With the fire, Chen Shuqing saw clearly the appearance of the visitor. She was young and handsome, with her eyes as water. Although there was an unremovable earthy smell between her eyebrows, she was also a kind-eyed person. More importantly, Chen Shuqing recognized him as the gentler man among the first three. Even when a large number of villagers besieged him with harsh words, he had never said a word that was not good for him.

Chen Shuqing immediately saw a glimmer of hope, sat up, and exclaimed: "Brother, can you really let me out?"

The man looked around vigilantly, squatted down and replied, "I will introduce myself first. My name is Zhang Yingzhuo, a soldier selected by Lianshou Village. I have to trap you here because of my responsibilities. But I have other ideas now and want to communicate with you in my private identity. Tell the truth first, do you really know Abbot Huiyuan of Shaolin Temple?"

Chen Shuqing nodded and said, "It was introduced by Abbot Huiyuan that I came to pick some grass on Shaoxing Mountain. What did I do before I fell into the trap? Brothers should see clearly."

"I understand." Zhang Yingzhuo smiled with understanding and said happily, "Do you know that Abbot Huiyuan is the benefactor of our village? More than 20 years ago, it was him and a group of Shaolin disciples who came to Shaoxing Mountain to eliminate the monsters at that time for us. After so many years, few people have known this. If you said those words during the day, of course the villagers will mistakenly think that you were a monster and deliberately lied to us."

"That's okay, and it's because you are still troubled by monsters today that someone needs to help you. If you let me out, with my strength, one person will be enough to destroy those monsters."

Chen Shuqing said this because she thought Zhang Yingzhuo would release her on this condition. She didn't expect Zhang Yingzhuo to be unmoved. She just said, "Oh, although the monsters at that time were wiped out, four people were sacrificed in Shaolin Temple. About seven or eight years ago, another terrible monster came to our village to eat people every thirty or forty days. At that time, the old village chief had passed away for many years and the village chief Du had already taken office. He didn't want to trouble Shaolin Temple anymore, so he thought of a way to do it once and for all.

Law: That is to gather all the villagers in our village together and then surrounded them with high walls. At first, although some villagers opposed it, since the high walls were built, except for the few villagers who went out, everyone else could live and work in peace. Moreover, the village chief later found out that the little-leafed red sandalwood could trap these monsters, so we dug many traps nearby, and from time to time we could catch some animals. After killing them, meat could also be used as food to make up for the shortcomings of our arable land."

Chen Shuqing suddenly recalled that when she was looking into the scene inside the wall in the tree, she vaguely saw villagers drying dried meat, and she also understood how the villagers inside the wall made a living.

However, this lifestyle of not sharing the same with monsters but relying on monsters for a living really opened Chen Shuqing's eyes and felt a little disgusting.

Zhang Yingzhuo continued to tell: "But in the past year, this method has become increasingly difficult to sustain. For some reason, those monsters have become more and more powerful. Our city gate has been broken twice. Half of the twenty-four soldiers we selected have been sacrificed. The remaining soldiers, including me, live in fear every day, and some time will become the things in the belly of those monsters, alas."

"Then you should let me out!" Chen Shuqing clenched her fists and said, "I promise you that as long as you leave this pit, I will... no, I will immediately kill the monsters' nests to avenge you!"

"No, Miss Shuqing, you misunderstood. The condition I let you go is not this..." Speaking of this, Zhang Yingzhuo turned his gaze away from Chen Shuqing, his face full of shyness.

"What are your conditions?" Chen Shuqing faintly felt an ominous premonition in her heart.

Zhang Yingzhuo wanted to speak but stopped. After a while, he finally plucked up the courage and said, "My condition is that if you let you out, you have to agree to marry me!"

"What?" Chen Shuqing couldn't believe her ears, "Why do you have this kind of thought?"

Zhang Yingzhuo said in a trembling tone: "I am alone. From the first time I saw you, I thought... If I could marry a woman like you in my life, I, Zhang Yingzhuo, would want nothing!"

"But, you already know that I am a monster, do you still insist on this idea?"

"So what about monsters? Do you know how lonely I live in this damn wall? I am twenty-six years old this year. Although they have been chosen as a warrior, no girl is willing to marry me. Do you know why? Because our Lianshou Village is a very long-lived village. Among the more than 1,300 villagers, there are three elderly people over 100 years old. However, because my parents died of illness early, they said that my family has no tradition of longevity and fear that they will marry me. From then on, they will become short-lived ghosts!" Zhang Yingzhuo widened his eyes, and became more and more excited as he spoke. "I kept saying that I was a warrior in the village and the respected "guardian god" of Lianshou Village. As a result... the result is that he respects me so much? This is human nature! Miss Shuqing, if human nature is like this, why should I use my life to protect them? Why don't I go far and live a life that truly belongs to me!"

A few words made Chen Shuqing dumbfounded. From her perspective, Zhang Yingzhuo's face was even more rosy under the combination of shyness and anger. Suddenly, she suddenly recalled the promise Wang Hongqing made to her with a smile on the day 150 years ago.

"Accept, of course, accept... My future wife is a monster, so powerful, I don't have to worry about being bullied anymore... I'm too happy!"

Hypocrisy, cunning... Next, betrayal!

But at that time, Wang Hongqing said to protect himself in a hurry, but today Zhang Yingzhuo didn't have to do this. Therefore, I can believe that what he said is true.

Seeing that Chen Shuqing had not responded for a long time, Zhang Yingzhuo asked again: "Miss Shuqing, have you decided to marry me?"

If I hadn't met Xiaoqi and just married myself like this, it would be fine. However, it was for Xiaoqi that I had to find a way to survive now.

"Okay, I promise you that as long as you let me out, I will marry you."

Ah Qing, I want to return your betrayal to me at that time to this person named Zhang Yingzhuo! Yes, I will feel guilty and blame myself, but I have no choice!

Zhang Yingzhuo's eyes suddenly shone: "Really? Don't regret it?"

"Well, I will never regret it."

Zhang Yingzhuo was about to do something, but suddenly, he stopped again and said vigilantly: "Knowing people and not the heart, who knows what will happen once you are released?"

Chen Shuqing said hurriedly: "It's up to this point. What else do you want me to do before you believe me?"

Zhang Yingzhuo thought about it and asked tremblingly: "How about this, you...you...you will untie your clothes now and let me see your body... Once you have seen it, you will be my person, and I will completely believe you."

Chen Shuqing suddenly felt like five thunders thunder, and said stutteringly: "Why... have such a dirty request?"

"Dirty?" Zhang Yingzhuo's eyes flashed with fierce light and he said sternly, "Since you have promised to marry me, then as a husband, it is natural for me to see my wife's body. What is it called "Dirty"?

Chen Shuqing was about to say something ruling like "We are not yet accused of the church", but suddenly, a sense of extreme distrust for Zhang Yingzhuo arose.

Why did this guy come to me so late to tell me this? Could it be that he deliberately came to trap me, and the purpose was just to satisfy his dirty desires?

What kind of nonsense is that my parents die early and I can’t get my wife? Maybe once I untied my clothes, he would leave with a wicked smile, return to my home in the wall, and be kind to his wife!

No, no, no, the problem is not here, the problem is not whether he has told the truth, the problem is, even if he has told the truth, how can I betray my dignity?

"I'm sorry, brother, I can't agree to you this request!"

"Don't call me brother!" Zhang Yingzhuo suddenly said furiously, "Aren't you looking forward to coming out of this cage? Are you lying to me just now?"

"Yes, my words are all lies." Chen Shuqing said sadly, "I told lies to survive, but now I understand that some things are more worthy of cherishing than life... I don't want to deceive you anymore, I'm sorry."

"You, you..." Zhang Yingzhuo suddenly felt that the last bit of self-esteem in his heart was completely destroyed, but he was still unwilling to accept it, "At the latest, they will come to kill you. Before that, you have some time to consider, so take care of yourself!"

After saying that, Zhang Yingzhuo stood up with a gloomy face and left with a whispered sleeve.

The light became weaker and weaker, and soon the dark silence around him returned to the previous darkness.
Chapter completed!