Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

Yi Lan was considered the culprit behind the poisoning incident, and Gao Junning also paid a large sum of money to the victims, so all the people's anger was directed at her.

On the day of the beheading, the market was bustling with activity, and almost every person with free time went to watch.

Yi Lan sat in the prison van, and before they even reached the market, her body was already covered in rotten vegetable leaves and rotten eggs.

Even worse, they poured the filth from the chamber pot onto her.

"Ah! You lowly people, you worthless people!"

Even the most composed person would go crazy if they smelled the stench on themselves.

Yi Lan looked at those who were shouting and killing her, and felt extremely angry.

She was just an accomplice in this matter; the real culprit was Gao Junning. In the end, Gao Junning was safe and sound because he had a regent father, and he just had to wait to be released.

She herself had suffered such humiliation, and after she escaped, she was determined to take revenge on Gao Junning.

If he hadn't wanted to kill me to cover it up, I wouldn't have been able to escape and get caught.

"This wicked woman dares to call us sluts! Everyone, beat her to death! Beat her to death!"

"What a shameless and wicked woman! She poisoned and killed so many people, and now she's almost dead and still shows no remorse!"

"Kill her! Kill her!"

Some of the people who were nearby heard Yi Lan's insults and became even more enraged, and began to shout for them to be beaten and killed.

When Yilan was brought to the execution platform, she was covered in filth and her face was covered in colorful stains, making her almost unrecognizable.

Su Liluo and Xiao Ye sat at a distance, watching everything downstairs with calm expressions.

"Time's up! Execute!"

After a while, once the official in charge of the execution had everything prepared, he shouted loudly in front of the crowd of people.

A burst of cheers erupted from the crowd, all rejoicing at the killing of this wicked woman.

The midday sun was blindingly bright. The executioner raised his broadsword high, and as the blade was about to fall sharply, the timid people began to close their eyes tightly and turn their heads away.

But just then, a sudden gust of wind swept in, making people lose their balance.

With a sharp 'bang,' the executioner's broadsword fell heavily to the ground as he fell.

"They're here!"

Su Liluo excitedly stood up from her chair, exchanged a glance with Xiao Ye, and then in an instant, countless agile martial arts masters disguised as ordinary people flew out from around them.

Yes, they had anticipated that someone would come today, and this was the moment they had been waiting for.

Soon, a dozen or so people dressed in black and masked appeared on the execution platform. Most of them were petite, with only one tall one, who was slender and agile.

They were quick and efficient, and untied Yilan from the ropes in no time.

"You've finally come. I knew Master wouldn't give up on me."

Yi Lan was moved to tears.

"Fool, if it weren't for you, we wouldn't have taken such a big risk!"

A tall woman in black reprimanded him in a cold voice.

She glanced at Yi Lan impatiently, then quickly turned to face the attack from behind.

Xiao Ye's men were all elites, and they quickly became evenly matched with the dozen or so men in black.

The people below the stage had long since fled in terror, leaving only the fighting men in black and Su Liluo and his group watching from a distant building in the market.

Before long, as Xiao Ye sent out more people, the men in black were clearly outnumbered and struggling to cope.

Seeing that things were not going well, the woman in black at the head of the group narrowed her eyes dangerously and then pulled out a round, white object from her bosom.

He addressed her men, "Ready! Rise!"

Then, suddenly, a thick fog enveloped the execution platform and its vicinity.

When the thick fog dissipated, most of the men in black had already escaped, with only two weaker men being held tightly by Xiao Ye's guards.

"Leave them alive!"

Xiao Ye swiftly flew over from the distant building using his light-footed skills and coldly gave orders to the guards.

The two men in black who had been captured were immediately knocked unconscious by the guards.

"take away!"

Xiao Ye glanced at the man in black and decided to interrogate him personally immediately.

Su Liluo quickly followed, and the two of them went to the interrogation dungeon together.

The black-clad figures who were captured were tied to a pillar. Their masks had been removed, revealing that they were two young women.

"Are you from Xinglan? Who exactly is your master?"

Su Liluo stood in front of the men in black, looked them up and down, and asked.

Through these incidents, she discovered that the people sent by the person behind the scenes were always women, including the black-clad men who escaped today; she figured they should all be women as well.

When the woman in black heard Su Liluo mention Xinglan, she visibly flinched for a moment, and Su Liluo knew she had guessed correctly.

The mastermind behind all this was indeed a mysterious place called Xinglan, and this place was related to his mother's origins.

But after her initial surprise, the woman in black remained silent, as if she were mute.

"Guards, use torture!"

Xiao Ye walked to Su Liluo's side and, seeing that the woman did not answer the question, instructed the guards beside him.

But Su Liluo stopped him as soon as he said it.

"No need, I have a way."

As he spoke, Su Liluo swiftly grabbed the woman in black's chin, then took out a black pill and stuffed it into her mouth.

This is the Truth Pill, and it has the same effect as the Truth Powder I gave Yilan last time.

"Ugh... What did you give me to eat?"

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