Inside the cage were naked women, squatting in the cage, unable to stand up straight, with disheveled hair and evasive eyes, not daring to meet Han Xiaosheng's gaze.
It was the first time for Han Xiaosheng to see such a scene. He just stayed for a moment and then entered the back room.
In addition to these women, the back room contained some weapons and armor and gold and silver jewelry rolled on the floor. It was probably messed up by the fat horse thief just now.
Han Xiaosheng came to the cages and found that the cages were not locked, so he opened the cage doors one by one and let the women out.
But his actions made those women even more frightened, and they all shrank into corners.
Han Xiaosheng felt heavy after watching this. These women once had families behind them. Now they were kidnapped by horse thieves and kept in these cages like animals. They were humiliated and tortured. These horse thieves have become crazy. , no longer worthy of being a human being.
These extremely vicious Crow Mountain horse thieves have left countless families separated and their families destroyed because of them.
Seeing that the women did not come out, Han Xiaosheng knew that he could not convince them, so he put the flashlight on a shelf, waved his hand, took out a pile of clothes and some earth fruits, then said something to the women and exited the back room.
When he walked out of the stone gate, he saw Liu Daneng and Old Man Feng walking out of the passage.
Seeing an arrow stuck in his right shoulder, Liu Daneng asked with concern:
"Brother Xian, are you okay?"
Han Xiaosheng was a little tired and told them about the situation behind the stone gate and the fat man who escaped.
After the two heard about it, they were both filled with anger. If Longmen Town was defeated by horse thieves, their female relatives would not end well, which made them hate the horse thieves in Crow Mountain even more.
Old man Feng left the cave and went to report to the mayor.
Liu Daneng was about to chase down the fat horse thief, but was stopped by Han Xiaosheng, who gave him a shield, a flashlight, a telescope and some packaged food.
Seeing Liu Daneng rushing into the dark passage, Han Xiaosheng felt less depressed, thinking that the fat man who was a horse thief would not be able to escape.
After waiting for a while, a group of women walked out of the stone gate, all with tears on their faces, but they were no longer so timid.
Han Xiaosheng did not talk to these women. He was waiting for the arrival of the mayor.
The mayor came quickly and didn't have much reaction when he saw these women, because although these women were in a mess and had scars on their bodies and faces, they were neatly dressed and didn't look that miserable.
Han Xiaosheng took Mayor Fang into the back room, pointed at the small cages, and told him what he had just seen.
Mayor Fang immediately broke out.
"These damn horse thieves, I originally thought some of them had to become horse thieves because they had no choice but to become horse thieves. Now it seems that none of them can be left."
Han Xiaosheng knew that people in Zhenwu Continent valued profits and was worried that some people could redeem him, so he added fuel to the fire again.
"Mayor, imagine what the horse thieves did in the battle a few days ago. If they succeed, what will happen to you and the families of those people in the town? You can imagine whether you want to eradicate the roots. It's up to you. Measure it."
Mayor Fang looked at him and said a little strangely:
"Of course I want to eradicate them, but you don't have any relatives in the town, so there's no need to add fuel to the fire."
Han Xiaosheng laughed.
"Who says I have no relatives? Liu Daneng's family is my relatives. In the future, those kind-hearted people in Longmen Town may also become my relatives and yours. Moreover, I like to be kind to others and cannot bear to see these evil existences. I will naturally do something when I have the ability." force."
"Okay, that's good, I'll do as you say."
The two suddenly became closer.
When he was preparing to leave the cave with the women, Liu Daneng rushed out of the dark passage with a sullen face, holding a bloody human head in his hand. It was the fat man who was a horse thief.
Liu Daneng looked very angry and said to the mayor:
"Mayor, you don't know what these damn horse thieves have done. The situation in the cave is much more miserable than here."
"This cave entrance leads to a valley, where there are mountains of corpses. They should all be people who died at the hands of horse thieves. There is a mine in the valley, and the people captured by horse thieves are mining there. The situation is terrible."
Hearing Liu Daneng's words, the women who had been crying silently began to cry, because there must be their relatives inside, maybe they had died in the mine, maybe they had turned into bones.
Under the leadership of Liu Daneng, a group of people walked through the long cave and came to a valley surrounded by mountains.
Everyone was shocked when they saw the bones piled up in a corner of the valley, and the women burst into tears.
There were several bloody corpses lying in the valley, including one headless, which should be that of the little fat man.
A group of skinny people stood at the entrance of a cave in the distance. They looked very scary, like skeletons with just an extra layer of skin.
These people stood quietly at the entrance of the cave, their eyes numb, watching the movement here, and they had lost the ability to react.
After seeing the situation, Han Xiaosheng suggested:
"Mayor, I have some suggestions."
Han Xiaosheng called the mayor and Liu Daneng aside to sort out their thoughts, and then began to tell his thoughts.
"Mayor, I think the first thing to do is to awaken people's hearts and win them over."
Mayor Fang asked with great interest:
"How to do it exactly?"
Han Xiaosheng pointed to the valley and said:
"You see, this is where the horse thieves do their evil. These women here, these skeleton-like workers, and the bones in the valley all show that the horse thieves are extremely evil, and even death ten thousand times cannot atone for their sins. "
"But they can't die ten thousand times, so how do we punish them?"
Liu Daneng said angrily:
"Then put them to death in Lingchi!"
Han Xiaosheng gave a thumbs up.
"Brother, you are right, but many people know your method, but it is not enough."
"What should be done?"
Han Xiaosheng said categorically:
"Let them be criticized by thousands of people and be infamous!"
"Let their relatives and friends be ashamed to mention these horse thieves, and they will be cursed after death."
"I suggest that we send someone to deliver a letter to Longmen Town as soon as possible. Each family sends a representative. We hold an on-site public trial to demonstrate the crimes of these horse thieves, mobilize the victims to expose their crimes, and then in the face of the victims' scolding and Die under attack and avenge their grievances.”
"One advantage of doing this is that we can clearly distinguish who is guilty of unforgivable sins, who is forced to be a thief, and who has not done any evil. When the time comes, different punishments will be imposed according to the size of the crime. Of course, these must be It is carried out by these victims, and we cannot take action, lest we be suspected of enforcing the law on our behalf."
"Before the public trial, we can interrogate the captive horse thieves separately and tell them that those who perform meritorious service and expose them can get lighter punishments. In this way, we can ask many secrets of the horse thieves. Of course, they will die in the end and we cannot be honest with them."
