A piece of Japanese incense

"They were all unconscious. I was trapped and couldn't reach the door. My ankles were tied to the chain and tied to the pillar, so I couldn't move forward."

"The person is unconscious. Just search his body and see if you have the key to unlock your body."

Hearing Yuzhu's impatient tone, I glared at him fiercely.

"Ying'an, are they wearing wrist guards on their hands?"

"Yes, there is."

Suddenly, hope ignited in my heart: "Can you touch it?"

"I...tried my best."

The moment of waiting seemed to become infinitely long, and my mood was like an overflowing bottle, filled with anxiety and worry, making it difficult to calm down.

"got it!"

Joy and satisfaction are like a long-awaited rain, nourishing the heart.

"Hurry! Throw it out with all your strength!" Yu Zhu urged anxiously.

Yuzhu accurately captured the edge of the wristband, and his palm closed naturally, holding the wristband in his hand.

"It turns out to be an arm guard. Now it's great. I can climb over the wall directly," said Yuzhu as he put on the arm guard with metal plates.

The door was finally opened, and seven strong men were lying in the yard. They were big and strong, and all of them had lost consciousness.

Tian Ying'an stood beside the wooden pillar, his figure was particularly thin, like a candle swaying in the wind. His shoulders drooped slightly, his arms were slender, and the veins under his skin were faintly visible.

His face was covered in bruises and scrapes, his clothes were torn and stained with mud and blood, and every wound silently told of the suffering he had endured.

What was striking was the empty eye socket in his left eye. Although his body was exhausted, he still stared at me firmly with his only remaining eye, without the slightest flicker or shift. The eye was clear and deep, like a lake untainted by dust.

"Sister Zhi?"

I nodded slightly, and smiled at each other: "You know me?"

Yuzhu found a bunch of keys from somewhere and tried to untie the anklets one by one.

Yuyi lit another stick of incense and waved it between everyone's noses.

Yuzhu finally untied the anklet, and Tian Yingan staggered to me and swallowed: "Second sister said you would come to save me."

Yuyi took out a plain brocade robe from the package and put it on him: "This is the robe that Master Yu Nian wore when he was a child. I didn't expect it to be a little bigger. I will make you a few more that will fit you after we get out."

"Girl!" Yuzhu opened the door and stood at the door calling me.

In this dark room, several figures huddled in a corner of an iron cage. The heavy sound of shackles could be heard from time to time, accompanying their every slight movement.

"Ying'an! Ying'an!" A frail figure stretched out her hands from the cage. Xiaohan's sister was so thin that only skeleton and skin were left.

"Big sister! Third sister! Someone is here to save us!" Tian Ying'an knelt in front of the cage and held Tian Xin's hands tightly.

"Girl! Benefactor! Please give me some water to drink! I really can't bear it anymore!" A girl tried to reach through the railing and grab my feet.

Like a traveler in the desert seeing an oasis in the distance, her eyes were filled with an eagerness and anxiety that was almost tangible.

For a moment, the whole room echoed with their hoarse cries for help. Each of them was in tattered clothes, with cracked lips. They stretched their hands out of the cage, their eyes revealing endless despair and a spark of desire to survive.

The sound fluttered in the wind, like the last struggle for survival, hoping for a glimmer of hope.

My throat felt like it was blocked by something. I could only stand by silently as I watched them suffer.

"Yuzhu, why haven't you opened it yet?"

"Almost there! Almost there!" Yuzhu wiped the sweat from his forehead and tried each key quickly.

The burning of straw outside the yard gradually died down, leaving only piles of red embers flickering in the darkness.

"Where is your home? I can take you home." I looked at a dozen girls standing shivering in the yard, like reeds in the wind, slender and fragile.

"I lost my home when my sister-in-law sold me to the local community." A girl hugged her shoulders and shivered.

"I was kidnapped. My father was beaten to death by Brother Quan in order to save me. I lost my father and my home..." The girl lay in the arms of another scarred girl, her shoulders trembling slightly.

……

For a moment, I didn't know what to do. I had originally planned to save Xiaohan's family, but now faced with so many sisters, I was a little overwhelmed.

Tian Yingan hesitated and said, "Sister Zhi, all the sisters here were sent here to suffer torture because they refused to submit to the fate of the brothel."

"Girl, Yuzhu is back." Yuyi let go of my hand.

Seeing Yuzhu and Yuyi carrying the corpse into the house, the girls in the yard stepped back.

I said, "Girls, my original intention was to save my friend's family. Now you might as well follow me and leave here, and then make plans!"

They did not respond, but just watched Yuzhu drag the sack into the cage in silence.

I took the candle and lit a handful of straw.

As the first spark jumped, wisps of green smoke rose, and then the flames, like awakened life, slowly spread through the straw, making crackling sounds.

The flames rose rapidly, dancing like a group of wild dancers, drawing fiery trails in the air.

The firelight reflected on the surrounding objects, casting flickering shadows, and the air was filled with the smell of burnt wood.

"Miss Zhi, are you planning to burn this place down?" a woman stepped forward and asked in confusion.

"Yes, the fire is easy to be discovered in the city now. We must make the fire burn more vigorously as soon as possible and burn the bodies until they cannot be recognized to avoid leakage." I replied.

A woman held a candlestick and fiddled with the straw to encourage fresh air to circulate and make the flame burn brighter.

"These bastards humiliate us every day. Let's drag them into cages and burn them to death!" a woman was outraged.

"Yes! Burn them to death!"

Seeing that they were losing control of their emotions, I hurriedly stood in front of them and said, "No, no, no! Don't be impulsive! Acting like this will only make us murderers! We can't let them dirty the hands of the girls!"

"Miss Zhi, please get out of the way! These people force women into prostitution and do all kinds of bad things. We are here to get rid of this evil for the people!"

"Yes! Lock them in a cage! Let them have a taste of imprisonment!"

I tried my best to stop them: "Listen to me! This is not worth it! These people failed to do their job tonight, and their masters will teach them a lesson. Perhaps, they will suffer a torture more cruel than death. I think we should light the fire as soon as possible and leave here as soon as possible!"

They finally stopped and were no longer aggressive.

"Miss Zhi, you are a good person, we will listen to you."