Then he gritted his teeth, leaned sideways, and finally adjusted his posture, using his free hand to free the other hand.
She panted and sat up with the help of the wooden horse, not daring to delay for even a moment.
Because she didn't know when the murderer would come back.
Her hands could not reach her ankles which were tied to the hind legs of the wooden horse, so she moved backwards little by little until her whole body slipped out of the horse and fell backwards.
Her body was sitting on the cold and hard ground, but her legs were still tied to the wooden horse. At that moment, she even heard the sound of broken bones.
However, this kind of pain was nothing compared to the torture she had endured in the past few days.
She bent her body and finally managed to untie the hemp rope tied around her feet.
Looking down, she was naked at the moment, with bruises all over her body, and the two vertical and two horizontal cuts on her thighs were even more shocking.
If it were missing the last stroke, it would become the character “正”.
The girl's body trembled. Recalling what had happened in the past few days, there was still fear in her eyes.
She didn't even know how she managed to hold on. The initial tearing of tendons and bones and the subsequent torture made her feel like she wanted to die at every moment.
She held onto the wall and struggled to get up. On the wooden table, the torture instruments that had been used on her last night were lying one by one. Even now, she would tremble at the sight of them.
Those disgusting, toothless snakes were still wriggling and circling in the cage in the corner, hissing from time to time.
The fire in the stove was out, but the big red candle on the lampstand next to the gorgeous bed was replaced at dawn last night, so it still had a glow and had not gone out.
Her own clothes had long been thrown into the furnace by the evil thief and burned.
She had to limp to the edge of the bed, grab the bright red bed sheet, try to pull it out and put it on her body.
Wrapped in a bright red bed sheet, she walked towards the door step by step.
Although the door was closed, she was able to open it. After opening it, she found that there was only a bolt on the inside, which made her a little confused.
This prison cell had many torture instruments, but the door was locked from the inside. It did not look like it was intended to lock the prisoners in, but rather that the prison wanted to do something with the prisoners and keep outsiders out.
She walked out of the door and up the stairs. She pressed herself against the wall, enduring her foot injury, and took every step with difficulty.
There were paintings on the wall, but because the light was dim, it was difficult to tell what was painted on it.
The music above became louder and louder, and there were all kinds of laughter, both male and female.
At the top of the stairs, there was another door, and at that moment she was terrified that the door was locked from the outside... but it wasn't.
The bolt was still on the inside, and the door opened as soon as it was pulled. She rushed out, and the bright red bed sheet dragged on the ground as she ran.
First there was a winding passage, and as it went around and around, there were more and more voices, accompanied by the sounds of pipa, gongs and drums.
She rushed to a hall, where large red lanterns were hung high up, illuminating the hall. There were many wine tables, all filled with people, the aroma of wine was everywhere, and there was constant noise.
"Help!" she yelled, "Someone has held me captive here. Go and help me report the crime."
As she screamed, she saw people around her turning their heads and laughing at her. The men were all dressed in fancy clothes, but the women were all wearing baggy and thin clothes, some even naked.
"What a beautiful twist!" A fat man reached out and touched her.
Du Yuejiao dodged in panic, she nervously grabbed the bed sheet, barely covering her thighs and the scars on her legs. She turned around, trying to find someone to help her, those laughing faces turned in her eyes like a carousel, as if they were watching something interesting.
She screamed, "Help me!"
These people laughed even more happily. Someone staggered towards her drunkenly and reached out to touch her face: "What a beautiful girl, why haven't I seen you before?"
Suddenly, a hand embraced her delicate body, holding her tightly to his chest, followed by a cold voice: "She is mine."
Du Yuejiao's heart sank as the man's voice came. She didn't even need to look up to "see" his hooked nose and her chilling, terrifying face.
"Tsk!" The fat guy with a big belly staggered back.
That voice, as cold as an iceberg, sounded softly in her ears: "You can continue to run, it doesn't matter. I guess you already know where this is. I can send you out and leave you on the street like this.
"Let everyone see the little nun from Chongxian Sect, and see how the fairy-like person in their minds was thrown out of such a dirty place naked. Let everyone see the wound on your leg, and guess why there is a word '正' on your leg."
He actually let her go, but she had already collapsed powerlessly.
The hook-nosed young man laughed loudly, picked her up by the waist and spun her around. The bed sheets fluttered, looking bright red like blood.
The girl burst into tears in his arms, but all she could hear was the laughter in the hall. The laughter was endless, layer upon layer, as if everyone was laughing at her.
The room was full of lights and feasting, but she had fallen into endless darkness.
The hook-nosed young man took her back to the underground "prison".
He threw the girl onto the couch, her body rolled over on the couch, and the bright red sheets spread out.
She just lay there, staring blankly at the ornately decorated ceiling.
Those eyes that had lost their color were still shedding tears.
The crying had stopped, and this prison, which was as gorgeous as a bridal chamber, was now silent.
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Shi Hao felt that he had made some mistake.
He didn't know whether he was too successful or too unsuccessful.
Torture her body, abuse her mind and body, give her the last bit of hope, and then crush her harshly.
He felt that after all this, she would collapse and give him the information he wanted to know.
But now it seems that she has indeed collapsed.
She just lay stiffly on the couch, eyes open with tears in her eyes, not moving a muscle.
Even after her tears dried up, her eyes remained open, empty and blank, with blood even seeping out of them.
No matter what Shi Hao asked her, she didn't respond.
She was still alive, but she looked like a corpse.
This was not the effect Shi Hao wanted in any way.
To be fair, although it was obvious that this girl was targeting him from the beginning.
After all, Shi Hao saved her junior sister, but what he received was ridicule and doubt. This alone was very frustrating.
But the feud between Shi Hao and her was not so serious that he had to kill her.
And now she really looks no different from dead.
He ignored her that night, but forced her to drink a bowl of broth when it was almost dawn.
During the day, he just left her here, without tying her up or locking her up, and without doing anything.
But she just lay there motionless, without even the slightest will to live.
This way, it's impossible to ask anything.
Finally, Shi Hao had to seal her Yuzhen acupoint and force her to fall asleep.
After letting Du Yuejiao fall asleep, Shi Hao still maintained his disguise with the Evil Shadow Disguise Technique and came to the courtyard again to meet with Mr. Qiu, Lu Tong and others from the Dark Thunder Society.
Elder Qiu asked, "Master Hao, how did the confession go?"
Shi Hao shook his head slowly: "That girl is more resilient than I thought. Up to now, I haven't been able to get anything out of her."
Lu Tong said softly, "We have received new intelligence. Even the dog emperor of the Man Court seems to be asking the Yue Ketai family about this experiment, as well as Chongxianmen. It seems that Mingkun Temple did not report the "Conferred God" experiment at the beginning. Among the six academies of Chongxianmen, at least one is on the way to Jin County."
Shi Hao was secretly surprised that the network of "dark thunder" seemed to be larger than he had imagined, and it could actually grasp the movements of the top leaders of the Man Court and Chongxian Sect to a certain extent.
At the same time, he frowned. It seemed that this matter was really very serious.
Lu Tong continued, "There is also the Yueketai family, a wealthy barbarian family. They have a daughter named Yueyaer, the daughter of Yueketai Ni'nan. She has also arrived in Jin County. I wonder if she is also related to the 'Conferred God' experiment."
Shi Hao said: "No!"
Mr. Qiu and Lu Tong looked at him together.
Shi Hao put his hands behind his back, making himself look even more gloomy: "From what I know, this Yueyaer seems to have come here to investigate the cases of a large number of children who were stolen or abducted among the refugees recently. It has nothing to do with this 'Conferred God' experiment."
Lu Tong was surprised and said, "We have actually noticed this matter and have even been investigating it secretly, trying to figure out which gang or which underworld villains are doing this kind of evil that has destroyed families. But will the Man Ting care about this kind of thing?"
Old Qiu said in a deep voice: "If they really cared, they wouldn't have built so many projects in the heart of the Central Plains. The people were already living in misery because of the various occupations of land and bullying by the wealthy families. Now every household is being forced to work as a conscript and forced to do hard labor. I don't know how many lives were lost for every canal built by the Barbarian Court."
Lu Tong said softly: "The people in the hinterland are really miserable. Xishu Province is located in a remote area. Many people at the bottom of society have begun to have difficulty surviving, not to mention those families who have lost their land and people. There is no way to survive if you flee, and you will die if you don't flee.
"Even so, the dog emperor and dog prime minister of the Barbarian Court are still talking about the 'Jinxia Family'."
Old Qiu sighed, "In the eyes of the Barbarian Court, the common people at the bottom who have no force and power are not considered human beings at all, and it doesn't matter how many of them die. The so-called Jin clan and Huaxia are one family, which is to win over the local gentry and landlords, as well as some martial arts sects that are accomplices to the tiger. In the final analysis, the purpose is to 'use Huaxia to control Huaxia'."
Lu Tong said bitterly: "It's a pity that there are so many scums in the martial arts world! Especially the Chongxian Sect, which rose to prominence with the help of the Barbarian Court, and with the support of the Barbarian Court, it suppressed the entire Central Plains martial arts world."
Shi Hao hesitated for a moment, then suddenly said, "I need you to do me a favor!"
Chapter 20: No More Nightmares
When Du Yuejiao woke up, she found herself lying in a small, enclosed space.
Her hands and feet were tied, and her body was swaying as she moved with the sound of the rolling wheels.
She is being transferred.
She didn't know where she would be transferred to, but she didn't care anymore.
She opened her empty eyes and looked at the empty darkness.
The body still hurts, but as the heart cools, it gradually becomes numb.
She seemed to be carried by a thin layer of ice that could melt at any time, drifting on the sea.
There are stormy waves on all sides. There is no point in escaping and there is no point in hoping.
The scars all over her body and the mark of shame on her thighs are all she has.
She was even afraid to see the light, which would expose everything about her to the sun and to everyone's eyes.
There were noisy shouts, running footsteps, quarrels caused by bargaining, and soldiers shouting and driving away the refugees.
She just opened her eyes wide and looked at the darkness, swaying with the shaking of this small space.
For a while, the noise around him died down.
The sound of the wheels rolling did not stop.
Slowly, the sound became louder, with more sounds of wheels coming one after another. Some of them seemed old and creaked.
For a moment she stopped rocking.
"Open it and take a look!" someone shouted.
"Sir!" another voice rang out, "My little sister died of illness, and we didn't have money to hold a funeral, so we just packed the things and transported them to the mountains to bury them."
"Open it when I tell you to!" The soldier said angrily. "If you don't open it, who will know what you have in there?"
"Your Excellency is right, Your Excellency is right," the voice replied.
Suddenly, there was chaos all around. The girl's body began to shake more and more violently, bumping into each other in the small space.
"Stop them, stop them!" Such shouts were heard, but were quickly forgotten.
The vehicle accelerated and circled around in the mountains. Sometimes, the girl's delicate body would vibrate as the vehicle rolled over the dirt and rocks, and sometimes she would be thrown around.
Unconsciously, tears of blood silently flowed, and the girl's eyes turned blood red instead of just deep darkness.
Whether in the market or at the city gate, she could shout loudly to attract more attention.
But she gave up all the opportunities.
There were creaking sounds, starting small and growing louder, and suddenly, there was the crisp sound of wood breaking, and she rolled over in this small space.
"This car is useless!" someone said. "I don't know what's inside it."
"Who cares? As long as we have money, it's good!" Another voice sounded, "Fortunately, we are almost there. Please work hard and carry it over."
The girl's body began to shake again, just this kind of shaking, but it seemed lighter than the previous shaking.
Until the shaking stopped. One of them said, "Sir, we got it here."
"Carry it inside!" The gloomy voice, like a sharp knife blade scraping against a whetstone, seemed even more solemn.
The girl was carried inside and placed somewhere.
The two men went outside, and then there was the sound of coins colliding and the sound of the two men's footsteps hurriedly leaving.
Suddenly, that gloomy voice sounded again: "Who is it?"