Her Mouth Seemed to Have Been Sewn Shut

Mu Qing's eyes were filled with anger, but Zhou Wanwan said, "Things will get better. Our Great Xia Kingdom will definitely get better."

Mu Qing's tears slowly flowed down her cheeks:

"It's not going to get better. My father says we're doomed, and our Great Xia Kingdom is about to perish."

There are already signs of national subjugation. Unless a new ruler ascends the throne, the country will cease to be a country, and the family will cease to be a family.

The most pitiful are these soldiers and those civilians; how innocent they are!

Suddenly there was a commotion outside, and the soldiers were seen taking out whips and lashing the wounds incessantly.

"You bitch, you think you can run? Where do you think you're going?"

The Great Xia Kingdom is doomed. You women will all be our slaves from now on. Did you think running away would be useful?

The woman spat and said:

"You damn Tartars, I'm not afraid of you!"

My husband was killed by you long ago. I didn't want to live anyway, so you can't touch me.

The woman was about to bite her tongue to commit suicide when the burly man dislocated her jaw and laughed loudly:

"You always resort to this trick, it's so useless!"

I like you just the way you are. And since there are so many people around, I'll put on a little show too.

He had only made half of his move when he was suddenly dragged deep into the woods by something.

He let out a miserable scream and then fell silent.

The soldiers of the Great Qi Kingdom panicked. "What's going on? What was that thing just now? Why did it drag people away like that?"

"Who knows? Send someone to investigate immediately!"

Mu Qing said in a low voice, "Something's not right. That was too fast. Even I didn't see what it was. Do you think it could be a monster?"

Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly and said, "I don't know either."

When Zhou Wanwan arrived, the Old Scholar Tree and the Old Ancestor also came along.

The Old Scholar Tree and the Old Ancestor were afraid that something might happen to Zhou Wanwan, so they always followed her closely.

It must have been the Old Scholar Tree that dragged these people inside.

After a long while, these people returned, their faces pale and stumbling.

Then they saw that the soldier had also been carried back, and by then he had become a dried corpse.

"Go quickly and tell the general that something ghostly has appeared here!"

"What on earth is going on? Is it witchcraft?"

The general returned quickly. Looking at the corpse, he said, "Bury this man. No one is allowed to speak of what happened today, lest it affect morale."

He coldly looked at the women in the cage and said, "Keep a close watch on these women. Anyone who dares to escape, kill them on the spot."

The soldiers nodded.

In the evening, the Great Qi Kingdom also began to eat.

Putting everything else aside, the food in the Great Qi Kingdom is really good; they even have roasted mutton late at night.

Zhou Wanwan sniffed; she was starving.

Soon, the Old Scholar Tree circled around, found a few of the fattest sheep, and dragged them away.

The soldiers watched as the sheep were all roasted and were about to enjoy them when six of them simply vanished.

Several soldiers rubbed their eyes and said, "Am I dreaming? My lamb was definitely almost roasted!"

Where are my sheep?

My sheep are gone too.

The Old Scholar Tree looked at the roasted lamb and said, "Roasted lamb without any cumin, how can it taste good? I still need to do some post-processing."

He slowly cut the roasted lamb into pieces.

It was sprinkled with cumin and some chili powder.

There's no way around it, Zhou Wanwan likes spicy food.

The soldiers were looking for roasted lamb, but the lamb had already been handed to Zhou Wanwan.

Zhou Wanwan looked at Mu Qing beside her and said, "Sister, eat! Why aren't you eating? Don't you like roast lamb?"

Mu Qing's lips twitched as he said, "Where did this roast lamb come from? It's like it suddenly appeared out of thin air."

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "Yes, yes, I learned some magic tricks. Never mind that, let's eat! I'm starving."

She hadn't eaten lunch, thinking she'd have a good meal at the Great Qi army camp.

She took a bite of the roasted whole lamb and whispered to the Old Scholar Tree not far away, "Delicious. I think these lambs don't have any gamey smell. They're really delicious, and the roasting technique is quite good."

Unfortunately, the Old Scholar Tree couldn't eat all of this.

The Old Scholar Tree said, "I'll go find you some more food. You eat first."

Zhou Wanwan nodded and distributed the whole roasted lamb to the women around her.

All the women gathered around and said, "Little girl, you're amazing! How did you do that?"

"Can you teach us? Can you rescue us?"

Zhou Wanwan nodded and said, "I can get you out of here, but we'll have to wait for an opportunity."

A 10-year-old girl next to me said:

"Tch, thief! How did you manage to steal a whole roasted lamb?"

If you don't tell me your method, I'll sue you.

Zhou Wanwan took the whole roasted lamb from in front of her and said, "Then you shouldn't eat it! I think you've eaten the most."

The little girl choked, then shouted, "What's given to me is mine! Why are you taking it back?"

The women around the little girl also said, "This is our young lady; her father is Brigade General Zhao!"

The little girl was about to eat roast lamb when suddenly, all the roast lambs disappeared.

She exclaimed in shock, "Where's my roast lamb? You... you stole my roast lamb! Give me back my roast lamb!"

Zhou Wanwan smiled faintly and said, "Your roast lamb? Where did your roast lamb come from?"

The young girl angrily retorted, "I'm telling you to return the roasted lamb, or believe me, I'll make you a lowly slave, never to rise again!"

Zhou Wanwan walked over and slapped her across the face, saying, "Can't you shut up? It's so noisy!"

Zhao Yue'e covered her face and said, "You shameless wretch, how dare you hit me! I..."

Seeing soldiers approaching, she shouted, "Help! Someone's trying to hit me, and she also..."

Just as Zhao Yue'e was about to speak, she felt a sharp pain in her mouth.

Her mouth looked like it had been sewn shut.

The Old Ancestor smiled and said, "Isn't my sewing beautiful? I sewed it several times, so it's very sturdy now."

Our Old Ancestor used its fine roots, which are much stronger than ordinary iron wire.

Zhao Yue'e made "woo woo woo" sounds for a long time, but she couldn't open her mouth no matter what she did.

The soldiers frowned and said, "Oh, so he's mute!"

Several women nearby also wanted to speak; these were Zhao Yue'e's servants. But as soon as they opened their mouths, their mouths were sewn shut.

They looked at Zhou Wanwan with terrified expressions. Zhou Wanwan looked at them with a half-smile and said, "Oh! Why aren't you saying anything? Isn't it better to An'an quiet?"

The soldiers circled around a few times, and seeing nothing amiss, they left.

These dozens of cages are all filled with women.

After a while, the Old Scholar Tree brought a lot of delicious food, including roast chicken, braised beef, and all kinds of fruit.