Shen Zhoujin opened his eyes and looked at him with a smile.
It's not surprising that they were recruited or something. After all, these are a group of ordinary villagers who don't know Kung Fu, so how can they survive and be tortured?
But Lu Zhiji’s thoughts are also easy to guess.
Because people like them always feel that torture is too cruel and not the right path, and they might be beaten into submission or something like that.
But now it is no better than in future generations.
Nowadays, investigation methods are lacking, so oral confessions are emphasized over physical evidence, and torture and torture are unavoidable. If you think outside the times and say right or wrong, that is just being a hooligan.
Besides, in this case where the evidence is solid, a group of scum caught them and destroyed their home. How aggrieved would it be if they were not allowed to use torture?
Immediately go to jail, and then deal with the follow-up after trial. It's quick and easy.
She asked him: "What did you recruit?"
Lu Zhiji said: "They said here..."
He only said the beginning, then stopped suddenly, and looked at her warily: "Little girl, don't ask around, this is not something you can listen to."
Shen Zhoujin: "...???"
He still said plausibly: "Am I wrong? No matter how high your martial arts skills are, you are still young. There are some things that a child like you cannot know!"
He supported Zhong Yang: "I'll talk to Mr. Shen."
He helped the old man out for a hundred steps, and the young man looked back, and then said to him: "I heard that there was originally a figure in the world. I don't know his name, but others called him Mr. Liu. Then he discovered this place somehow. This mountain is called Xiuxie Mountain, probably because it resembles a shoe. Although this village is in a valley, there are rocks under the feet and slopes, so there will be no water accumulation. It’s not hot or cold, but it’s really a good place.”
"So Mr. Liu lived here and robbed many women to be his wives. He lived here for more than ten years. But once, he robbed a fleeing woman. This woman was a successful woman. Pretending to be submissive, she took a chance and stabbed Mr. Liu to death. Then she escaped and found her husband and fellow villagers. They told each other that they thought it was a good place and they happened to escape all the way. In this place to stay, the women and old people all died, and most of the people left behind were young and middle-aged people, so they followed here, and then... ahem, they married the women here and sold Master Liu's children. Originally I was just selling Mr. Liu's children, but gradually I tasted the benefits and started doing this business. It is said that I have been doing it for several years."
"Now there are many of them out there, all dressed as salesmen, asking who wants to buy their sons, and selling them to them... A few of them will also go out in groups to kidnap and sell their sons in neighboring counties and states, but luckily it was a coincidence. , all the people who went out to abduct people are back now, there are only a few salesmen outside, just look for them slowly. The children also have to be sent back slowly to the right place..."
After he finished talking, he pulled Zhong Yang back. Shen Zhoujin rested his chin on one hand, slightly lost in thought.
He asked: "Hey, what are you thinking about?"
Shen Zhoujin said: "I was thinking, why are there so many people fleeing? Are all the villagers fleeing?"
He said, "What a natural disaster! What a military disaster! There used to be more, but now there seem to be less."
Shen Zhoujin nodded, thinking about this matter in his mind.
She thought the country was peaceful and the people were at peace during the Great Sheng Dynasty, but in fact it was far from it. It was so common for the whole village to flee from famine, what does it mean?
It shows that they really have no money to spare, and it also shows that there is never enough food to eat.
After all, although there are people who flee in every dynasty and every generation, generally speaking, they can only survive for two or three years, and they will leave their hometowns when they have no other choice.
Lu Zhiji suddenly exclaimed, his voice was so loud that he startled Shen Zhoujin and stared at him: "What are you doing!!"
Lu Zhiji said with a surprised look on his face: "We just spoke, did you hear it??"
Shen Zhoujin was speechless, "Of course I can hear it from being so close."
He covered his heart and said with a sad look on his face: "Hey, you really can't blame me. Tell me about your children's family. Do not listen to anything inappropriate, do you know?"
Shen Zhoujin: "..."
She silently watched him play tricks.
Just as someone from Wuge bought breakfast, Lu Zhiji rushed over to get it, patting his shoulders and joking with them, as if they were old friends who had known each other for many years, and no one had this social arrogance anymore.
After a while, he brought some over and the three of them ate it hastily.
Seeing that there was nothing going on here, Shen Zhoujin was about to leave. Lu Zhiji chased her and asked, "Where are you going? Why don't we go to the town together, and I'll treat you to... sweet water, which happens to be two of my friends." I'm here too, and I can introduce you to him."
Shen Zhoujin: "..."
He looked at her and blinked: "Didn't you say you wanted to make friends?"
I'm just saying it!!
She said: "I really don't have time at the moment. Let's meet up later if we are destined. Whenever you are free, you can also go to the border town to play with me."
"Oh!" Lu Zhiji nodded: "That's okay."
Shen Zhoujin went over and confessed to Zhang San. Zhang San responded, glanced over, leaned over and whispered: "Princess, this Lu Zhiji is the second son of the leader of the martial arts alliance."
Shen Zhoujin raised his eyebrows in surprise, but he didn't care too much and nodded.
Then they went down to Xiuxie Mountain and found their horses. Lu Zhiji walked with them for a short while, and then met up with his two friends in the town.
One of these two people was named Fang Hailou and the other was named Chu Liancheng. They were both young men of about the same age. They exchanged simple names, exchanged a few pleasantries, and then parted ways.
Lu Zhiji and others were preparing to deliver the children one by one in person, while Shen Zhoujin and others continued to rush to Jiuxiao Mountain.
Jiuxiao Mountain is in Fengming Town, but Jiuxiao Mountain, Zhenxing Tower and the like are their own names. People in the world don’t know where their sect is, but the locals in Fengming Town don’t know there is such a mountain at all. .
Because when she established the sect, she protected the entire mountain with Chen's method. Now, nearly a hundred years have passed, and the trees used as formation stakes have grown into century-old giant trees. The more natural the formation is, the more natural it is. Without guidance, any No one can even think of stepping into the mountain, and the feeling is not like walking in circles like a ghost trying to beat a wall, but there is no sense of the mountain at all.
But even if you know the road well, it is not easy to enter the mountains due to the high mountains and dense forests.
Fortunately, both of them were experts, so they put the horses directly in the town, walked into the mountains as a carriage, skimmed all the way through the tree canopy, and soon reached the hinterland of the mountains.
It was dusk when we arrived.
In the dusk, the towering Zhenxing Tower stands quietly, and the water of Yinyue Lake sparkles.
It has been a hundred years since we returned. In the originally quiet valley, there have been many small courtyards, scattered and hidden in the forest. They are of different sizes and styles. They are dotted here and there, like a fairyland.
Suddenly they heard a very light tapping sound of jade, and the next moment, there were several young disciples in front of them. When they saw Chong Yang, they all saluted: "Welcome Master to return."
Chong Yang nodded and said solemnly: "Master Patriarch has returned to the mountain. Early tomorrow morning, all the disciples will go to the Star Tower to meet him."