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Chapter 82
In fact, Gu Sang was not really afraid.
Because fear and pleading would be useless, she could not be afraid, she could only remain calm, and could only rely on herself to turn the situation around.
However, upon hearing these words of encouragement and concern, Gu Sang was still moved.
Even the ministers in the great hall were worried for Gu Sang at that moment, praying for her.
"Gu Sang, the scene outside has changed, even the buildings of three or four stories can no longer be seen."
Along with the words of the Elder Princess, Gu Sang clearly felt the carriage start to shake slightly, they must have left the highway and reached some unknown countryside.
"Gu Sang, it should be around 3 PM where you are."
"Gu Sang, you are heading up the mountain."
"There are three forks in the road ahead, they chose the leftmost path......"
"Divine Lady, don't be afraid, don't be afraid, it's getting dark, the little birds are going home...... Don't be scared, don't be scared, the moon is out......"
The children below the Plague City comforted Gu Sang with their singing.
How nice.
In the past, she had always fought alone, escaping from one crisis after another, but now, she had tens of thousands of citizens behind her, accompanying her, worried about her.
Of course she would be safe and sound, she would make these human traffickers pay the price with their blood!
From morning to dusk, after a long journey of shaking in the carriage, it finally stopped.
Gu Sang's vision blurred as the sack on her head was removed.
What entered her sight was—
The setting sun in the distance over the undulating deep mountains, not far away there was a small river, its water sparkling under the glow of the sunset, flowing clear to the bottom.
Fifty meters away from her were two households.
Looking further up, there were several more households scattered about.
These houses were built winding around the mountain, one to the east and one to the west, the road was still undeveloped and made of yellow dirt, with many stones mixed in.
"This wretched girl is strong, tie her up tightly, hurry and lock her in the cellar, chain her up."
"Hahaha even if we let her go, she can't escape this village, don't worry, she can't run away, no city woman who has come here has ever escaped."
"Hurry up! Now that you've come here, just obey, don't even think about running away!"
Two strong men grabbed Gu Sang's arms from left and right, heading into the village.
It was now dinner time.
Whether men or women, they all liked to squat by the road with their meal bowls.
Seeing the woman bring back a strange young girl, the men squatting by the road and eating their meals all stared with their eyes wide open! Each of them with an expression like a wolf!
Clean and tender skin.
An exquisite figure.
So delicate it seemed like pinching her would make water come out!
A man squatting by the road and eating called out, "Aunt Zhang, where did you kidnap this girl from, she's as beautiful as a celebrity on TV."
"She's a classmate of my wastrel daughter from the city, with an arrogant attitude."
"But, since she's come to our place, no matter how arrogant her attitude, in the end she'll have to obediently stay."
"This girl is even a college student? That's valuable, might as well sell her to my family! My oldest son is already thirty-eight and still unmarried......"
This familiar and natural conversation was as if discussing the price of an object, rather than a living person!
Gu Sang could not imagine how painful the lives of the girls who had been tricked and brought to this place, trapped within these layers of deep mountains, must have been!
Calling to the heavens would receive no response, calling to the earth would receive no response.
No escape.
No death.
They had once had parents who doted on them, had wonderful lives, had bright futures.
But then one day, an unimaginable accident happened that ruined everything!
Gu Sang looked around at her surroundings, gazing towards two women not far away.
What kind of eyes did they have?
Numb?
Hollow.
Devoid of any life!
The way they looked at Gu Sang, it was like looking at a brilliant pearl held up by the stars, about to be thrown into foul mud, calm and accustomed.
They seemed to be saying, 'Look! Another one tricked in.'
'Yeah, another one has come.' 'The reason she was captured no longer matters.'
'Next, she'll be just like us, from initially resisting, being beaten, screaming, beaten, begging, escaping, beaten, escaping, beaten, escaping......'
'Until finally all hope is ground away, giving birth to a few children, completely trapped here in a life worse than death.'
No way out.
For this lifetime, there's no way out.
Never to see parents again, never to see that free world again.
It was at this moment.
A woman with messy hair, thin like a bean sprout, came out of the woman's house while buttoning up her clothes.
The skinny woman didn't seem to notice the foreign Gu Sang, not sparing her a glance, only saying dully to the woman, "Aunt Zhang."
"My husband agreed with your son on eighty yuan per time, let me ask you for it."
"Eighty? Robbing me! Whatever, I'm in a good mood today, here you go!"
The woman took out eighty yuan from her pocket and flung it to the skinny woman.
The skinny woman picked up the money and left with a wooden expression.
The woman locked Gu Sang in the cellar next to the pigsty, chaining her hands and feet, then checked everything over before leaving with relief.
The cellar was damp, cramped and foul-smelling.
The only light in the cellar came from the few rays shining through the doorway.
Most wooden doors in villages have a five-centimeter gap at the bottom for ventilation.
Gu Sang looked at the iron chains on her hands, as time passed, she could feel her strength gradually returning from the earlier drugging.
"Three of them."
"Just the ones I saw, there were already three......"
Gu Sang did not miss the emotions in the eyes of the two women at the village entrance, nor the butterfly tattoo on the skinny woman's right ankle.
A tattoo like that found in cities!
How could there be a tattoo parlor in these deep mountains?
What inhumane humiliation must they have endured to have such dead, numb eyes, to resign themselves to life in these mountains?
Through the night vision lens of the livestream, the ancients could only see Gu Sang sitting in thought on the ground.
The citizens had already reddened their eyes, crying out in anguish, "Although continuing the family line is important, they can't ruin innocent women!"
"They deserve to be cut into a thousand, ten thousand pieces! From now on if we encounter cases of women being forcibly abducted on the streets, we won't believe any of their lies again, we'll take them straight to the county office to verify!"
"Yes, from now on, if anyone dares to slander a woman without evidence, I'll be the first not to believe it! Show me the proof, if you can't, then it's defamation!"
When the people witnessed this bloody scene with their own eyes,
They suddenly realized how wrong it was to insult and curse someone whenever there was a rumor of infidelity or seduction.
Pei Changying saw this scene, and his expression became complex.
He had been yelling every day for Gu Sang to suffer, but now that Gu Sang had been captured in the deep mountains, he felt uneasy and anxious instead.
Pei Changying pursed his lips.
Unexpectedly, he encouraged, "Gu Sang, muster the courage you once had to scold me. Hiding in a corner won't help you at all."
"Take the chance tonight when no one's around and break the wooden door to escape."
Gu Sang: .......