readsfreenovel Chapter 207: Humiliation
Chapter 207: Humiliation
Chu Xiaomu also got a little angry and said, "How can the military regulations of Bicheng be like a joke between children? They can be added or changed at will! Deputy General Xiao can write a letter to the general and ask him how to deal with it?" He was extremely disappointed. He thought that Deputy General Xiao was so unreasonable. If he didn't enlist the ten of us in the army, we would have no chance to open the force, and we don't know when we can get revenge. If I can't get revenge, what's the point of me coming here?
Xiao Zhenrong said: "Who are you? You actually want to trouble the general for such a trivial matter?!"
Chu Xiaomu thought to himself, "My ancestor Chu Xiong is a close brother of the general. Zhou Zhongjun already knew that we have been here for more than a month. He must have told you a long time ago. You pretended not to know. Are you trying to test me?" He said, "I am a humble soldier, so I dare not trouble the general. If Zhongjun suspects that we came here to steal the secret method and to bring disaster to Bicheng, you can just lock us up and torture us. I think someone will confess."
Seeing Xiao Zhenrong's expression was stiff and unmoved, Yingdan was about to kneel down and explain in detail. Chu Xiaomu pulled him back and said, "Yingdan, you can't kneel down! We are here to join the army and serve Bicheng, not to be slaves and kneel down to our master!"
Xiao Zhenrong said coldly: "This is a good idea, come here." The soldiers behind Chu and Ying shouted in unison: "Here!" Xiao Zhenrong then shouted: "Lock these two thieves from outside the city into the cage and interrogate them strictly!"
Chu Xiaomu was shocked. He didn't expect this Xiao to be so arrogant. He shut the door without hesitation. He shouted in a hurry, "We want to see Zhou Zhongjun and explain everything to him!"
Xiao Zhenrong just ignored him. The soldier behind him drew out the big sword from his waist with a clang, put it on the necks of Chu Xiaomu and Yingdan, and ordered them to shut up.
Chu and Ying were stabbed with swords and knives, so they dared not argue loudly and could only shut up and obey orders.
Chu Xiaomu said, "Deputy Lieutenant General Xiao, Yingdan is from the Nanding Army that came with me. If you want to imprison someone, then imprison me alone. If you want to interrogate him, then interrogate me alone. Please let him go."
Xiao Zhenrong sneered, "He is the main culprit who secretly recorded "Qi Hai Xun Yuan" and he must be interrogated more strictly. You said to release him and then let him go. Do you really think you are a great general? Did you create this Bicheng?"
Chu Xiaomu wanted to argue, but Xiao Zhenrong seemed extremely impatient. He waved at the four soldiers and just said, "Take them out quickly."
Chu and Ying were unable to resist and were taken by the soldiers and locked up in small wooden cells respectively.
The wooden prison was made of logs as thick as thighs, and was only four or five feet long and wide. It was very narrow, and one could only sit curled up inside, and could not stretch one's legs and lie straight. The top was also sealed with thick wood nails, and then covered with a layer of dried wild grass, making the small wooden prison pitch black.
When the two men saw this situation, they were frightened and panicked, but in order not to be looked down upon by other soldiers, they pretended to be fearless.
Chu Xiaomu was not only angry, but also disappointed with the army of Bicheng. He thought that General Biye was such a hero, why were the middle and deputy middle army officers under him so erratic and unreasonable? Even the supervisors and military officers of Jiaoshan Mine rarely acted so unreasonably.
Being locked up for a few days was nothing, but how could a weak person like Yingdan endure it? He called out Yingdan's name a few times, and the sergeant guarding outside the wooden cell immediately shouted to stop him. It turned out that talking was not allowed.
Chu Xiaomu sat in the wooden cell and soon felt bored, so he closed his eyes and went to sleep. However, he couldn't stretch his legs in the cell, and after sleeping for a while, his legs felt numb, so he had to stand up and walk a few steps; but he couldn't move his legs, so he had to wait until his legs were no longer numb before sitting down to sleep.
Sitting down and standing up, standing up and sitting down like this, the hours were very unbearable.
It seemed like ten days or half a month had passed before the evening dinner horn sounded in the military camp.
After waiting for a long time, someone finally opened a small hole on the upper side of the wooden prison and handed in a bowl of thin porridge soup.
Chu Xiaomu was already extremely hungry, so he drank the porridge in a few mouthfuls. As soon as the porridge entered his stomach, he felt even hungrier, but there was no other food to eat.
It was pitch black in the small wooden cell, and I couldn't tell what time it was. While I was sleeping and waking up, someone outside the cell finally said, "Deputy Lieutenant General Xiao said that if you can explain your real intention of coming to the Nanding Army and tell who is behind it, he will release you."
Chu Xiaomu said angrily: "I have explained it clearly in Deputy Commander Xiao's tent. I didn't lie. Why don't you believe me? Let us go!" The soldier didn't answer and just walked away. Chu Xiaomu was furious.
After a long time, someone brought some thin porridge and asked the same question again. Chu Xiaomu was furious and shouted, "No, I have no intention! I want to see Zhou Zhongjun, I want to see Zhou Bo!"
The soldier outside the cell kicked the wooden cell hard and said angrily, "How dare you call the Central Army's name directly? Don't you want to live?!"
Chu Xiaomu shouted: "I will not only call him by his name, I will also curse him!" He actually used some vulgar words he learned at Jiaoshan to curse him. Although they were not extremely vicious, they were still unpleasant to hear.
When several soldiers heard that he dared to scold the central army, they were furious. They threw away the bowl of porridge served to him, opened the prison door in a few seconds, dragged him out and started beating him up.
A soldier shouted, "You spies sent by the Golden Sword Sect must be beaten to death." He showed no mercy.
Fortunately, Chu Xiaomu was in good health, with thick skin and flesh. Although these dozens of punches and kicks were extremely heavy, he was still able to withstand them, and kept shouting: "I am not from the Golden Sword Sect! You are really blind to accuse a good person!"
Several soldiers stopped beating him because they were tired. One of them said, "Lock him up for ten days or half a month and see how long he can hold on!" They lifted up the immobile Chu Xiaomusai and put him back into the wooden prison.
Chu Xiaomu curled up in the pitch-black wooden cell, with no light or time, and no one came to talk to him.
He didn't know how long it had been, but his legs were numb and he almost lost all feeling. However, what made him even more unbearable was the unreasonable humiliation and endless emptiness. In order to prevent him from seeing the light, the sergeant replaced the bowl of porridge soup he had been given a day with half a dry biscuit, and stuffed it directly into the hole in the wooden cage with a narrow slit. Moreover, there was no regularity in the delivery of food. Sometimes it was delivered not long after he had finished eating, and sometimes it seemed to be delivered three or four days later, probably just to prevent him from starving to death.
Chu Xiaomu couldn't stand this torture, so he screamed like crazy in the wooden cell, but still no one paid any attention to him.