After wiping the blood-stained dagger clean on the deceased's clothes, Hua Yue asked Zhou Jun, "What should we do next?"
Zhou Jun: "Save Liu Yushi and leave as soon as possible."
Huayue nodded, got out of the corridor, and walked down the passage.
Along the way, Huayue saw that underground in this ancient temple, there were not only cabins similar to wine shops, but also many small rooms equipped with beds and curtains. She couldn't help but curiously asked: "Why is there such a thing under the Buddhist temple?"
Where? Is it possible that those monks don’t live on the ground, but prefer to live underground?”
Zhou Jun: "In cities like Chang'an and Luoyang, many Buddhist temples and Taoist temples have the term "Jie Yuan Tang".
Hua Yue: "Jieyuan Hall? What is that?"
Zhou Jun: "Men and women who love each other privately, or who are wealthy and have sex with women, often meet each other in the marriage hall."
After hearing this, Huayue spat and said angrily: "It is blasphemy to do such dirty things in the place of gods!"
Zhou Jun smiled bitterly when he heard this. The Tang Dynasty was prosperous and powerful, but also open-minded. This relationship was nothing ordinary. There were many things more outrageous than this.
Walking forward to an open room, the two heard the sound of conversation, so they stopped and hid in the corner.
There is a desk in the center of the room. There is an oil lamp on the desk, as well as wine, food, weapons and other items.
Two men were sitting on either side of the desk, eating cakes and drinking soju.
One of them asked the other: "Vice-deputy Yu, how long have the leaders been gone?"
The man named Captain Yu said: "It's been more than an hour."
The first person asked again: "Is it almost time to come back?"
Captain Yu replied: "Hulazi, what you are thinking is simple. In these days, not only do we have to arrange the cargo ship out of Luoyang, but we also need to contact our families to prepare our accommodation again."
Hulazi sighed: "My eyelids have been twitching in the past two days, so I knew something was wrong."
Lieutenant Yu: "This time our hiding place was broken into. I'm afraid someone might have snitched on us."
Hulazi: "Speaking of the mole, who else could it be? We brothers have a close friendship on the battlefield and will never betray each other. The only one who can go wrong is the new Silla maid!
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Captain Yu drank a glass of wine and said in a deep voice: "Although it cost a lot of money, I can't keep that servant girl. She knows too much, and she has seen many of the real faces of the superior family. Let her live."
, I’m afraid it will be a disaster.”
Hulazi stood up and said with a smile: "Lieutenant, before killing her, can you let me take action first? Anyway, that maid is in danger of death, why don't you let me feel refreshed first?"
Captain Yu glanced at Hulazi sideways and said, "Be careful and don't kill anyone. The team leader has something to ask her when she comes back."
Seeing that the deputy of the team agreed, Hulazi was overjoyed and hurriedly nodded and said: "It will save you money."
After saying that, Hulazi quickly left the room and ran towards the outer corridor.
Seeing that there was only one person left in the room, Hua Yue drew out his sword and looked at Zhou Jun.
The latter nodded slightly.
Huayue first picked up the pebbles on the ground, shook his hand, and extinguished the oil lamp.
Captain Yu was shocked when he saw this. He quickly pulled out the knife on the table and shouted: "Who is it?"
In the darkness, Hua Yue's figure was like a wild cat, walking along the wall to Deputy Yu's side, raising his dagger and slashing at the latter's neck.
After all, he was a soldier who had fought hard on the battlefield. Lieutenant Yu relied on the sound of his sword and raised his sword to meet him.
There was a resounding sound of metal swords clashing, and Captain Yu used the sparks generated by the metal collision to clearly see Hua Yue's appearance.
In shock, before Lieutenant Yu could react, he suddenly felt a chill on his neck, and blood spurted out from the wound like a spring.
He took a few steps back and tried to press the wound on his neck with his palm.
Everything is in vain after all.
With reluctance and confusion, Captain Yu fell straight down.
Huayue let out a long breath, greeted Zhou Jun, and continued walking towards the outer corridor.
Halfway there, the two of them used the firelight on the wall to look at the rooms on both sides.
I saw dozens of young and frail women in civilian clothes hiding shivering in the corner of the room, sobbing and looking out the door.
Huayue wanted to break the door lock, but Zhou Jun stopped her.
The latter said: "Clear the enemy first, then save people."
Huayue first glanced at the women, then nodded to Zhou Jun and continued walking forward.
The two of them turned a corner at the end of the outer corridor and came to a small courtyard made of bricks and stones.
A burst of heartbreaking cries from a woman came from the side room of the small courtyard.
Huayue picked up her sword and kicked open the door. The scene in front of her made her blood boil with anger.
Na Hulazi pressed a disheveled woman under him, ignoring the latter's pleading and crying, and was about to vent his animal desires.
Hua Yue was so angry that she struck down the sword in her hand with all her strength, and Hulazi's head was chopped off. The blood fell directly on the woman's body like rain.
Zhou Jun walked into the wing and saw this bloody scene, but his eyes fell on the face of the woman on the bed.
I saw the beautiful face of the woman Fu Rong, her whole body covered in blood, her face full of tears, and she was on the verge of a mental breakdown due to extreme fear.
Zhou Jun asked in disbelief: "Liu Xiaoxian?"
After a while, Huayue helped Liu Xiaoxian wipe away the blood with a bed sheet, and then helped her put on clothes.
Zhou Jun then walked up to Liu Xiaoxian, looked at the latter and asked: "Liu Xiaoxian, why are you here?"
Liu Xiaoxian's face was pale, his lips were trembling, his whole body was shaking like chaff, and he seemed to have no reaction to anything in the outside world.
Huayue first looked at the headless corpse on the ground, then at Liu Xiaoxian who was on the verge of mental collapse, and asked: "Erlang, what should I do?"
Zhou Jun thought for a while and said: "There should be one enemy left at the moment, and Liu Yushi hasn't been found yet, so let's leave her here and come back later."
Huayue nodded.
The two of them left the wing, walked out of the small courtyard, walked for a while, and finally came to the end of the verandah.
Listening to the sound of whipping coming from the end of the corridor, Zhou Jun and Huayue slowed down and followed the wall to the door of the cell.
By the light of the fire, Liu Zai, who was covered with wounds all over his body and was dying, was tied to a torture instrument and was being flogged for interrogation.
A foreign man with a naked upper body swung his long whip, leaving wounds on Liu Zai's body, and asked loudly: "Tell me! Who ordered you to come?!"
Liu Zai opened his bloodshot eyes and said angrily: "No one ordered me."
The man shook his head angrily and said, "This is the first time I've seen such a tough-talking fool like you. Tell me, I'll give you a pain, and I'll save you more suffering."
Liu Zai opened his mouth, and blood kept flowing out from the corners of his mouth. He sneered and said, "Believe it or not, it's up to you."
The man was furious, pulled out the red-hot iron, and tried to press it on Liu Zai's chest.
Hua Yue tiptoed into the execution room, came up behind the man, struck him hard with the hilt of his sword, and knocked him unconscious. Then he found a rope in the room and tied him up firmly.
Zhou Jun came to the torture device, helped Liu Zai loosen his restraints, and slowly helped the latter sit on the ground.
Liu Zai leaned on the wooden frame, looked at Zhou Jun, and smiled weakly: "Fortunately, Erlang helped me. I owe you my life."
Zhou Jun checked Liu Zai's wounds up and down, and then said, "If you have anything to say, you can tell me slowly after you get out of here."
With Zhou Jun's support, Liu Zai slowly stood up and said first: "The group of captured Silla girls are all in the cell."
Zhou Jun: "I saw it."
Liu Zai: "There is a woman in the inner courtyard named Liu Xiaoxian. She was bought by the thieves to train the Silla girls. She not only met the mastermind behind the scenes, but also met Laizhou, Qizhou, Luoyang, etc.
The local contact person is an important witness in this case, so we must protect her!"
Zhou Jun: "Liu Xiaoxian is safe and sound now. If you are worried, we will go look for her now."
The three of them returned to the small courtyard and entered the wing room again.
Hulazi's body was still where it was, but Liu Xiaoxian was nowhere to be seen.
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