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Chapter 252: Saving people (please vote for me)

On the way to the cell, Sang Que asked Ruan Shichun about the basic situation here. Ruan Shichun answered without any fluctuation in the tone, like a robot.

However, the answer was very detailed and there was nothing hidden.

Only then did Sang Que realize that this place was indeed not far from Wangshan City.

Wangshan City is located at the middle pass of Qianyue Mountain Range, dividing Qianyue Mountain into two parts, Xiyue and Dongyue. The direction of Qianyue Mountain Range is from northwest to southeast. The southwest of the mountain range is the hinterland of Qinzhou, and Jinzhou is in the northeast of Qianyue Mountain Range.

The northwest of Jinzhou is mountainous and borders the Buddhist holy land of Tubo. After crossing the Qianyue Mountains to the northeast, there are vast plains suitable for farming. It is the largest granary in Daxuan except Jiangzhou, and mainly grows wheat and corn, while Jiangzhou mainly grows various types of rice.

But what’s funny is that when Sang Que asked Ruan Shichun why they went up the mountain to become bandits, Ruan Shichun said it was because there was no extra food at home.

They could not afford the grain and land taxes, and did not want to be forced to do hard labor, so they had no choice but to go up the mountains.

Jinfeng Mountain is on the side of Dongyue Mountain, with Qinzhou behind it. It looks very close, but a normal person can't climb over it. The deeper you go into the mountain, the steeper the terrain becomes. There is a nearly vertical cliff bordering Qinzhou.

There are many such cliffs in Qinzhou. The Evil Suppression Office of Wangshan City is built under the cliff, and the Evil Ghost Office is even dug under the cliff.

The terrain of Jinfeng Mountain is like a phoenix spreading its wings and flying. There is a gorge at the neck of the phoenix. The terrain is narrow and there are cliffs on both sides. The top of the cliffs can be well defended to prevent the encirclement and suppression officers and soldiers from entering.

After passing through the neck gorge, there are large tracts of mountains and forests, which make up the body and wings of the phoenix. This terrain is formed naturally.

Previously, the largest river in Jinzhou, the Hanging River, passed through here. The entire terrain was formed under the impact of the hanging river. The river channel dispersed in the mountains, and then rushed down from the cliffs of Dongyue Mountain, forming waterfalls and entering Qinzhou.

Later, in an unknown dynasty, a huge amount of manpower was spent to build a dam, blocking the hanging river within Jinzhou, transforming Jinzhou into one of the world's granaries. Trees gradually grew in this river channel, forming a jungle, and the current Jinfeng Mountain was formed.

As Sang Que listened to Ruan Shichun's story, he gradually formed a topographical map of the place in his mind. At first glance, it seemed that this place was very suitable for a base, as long as they could guard the gorge at the neck of the Phoenix.

Of course, there are disadvantages. If the government sends a large number of troops to encircle and suppress them and block the gorge, they will be trapped in Jinfeng Mountain, with a cliff behind them and no way to escape. If they do not have enough food, they will die within half a year.

However, these problems are not a big problem for Sangque.

"How many bandits are there in Jinfeng Mountain?"

Ruan Shichun said expressionlessly, "Including us, there are five bandit camps in total. We are near the gorge. There are two larger camps on the east and west sides, with more than a hundred people each. We have arrived at the cell."

The cell was at the back of the stronghold, where there were some chickens and ducks, two ploughing oxen, and five black dogs kept in cages.

When Sangque came over, the black dog didn't bark at all. It just whimpered and shivered in the corner.

The houses in front of the village were all thatched houses, but the prison cells were actually built in a row with bricks and stones, which were very sturdy.

After pushing the door open and entering, I immediately heard crying and frightened sounds from inside.

There were four cells, two of which contained people. In the front cell, there were four girls huddled together. One of them seemed sick and unconscious. They all looked less than twenty years old, with disheveled hair and tattered clothes. After hearing the noise, they all huddled in a corner, frightened and uneasy.

Sang Que's face darkened, and his fists gradually hardened. "Open the cell door."

In the cell next door was a young master and servant dressed in luxurious clothes, sitting cross-legged in the cell, not particularly panicked.

Both of them were dressed as men, but the one of them was obviously the master's 'boy'. Sang Que could tell at a glance that she was a woman.

She was young and there was nothing wrong with her appearance, but unfortunately Sang Que had a keen eye and wanted to find out her identity. He saw her standing in a shop, dressed in women's clothes.

His vision blurred again, and the ghost eye still hadn't recovered.

Sang Que has watched a lot of TV dramas. This kind of person must be a "hostage" kidnapped on the road, and his family needs to send money and food to redeem him.

Ruan Shichun just said that they can only kidnap a hostage once or twice a year, and robbing passers-by also depends on luck. If they are lucky, they can rob good things, but they also have to pay dividends to the other four villages here.

Most of the time, they still make a living by farming.

"Let them all go."

Hearing Sang Que say this, everyone in the two cells looked at her.

Sang Que walked into the first cell, squatted down and said to the four girls, "I have taken over this place. No one will hurt you anymore. I will have someone give you some clean clothes and silver later, and you can go back to your homes."

Hearing what Sangque said, the youngest-looking girl crawled to Sangque and kowtowed to beg. "Please, lady, save my sister. She seems to be dying! Please, lady!"

Sang Que just saw the unconscious girl, covered in wounds, with chapped lips, and so thin that she was just a bag of bones.

Sang Que went closer to check and found that the body was very hot. It was a pity that she couldn't go back to the modern era, otherwise she could have brought some antipyretic medicine.

"Ruan Shichun, go ask the four maids in the kitchen to prepare some clean water. If there is any wine in the village, find me a jar and send it to the headmaster's residence. Come with me."

Sang Que picked up the girl and carried her sideways out of the cell.

Seeing two people in the next cell, Sang Que stopped and said, "If you want to leave, you can do so. No one will stop you."

The girls regarded Sang Que as their life-saving straw and followed her. When they arrived at the village, they found that the evil people who bullied them were all looking at Sang Que with fear. They didn't know what was going on, but they all followed Sang Que closely.

Ruan Shichun is now efficient and quickly asked someone to bring clean water and a jar of wine. Sang Que helped the girl wipe off the dirt on her body and used physical cooling methods to reduce her temperature.

After Sang Que finished her work, she handed the rag to her sister Wan He, "Just help her cool down like this. If she can hold on until tomorrow morning, I might be able to save her."

The other two girls whose names were unknown were still in the cave, standing awkwardly.

"There are clean clothes and water over there. You can wash up by yourselves. Someone will bring food over soon. It's getting late. You can stay here tonight. I'll have someone take you down the mountain tomorrow morning."

Hearing this, the two girls knelt down and kowtowed, "Thank you, lady."

After knocking their heads together, the two of them fell to the ground and couldn't stop crying, venting their fear during this period and their confusion about the future.

They can no longer go back home.

Sang Que said nothing, left the cave and went to the meeting room outside, where the other bandits had already left.

It is the beginning of spring, and they are preparing to reclaim wasteland and grow crops.

There wasn't even a doctor in the village. If someone was sick, Ruan Shichun would follow his experience and just find some mountain herbs to boil in water to drink. If they were lucky and had a good physique, they would survive, but if they didn't, they would die.

Sitting alone in a chair in the meeting room, Sangque realized that it was a long and arduous task to manage such a place.

The person who came to deliver the food told Sangque that the master and servant had left on their own and did not stay in the mountain village for a moment.

Sang Que was thinking about how to manage the village, and before he knew it, it was night. After it got completely dark, everyone in the village returned to their respective residences and stayed indoors.

Sang Que went into the cave to check and found that Wan He's sister Wan Yun still had a high fever and her breath was getting weaker and weaker. Wan He was very strong and tried not to cry. She kept wiping her sister's body with wine to reduce the fever. She also fed her some porridge and water and took good care of her.

Sang Que told Ruan Shichun to stay outside while he left the stronghold alone and went deep into the woods.

Not long after walking out, Sang Que saw several hideous corpses hanging and shaking under the tree.

Hanging rope, old friend.

The mulberry bird directly spread out the ghost domain. Those who were hanging on the ropes reacted too late and wanted to run away. They were harvested by the mulberry bird in an instant.

He spread out his right hand, and there was still nothing in his palm. Originally, killing one person hanging on the rope could restore at least half of the hexagram.

Could it be that after she entered the ghost level, the talisman money was also upgraded, and the evil power was no longer enough, so she needed to devour evil ghosts to recover?
Sang Que's heart sank. It was easy to find evil spirits in this mountain, but ghosts might be hard to find. It would be great if he had the soul-calling incense from the Evil-Suppression Bureau.

"Forget it, quantitative change will lead to qualitative change. Let's kill all the evil spirits nearby first and see what happens next."

Sang Que also released Yin Tong, and the master and servant took the village as the center and checked the surrounding mountains inch by inch.

With the intention of making amends for his sins, Yin Tong stopped being as bad as before and ran around very diligently.

She did not even let go of wandering souls, killing one when she saw one, without Sang Que's orders or actions.

After working for more than two hours, there was still no movement of the talisman money in his palm.

Suddenly a scream broke the silence of the night. Sangque looked in the direction where the scream came from, and saw that the gorge leading in and out of Jinfeng Mountain was filled with thick fog. There were many shadowy figures in the fog, and there seemed to be many human-shaped dark shadows.

The girl disguised as a man who had just been released in the afternoon ran out in panic and fell to the ground. It seemed that something grabbed her feet and dragged her into the fog, leaving her without a sound.