They stopped at Xiangjun Courtyard.
Guagua: [Host, this is the place. The men are all inside.]
Song Yaoyao: [Got it.]
Song Yaoyao and the others crept closer and heard pleas for mercy coming from inside:
"Please spare us!"
"We haven't done anything wrong! Why are you punishing us?"
"You must have a reason for punishing us!"
"Exactly! You have to give us a reason!"
"A reason? Take a look at your own standing. Do you think you deserve one?
We'll punish you whenever we please. We don't need a reason!
To tell you the truth, we didn't come here today to punish you. We came to send you to meet the King of Hell."
Screams erupted inside the room as soon as those words fell.
Without another word, Song Qinghui kicked the door open.
Quite a few men were being held inside. They were fleeing in panic, with eight women chasing after them, blades raised.
Seeing this, Song Qinghui and the others charged straight in without delay.
For fear of accidentally hurting the men with their Gatlings, they fought using martial arts instead.
All the men fled toward Song Yaoyao.
Only then did someone notice the man who had first sought help and ask:
"Shu Yi, weren't you taken away? How come you're with the officers?"
"When they told me to get into the carriage, I saw some officers passing by. While the women weren't paying attention, I ran toward the officers with all my strength to beg for help.
When the guards realized I was escaping, they tried to drag me back, but the officers stopped them.
They threatened the officers and even summoned quite a few skilled fighters, trying to defeat the officers and take me away.
The officers killed them outright.
That huge commotion outside the