Because no matter how Zhao Sandao answered, it could not change the result that he would die.
After a brief question, Zhao Yanxun had no intention of asking any more questions. What's more, Zhao Sandao didn't answer seriously and was just shirking responsibility.
While questioning, Zhao Yanxun had just turned on system awareness and learned that a group of women were being held here.
That's why Zhao Yanxun ordered Lin Dagui to search this place and find everyone.
One group of guards stayed behind to guard, while another group of guards searched the village. After a while, a group of women were driven out.
It can be seen that these people have long been numb, so at this moment they are neither afraid nor "surprised" after encountering officers and soldiers.
"My lord, these damn bastards are really nothing. Put all these women in cages, and several of them have big bellies!"
Lin Dagui was so angry that the anger in his eyes almost burst out.
In the hall of the cottage, Zhao Yanxun said calmly: "Bring all these bandits back to the city, dead or alive!"
This statement made Lin Dagui very puzzled, so he quickly asked: "Your Majesty, why don't you kill them all with one knife and let them live a few more days, which will be easier for them!"
"I have my own plans, let's do something... By the way, tell those women outside that they are saved!"
Lin Dagui didn't say much, bowed and said: "I accept your order!"
Immediately afterwards, Lin Dagui exited the hall, stood on the steps, looked down, and said loudly: "Tie all these guys up, and find a way to tie the dead ones back on horseback!"
The guards immediately got busy. If the bandit who was kneeling on the ground did not cooperate even a little bit, he would be beaten severely immediately.
At this moment, Zhao Sandao lowered his head with a sinister look on his face.
He gave up resistance just now because he would die immediately if he resisted. Now it seemed that he would not die for a while, so he thought about escaping.
With these thoughts in mind, Zhao Sandao was quickly tied up.
At this moment, Lin Dagui walked up to more than 20 women and said in a deep voice: "You have been saved. It was the prince who saved you. Please clean up quickly... We are going back to the city!"
After Lin Dagui finished speaking, there was no response from the people present, and their expressions were still dull.
"You are saved, you are saved...no one will bully you again in the future, do you hear me?"
Lin Dagui increased his voice, but the women still stood there blankly, but there was a little light in their eyes.
After a few breaths, someone finally cried out with a "wow" sound, and the sound was so sad that it made people cry.
As the first person cried, others started crying one after another, and the scene was filled with women's cries.
During the more than six months since they fell into the tiger's mouth, they have suffered inhuman treatment, and during this period some of them have been humiliated and tortured to death.
Therefore, they have no hope, so they live like zombies, with all their emotions deeply suppressed in their hearts.
At this moment, the emotions that they had accumulated for half a year, including grievances, sadness, and fear... all burst out, and naturally they cried until they were in the dark.
Lin Dagui did not urge these poor people to cry out all their grievances.
Originally, Lin Dagui thought that he would be scolded for delaying, but it turned out that he was overthinking.
Zhao Yanxun would also feel pity for these poor people, and there was no harm in staying a little longer.
After about ten minutes, these women stopped crying one after another, and then under Lin Dagui's command, they collected as many things as possible in the village.
They took as much food and clothing as possible, and some even moved a big pot together in two or three people.
At this time, Zhao Sandao and others were all tied up alive and strung together with ropes.
This is not over yet. There is a corpse tied to each of them. They will suffer a lot when they go out.
Of course, there were too many corpses and these people couldn't take them away. The guards put the remaining corpses on the horses, and some of the horses had two heads tied to them.
Afterwards, they walked out of the mountain, and the village was abandoned.
However, Zhao Yanxun did not forget that Ma Cheng had left the village, so he left a team of guards to wait and see.
The group of people left slowly, and the gate of the cottage was closed. It seemed that nothing happened, at least there was nothing strange on the outside.
But no matter how well they recover, those left behind by Zhao Yanxun are doomed to be in vain.
Because at this moment, on the hillside at the other end, Ma Cheng and his two brothers saw everything.
After being driven out of the village to hunt, Ma Cheng didn't go far at all, thinking of fooling him and then going back.
Later, he heard shouts of killing in the village, so he immediately returned to check, and then saw a one-sided massacre.
Even watching from a distance, Ma Cheng was so frightened that he couldn't think of returning to the village to help.
So he hid far away on the top of the mountain, lying on the tree and watching the whole process, forgetting about the whole process. Naturally, he also discovered the guards who stayed in the village.
"Brother, the copycats are gone...what should we do?" asked the minions on the side.
"Go...go far away!" Ma Cheng said with a gloomy face.
He knew that Zhao Sandao would definitely betray him, so he could never stay in this place. The farther he went, the safer he would be.
As for revenge? Ma Cheng has no idea
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On the bank of the Bahe River, after laying down the bridge at noon, the pontoon bridge has been completely completed.
At this moment, Wang Cheng was sitting on the bank of the river, holding a steamed bun and eating pickles, looking leisurely and contented.
Nearby, soldiers gathered around a hundred households and had lunch like Wang Cheng.
"Logically speaking, the people from the Guards Department should have arrived. The prince has an order... They must drive into Andu today!"
"Master Wang, Xu Yu and the others are here. They are being summoned by the prince now. They are over there..." After saying this, Cui Xing'an pointed south.
There were numbers blocking his view over there, but Wang Cheng still knew that that was where Zhang Ersheng was stationed.
"Has the prince found the thief?" Wang Cheng stood up and asked.
"Your Majesty is wise and powerful. It is not easy to find these thieves. There are only nine alive... and there are about thirty corpses!"
"There are actually so many people. Alas...it's my fault that I didn't strictly supervise my subordinates to investigate, so there is such a group of gangsters hiding in the mountains!"
Seeing Wang Cheng starting to blame himself again, Cui Xingan didn't know how to answer the question.
"Master Wang, the prince has caught the murderer. There is such good news... we should tell our brothers quickly!"
Hearing Cui Xingan's words, Wang Cheng slapped his forehead, forgetting this important matter.
Singing praises for Zhao Yanxun is the most basic skill for royal officials. If you forget this, you don't even have the most basic loyalty.
"Thank you for reminding me, thank you very much Brother Cui!"
This time, Wang Cheng called Cui Xingan Brother Cui, so he did not regard him as an outsider.
Building a relationship with Wang Cheng is exactly what Cui Xingan needs. Building a relationship network can be said to be an instinctive reaction of being an official.
Next, Wang Cheng called all the soldiers together and announced the arrest of the murderer.
Immediately, from the bank of Bahe River, there was an overwhelming shout.
"Long live His Highness King Yong!"
The soldiers were happy from the bottom of their hearts. As long as they killed someone from the palace, the palace would arrest and punish them no matter where they were.
At this moment, even ordinary soldiers felt deeply that they were part of the royal family, and the prince did not treat them as outsiders.
