chuxue looked into the well and said, "There are four fish in the water, why are we dividing only three? Do you want to occupy the last one? Besides, leaving one fish in the water is so dirty."
"You foolish woman, you are so ignorant." Wang Mo explained impatiently, "This well is the only water source in the prison. If anyone has a bad idea and poisons the well, everyone will die. Having living fish in the well allows you to see if the fish is healthy, which indicates that the water source is fine. It's better to think it's dirty than to be poisoned to death!"
"One must remain. If there are no live fish in the well, I can't rest assured." Bai Jinchuan agreed, and the others also agreed.
Therefore, Wang Mo spent some effort, using a simple wooden fork to pick up three larger fish in the well, leaving only one small fish about two fingers wide in the well water.
The three fish are not big either, one weighs only a pound.
Wang Mogang was about to chop the fish with a pre prepared kitchen knife, but Wan Niang couldn't bear to see it anymore, "Cut the fish first and then divide it."
"I'm not a fish seller, I know how to rob, but I don't know how to cut a fish." Wang Mo snorted.
"Don't look at me..." Bai Jinchuan shook his head, "This young master never done such menial work."
Wan Niang took the initiative to say,"I have. Let me do it." She took the firewood knife in Wang Mo's hand and struck the head of the fish a few times with a kitchen knife, from a distance away from the well. After the fish stopped moving, she scraped off the scales, dissected the belly, took out the internal organs of the fish, and then evenly cut a fish into three sections.
Three fish were divided into nine pieces. Each individual is given their own portion.
"Your knife skill is pretty good." Zhao Bing praised.
Wan Niang blushed in embarrassment, "These rough jobs, I am used to doing it at home."
Zhao Bing narrowed his eyes, "Little lady, why don't you live with me..."
"No, no, no..." Wan Niang was afraid when she thought about his dirty disease.
"You got venereal disease, how dare you ask her to get sick with you?" Feng Hai reminded, "She is the only woman in the prison who can be 'touched'. No one should monopolize her!"
"Xia Chuxue has a venereal diseases as well, and we still have Yan Shui..." Seeing Xiao Yeheng's murderous eyes, Zhao Bing quickly changed his words, "Doctor Yan is sacred and inviolable."
Of the three women, one was sick and the other was well protected by King An.
That's right, currently there is only one Wan Niang who you can get at will.
"Then let Wan Niang live alone." Bai Jinchuan didn't care, "Whoever wants her body, just touch it at night?"
3
So, Wan Niang didn't partner with anyone. Bai Jinchuan and Awang were together, while Wang Mo was with Feng Hai.
Zhao Bing was with Xia Chuxue, a fellow patient who also got STD.
Yan Shuixin still stayed together with Xiao Yeheng. So, the nine people were divided into five groups for food and lodging.
When dividing the fish, there was another argument. The person who ended up with the fish head section felt it was unfair and thought they had less fish.
Yan Shuixin took the initiative to ask for two fish heads, so everyone stopped fighting.
In fact, part of the fish head also has a small piece of fish meat, so there is nothing wrong with it. What's more, this part can make a well-known famous dish.
Xiao Yeheng took the initiative to carry the two fish heads picked up with grass and walked back, Yan Shuixin followed beside him, "Aren't you angry?"
"Angry with what?"
"I took two fish heads without meat."
He tilted his head, looking at her with gentleness in his eyes, "It's nothing to worry about, as long as you like it."
Yan Shuixin knew that King An could eat spicy food since he ate Feng Hai's big pot dishes before, "Didn't we get two spoonfuls of pickled and chopped peppers? Let's go back and make a delicious dish."
"Okay." Although Xiao Yeheng said yes, he didn't have much hope in his heart. After all, she's a young miss from a wealthy family, how can she cook?
And he is a majestic prince, when he is outside, he is high above the ground, pampered and has never cooked.
Although there is enough rice to survive the hunger for a while, it will be troublesome to eat in the future.
After returning to the infirmary, Xiao Yeheng locked everything in the room, and Yan Shuixin put a rope on each handle of the two wooden barrels, and used a wooden stick as a pole to carry it.
There are so many wooden buckets in the prison, and the jailers and prisoners have to have use them to bathe. It is impossible to prepare one for each person, so there's only thirty wooden buckets available.
If there are too many things that cannot be eaten, you don't need to share them, just take whatever you want.
A total of five kitchen knives were found, and each of the five groups happened to get one.
Two axes and two hatchets are shared by everyone.
Xiao Yeheng saw that Yan Shuixin was going to fetch water with an empty bucket, he took the 'carrying pole' from her hand, "I'll carry it, you just follow next to me."
The danger has not been lifted, and the two should not separate.
She glanced at his legs, "But..."
"Even if this king is disabled, it's still okay to carry water." His eyes were a little dim. The missing left eye and the broken left leg will never come back.
Only she is by his side.
Yan Shuixin knew that he was afraid of her getting tired, so she let it go, "If you can't move, don't try to hold on."
Feeling moved, he nodded slightly.
The two returned to the well, and Xiao Yeheng put down the two buckets. Although he had never drawn water from the well himself, he had seen his servants do it. Throw the wooden buckets hanging from the rope on the well reel into the well, and the barrel tied with the rope fell into the well and floated on the water, but the water did not soak into the barrel.
He had to shake the barrel up and continue throwing.
Wan Niang, who also came to fetch water with a bucket, saw him and took the initiative to say, "My lord, I will help you with the work of fetching water..."
Before she could finish speaking, Xiao Yeheng cleverly threw the bucket diagonally and quickly filled it with water, shaking it up and pouring it into the bucket he had brought.
After filling two buckets of water, they ignored Wan Niang's words.
Although Wan Niang was a little embarrassed, she still kindly said, "My lord, I remember you took the fish head when we were dividing the fish earlier, but Wan Niang took the middle piece with a lot of meat. Later, Wan Niang could exchange some with you..."
"No need." Xiao Yeheng finally gave her two words, and walked back carrying the water load.
Yan Shuixin helped him adjust his posture for carrying water. With one hand supporting the 'shoulder pole' and the other holding his crutch, making walking much more convenient.
"King An's leg inconvenient, how can Miss Yan let him carry water?" Wan Niang scolded, she stepped forward to help Xiao Yeheng, but when his sharp eyes glanced over, she inexplicably dared not step forward and could only stay in place.
Yan Shuixin casually said to the man beside her, "My lord, does Wan Niang seem to be interested in you?"
"How did you see that?"
"She is courteous to you, and she doesn't even say hello to me."
Xiao Yeheng remained expressionless, and said calmly, "This king has no interest in her."
"That's good." As soon as the two returned to the hospital room, Wang Mo was already waiting, and a basket filled with stone mud was placed in front of him.
"Doctor Yan, Wang An, you are back." Wang Mo took the initiative to say, "Well, the pot in the public kitchen is too big, and it takes too much firewood to burn firewood. Everyone is making small stoves by themselves. Others are struggling with cooking, by Bai Jinchuan also has an Awang by his side. Both of you were pampered before, and you must not know how to cook, so I came to help."
"I don't accept it." Xiao Yeheng won't accept the slightest favor from him.
"Did you hear that? Hurry up and leave," Yan Shuixin's voice was crisp.
"But..." Wang Mo looked at her with deep eyes, "Doctor Yan, you have to do everything yourself, and cooking is not easy. You definitely can't do it, why don't you come with me..."
Xiao Yeheng put two buckets of water into the utility room next to the infirmary, and when he came out, he saw Wang Mo entangled with Shuixin, his face sank, "If you don't get lost, do you want to suffer death?"
Wang Mo is actually very good at martial arts. He doesn't think he may not be able to defeat Xiao Yeheng, but the other party has a kind of awe-inspiring aura that shocks people's hearts. Unless it is a last resort, he dare not make a move, "Okay, I'll leave."
After a few steps, Yan Shuixin suddenly called out to him, "Wait a minute."
Wang Mo's eyes were filled with excitement, and he looked back, "Doctor Yan agreed to come with me?" If she would, he would cherish her for a while.
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Xiao Yeheng's complexion darkened. He won't allow it!
Yan Shuixin pointed to the basket of stones brought by Wang Mo, "Take your things away."
"I have enough stones for the stove, so I don't want them anymore." He didn't take them and ran away.
Yan Shuixin and Xiao Yeheng tacitly did not move Wang Mo's basket, they found another basket together, went to the open space outside the prison to find some stones and mud and brought them back.
The temporary kitchen was decided to be in the side room connected to the medical supervision room.
Yan Shuixin asked Xiao Yeheng to knock the stones in the basket into squares with the back of a hatchet. Then then placed the square stones, covered in mud, about 30 centimeters above the ground, located in the middle of the side room, "This is a simple stone stove for cooking and other uses."
"It's so simple..." Xiao Yeheng thought she wanted to get a stove like a communal kitchen.
"As long as it can be used, it doesn't matter." She looked around the unfurnished room. The floor was hard mud, which was very suitable for a kitchen.
"I've wronged you." He sighed.
"When I'm with the prince, I never feel wronged." Yan Shuixin flattered him at the right time. His heart was probably obtained by her flattery.
Xiao Yeheng stared at her steadfastly, feeling very moved, "Xin'er..."
She was so scared by his sight that she quickly found a wooden board, along with a kitchen knife and chopsticks, and brushed it clean. "We're ready to cook dinner. I don't know who took the only cutting board from the public kitchen, so I had to find a wooden board instead. The guards had fifteen small iron pots for hot pot and three clay pots for soup, but we were given one iron pot and one clay pot."
Xiao Yeheng nodded slightly. If it were outside, the servants in his mansion would use items many times better than this.
He took the initiative to chop firewood, and when he came back with the finely chopped firewood, he found that Yan Shuixin had washed the rice in an earthen pot, and the two fish heads were also washed and placed on a plate.
They had made two simple stoves, one with an iron pot and the other with a crock pot.
She said with some embarrassment, "I don't know how to start a fire." She knew that there was a fire switch in ancient times, which was equivalent to a modern lighter. She used to watch TV and occasionally see it in a costume drama, but she had never used it.
"This king will." He mixed some fine firewood with dry leaves and placed them under one of the stoves. He blew and ignited the fire and placed it under the dry leaves, causing the fire to ignite.
Her eyes were bright, and she looked adoring, "Who knew that the prince can light fire. You are awesome!"
"Don't always praise me." Xiao Yeheng said with some embarrassment, "I will take it seriously."
She cheerfully poured some oil into the cleaned pot, and cooked vegetables in one go.
The seasoning that they received included a small amount of salt, soy sauce, vinegar, a bowl of oil, and two spoons of chopped chili peppers.
She divided the seasoning into bowls and put them against the wall temporarily.
"In a while, when you're done eating, remember to put the oil and seasonings into the rice jar and cover it." She took the big rice jar from the communal kitchen.
Xiao Yeheng didn't understand, "Why?"
"Prevent mice." She took out a few firewood and put it into the stove under the earthen pot.
The two chatted with each other.
In no time, the meal was ready.
Yan Shuixin raised her hand and gestured at the dish that had just been taken out of the pot, "This is fish head with chopped peppers, a famous home-cooked dish."
The two fish heads on the plate are cut in half, covered with chopped peppers that are only enough for one use.
The fresh fragrance of fried fish and the strong aroma of rice in clay jars floated in the air.
Although it was a very simple meal, Xiao Yeheng had never eaten it since he was in prison. The food Feng Hai cooked earlier was even worse than pig food.
For a moment, all the greedy insects popped out of his stomach.
But on second thought, how could she, a lady raised in a deep boudoir, handle these tasks?
Yan Shuixin was busy for a while, then met his probing eyes, and asked unhappily, "Why does the lord look at me like this?"
"Are you really the daughter of Yan Qing, Minister of Rites?" He asked.
"Yes or no, so what?"
He gazed deeply at her, "Although you and I have married in prison, our humiliating wedding have wronged you. If we are lucky enough to get out of prison, and you are Yan Qing's daughter, I will go to Yan's mansion to propose marriage. But if you are not, then this king will go to your real home to ask for marriage."
Yan Shui's heart was moved and tears swirled in her eyes.
Her real home... She wonders if she can still go back? Although she has a crush on King An, she is an only child in modern times. Her parents are already fifty years old, and she is everything to them. If they lose her, they may not be able to survive.
If possible, she really wants to go home.
Seeing her silent and sad expression, Xiao Yeheng suddenly felt a burning pain in his heart, and stretched his arms around her shoulders, "Xin'er, what's wrong with you?"
"My lord, tell me, if I disappeared, will my family be very anxious? Will they go crazy? Especially my mother..." Thinking of this, she felt sad. Tears dripped down like beans.
All along, she had been avoiding this problem, for fear of heartache.
"Certainly, Yan Qing will send someone to look for you." Xiao Yeheng embraced her in his arms and hugged her tightly, "Xin'er, this king will take you out of prison, and I will definitely let you out alive."
Yan Shuixin knew that he had misunderstood. The family she was referring to was not the original body's relatives, but she couldn't explain it, and said sullenly, "What about you? You're a prince, I'm afraid the whole world is going crazy looking for you."
Xiao Yeheng thought for a moment and said, "Apart from the emperor, I'm afraid not many people would think about finding this king."
"If the emperor wants to find you, then everyone in the world wants to find you..."
"The Son of Heaven is too busy." Xiao Yeheng said with a quiet expression, "The imperial brother's harem consists of three palaces and six courtyards. He has a lot of court affairs, and he has a lot of responsibilities. He hardly has time for himself. Previously, I was ordered to investigate the innerworkings of this crazy prison run by King Jin with his fellow nobles, but I was imprisoned here before I could report it. Even if my guards took action, they would probably not escape the cruel hands of King Jin. Even if you were an emperor, it would be too difficult to find someone, like finding a needle in a haystack."
Yan Shuixin didn't understand some things, "Although there are many rich and powerful people who like to bet on prisoners in prison, and King Jin took the opportunity to make money from it, but why did he arrest Bai Jinchuan, Xia Chuxue and me? We're all children of officials, and if we go missing, then someone will go to great lengths to find us."
Xiao Yeheng raised his hand and stroked her back gently. "Whether it's this king or someone in prison who hasn't done anything wrong but has status, they'll have someone who despises them." If someone spends a lot of money outside to make someone disappear, King Jin's people will not turn them down."
Yan Shuixin understood, "In other words, someone outside wanted me to 'disappear' and bribed King Jin's organization. After that, I was secretly imprisoned in order to die."
He nodded, "Including Xia Chuxue and Bai Jinchuan, they must have offended someone. Otherwise, they wouldn't end up here. Sadly, the people outside the prison don't know what's going on."
Yan Shuixin didn't know who the original owner of this body had offended, and the other party spent a lot of money trying to kill her.
In the end, the original owner had died, and instead she came to suffer in prison in her place.
"Then..." Yan Shuixin looked at his half-handsome, half-disfigured face, "As smart as you are, who is capable enough to frame you?"
Xiao Yeheng closed his eyes sadly, and his face flashed with a moment of deep pain.
"It's okay if you don't tell me." She said considerately, "Everyone has their own secrets."
"There is nothing this king can't tell you." He gazed at her with eyes full of love, and talked eloquently, "The emperor, Xiao Jing is the eldest. King Jin, Xiao Shen is the second, and this king is the third. The fourth prince is King Huai, Xiao Chengyu. The emperor and this king have the same father and mother, and we are both descended from Concubine Shi.
King Jin is the son of the current Empress Dowager, who was the former Concubine Liang. Xiao Chengyu's biological mother was just a lowly servant girl in the cold palace.
When this king was two years old, my mother, Concubine Shi passed away, so the late Emperor let Concubine Liang adopt me. Ever since I can remember, Concubine Liang loved me very much, and always gave me warmth. Concubine Liang would always ask me to choose whatever good and precious things that the late emperor rewarded. Even her biological son, King Jin complained that Concubine Liang is more like a parent to this king. Even this king felt that although Concubine Liang is not my real mother, but she was just as close as the real one."
As he spoke, he fell into memories, "Five years ago, the late Emperor was severely ill. He summoned several princes to his sickbed and intended to crown his eldest son, Xiao Jing, as Emperor. Xiao Chengyu, the fourth son, refused to accept it. With a blade in his hand, he took Xiao Jing prisoner and threatened the late Emperor to change his mind. Otherwise, he would assassinate Xiao Jing. The late emperor had been so powerful his entire life that he refused to be intimidated, even threatening that if Xiao Jing died, he would hand over power to this king. On that moment, Xiao Chengyu went insane and intended to kill Xiao Jing to show the late emperor."
"Just as the dagger in Xiao Chengyu's hand was about to cut into Xiao Jing's throat, this king remembered that once when I was assassinated, Xiao Jing used his life to block the sword for this king. This king promised to return the favor with his life. Despite the fact that this king had been raised by Concubine Liang since I was a kid, I still had a good relationship with my elder brother, and have received a lot of care from him. Xiao Jing said that he was willing to die and let me inherit the throne."
"How could I ever be willing to watch Xiao Jing die in front of me? So I negotiated with the fourth brother to replace Xiao Jing as a hostage with me. The fourth brother agreed, believing that hurting me would make Xiao Jing sad for the rest of his life. So I took the place of my elder brother and became a hostage."
As he said that, he laughed, and the smile didn't reach his eyes, "The fourth brother, Xiao Chengyu acted crazily, saying that this king is a big stumbling block that must be removed. In front of the previous emperor and several princes, Xiao Chengyu gouged out my left eye and destroyed my left cheek. Emperor Xian ordered the killing of Xiao Chengyu on the spot. Afterwards, Emperor Xian passed away and my elder brother inherited the throne."
1
When Yan Shuixin heard this, her heart ached, "How could your fourth brother do this?"
"This king and my elder brother have also been thinking about the reason for this matter. Before this king was imprisoned, I always believed that the fourth brother wanted to be the Emperor." Xiao Yeheng's eyes were full of bloodthirsty murderous intent, "Now it seems that he didn't do that for himself, but for King Jin! It's the Empress Dowager who wants her biological son, King Jin, to become emperor and secretly collude with King Huai, Xiao Chengyu."
Yan Shuixin almost guessed it, "The first emperor chose the new ruler of the world, and he will inevitably choose the best one, which means that the King Jin who was assisted by the fourth prince was still lacking in popularity. If this happened because of King Jin, then the person who hurt you is... the current queen mother?"
Xiao Yeheng's body froze, and a faint mist floated in his eyes, "It's her. My adoptive mother, whom I have always considered to be my own mother. She said that she sympathized with this king for the loss of my mother at the age of two, and promised that her love for this king will never be less than that of King Jin. Twenty-four years! That's what she's always done. Let this king and the current emperor to always believe in her. She has always been a quiet, kind and peaceful person. When the former Emperor was alive, he praised her for being virtuous and indifferent to fame and wealth."
The pain in his eyes seemed to be deeply imprinted into his heart, he clenched his fists, his voice was choked up, and he could hardly continue, "During the five years since this king's left eye was gouged out and left face was ruined, the Queen Mother has been crying endlessly which hurt her eyes. After being treated by the imperial doctor, she was able to see the sun again, but her eyesight was not as good as before. This king was even more filial to her after that."
"But when the new emperor took the throne, there were numerous opposing forces. As the only brother trusted by the new emperor, this king acted fiercely and resolutely, assisting the new emperor in sweeping away opposing forces and holding a prominent position in the court. Under one person, above ten thousand people."
He smiled slightly, "This is the origin of further disasters." He glanced at the empty left trousers seemingly indifferently, "One night, as usual, the queen mother and I had occasional gatherings and shared dinner. The queen mother personally served a bowl of chicken soup for me. After I drank it, I passed out. At that time, I vaguely saw that the queen mother had also fainted, but when I woke up, I was already in the prison and my leg had been amputated. I lost half of my left limb, but I haven't seen the Queen Mother."
"Do you suspect that the queen mother poisoned you?" Yan Shuixin asked, "But she also fainted. Could it be that she was also caught?"
"According to the king's current thinking, it's her doing." Xiao Yeheng's eyes were full of coldness, "The food that the queen mother consumes has been tested by a special person to be non-toxic before eating. Since she has been in charge of the harem for many years, so in the harem it can be said that she's able to cover the sky with one hand. It is almost impossible for someone to poison her food. Although I am not a doctor, I can taste ordinary poisons, but what she ordered was a colorless and tasteless Hua Gong San poison. She also fainted in front of this king on purpose, just to leave a way out and pretend to be framed. Or, she wanted to make a good impression on this king before he died, right?"
Yan Shuixin tightly clung to his shoulders, hugging him like a koala, tears streaming down her cheeks, "My lord, you are so pitiful." Not to mention losing a limb and getting disfigured, he was even betrayed by his adoptive mother who he always respected. What kind of pain is that?
"I'm not pitiful." He raised his hand and felt her embrace him. The pain in his heart faded a lot, and he gently stroked the tears on her face, "Although it hurts. But now I feel that being in this prison is not bad."
"Are you crazy?" She looked at him in disbelief.
"If it weren't for that, how could I have met you?" He suddenly hugged her tightly and murmured, "Xin'er, Xin'er...you are this king's life!"
"..." No, my lord. Yan Shuixin wanted to cry but had no tears. What if she rolls back to the 21st century one day, what would he do?
The best way is for him not to love her, and when she disappears one day, he won't be sad.
Yan Shuixin had thousands of words to say, but she couldn't put them into her mouth.
On second thought, why does she think so much? Judging from the current situation, it may not be possible to survive until the day when the imperial guards come to rescue.
"King An, are you there?" Wan Niang's voice came from outside the door. In an instant, Wan Niang came towards the side where the smoke was coming from the kitchen, "Doctor Yan, are you crying because you don't know how to cook, is that it? Then I'll help you."
As soon as she reached the door, she saw two simple stoves on the hard mud floor in the middle of the side room. Judging from the materials, they were made of a mixture of stone and mud.
The stove has died down, and there is fragrant brown rice in the earthen pot. There is also a large plate of fish heads sprinkled with chopped chili peppers next to the stove, looking at the color, it seems to be at the level of a professional cook.
Could it be that these two high status people can cook?
Seeing Yan Shuixin shamelessly in Xiao Yeheng's arms, Wan Niang immediately lowered her face.
Yan Shuixin retreated slightly from Xiao Yeheng's embrace, and glanced lightly at Wan Niang, "My eyes are just uncomfortable because of the firewood smoke."
Wan Niang had a flattering smile on her face, "At first glance, you can tell Doctor Yan is not a person who can cook. I have a lot of free time, so I can cook for you in the future..."
Yan Shuixin pointed to a plate of fish heads with chopped peppers, "Are you blind? Didn't you see that the fish and the rice was cooked, so don't bother."
"So you know how to cook. It seems that I have bothered you." Wan Niang was very embarrassed.
Xiao Yeheng ignored the visitor, filled two bowls of rice and handed one of them to Yan Shuixin.
Yan Shuixin took it, picked up the chopsticks and held some fish meat to Xiao Yeheng's lips, "My lord, please try it. How is my cooking skill?"
Xiao Yeheng opened his mouth to eat, chewed gracefully, and commented, "The fish meat is soft and delicious, and the chopped chili peppers are tasty. It is better than the royal chef's craftsmanship in the palace."
Wan Niang doesn't believe it, is it really so delicious?
Yan Shuixin became arrogant, and replied to him, "My lord, don't praise me like that, otherwise I will take it seriously."
Xiao Yeheng looked at her affectionately, "What this king said is true." He took a bite of the rice she cooked, "Although the rice is brown rice, the color is bright, and it is extremely delicious."
"When cooking rice, I just soaked it for a while." Yan Shuixin ate with him tacitly, seeming to forget that there was a Wan Niang standing outside the door.
Wan Niang watched the two of them feeding each other back and forth, feeling very depressed, but she didn't show it on her face, she actively echoed and praised Yan Shuixin, "The food made by Supervisor Yan really whets the appetite just by looking at it. I don't know if Wan Niang will be lucky enough to experience it..."
No one paid attention to her.
"Then eat slowly, and if there is anything that needs my assistance, I will do my best to help." Wan Niang had no choice but to walk away.
Although Yan Shuixin and Xiao Yeheng talked for a while just now, the food was placed by the fire, it was not cold, the steaming rice in the crock pot was the most delicious meal the two had ever had in prison.
After the meal, Xiao Yeheng took the initiative to boil some warm water, and used a wooden washbasin to wash the dishes.
'Clang!' His hand slipped and he smashed a bowl.
Yan Shuixin looked at him, and the latter showed a slight embarrassment, "This king has never washed dishes before."
"It's okay to mess up a few more bowls, there are many in the prison." She rolled up her sleeves, as a modern girl, no housework is difficult for her, "I'll do the washing."
"From now on, leave these matters to the king." He looked firm, "This king can learn."
"What's the standard of a good husband and a great man?" Yan Shuixin pointed to Xiao Yeheng, "That's you."
Xiao Yeheng's lips curled into a smile that he didn't even notice.
Yan Shuixin instructed, "After washing, just filter it with clean water"
He obeyed, and remembered to put the oil, seasoning, and grain into the rice jar, and cover it with a wooden lid.
Only the dried rice that they picked up was packed in bags and hung under the beams with ropes.
Yan Shuixin joked, "My lord, you are really a person who knows how to live."
"It was forced by the environment." He was helpless. In the past, he always ate delicacies.
When cooking earlier, Yan Shuixin took a large soup bowl and filled it with rice washing water and put it by the fire to simmer.
Now, the rice water has almost settled.
Xiao Yeheng asked her about it, and she said that the rice water can be used to wash hair.
Yan Shuixin winked at him flirtatiously, "My lord, I haven't taken a shower or washed my hair for a long time. I'm going to waste firewood in the public kitchen and boil a large pot of hot water."
He flushed all over, and then immediately showed guilt, "How could that be a waste, I will take you to boil the water together." In prison, even if he wanted to provide her with a good life, it was impossible for him, he could only do his best and take care of her.
He went out, tied a large bundle of firewood with vines, and held it in his hand.
Yan Shuixin followed behind, with her head itching, as soon as she scratched her head, three thousand black hairs had already turned into lumps of dirt on her head. She hasn't washed her hair in at least a couple months, and she survived until now thanks to Xiao Yeheng who often looks at her with affectionate eyes.
She hated herself.
Suddenly, Yan Shuixin's heart was broken, and there was a lice lying in the dirt picked out between her fingernails, and she couldn't help exclaiming, "Ah, my lord, I have lice on my head! Previously in the 59 cell, we used to sleep together every day, so if I have lice, then you must have it too."
"The king knows." He replied solemnly.
She asked curiously, "You caught it too?"
"My head itches, so I know." There was no expression on his face, as if he was talking about whether the weather would be sunny tomorrow.
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"Then why don't you complain?" She thought about her head that was full of lice, and felt her scalp was tingling. "I'm going to remove them, drown them, and kill them all!"
A faint smile appeared in Xiao Yeheng's cold and waveless eyes. For him, it was good to be alive with her by his side.
In a rage, Yan Shuixin angrily prepared medicine to kill lice in the medical supervision room, pounded it into a paste, and then mixed some medicine paste to take a bath. Then she went to the kitchen with King An and boiled a large pot of hot water.
They had filled two barrels, one for cold water and one for hot water.
Xiao Yeheng refused to let her carry heavy objects, so he carried two buckets of water to the bathroom twice.
There is a long row of bathroom doors, only the one on the far left is closed, someone is taking a bath in it, and there is the sound of splashing water.
Xiao Yeheng put all four buckets of water into the room on the far right, and waited quietly outside, "Xin'er, call me when you finish washing."
He also wanted to take a good shower. Save some firewood and use the bath water she has used.
After Yan Shuixin entered the room, she saw a wooden washbasin on the corner against the wall, which was used by a guard before death.
She poured some hot water into the washbasin with a bucket. She wetted her hair first, applied the medicinal paste evenly on her head, wrapped her hair with half a bellyband as a veil, and then called out, "My lord, come in quickly."
Xiao Yeheng hesitated for a moment, she was taking a bath, and let him in... Could it be that she wanted to take a bath together? (let me ask the audience, what do y'all think? )
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Thinking of this, his half-disfigured face flushed with embarrassment.
If she wants to do this, he will obey her.
Walking into the bathroom, he thought he'd see her clothes half-undressed, but unexpectedly, she was neatly dressed, and half of her wet hair was wrapped in... a bellyband.
He was a little disappointed in his heart. Looking at her increasingly slender figure and thinking that sooner or later, she would be his woman.
Yan Shuixin stretched out her palm towards him, "Where's the other half of my apron?"
He said in a little embarrassment, "I used it to bandage my leg before, and it belongs to me now."
She thought it was funny, a piece of rag, who will fight over that, "I didn't say I wanted it returned, so just bring it first."
He carefully took out half of a folded cloth towel from his sleeve pocket, with plums embroidered on one corner, it was her bellyband.
Yan Shuixin snatched it over, put it between her nose and smelled it, "It's still clean."
"It's not good to carry dirty ones on your body." He said shamelessly in the second half, "Naturally, I need to wash it."
She nodded slightly, and asked him to bend down in front of her, "I'll wash your hair for you, and apply the medicinal paste to kill the lice. After a while, the lice will be gone."
He originally wanted to do it himself, but it was inconvenient to bend over and use a crutch, so he let her do it.
Feeling her little hands pouring water and applying ointment on his head, the movements were quick and nimble. Probably because she is a doctor and occasionally does this for patients, right?
"Okay, I need to take off my clothes. You go wait for me outside." She waved her hand.
Xiao Yeheng nodded, and walked out of the bathroom with the half apron she had just wrapped on his head.
Wang Mo also came over to take a shower with a bucket of water. Seeing Xiao Yeheng's bellyband embroidered with plum blossoms on his head, he burst into laughter and said, "King An, you're going to have bad luck wearing a woman's bellyband!"
Xiao Yeheng ignored him. It was strange, how could he tell that the scarf was a bellyband at first glance. When he first saw it back then, he didn't recognize it.
However, given Wang Mo's involvement with Xia Chuxue and his exposure to a large number of women, it might not be difficult for him to recognize it.
Yan Shuixin closed the door, took off her clothes, pulled off her sleeves inside to use as a bath cloth, and began to wash...
Wang Mo, who was outside the door, said, "Who are you guarding? Could it be Doctor Yan?" After saying that, he carried water into the bathroom next to Yan Shuixin.
Yan Shuixin drenched and scrubbed herself, and took a good shower.
Very comfortable!
She ate delicious fish head with chopped peppers, and took a refreshing hot shower. Today is the happiest day since she entered the prison.
There is a side room in the prison that is dedicated to storing clean clothes and bath towels. So many people died in the prison, some of them were clothes owned by the deceased.
Yan Shuixin had long ago taken the clothes from those that have died, it doesn't matter, as long as it is clean. She had just finished dressing when a loud cry pierced the night sky.
"Ah! I'm taking a bath, you get out, get out!" Wan Niang's shout came from the room on the far left.
"I have played with you several times, why pretend now!" Feng Hai's voice could be heard.
When Yan Shuixin walked out of the bathroom, she heard embarrassing sounds from male and female voices coming from the bathroom on the far side.
Yan Shuixin twisted the water in her wet hair, and said, "Sure enough, it's safer to have the prince stay guard outside."
Xiao Yeheng had no intention of rescuing Wan Niang at all, but nodded slightly to Yan Shuixin.
"My lord, go in and wash your hair and take a bath, the hot water is almost cold." Yan Shuixin pointed to the remaining two buckets of clean warm water.
Xiao Yeheng was surprised, "Didn't you use them all?"
"Two barrels is enough for me." She had to leave half of it for him no matter what.
Xiao Yeheng's face was moved, he entered the bathroom with a cane, closed the door, and began to take a shower and wash his hair quickly.
"My lord, if you need help, just call me." Yan Shuixin waited at the door, using her fingers as a comb to run through her half-wet long hair.
Xiao Yeheng's humming voice came from inside.
Yan Shuixin estimated that it took fifteen minutes for Xiao Yeheng to come out.
He changed into a clean men's prison uniform refreshedly.
Yan Shuixin frowned, "My lord, in fact, you can change into guard's uniform so that you don't have to wear the word prisoner on your chest every day. I can't avoid it, since there are no female guards uniform, and the clothes of male guards are too big for me. I can only wear prisoner uniform."
"Whatever kind of clothes you wear, this king will wear the same." He explained softly.
Yan Shuixin felt really moved, "My lord, you don't have to be like this..."
"We share both joy and sorrow, together." He said briefly.
When Feng Hai done with Wan Niang, he saw Yan Shuixin and King An's fake love, and thought of the ten catties of rice that he was forced to give up, so he said, "What a lovely display of love between dog man and dog woman!"
A sharp light flashed in Xiao Yeheng's eyes, and his palms were filled with internal energy, ready to go.
Seeing this, Feng Hai immediately hid behind Wang Mo who just walked out of one of the bathing rooms after taking a shower, "Boss, let's deal with him together!"
Just as Wang Mo was about to be on guard, Yan Shuixin tugged at Xiao Yeheng's sleeve, "My lord, why should we bother with an impotent man, it's just a waste of time."
Xiao Yeheng paused slightly, seeing her mischievous appearance, he felt admiration in his heart.
Wang Mo asked with an ugly face, "Doctor Yan, who are you talking about?"
Yan Shuixin pointed at Feng Hai, "Him. I counted the time he spent 'doing business' with Wan Niang. By the time he completed undressing, showering, and get dressed again, he couldn't be able to let you count from one to a hundred."
Seeing Wan Niang coming out with her clothes folded, she asked with a smile, "Isn't that so, Wan Niang?"
The latter blushed and ran away.
Feng Hai's expression darkened, "Yan Shuixin, what nonsense are you talking about. I'm not fast!"
Wang Mo put his arm around Feng Hai's shoulder, "Brother, although we are bandits, we still have to admit to our actions. Doctor Yan's calculation is correct. You are indeed a little sluggish. If you don't work hard, you won't be able to get a woman in the future. But if you do, she'll probably put thousands of green hats on you." (green hat = get cheated on... Chinese ppl do not wear green hats cuz of this lol👀)
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"Is there anyone who has a brother like you?" Feng Hai was so angry that he jumped, but he had no words to refute. He only regretted that he had approached Wan Niang at this time.
Now others have something to ridicule him with, he felt depressed. He ran away like a gust of wind.
Wang Mo said seriously to Yan Shuixin, "Doctor Yan, don't worry. I last longer than Feng Hai, and I will never let my future wife have the opportunity to cuckold me."
His eyes were looking at her with great interest, and it was obvious that he wanted her to be his future wife.
Xiao Yeheng gathered his internal energy in the palm of his hand, and waved a palm wind towards Wang Mo.
Wang Mo narrowly escaped, "Don't be angry, King An. If you have the ability, you should take good care of Doctor Yan and don't let her get caught by me."
Before he finished speaking, several palm winds struck again, Wang Mo dodged around in embarrassment, and flew away with his lightness kung fu.
Xiao Yeheng frowned his thick eyebrows, and glanced at Wang Mo's disappearing back, "You can't judge a person by his appearance. This person is not easy, so stay away from him."
Yan Shuixin hugged his thin waist, and buried her face on his shoulder, "Don't worry, my lord, you are the only one in my heart."
Xiao Yeheng sniffed the faint scent of medicine in her hair, feeling satisfied in his heart, but warm in his body.
Yan Shuixin didn't notice his hot eyes, and took his hand to walk towards the infirmary.
In the central stove, although the firewood had been extinguished, there was still a pile of red, charcoal-like tinder burning.
Yan Shuixin moved two low stools from some prison guard's room, and sat with Xiao Yeheng by the fire, drying their wet hair.
The night is dark and the moon is bright.
The bright moonlight bathed the earth, casting a layer of silver light on the ground inside the prison.
It seems that there is rare peace.
(this chapter had 5103 words... 😤 so it took a while to edit it +a lot of research)
Yan Shuixin looked at the bright moon in the sky through the open door and said, "No matter where the moon is, it's beautiful. Prince, I really want to recite poetry."
"I'm all ears." Xiao Yeheng stared at her beautiful face for a moment, with a stunning outline and shining pupils.
The acne on her face has gone down a lot again, it will soon become traceless.
If she regains her beauty, it will not be a good thing to be in prison. But no matter what, he will take good care of her.
Yan Shuixin didn't know what he was thinking, she walked to the door, looked at the moon solemnly and began to chant, "The moonlight is bright in front of the bed..." 'Li Bai, I will borrow your poem.'
"Concise and easy to understand, very good." He commented.
"Two pairs of shoes on the ground, a pair of dog man and dog woman, stripped naked." Yan Shuixin finished the last three sentences with great rhyming.
Xiao Yeheng: "..."
Yan Shuixin looked back and asked, "My lord, why didn't you comment?"
Such a perverted poetry, he really...doesn't know how to react? After thinking about it, Xiao Yeheng instantly understood, "Xin'er, you want to be with me at night..."
Just thinking about it made him tremble with excitement.
Yan Shuixin leaned against the door, stood sideways against the door frame, pointed to the utility room far away from the open space on the right, "My lord, look."
Xiao Yeheng walked to her side, looked in the direction she pointed, only to see Xia Chuxue standing outside the side wall of the utility room, with Zhao Bing sticking to her from behind...
The night is dark and the wind is high, while the goblins are fighting!
Yan Shuixin watched with relish, Xiao Yeheng scolded angrily, "Sure enough, they are a pair of dogs, who have STD and still won't forget to mess around." He quickly pulled her over and forced her to face him, "Xin'er, don't look."
"It's rare to see..." She didn't turn her head and wanted to continue watching.
He stretched his hands behind her, wrapped her waist with one hand, and held her head towards him with the other. He lowered his head and pecked her soft crimson lips that he had been longing for so long.
Sweet and refreshing.
Maybe it has something to do with her always cleaning her teeth with salt.
Yan Shuixin was stunned for a moment, and reached out to hug him back.
After a while, Xiao Yeheng carried her into the bedroom connected to the side room. The atmosphere in the room was very quiet, and even the sound of people's breathing could be heard clearly.
It had been a long time since the two of them had paid respects, and Xiao Yeheng grabbed Yan Shuixin's body and looked at her from the front. The acne on her face had already faded away, and her small face was particularly beautiful, even her pupils were bright and agile.
Such a beautiful woman is the wife of a disabled man like him!
Although he felt inferior, he never wanted to let her go.
She can only belong to him.
Yan Shuixin was embarrassed by his stare, and opened her lips, "My lord..."
"Husband." His voice was low and hoarse. He likes to hear her soft and sweet voice call him that.
"Husband." She was so obedient for the nth time.
Xiao Yeheng raised his hand and caressed her soft hair tenderly, letting her hair pass smoothly between his fingers, "It's time for us to consummate the marriage."
Yan Shuixin said helplessly, "I..."
He raised his thick black eyebrows, waiting for her to continue.
She pressed her lips into his ear and said, "My lord, I really want to be your woman, but it's my time of the month."
He blushed, got up quickly, and asked anxiously, "What should I do? Does your stomach hurt?" He once heard from the imperial brother that some concubines in the palace tend to have stomach pains when they menstruate, and they even have a big temper.
Yan Shuixin was a little thankful that her body didn't suffer from dysmenorrhea, but it had been several months and she only had it once, so her period was very irregular. "My stomach doesn't hurt. I have to find something for the menstruation."
"What do you need?" Xiao Yeheng was completely inexperienced.
Yan Shuixin searched the knowledge in her head, what should ancient women do at this time?
Basically, they sew a long cloth bag narrower than the palm of a hand, stuff it with clean cotton, and tie a knot on the left and right sides to use it as a sanitary napkin.
If there's no cotton available, then the cloth bag should be filled with plant ash.
The prison has a lot of quilts, but the wadding inside is dirty and old, so she won't use it for fear of getting an infection.
After some thought, she decided to disassemble a set of clean women's jail clothes, soak them in boiling water for disinfection, and then dry them with fire.
After disinfecting the material, she intends on cutting off sections of the fabric, sew many double-layer bags, and filled them with plant ash to prevent leaks. Thread and needles would be needed, and these are readily available in the room in the prison where clothes are piled up.
Hearing what she said, Xiao Yeheng hugged her and used lightness skills to get clothes and needles, and then went back to the side of the infirmary room to rekindle the pile of firewood that was not completely extinguished.
Boil hot water, soak clothes and cut cloth, and dry.
Very patient, Yan Shuixin could not see a hint of impatience on his face.
He doesn't know how to do needlework, so she has to do it.
After working for two hours, she finally made six or seven 'sanitary napkins'. They're washable and reusable, so she figured it was enough.
She carefully covered the fire with ash for two reasons: one to keep the fire burning and the other to protect the flames from spreading.
In the middle of the night, few huge trees were lush and full in a corner of the prison. They rustled in the night wind, and the shadows of the trees reflected on the ground, creating a tranquil atmosphere.
The moonlight spilled through the window on the windowsill. Although the shabby room is simple, it cannot hide the warm atmosphere in the house.
On the bed in the bedroom connected to the kitchen, Xiao Yeheng laid quietly while embracing Yan Shuixin, and he raised his hand to twist the corners of the quilt for her.
There was a subtle medical aroma on their noses, and they both felt refreshed after taking a shower. Heaven knows how badly he wants to be with her right now...
Yan Shuixin felt a little apologetic, in fact, the killer has not been found out yet, and could kill someone at any time. In this place, where tomorrow is not promised, she also hopes to be a real husband and wife with him.
She was exhausted after a long day and promptly fell asleep.
Xiao Yeheng turned sideways in the darkness, staring at her face with only one single eye. There was crazy love in his eye.
The next morning, when Yan Shuixin woke up, she met Xiao Yeheng's deep eyes, and she frowned slightly, "Did you not sleep?"
God knows how hard it is for him to be unable to touch the woman he loves, "I slept for a while and woke up."
She nodded slightly, sat up, "I'll make breakfast."
"It's already cooked." In the corner of this wing room, there is a small door that connects to the side room. He went through the small door so that he could see her while working.
Within his line of sight, he is not afraid of the killer appearing suddenly.
Yan Shuixin smelled the aroma of rice and said with certainty, "You cooked porridge."
"This king doesn't know how to cook, so the only thing I can think of is porridge, since all you need to do is wash the rice and add more water to boil it."
"My husband cooked it, so the porridge is obviously made out of love." Yan Shuixin rewarded him with a kiss on his scarred left cheek, got out of bed and went to the kitchen to wash up.
She seemed to really like kissing his mutilated left cheek very much, Xiao Yeheng caressed the place she had kissed in a daze. The terrifying face that even he disliked, made her show such joyful expression.
His chest was full of emotion, and before he knew it, his whole heart was filled with her.
They had one breakfast worth three bowls of porridge. Yan Shuixin said she was full after drinking one bowl, and forced him to drink two bowls.
Food is too precious, and the two of them ate cleanly.
After breakfast, Yan Shuixin played with the six thick bamboos that Xiao Yeheng had cut yesterday, and picked up the hatchet to chop the bamboo pieces.
It's still very easy to watch those craftsmen on TV, but when she recreated it herself, her hand slipped and almost cut her hand.
Xiao Yeheng quickly grabbed her hands and looked at them, with a concerned look on his face, "Did you get hurt?"
She shook her head slightly.
He took the initiative to pick up the firewood knife and said with a distressed expression, "What are you going to do? Just command on the side, and I will do it for you."
"I want to make one of them into a long bamboo strip, and the other five into bamboo slices that are as wide as a thumb." She gestured. and he had already picked up the hatchet, and did as she said.
After a while, there were more than ten long bamboo sticks and a large pile of bamboo slices on the ground.
Yan Shui's sparkling eyes looked at him with admiration, "My lord, how are you able to do this?"
"I just did it like you told me to do. This king has deep internal strength, and the hatchet is easy to use."
Speaking of internal strength, Yan Shuixin took the time to practice it a few times, but the effect was minimal. Right now, she doesn't have time to practice, she is busy with the work at hand, "Bamboo strips and slices need to be polished smooth with a knife," she said.
He didn't ask her what she was going to do, and it took almost two days to polish it.
On the third day, Yan Shuixin tied more than ten long bamboo sticks into a round bundle, packed a large pile of bamboo slices in a cloth bag, and asked Xiao Yeheng to carry firewood to the communal kitchen to light the fire.
She poured a bundle of bamboo strips and a pile of bamboo slices into a huge iron pot and boiled them for several hours.
Xia Chuxue walked into the kitchen with swaying steps, and saw that she was actually cooking bamboo, with a sneer on her beautiful face, "Yan Shuixin, your brain is..." Before she could finish her sentence, she saw Xiao Yeheng with gloomy eyes, so she didn't dare to say a word.
Seeing that she didn't continue talking, Yan Shuixin didn't reply.
"I thought you came here specifically for cooking." Xia Chuxue said, "It's unheard of to waste firewood to cook bamboo!" She turned around and greeted everyone to come and see.
In the past few days, the nine people in the prison lived in peace.
Everyone still had some food, so they all ran to the kitchen in a hurry.
Bai Jinchuan waved his folding fan and commented, "Doctor Yan, although the firewood in the prison is not lacking, you shouldn't be wasting it with a big pot of bamboo like this."
Feng Hai held a grudge, ever since he was called 'impotent' by her, and now he is still angry, "I think she is a fool."
As soon as Wan Niang entered the common kitchen, she only looked at Xiao Yeheng, "King An, how are you doing these few days?"
Xiao Yeheng ignored her, but shot Feng Hai with sharp eyes, "You can't control the lower part of your body, and now you can't even control the mouth on your head?"
"You!" Feng Hai turned green with anger.
"Hahaha..." There were laughter from several people in the kitchen.
Feng Hai knew that he couldn't beat King An, so he had no choice but to shut up sensibly.
"Looking at what Doctor Yan is using, is she perhaps going to weave baskets?" Wang Mo bent over his head, looking at the bamboo rolling in the boiling water in the pot. "Doesn't the prison have enough baskets?"
"Can you control it?" Yan Shuixin picked up the boiled bamboo and said to Xiao Yeheng, "After the bamboo slices and bamboo strips are heated and boiled, they can be shaped to prevent deformation after the water evaporates."
He nodded.
She smiled and asked, "You don't even ask me what I use it for?" It's time to give the prince a big surprise.
