Princess of the Jurchen Empire 8

 - We have already moved quite far from the lake of truth, - the giant turned to the kidnapper again, - I would still like to know where we are going and what do you want?
 - You have no right to be the first to ask a question, here I decide whether to answer you or not, but so be it, I will answer.
 We're going back to the exit from here.  Everything will become easier when we pass the stone bird.
 - Well, - Wang Li agreed, - But if you want me to go with you meekly, answer my questions.
 “You cursed soldier who caused my family to suffer, how dare you dictate your terms to me?  If it wasn't for you, if it wasn't for people like you, if it wasn't for your damn emperor...
 The kidnapper coughed, the hostage looked at Wang Li, but he shook his head.
 This signal meant that it was not yet time.  The hostage nodded her head, she even stroked her daughter's head, because she was afraid that the child would start crying.  And no wonder, a girl accustomed to living in luxury, accustomed to not bothering her legs, because she was always carried in a palanquin, over the past few days she has covered an incredible number of kilometers and realized what it is when you run away from death, and death catches up with you.  However, now the girl was silent, she was so tired that she did not even have the strength to rebel.
 The kidnapper finally came to his senses.
 - What did you get up? - he rudely turned to those whom he forced to go along with him by force, - thought I would give up?  Don't wait!
 They walked in silence.  The giant pressed the princess to him and thought hard about something.  Finally, according to his calculations, the light of the bird's stone should have already appeared, but there was no light, it only got darker, people had been walking in complete darkness for a long time.  The kidnapper walked in front, in front of him he led a woman, to whose neck the knife was still attached.  The fact that there is a wall ahead was an unpleasant surprise for the kidnapper.  He hit the wall and loosened his grip, but the hostage was so tired that she did not even immediately take advantage of this circumstance.
 But Wang Li quickly understood everything.  The giant's eyes were accustomed to the darkness, and he quickly got his bearings!  Grabbing the woman by the hand, he took a few steps back from the kidnapper.
 Now it's time for the giant to dictate his terms.  The kidnapper was raging, brandishing a knife in the dark and shouting.
 - I kill you all!  Let me out of here if I don't bring the princess talisman, the Mongols will kill my husband and children!  Let me out of here, give me the princess!  This is rubbish, this heiress of a rotten family, still not a tenant, why do my three children and my husband have to die?  Hear me, let me out of here!  Give me the princess!
 The giant relaxed, apparently, the spy, or rather, the spy, lost her last mind, hitting the wall.The fugitives turned back, they walked hurriedly to where, beyond the lake of truth, the rest were waiting for them.  They heard the spy's cries for a long time, but finally it began to lighten up, and the cries subsided.  The woman relaxed, the giant carried her daughter, and the girl fell asleep.  The woman hoped that time would erase from her daughter's memory all the horrors that she had to endure.  In the meantime, now, the woman's daughter was asleep, as was the little princess.