He paused and looked towards the source of the sound through the moonlight.
A black figure was chased by a group of dogs, staggering towards the direction of the Mo family, but fell down in the blink of an eye.
Before the Mo brothers had gone far, they ran back together and walked towards the fallen shadow.
Dogs are very understanding of human nature. If strangers who come to Mo's house don't try to hurt anyone, they will just make noises to drive them away, and will not bite them.
The eldest brother took the first step and straightened the fallen person's body.
People who practice martial arts have good night vision. He used the moonlight to look at the people coming, but he didn't recognize them.
At this time, Mo Jiuye also came over. When he saw the person clearly, he was a little shocked.
Seeing his expression, the brothers were sure that the ninth brother knew this man.
"Ninth brother, who is he?" the eldest brother asked.
"He is Zhou Laoba, the official sent by the imperial court to escort us to the northwest. He is a pretty good man. Let's take him back first to see what's going on."
Mo Jiuye said, already preparing to step forward to carry someone.
This was the closest to the second elder's yard, so the brothers carried Zhou Laoba to the side room.
He looked carefully at Zhou Laoba by the light of the oil lamp.
He was much thinner than when he was separated from the Mo family. His ordinary face was covered with scabbed scars and his lips were chapped. He looked as if he was dead.
Mo Jiuye learned some medical knowledge from He Zhiran. His husband felt Zhou Laoba's pulse. Although it was a little weak, he could still feel it.
As for why Zhou Laoba fell into coma, he could not make a conclusion.
Logically speaking, He Zhiran would be able to understand this situation at a glance, but He Zhiran was currently in confinement and it was not convenient for him to go out and check Zhou Laoba's health.
Mo Jiuye had an idea and thought of his uncle.
Although He Ziming is known as the master of gynecology and is also a doctor, he cannot only treat women's diseases.
Mo Jiuye whispered: "Someone go and invite my uncle here."
"I'll go." Meng Huaining took the initiative to stand up.
Today he has made his position clear in front of his father-in-law, and he will naturally spare no effort in dealing with the Mo family's affairs.
Soon, Meng Huaining brought He Ziming over.
He Ziming took Zhou Laoba's pulse and said, "His body should have been without food for many days, and there are also internal injuries."
When it comes to internal injuries, no one knows it better than the Mo brothers.
They are all martial arts practitioners and often suffer internal injuries on the battlefield.
Mo Jiuye stepped forward and pulled off Zhou Laoba's shirt. Apart from being thin, there was nothing wrong with the front of his body.
He carefully turned the person over and saw countless whip marks.
The whip marks have scabbed over, but from the depth of the scabs, it can be seen that the strength of the person who did it was not ordinary.
This is a rhythm that beats people to death.
There is no doubt that the internal injuries He Ziming mentioned came from these whip marks.
Mo Jiuye looked at He Ziming: "Brother, I want you to help him heal."
"I'll give him acupuncture first to wake him up. He should feel better if he eats something. Internal injuries are not a minor problem and they need to be treated slowly."
He Ziming moved quickly. As he finished speaking, the silver needle in his hand had already been accurately inserted into Zhou Laoba's acupuncture point.
After about a stick of incense, Zhou Laoba finally woke up.
After scanning around, he finally fixed his gaze on Mo Jiuye.
"I...I wasn't dreaming, was I? I finally made it here alive."
Mo Jiuye did not answer him immediately, but brought a bowl of water to him.
"Drink some water first and speak slowly if you have anything to say."
Zhou Laoba wanted to reach out to take the water glass handed over by Mo Jiuye, but he felt that he had no strength at all.
Mo Jiuye has a good impression of Peng Wang, Zhou Laoba and others. Although Zhou Laoba had a misunderstanding with his wife, it was a misunderstanding after all. He is not so stingy because he wants to hold grudges. .
He personally delivered the water to Zhou Laoba.
"I'll help you, you drink some water first."
Zhou Laoba drank some water and felt that his throat was finally not so dry.
His tone was a little urgent:
"Mo Jiuye, take your family and hide quickly!"
Mo Jiuye frowned and asked, "What happened?"
Zhou Laoba was still very weak at this time, but he always felt that the matter was urgent. If he had not spoken out earlier, his suffering during this period would have been in vain.
"Twenty days ago, the boss and our group of officials responsible for escorting you were arrested and taken to a dungeon one after another.
There, those people tortured us and asked us to tell the whole process of escorting the Mohists to exile.
We were just hanging out in the Yamen to make a living, but we had never seen such a ferocious battle before. We pieced together the whole thing about escorting you to the northwest. "
"Do you know who is arresting you?" Mo Jiuye did not ask about the content of their confessions. It didn't take much to know that those officials must have told everything in order to survive.
He didn't have anything else to worry about, except that the officials knew all about saving Bago halfway.
“The night we were arrested, when two guards were chatting, I vaguely heard them mentioning Prime Minister Xue.
The two men had no intention of betraying anyone, and the leader guessed that they might want to kill someone and silence them.
As a result, we were afraid of what we were going to do. Before long, a large number of people came and whipped us without any explanation.
I was in the innermost position at that time, so I could turn my back while someone was covering me, and their whips would hit me hard on the back.
I watched my brothers fall one by one and imitated their example, pretending to be unconscious.
Fortunately, I was more thoughtful. After those people beat us for a while, someone said, check if we are still alive. If we are not dead, continue to beat us.
At that time I heard them saying that when we die, we will all be thrown into mass graves.
At that time, I could no longer hear the moans of my brothers, so I could only continue to pretend to be dead and try to have a chance to survive.
Fortunately, those people didn't check so carefully. I held my breath and they didn't notice any clues. "
At this point, Zhou Laoba began to cry loudly.
"When I waited for those people to go away and climbed up from the mass grave, I found that all the brothers had died... Wuwuwu..."
Hearing that Zhou Laoba said that all the brothers had died, Mo Jiuye felt very sad.
"Where's Brother Peng? Was he also beaten to death by those people?"
Zhou Laoba nodded while crying: "The leader was beaten the hardest because he was unwilling to tell the situation of the Mo family.
Those people identified him as the leader responsible for the escort and insisted on getting more information from him.
When those people wanted to silence them, the leader was left hanging with only his breath. After we were thrown into the mass grave, I went to check on the leader, and his body was already hard... Wuwuwu..."
Mo Jiuye slammed his fist on the table next to him, gritted his teeth and said, "These are such heartless dogs."
