We had no choice. The visitors were not one or two. They had already reached the gate. If we wanted to, we walked a few steps before the door opened! We turned to the narrow door very quickly, and there was a rusty iron lock hanging on it.
But it's not locked
Pick the lock, open the door, sneak in with Yingying, close the door, all in one go, no sloppiness!
As soon as we stepped in, we found that our feet were suddenly empty and we fell into neck-deep water at the same time!
The door on the opposite side was kicked open by someone with a bang, and it hit the stone wall. It happened almost at the same time as us falling into the water, which actually covered up the sound of the water we made.
I just heard a hoarse voice outside shouting, "Huh? Why isn't the water cell door closed?" Footsteps came towards this direction, and with a "pop", the door was pushed open.
A man stood at the door without saying a word. He looked around in the water prison, muttered a few words, closed the door and turned around, then suddenly returned after a while. He stood at the door for a long time before closing the door.
The lock clicked with a click.
Several people asked in confusion outside the door, "What's the matter?" "It's okay, it's a false alarm!" It could be heard that they pushed an empty cart and creaked toward the direction we came from.
I had been holding it in for a long time under the water. When I came out of the water and gasped for air, I found Comrade Yingying still under the water, with half of the bamboo pipe sticking out of the water. I pulled her and she stood up, and together we
Scan this water prison
The water prison is not big, about the size of three rooms. There is a row of wooden stakes cut against the innermost side, half submerged in the water, and half straight to the roof. Two stone holes are cut out in the stone walls on both sides, and two wooden stakes are inserted horizontally.
A long piece of wood, sandwiching the wooden pile in the middle, an iron rope around the wooden door, and the iron general holding the door
What surprised us was that in the water inside the wooden fence, a dozen people in ragged clothes were chained up with more than a dozen iron chains hanging from the ceiling of the cave. Each of them was connected with a leather noose to cover the necks of the people in the water.
They could only raise their heads and barely hold on in the water. They seemed to have no strength at all and would fall down at any time. Our entrance just now did not seem to attract their attention too much. It was obvious that they were extremely exhausted.
But after Yingying stood up from the water, she quickly exclaimed: "Father!"
At the same time, people who had just passed by outside also started to commotion. They seemed to be pushing their carts to cross the bridge. They found the parrot in charge of the suspension bridge being hung up, so they ran back in a jumble.
There was an older man in the water prison. He opened his eyes with difficulty and looked this way and saw Yingying in my arms.
The sudden discovery made her unable to hold on, her body swayed, and her eyes were filled with tears, "Father--" The man in the water prison's eyes also lit up, and there was a trace of smile on his face, but suddenly he became frowning again.
But I can't stop. Yingying's words are really a major turning point. Although we met in such a place, in fact, I had expected that such a day would come. There are so many questions in my heart waiting to be revealed.
I let go of her, pulled out my sword and raised it to cut the iron lock on the wooden fence. After a second thought, I quickly squatted into the water and cut off two wooden stakes with my sword on the water. I pulled Yingying and submerged her into the water.
Drill into the water and into the wooden fence
Two broken pieces of wood floated out, and we quickly pushed them into the water and sandwiched them between our legs. We hid among a dozen prisoners. Even if someone came in again, they would not easily find us, but there were only Yingying inside.
A girl, very conspicuous, but she has a bamboo pipe, so it's not a big problem
Fortunately, the group of people were in a mess, opened the door on the opposite side, ran back, and threw the empty cart outside the door with a bang. They did not come this way. The lock that had just been placed on the narrow door here was reassuring after all.
At this time, Yingying had hugged her father. Now he was extremely weak and asked us feebly what was going on. Yingying pointed at me and said to her father, "This is brother Tian Zong from Xianyang.
He saved me!"
Maybe in her heart, Xianyang represents hometown. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with me. When Yingying’s father heard this, he seemed to immediately become energetic. He stretched out his two hands under the water and held me tightly.
"Okay...okay! Okay!"
The water prison was calm for a while, and I was able to briefly tell them about our origins. I told them that there was a large ship of ours parked on the sea not far away, and there was our Tian Wang on the ship.
"Tian Wang?"
"Well, King Qi Tian Heng!" I said
"I know, I know, Tian Heng!"
More than a dozen people in the prison suddenly became energetic. After all, our appearance brought them hope.
I wanted to cut off the leather sheaths around their necks with my sword, but he said, "No, no, you can cut it off when we are about to leave. Now I rely on it to hang on, so as not to fall." So
I just gave up
I didn't want to dwell on the doubts in my heart for a moment, so I interrupted, "We were walking on the sea with Tian Wang safe, and suddenly we saw a group of wild geese. One of the little geese was injured. When we were treating it, we found that there was a wound in its belly.
I have a letter asking for help.”
"Yes, yes, it says 'Danao is trapped'!" the old man answered, "that's exactly what I wrote myself."
"After we received the letter, we rushed here. Fortunately, there were a flock of geese leading the way."
"Those geese also know the people in their hometown! In the autumn of the first year we arrived here, they became familiar with us. They were not afraid when they saw us dressed as Qin people. They were very affectionate in front and behind, and every year thereafter
They flew south and went straight to our station, just like a family... Unexpectedly, we were in trouble this time. In our desperation, we had no other choice but to treat the dead horse as a live doctor, and we didn't hold out much hope.
, who would have thought that they would attract noble people so quickly!"
"Yes, as soon as we landed on the island, we saw the dangerous situation you encountered. Those wild apes are really vicious and bloodthirsty. All three of you have suffered accidents. It's lucky that sister Yingying is fine.
When I found her, she was digging for gold in the cave alone."
"Wild ape?"
"Yes, that group of wild apes was led by a humanoid female ape. They chased people whenever they saw them. I saw with my own eyes that three of your people, two men and one female, were killed by the female ape who took out their chests and ripped out their hearts."
"Female ape?" A look of confusion appeared on the old man's face, which made me very confused, "Could it be?"
"To be honest, we have been mining gold on this island for many years, but we have never seen any wild apes or female apes, and no apes have ever attacked or harmed us!"
"So, what the old man is referring to must be them?" I pointed to the door with my finger.
He looked at me and nodded seriously, "Yes, it's them."
"Do you know their origins?" I asked him. When the old man heard this, he immediately recalled, "It's a coincidence to talk about these people..."