Zipeng Mountain in the north of Luzhou has not been peaceful recently. Pedestrians have been harassed by bandits on the mountain recently. Xu Qingchen sent someone to inquire and found out that this group of bandits had been entrenched here for many years, but they had lived peacefully in the past ten years without causing any major trouble. I don’t know what happened recently, but the bandits suddenly became active.
Xu Qingchen vaguely felt that this was an opportunity. If he wanted to make something famous, he had to make a name for himself first. Looking around Luzhou, there are no decent big gangs. Several small local sects rarely get involved in political affairs except for educating their own disciples. A few days ago, Xu Qingchen sent someone to visit her house, and the response was neither salty nor indifferent, making it clear that she didn't want to get involved. Therefore, Xu Qingchen felt that it would not be a bad thing to intervene on his own.
"So, the helmsman wants us to pick out these bandits?"
In the study, Xiong San asked Xu Qingchen's opinion. At this time, there were only Xiong San, Xu Qingchen, and Linghan in the room.
Xu Qingchen nodded: "Yes... Of course, let's explore the situation first. You can't rush in like a headless fly."
Xiong San said, "Okay, I'll arrange for the brothers to go."
Xu Qingchen waved his hand and said, "I'll go."
"Are you going? Aren't you afraid of Ye Yu Xiaozhu making a trip?"
"Just in time, let's take this opportunity to see how far Ye Yu Xiaozhu can tolerate me."
"It's not safe to go alone."
"There's me too!" Ayana raised her hands happily.
Xiong San has competed with Linghan during this period and is aware of this girl's strength. This girl basically has no shortcomings except that she likes to pick fights with others.
Xiong San could only say: "Then you two should pay attention to safety. When will we leave?"
"It's not far away. We'll leave soon. We may come back in the evening, or we may be delayed for a day or two. While I'm away, Hall Master Laosan will be at home."
"Do not worry."
Linghan was not a quiet girl, otherwise she would not have come to Luzhou with Xu Qingchen. During this period of time, she stayed in the sub-rudder every day, and at most she went to the streets to walk around. She could no longer hold herself back. Besides, after Xu Qingchen gave her the pair of swords, they had never seen blood.
Before lunch, the two of them put on less eye-catching clothes and hurried out to Zipeng Mountain.
On the way, Ayana complained a little.
"Why don't you go after dinner?" ap.
Xu Qingchen smiled and replied: "Because we don't know where these bandits are hiding."
"Does this have anything to do with eating or not?"
"Bandits are humans too, and they also need to make fires to cook. They will definitely start cooking at this time, so we can just follow the smoke and look for them."
"Can't you see you're pretty smart?"
Xu Qingchen was a little confused: "Many people know this method. You have been in the world longer than me, how could you not know it?"
Linghan replied with a smile: "I don't call it wandering into the world, I just go out to have fun and have an occasional fight."
As the two chatted, it was already noon. The two found a relatively high mountaintop and looked around, and sure enough they saw smoke rising from a mountain col somewhere.
"There, there!" Ayana pointed at the wisp of smoke excitedly.
Xu Qingchen squinted his eyes and looked over. There was fog in the mountains, but he could vaguely see buildings in the smoke.
Ayaka said: "I asked before coming here and found that there are no villages in this mountain."
Xu Qingchen said: "Whether it is or not, let's go and take a look first."
The small mountain col looked very close, and the two of them walked for nearly two hours before arriving. It gets dark early in the mountains, and the sun can no longer be seen when the two arrive.
Ayana's guess was correct, this was indeed the bandit's lair.
The entire cottage is hidden in the dense forest. If the two of them hadn't climbed up and looked far away, they wouldn't have been able to see the cottage. There is only a faintly visible path outside the village, and the road is deliberately hidden. It seems that this wave of bandits is very cautious.
The two found a hilltop and carefully hid themselves on it.
Looking from top to bottom, they realized that this cottage was not simple. It was luck that they could see the few buildings. Because those two so-called buildings are just two small pieces of grass.
Just a warehouse. The places where bandits live are basically caves, dug into the mountains and blocked by trees, making it difficult to see.
It was getting dark, but the village was not quiet. Many bandits were walking back and forth. There were also hidden sentries in some invisible places, and the defense was in place.
Ayana whispered: "There are quite a lot of people. I just counted more than fifty people outside. There should be many more in those caves. With ten of us, we probably won't be able to take them down."
Xu Qingchen responded: "It doesn't have to be a head-on confrontation. It's a big deal to outwit them."
"Outwit? How to outwit?"
Before Xu Qingchen could answer, he heard a sudden commotion in the village. The men's rude laughter and curses were mixed with the cry of a woman. The sound came from the direction of the mountain gate. The two of them looked towards the mountain gate and saw two bandits walking in carrying a tied-up woman.
The woman looked to be in her thirties, and she looked okay.
"Is this... a meat ticket?"
"Yes," Linghan replied, "This woman is rather well-dressed. She must be the wife of some house."
The two of them said nothing and continued to observe secretly.
They entered the village and threw the women to the ground. A group of bandits gathered around and laughed at the woman, while the woman cowered in fear and screamed helplessly.
At this time, a shirtless bandit who looked to be in his fifties walked up to the woman and suddenly reached out and tore the woman's clothes. The women's wails became more helpless, and the bandits' laughter and curses became more arrogant.
Linghan stretched out her hand to block Xu Qingchen's eyes, not to look at anything inappropriate, and held her fist tightly with her other hand. She is also a woman and can understand how helpless women can be at this time.
Xu Qingchen gently pushed Linghan's hand away and whispered, "Be patient for a while, now is not the time to rush out."
Linghan looked at Xu Qingchen in surprise and asked, "Not now? Are you planning to rush out soon?"
"You don't have to rush out, it's best to sneak in silently."
"Aren't you going back to inform your brothers?"
"I want to go back, do you agree?"
Ayana couldn't agree, she couldn't bear to see others suffer.
The bandits laughed and laughed around the poor woman. From time to time they stretched out their hands to touch her body. After a while, there were not many clothes left on her body. Linghan saw this and almost bit her silver teeth into pieces. But she also knew in her heart: Although the two of them were good at martial arts, they had no chance of winning against so many bandits, so they could only endure it for a while, hoping that the bandits would not do anything more extreme.
Sure enough, the bandits did not continue their banter, but lifted the woman off the ground and walked into a cave with iron bars.
There was a handle at the door in Shandong. It looked like it was a "prison" type of place.
The two of them waited until dark and could no longer see a few bandits before they decided to take action.
Ayana asked in a low voice: "What are your plans?"
"Save people first."
"This is in the mountains. It's difficult to move around. If you disturb the bandits, they will inevitably catch you. And... I guess there is more than one person in that prison."
Xu Qingchen said solemnly: "Linghan, I know you are a good girl, soft-hearted, and can't see the suffering in the world. But I want to say one more thing... Just do your best. If you can't save others, take care of your own life. "
"I understand, I'm not a fool."
Taking advantage of the cover of night, the two sneaked into the cottage quietly. Although they had hidden whistles, their quality was not very good and they were wiped out easily on the way. There were originally two people guarding the prison door, but after nightfall, it was replaced by one person. This bandit obviously didn't want to keep vigil. He was listless. He was knocked down by Linghan from behind with a knife. He probably wouldn't wake up tonight.
He took out a bunch of keys from the guard, tried for a long time, and finally opened the prison door.
There were torches burning inside the prison, so it was fairly bright.
The two people who entered the prison were shocked by what they saw.
It is quite large, with more than twenty compartments divided into wooden fences. True to what Ayaka said, there are indeed many people imprisoned here - all women. That
Each of these women was naked, tied with chains or ropes. Each one of them had dull eyes, and it was obvious that they had suffered tremendous physical and mental torture. When they saw the two of them coming in, no one shouted.
The woman closest to them was covered in wounds. She looked at Ayana blankly and opened her mouth, but she didn't say a word.
"Beast!" Linghan cursed, and hurriedly took out the keys and opened the iron doors one by one, trying to rescue the woman inside.
Xu Qingchen said: "Linghan, please wait a moment."
"Wait?" Linghan stared into Xu Qingchen's eyes.
"They don't even have clothes. We can't just take them out. We have to find a way."
Ayana asked: "What method?"
Xu Qingchen was thinking when he suddenly heard a girl's voice coming from a wooden cage not far from him.
"Are you...brother Qingchen?"
