Marry my elder sister? Fine! I'll give you the letter of annulment and marry someone else.

However, those burly men knew the situation well and stepped aside without giving Xie Ting a chance to bully others.

Xie Ting felt a little regretful, "Where is your backbone?"

Those burly men were secretly complaining in their hearts that backbone is more important than life!

Song Zhi walked into the house smoothly.

There were many oil lamps burning inside, and the whole room was as bright as day.

Song Zhi chose a place that looked comfortable and sat down. "Master Zhang, long time no see."

Zhang Liu, who was still sitting on the stage, did not move. From the moment he heard that someone outside had surrounded the place, he knew that he could not escape.

Since you can't run away anyway, you might as well sit down and have some tea elegantly.

Hearing Song Zhi's words, he said with a forced smile, "It's been a long time, Your Majesty."

He emphasized the words "Empress" with obvious sarcasm.

Song Zhi frowned, "You are blaming us."

Zhang Liu sneered, but was honest and sincere. "Shouldn't I be blamed?"

He sat motionless in his chair, his eyes dark. "At first, I really wanted to join forces with you to conquer the world, but in the end, you left me in the capital without caring about my life or death. You are so high and mighty, acting like the Empress, but have you ever thought about the life and death of a small person like me?"

Song Zhi spoke truthfully, "We looked for you when we left, but couldn't find you, so we left you a letter. Later, we kept contacting you through letters, but you never replied."

"Humph, that's nonsense. Do you think I'm a three-year-old child who can be fooled?"

Zhang Liu gritted his teeth and said, "I was in the mansion at the beginning and didn't go anywhere. If you came looking for me, you wouldn't be able to find me. Not to mention leaving any letters, I haven't received a single one."

Song Zhi looked at Zhang Liu's expression and felt a little strange when he saw that he didn't look like he was lying.

They did look for the person and did leave the letter, but Zhang Liu knew nothing about it.

She thought for a moment and said, "Or maybe you should think about whether there's a traitor among those around you. For example, has anyone who used to work in your house and you trusted become famous inexplicably later on?"

Seeing Song Zhi's serious expression, Zhang Liu hesitated for a moment, "You really didn't abandon me?"

But soon, without waiting for Song Zhi to answer, he said to himself: "Everyone around me was exiled because of me. There is no one who has made a fortune. Now that you have caught me, you can kill me or chop me up as you please. Don't try to deceive me with sweet words again."

Since the reason could not be found out for the time being, Song Zhi did not waste any more time arguing with him about it.

"Zhang Liu, you were once mine. You haven't done anything irreparable wrong. I won't kill you. I'll make a decision after I've thoroughly investigated the whole story."

Having said that, she asked Xie Ting to tie the man up and take him away.

Zhang Liu didn't expect that even after he had slandered her like that, she didn't even kill him with a sword to vent her anger.

Thinking of this, he struggled and gritted his teeth and said, "Swear that you have never abandoned me."

Song Zhi raised three fingers and said, "I swear, if I ever abandon my allies, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death."

She has always been clear about what she loves and hates, and almost anyone who stands on her side is accepted into the Phoenix Kingdom by her.

The remaining few who did not go to Phoenix Country were also due to Zhang Liu's special situation, not because of her indifference.

So, she really has a clear conscience.

Zhang Liu moved his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he was a little hesitant.

Seeing him like this, Song Zhi said directly: "Just say whatever you want to say."

Zhang Liu took a deep breath and said, "Although I know this suggestion is shameless, can you please let me go? I know where my former confidants were exiled, and I want to personally investigate what is going on."

"You know your proposal is shameless. How could we possibly let you go? Think about how you've slandered the boss. Now you're a prisoner, an enemy, a dying man. We..."

"no problem."

Xie Ting was still arguing, but Song Zhi agreed.

Xie Ting: “…”

"Boss, you must be kidding me. Why would you let him go? Anyone who dares to spread rumors about you like that should have his tongue cut off as a warning to others."

"There are doubts about this matter, and I don't want to be called ungrateful."

Without a second thought, she let Xie Ting release Zhang Liu, and kindly asked, "Just go and investigate. Do you need a few people to protect you? I'm afraid you'll think I want to send people to monitor you, so it's up to you to decide whether you want to or not."

Zhang Liu was stunned again. He just asked tentatively, but Song Zhi actually let him go.

Could it be that what she said was true!

Such frankness made him have some trust in Song Zhi.

"I need to."

Zhang Liu's eyes became firm. "I might die before I even reach the destination. I need someone to protect me."

Song Zhi waved his hand, "Okay, go ahead, I'll arrange ten secret guards for you."

Zhang Liu stood there without moving, "Are you really going to let me go?"

"if not?"

Zhang Liu is not a very important person, so it will not be a loss for her to let him go.

"Are you planning to send me away and then kill me on the way?!"

"What's the difference between that and me killing you now?"

Song Zhi asked sincerely, "Could it be that keeping you away from death will help improve my prestige?"

Zhang Liu remained silent because he felt that what Song Zhi said made sense.

He is in a desperate situation right now. He was caught red-handed spreading rumors and causing trouble. If Song Zhizhen wants him dead, she will just kill him directly. No one dares to say a word to her.

So he put on a serious expression and said, "If I find out that you really haven't abandoned me, I will clarify all the rumors to everyone."

In the yard, the people stood there with trembling legs and pale faces. They really regretted that they should not have come here to listen to the story and join in the fun today.

Now he’s good, he’ll definitely be beaten to death with sticks.

Mr. Hu was blocked in the house by the female devil, and he had no idea what kind of hell he was going through.

"Maybe he was pulling out his muscles and skinning him. To prevent us from hearing his screams, he simply chopped off Mr. Hu's tongue."

"Chopping off the tongue will always make a painful sound, but it's very quiet in there right now. I think the female devil must have knocked Mr. Hu unconscious and then stuck needles into his body. When he woke up from the pain, she continued to knock him unconscious until she had stuck a thousand needles into him."

Everyone had rich imaginations and various bloody scenes flashed through their minds.

Some of the less courageous ones almost fainted, "How about I...I'll just bite my tongue and commit suicide. At least it will be a more peaceful death."

As everyone was speculating in low voices, the door slowly opened.

Everyone held their breath and looked over.

The next second, Mr. Hu, who had been tortured in various ways in their minds, walked out with a big belly.

Not only was his body intact, but his face didn't look frightened either.

Everyone was astonished and watched Mr. Hu swagger out of the yard.