As dusk approached, most of the villagers had gone home for dinner. After having dinner at Uncle Gen's house, Su Ruojin went out to borrow shoe sole patterns from Sister Li's house at the other end of the village.
As she walked to the large locust tree in the middle of the village, Su Ruojin slowed her pace and a smile appeared on her lips.
It's here!
She deliberately walked towards a secluded place, and as expected, a chop to the back of her neck struck her, and Su Ruojin fainted.
“Niu Dajun was right, this girl is quite good. Take her back, and you’ll definitely get a reward.” The black-clad guard took out a black cloth bag, covered Su Ruojin with it, and carried her away, not noticing at all that some silver powder was slowly falling from the little girl’s hands.
After a bumpy ride, Su Ruojin felt herself being placed on a large bed, and the black cloth bag on her head was taken away.
Perhaps the other party thought she was still unconscious, or perhaps they were certain that a young girl like her wouldn't be able to escape once she arrived here, so they didn't even tie her hands and feet.
Once she was alone in the room, Su Ruojin sat up and looked around.
The furniture was mostly made of rosewood and golden nanmu, along with various silk fabrics and antique ornaments. Each piece was beyond the reach of ordinary people, and even the former Lin Mansion could not have been so luxurious.
Su Ruojin got up and started tapping and banging around until she felt a vase on the display shelf that seemed to be loose. She turned it gently and saw the wall behind the shelf split open to reveal a tunnel.
Su Ruojin slipped into the tunnel.
When she emerged from the tunnel, she found herself in a dark room. The walls of the room were covered with various instruments of torture, such as whips, finger-crushing devices, knives, and axes.
Each instrument of torture was stained with dried blood, and the air was thick with the stench of blood.
A brazier was burning in one corner of the room, and some branding irons were placed next to it.
At this moment, Su Ruojin heard a faint sound. She looked in the direction of the sound and saw a small door in the northeast corner of the room.
The door wasn't locked, so Su Ruojin pushed it open and went inside, where she saw seven or eight girls lying haphazardly.
The youngest was about ten years old, and the oldest was about fifteen or sixteen. They were all barely clothed, with disheveled hair, bluish-purple lips, and various bloodstains on their bodies.
Su Ruojin quickly went over to check the situation and found that most of the girls had already stopped breathing.
Only the girl lying on the very edge was still breathing; the sound Su Ruojin had just heard was from her due to extreme pain.
Su Ruojin quickly took her pulse and found that her body was covered with various bruises, whip marks, and branding marks, and her lower body was covered in blood. She was already on the verge of death.
Su Ruojin quickly took out a pill and put it into the little girl's mouth.
This longevity pill contains century-old ginseng, lingzhi mushroom, and other precious medicinal herbs. As long as a person has a breath left, taking it can sustain them for at least three hours.
After taking the medicine, the little girl slowly opened her eyes. Upon seeing Su Ruojin, her eyes were filled with terror, and she managed to utter a few words: "Run...run away quickly..."
If Su Ruojin hadn't been so close, she wouldn't have been able to hear what she was saying at all.
The little girl was urging her to escape quickly. She herself was already on the verge of death, yet she was still trying to persuade her to run away. A soft look flashed in Su Ruojin's eyes as she whispered, "Don't worry, you won't die. Hold on, I'll come and rescue you soon."
Su Ruojin didn't care about anything else and took off her outer garment to cover the little girl.
She still has things to finish, so she can't take her out for the time being.
Looking at the humiliated corpses of the girls on the ground and the instruments of torture in the dark room, Su Ruojin clenched her fists.
She will never let the culprit get away with this!
Su Ruojin walked out of the dark room, restored everything to its original state, and lay back down on the bed.
After she finished getting everything ready, she heard a sound coming from outside the door.
The door opened, and footsteps were heard, finally stopping beside the bed.
With her eyes closed, Su Ruojin heard an excited voice from a middle-aged man: "This Zeng Shen finally didn't disappoint me. The one he sent this time is truly top-notch. We can have some fun with him for a while."
Immediately afterwards, Su Ruojin felt as if a hand was reaching towards her face.
Just as she was about to be touched, she suddenly opened her eyes, and several silver needles flew towards the man's arm.
The next second, Zhou Renjiang's arm turned purplish-black. He tried to scream, but found that he couldn't make a sound at all, and his legs went limp to the ground.
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