Although the little apprentice sister is weak, she can fight

She enjoyed this kind of taming game. So what if it was just a sparrow? Wouldn't it be better to pluck its feathers and prevent it from flying?

She looked at Shen Qiao with a little pride as he opened his lips and teeth with trembling eyes, his pupils almost dilated, but he just didn't respond.

The suggestive function of "Charming Words" is not just talk. Even though this kid is so injured, he can still fight against her with his willpower. He is really a rare and good material. If he can be raised by her and educated slowly, he will definitely become a great help. Unfortunately, he is still too stubborn.

"Miaoyun. Bring that here."

Hearing Cui Hongjin's call, the woman who was sitting by the bed and watching intently quickly came to her senses and stood up. She took out a small rosewood box from her arms and opened it. She saw a silk cocoon placed safely inside.

Seeing Cui Hongjin stuffing the cocoon into the boy's mouth and letting him swallow it, Miaoyun frowned with some worry.

"City Lord, just based on the few moves he exchanged with that swordsman, are you sure you want to take him in?"

Cui Hongjin saw that the cocoon was planted, then he let go of his hand and stood up, "Take him to rest, and bring him to see me when he wakes up."

The young man in black nodded, walked over, picked up the dazed Shen Qiao and left the room.

"The person we let go last time is back, and he came back with another man and a woman." Cui Hongjin watched the door close before speaking slowly.

"Since they were able to find it, they must have discovered something. This is a good opportunity for us."

Miaoyun took a few steps forward and said, "But the two people who just arrived have been spotted by Chang Xu and his gang. If we approach them now, we'll probably arouse suspicion."

"I have my own way of doing this," Cui Hongjin chuckled meaningfully. "If they want to investigate this Fenyan Restaurant, let them do it. If they encounter any inconveniences, we can help them. But they are outsiders after all, and their every move must be under our own supervision."

"No matter what, we must try to borrow this external force."

I thought he would be a troublesome character.

Shen Qiao, who heard everything clearly, withdrew his consciousness and continued to pretend to be unconscious with his head lowered.

The young man in black who took her away didn't seem to notice anything unusual about her. He helped Shen Qiao to the next room as Cui Hongjin instructed, threw her on the bed, and left.

Hearing that the young man in black had left, Shen Qiao opened his eyes immediately, raised his hand and pressed a few acupoints on himself, then tilted his head and spat out a mouthful of blood, along with the cocoon.

Sure enough, this bug is disgusting no matter what time you look at it.

She looked away and moved her shoulders.

The woman named Miaoyun had just mentioned a name, "Chang Xu"? She remembered that the owner of this Fenyan Restaurant seemed to be surnamed Chang. From what the city lord Cui Hongjin said, it seemed that he was not on good terms with this person?

Also, "the person who was let go last time", "a man and a woman who were traveling with them", maybe these are referring to the three senior brothers Mu?

Cui Hongjin wanted to use Senior Brother Mu and others to eliminate the power of Fenyan Restaurant, but he had no one under his command. He happened to see her fighting a few moves with Luo Dai with bare hands downstairs, so he wanted to bring her to his side.

Shen Qiao figured out the clue, but after thinking about it again and again, he still felt that there were some key points that he had not grasped.

This person just said that she has her own way to contact Senior Brother Mu and the others. What is that method?

Shen Qiao sat cross-legged on the bed, thinking about it, and suddenly realized, "Could it be..."

On the other side, Luo Dai regretted following in.

This place leads underground. I walked along the almost vertical stairs for an unknown amount of time before I left the stairs and entered a flat, dark corridor. I continued walking forward. At the end of the corridor was a red iron gate nearly eight feet high. The two women leading the way showed a token to the guards on the left and right of the door before they were let in.

Luo Dai didn't have this thing, but she hid her body and sneaked in.

On both sides of the door were two layers of neatly stacked iron cages. Each layer of cages was filled with people. They were locked up like livestock. The air was filled with the smell of blood, feces and decay.

Many of those locked in cages were mentally ill. Luo Dai saw with her own eyes a disheveled and unrecognizable man catch a stray mouse and stuff it into his mouth to chew it raw.

Luo Dai covered her nose with her sleeve to suppress her nausea and vomiting and followed forward for a distance. After passing this narrow passage, her vision became obviously wider, which allowed her to see something even worse.

“Kill me… Kill me…”

"Don't peel my skin...don't..."

“It hurts…it hurts…”

Faint wailing sounds like the buzzing of mosquitoes and flies rose and fell, dirty blood flowed all over the ground, those who were hooked by the shoulder blades were hung high above the pool of blood, blood dripped down their bodies, and the red pool was already filled with deep red blood.

This wasn't some kind of wine cellar, it was a living hell!

This scene almost made her vomit. Where had she ever seen such a place in her past life? Now she didn't want to stay any longer. Without even bothering to see where the two women went, she turned around and left.

However, when she turned around, she heard a series of unhurried footsteps coming from the narrow path she came from. Soon, a man in a dark green cloak walked in, and as soon as he appeared, he clearly cast his gaze in the direction of Luo Dai.

Luo Dai was startled, but when she heard the man speak, the female voice gave her goose bumps.

"Why are you in such a hurry to leave? You haven't fulfilled your mission yet."

He can see her?!

Luo Dai was wondering how she got exposed when she heard the rattling sound of iron chains.

She quickly came to her senses and ducked to avoid the two shiny iron hooks that brushed past her shoulders.

The green-clothed man's eyes lit up when he saw Luo Dai hide in time, and he seemed to be more excited. "It just so happens that I haven't been active for a long time. Today..."

"I'll use you, my little mouse, as a practice."

when--

His gaze fell back to the front hall of Fenyan Restaurant.

After five or six performances, the former manager came on stage in person and struck the gong.

"I mentioned earlier that today is a special day. It's not just because it's membership day at my Fenyan Restaurant, but more importantly, it's because the Lord Mayor of Bishui City is finally getting married!"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a burst of cheers and applause in the hall.

The steward waited cheerfully for the shouting to die down before continuing, "The Lord City Lord has spoken. She doesn't care about anything else but a face. The previous performances were actually the people our restaurant had chosen for the Lord City Lord."

"'Marry a husband'? That sounds interesting." Gu Xu took a sip of tea with interest.

Mu Jiu retracted his gaze and flicked the floating leaves in the teacup. "The Lord of Bishui City is a woman. Thinking this way, it's normal."

Gu Xu nodded in understanding.

"But unfortunately, our city lord didn't like her. But one of you sitting here has caught her eye!"

After saying that, Gu Xu saw a figure in purple nimbly slipping in from the window. The woman with a half mask on her face squatted directly in front of Mu Jiu with a hydrangea in her hand.

"Sir, are you willing to come back with me and be my husband?"

Mu Jiu's hand holding the tea shook noticeably, while Gu Xu beside him choked on a mouthful of water and started coughing.

Don’t the people in Bishui City consider other people’s lives when they act?