You put me in charge of the prison and turned all the female prisoners into female military goddesse

"I want to eat alone..."

Lu Jing's words made the female prisoners feel dizzy.

Some of them even started sobbing.

"Seriously!"

They were crying their eyes out.

"I was finally rescued from the dungeon by Lord Lu. I thought I had survived a great calamity, but now I'm going to be eaten by a mandrill."

"I might as well just crash into that big blue rock and die a quick death."

Wen Lanxiang hugged her younger sister Wen Hexiang and said, "Little sister, when that beast starts eating people, you should hide behind it. Maybe after it eats your older sisters, it will hug you and won't be able to eat you."

The women were all weeping.

Lu Jing remained unfazed.

"So what if I die?" Lu Jing thought to himself.

Roar--

The mandrill continued to roar, exerting pressure and testing the waters.

Lu Jing remained inactive.

Trying to strike first against such a nimble beast will only lead to losses.

Roar--

The mandrill roared again, confirming that Lu Jing and the others were afraid and no match for them.

Roar! ...

Its calls became short and abrupt, and its thick forelimbs continued to paw at the ground.

They'll rush over in the next second.

Beep beep beep beep—

A melodious flute tune drifted over.

Who is playing the flute at this hour?

Lu Jing followed the sound and went to investigate. The female prisoners, who had been huddled together, also looked up in surprise.

However, with the mountains high and the forests dense, it was difficult to discern the direction from which the flute sound came from.

"Lord Lu, look."

Beside her, Wen Lanxiang suddenly pointed.

Lu Jing immediately turned his head.

The mandrill in front of me, which was originally irritable, was now as if it had been given a sedative. It didn't roar or dig at the ground, but just stood quietly.

"Is it," Ye Qingqing blinked, "listening to the sound of a flute?"

"Huh?" Wen Lanxiang's mouth gaped slightly. "It can understand?"

In front of the two, another female prisoner, protecting Lu Jing, didn't say a word, her eyes constantly switching between Lu Jing and the mountain demon.

Lu Jing remained expressionless, but secretly slipped the stone ball into his slingshot.

Hohoho!

After calling out a few more times, the mandrill turned and disappeared into the woods.

Swish swish swish—

The grass and trees swayed, then stopped after a dozen seconds.

The mandrill ran off.

As it departed, the flute music, seemingly coming from nowhere, abruptly ceased.

To say that the two are unrelated.

Lu Jing didn't believe it.

Upon hearing the flute, the ferocious mandrill quickly calmed down, and then immediately left after the flute changed its tune.

Clearly, the mandrill obeys the piper's commands.

The piper...

Lu Jing's expression was stern.

Friend or foe?

What is your purpose in saving us?

The piper is most likely not an enemy.

Lu Jing stroked his chin.

If you really wanted to kill it, why bother playing the flute to send the mandrill back? You could have just pounced on it directly.

But it's impossible to call them friends.

If you really want to make friends, why bother with all this mystery and playing the flute? Just come out and meet me.

Coming to a conclusion: the other party is probably waiting.

Let's show our intentions with actions before deciding whether to be friends or enemies.

Whether the other party is an enemy or a friend, it illustrates one fact:

We are in the open, while the other side is monitoring us from the shadows.

Every move must be made with caution.

goo goo-

A protest from his stomach interrupted Lu Xuan's train of thought, and he looked up.

Then Ye Qingqing looked apologetic, scratching the back of her head: "I'm sorry, Lord Lu, my stomach is growling, I'm hungry."

Having just escaped death from the jaws of the mountain demon, the women, their fear subsiding, rubbed their stomachs, realizing they were hungry. They all swallowed hard, reaching into their bundles to grab the flatbreads they had found in the dungeon.

"no."

Lu Jing decisively stopped them: "Even if you want to eat, you shouldn't do it here. First, it's too close to Anping County, and the enemy might catch up; second, who knows if that mountain demon will come back? Line up!"

The women quickly withdrew their hands, lined up neatly, and resumed their journey under Lu Jing's command.

Forget about the piper.

Lu Jing looked around warily and led the female prisoners forward.

The most important thing right now is to find a place to stay.

It was getting late, and we couldn't very well sleep in the middle of nowhere.

The group followed the path and entered the dense forest.

Because we had to keep moving, we couldn't stop to eat dry rations.

The female prisoners did their best to search the surrounding area for anything that could fill their stomachs.

However, when a dozen or so people act together, the noise they make is not small.

Wild animals are startled and scatter at the sound, making it very difficult to hunt rabbits, roe deer, or other wild animals for roasting and eating.

Left with no other choice, the group could only pick some wild fruits that looked edible to eat.

"Don't eat it, throw it away."

Lu Jing glanced at the wild fruits in the women's hands and gave the order.

"ah--"

The women drew out their words in protest.

"Why can't I eat it?"

Mu Jiangli stood there angrily, hands on her hips: "They won't let us eat dry rations, they won't let us eat wild fruits either. We're human beings, we'll starve to death if we don't eat!"

"Okay then."

Lu Jing pointed to the wild fruit in the women's hands: "This is called belladonna. It looks edible, but it actually contains toxins. Eating just one can kill an adult. Since you're going to die either way, eat it."

"ah?!"

Upon hearing this, the female prisoners immediately dropped the wild fruit in terror.

"Poisonous..." Mu Jiangli stared at the belladonna in her hand, swallowed hard, and reluctantly threw it down before continuing on her way.

The group continued on their way, and a sharp-eyed person noticed that Lu Jing had disappeared into the nearby woods.

A few minutes later, Lu Jing emerged from the bushes nearby.

Here, eat it.

Bright red and green mountain apples were placed on the spread-out oak leaves.

The women hesitated, not daring to make a move, and looked at Lu Jing.

"These are mountain apples," Lu Jing picked one up and took a bite. "They're not poisonous."

Great!

Upon hearing this, the women, who were already starving, rushed forward and started eating.

"Delicious, delicious!"

"It's so sweet."

Each mountain apple was gone in less than half a minute. The women barely chewed it, just letting it roll around in their mouths a few times before swallowing it.

"Good heavens, swallowing them raw? Don't your throats hurt?"

Lu Jing couldn't help but swallow.

"Lord Lu."

Holding a few dripping mountain apples in her hands, Qin Liniang washed them carefully in the stream before handing them to Lu Jing:

"Please eat more. You've done the most work since you got out of prison, and you haven't had a single meal."

Lu Jing smiled and waved to Qin Liniang, "Alright, I won't eat, you guys eat."

"Does the master think I'm not clean enough?"

"No, it's because these mountain apples are low in calories. Eating them requires extra calories to burn off, so they only keep you hungry for a while. The more you eat, the hungrier you get."

"Calories, calories," Qin Liniang scratched her neck. "Your Excellency is so knowledgeable and learned. I am but a novice, with limited understanding and shallow knowledge, and I cannot understand anything."

"It's alright," Lu Jing said. "You'll find out what these words mean in the future."

"Hmm..." Qin Liniang was too embarrassed to ask any further questions, so she just agreed first, and then asked with concern, "But sir, you must eat something."

"grown ups!"

Tu Juan was three large steps away from the two of them when a woman in her thirties suddenly stood up, her tight prison uniform bulging.

Lu Jing recognized her; her name was Lan Shancha, and she had previously worked as a wet nurse for a wealthy family in the area.

She was called a "wet nurse," but she was actually only in her thirties. She was beautiful and mature, and in modern times she would definitely be a career woman.

Dengdengdeng-

She walked over and leaned lightly against Lu Jing, looking at him with deep affection: "My lord, I heard what you said."

"Um?"

Lu Jing turned his head to look at her.

"You are our pillar of strength, you can't go hungry."

"so what?"

"So, please have something to tide you over."

Lu Jing was even more puzzled: "What are we eating?"

"eat……"

Lanshancha pointed to her chest: "Milk."