The First Mix-and-Match in History Volume 2: The Country of Daughters Chapter 7: Ten Perfect Maidens, True Iron-Blooded Women

  As I entered the cell, I first smelled a pungent bloody smell. When I looked down, I was startled to see that the blood from the broken arm of the person who had been carried in by the door panel had almost flowed to my feet. Most people in the room were curled up on their beds, hiding far away. Wu Yin and Yu Manli stood on either side of the man, looking at him with a mixture of fear and curiosity. When they saw me return, they called out together: "Dragon Brother."

  I frowned and it seemed that this person really wouldn't make it past tomorrow. I asked Wu Yin, "What crime did he commit? Is it clear?"

  "Wu Yin suddenly exclaimed: 'This kid is ruthless! He killed three people in one breath!'"

  "Oh, what's the point?"

  Wu Yin said: "I also overheard a few guards chatting, and I knew that this little guy had a big landlord in their village who forced his mother to death for the sake of grabbing their family's fields as an ancestral tomb. His father went to reason with them, but was hung in the cowshed for a whole night, and died the next day. This guy, in a fit of rage, took a chopping knife and rushed into the landlord's house, killing not only the landlord but also his two men. The head of the village led people to capture him, but he was injured by more than ten people. In the end, it was only when the local garrison dispatched troops that they were able to catch him, and that arm was cut off."

  I listened and suddenly brightened up: "This is a ruthless guy!"

  Yu Manli asked: "Dragon Brother, what did Si Ying come looking for you for?"

  I directly said: "The doctor accepted the money from the patient and told him to die before tomorrow."

  Wu Yin Dao said, "It must be the relatives of that landlord's family and the wealthy people in the village who are behind this. This kind of thing is not new in our country, rich people grabbing houses and occupying land are common occurrences. If we let this kid do as he pleases, how will they survive in the future?"

  I crouched down to examine the man's wound, his left arm was severed at the root and hadn't been bandaged, the bone fragments were still protruding outward, and blood was still gushing out. The man's thick black eyebrows were furrowed, his teeth clenched tightly, yet despite this, a pair of fine steel shackles were still locked on his ankle. Just as I was about to take a closer look, the man suddenly cursed: "I'll kill you!" Wu Yin and Yu Manli both jumped back in fright, hastily retreating backward. Wu Yin's face changed color as he said: "Dragon Brother, this guy has gone mad from killing, keep your distance from him."

  I pulled his right hand and called out: "Brother, wake up."

  That person didn't say another word, his face was deathly pale. I glared at Wu Ying and the others and said: "What are you all standing there for? Don't you go save him?"

  Yu Manli said: "But isn't Siying trying to get him killed?"

  "How dare you! He's already half dead and you still want to kill him?"

  Yu Manli said: "We... we just don't care about him, at most after a while he will think of living but can't live." It turns out that he and I thought the same way from the beginning.

  But now I don't think so, I've been in the country of women for so long, and only this person has matched my temper. Moreover, I found that I am softer than I imagined, and it seems that I cannot bear to watch someone die in front of me without doing anything... I pointed at Wu Yin and said: "Quickly go get some water." As I spoke, I took my own cup and tore the quilt into strips, tightly binding his wounds one by one. Wu Yin brought over a basin of water and carefully said to me: "Dragon Brother, have you thought this through? If you save him, Si Ying will not be able to explain it, not to mention that once he wakes up, you won't be able to control him. What if he wants to rebel against you...

  I gave him a stern look, Wu Yin didn't dare say more and could only sprinkle water on the man's lips bit by bit. Due to blood loss and thirst, the man was still exerting effort to move his lips in a daze, murmuring: "Water... want more!"

  Wu Ying gave him a small half ladle of it, and I said: "That's enough."

  Wu Ying said with a kind heart: "If he wants to drink, give him more to drink, we don't lack water."

  I said: "Excessive blood loss can't drink too much, do you want him to die from drinking water?"

  "Wait, we don't even have any medicine, how are we going to save him?"

  Just now when I was eating dinner, there was still half a corn cake in my hand that hadn't been finished. Siying called for everyone to return to the cell, so I pinched this half of the cake in my hand. At this time, it could only be used as a last resort. I dissolved the half-cake in a water scoop and pried open his mouth, pouring everything down his throat. He didn't care what it was, his mouth moved, swallowing all the water and corn residue into his stomach.

  At this time, the bleeding from the wound had stopped. I was exhausted after half a day of effort and sat on the ground with a thud, looking at my brother who was covered in blood and muttered: "Brother, I've done all I can, whether you make it or not is up to your luck."

  In the first half of the night, I had someone take turns keeping watch, and in the second half of the night, I took over myself. This person was drowsy and sleepy all along, initially having a low-grade fever, but later sweating profusely. During the time I dozed off, when I touched his forehead again, his body temperature returned to normal. He actually managed to pull through with just one corn cake!

  Looking at his majestic figure, I sincerely praised: "This is what a man should be like."

  Who would have thought that the man's eyes suddenly opened wide and weakly said: "Who are you scolding?"

  I exclaimed in surprise: "You're awake?"

  Everyone in the house got out of bed and surrounded us, and that person stared at me with a pair of black and white eyes: "Why did you say I'm a man?"

  I was taken aback, then suddenly understood: in the land of women, to say that someone is majestic and heroic can never be praised as being like a man. I blurted out randomly: "Alright, you don't resemble a man, you're a thoroughbred pure woman, an iron-blooded true woman, is that okay?"

  Wu Ying said to him: "You stupid guy, it was our Dragon Brother who saved you, don't you hurry up and thank him?"

  That man tried to sit up, but moved his wound and suddenly felt a sharp pain, gritting his teeth. I said: "Don't get up yet." As he spoke, he leaned against the wall, looking at me with a hint of a smile in his eyes: "I've heard it all, Dragon Brother, great kindness, I dare not thank you, if I can get out alive, this life will follow you!"

  I rolled my eyes and said, "What are you following me for? I'm not a woman." I started to admire this guy from the bottom of my heart. In every aspect, he can be considered a good fellow with a strong backbone. However, I didn't dare to say that to him this time... I asked, "By the way, what's your name?"

  "Geng Ling, the plume of the winged plume."

  I curled my lips again, these men's names in our country are always hard to find highlights, but the three words "Long Yang Yang" seem to have found their home here.

  At this time, a prison guard was knocking loudly on the door with a stick and said, "Get up, the officer is going to take roll call, hurry up."

  My face changed, and I said to Geng Ling: "It's bad, Si Ying has taken someone's money to harm you, this is to see if you are dead or not."

  Yu Manli hastily asked: "What should we do now?"

  I said: "It's none of your business, later on you'll all push it onto me."

  The jailer kicked open the prison door with one foot and said: "Come out for roll call, quickly."

  Geng Ling pulled my pants and said, "Brother Long, I don't want to drag everyone down. If someone asks you later, just say that I came back on my own. I know it's a bit heartless to say so, but the situation is special, and I dare not forget everyone's kindness."

  I sighed and said, "At this time, don't say it's useless - you can even bandage the wound so well after recovering?" Geng Lian turned his head to look at me, didn't say a word, and went to tear off those strips of cloth. I grabbed him with one hand and said, "I've been saving you all night, now if I let you die again, it's not worth it for both of us. Listen, live for my sake."

  Geng Ling didn't say much more and gave me a grateful look before saying: "Help me up, I want to go see this Si Ying."

  I helped him up, and Geng Ling gritted his teeth as he walked, the shackles on his feet making a loud clanking sound with every step.

  Si Ying stood in the middle of the courtyard with her hands behind her back, looking nonchalant yet prepared to hear "bad news". As soon as she saw Geng Liang for the first time, her expression changed instantly. Geng Liang sneered: "Si Ying, you look very disappointed to see that I'm still alive?"

  He glanced at the wound on his body, and then cast a resentful gaze at me. I shrugged and said, "I told you to leave this matter to me, didn't I? Now are you reassured?"

  "Be careful." Si Ying said as he turned around with a gloomy face and walked away, a nearby prison guard asked: "Sir, isn't it roll call?"

  He swung his hand and slapped her face: "Still farting around, let them go to work!"

  In this way, we were led into the workshop again. Geng Ling, who couldn't do anything, was also dragged over to stand on one side. Yu Manli took the initiative to take away all the clothes in front of me. A prison guard suddenly shouted: "What are you doing?" and raised his stick to hit her. Liu Si came over and separated them, saying: "What's going on?"

  The prison guard pointed at me coldly and said: "This guy doesn't work."

  "He just arrived and is still learning."

  The prison guard still didn't let up, and with a mixture of guns and sticks said: "Don't meddle in other people's affairs, I'm doing this and you should understand why, right?" The implication being that he was acting under the orders of the prison warden.

  Liu Si said sternly: "I don't understand, I only know that punishing offenders must be based on their violation of the three iron laws - disobedience, fighting and laziness. Which one did he violate? If you continue to act recklessly, I will have to report it to the Ministry of Punishment for evaluation."

  The prison guard seemed to be somewhat intimidated by Liu, and grunted before turning to Yu Manli and saying, "Since you're so capable, I'll give you two more people's tasks. If you can't finish them, you won't be allowed to eat." He then threw a large pile of clothes in front of Yu Manli, who pouted and looked like she was about to cry. Wu Yin saw the guard walk away and secretly took two pieces of clothing to embroider herself. The people around Yu Manli also each took one or two pieces of finished clothing and exchanged them with her. I couldn't bear it and reluctantly joined in myself, but after sewing only two stitches, the silk thread had already become a tangled mess... Yu Manli cried out with a sad face, "Dragon brother, you'd better give up. The threads are all numbered, and if you waste them, we'll be in even bigger trouble." I had no choice but to put it down again... By lunchtime, Yu Manli still hadn't finished her work. Although the others wanted to help her, they were chased away to eat. The person serving food was also replaced by someone from Si Ying's side, and the amount of food given to each person was reduced by half or more. In the afternoon, it was the same. To show off, Si Ying increased the workload by half and cancelled the break time. Everyone was angry but didn't dare speak out. At first, I was worried that the others would vent their anger on me and Geng Ling, but it seemed there were no signs of this for now. During the short rest period, I took a look around and found that these people had heard about Geng Ling's actions and admired his courage. These men were usually oppressed by women, and Geng Ling's actions had undoubtedly given them a boost of confidence. They knew that they were being treated this way because I was protecting Geng Ling and Si Ying was taking revenge on me. Not only did they not have any resentment towards me, but even those who usually kept their distance from me came over to chat with me during the rest period and patted my shoulder. The atmosphere in the entire male prison camp seemed to be different from before... At dinner time, Si Ying finally took action against Wu Yin and Yu Manli, who were close to me. They were left behind under the pretext of counting military uniforms and missed dinner. When the two returned, exhausted, there wasn't even a drop of soup left in the pot.

  On the way to the prison cell, Liu Si quietly approached me and secretly stuffed a paper package into my hand, whispering "Apply it to his wound." Then he walked away before I could even react.

  I clutched the paper package and didn't say a word to anyone, returning to the cell, where everyone was sighing and groaning. Geng Ling, still recovering from his serious injury, looked pale and said: "Brothers, I've dragged you all into this trouble with me. Tomorrow, I'll tell that Si Ying to come at me if she dares..."

  Wu Yin covered her stomach and said lazily, "Don't mention those useless things, now give me a corn cake is better than anything!" Yu Manli hung her head and said dejectedly, "Yes, I've been hungry for a day and my legs are all soft."

  I flipped my hand and revealed half a corn cake, smiling: "I happen to have half a piece, but unfortunately there are two of you, I don't know how to divide it."

  "Wu Ying exclaimed: 'Old Big Brother, how did you get this thing?'"

  "Stop talking nonsense, you two eat quickly, it's a bit less but it's better than nothing." That was what I left for them on purpose when I had dinner.

  Wu Ying looked at her and swallowed hard, saying: "Man Li, you eat instead, your stomach can't take the hunger."

  Yu Manli said: "How can that be? Let's eat together instead."

  Wu Ying said impatiently: "Half a pancake is just one more bite, eating it is the same as not eating it. You eat it and at least you can hold on for a while."

  Yu Manli smiled foolishly: "We brothers said that we would share good fortune and bad, I followed you to prison, why can't we share half a pancake?"

  Wu Ying listened and didn't say anything else. She sighed and was about to divide the cake when Qi Xiaohuan suddenly said, "Wait!"

  "What's wrong with you?"

  Qī Xiǎo Huán also pulled out half a pancake from behind her back and smiled: "I left this half for you, so you don't have to share." As soon as she finished speaking, someone next to her said: "I also left some for you." "Ah, what a coincidence! I also have half a piece." At that moment, several people took out their own hidden dry rations, and it turned out that everyone had the same idea.

  Wu Ying was taken aback for a moment, and then choked with emotion: "In the past, I have wronged some of you, please don't take it to heart. From now on, all of you will be my and Manli's sworn brothers!"

  I smiled and said, "You stop talking nonsense too, eat quickly."

  Wu Ying and Yu Manli hastily gobbled down their food, eating with big mouthfuls while wiping away tears. I couldn't help but find it a bit comical and also a bit moving - these two people, one resembling the Incredible Hulk and the other with a shaved brow and triangular eyes, didn't look like old men at all. But it had to be said, they were becoming more and more like men!

  After we two finished eating, I asked: "Are you full?"

  Yu Manli covered her stomach and said: "I'm even fuller than usual." Everyone laughed.

  After they all fell asleep, Geng Ling found a place to lie down in the left corner of the wall because he was afraid that others would touch his wound. He endured the severe pain and turned over repeatedly. After a while, I estimated that everyone else had fallen asleep, so I quietly got out of bed and pulled him. Geng Ling got up with me, and we came to the middle of the room. He asked in a low voice: "What's wrong, Long brother?"

  "Endure a bit, I have medicine here." The room was almost pitch black, I opened the paper package and pressed it onto his wound, Geng Ling kept taking deep breaths but didn't make a sound of pain. I secretly admired him, this guy would be a real man no matter where he was!

  "Where did you get the medicine?"

  I whispered: "That was given by Liu Si, I wanted to ask you too, why did she help you?"

  Geng Ling was taken aback and said: "I don't know, I've never seen her before."

  After a moment of silence, I said straightforwardly while applying medicine to him, "Ge Ge, if we continue to stay here, there will be no good outcome."

  "What's your point?"

  "Get out of here!"

  "Are you talking about Prison Break?"

  "Shh—be quiet."

  In the darkness, I felt Ge Ling's neck move slightly, as if she had turned her head to look at the bed, and then lowered her voice to say: "Do you have a plan?"

  "Escape is just a plan!"

  Geng Ling tilted her head and suddenly asked me a seemingly unrelated question: "You want to get out so badly, why did you still save me? I heard they said Si Ying looked for you, if you just let me die, wouldn't you be able to leave?"

  I smiled slyly: "Escaping on your own and being let out are two different feelings. Let me say something, don't get angry first, I saved you because you look like a real man - the kind of man my daughter has overseas."

  Geng Ling exclaimed in surprise: "You're from 'Man's Country'? Why have you come to Daughterland?"

  I sighed and said: "That's a long story, let's talk about what's in front of us first—"

  "Okay, then tell me about your specific plan."

  "I don't have a specific plan, but I've observed that the prison has two walls. The inner wall can be climbed over if you and I cooperate, but the outer wall is more difficult. Even with keys, it would take four people to push open that wooden door."

  Geng Ling slightly shook his head and said, "If I hadn't been injured, maybe I could have helped you, but now my injuries are severe, and I'm still wearing shackles. I'm afraid I won't even be able to climb over the first wall."

  I stroked my chin and said, "That's a problem, do you know who took the key to your shackles?"

  Geng Ling said: "I don't know, but it must be on one of those guards."

  "It seems that for now, the most important thing is to steal the key from your ankle cuff."

  "How to steal?"

  "I hesitated and said: 'Let me think.'"

  At this time, someone whispered beside our heads: "What are you thinking about? Stealing chickens and dogs has always been the strong point of our brothers!"

  "Who?" I and Geng Ling exclaimed in unison.

  "Me!" The person approached, and by the faint moonlight, I saw a big head with shiny eyebrows... "Wu Yin?" I silently cursed, I was sneaking medicine to Ge Rong because I was afraid someone in the house would find out about Liu Si's imprisonment. It wasn't that I didn't trust Wu Yin, but the other people in this house were all unknown quantities, and if someone were to secretly inform Si Ying, then we wouldn't have anyone left to help us.

  "Wu Ying complained: 'I thought Dragon Brother was a man of his word, just finished saying we'd share the joys and hardships together, but didn't expect to be left out of this great plan.'"

  As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding voices chimed in: "Exactly! Dragon Brother is really not considerate." They spoke while panting, and I could only hear the sound of heavy breathing, which was overwhelming. It seemed that no one in the house had slept all night, and they had been holding their breath for half a day... Writing these chapters is really exhausting. Everything has to be done in reverse... If I had known earlier, I would have rather traveled to Namikaze Star, where people can fly with tin cans! Please vote for me, and I'll try to get on the new book chart, and then explode~

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