The queen is crazy and spoiled, and the tyrant bows to her

Jiang Wantang's voice was gentle yet firm, like a ray of light in the darkness.

The women huddled in the corner, their bodies trembling constantly, with fear still in their eyes. But after hearing Jiang Wantang's firm words, their emotions gradually stabilized and they didn't make a sound.

While comforting them, Jiang Wantang looked around but did not see Yun Shang.

She asked softly, "Have you seen Yunshang, the new courtesan at Fengyue Tower?"

"Do you know where she is?"

The women were stunned at first, and then some of them shook their heads slightly.

A moment later, a woman with a pretty face but red and swollen cheeks said with trembling lips in a voice so weak that it was almost inaudible, "I... I know, she... she was taken away by those evil people in Beishan. They said... they said they would leave the most beautiful ones for their leader to enjoy first.

Jiang Wantang's heart sank suddenly.

She patted the women's shoulders and whispered to them, "Don't be afraid. Everyone guarding outside is dead."

"Now, all of you put on your clothes and find a secluded place to hide. Don't let anyone see you."

"Someone will come up the mountain to take you away tomorrow."

Jiang Wantang left marks along the way when she went up the mountain. She believed that Xie Zhiyan and the others would be able to find this place.

After ensuring the safety of these women, Jiang Wantang quickly rushed to Beishan.

She shuttled quickly through the mountains and forests.

The night was as dark as ink, and the coldness in the North Mountain was even more intense than in the southeast where they were just now.

From a distance, Jiang Wantang saw a huge camp hidden in the woods.

There are two watchtowers on both sides of the camp gate, and there are people guarding the camp with torches on all sides, making it look like a bandit's nest who occupy the mountain and rule the country.

Thinking of the word "bandit", Jiang Wantang suddenly remembered something.

She remembered the palace banquet. Qi Ming brought Lei Shiyi, a rough and unruly mountain man, into the palace because of his meritorious service in suppressing bandits.

Now it seems that when he talked about suppressing the bandits, he clearly just took those bandits into his pocket and used them for his own purposes.

And this should be the Qi family’s secret nest.

There were many guards around, so Jiang Wantang held his breath and approached the camp very cautiously.

Inside the camp, there are rows of small wooden houses. Behind the wooden houses is a more magnificent main building, which is two stories high.

There was a large open space in the middle with a huge bonfire burning and guards patrolling back and forth.

From time to time, one could hear some rough shouts and unbridled laughter coming from the main village.

Jiang Wantang cleverly avoided the sight of the patrolling guards and shuttled between the wooden houses until she heard a faint woman sobbing in front of a wooden house.

Her heart suddenly tightened, and she slowly approached the window, looking into the house in the light of the fire. She saw a woman in coarse cloth curled up in a corner. Her clothes were tattered and her body was covered with shocking scars. Her hair was scattered on her face, her eyes were empty, and her face was full of tears.

Jiang Wantang quietly climbed in through the window. The woman heard the noise and looked towards Jiang Wantang. She was stunned for a moment, but she didn't panic or scream.

She looked at Jiang Wantang's bright red wedding gown, wiped the tears from her face with her hand, and said weakly, "Are you the 'bride' that those people are talking about being sent up the mountain tonight?"

Jiang Wantang asked doubtfully, "Those people?"

The woman continued, "It's the leader of this village, Commander Wu."

As she spoke, she hugged her arms tightly, as if this could give her some sense of security. Whenever she mentioned those people and recalled their evil deeds, her body would tremble slightly unconsciously.

"I heard they'll start choosing the 'bride' tomorrow morning. Since you know some martial arts, why don't you run off quickly?"

"Those people are not human, they are animals."

Her body trembled with excitement, and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between her teeth, expressing her gnashing hatred for these evil people.

Jiang Wantang raised his hand to pat her shoulder, but felt something wet...

The wet and sticky touch made her heart tighten suddenly.

Jiang Wantang lowered her eyes to look at the blood between her fingers, her pupils trembling, and asked worriedly, "Are you... okay?"

The woman turned around trembling, and Jiang Wantang saw the shocking scars on her back, including whip marks and bite marks. Her entire back was covered in blood and flesh, and blood was still flowing out.

"Did they do it?"

Jiang Wantang's voice was terrifyingly low, her eyes were red with anger, her fists were clenched, her knuckles were white, and they were trembling slightly.

The woman's face was as pale as paper, her lips trembling slightly, and she said weakly: "Run quickly, it will be too late if you are late."

Jiang Wantang closed his eyes and said in a deep voice, "I won't leave. I'm here to find my sister."

"Do you know where the other women are being held?"

The woman nodded and said, "The other women are imprisoned in the underground dungeon in the village. There... it's heavily guarded, and it's difficult to get in..."

She paused, as if recalling something terrible, her body trembling violently. "I was arranged to rest in this wooden house because I just served Commander Wu tonight."

Jiang Wantang's pupils tightened. He reached out and touched the woman's messy hair, saying soothingly, "Don't be afraid. Rest here first."

"When I come back, I'll take you away with me."

The woman lowered her head and said nothing.

When Jiang Wantang turned around, the woman raised her hand and grabbed her sleeve. With a firm look in her eyes, she said, "I'll take you there."

"They won't stop me, you just follow me secretly..."

"Are you okay with this?" Jiang Wantang asked worriedly.

The woman didn't answer. She stood up tremblingly and walked out of the cabin.

Jiang Wantang followed her and arrived at the underground dungeon smoothly.

The so-called secret cell was similar in style to the cell Jiang Wantang had seen in the Dali Temple, but the conditions were worse.

There were many women imprisoned in the secret cell. They ate leftover soup and rice, and used the toilet in another basin next to the rice bowl.

Food and excrement were piled in the same corner, which was even worse than a pigsty.

At that time, deep in the dark prison, Yun Shang was tied to the rack, still wearing the gorgeous dress she wore when she danced on the Fengyue Tower. Her hair was disheveled, her clothes were neat, and there was blood at the corner of her mouth.

The person standing in front of Yun Shang and torturing her was the sinister and cunning Qi Ming.

He held a red-hot iron in his hand and said sinisterly, "You should still remember my cousin Qi Gui who died tragically, right?"

"I later searched for a long time but couldn't find the person who assassinated him."

"Until I heard that he had been obsessed with you during his lifetime, but just the night before he was about to get you, he was brutally murdered and his penis was cut off."

"Tell me, how could there be such a coincidence in this world?"