My vicious dog, my horse, I can do whatever I want with it

Chapter 147 Humiliation, Reluctance, and Resistance

For the military, medicine for wounds is the most precious thing.

And now Zong Yanli could actually give them such precious medicine and some food.

Li Nu was not sure whether Zong Yanli was putting on a show to preserve her reputation, but at least she achieved her goal. Not only did she save her life, but she even received a lot of compensation.

When Li Nu pulled her sisters to kowtow and thank them, Zong Yanli just nodded coldly, and then let them leave on their own, saying that the military camp was an important place that could not be surrounded.

"This food is enough for us to eat for several months." Many sisters had happy faces on their way back, each holding a bag of food tightly in their arms. Even though the food was so heavy, they refused to put it down to rest, as if they were afraid that it would be snatched away.

"Xiao Li, you are so awesome." The girl next to him still had some fear in her heart, but she looked at Li Nu with admiration and said.

"Yeah yeah……"

"Those bastards deserve to die."

"Xiao Li, how can you be sure that the enemy general will help us?" someone asked curiously. If it weren't for Li Nu's instigation and assurance, they would never dare to be so bold.

The raccoon slave gathered his clothes and said nothing. He lowered his head and smiled, "I just can't accept it."

Humiliation, unwillingness, and resistance.

The Qing Kingdom had reached such a state that even the general of the defending army had fled. Women like them were trampled upon at will. On the day they heard that the city had been broken, the sisters in the brothel even wanted to die together.

It was Li Nu who persuaded them to stop.

Li Nu said that they all served men, and there was no difference between Wu men and Qing men. They were out to do business anyway, and they only needed to quote a price and collect the money. Why should they learn from those innocent girls from good families and do such self-destructive behavior?

How many of the women in these brothels came here voluntarily, and how many were forced to do so?

Trafficking is a good thing. Many women are even sold here at a low price by their own fathers, husbands, and sons. Some girls are only worth a bushel of rice when they are sold here.

It’s not just young girls who are sold here.

Even the old woman who had given birth to several children was trafficked here by her own son.

"It will be fine, it will be fine in the future." Li Nu lowered his eyes slightly, limped back to the kiln with food in his arms. This place was a mud house, one connected to another, small and damp, with three to five girls living in one house.

Originally, they were managed by a brothel owner and thugs as guards, but after the war broke out, the brothel owner emptied her belongings and ran away.

Now this place is uninhabited, and these people are naturally left here to fend for themselves.

They have no home to return to, and cannot find their home. They have nowhere to go and can only go out to do business on their own. Gradually, many people died. Some committed suicide, some starved to death, and some set out on the journey to find home with some hope.

But I don’t know how many people died on the road?

Li Nu came late, but she was different, she came by herself.

"Mother!" Several dusty children emerged from the narrow house. When Li Nu came here, she was pregnant. It was they who accepted her and helped her give birth to this child. When Li Nu gave birth to this child, she was only fourteen years old.

"Taotao, look what mother brought you back." The raccoon slave smiled, took out the food and said, "We have porridge to drink!"

"Wow--!"

Those small dark-skinned children with bright eyes were almost all born to women in brothels, the only few of them.

When the madam is around, she will never let them have children. Not only will it delay business, but it will also cost too much food to raise a child, which is not cost-effective.

Therefore, many women have experienced countless miscarriages, and some have even died as a result. Naturally, some women will carefully conceal the truth and give birth to their children secretly.

Li Nu is beautiful and she has only one request when selling herself to the madam, which is that she must give birth to the child safely. After giving birth, she is willing to stay here and make money for the madam. With Li Nu's looks, there are countless men who would compete for her, and the madam would not disagree.

"Xiao Li, we discussed this and decided to give these to you." Hong Hui walked over to Li Nu with a small bag of food and said, "Thanks to you this time, otherwise we would have starved to death here. You have raised so many children and it takes up a lot of food."

"This is what the sisters shared, and there is also this medicine." Hong Hui looked at the raccoon and said, "You are the most seriously injured, take it."

Hong Hui felt distressed and touched. If Li Nu hadn't taken the initiative to pull her sister out and take her place, her sister would have died there with her weak body...

Honghui was extremely grateful to Li Nu, so she contributed a large portion to the bag of food.

Li Nu didn't hesitate to accept them all. Hong Hui sat down next to Li Nu and saw Li Nu's daughter Tao Tao writing on the ground with a small wooden stick. She looked at Li Nu and couldn't help saying, "Little Li, you are so smart and can read, why did you come here?"

Li Nu only smiled and shook her head. She never talked about her origins. Seeing this, Hong Hui sighed and said, "Forget it. I just feel sorry for Tao Tao."

"Let's talk about the great general of Wu State!" Hong Hui said in admiration, "I never thought that he would actually help us."

"It's not about helping us, it's about helping yourself." Li Nu carefully hid the food in batches, covering her wound and letting Hong Hui help her apply medicine.

"Help yourself?" Honghui didn't understand and was very confused.

Li Nu closed his eyes and whispered, "Qing was defeated, and Wu tried to gain reputation by attacking Qing. They broke into the city under the pretext of saving the people from danger."

She smiled and raised her eyes and said, "Now that the Wu army condones their soldiers to do such things, isn't it discrediting him? I went there in such a high profile and fearless of life and death, and I also thought that if the Wu army ignored me, I would die there..."

Fortunately, she won the bet.

In order to achieve her goal, she even took off her clothes in front of the military camp. The cleverness of Li Nu lies in that she can see through the current war situation between the two countries. The information revealed by those men who come here to have fun is the most perfect.

From this, she deeply understood the character of Zong Yanli, the commander of the Wu army, and also knew clearly that the Wu army did not commit any acts of violence or killing when it attacked the city.

It is very obvious that under the supervision of Zong Yanli, if the Wu army wants to preserve its reputation, it will not condone such cruel acts by its soldiers.

That was why Li Nu acted so angrily. The sufferings she and her sisters had endured could not be let go. Others might have just gritted their teeth and endured it, but Li Nu did not. She stood up.

Just like when they were abandoned here by the madam, the cat slaves also stood up.

She adopted these children and became the backbone of many sisters.

"Little Li! Little Li!" Just as Hong Hui helped Li Nu apply medicine to his wound, a girl suddenly ran over and said, "There are so many Wu soldiers outside!"

Li Nu's heart skipped a beat and he quickly asked Hong Hui to hide the children in the cellar. He wrapped his coat tightly around himself and walked out under the frightened gazes of his sisters. Then he saw Zong Yanli riding high on a war horse outside the mud-brick house.

Behind Zong Yanli, five people were dragged out like dead dogs. They were tied up tightly and dragged all the way to the door.

Li Nu was somewhat shocked watching this scene, and then she saw Zong Yanli riding his horse towards her. He lowered his eyes and said calmly, "This kind of thing will never happen again in the future. You can stay here in peace."

"The army will set off soon. I will leave some soldiers to take over the border town." Zong Yanli paused and looked at Li Nu and asked, "What's your name?"

"Li Nu, my name is Li Nu." She opened her mouth and quickly responded, "General, you can call me Xiao Li."

Zong Yanli pulled the reins slightly and turned sideways, lowered his eyes to look at her, nodded, then turned his horse's head and left.

Li Nu stood there in a daze. Besides her sisters, the people in the city were also watching behind her. The five people tied to the ground were covered in blood, and it was impossible to tell whether they were dead or alive. However, this scene was enough to shock everyone.

They were panic-stricken, fearful, and confused. When those in the city learned that these women had begged for food, they secretly plotted to rob them.

But now at this moment, he was afraid. Listening to what the Wu army said, they actually wanted to protect such a dirty brothel?

Zong Yanli and his troops did not rush back to the camp, but took a walk around the city. There were quite a few civilians left in the city, and they were still hiding and panicking about the appearance of the Wu army.

Zong Yanli captured the city in such a short time, and even did not cause extensive destruction, but the city was still filled with a gloomy atmosphere.

"General, have you found anything after going out for a walk?" Gongsun Pu and others had naturally heard about the incident with the raccoon slave. It was not until nightfall that they asked about Zong Yanli.

"Qing State exploited its people to support the war. Even if Qing State is conquered now, it will not be a good thing for Wu State." Zong Yanli raised his hand and pressed his forehead, then turned to ask a few people, "What did you find in the military report?"

"There are some discoveries here and there," Pei Liang responded.

"Let's get everything together tomorrow, and then move out in two days." Zong Yanli stood up and said, "Wenqi, three of the five people involved in today's incident were from the Tianlei Army."

"General Fu went out on patrol. I believe he will be back by now. Go and tell him that I have dealt with him." Zong Yanli said to Huo Wenqi with a grim look in his eyes and raised his chin.

"The other two are under Lu Hao's command. Let Lu Hao go down and lead the military stick." Zong Yanli said as he turned around, poured himself a cup of tea, and drank it down with his head tilted back.

"Yes." Huo Wenqi looked solemn, nodded his head and turned to leave.

Gongsun Pu and Zhan Haoyue looked at each other, then took their leave and left together. Pei Liang stayed for a while to help Zong Yanli tidy up the table before leaving.