Chapter 111 Chapter 18

The madam was also worried, and when she saw Ruoruo slowly walking towards her, she subconsciously took two steps back.

Even the security guards of Chunxiang Pavilion met such a fate. She... she was afraid that her life would be over!

But Ruo Ruo stopped a few steps away from her.

The madam was so upset that she didn't even dare to breathe.

Just when the madam thought she was going to follow in their footsteps, she only heard Mudan sighing in her ear.

This sigh is deep and mournful, revealing a special meaning.

The madam finally regained a sense of familiarity with Peony with this sigh.

But she still didn't dare speak first. She had always taught the girls of Chunxiang Pavilion to cherish their lives. Life was the most important thing. She wasn't just trying to fool the girls; the madam truly believed that. So, she cherished her own life even more.

Ruo Ruo just looked at her without moving closer. "Mom, take care of yourself."

After saying that, she turned around and walked out, Ji Binyang followed closely behind her.

She had no choice about what to do with the madam.

Because the madam is different from those people. Those people may appear decent on the surface, but in fact, the people she employs do a lot of disgusting things behind the scenes.

The madam may not appear to be a kind person who is easy to mess with, but she is still kind to Mudan.

The madam should have been thankful, but looking at the noble and imposing figure that no longer looked like that of an ordinary person, she felt an inexplicable sense of loss.

"Little Sixteen!" The madam suddenly called out to her, "Take care of yourself too."

"If you find that things outside are not good, come back."

The last sentence was so faint that it seemed inaudible, but Ruo Ruo paused slightly, clearly listening. However, she did not turn around.

The madam has been in Chunxiang Pavilion for more than 30 years and has been a mother for more than 10 years, but she is also a human being, and she also has this name in those distant memories.

She just couldn't say it, couldn't mention it, and she couldn't think about it either. If she thought about it too much, she would easily develop unnecessary thoughts.

As time went by, she almost forgot her own name... But at this moment, she suddenly remembered Mudan's original code name...

Of course, before leaving, Ji Binyang did not forget to add a formation next to Song San.

The others were just ordinary people, and whether they could make it through depended entirely on their willpower. But Song San had to survive.

"Okay, let's go." Ji Binyang nodded with satisfaction after adding the formation.

Ruo Ruo stood there waiting for him. Seeing his things, she pointed at two men who had suffered enough for her. "They are both worth an extra formation to prevent them from having an easy life."

As for the others, Ruo Ruo glanced around and didn't bother with them any more.

Wait until you get out of Chunxiang Pavilion.

On the way, Ji Binyang actually didn't understand why Ruoruo chose to let the madam go. But before he could ask, Ruoruo started talking on her own.

"Mom used to be a miserable person too. You may think she's quite successful now, bold and sophisticated, but her life wasn't easy either."

The most important thing is, it’s funny, that Mudan’s days in Chunxiang Pavilion were many times more comfortable than her days at home when she was a child.

The original body was reborn many times, each time suffering misery, but never once did he complain about the madam's cruelty. On the contrary, Mudan was grateful to her.

Even in some reincarnations, the madam taught her a lesson without any consideration for her feelings.

"By the way, don't you think I made those people suffer too much? Although they chased me, they were only working for Chunxiang Pavilion." Ruoruo suddenly stopped asking questions and turned to look directly into Ji Binyang's eyes.

Ji Binyang smiled and hugged Ruoruo from behind, without caring at all about the situation they were in.

He seemed to be suffering from skin hunger, but fortunately Ruoruo had already gotten used to it.

"If you think they should endure it, then they should endure it. If that's the case, then I should be worried about whether you think the formations I developed are too cruel!"

"The formation I researched taught Ruo Ruo a lesson. I'm so happy that I don't have time to worry about whether those people deserve to endure the pain. As long as you're happy, nothing else matters."

439 The small system in Ruo Ruo’s mind kept expressing its agreement.

However, it knew that the host had done nothing wrong. In fact, the small system felt that the punishment they received was too light. Even if they had no memory of the evil they had done to Mudan, some bad habits were ingrained in their bones.

The two people who were specifically pointed out by Ruo Ruo before leaving were the worst of the worst. They were nothing but beasts in human skin.

A man who loves children the most, but is too stingy to spend money even on brothels, so he pretends to be a decent person and goes out to trick children on the street. A hawthorn in a candied haws, the cheapest sugar, or even forcing them by relying on his age, can easily leave the most indelible shadow on the ignorant children.

Of course, he didn't choose to go to a brothel because most brothels were not so shameless as to let young children serve customers. So that person was even more dirty than most brothels.

A man who secretly kidnapped people was keen on and proud of this business with no capital. Therefore, he did not dare to send the people he kidnapped to Chunxiang Pavilion, for fear that the madam of Chunxiang Pavilion would find out and fire him or even teach him a lesson. So he secretly sent them to Zuifeng Tower, which was not far from Chunxiang Pavilion.

People like these two, and indeed all those who behaved like them, should be hacked into pieces and subjected to the most painful punishment in the world. Death is not a pity. 439 even felt that such people should be condemned to the eighteen levels of hell after death, suffering daily. It's a shame that in this world, let alone hell, even the government is useless and ineffective.

As for other people, even if they have not had the chance to do those things in this life, it is difficult to change their nature, and they are not all good people. They have done some things in private that are not allowed to be seen by others.

After hearing Ji Binyang's words, Ruo Ruo nodded without saying anything, "Let's go, let's go to the Beggar's Cave and take a look."

The beggars' den is different from the slums. It is a more chaotic place. If the people in the slums are trying hard to survive, then the people in the beggars' den are trying every possible way to get something for nothing.

There are many beggars in Tiandu City, but the beggars in the beggars' cave must be the most ostracized, because they are all young, strong, tall men, but they lie in the beggars' cave, and run out for a walk when they are hungry or cold. They are called beggars, but in fact they are more like robbers.

When Ruo Ruo and Ji Binyang arrived at the beggars' den, more than a dozen of them were scrambling for a bowl of food, their heads crammed in the middle, like pigs eating. No, even pigs eat more elegantly than they do.

When someone finally looked up and noticed the two people coming, they were stunned for a moment.

"Fairy!" The man swallowed and quickly realized, "A fairy who came to my door!"

The person closest to him said impatiently, "What are you doing, Lao Liu? Are you crazy about women? You're yelling here in broad daylight. Didn't we just go to Widow Qian's house a few days ago?"

The others laughed too.

Until slowly other people also raised their heads and saw Ruoruo and Ji Binyang, who seemed to be from two different worlds from them.

"Really... there really are fairies!" Another person's eyes widened. But he quickly covered his mouth and kept silent, wanting to see as much as possible.

"There's nothing there..." The man, who was covered in dirt but was the strongest among them, raised his head and stopped questioning.

But when he came to his senses, he was immediately filled with endless ecstasy. Once he entered their beggars' den, wasn't he one of their people?

Ruo Ruo didn't want to waste time with them. She tugged at Ji Binyang's hand and said, "I want them to end up like those people just now. It would be best if they were all dead in the end."

Ji Binyang didn't waste any time and quickly set up the formation.

With his current understanding of formations, even at such a distance, he could easily set up the formation he wanted. Ji Binyang thought that was all, but he watched helplessly as Ruo Ruo began to walk towards them.

"Ruoruo, it's so... messy over there." How could it be called messy? To be more precise, it was extremely dirty. Even from such a distance, I could smell the stench coming from over there.

But Ruoruo didn't stop. Ji Binyang pursed his lips and finally followed Ruoruo.

Forget it, it’s smelly so it’s smelly, it’s dirty so it’s dirty, anyway, with Ruoruo by his side, he can endure it!

But Ruoruo did not walk towards the group of people as he thought, but instead walked to the edge of the corner.

He squatted down, as if groping for something.

Ji Binyang couldn't bear to watch her search, so he used a cleaning technique to clean the floor clean. At the same time, a wooden cover appeared in front of them.

Ji Binyang frowned and released his spiritual sense somewhat awkwardly.

There was a hole below, and it was pitch black inside, but when he looked inside... Ji Binyang fell silent and quickly withdrew his spiritual sense.

"There were eight women covered with straw in there." Five were still alive, and three were already dead.

"But really, they're all just beasts..." Ji Binyang felt so angry that his teeth itched. For the first time, he felt that violence had its benefits. At least it allowed him to vent his anger.

But after looking at the people who were now crying bitterly, Ji Binyang looked away again.

It was too dirty, too disgusting. He was actually a little disgusted when he had to vent his anger himself. Fortunately, he had learned the formation well, otherwise, killing such a person would have stained his hands. Even if he used weapons, it would have made the weapons stink.

While thinking, he added a few more formations, some to torture people and some to isolate the space.

He used magic to open the wooden board.

When he found out that Ruoruo wanted to go down, he quickly stopped her.

He took out a few pieces of clothes he had looted from the space and threw them down there, shouting, "If you want to stay alive, those who are still alive and able to move should put on their clothes, and cover the others as well."

There should be two people inside who still have some strength.

Ji Binyang didn't want Ruoruo to go down, because although he didn't understand the people below, he understood human nature. Countless people wanted to drag her down with them. Ji Binyang didn't think that any of the people below were necessarily bad people, nor did he think that anyone would harm Ruoruo in front of him, but he didn't want Ruoruo to face this situation.

And it was so miserable down there, he was afraid that Ruoruo would be scared if she saw it.

But if he were to go down, he would be equally unhappy.

Although he didn't know how Ruoruo knew about this place, he didn't care. He only cared that Ruoruo could be with him all the time, and that was enough.

As for compassion, he had very little of that kind.

It was a long time before there was a sound below.

The two women who still had some strength did not dare to move at first. It was not until they realized that what was thrown down were indeed some clothes that they began to try to move their bodies in the artistic direction.

The two of them had only come in the past few days, but it felt like decades had passed.

"Put on your clothes, let's put on our clothes." One of them spoke in a voice so hoarse that it was almost impossible to hear what she said.

The other person also managed to squeeze out a "hmm" from his throat with great difficulty.

Even if they die, having a piece of clothing to cover themselves is a satisfying death.

It wasn't until they heard a female voice that seemed like the sound of nature that they seemed to truly begin to realize that they were saved. They were saved!

They wanted to shout, cheer, and cry, but their strength wouldn't allow them to do so. Putting on a piece of clothing was the happiest thing for them right now.

Until I saw the light of day again, everything seemed so unreal.

Ruoruo fed them the elixir she had obtained from Qu Chengjing, and they seemed to be getting better. Even the girl who had been half-dead at first gradually regained her composure. But Ruoruo knew that while physical wounds could be healed, emotional wounds were harder to heal. Furthermore, the dead could not be resurrected; the three dead girls would never return.

"Thank you both, benefactors. Thank you benefactors." The survivors sobbed.

But when they finally calmed down, their whereabouts seemed to become a huge problem.

Surprisingly, only one of the five people was not afraid to go home, while the other four planned to find another way out.

Because sometimes home is not a haven for them to hide from the storm.

Ji Binyang searched for a long time before he found some silver and gave it to them, and also gave them some small gadgets that could help them protect themselves.

As for more, no one can help.

…

After finishing the business here and preparing to leave, Ruo Ruo suddenly spotted a slightly familiar figure around the corner.

It’s the scholar Su An.

Ruo Ruo had seen him just now. His figure had appeared many times in the chaotic fragments of memory.

But his current state is indeed somewhat different from the image in my memory.

In my memory, he was always polite. Even though he was a little poor, he was always high-spirited and energetic. Whenever he looked at Peony, he always had the purest and most passionate love in his heart.

But now, his eyes were red and swollen, his face was exhausted, and all his energy seemed to have been drained away, like a walking corpse.

Only half a day had passed since we met at Chunxiang Pavilion, but he seemed to have aged a lot, and there were even a few awkward strands of white hair on his head.

"I... I have a question to ask you, young lady." He looked at Ruoruo nervously.

Ji Binyang saw that he was a little unhappy, but he frowned and said nothing.

Ruoruo nodded.

Su An's eyelids trembled, and he tried to steady himself. "I had a nightmare. It was very long and confusing, but it seemed so real. Do you think this dream is credible?"

"Is it a hint from God, or is it just my own random thoughts?"

Ruo Ruo asked back, "Will you believe everything I say?"

Su An nodded, then shook his head, his eyes full of stubbornness.

"I just want an answer from the girl, an answer from her own mouth." As for whether she believes it or not, that is his business alone.

Ruo Ruo sighed slowly.

"Maybe it's not your fantasy, but I think it doesn't matter whether it is or not. You should just continue to live your life well."

"I just wish you a bright future and a glorious return home." If you meet a good person, don't get stuck in a dead end.

Ruo Ruo didn't say the last two sentences because she knew that the person in front of her couldn't do it.

Su An nodded, indicating that he understood. He closed his eyes and turned away.

The words in the dream appeared in reality, but in the dream, Mudan was lying in his arms in a mess, leaving behind the words. Now she stood slenderly not far away, as beautiful as a god, unattainable.

"Okay, I understand. I won't bother you any more."

After Ruoruo and Ji Binyang left, he murmured, "It's fine, it's fine." But his tears still flowed uncontrollably.

He also hoped that he could have a bright future and return home in glory, but the purpose of all this was just to marry her openly and tell her that she deserved the best.

He was actually an introverted person, but Mudan liked people who were energetic, so he could be energetic in front of her. Mudan never had any hope in people's hearts, so he made a bet with her that he would definitely pass the imperial examination and marry her in a sedan chair carried by eight people, and return home with her in glory.

He always naively believed that he could do it. Achieve excellent grades, pass the imperial examinations, marry his beloved, change the present, and support the people.

He was actually very anxious in his heart, but he was always trying to move forward step by step.

He knew that Mudan couldn't wait for him during this process, but he believed that sooner or later he would be able to catch up with her. Tell her, look, I, Su An, never lie to anyone, let alone my sweetheart.

But every time he seemed unable to do it.

Every time, he seemed to be gone too late, and he was always so weak, too weak to save her or help himself.

That's it, it's good too.

"That's fine, too."

He closed his eyes, curled up in the corner, and kept talking to himself over and over again.