There were also children imprisoned in the second row of cells. The only difference from the cells in the first row was that they were beaten. There were three children in the second row with their legs broken. The captain said that this was the fate of those who tried to escape while begging.

The third cell held four people, who no longer seemed to be human. Their bodies were covered with a layer of leather like snake scales and monkey hair. The four people looked like a snake and three monkeys huddled together, shivering.

Zhao Jun's face looked very ugly. He went deeper and looked at the cells at the back. There were women and children, all hiding in the corners. There was even a dungeon in the deepest part, where three children were imprisoned. They were all about ten years old, with red eyes and fierce faces. There were human bones on the ground.

The captain leaned over and whispered, "The brothers who were monitoring this cave entrance said they only take these people out at night. Some are taken to beg, some are taken to perform acrobatics, and some are sent to some half-closed doors in the outer city to engage in the flesh trade. Lately, the Imperial Guards have been patrolling the outer city during the day, and the inspections have been strict, so they have changed their activities to nighttime and are here during the day."

"Um."

Zhao Jun endured the strong discomfort and turned his head to look to the left.

Unlike the prison on the right, the left side is a row of rooms. The first room contains a lot of food and water, as well as daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, etc.

The second room contained some beggars' clothes and attire, which emitted a foul smell. Although Wuyou Cave and the Beggars' Gang were two different gangs, they also had common ways of making a living, such as begging, juggling, and stealing.

The difference is that if the Beggars' Gang encounters a child, some will break their legs and force them to beg for food. However, most Beggars' Gang members are desperate to survive and stick together for warmth. Furthermore, real beggars generally have difficulty finding wives, so they often treat little beggars as their own sons. They don't do such unscrupulous things as often as the Wuyou Cave.

The third room contained props used for juggling, such as whips for monkey shows, suona instruments, gongs, special guns, hammers, and rocks. At the end of the room was a curtain, behind which lay what appeared to be some clothing.

Di Qing went in with a torch in his hand, lighting up the entire house.

Zhao Jun took a quick look and saw that there was nothing unusual in the room, so he was about to leave. Suddenly, he noticed that the curtain in the room seemed to move. He was a little suspicious, so he walked over and gently lifted the curtain.

In the light of the fire, a long table half a person's height was revealed. On the table was a frightened little face, looking at them timidly.

The face was relatively clean, much better than those of the little beggars outside. It looked like a girl, maybe twelve or thirteen years old, with a pair of pigtails and an O-shaped mouth. She seemed to be blowing the curtain out of boredom, causing it to flutter.

Everyone who lifted the curtain looked at the girl in front of them, first showing an expression of shock, and then their faces were filled with uncontrollable anger. Di Qing gritted his teeth, his whole body trembling, as if he had reached the limit of his endurance.

They saw.

Under that face is a bottle.

The girl's entire body was huddled in a bottle only two feet high, with her head sticking out of the bottle's mouth.

"call!"

Zhao Jun let out a long sigh.

Then he turned to Di Qing and the others and said, "Kill those who resist. If you can capture them alive, take them back to the Imperial City Office and execute them by slow slicing later!"

"yes."

Di Qing could no longer suppress his anger, so he picked up the knife at his waist and walked out angrily.

Except for Shi Yu and four or five others who stayed behind to protect Zhao Jun, the rest of the people went out and almost ran outside.

Less than a minute later, there was chaos outside, followed by all kinds of fighting, roaring, and the sound of blades clashing. The entire underground passage of the Wuyou Cave branch was in chaos.

There was still noise outside, but Zhao Jun stared at the girl's face in silence.

Even though he traveled through time and came across a lot of things on the Internet in later generations, Zhao Jun was born in a country where the lower class people had food to eat, books to read, and opportunities to rise. Such things were already old news, and it was difficult to see or hear about them in his time.

So even in the Song Dynasty, he witnessed some things and met some people, and he kept talking about changing the Song Dynasty and doing something, but in fact, Zhao Jun rarely empathized with the lower classes and rarely really thought about what the lower class people were thinking.

It wasn't that he didn't want to think about it, but rather that the people he'd been dealing with were all from the lower classes of the new era. He'd seen some of the lower classes of the Song Dynasty, but he hadn't had much contact with them. According to the plan, this was something he'd do after leaving Bianliang and getting to know the grassroots.

But now seeing all this in front of him, many things about Zhao Jun are no longer what are found in history books or on the surface of what we see now.

The so-called prosperous era of Emperor Renzong is really an irony.

"you"

The girl saw a stranger standing in front of her. She heard all kinds of noisy sounds outside and hesitated for a moment before speaking.

Zhao Jun said silently: "What's your name?"

"My name is Ping'er."

Ping'er smiled, her pure and flawless face full of innocence.

"Where are you from?"

"have no idea."

"Where is your home?"

"The bottle is my home."

"Why do you live in this little bottle?"

"My mother-in-law said I lost my arms and legs when I was little and could only be kept in a bottle."

"Who is the mother-in-law?"

"My mother-in-law is my mother-in-law. She said she raised me and is my savior."

"Do you remember what happened before?"

Zhao Jun remained silent for a long time before he spoke again with difficulty, "When did you get here?"

"I don't know how long it's been."

Ping'er still kept smiling, as if she was born like this, maintaining an innocent face.

Even answering these questions doesn't require any thought.

"Chisi."

A man named Chazi, who knew a little bit about this, came over and whispered, "This is the Bottle Person. I heard that they chop off the girls' hands and feet, keep them in bottles from childhood, and then use special methods to make them lose their memories. Some use beatings, some use drugs, forcing them to forget their past lives. They also teach them how to speak over and over again. Every time they go to exhibitions, people ask her, and she will answer accordingly."

Zhao Jun couldn't listen anymore by the end. He suddenly felt dizzy, and unconsciously held onto the wall, then sat down.

After that, all I could hear were the voices of "Zhi Si" and "Zhi Si" in my ears.

Then I knew nothing.

I also felt tortured when I was writing these preparations, but they must be there. Some people feel aggrieved after it is put on the shelves. That's because it is set in the Song Dynasty and many things are helpless. But don't worry, it won't take long. At most, you will feel aggrieved in the first few chapters, and you will feel relieved soon.

(End of this chapter)