Just when they were taking active actions on the seventh day of the lunar month, Gongsun Ce, who was in the center of the storm, was not having an easy life.
Just as Bao Zheng had worried before, Gongsun Ce himself became wary of the food and drinks sent by his attendants after he recognized that the aphrodisiac grown here was.
It was okay to eat. After all, the period of starvation was still short. He felt that he could still hold on for a few days, so he never touched a chopstick.
It's just that the feeling of thirst is really painful, but even so, Gongsun Ce only poured some tea to soak his lips when he was really thirsty, and didn't dare to swallow it.
At first, he was worried that his resistant attitude would displease the supervisors here, but he soon discovered that this was not the case.
Even if he didn't eat or drink, the maid would still come and deliver the food on time. Even if it was brought back as it was, she never complained or tried to persuade him.
Gongsun Ce observed for a long time under suspicion, and finally discovered something strange about this place.
It's so quiet.
In the huge courtyard, apart from the chirping of birds and insects, there was no sound of human beings!
Only then did he think of the maids he had seen after being sent here. Although they were of different sizes, ages, and looks, they had one thing in common, that is, their hands were rough and full of work. Traces of being used to farm work.
After discovering this, Gongsun Ce immediately thought of what he had seen in the deserted village before.
At that time, the villagers who were left behind said that the government had forcibly bought some girls back, ranging from wives and mothers to those in their prime years, but they were all taken away.
From this point of view, they were probably brought here.
Gongsun Ce was not allowed to move around here. The room he was in was his only space for movement. In addition, there were people standing in the corridor outside the door and outside the window, no matter day or night.
It's shameful to say that in order to allow Xiao Hei to successfully send the message, he used his best fighting ability as a scholar - pretending to cause a scene.
And relying on the physical difference between men and women, he introduced the maid guarding outside the door and pushed one away. Then he ran around in the courtyard until he attracted everyone's attention.
Such chaos created an opportunity for Xiao Hei to escape.
Fortunately, it was still dark at the time, and everyone's attention was focused on him. Therefore, even if someone saw a black shadow flying around the courtyard, they didn't care and just thought it was a bird from outside that strayed into this place. .
But when Gongsun Ce was escorted back to the room again, he found that all the utensils in the room had turned into wood.
"This is really... today, I can be considered a disgrace to my gentleness."
He smiled and shook his head, accidentally touching his bruised face, and he hissed in pain.
Speaking of which, despite the chaos just now, no one in the entire yard spoke. At most, only anxious "woo-hoo" sounds could be heard.
While he was thinking about it, the door was pushed open, and a little girl who looked to be about twelve or thirteen years old came in with medicine for her injuries. Seeing that she was about to lower her head and leave after putting down the medicine, Gongsun Ce hurriedly called out to her: "Little girl, don't leave yet, I want to ask you a question."
Maybe his voice was too calm, but the girl actually stopped, turned around and looked at him blankly.
"I want to know, why don't you speak? Is it because you can't speak or... the master here doesn't allow you to speak?"
When the girl heard his question, she suddenly froze in place. After a long time, the originally numb look on her face suddenly turned sad, and her big eyes were filled with mist. Then, she raised her head and slowly Slowly he opened his mouth towards Gongsun Ce.
"Ah, ah——"
She called out softly, a little hoarse and not very pleasant.
But Gongsun Ce suddenly took half a step back as if he had been hit hard, and then fell to the ground as if he had lost all strength. When he came to his senses again, the girl had left without knowing when, but he But I can't forget it.
The girl's open mouth was like a deep, dark well, with neither tongue nor teeth in it.
Now, he finally knew how he got such unusual silence.
——We must find a way to destroy this place!
He looked up at the closed doors and windows, and his heart slowly became firmer.
