Shen Mingzhu asked: "Are there some people who were arrested here? How are they doing now?"
Hou Shou said: "Those people are in the village. They are very scared. They don't know martial arts and have no weapons. They are probably afraid that we will massacre them collectively and close their doors in every house."
In order to support the training of those dead soldiers and provide for the guards, Ah Xian and the others captured many people. Now these people have almost become a village here. There are three or four villages in total, with more than two to three thousand people.
In order to oppress and rule them, and for fear that they would rebel, Ah Hai did not allow them to own weapons, practice martial arts, and not allow them to have too much freedom.
They all have to work for the guards here, as slaves, and have no status at all.
Moreover, Ah Hai and his men beat and scolded these people at will, and no one even bothered to kill them.
Anyway, if one person dies, you can capture someone from the outside and top him up. Here, they are the local emperors, and what they say is the wise saying. Whoever dares to resist will seek death.
Shen Mingzhu smiled and said: "Go, send someone to shout, just say that we are officers and soldiers sent by the imperial court to rescue them. Tell them not to be afraid. If anyone knows any information, just come out and report it. Every useful information will be rewarded."
For two pieces of silver, as long as they want to go home, take them all away."
Hou Shou thought this was a good idea, "Miss, I will send some eloquent people to fool them."
Soon, someone brought some older and a few clever villagers over.
If the villagers here were young and strong, they were naturally captured and screened to be killed. Those who were eliminated but did not die, or were old and frail, were left in the village to work as coolies.
Therefore, the few villagers who came were not very healthy. They were all sallow and thin, and some were either blind or had bad arms and legs.
"Miss, they have information to provide." The visitor led them to Shen Mingzhu.
Those people immediately knelt down and kowtowed.
Shen Mingzhu let them all go, and asked directly: "Do you people have a good way to enter the back mountain? We have to break into the back mountain, eliminate all their evil things, rescue everyone, and kill them.
You can be free. We will take you away from here and go back to live a normal life. Moreover, we will also share with you some of the treasures here so that you can have enough food and clothing for the rest of your life when you go home."
Shen Mingzhu is not short of money. There must be a lot of money here. Princess Qin thinks it is safe and many treasures are hidden here.
The people immediately became excited and wanted to provide news.
An old man said that he was the first to come and had helped build camps and roads. Another one said that he had delivered meals and his arm was torn off by a wild man. He knew a little about the situation there. Others said
I know a very remote mountain road. Although it is far away, I can go around it.
After hearing the key news, Shen Mingzhu immediately interrupted them and asked them to speak one by one, and then asked someone to record it clearly and write down their names so that they could be rewarded in the future.
Soon, Hou Shou gathered the information and found a secret path.
That road is on a mountain. It's not actually a road, but it's close to the mountain and you can walk across it.
