The prince stepped on me to get to the top, I angrily flirted with the enemy's hostage

Su Rou said, "People in the east are really perverted. Maybe we can climb up from other roofs."

"It's a little high. We two might be able to do it, but they can't. Look around. There must be another entrance to this house."

It is impossible that people in the east also climb over the wall every day.

Su Rou frowned. She didn't know why, but she always felt that the thing in front of her exuded a gloomy aura.

"Girl, look here."

Su Rou looked in the direction of the voice and saw that everyone behind her and Su Chi had stopped.

A man looked down at the ground.

Su Rou moved closer and saw a board covering the ground. When she lifted it up, she saw a dark tunnel leading to the bottom.

"I'll go down first, leaving two people up there to keep watch. Third brother, you follow."

Just as she was about to jump down, Su Chi pulled her back.

Su Chi said, "I'll go down first, and you follow."

Just as Su Rou was about to speak, Su Chi had already gone downstairs.

She poked her head out and took a look down. "Third brother, how is it?"

Su Chi stood on the ground and looked up. "It's not deep. Jump down."

"coming."

It was so dark down there that one couldn't see one's hand in front of one's face. Su Chi lit a torch and illuminated a small area.

Su Rou can see some things.

There was a narrow wall on both sides, and if they kept going forward, they didn't know where they would end up.

Su Rou grabbed Su Chi's arm, just like when they were in the general's mansion before, she was afraid of the dark, so she either hid behind Su Chi or called her father.

"Third brother..."

Su Chi comforted her, "I'll go ahead, and you stay behind me."

After taking two steps, Su Rou gradually realized that something was wrong.

The two sides were not pitch-black walls at all, but rusty cages.

It was pitch black inside and nothing was locked inside, but the walls and fences were covered with green moss.

Su Rou said, "Strange, the desert is so dry, how come there is moss growing here?"

Is there a water source?

The East took this place over, perhaps just for the water source.

Su Chi said, "We're at the end. There are stairs ahead. Follow me up."

The torch in Su Chi's hand was blown on and off by the flying sand that seeped in from outside.

Su Rou grabbed him, and they both stepped onto the last step before they could see the light again.

There is an open space above, and there is a staircase at the corner of the outer wall that allows you to continue walking up.

Su Rou said, "Third brother, let's go up."

The corridor on the second floor is brighter than the underground one.

Although she had been prepared for this, Su Rou's heart still trembled when she saw the imprisoned slave in front of her.

The slaves in the cages on both sides stretched out their hands with all their might, even trying to squeeze out with their heads stuck between the bars.

They all seemed unable to speak and could only make "ah-wu-yi" sounds from inside.

Su Rou said, "Third brother...should we let them out?"

Su Chi: “?”

Although he didn't say anything, Su Rou knew from Su Chi's expression that he must be wondering why he did this.

Su Rou said, "Aren't they being used as playthings by the Eastern Desert? Let's release them. They seem to have a desire to survive. We can use them for our own benefit. Even if they can't help us, we can at least make things difficult for the Eastern King."

Su Chi still had that indifferent attitude, "If you want to let it go, then let it go."

Su Rou said, "I'll ask the old lady and the others to prepare, so that we won't be dragged into this."

This building has only two floors.

Su Rou and Su Chi did not find Su Wan among them.

She was discouraged again.

"Third brother... do you think they have killed Dad? Or that Dad has escaped?"

Of these two possibilities, Su Rou felt that the latter was unlikely. In the vast desert, even if her father had the ability to escape, it would be impossible for him to reach a place where people lived without any supplies.

Su Chi said, "No."

Third brother has never been good at comforting people. He always used to beat around the bush when talking to her, but this time he rarely showed any tenderness.

"girl."

The old woman came in from outside with her people.

Su Rou turned her head and was frightened by the savage behind the old woman, whose upper body was naked and whose face was covered by his hair, making it impossible to see his appearance.

The man was wearing only a loincloth.

She pointed at the wild man and said, "Where did you find this man? Did you encounter an ambush after my third brother and I came down?"

The old woman and the others were stunned. "What are you talking about, girl? He is General Su?"

Su Rou was also stunned.

“Ah… Daddy?!”

"How can this be."

Just as Su Rou was about to approach the savage, the savage took a step back, as if he didn't want to call her over.

Only when Su Rou saw the scars running across the savage's chest did she completely recognize Su Wan.

That was when Su Rou followed Su Wan to the battlefield as a child. She ran around and was captured by the enemy. Her father stayed behind to save her.

The scar was very deep. From then on, Su Rou didn't dare to run around alone. She even didn't dare to go to the military camp with Su Wan for a while.

"Dad, is that Dad?"

Every time Su Rou took a step closer, the savage took a step back.

Then the savage didn't even wait for her to come over, turned around and tried to get into the doorway.

Su Rou said, "Dad, I am A Rou. The one you saw before was fake. Did she lie to you? I am the real one."

The savage crawled into the doorway and then disappeared without a trace in the pitch-black tunnel.

Su Chi stopped Su Rou and said, "He definitely doesn't want you to see him like this. I'll go find him. I'll leave this place to you."

Among their four children, Su Wan loves her the most.

Su Rou was confused. "I don't mind my father's appearance. Why doesn't he want to see me?"

The old woman said, "Young lady, let's just do our own thing and don't let General Su worry about us."

Su Rou's mind was filled with Su Wan's miserable appearance, which she couldn't get rid of...

At dawn the next day, they left Mobei.

Su Chi found a set of clothes for Su Wan.

Su Wan sat on the dung cart as obediently as a newborn bear.

Behind their team, they were pulling something covered with cloth.

The old woman said that Daddy was in good health, but he had been short of water for a while, so he needed to be well taken care of after returning to the South.

In addition...

Dad wrote to tell the old woman that the people in the east originally wanted to kill him.

But he was willing to become a prisoner, have his tongue pulled out, and be left there with slaves every day, just so they could spare his life...

Su Rou clenched her fists tighter and tighter...

Maybe Dad just knew that one day his four children would come to save him...

How could Su Rou not hate a great general who had fallen to such a state!

The old woman's voice brought Su Rou back to her senses.

"Girl, there have been two falcons circling above our heads since we left the duel arena."

Su Rou raised her head. Oh no! There was no yellow sand to shelter her today. These two falcons were reporting their location to the people in the desert.

Su Chi said, "Stop and rest for a while, I'll shoot them down."

Someone asked, "Will it delay the return trip?"

Su Rou said, "No, but if these two things don't die, we will die here."

Su Chi has always been good at archery, and Su Rou trusts him.

Su Chi drew his bow and shot an arrow. The moment the arrow was shot, the two falcons circling in the sky scattered and avoided Su Chi's arrow.

Su Rou said, "No... I've raised these things before, they're very smart. If you fail once, they'll keep rising to avoid you."

"try again."

Su Rou said, "No, we can't fail this time. If you are not sure, don't do it, Third Brother."

Su Chi raised his eyebrows, and his expression seemed to say, "If I can't do it, then you do it?"

Su Rou said, "Dad, can you..."

She was about to call Su Wan, but when she saw Su Wan's condition, she gave up the idea.

I don’t think Dad will be able to return to the way he was before for a while.

If she asked her father to take action at this time, wouldn't that only provoke them further...

The old woman said, "Girl, if you can tie my poison to an arrow, as long as the arrow reaches the vicinity of the two falcons, they will slowly fall down."

Su Rou asked, "Is there any poison from the ground that can kill these two beasts?"

The old woman choked, "No...no."