In the dim room, Miss Hu and a group of young women were curled up in the corner of the wall, and most of them were sobbing in a low voice. They were all female prisoners who had just been brought up from the imperial prison, most of whom were from official families, but now no matter what their origins are, they have fallen into the devil's cave of Jiaofangsi.

Miss Hu tried her best to curl up and hide in the crowd, her right hand hiding in her sleeves was holding a hairpin tightly. If it was really unfavorable to her, she would rather die to protect her innocence!

Thinking of death, Miss Hu couldn't help but shivered in fear. Just ten days ago, she was the eldest lady of the Qianhu family of the Jinyiwei, but no one expected that her family would suddenly suffer a major disaster. Not only was her father arrested, but their family was also arrested in the imperial prison of the Jinyiwei.

Originally, when he was in the imperial prison, Ms. Hu's family was given special care. Not only did she not suffer any grievances, but there was also a commander Jiang who comforted them and said that she would find a way to relieve her father's crime. This made their family slowly calm down after experiencing the initial panic.

What Miss Hu's family did not expect was that what they patiently waited for was not the news of Hu Jiang's acquittal, but the news of being sentenced to exile in Japan. It is said that they were originally sentenced to death, but for some reason they changed to exile. However, exiled to Japan overseas almost means that they will never come back in their lifetime, and there is no big difference between them and the death penalty.

However, before Miss Hu and the others could feel sad about Hu Jiang's affairs, even greater disasters fell on them. All of them were demoted to the Jiaofangsi. The only female relatives of the Hu family were Miss Hu and her mother. However, as soon as they entered the Jiaofangsi, the mother and daughter were separated. Now she didn't know where her mother was?

When she thought of her mother, Miss Hu couldn't help but burst into tears. Her father was about to be exiled overseas, but her mother disappeared. Now she was the only one left, which made her feel like she had lost all her docking.

"Squeak~" At this time, the door was suddenly pushed open, and then only a few big and round-waisted old women walked in. The leader was an old woman wearing a big red cotton suit with thick rouge on her face, but it was still hard to hide the wrinkles on her face. Her eyes were shining fiercely. She glanced at the woman in the room, but no one dared to look at her.

"Splash it for me!" With the old woman's order, the old women behind her immediately agreed, then walked forward with the bucket and poured the water from the bucket on the female prisoner. You know, it's the cold winter month, the weather is very cold, and there is no heating stove in the room. These women are already thin clothes, but now they are splashed with water, which makes many people scream.

Miss Hu was also splashed with water, and her clothes were soaked all of a sudden. The cold water dripping flowed through her neck into her clothes, making her cold teeth fight. But she forced herself to make no sound, but just held the hairpin in her hand tighter, and even her finger bones looked a little white because she used too much force.

Looking at the group of female prisoners who were wet, the old woman in charge showed a proud sneer, and then said, "I know that many of you are from wealthy and have never suffered any hardships. But no matter what your origin is, you will become a lowly person when you come to Jiaofangsi and you will never be able to turn over again in the future!"

The old woman's words also poked the pain in the hearts of these women, and many people couldn't help crying. Miss Hu also shed tears silently, but she buried her face in her knees, as if she didn't want people to see her crying.

Looking at these crying female prisoners, the old woman smiled more proudly. It seemed that the more painful these people were, the more comfortable she felt in her heart, as if the things she lost back then had been retrieved from these women.

When the female prisoners were tired of crying, the old woman waved her hand behind her and immediately someone brought in a batch of clean cotton jackets. Then she said to the female prisoner again: "Did you see, there are clean cotton jackets here, all for you to prepare. If you want, come and get them!"

As soon as the old woman said the words, many female prisoners immediately looked at each other. She had someone splashed them with cold water just now, but why did she prepare warm cotton clothes for them now?

These women are not stupid, so no one really stepped forward for a while. There were even brave people asking, "Are these cotton jackets really given to us for free?"

Unexpectedly, the old woman grinned when she heard this, but her smile seemed very cruel. She snorted coldly and said, "For free? Do you think this is the place, Shantang? Tell you that this is the Jiaofangsi. What do women come here do? Don't I tell you?"

As soon as the old woman said the words, the female prisoners below were all pale, and some of them sobbed even more, but the old woman said again without any sympathy: "It's okay to take a cotton jacket. In the future, you must follow the arrangements of the sect. You have to do whatever you want, otherwise why should you support you in vain? Do you really think you are still the eldest lady of the past?"

The old woman's words also shattered everyone's fantasy at once. If you want a cotton coat, you must exchange your body and dignity, which is even more difficult for them to accept than death.

So in this case, no one was willing to get a cotton jacket, but the old woman was not in a hurry at all. She asked someone to bring herself a small stove and opened the window. The cold wind blew in from outside the window, which made the women with soaked clothes shivering coldly, and each one was squeezed tighter.

But even so, no one of these women is willing to give up their dignity. You must know that dignity is very delicate. As long as a rift appears, it will soon turn into dust and will never be able to pick it up again in the future.

As time went by, the room became colder and colder. Many women's faces turned white and their lips were frozen. Some people's hair was even iced and their hands and feet lost consciousness.

At this time, someone finally began to shake, and his eyes were full of desire when he looked at the cotton jackets. What was even more excessive was that the old woman actually sent someone a pot of steaming chicken soup. She put a bowl on her own and then tasted it in small mouthfuls.

After drinking a bowl of chicken soup, the old woman sneered at the female prisoners again: "You people probably haven't experienced the feeling of being hungry and cold. Let me tell you that people will starve faster when they are cold. Don't you have backbone? Then keep waiting to see when you can survive?"

It has to be said that the Jiaofangsi has extremely clever methods to deal with these female prisoners. They will not use force because they know that this may arouse the resistance of these female prisoners, and even show their ambitions by dying.

But now they use this kind of hunger and cold method to shake the will of these female prisoners, because they know that when people are hungry and cold, no matter how strong their will is, it cannot last, because this is human nature, survival is the first need of human beings. As for the rest, they are only extended needs under the premise that survival can be guaranteed.

The female prisoners felt a little numb in the cold, but the stomach was like a ball of fire burning. It was hunger torture them because the cold in their bodies required more energy to resist this cold. In addition, there was a pot of hot chicken soup in front of the old woman, which made it even more unbearable.

Finally, someone couldn't bear the pain and stood up. She walked forward tremblingly, then stretched out her trembling hands to grab a cotton jacket, but then let it go again as if she was electrocuted. But in the end, she suddenly reached out and grabbed the cotton jacket and then draped it on her body. At this time, someone immediately served her a bowl of chicken soup. The woman picked it up and drank it clean like a hungry wolf. However, as soon as she finished drinking the chicken soup, she couldn't help but hugging her head and crying.

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With the first one, then there is the second one and the third one…

People have herd mentality. As more and more women compromise, fewer and fewer people are left. Miss Hu sat on the ground, buried her face in her knees, and covered her mouth and nose with one hand so that she could not be tempted by the smell of chicken soup. But this method was futile. No matter how hard she tried, the fragrance of chicken soup could penetrate into her nose, causing a painful spasm in her abdomen.

But even so, Ms. Hu didn't plan to stand up and get a cotton jacket and drink chicken soup, because she knew that if she really did this, she might be over in her life.

Thinking of this, Miss Hu grabbed the hairpin in her right hand again. This hairpin seemed to have become her last dignity and could not be discarded no matter what.

However, as fewer and fewer people around me, Ms. Hu became a little shaken. She didn't know whether her persistence was meaningful, and she didn't know how long she could last? Even the hairpin tightly in her hand slowly relaxed.

"No! I can't give up!" However, Miss Hu quickly woke up, her confused gaze immediately became firm, and the hairpin in her hand was tightened again. If she really wanted to make her fall into the dust, she would rather die!

Thinking of this, a trace of determination flashed across Miss Hu's face, and the hairpin on her right hand was slowly approaching her neck. With the sharpness of the hairpin, as long as she stabbed her hard, she should be able to pierce her throat.

However, as the hairpin gets closer and closer to her throat, Miss Hu's tears can't stop flowing. She thinks of her father, mother, and even in the end she thinks of Li Jie, the man who once entrusts life and death to her but has no fate with her. She just doesn't know if he still remembers her?

"Father! Mother! Brother Li Shi! See you in the next life!" Miss Hu had already pressed her hairpin against her neck, and she burst into tears and said in her heart that she would prick her hard.

However, at this moment, suddenly there was a loud "bang~" sound, and the door that was originally closed was kicked open!
Chapter completed!