A rugged mountain road, windless, snowless, lonely and bitterly cold, with bare branches on the roadside, and the occasional crow, like a death knell for travelers.

Several figures were struggling to move forward on the mountain road.

Most of these people were in ragged clothes, with shackles on their bodies and anklets on their feet. They looked like prisoners exiled outside the customs.

At the end of the team are two officers and soldiers, with swords at their waists and strong skills.

"Brother Wang, after climbing over this mountain, we will reach Yuxia Pass. After passing Yuxia Pass, we will reach the wilderness. Our mission will be completed when we get there." One of the officers and soldiers said.

After hearing this, the other person laughed and said: "Brother Li, you are still familiar with this road. I am a new recruit and I will have to hang out with you in the future."

Before he finished speaking, he had already taken off a wine gourd from his waist and brought it to the other party, "Come on, brother, drink!"

The officer and soldier who spoke earlier was named Li Zhong. He grinned when he saw this, took the gourd of wine unceremoniously, and poured a few sips into his mouth.

“Good wine!”

Li Zhong patted the latter on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Brother Wang Meng, if you follow me, I will never let you suffer in the future!"

"Thank you, brother!" Wang Meng smiled happily.

"Wine, it's good wine..." Li Zhong shook the wine gourd and sighed: "It's a pity that there is wine but no vegetables. In the past two months, we have been eating dry food every day, and we feel like a bird in our mouths."

!”

After Wang Meng heard this, he also frowned, "We are already at the northwest border here. The climate is bitterly cold and the human habitation is extinct. We can't even catch a single game. There's nothing I can do about it, brother."

While they were talking, there was a sudden commotion ahead.

The two stopped talking and looked forward. They saw several men surrounding a child. The child was twitching all over and his eyes turned white.

"what happened?"

Wang Meng rushed over.

"Sir, this child is dying. You see his whole body is twitching. I'm afraid he won't survive today." Someone among the prisoners said.

Another person also said: "Sir, this child is too young. He has been wearing handcuffs and anklets for a long time, and the blood circulation in his body is not smooth. Moreover, he has only eaten a few mouthfuls of dry food in the past few days, and his energy and blood are seriously depleted. He will not be able to get over this place if he continues like this.

Mountain."

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After listening to the chattering of the people around him, Wang Meng looked down and found that the place where the child was tied by handcuffs and anklets was indeed covered in bruises.

The man from before said again: "Sir, why don't you untie his handcuffs and anklets first to activate the menstrual blood? He is only an eight-year-old child anyway, how can he still escape from the military master?"

After Wang Meng heard this, he looked hesitant, but Li Zhong came over at this moment and said calmly: "Untie him."

"But."

"It's nothing but, we calculate the rewards on a head-to-head basis. Now that Yuxia Pass is right in front of us, we can't let him die on the road. When we get to Yuxia Pass and count the number of people, then whether he is alive or dead will depend on us."

It’s irrelevant.”

After Wang Meng heard this, he suddenly said: "Brother is still thoughtful!"

Having said that, without hesitation, he took out the key and unlocked all the child's handcuffs and anklets.

A knowledgeable prisoner next to him immediately stepped forward and gave the child a massage. The child's complexion improved slightly and he slowly woke up from his coma.

Wang Meng and Li Zhong looked down at the child as if they were looking at an animal, showing no mercy.

"I remember your name is Di Wu?" Wang Meng said coldly.

"It's good not to cough!" the child said coughing.

"Looking at how pitiful you are, I will temporarily unshackle you. Don't do any tricks on the way, otherwise your prince's sword will fall and chop you into pieces!" Wang Meng patted the sword on his waist with a fierce look on his face.

"I know, I know." The children murmured repeatedly.

"Hmph! Why don't you get up? You've wasted so much time just because you were alone!" Wang Meng kicked him again.

Di Wu was in pain and struggled to get up from the ground.

When the others saw this, although they couldn't bear it, they did not dare to speak at this time. After all, this was just a small episode on the way to escort, and everyone had to move on to face that hopeless future.

The team set off again, and Di Wu followed the crowd, lowering his head, wondering what he was thinking.

But from an angle that the two officers and soldiers couldn't see, the cowardice in his eyes had long since disappeared, replaced by a kind of indifference.

When no one was paying attention, he spit out a ball of black stuff from his mouth and fell into the mud on the roadside.

PS:

As a note, Di Wu is Lian Xin. It is written that Lian Xin's real name is "Le Tianxiang". However, due to my carelessness in naming, the name "Tianxiang" has been used many times. In order to distinguish it from Luo Tianxiang, the name in the previous chapter has been changed.
Chapter completed!