Chapter Eleven: Looking Back(1/2)
Is twelve years old considered adulthood?
Ding Mu believes that no matter in the present or in the future, it is obvious that this age cannot be considered an adult.
Ding Mu felt that having something with a twelve-year-old girl who was underage, or even lying together like this now.
Seeing Ding Mu busy trying to climb out of the tent, the girl suddenly grabbed him tightly. Seeing that he was struggling even harder, she even curled up her legs and clamped his knees.
Ding Mu didn't dare to move at once, or was afraid that something might really happen if he continued to move.
"Sofia, let me go, I won't leave."
Ding Mu had to whisper, and the current situation was that the girl was hanging on him almost like a koala, which made Ding Mu's forehead feel cold and hot sweat, because he struggled to touch the clear ups and downs that could be felt, and was confused with the girl's eyebrows, eyes and appearance that could be seen by careful look in front of him, which made Ding Mu feel uncontrollable and strange.
Is this the legendary baby face so big? A strange idea flashed through his mind. Although he repeatedly persuaded him, the girl not only had no intention of letting go, but even squeezed her body forward with force, then walked around his neck and armpits, tightly clamped his upper body in a posture like grabbing and choking his throat. Then, after making a "humph" nasal sound that seemed to be satisfied, she arched a little head into Ding Mu's arms.
Then, a low snoring sound soon came.
Ding Mu looked at the girl sleeping in his arms blankly. His mind was a little confused at this time, not knowing what was going on now.
But he was sure of one thing. From the way the girl walked around him and his hands were clasped tightly, she would probably wake up the entire camp.
Because it was strangled too tightly, Ding Mu couldn't help but slowly try to move, and the result seemed to have caused a very fierce reaction from the girl in her sleep. Her hands and legs were tightened with force. While Ding Mu was strangled, what made him even more tormented was that the full touch was tormenting him so much that he was in so much pain.
Is this a twelve-year-old child? What does this child usually eat? Are the nutritional nutrition of medieval children so good?
I couldn't help but sigh, but gradually my eyes were heavy. At first, I could barely wake myself up and not to fall asleep. Then the reminder sounded less and less until I could no longer resist the fatigue and fell asleep.
Ding Mu felt that this was the best time he had slept these days. In his sleep, he even thought he had returned to the familiar life he had in the past, and his girlfriend was in his arms. They had agreed before that he would go to see her parents together when he went back on a business trip.
In his sleep, Ding Mu happily pulled his girlfriend into his arms with both hands, wanting to sleep for a while, and then a scream that stimulated his eardrums came from far to near, or suddenly rang in his ears!
Ding Mu woke up immediately!
This is not at home, and I haven’t gone back. It is still the strange and cold medieval era, and I am in danger!
Ding Mu almost instantly remembered his current situation. He instinctively wanted to jump up, but his body was numb and moved, and then he lay back. At this time, he realized that the sky was not only bright, but just next to the carriage not far above him, a gypsy woman was staring at him with her eyes wide open.
Or to be precise, it should be staring at them.
Because Ding Mu suddenly realized that as his arm, which was originally numb and weak, a small head rested on his arm was lifted up.
The girl pulled out her equally numb hands from under Ding Mu's neck and rubbed her eyes. After seeing the scene in front of her, she suddenly pointed at Ding Mu and made an unknown "ah ah" sound at the gypsy woman.
The woman's screams had obviously alarmed the rest of the camp. Before Ding Mu and the others crawled out of the tent, a group of gypsies who heard the sound had surrounded the caravan.
When they finally got out of the tent under the eyes of people, they slowly walked out of the caravan, and they happened to see a quick figure suddenly emerged from the gap between the two caravans.
Then a cold wind rushed straight towards Ding Mu!
Ding Mu was pushed away by the girl before he could react. At the same time, with a dull "bang", a short knife suddenly penetrated into the shaft behind the head where he was originally standing!
The sharp blade hit the wood, and the handle of the knife couldn't stop trembling!
"Ah!" The girl roared in anger. She pulled out a short knife from the shaft of the car and rushed to Ding Mu to block him. Then she shook her wrist and turned her backwards, pinched the tip of the short knife with her fingers, leaned forward slightly, staring at a gypsy young man with scars not far away from the opposite side like a female leopard whose head would pounce on at any time.
What's going on?
Ding Mu almost immediately made up a bunch of childhood sweethearts, snatching love from a sword, making love from a slash, and making jealous waves like bloody jokes, but he didn't expect that those things that only happened in novels and dramas were born in him inexplicably.
And it's because of a twelve-year-old child?
Ding Mu felt that there was no such absurdity again, so he took two steps and was about to explain, but stopped when he saw the gypsy youth's eyes.
Ding Mu has not been in this era for a long time, but he has experienced the test of life and death. One time, death was so close to him that he could see every expression and look on the murderer's face.
He was sure that this gypsy was not just trying to attack him because of simple jealousy. All he saw from his eyes was cruel. This man really wanted to kill him!
This is a ruthless person who may even have someone else’s life.
Ding Mu did not move anymore. He would not be stupid enough to give the other party a chance to kill him. Moreover, looking at the indifferent look of the people around him, it seemed that even if he was killed here, no one would stand up to stop him.
This is the Middle Ages, this is the chaotic Sicily, and this is still a group of gypsies who never take the law seriously.
Ding Mu slowly retreated, and at the same time he touched his right hand to his waist. Unfortunately, his short knife disappeared when he ran away.
A loud roar sounded, and the head man Ding Mu had seen before walked through the crowd. He looked at both sides first, then turned around and shouted something to a gypsy. The man quickly brought him a long whip.
The head man ordered, and the two gypsies walked towards the young man, they took the flying knife from him, stripped his shirt, and tied him naked to a huge wheel with a "big" face inward.
The head man was still saying something to the clansmen who had already surrounded him. Ding Mu couldn't understand him at all, and the girl next to him obviously could not explain to him.
However, he noticed that the girl's body was trembling slightly. Her fingers holding the tip of the knife had already cut but seemed to be unaware of it. It was obvious that she was very nervous.
Ding Mu hesitated for a moment, then reached out and hugged her gently. Although he didn't know why she was so nervous, he thought that he should comfort her when she took the risk to save herself the night before.
At this moment, the terrifying whip sounded!
The first crisp but nerve-wracking whip on the ** made Ding Mu's skin rush. He really didn't expect that the sound of the whip sucking on his body in reality was so unpleasant. The next whip sound made him feel so ugly. Maybe in a few strokes, the gypsy young man might be about to die.
The whipping finally stopped, and the headman threw the bloody whip to the person next to him, and ordered the young man who had fainted from the wheel.
Then his eyes slowly looked over, and Ding Mu's heart suddenly tightened, and he had an ominous premonition.
Sure enough, as the head man spoke again, people around him moved aside, revealing the two people standing there.
"Sophia..."
Ding Mu could understand the only name. When he saw the girl, he was silent at first. As she nodded vigorously, the gypsies around him immediately looked at him. Ding Mu guessed that the leader should be asking Sophia about his origin. Maybe they already knew that the person who was chasing him yesterday was him.
The head man frowned with curled eyebrows. He seemed a little embarrassed, but he still said something loudly. Then the gypsies around him immediately became a little excited. Some people questioned, while others immediately refuted it, as if there was a conflict between the gypsies who had something happened.
What exactly did he give birth? Ding Mu looked at the girl blankly, and he wanted to ask, but he didn't know how to get the girl to answer. At this moment, his arm suddenly hurt, but the woman who screamed and shocked people just now was holding his arm tightly. Her strength was quite strong and seemed to be ruthless, and her nails were almost trapped in the flesh.
"You're going to kill Sophia, damn Gaje!"
Ding Mu was stunned. He had heard that Gypsies often called people who were not from their own tribe Gajie, but he didn't understand what this woman meant.
At this moment, there was a change in the field, and the people who expressed opposition gradually fell into a disadvantage, and two gypsies came towards them.
"Sophia!"
The head man seemed to be asking something loudly, but the girl did not deny it. She threw away the flying knife in her hand and walked towards the two of them. Then she stopped and turned her head to look at Ding Mu.
The look was very simple, as if he was a little nostalgic, but it seemed that he was just saying, "Don't let me down..."
At that moment, Ding Mu's heart sucked violently!
Two gypsies grabbed the girl's arms and took her to the wheel of the whipped young man named Guerja. When they began to tie her wrists to the wheel with leather ropes, Ding Mu fully realized that they wanted to whip her too!
A strong young man fainted after being whipped for a few whips because he could not bear the pain. How could such a child, a 12-year-old girl bear it?!
Ding Mu rushed forward, but was caught by two gypsies. At the same time, one of them had already pulled the skirt of the girl's back hard, revealing a piece of ivory-like skin.
The whip was already raised high, and the sound of the wind brought about is terrifying!
Could it be that the still blood-stained whip was really whipped on the child's back?
Ding Mu didn't know why he suddenly felt so heartbroken. He suddenly shouted: "Let me be beaten for her! Let me be for her!"
Seeing that the man did not turn back, he turned to the woman and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Tell them I'm willing to get whipped for her!"
The woman first looked at Ding Mu in surprise, then shouted loudly in gypsy language. The camp stopped, and then many people shouted!
The head man seemed a little surprised and angry. He looked back at Ding Mu, turned around and continued to raise the whip.
At this moment, the woman suddenly shouted something loudly, and the originally chaotic actor suddenly calmed down!
People looked at the woman in surprise, and she seemed very nervous, especially under the angry stare of the head, she shrank first, and then plucked up the courage to say a few words.
Ding Mu noticed that the gypsies around him were a little confused. They were talking with the people next to him but couldn't agree.
But the head man seemed even more angry. His hand holding the whip tightly kept shaking, and the whip whipped slightly to the ground and brought up strings of dust.
Finally, a very old gypsy came out and announced the results of the discussion loudly in a positive tone. As he said, people's eyes first focused on Ding Mu, and then began to look at their heads.
The head man's face looked ugly. Obviously he did not agree with this result, but in the end he agreed with the decision everyone made together.
He took another whip handed to him by someone, and suddenly turned around and whipped Sophia hard on the back!
"ah!"
A painful scream burst out from Sophia's throat, and the scream also touched Ding Mu's heart!
He rushed over in anger, but was caught by two gypsies and dragged to the wheel.
Sophia had been put down by the two women who were driven over. Although it was just a whip, the pain had already made her face pale. When she passed by with Ding Mu, she suddenly got rid of the woman who was holding her and rushed over and hugged Ding Mu's head tightly.
"Ah~ah~"
Because she could not speak, she could only make an unknown cry from her throat, and then pressed her forehead tightly against Ding Mu's forehead.
The two were forcibly separated, Ding Mu was tied tightly to the wheel, and the clothes on his back were torn apart, revealing his young and slightly tender white skin.
"If you invite a gypsy to see your face today, it will be unlucky," Ding Mu said to himself. He could not imagine what it would be like to be whipped, so he could only keep thinking about concealing the fear in his heart. "There is blood...ah~"
Ding Mu had to admit that he knelt when the first whip came up.
Before he fainted, the only thought in his mind was: What kind of big heads are I pretending to be...
The tearing pain and hot touch made Ding Mu wake up from his coma, but he immediately felt that it was better not to wake up. At least he got used to the pain of being fainted.
It really hurts too much!
He even doubted how those heroes who were still firm in their beliefs in the face of various tortures were survived. No wonder some of the thick eyebrows and big eyes became traitors.
To be continued...