With the firelight coming from outside, the originally dark cabin was also illuminated. Su Liuye lowered his head and saw a key under the box.
Her heart beat slightly, and she quickly returned to the cage with the key. After a try, she actually opened the cage.
"come out faster!"
She didn't have time to ask who put the key here, and waved the child inside to come out. But except for Erbao and Mingyin, the other children stood uneasily inside. When they saw the iron door being opened, their faces showed horror.
"What's wrong with you? Come out quickly, there's a fire outside!"
"..."
The children stared at her and dared not move.
Just when Su Liuye was about to speak, Mingyin said first, "Did those bandits ask you to take us out?"
"What?"
She didn't react for a moment, Mingyin raised his chin towards the cage.
Su Liuye took a look and saw that the child inside was sallow and thin, and his clothes were in tatters, and many of them were obviously torn.
Thinking that they were locked up here, eating and drinking like animals, Su Liuye suddenly realized that these children were locked up here, being intimidated by bandits all day long, and now they feared they would not dare to leave this cage.
She followed Mingyin's words and said loudly, "Yes, it's the people outside who asked you to go out. Anyone who dares not to go will be responsible for the consequences!"
After saying this, the children trembled and ran out quickly.
Su Liuye led them to the cabin door and looked outside. Many people were putting out the fire outside. If they walked from that way, they would definitely be discovered.
"Go this way!"
She turned around and ran to the stern of the boat. Although she was not looking at the dock, she was very close to the shore.
She carried the children one by one.
These children were imprisoned here and could only eat one meal a day. They were so thin that it took little effort to hold them. But there were about ten children in total, and by the time Su Liuye took them all down, she was already panting from exhaustion.
"Hey, why are the people inside missing?"
"What?"
There were shouts from the other side of the cabin. Two bandits were standing at the door. They didn't know what they saw. The people over there started shouting.
not good! Su Liuye's expression changed, and she couldn't rest anymore, so she jumped down while holding on to the handrail. She had injuries on her legs, and when her feet landed, the excruciating pain made her vision go dark and she almost fell to the ground.
"There's someone over there!"
"Quick! Catch them, don't let them escape!"
"Run!"
Su Liuye immediately ran towards the mountain forest.
The children looked at the bandits over there with fear. Seeing that they were about to chase them, they turned around and ran with Su Liuye.
They have been locked in the cage for too long and have long lost the idea of escape, but if they are given such a chance, they do not want to be locked up again.
The mountain forest is dim after dark, and it is easy for people to get lost once they run in. But similarly, it is not so easy for people outside to find them.
Because of the injury on her leg, Su Liuye couldn't run when she reached the foot of the mountain, and her face was covered in cold sweat.
Glancing at the bandits who were about to chase after her, she pushed Mingyin, "Quick! Take Erbao and the others and run away! Find the woodcutter at the foot of the mountain, not the mountain!"
"how about you?"
"I have a wound on my leg and I can't run anymore." Su Liuye fell to the ground. The wound kept hurting as she spoke, "Leave me alone and leave quickly! Otherwise, we won't be able to run away!"
Mingyin looked at the injury on her leg, his eyes darkened, but he also knew that procrastinating in this situation was just a waste of time.
"Okay." He nodded and asked Erbao and the others to leave.
Su Liuye endured the pain on her feet and went to hide under the tree with difficulty, trying to delay Erbao and the others for some time.
"Where are the people? Damn it, everyone's gone!"
"Hurry up and chase! They are all a bunch of bastards, they can't run far! I saw that woman just now. She has an injury on her leg, so she can't run far!"
Several bandits came after him from the boat, holding torches in their hands.
Su Liuye shrank down and tried to reduce his presence as much as possible. After all the bandits ran away, she left along the mountain road.
But before he had gone far, a shout came from behind him, "Here, catch her!"
Su Liuye's heart was trembling and she didn't care to look back. She endured the pain and wanted to run into the forest.
However, there was a violent squeeze from behind, knocking her down to the ground.
"You bitch, you are so brave, you actually let everyone go!"
Su Liuye turned around and saw the bandit behind her slapping her directly with a loud voice.
Along with a burst of pain, Su Liuye's vision went dark and she fainted.
…
"...Jiang Yu, do you know what you are doing? This woman released all the cargo in the cabin, and you still want to defend her?!"
"It's not your turn to take care of my business, get out!"
"You - OK, OK! You dare to talk to me like this, right? OK, Jiang Yu, just wait for me!"
The noise in her ears woke Su Liuye up. She opened her eyes with difficulty and saw two people standing next to her, but she couldn't tell who they were.
She groaned, her face and legs hurting, and her whole body felt as if it was on fire.
"Yun Niang, she's awake."
"She's having a fever. You go out first and I'll help her treat her wounds."
The woman's cold voice sounded, and Su Liuye vaguely saw the female doctor who had helped her clean up before coming. Soon, she felt a coolness wiping her cheeks.
She tried to see clearly, but her body was too uncomfortable and she fell asleep quickly.
Ye Yunniang helped her take care of her feet. Seeing that she fell asleep again, she wet the cloth with cold water and put it on Su Liuye's forehead to help her cool down.
Seeing that her condition was temporarily stable, Ye Yunniang went outside and saw Jiang Yu standing there.
She stepped forward and said, "Third Master, the girl is fine. She just has a fever caused by inflammation of the wound. As long as she survives tonight, she will be fine. But Yu Xiangqin will not let go of the child in the cabin so easily. Let her go, I think it’s better to send that girl away and let her recover well.”
"Just arrange it."
"..." Ye Yunniang looked at the mask on his face. Because of this mask, she couldn't see the man's expression at all.
After a moment of silence, Ye Yunniang said, "Then you can arrange a carriage for me. Also, Yu Xiangqin and the others will definitely stop me, so you can arrange it as soon as possible."
"OK."
The man responded and walked away.
Ye Yunniang looked at his back and then at the woman in the room, her eyes flickering.
Soon, Jiang Yu's people arranged the carriage, and Jiang Yu carried Su Liuye into the carriage. Although she couldn't see his face under the mask, Ye Yunniang could see that his movements were particularly light, as if he was worried about waking up the person in his arms.
She has been with Jiang Yu for a long time and has never seen him care so much about a woman.
