Zhou Erfu and Zhou Sifu looked at each other, unsure whether to follow or stay put. But their two masters were too fast and had already disappeared from sight, so they couldn't catch up. They decided to stay put and not move.
Before long, several screams of pain were heard from the men, but no fighting was heard. It seemed that it was another one-sided crushing defeat, and the other side did not even have a chance to fight back.
About 15 minutes later, Zhu Qiuyu returned carrying several burly men tied together, followed by a group of children, with Zhu Yueran at the very back.
Zhu Lin glanced around and found that the oldest person in the group was about fifteen years old, and the youngest was about five or six years old. There were mostly girls and only five boys. Roughly counting, there were more than sixty people in total.
"Tell me what happened." Zhu Qiuyu was too lazy to waste words and gestured for one of the burly men to explain the situation.
The burly man was struck by the palm, and felt his blood rush to his head, as if he were about to die in pain. However, after Zhu Qiuyu used his internal force to wipe him away, he immediately felt better.
The burly man was terrified and dared not hide anything, so he confessed everything in detail.
These men were originally thugs at the top brothel in Pingzhou Prefecture. Last year, when many vagrants were wandering around, the madam saw a business opportunity and sent them to various places to capture children. These children were to be trained as prostitutes and used to entertain customers in the future.
"Ah!" The big man had barely finished speaking when one of his hands was crippled. He screamed and fell to the ground, unable to get up. In the end, Zhu Qiuyu silenced him by pressing his pressure point, leaving him only able to roll on the ground, unable to make a sound.
The other burly men were horrified, their teeth chattering.
"It's your turn, you speak," Zhu Qiuyu said, pointing to another person.
The man spoke in a trembling voice, "Actually, he didn't lie to you." He pointed to the person rolling on the ground and added, "At first, the madam did indeed have us capture girls and train them to become top courtesans, but later we received orders to take them elsewhere to raise them first, and then bring them back after we had trained them well..."
Later, they were also brought to this mountain forest by someone in a daze and hidden in a large cave. Then they continued to capture people everywhere. Some little girls were disobedient and always wanted to escape. They also liked to shout and scream, so they were killed as a warning to others.
"Where is the person who led you into the mountains?" Zhu Qiuyu asked.
“They haven’t come for several months. We don’t know where those people are. They always contact us on their own initiative. They used to send us food and money on time every month. We could live well without going out. But these past few months, suddenly no one has sent food. We can’t even survive. What’s the point of training people?” At this point, the big man forgot his fear and started cursing.
"Shut up, you're being noisy." Zhu Lin frowned and gave the man a cold glance.
The boy looked at Zhu Qiuyu, "How many people died over at the cave?"
Zhu Qiuyu was a little confused by his train of thought and subconsciously replied, "We just dealt with five people, but there are a few children in the cave who are not breathing, about ten people in total."
"Take them there and bury them first." Zhu Lin looked like she couldn't hold back any longer.
Zhu Qiuyu chuckled and sighed, then led the three able-bodied men back to the cave to supervise them in digging a pit to bury the people.
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