"What is this for?"
"Maybe they're going to send us away, but I don't know where they're going to."
The women seldom went out. They tied their belts and dressed themselves neatly before leaving the barracks one after another.
Jiang Yanyi was glad that only her outer robe was torn, and her middle and inner garments were intact. She followed the crowd out of the tent, secretly looking at the surrounding terrain and assessing the feasibility of escape.
It is late autumn and the weather here is very dry and cold.
Their barracks were next to the military camp, with countless military tents set up in front, so densely packed that it was dizzying. There were patrolling soldiers in the camp, and the guards were very strict.
On the low sand dunes in the distance, the withered yellow leaves of the poplar trees swirled down as the wind blew.
It is indeed outside the Great Wall.
Jiang Yanyi could only use one word to describe this damn place: remote and poor.
A new army was stationed outside the camp. The soldiers were all wearing dark iron armor and poured in from the camp gate like black ants. On the flags fluttering in the wind, there was a red word "Feng" on a black background, which made people feel cold all over.
"Feng" is the royal surname. Could it be that the male protagonist has come to the border
Jiang Yanyi was frightened by this thought. Given the paranoid and protective attitude of the male protagonist in the original book, if he knew that she was not dead after entering the military camp, he would have directly ordered his soldiers to drag her over and watch her being tortured to death by the soldiers of the three armies.
She quickly recalled the plot of the original book. In the book, the vicious female supporting character herself had just died, and the male protagonist was still raping the female protagonist.
Although the heroine's body is occupied by the hero, she is always thinking about the second hero Lu Linyuan. Once, when she fainted after being tortured by the hero, she called Lu Linyuan's name. The hero was jealous and demoted Lu Linyuan to the border. The heroine felt that she had harmed Lu Linyuan, and she cried every day and became more indifferent to the hero.
The hero's self-esteem was hurt, and he threatened the heroine that he didn't have to be with her. He turned around and went to the queen to relieve his sexual desire, but he was instantly attracted to her. When the heroine learned that the queen was pregnant, she cried again and realized that she had already had feelings for the hero.
The heroine is determined to break off this bad fate, and complains to her father, Minister Jiang. With the help of Minister Jiang, she fakes her death and escapes from the palace, and goes outside the pass to find the second male lead, intending to be with him for the rest of her life. The hero is naturally furious, and immediately goes outside the pass to snatch the heroine back...
According to the development of the plot, Jiang Yanyi felt that it would take some time for the hero to come to the outside of the pass. Was it because of some unexpected change that the hero came to the outside of the pass in advance? Or was there someone else holding the "Seal" flag
The little leader who had called them out before was obviously a little panicked when he saw the army.
After he counted the number of people, he immediately shouted, "Follow me, follow me!"
The little leader led the way in front, and his soldiers were responsible for escorting them from behind.
With this posture, let alone running, even if he turned his head to look somewhere, the soldiers walking behind him could see him clearly.
When the women in the team saw the army stationed in the camp, they all looked anxious.
Even Chunxiang, who had stayed here the longest, looked a little pale.
Someone whispered to her, "Sister Chunxiang, where are we going?"
Chunxiang sneered: "With so many new soldiers coming, what else do you think they can do if they take us over?"
The women turned pale when they heard this.
There are less than one hundred military prostitutes in the Xizhou camp. If we give them away as rewards to the three armies, there are too many wolves and too little meat. Can they survive until tomorrow
The little leader took them into the military camp, as if he was really going to send them to the new soldiers to play with, as Chunxiang said.
Many women were already sobbing quietly, while those who had been in the camp longer had numb expressions on their faces.
Some clever girls said they had to pee urgently, but the leader simply told them to "hold it in".
It seems that this little leader knows all of their escape tricks.
Jiang Yanyi's heart was pounding.
Outside the Xizhou camp.
The sunlight in late autumn was not glaring. A man and a horse stood in front of the army. The jet-black warhorse was half a head taller than ordinary warhorses. It stamped its hooves impatiently and snorted. In front of the warhorse was the black-armored army that was pouring into the Xizhou camp in an orderly manner.
The man on the horse was tall and slender, wearing heavy armor made of black iron. The ferocious tiger head on his shoulder looked so aggressive that it could scare children to tears every night. He raised his hand with the black iron wristband and touched the warhorse he was sitting on. The horse, which had been restless just now, instantly calmed down.
When the autumn wind blew, a few strands of his hair, which were casually tied up on his head, fell down, making the face that had once been the dream of the ladies in Beijing look a little more unruly.
A guard came riding a horse from a distance. When he was almost there, he quickly dismounted and half-knelt on the ground and said, "Master, there is news from the capital that the son of Master Lu has been demoted to Xizhou."
Feng Shuo snorted and turned his head slightly. The sunlight shone on his handsome face, but his eyes were like broken snow and ice. "Three days ago, the daughter of the Jiang family was sent here to be a camp prostitute. Now, the son of the Lu family is demoted here. What does the little emperor want to do?"
The only one who dares to say this to the current emperor is the person in front of me.
The guards did not dare to reply, but they knew in their hearts that just as their master took over the Xizhou camp, the daughter of Minister Jiang was tragically killed in the army. This would definitely become a major reason for the civil officials to criticize their master in the future.
A flock of wild geese flew across the sky, their cries drawn out.
Feng Shuo picked up the big bow hanging on the horse's back, put a black feather arrow on it and pulled the string to its full length, his narrow and long eyes half-closed.
"call out!"
The sharp arrow was released from the string, and a wild goose fell from the sky. The rest of the geese flew away screaming in panic.
He threw the bow in his hand to the guard beside him and said two words casually: "Noisy."
The guard said, "The military doctor went to see her yesterday and said that Jiang's daughter might not survive."
It is really troublesome that this woman died in her own military camp.
Feng Shuo frowned and asked, "What's going on with the Jiang family?"
The guard said, "There's news in the capital that the daughter of the Jiang family died suddenly and has been buried. Madam Jiang has gone mad after losing her beloved daughter, and the young master of the Jiang family broke his leg when he was burying his sister."
A hint of sarcasm flashed across Feng Shuo's eyes. It seemed that Minister Jiang had no intention of recognizing this daughter. However, the fact that Madam Jiang and her son were either crazy or disabled was somewhat intriguing.
He sneered and showed a rare kindness: "When the daughter of the Jiang family is buried, prepare a coffin for her."
Her relatives refused to recognize her when she was alive, and after her death she didn't even have a coffin. She could only become a wandering ghost. As a girl from a wealthy family, she was really pitiful.
Jiang Yanyi, who was rewarded with a coffin, was still following in the crowd like a quail.
The little leader had led them through twists and turns and into a barracks filled with thick smoke. Countless fruits and vegetables were piled on the open space outside the barracks, and some soldiers without armor were washing the vegetables skillfully.
The little leader walked into the barracks and shouted, "Old Li, I've found some kitchen helpers for you!"
Help… help in the kitchen
Jiang Yanyi and all the girls who came with her were stunned, and then filled with ecstasy.
Rather than rewarding those soldiers with torture to the point of being worse than death, they would naturally prefer to help in the Huotou Camp.
Only Chunxiang looked a little embarrassed. She had insisted before that she would give them as rewards to the soldiers, but in the end they came to the Huotou Camp to work.
After the little leader shouted, an old soldier wearing a coarse cloth half-apron came out of the barracks with a large soup spoon in his hand.
"Brother, you have done me a great favor. The general's 100,000 troops have arrived as soon as they were promised. I have taken out all the ingredients for tomorrow to make enough for tonight's meal, but we are short of manpower."
General
Jiang Yanyi raised his eyebrows slightly and put his heart back in his stomach. It was good that it was not the male protagonist who came. However, there was no mention of this great general at the border in the original book. I think he was just a passerby.
"Okay, okay. You can use these people first. If they are still not enough, I will transfer some more from the military camp." The small leader greeted Chef Li and left with his men.
Chef Li had to go back to the kitchen and had no time to assign tasks to Jiang Yanyi and the others one by one, so he called his apprentice over and said, "Liu Cheng, assign the tasks. Two hundred thousand soldiers are waiting for food. If the food is not ready by then, we will all have to move our heads!"
"Okay!" Liu Cheng responded quickly. He was tall and strong, and looked stronger than the soldiers in other camps. However, his eyes were vague, and it was obvious that he had a lot of ideas.
He looked at them one by one and assigned tasks to the women.
Jiang Yanyi noticed that anyone who was pretty and could say something flattering would be assigned easy tasks.
Chunxiang was obviously acquainted with Liu Cheng. After they exchanged glances, Chunxiang was called to go to the barracks to light the fire.
Making fire is the easiest job. You just have to sit on a low stool behind the stove and add some firewood when the fire is about to go out.
The rest of those with average looks were assigned to wash and cut vegetables. It didn't seem like a hard job, but this was to prepare food for 200,000 people, and they would be so busy that their hands and necks would be sore.
Jiang Yanyi was standing at the back of the crowd. When Liu Cheng was assigned to their group, his eyes flickered over Jiang Yanyi several times. She had a good figure and stood out at first glance, but Jiang Yanyi kept her head down.
Chunxiang could tell at a glance that Liu Cheng was interested in Jiang Yanyi. She coughed twice and winked at Liu Cheng.
Liu Cheng glanced at Chunxiang and said to the rest of Jiang Yanyi and his group, "Go peel the taro."
The taro is dug out of the soil and is covered with a lot of mud. This is considered the dirtiest and most tiring job.
Chunxiang was satisfied, and before leaving, she deliberately glanced at Jiang Yanyi with contempt.
Jiang Yanyi rolled his eyes rudely, making Chunxiang so angry that her face turned red and her neck became thick.
She had no idea what Chunxiang was so proud of. Aren't they all prisoners
Jiang Yanyi was not picky about her job. There was no peeler here, so she could only peel the taro clumsily with a knife. This was actually a good thing for her, as she could use it to get her current body familiar with using the knife.
Knife skills are a cook’s basic skill.
In his previous life, Jiang Yanyi started cutting vegetables and practicing his knife skills as soon as he was able to hold a kitchen knife.
Now that this body has been accustomed to a life of luxury, his hands are white and tender without any calluses. Jiang Yanyi was not used to holding the knife yet. After peeling more than a dozen taro, he slowly got the feel for it, and his peeling speed became faster and faster.
The other women who were assigned to peel the taro felt that it was Jiang Yanyi's fault that they had to bear this hard work. Seeing that Jiang Yanyi peeled the taro quickly, they piled most of the taro in front of her.
She even pretended she had done nothing and started chatting, "Sister Chunxiang is really popular."
"Sister Chunxiang is pretty. If you are pretty, you can also come in and sit by the fire."
When it comes to appearance, they couldn't help but look at Jiang Yanyi a few more times.
There was nothing to say about Jiang Yanyi's appearance. His oval face, which was the size of a palm, was embedded with a pair of affectionate eyes, red lips and white teeth. Even though he looked sickly, he was still particularly pitiful.
A woman saw that Jiang Yanyi's bowl of taro was almost full, so they filled the bottom of the bowl. She was afraid that someone would come to take the taro and get scolded, so she reached out to take Jiang Yanyi's bowl of taro, saying viciously: "Hurry up and peel it, these are all yours! If you hadn't been against Sister Chunxiang, we wouldn't have been implicated!"
She had only stretched out her hand halfway when Jiang Yanyi suddenly threw the knife in his hand down.
The knife hit a taro, just a hair's breadth away from the woman's hand. The woman was so scared that she broke out in a cold sweat.
Jiang Yanyi raised his clear eyes, looked at her and said calmly: "Take one and try."