A moment later.

Qin Huaidao stood up, and after making sure that Xue Rengui and Luo Zhang were not injured, he was completely relieved, and looked at the girl, the oldest was less than twenty, the youngest was fourteen or fifteen years old, dressed simply, and at first glance she was an ordinary peasant child, her eyes were full of fear and confusion, and confusion about the future.

"Don't be afraid, we won't hurt you, it's all nearby villagers, right?" Qin Huaidao tried his best to make his voice as gentle as possible, for fear of scaring everyone.

Unfortunately, no one replied, and they all watched uneasily.

Qin Huaidao knew that everyone was frightened, and comforted: "Don't be afraid, the bandits have all been killed, take everyone away as soon as it is dawn and go home." ”

However, everyone was silent, as if there was no hope and no life, and a slightly older girl suddenly said: "Thank you for saving your life, but how can I go back to those who have lost their virginity?" If you go back, you will die, and Engong will leave on his own, so don't worry about us. ”

Qin Huaidao was stunned, and suddenly reacted to what the loss of virginity means to girls in this era, I am afraid that there is only a dead end to wait when I go back, and even affect the family, I suddenly sympathized, thought about it, and said: "Listen to me, if you are willing to go back, I will send everyone back, if you can't go back, if you are willing, follow me in the future, I have a bite to eat, and I guarantee that you are indispensable." ”

"Thank you for Engong's kindness, in addition to the dozens of us, there are still a lot of people imprisoned in the cave, there must be more than 200 people, all of them are hard-working people who have been taken captive, and the ominous body will only harm Engong, not what we want."

"And? Go and see—" Qin Huaidao was taken aback and walked towards the cave.

Soon, Qin Huaidao came to the bottom of the cave and saw that there was a cave next to it, the entrance was blocked by a high wooden fence, and there were torches burning on the stone wall inside.

"Are there really so many?"

Qin Huaidao looked at the girls all over the ground, hated to save the bandits and kill them again, rushed to the entrance, kicked the blocking wooden fence open, and shouted: "Get up quickly, I'm here to save you." ”

However, no one moved, not even raised their eyelids, and they had lost hope of life, like a walking corpse.

With the previous experience, Qin Huaidao hurriedly said loudly: "Everyone listen to me, Qin Huaidao, the prince of the Yiguo Dynasty, the son of Qin Qiong, now swears by the honor of the Qin family, and if you are willing to go home, your own government guarantees to escort you home, and if you can't go back, you will enter my Qin Mansion, as long as your own country has a bite to eat, you will never be indispensable." ”

In order to increase the persuasiveness, he just showed his identity, and ripped off his beard to restore his original appearance to prove his sincerity.

The words suddenly thundered, causing waves in the hearts of the girls, and one by one they seemed to be injected with vitality, and they looked at it one after another, and their empty and wooden eyes were more inexplicably bright.

At this time, Xue Rengui and Luo Zhang led the other girls to come over, and when they heard the oath, their eyes also had a little more brilliance, and the girl before asked, "Is Engong really the prince of the kingdom?" ”

"Why should I deceive you?"

"We wait for ominous people, there is an empty skin bag left, useless, but will bring bad luck, there is really no need to deceive, it's just that the kindness of the public is merciful, saving everyone from fire and water, how can we bear to burden the benevolence?"

"Don't bother, you are useful, you are useful, believe me." Qin Huaidao hurriedly said, it doesn't matter if it's useless, let's stabilize it first, let's talk about it, more than two hundred lives, I don't know, forget it, if I leave it alone now, I'm afraid my conscience will be difficult for the rest of my life.

"Does it really work?" The other party is puzzled.

"Believe me, my own public can deceive you?" Qin Huaidao hurriedly said, his tone was extremely firm.

"Xie Guogong is merciful, the people's daughter is willing to go with you." The other fell to his knees.

The others also gradually reacted, they could live, no one wanted to die, and they couldn't go back home, but it was also a way to live if someone took them in, and their minds gradually moved, and soon a few more people knelt down, although they didn't say it explicitly, but the meaning was very clear, Qin Huaidao was not good to go up to help, and they wore too little one by one, for fear that everyone would be embarrassed.

Gradually, more girls knelt down and kowtowed.

Qin Huaidao breathed a sigh of relief and said to the first girl who knelt down: "I see that you talk well, what is your name?" ”

"The folk girl has studied in a private school for a few years, and I have died in the past, and I am willing to sell my country, I don't want anything, just give me a stutter, give me a place to live, and let me do anything."

Qin Huaidao saw that the other party was reluctant to mention the past, and he didn't want to ask too much, so he said: "The past can't go back, the future will not be far away, alive, there is hope, hope is like the bright moon in the night sky, illuminate the night and return to people, in the future, I will call you Mingyue, I hope you are like the bright moon in the sky, leading the sisters around you out of the darkness." ”

"Xie Guogong gave the name." The girl said gratefully.

"Comfort everyone well, make a record if you are willing to go back, leave here at dawn, I'll go make something to eat, and I'll bring everyone over in a while." Qin Huaidao advised, both are hard-working people, and it will be much easier to communicate.

"There's a hole over there with food and other supplies." The girl named Mingyue pointed in one direction.

Qin Huaidao walked over, and sure enough, he found a gap, which was a naturally formed cavity, the area was not small, and there were a lot of materials piled up.

When I opened the other two boxes, I saw that they were silver, and they were full of a large box.

Ill-gotten gains, don't be in vain, just used to feed the more than 200 girls outside.

Qin Huaidao's eyes lit up: "Take inventory." ”

Luo Zhang counted excitedly, and Xue Rengui went up to help.

It didn't take long to finish counting, and there were three hundred pieces of gold and five thousand taels of silver.

Three hundred pieces of gold cake is equivalent to forty-eight thousand taels of silver, plus five thousand taels of silver, that is, fifty-three thousand taels of silver, which is a huge amount of money, Qin Huaidao found a bag to divide the gold cake into three, each person carried a bag, and then separated the rest of the silver into a small bag, ready to go back to the girls for help.

Returning to the cave hall, Qin Huaidao saw that the girls were a little more vigorous, and many people were helping to barbecue meat, so he shouted: "There is grain in it, take it and cook it." ”

Once a person has hope, he has the motivation to live.

The grain was moved out, and there was a clear spring in the cave, no wonder the bandits chose to settle here, cooking is a familiar thing for girls born in a peasant family, Qin Huaidao was afraid that the girls would be embarrassed, and motioned Xue Rengui and Luo Zhang to go to the entrance of the cave to be on guard.

Half an hour later, the two large pots of porridge were boiled, and no one paid attention to it, and they were eaten in clay bowls used by bandits, and the roasted meat was eaten directly with their hands, and they were all hungry.

Mingyue sent a large piece of the best meat, Qin Huaidao waved his hand and said: "You eat, we have eaten, tell everyone not to eat too much, too urgent, take your time, there is time, be careful to die." ”

Once a person is hungry, he will eat anything, and he can't control it, and he doesn't know if he eats it, and he will die of it.

"The people's girls can save it." Mingyue hurriedly went.

"Uncle, are we doing a good thing?" Luo Zhang said with some sadness.

"It's not just a good thing, the young master, this is a great kindness, a grace of life, a benevolent and righteous act, which is rare in the world." Xue Rengui said affirmatively, glad for the choice at that time, what are you worried about with such a young master?