The most secure job in Dajin

Chapter 1, Sacrifice

"Drive~"

In the violently shaking carriage, Hua Changxi, with his hands and feet tied, opened his eyes. After a moment of confusion, his face became shocked and frightened.

She's been kidnapped!
Today is the day when Old Lady Hua brings the women of the Hua family to Guangji Temple in the southern suburbs of Beijing to pray for blessings.

Because she was impatient to attend the ceremony in the temple, Hua Changxi slipped out alone. She wanted to see the famous marriage tree on the back mountain of Guangji Temple. However, as soon as she arrived at the back mountain, she felt a pain in her neck and then she fainted.

If she had known that she would encounter such misfortune, she would have stayed with her family even if she couldn't sit still.

Hua Changxi suppressed his panic, forced himself to calm down, and quickly looked around the interior of the carriage.

There was no one in the carriage except her. At this moment, her hands were tied behind her back and her feet were tied tightly, making it very difficult for her to move.

"Bang bang bang~"

The carriage was shaking violently due to its rapid speed, and the windows kept making banging noises.

Hua Changxi looked at the constantly opening and closing car window, his eyes lit up, and he twisted his body with great effort, and raised his bound legs with difficulty and placed them on the wall of the car, and then he lay on his back in an L-shape in the carriage.

Afterwards, Hua Changxi stretched his feet to the carriage window again, rubbed his right foot back and forth along the window sill, and rubbed the shoes on his feet out of the carriage.

After closing his eyes and resting for a while, Hua Changxi estimated that the carriage had driven another five kilometers. He rubbed his foot again and rubbed his other shoe off.

Her father is a constable of the Six Gates. If her family finds out that she is missing, they will definitely come looking for her. She hopes that these two shoes can provide clues for her father.

Hua Changxi thought for a moment, worried that two shoes would not be enough, so he struggled to stand up with his back against the car wall, pulled the purse from around his waist with his tied hands, and threw it out of the car window.

"Xu~"

Feeling the carriage slowing down, Hua Changxi quickly lay down, closed his eyes, and pretended not to wake up yet.

After a while, the carriage door opened with a creak.

Then, Hua Changxi felt like a dead dog, being dragged out by the kidnapper by the arm, and then carried on someone's shoulder like a sandbag.

"We wasted quite a bit of time trying to catch this one. Today is the deadline. I was worried that we wouldn't be able to complete the task."

Listening to the conversation between the two kidnappers, Hua Changxi's heart suddenly sank to the bottom.

She originally thought she was kidnapped randomly, but she never imagined that the kidnapper was targeting her!
But what is the reason?
Robbery?

There are many wealthy businessmen in the capital, and the Hua family can't even afford a servant, so there is no money to be made by kidnapping her.

Robbery?

She was only thirteen years old, her face had not fully grown, and her body had not yet developed. Even if she was sold to a brothel, she would have to be raised for another two years.

Could it be revenge from the Hua family’s enemies?

As a constable of the Six Gates, her father had to deal with all kinds of people on a daily basis, and he was bound to have made enemies with them during that time. This was the most likely possibility.

Being carried on someone's shoulders with her head down, Hua Changxi thought that the two men would not pay attention to her, so she quickly opened her eyes and looked at the place where the kidnappers brought her to.

A dilapidated temple with most of it collapsed!
"Is this the last one we have?"

"Ah."

As they were talking, the two kidnappers had already carried Hua Changxi into the ruined temple.

"Click~"

A friction sound was heard.

Hua Changxi opened his eyes quickly and looked again.

Another kidnapper was seen standing in front of the statue in the middle of the ruined temple, which was so broken that only a little bit of the base remained. He was holding a bulge on the base with both hands and turning it.

The next moment, the statue slowly moved away, revealing a tunnel entrance.

"Let's go!"

The kidnappers carried Hua Changxi and jumped down the tunnel.

Underground, there are many crisscross tunnels and stone chambers.

Hua Changxi tried hard to remember the route he had taken, but unfortunately, he was being carried by someone and his head was swollen with blood. Not only was his thinking impeded, but his vision was also severely limited.

She had originally planned to memorize the route in order to escape later, but now she couldn't even see the situation in the tunnel clearly.

Hua Changxi felt uncomfortable with the pressure on his upper abdomen, and suddenly he had an idea and vomited a few times.

"Damn it!"

As expected, Hua Changxi was thrown to the ground by the kidnappers with a bang.

Hua Changxi's facial features were distorted after the fall, but she didn't care about the pain. She dry-heaved a few times and pretended to have just woken up. She looked at the two kidnappers with horror.

"Luckily you didn't vomit on me."

"What should we do now?"

"We're already underground, are you still afraid that she will run away? Untie the ropes on her feet and let her walk by herself."

The kidnapper hesitated for a moment, but still drew out his sword and cut the rope on Hua Changxi's feet with a "whoosh".

Hua Changxi felt a sinking feeling in his heart as he watched the kidnapper's quick movements.

Musha!
The person who kidnapped her turned out to be a warrior!
"Get up quickly!"

The kidnapper grabbed Hua Changxi and pushed her forward vigorously.

After being able to see the situation in the tunnel clearly, Hua Changxi became more shocked the further he went inside.

The underground is very spacious, like an underground city.

Even though she was facing a life-and-death crisis, she was still shocked.

The two kidnappers still had some communication on the ground, but when they were underground, there was no words along the way and their expressions were full of solemnity.

As we go deeper, the temperature of the air begins to rise.

Slowly, sweat oozed from the foreheads of the two kidnappers and their clothes were slowly soaked with sweat, but Hua Changxi remained dry.

Seeing that Hua Changxi was not afraid of the heat underground, one of the kidnappers muttered, "No wonder."

As soon as the voice came out, he immediately received a warning from another kidnapper.

Hua Changxi's expression fluctuated. The two kidnappers felt like they had entered a sauna when they got to the underground, but she didn't even break a sweat.

Her intuition told her that this kidnapping might not be the ordinary revenge she thought.

The kidnappers probably kidnapped her because she was not afraid of heat.

The two kidnappers were very silent all the way. After traveling underground for more than half an hour, the two kidnappers opened a stone door with sweat pouring down their cheeks, and then pushed Hua Changxi in with great force.

"Bang~"

The scorching heat wave hit Hua Changxi in the face and she was pushed to the ground. She struggled for a long time before sitting up. When she saw the scene behind the stone door, her mouth opened in shock.

Behind the stone gate is a wide stone platform with complex patterns carved on it. It is surrounded by boiling magma on three sides. The stone gate behind you is the only exit.

Was she taken to the magma layer?
What made Hua Changxi's pupils tremble even more was that there were dozens of boys and girls about her age lying in a disorderly manner on the stone platform.

These people had their hands and feet tied, and were either lying down, or sitting, or sobbing, or lying motionless in despair.

Seeing this scene, Hua Changxi's heart suddenly sank. She guessed who had captured them.

Evil monk!

Or a demon!
If she guessed correctly, this stone platform should be an altar!
Buddhism and Taoism flourished in the Jin Dynasty, and the number of Taoists and monks increased dramatically. With such a large base, it was inevitable that there would be bad elements. Evil monks and evil Taoists emerged one after another. It was not uncommon to hear about evil monks and evil Taoists causing chaos in some county or state.

Hua Changxi's father once handled a case in which a sorcerer captured young boys and girls to practice evil skills. The altar, young boys and girls described in that case were 100% similar to her current situation.

Hua Changxi's heart completely sank to the bottom. As far as she knew, whenever the evil monks or evil Taoists committed crimes, there was almost no chance of survival for those caught.

Can her father find the shoes and purse she dropped in time and come to save her?

She only lived for thirteen years in this life. Could it be that she lived even shorter than in her previous life? Although she worked 996 in her previous life, she did live for twenty-eight years.

Hua Changxi suppressed the panic in his heart and began to look around, trying to find a chance to escape.

Fortunately, she can walk on her feet.

Hua Changxi looked around the stone platform, and finally found an angular protrusion on the stone wall next to the stone gate. He immediately struggled to stand up, walked to the protrusion, placed his tied hands on the protrusion, and began to rub the rope vigorously.

After grinding for a while, I found that the protrusion was not sharp and the rope could not be worn off in a short period of time.

Hua Changxi was worried that someone would come soon, so he turned his gaze to the other people on the stone platform.

"My dear, the ropes on my hands have worn loose. Please help me bite them open. When I can move my hands again, I will untie you right away."

Hua Changxi asked for help from the nearest boy.

The young man pointed at the dozen or so people groaning in pain on the stone platform and said, "They were just like you, trying to escape, but unfortunately they were discovered by the patrollers, and their hands and feet were broken."

Hua Changxi saw the miserable state of those people, their hands and feet bent abnormally. After a moment of silence, he said, "I'm not afraid of being discovered. Help me untie the rope first."

Boy: "But I'm afraid." Then he closed his eyes numbly.

Hua Changxi frowned, but said nothing, and then asked the next person for help.

Unfortunately, no one paid any attention to her after she asked several people for help.

Hua Changxi was silent for a moment, scanning the expressions of the crowd. It seemed that these captured people had lost the desire to survive, and their faces were filled with despair and numbness.

Suddenly, Hua Changxi met a pair of calm eyes, and there was no despair in those eyes.

It was a young lady about her age.

The young lady looked at her and immediately closed her eyes.

Hua Changxi didn't have time to think about why the young lady was so calm in the dangerous situation. He just thought that the young lady should still have the desire to survive, so he walked over quickly: "Young lady, can you help me?"

At first, the young lady ignored her and looked like she was asleep.

Seeing this, Hua Changxi could only keep touching and shaking the young lady, encouraging her again and again not to give up hope of survival, and begging her to help each other.

Under Hua Changxi's Tang Monk-like muttering, the young lady opened her eyes.

The young lady's eyes were a little complicated. Before Hua Changxi could see clearly, she heard the young lady asked her to turn around.

Hua Changxi looked delighted and immediately cooperated.

The young lady was very helpful and helped Hua Changxi bite the rope open in no time.

As soon as his hands were free, Hua Changxi helped the young lady untie them.

Unexpectedly, the young lady refused: "I don't need your help."

Hua Changxi was stunned. Before she could ask more questions, someone next to her asked her to help untie the ropes.

The young lady took the opportunity to say, "Go and help those in need." After saying that, she closed her eyes and no longer paid attention to Hua Changxi.

Hua Changxi noticed the young lady's strangeness, but without saying anything, he quickly went to the person who asked for help, and said as he untied her, "Go and help untie the others later, I'll find a way out."

After Hua Changxi untied the man, he ran straight to the stone gate and groped the stone walls around the stone gate inch by inch with his hands, trying to find the switch to open the stone gate.

Unfortunately, nothing was found.

During this time, several people who had been freed also ran over and helped find the agency.

Hua Changxi groped around the stone gate several times, but seeing that there was no hope of finding the switch, he began to walk on the stone platform again. He even bravely stood on the edge of the platform and looked down at the lava.

What kind of stone sculpture is that?
There are some stone carvings on the outside of the stone platform, shaped like birds?

Hua Changxi couldn't see it clearly, so he turned around a few times. Although he still didn't find anything, he figured out the structure of the stone platform.

Just as Hua Changxi was becoming more and more anxious, a noise came from the stone gate.

Knowing that someone was coming, Hua Changxi immediately lay down nearby.

At this moment, she was right in the center of the stone platform.

The stone door opened wide and an old man in a red robe walked in.

The people who were untying the boys did not react as quickly as Hua Changxi and did not fall to the ground and pretend to faint in time, so they were caught by the old man in red robe.

"Ah~"

When screams were heard, Hua Changxi couldn't help but open his eyes a little, and saw the old man in red robe holding a dagger that was shining coldly and cutting people's wrists one by one.

The men who were untying the ropes did not have their hands and feet broken, but were knocked unconscious by the old man in red robe.

"Ah~"

Screams rang out one after another, and a strong smell of blood began to float above the stone platform.

When the blood flowed into the concave lines on the stone platform, it was pushed by an invisible force and quickly gathered towards the center of the stone platform.

During this time, Hua Changxi saw that the old man in red robe was cutting everyone's left wrists, so he secretly pressed a few acupoints on his own left arm.

Soon, the old man in red robe came in front of Hua Changxi.

Hua Changxi originally thought that she could get away with it, but after her wrist was cut, she felt a sharp pain in the back of her head, and then she fell into darkness.

(End of this chapter)