get married first, fall in love later

The five people entered the cave one by one, and sure enough, as Qian San said, the stairs in front of them were winding and long, and the end could not be seen at a glance.Qian Si lit the torch that he had prepared long ago, stepped forward and passed Qian Xiaobao and Ouyang Xi, and carefully helped the people behind him to follow the path under their feet while walking.

Fortunately, when the stairs were finished and another corner was turned, the eyes suddenly opened up, not only the originally narrow space suddenly became open, but even the light was brightened.Everyone took a closer look, but it turned out that pre-lit oil lamps suddenly appeared on the walls on both sides of the tunnel. Judging from the degree of burning of the oil in the lamps, the oil lamps should have been burning for a long time before they arrived.

Everyone continued to walk for about a hundred meters, seeing that the road under their feet was about to come to an end, but some soft voices could be faintly heard not far away, and some low sobbing sounds could be heard faintly when they listened carefully.

Qian Xiaobao stopped in his tracks, and gently instructed the people around him: "There are people in front, everyone, please be careful and pay attention to safety."

Qian San and Qian Si nodded in agreement, and then surrounded Qian Xiaobao, Ouyang Xi and the other three in a very tacit understanding, while Qian Xiaobao subconsciously grasped the hand he was holding, while habitually Pulling Ouyang Xi behind him, he nodded to signal Qian Si to move on.

After another corner, the scene in front of them suddenly stopped several people in their tracks.A huge iron cage composed of hundreds of iron rods stands in front of you impressively. Those iron rods are about two meters high, about as thick as an adult man's arm, intertwined horizontally and vertically, standing majestically in the depths of this secret room like a colossus. place.What surprised everyone even more was that about 80 NO.[-] people were imprisoned densely in this huge cage. From the faint lights on both sides, it could be vaguely seen that most of them were young women from their body shapes.

I don't know if it's because their thin clothes are hard to resist the cold in this cold underground cell, or because they are afraid of the past experience and unknown fate, these people hugged in groups, some whispered comforting words to encourage themselves And companions, some trembling and sobbing uncontrollably.The huge cage, the miserable and tragic woman being imprisoned, coupled with the gloomy and dark environment around, this scene makes people feel shuddering for no reason.

Even Ouyang Xi, who has always been courageous, suddenly calmed down at this time, leaned closer to Qian Xiaobao tremblingly, and asked in a low voice: "Xiaobao, who are these people and why are they locked up here?" ?”

Qian Xiaobao shook his head, and was about to answer when the woman locked in the cage discovered this group of "uninvited guests".They were frightened at first, and shrunk back into the cage unconsciously. When they looked closely, it seemed that they were not the person they had seen before, and the expressions on their faces suddenly changed. Although the panic had not completely faded away, they also Unconsciously added some hope and joy.Even so, they looked at each other, but none of them dared to speak to Qian Xiaobao and the others.

Qian Si was about to step forward, but Qian Xiaobao raised his hand to stop him, walked to the front of the cage and stood still, looked at the shivering women in front of him and softly comforted him: "Don't be afraid, everyone, we are not bad people."

Perhaps it was Qian Xiaobao's face that was too harmless for the country, or maybe the people trapped in this cage were really eager for help. After hearing the words, the group of women bowed their heads and discussed softly, and finally sent a man who looked like A little assertive stood over.The pretty-faced woman dressed as a young woman first looked Qian Xiaobao up and down, and then asked tentatively in a low voice: "Dare to ask who is the young master, and why are you here?"

After thinking for a moment, Qian Xiaobao replied: "Fushou Village disappeared for no reason, and another courtyard was built on the original site out of nowhere. Something seems strange. We were sent by the imperial court to make an unannounced visit to thoroughly investigate this matter."

When the woman heard Qian Xiaobao mentioning "Fushou Village", her eyes lit up suddenly, and she didn't know if she heard what she said behind her, so she asked eagerly: "Master, do you know about Fushou Village? Did someone go to the capital to report the case?" Is it? Who is it, but there is a man named Wang Hu?"

Qian Xiaobao hadn't answered yet, but Ouyang Xi approached him when he heard the words, and asked doubtfully, "Do you know Brother Wang?"

"Do you really recognize my husband, King Tiger?" The woman's expression was agitated, her hands holding the cage trembled slightly, and she burst into tears immediately: "Where is he? How are you doing now?"

Ouyang Xi grabbed her hand and patted it comfortingly, and said, "Sister-in-law Wang, don't be afraid, we were entrusted by Brother Wang to find you, what happened, why are you locked up here, other Who are those people?"

The woman immediately became sad when she heard the question, she sobbed and said: "We were all captured and locked up here by the beast Wang Xuanzhi, and we were molested by him on weekdays, and many sisters were once raped by him. After taking it away, I never came back, and later I heard the food delivery person mentioned it, and I found out that it was sold to a brothel elsewhere."

"It turned out that he was forced into prostitution and reselling people. No wonder this Wang is so rich?!" Ouyang Xi angrily tugged at Qian Xiaobao's sleeve and said, "Xiaobao, this kind of person is too hateful, don't let him go! Yes, shall we rescue Mrs. Wang and the others now?"

Qian Xiaobao grabbed her hand and squeezed it reassuringly, and said, "Madam, don't worry, this matter needs to be discussed in the long run. Firstly, we are not familiar with the environment here, so rash rescue may not only fail to take them away, but also take us away." Take them in; secondly, there are so many of them, it is absolutely impossible to take them away quietly, and we need to think of other ways."

Ouyang Xi nodded and said, "Then what should we do now?"

"I can only inspect this place and leave first, and go back and think of a good plan to rescue them." Qian Xiaobao seemed to think of something suddenly when he said this, looking at Wang Hu's wife and asked: "What about Wang Xuan?" How often do you come here on weekdays, and at what time?"

Wang Hu's wife said: "At least one or two days, at most three or four days will come. The time is uncertain. I just came here once before you came today."

Ouyang Xi patted his chest when he heard the words: "Fortunately, we didn't run into us. It's not bad luck."

Qian Xiaobao nodded in agreement, and said, "Sister-in-law Wang, please rest assured and wait for two days, we will go back and find a way to rescue you."

Wang Hu's wife looked at Qian Xiaobao and nodded, and said gratefully with tears in her eyes: "Thank you for the rescue, young master. If we can really escape from here, we mother and son will definitely repay you young master."

When Qian Xiaobao and the others heard this, they noticed that there was a child who looked no more than three or four years old at the woman's feet, with ragged clothes, unkempt hair, and skinny little hands tightly clutching the hem of Wang Hu's wife's skirt. Looking timidly at Qian Xiaobao and the others, there was still some childlike innocence and curiosity in their eyes. If there were no accidents, it should be Wang Hu's lost son.

Seeing the skinny child in front of him, Ouyang Xi felt sore in his heart, he secretly pulled Qian Xiaobao's sleeve and said, "Xiaobao, they are so pitiful, we have to find a way to rescue them as soon as possible."

Qian Xiaobao nodded, turned to Wang Hu's wife and said, "Don't worry, Sister-in-law Wang, we will definitely come to rescue you as soon as possible. The time is pressing now so I can't say anything more. Take care of yourself here, and we will leave first." He glanced at the people in the cage, then pulled Ouyang Xi away from the dungeon.

They returned to the ground along the stairs, turned around and looked around, and found that they were already in a courtyard, surrounded by lush greenery and trees, and there was a huge rockery not far in front of them, which was the same as before. The stone gate at the entrance of the cave echoes each other, covering the exit of the secret passage very well.

"It's no wonder people who inquire about the information say that Wang Xuanzhi disappeared inexplicably. This place is hidden, not to mention night, even in broad daylight it is extremely difficult to be discovered."

Qian Xiaobao nodded in agreement: "The design of this secret room can be called mysterious, and it must have taken a lot of thought."

"The secret room was built purely for the purpose of reselling people and making huge profits. Do such a heartless thing, beware of thunder." Ouyang Xi finished expressing her dissatisfaction with righteous indignation, then turned to Qian Xiaobao and asked, "Xiaobao, how about that?" What shall we do next?"

As soon as the words fell, a black figure suddenly flew out from the wing room not far away, and came straight towards them.

Could it be that someone discovered it?Ouyang Xi was startled, and habitually grabbed Qian Xiaobao tightly, only to find that the black shadow didn't seem to notice their existence, and only touched the wall beside the crowd lightly, then jumped over the wall and left .

Ouyang Xi patted his chest in shock, looked at the group of people who were looking at each other and asked in a low voice: "Didn't he come to arrest us? Then who was that person just now? Did he visit the manor at night to collect information like us?"

Qian Xiaobao withdrew his gaze from staring at the black shadow, and said thoughtfully: "That man is also wearing night clothes, so what he wants to do must not be something fair and honest." In the wing room with the lights on, he murmured inexplicably: "It's strange, since what you're doing is sneaky, why do you keep the room brightly lit?"

Hearing the words, Qian San approached Qian Xiaobao tentatively and asked, "Do you want to go over and have a look?"

Qian Xiaobao hesitated for a moment and said, "That's fine."

A group of five people slowly came out of the hidden woods and walked towards the room where the man in black came out just now.However, when they got closer, everyone realized something was wrong. Not only was the room brightly lit, the doors and windows were wide open, but there was also a faint pungent smell of blood.

Qian Xiaobao frowned, walked cautiously to the door and leaned in.One could see at a glance that a person was lying face to face on the ground in the middle of the room, and his body and the nearby ground were all stained with blood.

Qian Si swept past the crowd and stopped Qian Xiaobao before she bent down, and said, "Master, let the subordinates take a look first." After speaking, he pulled out the dagger from his waist, and first used the tip of the knife carefully to stop her. Turning the person on the ground over, Fu stretched out his hand forward to find the person's nose and pulse, then turned around and looked at Qian Xiaobao and said: "The person has died."

Qian Xiaobao looked down at the corpse, frowned and sighed softly: "This person should have been killed by the person who went out just now."

While speaking, Jiang Qingxiao had already leaned forward, and had just lowered her head for a glance before exclaiming: "Lord Wang?!"