"Everyone, stop talking. Meng'er is fine..." Dugu Meng bowed towards the door and said weakly.

"It's all just a dream..."

Then he turned to Ning An'an and the others and said, "Brother An'an, don't blame them, and don't blame Cui'er. It's all Meng'er's fault. Meng'er will apologize to Miss Qing on their behalf."

Ning Anan frowned and looked at the people at the door angrily. Dugu Meng's words sounded a bit harsh to her.

"Why are you apologizing for her?" Bai Ziyu said coldly to Dugu Meng.

"What...what?" Dugu Meng was stunned for a moment, looking at Bai Ziyu in confusion, not knowing what he meant.

Bai Ziyu clicked his tongue impatiently, pointed at Cui'er beside Dugu Meng, and then pointed at the people at the door.

He said it again with disgust: "Aren't you going to apologize on her behalf and on behalf of those people outside? How are you going to apologize?"

"I...I..." Dugu Meng's apology was naturally a hypocritical excuse to win the sympathy of these people and Ning Anan.

How could she really want to apologize? Besides, wouldn't most people just make light of such a big deal when they hear it? How...

"Hurry up and tell me! Or... if you don't know, let me help you think of a way to apologize." Bai Ziyu seemed to be really helping her think of a solution.

Dugu Meng suddenly had a bad feeling and asked fearfully, "What...what method?"

Bai Ziyu's phoenix eyes swept over Dugu Meng, Cui'er, and some people gathered at the door one by one.

A malicious smile appeared on the corner of his lips as he spoke word by word, "Since you are so fond of defending the weak and gossiping, I will punish you by cutting off one tongue each."

Cui Er was so scared that she took a step back, covered her mouth with her hands, and screamed: "No, why do you want to do that?"

"Shut up, Black Stone..." Bai Ziyu said in a deep voice.

"Yes" Heishi's figure flashed.

"Ah..." Before everyone could react, a muffled groan of struggle was heard.

Cui Er was horrified and covered her bloody mouth tightly: "Um... Um..."

When he saw the black stone dagger poking at a piece of soft flesh, he was so frightened that his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

Heishi returned behind Bai Ziyu and deliberately rubbed the dagger in his hand across Dugu Meng's face.

"Ah!!" Dugu Meng immediately jumped up from the chair and hid in the direction of Master Shi An next to him.

Not sure if it was intentional or an instinctive reaction, Shi An leaned sideways: "Amitabha, benefactor, be careful."

Dugu Meng bumped into the table behind Shi An, spilling the tea all over the table and onto her dress.

A sharp pain came from his waist. Dugu Meng looked at the compassionate Master Shi An with tears in his eyes, and grimaced in pain: "Master, you..."

Then she was speechless, and not only she but also the people outside the door were speechless.

They all looked at Black Stone with horror as he casually threw away the tongue that was picked up on the dagger.

He threw it to Xiaoguai, who had been crawling at Qiqing's feet. Xiaoguai opened his mouth wide and caught the tongue thrown by Heishi. He chewed it twice and then spat it out with a look of disgust.

Xiaoguai bared his teeth at Heishi... His wolf eyes glared at Heishi fiercely, as if accusing him of why he fed himself such bad food.

Heishi turned around silently, avoiding Xiaoguai's threatening gaze.

Bai Ziyu looked at Dugu Meng, whose face was already pale, and sneered, "How is it? This is the only way to show sincerity in your apology. Who's next? Do you want to apologize on their behalf?"

"I don't want it!" Dugu Meng covered his mouth and immediately retorted in horror. Who would sacrifice their tongue for these people?

Dugu Meng probably realized that he had overreacted. Being watched by everyone, he forced himself to argue with Bai Ziyu:

"You guys are really going too far. Cui Er didn't do anything, yet you...are so cruel!

And they… they just couldn’t bear it and said a few words for me.”

"Yes, so they all suffered for you, and you should suffer for them! With so many people, your tongue is not enough, so cut a piece of meat for each of them. Do you think I'm right? Hmm?"

Bai Ziyu said as a matter of course.

No! Not at all!

Dugu Meng shook his head frantically, looked at Ning Anan, and begged for help: "Brother Anan..."

Although Ning An'an was kind, he couldn't tell right from wrong, especially when it came to the seven emotions. These people had just been unreasonably accusing Qing'er, so he naturally couldn't plead on their behalf.

It’s just Dugu Meng… Ning Anan lowered her eyes and thought for a moment: “Miss Dugu, these people were rude to Qing’er and they deserve to be punished. You don’t have to apologize on their behalf.”

Second Prince Bai did not have to cut off Dugu Meng's tongue. As long as Dugu Meng did not take the punishment for these people, he would not be harmed.

Although Ning Anan felt a little guilty towards Dugu Meng for not being able to completely cure her illness, she still felt that her master had saved her life and allowed her to live to this day.

After all, if it weren't for Ning An'an, the master would never have taken action at all. Dugu Meng would have died on Qingyun Mountain five years ago.

Besides, it is impossible for Ning Anan to make up for her guilt towards Dugu Meng by doing something that hurt Qiqing.

Dugu Meng didn't expect Ning Anan to have such an attitude, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Ms. Meng, you don't have to be afraid of them..."

"Yes, you are so audacious that you dare to cut off someone's tongue in public. It was the tongue of Miss Meng's maid. Do you know who Miss Meng is?"

"Yes, humph, when Master Dugu comes, these people won't even know how they died!"

"That's right, by then we still don't know who will have their tongue cut off!"

…

…

"Oh? I wonder whose daughter this Miss Meng is?" Qiqing asked boredly, resting one hand on the table and supporting his chin.

"My father is Dugu Xingyun, and Dugu Ling is my cousin..." Dugu Meng said with a slightly arrogant look.

Qi Qing suddenly realized: "Oh...it turns out she is the cousin of the Lord of Posha City!"

Dugu Meng looked up at Qi Qing with pride, and then heard Qi Qing continue:

"Your father stole his brother's position as city lord. What? Dugu Ling is so useless that he thinks all he needs to do is take back Posha City?

Why keep that loser Dugu Xingyun around?! Is it just for a good reputation?

Does Dugu Ling have this thing called reputation? "

Qi Qing cursed the two people whom Dugu Meng considered to be his greatest supporters with just a few words.

"You... you're so bold! How dare you scold my father..." Dugu Meng trembled with anger: "My father didn't steal my uncle's position as city lord, it's just..."

"Just what?" Hades interjected with a smile.

Dugu Meng said excitedly: "When my cousin was still young, my father only guarded Posha City for him."

Qiqing looked at Hades in confusion, and Hades blinked at him.

"The Left Envoy of Chen has arrived... The Right Envoy of Xing has arrived..." A sharp and high-pitched cry came from downstairs...