Traveling through ancient times to survive

"You came up with this idea?"

Looking at Zhao Qing's cold eyes, the second in command shook his head frantically.

"No, no, no, such an important matter is certainly not something that a small official can decide. It was the young master who had a flash of inspiration and asked us to cooperate with this demon willow."

Zhao Qing suppressed his anger and continued to ask: "The demon willow controls the human hands for you, and you feed the demon willow with human blood. Aren't you afraid that one day you will get out of control and the demon willow will swallow you all?"

The second in command said with a pale face, shirking responsibility: "Of course we don't want to, but the young master insisted on cooperating with the demon willow, and as subordinates, we can only listen. Moreover, the young master also said that the tree demon cannot move, and we can solve it by setting it on fire after the incident here, and there is no need to worry about things getting out of control. After all, the young master is the person in charge here, and it is difficult for us not to listen to him if he insists on doing so."

The second in command even patched up his previous statement that Wang Xun didn't care about things at the end. This was not a lie, it was indeed Wang Xun who gave the order, but Wang Xun's idea was also guided by them.

It would be good if such a horrific crime of feeding humans to the demon tree was not discovered. If it were to be exposed, the little people under them would not be able to bear the responsibility. The only one who could take the blame here was Wang Xun, the son of the prefect.

Wang Xun, a idiot with a foolish mind, was always successful in his tricks and was even complacent about his brilliant ideas.

After finding out the whole story, Zhao Qing dealt with the second in command cleanly and neatly. As for where the weapons they forged were sent, Zhao Qing didn't care at all. They were not good people anyway, so he just let them kill each other.

Zhao Qing used his spiritual sense to carefully search the entire cave and found a mechanism on a wall. After opening it, he found a ledger for casting weapons.

It recorded in detail when and how many weapons were forged, the expenses for making the weapons, the amount of ore used, the amount of ore produced daily, etc. It was quite useful. After Zhao Qing flipped through it, he put it into the space button.

After exiting the cave, Zhao Qing looked down the mountain and saw the remnants of the escaped soldiers surrounding their leader Wang Xun, who was riding a horse and running a long way away.

Wang Yuan had to run away when he received the news. These people must not be let go. Zhao Qing quickly approached this group of defeated soldiers. Wang Xun, who was trying his best to pull his horse, felt a pain in his head and fell off the horse. At the end of his field of vision, he saw his subordinates around him falling off the horse one after another like dumplings.

After dealing with the group of people, Zhao Qing politely dragged them to the roadside and buried them, and also picked a horse. He returned to the mountain to pick up Xiaolu, tied up the horse, and then went to take a look at the place where the people were imprisoned.

The guards may have heard the news and fled, leaving behind only a mess.

Zhao Qing ignored several wooden houses and saw a cave behind them. There was a wooden door at the entrance, which was locked tightly with an iron chain.

Zhao Qing took out a knife and chopped open the wooden door. An unpleasant smell came out. There was no light in the cave, and it was quiet and silent.

Thanks to Zhao Qing's good eyesight, he could see that there were people inside. The women's eyes moved slowly and they looked at the newcomers with numb eyes. They lay naked on the ground without moving.

"The evildoer here has been killed. You are free now."

The cave was silent for a moment, no one responded, Zhao Qing repeated it again, someone asked in disbelief: "What did you say? Is it true?"

"It's true." Zhao Qing said affirmatively.

The person who was asking the question ran out of the cave like a madman, but the group of demons were no longer there.

From the dark cave to under the sun, her eyes were stung by the sunlight and tears flowed uncontrollably. She was reluctant to close her eyes. When she saw the empty wooden houses, she lay on the ground and cried loudly, her voice mournful and mournful.

There were no sounds of scolding or whipping outside. More and more people's eyes lit up. They supported each other and walked out of the cave, crying like the girl before.

Zhao Qing waited patiently for the people to finish crying. She scanned the faces one by one and found several familiar faces. They were the original villagers of Dashan Village. It seemed that the survivors who escaped down the mountain were really deceived and came here.

However, because of Zhao Qing's disguise at this time, they did not recognize him, and Zhao Qing did not intend to recognize him. If he did, it would cause a lot of trouble. They were not familiar with each other, and Zhao Qing did not want to embarrass himself.

Zhao Qing calmly passed by the familiar people and asked, "What are your plans?"

The crowd fell silent for a moment, and after a while someone spoke up in despair: "What else can women like us do?"

After these words were spoken, someone else began to sob quietly.

"What kind of women? They all have one nose and two eyes."

Someone mocked himself and said, "My benefactor, why do you have to pretend to be ignorant when you know the truth? We can all see what's happening to us. How can we live in this world with dignity?"

Zhao Qing felt sorry for them. These people had come out of the cave physically, but not mentally. He didn't know if they could break free from the mental cage.

"In the past two years, there have been many natural and man-made disasters, and countless people have died. You have finally managed to survive, but you are going to die just because of this bullshit reason?"

Everyone lowered their heads and said nothing. Zhao Qing pulled out a knife and threw it in front of them.

"If you really don't want to live, I won't stop you. Your life is your own. If you don't cherish it, what can others do?"

No one stepped forward. A good death is worse than a miserable life. There were people who valued their reputation above all else, but they died on the first day they were captured. Of course, those who survived until now did not want to die. The words just now were just because they were suddenly freed, and they thought about the rumors of the world, and their minds could not wrap around for a while. Now, frightened by Zhao Qing's cold words, they sobered up instantly.

Zhao Qing's tone softened: "If you don't want to die, then live well and forget everything that happened here. This is not your fault. This is the fault of those who did evil things. Those evil people dared to do evil things openly. Why can't you, the victims, let yourself go? Besides, if you don't tell anyone after you get out, no one will know what happened to you."

After being persuaded by Zhao Qing, everyone who had no intention of committing suicide regained the courage to live.

"Benefactor, we are homeless now. Can we follow you?"

Looking at their expectant eyes, Zhao Qing still hardened her heart and refused. She had important things to do on this trip and could not take them with her.

"Maybe not. My family has also suffered a disaster. I came from the south and planned to go north to live with my relatives."

Some people's eyes dimmed, while others just acted like scoundrels with a clear conscience.

"As the saying goes, you should send the Buddha to the west. Now that you have rescued us, you can't just ignore us."

Zhao Qing laughed instead of getting angry: "What? Did I save someone wrongly? Do I still have to take care of your food and clothing? Or is it my fault?"

Someone hurriedly tried to smooth things over: "Benefactor, I misunderstood. You have done us a great favor by rescuing us. She is just talking nonsense because her brain is broken. You don't need to pay attention to her."