Jun Mohan listened to Leng Ruoli’s words and pondered for a few seconds, finding her reasoning sound.
Weren't they protecting the country and its people for the sake of their peace and prosperity?
If they were to weaponize something of such invincible power, it would undoubtedly invite covetousness and a frantic scramble from various powers across nations. The side that possessed such an item would surely see its ambition swell, leading to incessant warfare throughout the land, ultimately harming the common folk.
Alas, such a thing truly couldn't be used.
"Jun Mohan, stop spacing out and hurry up and bury the explosives for me! If you don't hurry and get the explosives buried, the sky will be light soon, and our moving around like this will easily be noticed," Leng Ruoli immediately called out to Jun Mohan, speaking with exasperation.
Jun Mohan immediately snapped back to reality and continued to help Leng Ruoli bury the explosives.
After the time it took for an incense stick to burn, Leng Ruoli and Jun Mohan, along with the other two, finally finished burying the explosives.
"Let's go. I'm going to see if there are any unfortunate women who were abducted by the bandits and brought up the mountain," Leng Ruoli said to Jun Mohan.
Immediately, the four of them stealthily moved through the stronghold, but found no sign of any such unfortunate women.
Later, they hid themselves in the stairwell of the main house and sat down.
"Jun Mohan, where do you think these bandits are keeping the women they captured from the villages below?" Leng Ruoli asked, a look of confusion on her face.
Jun Mohan didn't answer immediately, instead asking her a question.
"Lier, did you just hear the sound of a woman screaming from this main building?"
"I did. I guess that woman is the one who was caught having an affair with a man by the cliff earlier," Leng Ruoli replied nonchalantly.
"That's her!" Jun Mohan stated gravely.
"Alas, she brought it upon herself. To know that being discovered having an affair would lead to dire consequences, and yet she was so easily tempted," Leng Ruoli said, feeling utterly speechless when speaking of this woman.
However, after saying this, a spark of inspiration suddenly struck Leng Ruoli.
"Jun Mohan, you're not perhaps harboring feelings for that woman, are you?"
As soon as she spoke, Jun Mohan's face was covered in dark lines. He couldn't fathom what this woman's little head was thinking about all day.
He was simply thinking that the woman was also brought up the mountain from the villages below and might know if anyone else in a similar predicament was being held in this mountain stronghold.
And this little woman was thinking about such things.
As a prince, what kind of woman did he not have? Why would he take a liking to someone like that?
Seeing that Jun Mohan wasn't responding to her, Leng Ruoli muttered, "You little brat, you're like a mouse licking a cat's nose—you've got quite the nerve!"
Jun Mohan and the other two: "..."
Yin Chen and Yin Yi almost burst out laughing.
Their Consort was truly amazing, daring to compare the Prince to a mouse.
"Leng Ruoli, do you want a beating?" Jun Mohan's gaze fell on Leng Ruoli as he threatened her menacingly.
Jun Mohan was so angry he wanted to grab her on the spot and spank her little bottom a few times.
But just then, a man came down from upstairs. This man was the physician Ye who had treated the second in command.
He had just finished tending to the second in command's facial wounds and was heading back to his room to rest.
However, as he reached the stairwell, he heard voices speaking softly from below. Out of curiosity, he wanted to see who was talking down there.
Suddenly, a figure flashed before him, covering his mouth, and a dagger was immediately placed at his throat, dragging him into the stairwell.
"Don't make a sound! I won't harm you," Yin Chen whispered.
Physician Ye nodded quickly.
Only then did Yin Chen remove his hand from Physician Ye's mouth.
"Sirs, please don't kill me. I'm a physician who was captured and brought up the mountain by these bandits. I'm not one of them," Physician Ye explained anxiously.
"Is that true or false? Are you not deceiving us?" Leng Ruoli tested.
"Everything I say is true. I am Ye Chengli, a physician from Niutou Village down the mountain. I was abducted by bandits a year ago and brought to this mountain stronghold to treat people. I haven't been down the mountain since. I don't even know how my family at home is doing now?"
Physician Ye spoke while tears flowed.
Seeing his state, Leng Ruoli and the others felt he was quite pitiful. They immediately instructed Yin Chen to remove the dagger from Physician Ye's neck.
"Stop crying. We came tonight to rescue you. Do you know of any other places where people abducted from the villages below like you are being held? We want to rescue them together," Leng Ruoli asked him.
Upon hearing this, Physician Ye immediately nodded and said, "I know! Follow me, I'll take you to rescue them."
Subsequently, the four of them followed Physician Ye to a small wooden house in the backyard.
Yin Chen forcefully pried open the lock on the door.
Leng Ruoli immediately took out her flashlight and shone it into the wooden house. She saw six women huddled in the corner, their faces filled with terror as they looked at them. They were wary of Leng Ruoli and Jun Mohan.
At this moment, Physician Ye walked out from behind them and stood before the six women.
"Don't be afraid. These people are here to rescue you," Physician Ye said in a low voice.
Upon seeing Physician Ye, the six women's expressions of terror eased slightly.
This was because they were all from the same village as Physician Ye, and he had saved them multiple times in this bandit's den. Therefore, they were not afraid of Physician Ye. However, these four unfamiliar men and women, whom they had never seen before, made them think they were new bandits coming to drag them out for their pleasure, which made them fearful.
"Physician Ye, is what you're saying true? Is he really here to rescue us?" one of the women asked boldly.
"Yes, we will rescue you tonight. You should come with us now."
Just as Physician Ye was about to speak, Leng Ruoli preempted him and answered the woman.
Upon hearing Leng Ruoli's words, the women all looked at Physician Ye.
Physician Ye quickly said, "Let's trust them this time. Whether we can escape or not, it's better than enduring the insults of those beasts in this mountain stronghold day after day."
"Alright, sisters, I'll seize this opportunity to escape quickly. If we don't escape now, we'll soon be violated and die by those beasts," the bold woman advised.
In fact, they had considered escaping this dreadful place, but each time they tried, they were caught by the bandits and subjected to inhumane torture, where the men would gang-rape them.
Hearing the other woman's words, these women slowly stood up from the ground and quietly followed behind Leng Ruoli and Jun Mohan as they walked out.
"Physician Ye, do you know which part of the stronghold has weaker guards?" Leng Ruoli suddenly asked as everyone exited the wooden house.