Zhou Miaomiao was terrified. She felt that the people who had been taken away must have experienced something terrible. She wanted to find out more, but unfortunately, the people would scream and yell like crazy whenever anyone approached. After trying once or twice, Zhou Miaomiao was afraid of exposing herself and didn't dare to try again.
After a day or two, those who were brought back to the cave were taken into a huge iron cage and locked up, separated from Zhou Miaomiao and the others. Then, every day, those who were brought back were directly locked in the cage, which was placed at the innermost part of the cave, more than ten meters away from Zhou Miaomiao and the others.
Zhou Miaomiao was terrified, the unknown danger frightened her, but she could do nothing. The others were in the same boat, listening to the frantic screams of those people every day. Those who hadn't been taken away were all terrified.
Apart from that, three meals a day are served normally, the food is not bad, and there is often meat to eat.
The cave was guarded by several tall and strong men. Zhou Miaomiao secretly observed and found that the strong man leading them, called "Gu Ge", spoke Mandarin with the accent of their Sanhe Town.
Zhou Miaomiao found an opportunity and chatted with "Gu Ge" in the dialect of Sanhe Town.
"Gu Ge" was stunned when he heard Zhou Miaomiao's Sanhe Town dialect.
Zhou Miaomiao took the opportunity to beg "Gu Ge", saying that she was deceived and asked "Gu Ge" to let her go.
"Gu Ge" shook his head and told Zhou Miaomiao that he didn't have the authority to let them go; he was just following orders. However, "Gu Ge" promised Zhou Miaomiao that if possible, he would plead with the "Palace Master" on her behalf, asking her to stay calm.
With the comfort of "Gu Ge", Zhou Miaomiao felt a little more at ease.
There was a "Gu Ge" who was secretly taking care of Zhou Miaomiao. Every time he led people out of the cave, he would always ignore Zhou Miaomiao.
In this way, Zhou Miaomiao lived in the cave for more than half a month.
Over the past half month, Zhou Miaomiao observed carefully. The cave had been replenished twice, with around 20 to 30 people arriving each time. Despite this, the number of people in the cave hadn't increased. In other words, over 40 people had been taken away and never returned in the past half month.
Just when Zhou Miaomiao was waiting for "Gu Ge" to rescue her, one day, "Gu Ge" hurried to the cave and called Zhou Miaomiao out alone.
Gu Ge told Zhou Miaomiao that the Palace Master had decided to kill all the prisoners in the cave in a month. He couldn't save so many people, so he could only save Zhou Miaomiao. Gu Ge told Zhou Miaomiao that after escaping, she should never return to this place in her life.
After "Gu Ge" led Zhou Miaomiao out of the valley, the two parted ways. "Gu Ge" told Zhou Miaomiao that he would attract the people chasing them, so that Zhou Miaomiao could keep running and reach the county town. "Gu Ge" told Zhou Miaomiao to call the police immediately after reaching the county town and rescue the others in the cave.
Zhou Miaomiao was afraid of being caught, so she didn't report the case. She got on a truck and headed north directly to City X, which was close to the border.
After hearing Zhou Miaomiao's confession, the female police officer, Sister Li, who was handling the case, sighed deeply. Zhou Miaomiao was truly heartless, having escaped without caring about the lives of those in the cave. Furthermore, "Brother Gu" had put himself in danger by saving Zhou Miaomiao.
In fact, if Zhou Miaomiao had proactively reported the case and cooperated with public security authorities to rescue the women and children who had been arrested, her sentence might have been reduced. It's a fact that Yuan Sixi died from the sleeping pills Zhou Miaomiao administered. Manslaughter is also murder, and Zhou Miaomiao will have to spend the rest of her life in prison.
As for Zeng Shijie, his crimes were numerous, including trafficking women, instigating Zhou Miaomiao to commit murder, theft, drug trafficking, and more. These crimes alone warranted multiple executions. A few months later, Zeng Shijie was sentenced to death, a life of crime ended with a single bullet. However, the fate of Zhou Miaomiao and Zeng Shijie is a story for another time, so we won't discuss it for now.
First, after the police obtained the confessions of Zeng Shijie and Zhou Miaomiao, they quickly held an analysis meeting. The analysis yielded several key points:
1. In a cave near Ning'an Temple in Eastern Province, dozens of women and children who were captured by disciples of Shangqing Palace are being held captive. Their lives will be in danger in half a month, and someone needs to be sent to rescue them urgently.
2. In S City, Eastern Province, there is a gang of rampant drug traffickers like Asan, who need to be severely cracked down on.
3. Evil organizations like Shangqing Palace must be eradicated as soon as possible.
4. The Ning'an Temple in Eastern Province may be a place where filth and corruption are hidden, and it must be thoroughly investigated.
5. Is there any connection between Ning'an Temple and Shangqing Palace?
None of these things could be accomplished by the X City Public Security Bureau alone. The most urgent task was to rescue those imprisoned in the cave.
Public Security Bureau Director Lao Huang acted decisively. On the one hand, he called Zhu Zhenhua, commander of the Northern Military Region, and asked him to send a team of soldiers to rescue the hostages. On the other hand, Lao Huang immediately reported the matter to higher authorities and requested support.
Human life was at stake. After receiving Lao Huang's request for help, Zhu Zhenhua immediately asked Wen Ziqing to lead the team. After all, Zeng Shijie was arrested by Wen Ziqing, so it was better not to bother two people with the same problem!
Even if Zhu Zhenhua didn't say it, Wen Ziqing would have asked to participate in this operation.
Others may not know the meaning of the three words "Shangqing Palace", but Wen Ziqing is familiar with it.
As far as Wen Ziqing knew, the man in black who had previously gone to Kyoto to capture Yu Xiaohan claimed to be a disciple of the "Shangqing Palace." He was actually a cultivator, one who could fly and evade the earth.
Even fully armed soldiers were completely powerless against the monks.
After Wen Ziqing knew about this, he definitely could not watch his comrades die. With Wen Ziqing leading the team, at least the unnecessary sacrifices of the soldiers could be reduced.
Wen Ziqing didn't ask Zhou Yuanyuan for help. With him around, how could he let the little girl suffer?
However, before knowing how powerful the "Shangqing Palace" was, Wen Ziqing reported to General Zhou as soon as possible.
At the beginning of this year, because of Ren Dahai's family affairs, Anning Temple came into the eyes of General Zhou and others for the first time.
General Zhou felt that Anning Temple was somewhat peculiar and arranged for some people to monitor it. Unexpectedly, even under surveillance, Anning Temple still made so many moves. Huiwu was a monk from Ning'an Temple and a disciple of Shangqing Palace. This suggests that Ning'an Temple and Shangqing Palace may have a deep connection.
After General Zhou reported to the top leadership, he simply sent a special operations team to participate in this operation.
As soon as Wen Ziqing and the soldiers left, Zhou Yuanyuan followed.
Somehow, Zhou Yuanyuan felt that Wen Ziqing's mission this time was dangerous. Before she could fully grasp the details of Shangqing Palace, Zhou Yuanyuan felt that she and Wen Ziqing, one in the dark and one in the light, might be the best option.
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