Although it was a tricky situation, Lu Shiyan had made arrangements in advance, so things weren't too chaotic at the moment.
The first thing to do is to determine how many people will go to the valley.
Those who go to the valley must keep their tracks even more secret. As for those who don't go to the valley, Lu Shiyan also plans to help them escape from Prince Rui's territory.
Previously, Fang Dayong and Zhang Xu had secretly contacted the miners in the valley and compiled a list of people who wanted to go there.
Although Fang Dayong did not tell them the exact location of the valley in order to keep it secret, most of the miners were willing to go to the valley with him.
Some of these people have been imprisoned for too many years. They heard that the outside world is in chaos and they are worried that they will not be able to find their families if they go home. Their bodies cannot withstand wandering around.
Others have few family members left or have poor relationships with their families, so they don't plan to go back.
Since we're not going home anyway and don't know where to go, we might as well go with Fang Dayong to that valley that's like a paradise.
Of course, a small number of people were unwilling to go to the valley with Fang Dayong. Some of them couldn't fully trust Fang Dayong and his group, fearing that they had just escaped one danger only to fall into another.
Some hadn't been detained in the illegal mines for too long, so they planned to go home on their own.
For those who are unwilling to go to the valley, the arrangements are relatively easy; all that is needed is to escort them out of the mine.
However, the two groups took different routes.
Of course, time is of the essence, so we can't go into too much detail about the escape at this point.
Lu Shiyan only gave Fang Dayong, Zhang Xu and others a general overview.
But that's enough.
Fang Dayong lowered his voice and shouted, "Those who want to come with me to the valley, come with me."
After shouting, he took the lead and ran out in the direction Flying Tiger had pointed.
As soon as he ran away, everyone who shared a room with him and had already said they were going to the valley chased after him.
More and more people, who had agreed to go to the valley, couldn't wait to catch up.
Seeing that the others had left, the remaining people panicked.
At this moment, Lu Shiyan said, "I will have someone send you out first, but remember, after you get out, don't tell anyone that we saved you."
You'd better not let anyone know you escaped from this mine. If Prince Rui's men find you, I don't need to tell you what will happen to you.
Everyone assured them, "Don't worry, our benefactor, we will never tell anyone."
“If it weren’t for our benefactors, we would never have had the chance to leave this mine. Our benefactors are like our second parents, and we will never let them down.”
Some people even knelt down and kowtowed to Lu Shiyan. Lu Shiyan looked at the people kneeling on the ground, so thin they were skin and bones, closed his eyes, and called Yang Jingzhong, instructing him to send these people out.
Actually, people can figure out how to get out on their own without anyone helping them. But that would take too much time.
The route Yang Jingzhong led was one that Lu Shiyan had previously chosen and familiarized him with. This route was closer to the exit and would allow them to escape more quickly.
When Lu Shiyan dealt with the stewards who weren't unconscious, a fight broke out, but he was skilled in martial arts and handled people with ease. The commotion wasn't actually that big.
In addition, the other mountain was some distance away from this one, so the commotion here did not alert the people there.
This operation can be described as exceptionally successful.
But that's not all.
After all the miners had fled, Lu Shiyan began to move the bodies of the managers together.
Jiang Tangtang watched Lu Shiyan move the corpses with a blank expression, and she felt a little scared.
To distract herself, she ransacked the kitchen and all the rooms where the people in charge lived.
These foremen fed the workers poorly, but they themselves ate quite well. They had plenty of rice, grain, oil, and even cured meat. In addition, there was silver stored up by the foremen.
Jiang Tangtang put everything into the space without missing a single item.
Knowing that these houses would be burned down anyway, and that so many people had gone to the valley, Jiang Tangtang didn't forget to arrange food and lodging for them. In the end, she also made sure to provide the kitchen's large pot, better furniture, sturdy beams, door panels, and so on.
She now felt like a locust in flight, leaving nothing but desolation in its wake.
She finally stopped when there was nothing left to take. She asked Lu Shiyan, "What do we do now?"
Lu Shiyan glanced at the sky and said, "Wait. Wait until Fei Hu and the others have gone far away before proceeding to the next step."
This place must be burned tonight.
Once the fire starts, it will inevitably attract people from another mountain.
While these people were distracted by the fire, they took action and rescued the prisoners on the other side.
In addition, Jiang Tangtang also planned to take away all the forged weapons and smelted iron.
She nodded and stood with Lu Shiyan in the open space to wait.
Just smelling the blood in the air and thinking about how many people had just died, she couldn't help but think that life was indeed a very strange thing.
Before she transmigrated, she was a little girl who wouldn't even dare to kill a chicken. Now, only a few months after transmigrating, she can remain calm and composed even when she sees someone being killed, and she can stay still in a place where someone has just died.
She thought about it and sighed.
Environment can really change a person.
Hearing her sigh, Lu Shiyan asked with concern, "What's wrong? Do you think I was too cruel, cutting off their lives without giving them a chance to argue?"
“No! They deserved it.” Seeing that he was still looking at her, Jiang Tangtang explained again, “I just feel that I have changed.”
"The world is unstable, and in such a world, everyone will change."
Lu Shiyan said, "But you are a good person. Even in the worst circumstances, you maintain your kindness and always do your best to help others."
Jiang Tangtang felt embarrassed after being praised like that, "I'm not as good as you say."
She felt she wasn't kind at all. Most of the time, she was just doing it for the points.
Moreover, she had her own selfish motives in helping those children or the workers who were arrested this time.
If it weren't for the system and Lu Shiyan's help, and she were all alone, she definitely wouldn't have bothered with these things.
“I said yes, so I mean yes.” Lu Shiyan reached out and helped her tie her disheveled hair back up.
He moved very gently, as if afraid of hurting her, slowly untangling her knotted hair and then combing it with his five fingers.
Long, slender fingers ran through Jiang Tangtang's dark hair, sending a strange feeling through her.
She thought, "It's really hard not to fall in love with a man like that!"
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