The Princess Story's
Bait and bait
"Because I'm a girl, then I can help you Your Majesty!" said Se Se Flat. He was tired of fighting with the young man.
"You mean, Miss wants to be bait?" ask Yu.
"Yes, I will be the bait to lure those people in." Se Se replied confidently.
"But it's too dangerous Miss Flo, you don't have to do that. I'll find another girl to be his bait." Yu persuaded.
Yu looked at King Wei in the hope that King Wei would help him persuade Miss Flo. But King Wei was silent, he said nothing.
Se Se looked at King Wei who did not comment, he said "Your Majesty, I will be his bait!"
"Whatever!" replied King Wei without seeing the girl.
Yu ruffled his hair in frustration at the attitude of his master.
Se Se and Yu changed into simple clothes to disguise themselves as commoners. The clothes were borrowed from Zhou's servants. King Wei did not come along because he could not take off his mask in front of Se Se.
"I will wait for the other bodyguards here" said King Wei.
Se Se and Yu go to a restaurant that is considered suspicious. Many cases of girls go missing while going to that place. They sat as if they did not know each other.
Yu ordered some warm tea and some dishes, Se Se ordered wine to attract the attention of the fish he was going to lure.
The waiter marks a man standing at the checkout by winking his eyes, as if to tell him that there is a new target.
"Miss, please come with me inside. The wine you ordered today is only available to guests in private rooms" the man's maid said.
"Alright, please show me the way." replied Se Se.
Yu was worried to see the Miss following the maid, he was sure the maid had evil intentions.
"What am I supposed to do? If I follow him, then we will be caught." Inner Yu.
Se Se seemed to be able to read Yu's mind, he looked at Yu and shook his head slowly. She tells Yu not to follow her.
Yu obeyed Se se's orders, he pretended to enjoy his food and noticed the face of the maid who was carrying the girl.
Se Se was taken to a room containing many jars. The jars were huge, even humans could fit into them.
Se Se frowned and asked inwardly, "What is the contents of this urn?"
The waiter opened a door behind the curtain and let Se Se in.
This time he saw a luxurious room containing antiques. To the right of the room was neatly arranged books that had no idea what they were.
On the left is a closet with many rooms without a lid. The room in the closet was decorated with antiques that looked expensive.
There is a table and several chairs at the end of the room, such as a table to welcome guests.
"Miss, please wait here!" said the waiter and then left Se Se alone.
Se Se was sitting on a chair at the very end, he was waiting for the maid while watching the contents of the room.
"You what is this? Like the smell of incense, but no incense can be seen here!" inner Se Se.
He noticed the neatly arranged antiques in the closet, but found no origin from the smell of incense.
"Is there another room here?" the question is in the mind.
Se Se noticed the bookshelf that was beside the wall. He approached the shelf, smelling an incense stench stronger than there.
Noticing the sound of footsteps, Se Se returned to sit on the chair. The waiter delivered the wine he ordered.
"Thank you." replied Se Se.
The waiter walked out of the room, Se Se came back to the bookshelf and tried to shift the shelf.
Various ways he tried to shift the bookshelf but did not succeed. He thought of a strange way that usually exists in television dramas, which is to find objects that are connected as keys to the entrance of a secret room.
He started trying to lift the first jar. The jar looks normal, nothing strange because the jar can be lifted easily. Then proceed to the second jar, still can be lifted.
Se Se raised all those antiques but there was nothing strange about them.
"What might be connected in a book?" he said inwardly.
He started pulling books off the shelf. From top to bottom.
"SWOSH...!" the bookshelf shifted, looking like an open door as Se Se pulled the last book at the end of the shelf.
"Wow, it turns out that absurd things do exist in this world!" inner Se Se.
He entered the dark room. The room was like a passageway leading to another place. Se Se traced the hallway until there was light at the end of the hallway.
"Akhc!!"
Se Se let out her shock, she let out a small scream while closing her lips with her hands.
The girl stepped back in surprise and looked panicked when she saw the scene in front of her.
Some girls are tied up there in terrible conditions. The girls were tied to crosses lined up and lined up with each other.
Their faces were full of incision wounds and there were some among them who had burns on the forehead with slave inscriptions.
Their bodies were full of whip wounds in a half-naked condition. Their clothes were like a thin cloth that only covered the outside of the skin, even the whip marks and burns on their bodies were still clearly visible from behind the cloth.
The fabric, which was originally white, was red because the blood flowing from the lash wound became a natural dye.
Se Se looked at them with indescribable pity. His eyes began to glaze over as he thought about what the young girls had already experienced.
He took out his dagger, wanting to immediately untie them, but his hand came to a halt as he was about to cut the rope that tied the girl's wrist in front of him.
"I won't be able to get them all out of here. They would all die if I acted rashly. Even I would be in danger if caught in this place. I have to think of another plan!" inner Se Se.
He was about to exit the place, but when he heard a girl muttering, he turned around and looked for the origin of the sound.
"Zhou Han Lu. I will curse you!" the girl muttered repeatedly, with a weak voice.
"Zhou Han Lu? Zhou Family?" inner Se Se.
Se Se looked at the girl with a face of disbelief, as if hearing an impossible thing. The girl mentioned the name of General Zhou's descendant.
Se Se walked out and closed the secret door again. The girl sat down and pretended to enjoy her drink, even though her mind was drifting somewhere.
A waiter came in with some sweets.
"This sweet is specially prepared for Miss, please enjoy!" said the waiter while putting some sweets dishes on the table.
The waiter was beside Se Se who was sitting daydreaming.
"Bronch!"
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