Chapter 169 Unlocking and Escaping
"So fast?" Ji Yingying was a little surprised. How long had she been gone?
[Hehe... I just sensed Rong Er was nearby, but I don't know if he'll actually come back.]
[Okay!] This was just a way of fooling her, but the crying was so dense and terrifying.
Suddenly, Ji Yingying thought of a way.
[Xiangxiang, open the supermarket. I want to buy a radio, and that card... card reader, 2GB card, one with music playback.]
Preferably with scary music.
【Seriously? At a time like this, you still want to listen to music? Aren't you afraid you really won't be able to escape?】
"Girl, we got captured and brought here. At first, you said you were going to sell me to an old man, but what happened? You just locked me up here. Where's the old man?"
If they really wanted to sell people, it wouldn't be that quick.
[That's right, no hitting or scolding, plus food, it's carefree and comfortable. The only downside is the environment, but it can be tidied up and is livable. Besides, it's a big place, and it's haunted at night, so it's pretty good.]
Hehe...
Ji Yingying bought a radio and turned it on to play "Tian Mi Mi" (Sweet Honey). Ji Yingying tried several songs and finally tuned to a rather strange one.
[This is so hard to adjust, it's driving me crazy!]
Ji Yingying slipped out again, placed the radio by the door, and started playing it.
The others all looked over, since Ji Yingying had a flashlight and there was light.
"Young Master Ji, what is that thing of yours?"
"Good stuff, scary."
Who are you trying to scare?
[Are you trying to scare the people outside? Is there nobody outside?]
【Yeah, there's no one there. You should move it further away; there might be someone there.】
Okay, I'll take it back and listen to it myself.
Ji Yingying took it back and said to everyone, "Come on, let's listen together, it's really good."
Everyone was curious about what it was, and they immediately gathered around.
"Lie down, everyone, I'll play something for you." Ji Yingying played "Sweet Honey," and everyone listened with great interest.
After "Sweet Honey" finished playing, they put on a storytelling program, "Journey to the West," which Ji Yingying listened to with rapt attention.
[This Journey to the West is so good, I haven't listened to it in ages.]
"Yes, yes, I haven't heard this in a long time either." Ji Yingying listened with great interest.
"I'm sleepy. Listen, it will shut off automatically when the battery is dead. I'm going to sleep." Ji Yingying put the radio away. Since it was powered by batteries, and they were Nanfu batteries, they should last a while.
When they woke up, the radio was still playing, and everyone was listening happily.
"Are you all awake?"
"Young Master Ji, we're not asleep yet. Your storyteller is really good! He can even tell stories like this. He's much better than the storytellers outside."
Ji Yingying chuckled twice and said, "We can't listen to that anymore. Let's all eat. Once we're full, we'll go out for a stroll."
This time we didn't bring the self-heating pan; instead, we brought bread, one loaf each, along with milk.
After everyone finished eating, Ji Yingying went to unlock the door and opened it.
[Xiangxiang, check outside to see if anyone is there.]
[Host, I'm the gossip-eating system. I can't look outside, and I can't see outside.]
[Useless stuff.]
Ha! Women!
They crept out and found no one there, because it was a large courtyard with many gates around it, similar to the gates that had been closed for them.
Pushing open a door, the stench of feces inside was unbearable.
[How disgusting! How long has it been since this place was cleaned?] Ji Yingying peeked inside and saw that it was full of women and housewives.
The sound of the door opening startled them, and they all started crying; it was quite frightening.
"Quiet down, don't make a sound, or we'll all suffer if we disturb them."
Ji Yingying shouted something, but no one listened to her.
These people are terrified; you can't get them to listen to you like that.
"Forget it, let's go back and let them calm down." She left, and the others followed suit.
Pushing open the door to another room, I found men inside—old, middle-aged, and young.
This group of people didn't cry; they're much better than those who imprison women over there.
Are any of you still alive?
[What kind of talk is this? Not alive, but dead? Can a dead person open their eyes? Isn't that just scary?]
Shut up!
Those two kids are so wicked!
"We are the people locked up next door..."
"Bang……"
"Help! The people in the top-tier room have run away! Help!" A commotion suddenly broke out outside, clearly indicating that they had discovered the people in their room had escaped.
Wow, the treatment is pretty good. It's even a top-tier room, which means I'm worth a lot.
【You think you're so important? Maybe the room next door couldn't hold you anymore, so you're locked up there. You'd better hide, or you'll get whipped.】
Ji Yingying immediately took out a wire and unlocked the door to go inside.
"Everyone, let's hide here, I'll take you out in a bit." A group of people hid behind this group, but the smell was really strong.
It's so uncomfortable to eat, drink, and relieve yourself inside!
Someone came in, walked around, and then left. After an unknown amount of time, Ji Yingying finally moved when she couldn't stand the smell anymore.
"Damn it, I can't take it anymore, I'm leaving." Ji Yingying went out to open the door for them, and the door clicked open.
As soon as the door opened, the group of people tried to kneel down. Ji Yingying noticed this and quickly said, "Don't do this. We can't escape yet, and we don't know what's going on outside. Let's run out and see."
"By the way, if someone gets caught and brought back... I won't be able to help."
Ji Yingying made it clear from the start: what if they couldn't escape and blamed her?
Nobody knows how strong-willed these people are; what if they're not?
Everyone's eyes were red, and they could barely say a few words, only managing to mutter things like, "We will repay you."
After sneaking out, Ji Yingying asked Magistrate Li to lead them to safety, while she cried and made a scene to open the women's cages. As soon as the doors opened, everyone ran away, but some couldn't escape and had their legs broken.
However, they did not give up; they would crawl out, no matter what.
There were too many people, it was too chaotic, and the commotion woke up the kidnappers. They killed several people with bows and arrows, which made the others even more panicked.
[Host, this won't do. They're on high ground. With these bows and arrows, their entire army will be wiped out in no time.]
This group of people were saved for nothing.
"What should we do?" Ji Yingying came up with the truth, and in the darkness, she still managed to kill two more.
Suddenly the surroundings lit up, and more firelight appeared. Rong Er had returned with his men.
They raided the entire human trafficking den.
Those who had fled survived. The Crown Prince arrived, bringing with him the Qingwei (a type of guard).
"Your Highness, sob sob... I'm so scared, they actually want to kill me."
Just as Ji Yingying was about to rush to the Crown Prince crying and shouting, she was caught by a rope and dragged away.
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