Yun Qing glanced at Ximei, and Ximei looked at Fang Bo timidly with innocent eyes.

Yun Qing sneered: "You are the ungrateful person from the Fang family!"

Ximei was so scared that she wanted to hide behind Fang Bo, but Fang He held Fang Bo away from her in disgust.

"I, I, I didn't do it. I'm not an ungrateful person...Brother, brother, save me..." Ximei stood there helplessly with tears in her eyes, like a poor abandoned child.

Fang Bo felt a little sorry, but when he thought about how Ximei had brought these evil people here and almost killed the whole village, he could not forgive her.

Yun Qing looked at the three people with great interest: "I don't want to get involved in your Fang family's affairs, but! I want to know, since you have already pawned her clothes, are you still not satisfied? Why did you secretly keep her hairpin and dare to pawn it."

Fang Bo was also shocked when he heard this: "Ximei! You, you actually exchanged Miss Mu's clothes for money and stole her hairpin."

"I, I... I didn't steal it... I picked it up..." Ximei's eyes were evasive.

Yun Qing: "Did you pick it up?"

He was getting impatient, and his tone became even colder: "I'm giving you one last chance. It's up to you whether you're willing to tell the truth or not. I don't have time to waste on you!"

Ximei looked up and secretly glanced at Yunqing, then quickly lowered her head: "I didn't steal it, I found this hairpin and wanted to pawn it for money to treat my brother's leg."

"You're talking nonsense!" Fang He was inconsolable. "You knew Miss Mu was going to take Big Brother to get his legs treated, yet you stole her hairpin and said you were going to treat Big Brother's legs. Who are you going to ask for? Doctor Liu from the next village?"

When Ximei heard what Fang He said, she immediately became furious. She glared at Fang He fiercely and said, "Who should I ask you to do? It's better than you selling out my brother!"

"What? I sold my elder brother? Who did I sell my elder brother to? Explain clearly."

"Hmph! Don't think I don't know. You're just attracted by that vixen's wealth. You want to sell Big Brother to her so you can live a good life!"

"You, you are talking nonsense..."

"Enough!" Yun Qing stood there, unable to bear it any longer. His face turned ashen with anger. "Since I've given you a chance and you still refuse to tell the truth, then save the truth for when you go to Hades!"

Not only Ximei was shocked, but even the Fang brothers were shocked. Fang Bo still couldn't bear it: "Sir, can you let her go just this once? She's still a child..."

"Child? Who is the child?"

Suddenly a cold wind blew away the morning mist, and snowflakes suddenly began to float in the sky.

Everyone felt the temperature drop suddenly and they were all shivering. Even Yun Qing felt cold and wrapped his cloak tightly around him.

Along with the drifting snowflakes, a man in black clothes, wearing a black cloak and a black hood, came walking on the snow.

Yun Qing sighed helplessly, remembering Mu Qingcheng's words: "It takes capital to act cool and handsome." This statement really came true for Ming Yuan.

"Senior, you are here! Where is Nuannuan?" Facing Mingyuan, Yun Qing had to salute him politely.

"Yes! Don't worry, dear disciple! Master has brought your sweetheart safely."

Yun Qing was completely furious. Was Ming Yuan serious? He kept calling him "Master" and really treated him as his disciple. Even if he didn't admit it, others would think Ming Yuan was his Master.

"Where's Nuannuan?"

Ming Yuan scratched his head and thought carefully: "The girl said that you are not trustworthy and she doesn't want to see you for the time being. Then she went to the village chief's house."

Hiss! Yun Qing knew he was in the wrong and pulled the corners of his mouth awkwardly.

Mu Qingcheng was worried about Yun Qing and didn't want to be separated from him. She had said that she would go with Yun Qing, but Yun Qing coaxed her to sleep and left, leaving her to Ming Yuan's care. It would be strange if she wasn't angry.

Yun Qing forced himself to change the subject and turned his attention back to the three Fang brothers.

"What do you think, senior?" He raised his eyebrows at the three people.

Mingyuan slowly walked to Yunqing's side and slowly took off his hood, revealing his pale and beautiful face and flowing white hair.

What others saw was amazement, but what Ximei saw was horror.

Ming Yuan said word by word: "The Japanese barbarians - the Yao people"

Ximei suddenly became crazy after hearing this. She screamed in fear without realizing it and started to run away in a crazy manner.

Yun Qing naturally couldn't let her escape: "Bai Ze, go and bring her back to me."

The little fox Bai Ze was very human-like. He howled twice and then rushed out. In a few steps, he jumped onto the back of Ximei's neck, showed his claws, and started scratching Ximei's head and face.

Ximei screamed and cried miserably: "Get out of here, get out of here..."

Ming Yuan's eyes were immediately drawn to the little fox. He observed it with great interest, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes: "This little fox is quite interesting and quite intelligent!"

He turned to look at Yun Qing, his lips curled up slightly. "Is this the fox you raised? It would be a shame if such a clever creature is not tamed properly. How about letting me help you tame it?"

Yun Qing quickly waved his hands after hearing this: "Senior, this is unacceptable! This little fox is Nuan Nuan's pet, she won't give it away."

Ming Yuan stroked his chin thoughtfully, muttering to himself, "Is that so! It turns out to be that little girl's pet... It's really a bit difficult to deal with."

Yun Qing was really afraid that he would compete with Mu Qingcheng for the fox, so she quickly changed the subject: "Senior, why do you say she is a Japanese?"

Ming Yuan pointed at Xi Mei, who had been caught like a cat by Bai Ze, and asked the two brothers, "You said this girl is your sister? Is she your biological sister?"

The Fang brothers were a little panicked. Fang Bo: "She was picked up by my mother from the mountains. Although she is not my biological child, she was raised by my mother. She is our sister! My dear, please let my sister go! I am willing to compensate her..."

Ming Yuan sneered: "Sister? She looks much bigger than you."

"What did you say?" The Fang brothers exclaimed at the same time, completely unaware of why Mingyuan said that?

Ming Yuan: "How old was she when she came to your house?"

Fang He: "About one year old!"

"Do you notice anything unusual about her?"

Fang He looked at Ximei with disgust and recounted all the things he had suffered at her hands since childhood. Even Fang Bo was shocked, as he had never heard Fang He talk about these things with him before.

"Ah, why didn't you ever tell me?"

"Brother, I told you this when we were little, but you never believed me. Later, I realized you wouldn't believe me even if I told you, so I didn't want to tell you anymore."

Fang Bo said guiltily: "Ah He, I'm sorry. It's my fault for not taking good care of you."

The two brothers hugged each other and cried bitterly. Yun Qing was puzzled: "Senior, what is going on?"

Ming Yuan's lips curled up into a sinister smile, and he spoke in a low voice, "There's a tribe called the Xiuyao on the island of Dongying. The people of this tribe are born with disabilities and are abnormally short in stature. As a result, they are often bullied by outsiders. The Xiuyao people have extremely perverse and violent personalities, and they hate all normal people."

"Their tribe possesses a secret technique. It's said that this technique can rejuvenate adults, even turning them into infants. The Yao people use this technique to disguise themselves as shipwrecked children at sea, deceiving passing merchant ships. Once the merchant ships board, they begin slaughtering and plundering. They're notorious throughout the East China Sea!"

This was really unbelievable. Everyone looked at Ximei in disbelief, wanting to see the shadow of an adult in her. Unfortunately, no matter how they looked at her, she was still a child.

"Why, you don't believe me? You can see there's a red circular mark on the Fengmen acupuncture point on her back."

Ximei hugged her arms tightly and shouted frantically: "I don't have anything, I don't have anything on me..."

Everyone: "..." She said it all.

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