The girl was in tears and cried in fear as she ran: "Don't chase me, I won't go into the city, I don't want to go into the city!"

"Oh, Bailing, we don't want you to jump into the fire pit, but if you don't go, we will all be doomed!" An old man who took the lead in chasing the girl persuaded earnestly.

"I won't go, otherwise my life will be completely over!" The girl ignored the advice and quickened her pace and ran forward desperately.

"Hey, hurry up and catch up with her!" the old man urged the two young men beside him impatiently.

The two young men didn't say anything, but rushed after the girl.

The poor girl was so weak, how could she be a match for the strong young man? In almost an instant, the two young men, one on the left and one on the right, pinned her down.

"Let me go, let me go, I don't want to go into the city!" The girl cried until she was hoarse, but still struggled desperately.

The other six men soon caught up and stopped in front of the girl.

Xia Younan watched all this. She thought that according to the development of the plot, the group of people would beat and scold the girl next.

However, to everyone's surprise, the old man knelt down in front of the girl with a plop, and everyone else also knelt on the ground after seeing this.

The middle-aged man burst into tears, and with his trembling skinny hands he gently grasped the corner of the girl's clothes, begging with a choked voice, "Bai Ling, please, the owner and all the members of the troupe kneel down for you. For everyone, for our family, please sacrifice this time."

"Please, Bailing." The others also begged her with red eyes.

Seeing this, Bai Ling stopped struggling, sat down on the ground with weak legs, looked up at the sky, tears streaming down her face.

Seeing this, Xia Younan couldn't hold back any longer and jumped down from the tree, landing right next to a few people.

"Ah!" Several people screamed in unison and took several steps back in fear.

Only Bai Ling sat on the ground without any reaction, tears streaming down his hollow eyes, exuding an aura of despair, like a lifeless rag doll.

Xia Younan didn't say much, but looked at the girl and said, "If you don't want to go into the city, don't go. How about I take you away?"

"Who are you?" Without waiting for the girl to respond, the class owner lost his temper when he heard her words. He nervously stood in front of Bai Ling, glaring at Xia Younan with a frown.

"She is a member of our troupe. Where did you come from? Why do you want to take her away?"

Xia Younan rolled his eyes at him and said in a cold voice, "She is a member of your troupe, not a slave you bought. Why do you force her to do something she doesn't want to do? Didn't you listen to her? If she goes to the city, her life will be over."

"If she's not finished, all of us, all of our relatives and friends, dozens or even hundreds of people big and small, will all be finished!" The old boss argued excitedly, his eyes wide open and his old body trembling.

Xia Younan was stunned. He was silent for a while before he asked, "What's going on? Tell me."

The old boss sighed and waved his hands with a sad face, "This matter has nothing to do with you. It's useless for you to know. No one can save Bai Ling or all of us. Go back to where you came from."

Xia Younan raised his eyebrows, grabbed Bai Ling's shoulders, and said threateningly: "The fact that I can jump down from such a high tree without any damage is enough to prove that I am a good kung fu man.

"If you don't explain the whole story to me, I will regard you as robbers who force girls of good families into prostitution. I will definitely save this girl from the water and fire. All of you combined are no match for me!"

"You!" The old boss was furious.

"Will you tell me or not? If you don't, I'll take her away." Xia Younan pulled Bai Ling up, ready to take her away.

"Don't!" The old boss hurriedly spoke out to stop her, hesitated for a moment, sighed heavily, and told her the whole story.

They were from Yanggu City, and all eight of them were members of a troupe. Bailing was an orphan who was adopted by the old troupe owner when she was young, and was taught to sing opera.

Bai Ling lived up to everyone's expectations. She was diligent, studious, intelligent, and had a good voice. Her singing was melodious and pleasant to the ears. Within two months of her performance, she became the leading actress in the troupe.

Because she sang well and was also very beautiful, she soon became famous all over the country and became the dream lover of many men in Zhujing Country. Tickets for her performances were hard to come by.

As the saying goes, a tall tree attracts the wind. It was Bai Ling's beauty that brought disaster upon herself and the troupe.

Kong Tiande, the general defending Yuhua City, was a lustful man. He knew about Bai Ling's existence at some point and wrote a letter to his colleague Liu Tonghai, asking him to send the troupe that Bai Ling was in to Yuhua City to perform for him.

Although it was said to be a performance, everyone actually knew that Kong Tiande was a well-known pervert and he was going for Bai Ling.

Once Bai Ling leaves, she will definitely be abused by Kong Tiande and will never be able to hold her head up again in this life.

Liu Tonghai, the general defending Yanggu City, was not a good person either. In order to make friends with Kong Tiande, he agreed without hesitation and ordered the opera troupe to go to Yuhua City to perform for Kong Tiande.

Bai Ling was raised by the old boss himself, so how could he be willing to let her jump into the fire pit? So he tried every way to refuse, making up one reason after another to reply to Liu Tonghai, hoping to get away with it and save Bai Ling.

But Liu Tonghai was extremely shameless. He expected that the troupe would not comply, so he had all the relatives of the troupe members arrested, even including their friends who had interacted with them, as a threat.

If they disobeyed, he would kill them all, big and small, young and old, nearly a hundred people!

Now the old boss was at a loss. Seeing the members crying and kneeling down, he made up his mind and decided to sacrifice Bai Ling to save the lives of those hundred people.

Bai Ling was a woman with a strong character and was unwilling to go, so she jumped off the carriage when the troupe was about to arrive at Yuhua City, crying and trying to escape, but was caught up by the old owner and his men.

At this point, the truth is revealed!

"Bai Ling, please, my father, my mother, my brother and sister are all in Liu Tonghai's hands. If you don't go, they won't survive!" A young man knelt in front of Bai Ling and kowtowed to her repeatedly in despair.

Another woman in her thirties also burst into tears, clasped her hands together and begged Bai Ling, "Sister Bai Ling, we have worked together for more than ten years, and no one is willing to push you into the fire pit.

"But my husband and I have two young children who were captured by him. We really can't do anything!"

"Bai Ling, please, save us!" In the quiet woods late at night, desperate and sad cries rang out.

Bai Ling couldn't help it anymore. She was so panicked that she started crying loudly.

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