Chapter 49: Better to live than to die
Lin Qianqian arranged thirty-five people to hide outside the bandits' base camp. She herself was going to sneak into the thieves' den and monitor them closely to prevent anything from going wrong.
Take off the thin bamboo tube hanging around your neck and hold it tightly in your hand. This has a great use, it is used to blow the drug.
The guard of the mighty ravine that could hold off ten thousand men was afraid that if he accidentally fell asleep again, he would be beheaded by the vicious third in command, so he kept hitting his butt with the handle of the knife. Just as he was hitting hard, the wind suddenly blew.
After the wind blew, the watchman fell into a deep sleep again.
After Lin Qianqian licked the guard's fat face, she sneaked into the bandits' base camp again.
At this time, except for the thatched hut used to lock up the woman, all the lights in the entire den of thieves were off, and it seemed that everyone was asleep.
Lin Qianqian sneaked into the kitchen where cooking was done.
I felt that just putting drugs in the wine was not a foolproof solution, so I saw six large vats filled with water in the cooking area.
She simply added ingredients to the six large vats.
This medicine is slow-acting and takes an hour to take effect after being ingested.
This has an advantage: if the poisoned person eats it first, there will be no sign of anything unusual, and it won't alert others.
After doing all this, Lin Qianqian found an ideal hiding place.
I didn't expect that the bandits also worshipped Guan Gong. There was a statue of Guan Gong in the bandits' den, and an incense burner in front of it, the incense in the burner had not yet burned out.
The Guan Gong statue was placed on a long table covered with a large yellow tablecloth that covered all the space under the table.
Therefore, the area under the table is a good hiding place. For those who believe in Guan Gong, the chances of lifting the tablecloth and looking under the table are very slim, because doing so would be disrespectful to Guan Gong.
Even if you burn incense ten thousand times, it cannot make up for one act of disrespect.
Lin Qianqian hid under the table against the wall, waiting and waiting, but she was too careless and fell asleep while waiting.
An hour after the bandits finished their breakfast, they all fell to the ground and lost consciousness.
Zhao Xiaoliu fired a flare.
Lin Qianqian came to her senses when she heard the sound of the flare exploding. Fortunately, Zhao Xiaoliu was more reliable than her.
The thirty-five people who had hidden outside the ravine in advance also saw the signal flare and rushed in through the ravine one by one.
Everyone brought ropes in advance and tied up the unconscious bandits one by one.
This battle is so easy to fight, there is no fighting required at all.
Lin Qianqian: "Ada, go down the mountain and tell my second uncle to come up and transport the people."
After A Da left, Lin Qianqian went to the thatched hut where the woman was imprisoned.
The women had their hands tied behind their backs and their mouths gagged with cloth.
Two of them were even locked with iron chains.
Most of these women have suffered countless inhuman tortures.
Bandits are so abominable.
The women were tied up and were not as free as the chickens, ducks and geese at home. They could only urinate and defecate anywhere, and the whole house was filled with a sour and unpleasant smell.
Two women who had not fallen asleep saw Lin Qianqian holding a silver sword in her hand. They widened their eyes in horror and wanted to speak, but because their mouths were blocked, they could only make "hmm" and "ah" sounds.
"Don't be afraid, I'm here to save you."
Some of these women have been kidnapped here for many years and have been living in darkness. They had long lost hope for the future, but they never expected that rescuers would come today.
It feels like a dream. If it really is a dream, I hope I will never wake up from it.
As soon as Lin Qianqian untied a woman, the woman ran headfirst into a wooden pillar.
Lin Qianqian grabbed him by the clothes and saved him in time.
"You've been saved, why are you still trying to commit suicide?"
The woman cried, "It's useless. No one can save us. We are already unclean after being kidnapped. When we return home, people will point fingers at us and think we are dirty. It's better for us to die now."
Lin Qianqian certainly knew that the world was harsh on women, but she still hoped that these women could survive.
"Why do you want to punish yourself for someone else's mistake? This is not your fault, it's the bandits' fault. It's better to live a miserable life than to die. Every person is important. If you really don't want to go home, come with me to the border to help."
The woman's dead eyes finally moved, regaining some vitality, and she repeated, "I am very important. It's not my fault, it's not my fault. The fault is the bandits..."
Some of the women who have children at home naturally want to go home to take care of their children.
Some of them have not yet married and are afraid of being drowned by spit, so they think it would be okay to follow Lin Qianqian and get away from this nightmare place.
Lin Qianqian untied the women one by one. The ropes she brought were not enough, so she could use the untied ropes to tie up the bandits.
While they were busy, a shout suddenly came from the cave next door, "Hurry, hurry, hurry! Someone escaped."
Lin Qianqian finally untied five women and could only say to them, "I'll go over and see what's going on. You guys help untie the others, and don't go out after you're done. It's dangerous outside."
"Don't die, I'll give you knives later and let each of you cut the bandits to get revenge."
The light in the women's eyes grew brighter.
It would be a lie to say that I don't want to take revenge after being tortured into this state by the bandits.
Lin Qianqian ran into the cave where the bandits slept on a large bunk bed and found that two of their men were seriously injured.
One of them had lost too much blood and his black clothes were soaked with blood, and he had fallen into a coma.
If the blood continues to flow, this person will die.
The bleeding must be stopped immediately.
Lin Qianqian took out a silver needle and inserted it into five major acupuncture points, successfully stopping the bleeding of the unconscious brother.
"The bleeding has stopped. Two people, hurry up and carry them back to the county town. Hongdou, you go with them and use the 100-year-old wild ginseng slices we have to keep them alive. I'll go back and treat them as soon as I'm done."
"Yes, girl."
After watching the two wounded being carried away, Lin Qianqian turned her head and asked, "Zhao Xiaoliu, why are two people injured?" The problem was that there were no enemies around.
Zhao Xiaoliu was also confused by the sudden situation: "It seems that the bandit leaders who held a meeting until very late last night did not eat breakfast because they went to bed late, so they were not drugged. This is my fault. I was careless."
This is an emergency, but it is not the time to assign blame.
The key is to attack in time and capture those bandit leaders.
The minnows and crab generals are secondary. The most important thing is to capture the three leaders of the bandits to prevent them from making a comeback and gathering people to harm people again.
"Xiao Liu, where did the bandit leader escape to now?"
Zhao Xiaoliu pointed to a very small hole and said, "They got in here and escaped."
Lin Qianqian looked at the entrance of the cave carefully. It was indeed small and could only accommodate one person.
But you can't rush in rashly.
It’s so small, what if you get chopped to death by the people hiding inside as soon as you get in?
She first put her ear close to the ground and listened. She heard the sound of someone running, but it seemed that the person had run far away.
But we still can't be careless. Lin Qianqian used a bamboo tube to blow psychedelic powder into it.
Just as he was about to go in, Zhao Xiaoliu stopped him.
"Miss Lin, it would be troublesome if there was any danger. You are of noble status, so let me crawl in first."
There was no time to waste, so Lin Qianqian pushed Zhao Xiaoliu aside and went in.
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