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After hearing what the shopkeeper said, the clerk said to the two men, "A woman named Cui Liu went to Li Shuangrong's room."

Fubao frowned: "Cui Liu?"

Li Darong remained silent, looking at Fubao's frowning brows, not daring to breathe.

The shopkeeper walked around the counter and approached Fubao, probing the relationship between Fubao and Wang Li. Fubao answered fluently and did not seem to be faking it, so the shopkeeper dispelled the last bit of doubt and said, "Cui Liu is... a secret prostitute."

Although Li Darong had lost some weight, his still plump body suddenly squeezed in between Fubao and the shopkeeper: "Just tell me, don't dirty my niece's ears."

Fu Bao was stunned for a moment, and the shopkeeper was also stunned. He quickly said, "She is from Qingzhou and was sold to Yuzhou. She has no ability to survive, so she has no choice but to do this kind of business."

Fubao shouted across the air: "How did you know?"

The shopkeeper wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "She's quite famous in this area. She solicits customers openly. Right here on the street... It's hard not to know her. When we first opened, she came here many times. But in the past two months, I've only seen her once, so I remember her clearly."

Fubao's eyes darkened. It was not a coincidence that he had only had his period once in the past two months.

Fubao: "Where does she live?"

The shopkeeper shook his head: "I really don't know, but many people have been to her house. Can we... catch someone on the street and ask him?"

Li Darong didn't care about much else, just wanted to prove his innocence as soon as possible, so he hurried to a street vendor and asked, "Do you know where Cui Liu's house is?"

This really stirred up a hornet's nest. The butcher next door was chopping ribs for a customer. Upon hearing this, she paused with her knife and pointed it directly at the vendor: "What do you mean? Are you still in contact with that bitch? Wang Tianshun, you don't want to live anymore, right!"

The vendor was so scared that he was shaking with fear and kept cursing at Li Darong: "What the hell are you talking about! You are bringing bad luck to me. What Cui Liu? I don't know her! Get out of here!"

Then he repeatedly assured the woman: "How dare I? It's absolutely not true!"

Fu Bao followed closely behind, apologizing repeatedly: "We are just looking for someone, there is no other intention. Since you don't know, I will look for it somewhere else."

The woman calmed down a little, frowned and looked at Fubao: "Girl, why are you looking for her? Whoever gets involved with her will have a bad reputation. Don't dare to go. The daughter of a good family with a clean reputation will be gossiped about."

The woman should be a butcher. She hadn't put down the knife in her hand yet, but the concern in her eyes didn't seem fake.

Fu Bao: "So my sister knows where she is? To be honest, I am looking for her this time to settle the score. The family is in a mess now, all because of her. I have to teach her a lesson..."

The woman's brows relaxed slightly as she said, "Go into this alley and find the third courtyard. It's the small house on the south side."

Fubao thanked him, placed ten copper coins on the table, then turned and walked towards the alley.

The alley was extremely dark. The trees in each yard were dense and tall, providing complete shade. There were no leaves in the winter, and the bare tree trunks were crisscrossed like a big net, trapping people's souls.

The cold wind blew through the dark alleys. Many courtyards were so dilapidated that no one lived there. Judging from the chimneys, there were less than ten households in this large area. There were not many places like this in Yuzhou.

Li Darong hurried to the third yard. The doors of the other houses in the yard were all covered with half-human-high dry grass, half of which was covered in the snow and half was exposed outside.

The only path in front of the south door was just wide enough for one person to pass through.

Li Darong frowned and walked forward, knocking on the door. The old wood couldn't bear the weight and creaked continuously, as if it would break if he knocked harder.

Fubao: "If you don't open the door, I'll smash it!"

Suddenly there was a rustling sound from inside: "Who is it?"

Fu Bao was startled. This voice was totally unlike that of a normal person. It was low and hoarse, unclear and filled with an indescribable sense of depression. Listening to her speak, he felt a little blocked in his heart.

Li Darong kept knocking on the door without saying anything, and the man had no choice but to come out. When he opened the door, he screamed in surprise, and the sound was rough and hoarse, like a frightened duck.

Fubao saw her face. She had a pretty face, but the scar from her brow to her chin was shocking.

Fubao: "Are you Cuiliu?"

As soon as Cui Liu saw Li Darong, she knew everything. She immediately shrank her neck and shouted, "What are you doing? You asked me for money yourself. Are you giving me twenty taels of silver to send away a beggar?"

Li Darong frowned. Twenty taels of silver was not a small amount no matter where it was, especially for someone like her. He laughed in anger: "A beggar won't bite me back."

Fubao looked at the empty house from outside the door. It could be said that there was nothing in it except some bedding and other things.

Fubao: "Cui Liu, where are you going?"

Cui Liu's body froze: "Who are you to me? Why are you asking so many questions? It's none of your business!"

Fu Bao said bluntly: "How much benefit has Princess Li given you? I will give you double." He said this with such finality that the eyes of the woman opposite him suddenly widened.

Li Darong looked at Cui Liu in disbelief, then looked back at Fu Bao: "How come he is related to the princess..."

Cui Liu almost collapsed to the ground, mumbling, "No, no, I don't want to die."

Fu Bao half squatted down, his sharp eyes met her helpless eyes, and said word by word: "If you listen to her, you will die. I can give you a chance to live, it depends on your choice."

Cui Liu didn't believe her words at all. A huge fear swept through her body and even her hands were shaking.

Fu Bao reached out his hand and gently stroked the scar on her face: "Tell me, if she knew that I found you, would she cut another scar? Or make you swallow it..."

Cui Liu suddenly screamed, "Stop talking! Stop talking!"

Fu Bao: "Does she really want to let you go? You have been with her for quite some time. You know what you are going to face next."

Cui Liu's psychological defenses had already been broken beyond recognition, and now they had completely collapsed.

Fu Bao said firmly: "There is no other way now. If you want to live, she must die."

Cui Liu widened her eyes: "No... No, she will torture me to death. As long as I am obedient, the lady will not..."

Fu Bao grabbed her wrist tightly and said, "Then why are you hiding? Stand here and see if the assassin she sent will pierce your throat with a sword."

Cui Liu collapsed and cried, "No, I don't want to die, save me, save me."

Li Darong listened to her hoarse voice and asked in confusion: "Your voice before was clearly..."

Cui Liu: "She has thousands of ways to torture people, and I can't do anything about it. I don't want to hurt anyone either... The lady likes to watch people swallowing coal the most. Those who are disobedient are already very few who can come out alive..."

Fubao's eyes darkened, and he suddenly remembered something, and quickly pulled the person into the house.

Cui Liu panicked: "What's wrong?"

Fubao: "I know why the killer didn't come."

Li Darong looked at her with a puzzled look, and Fubao whispered, "He has been following us..."