There were too many people around, so he leaned close to Lu Baichuan's ear and whispered, "They do have people on their hands. Most of them are respectable women who were captured and had their blood taken for forty-nine days. If they survive, they are sent to brothels and other places to make money for them."

As Ning Yan said this, he gritted his teeth. How many innocent women had been tortured to death?

"Those girls are currently being held in a village not far from the city. It looks like an ordinary village, but instead of livestock, it houses people!"

“Our people went in to check. If they died during the blood collection process, they were sent up the mountain to feed the jackals. Almost every day, corpses were sent out. They were just very secretive. Even if someone saw them during the transport, no one would suspect anything.”

"Boss, these people are awful. Should we send someone to rescue those women right now?"

Ning Yan grew angrier as she spoke. The only consolation was that those people, in order to fetch a good price for these women, did not violate them, which meant they could die with some dignity.

But what's the use of being dignified when the person is dead?

In contrast, Lu Baichuan was much calmer and said, "No rush. These people have already confessed. Let's see if their testimonies are consistent."

He has men outside the manor, and the girl inside is not in immediate danger. He wants to wait a little longer, gather all the evidence, and then arrest all these people in one fell swoop. Maybe he can even bring out the bigger fish later.

Hearing him say that, Ning Yan calmed down a lot and stood behind him, waiting for the result from Lou Chong and the others.

Lu Baichuan looked at He Jiuniang first and continued the previous topic: "Let me take you to get busy first."

He Jiuniang knew she wasn't needed here anymore, and she had indeed had enough of the smell. She stood up and said, "No need, I can go by myself. Your injuries haven't healed yet, so don't bother."

Lu Baichuan didn't force him. He really needed to avoid unnecessary trouble to recover faster and move back to the main house as soon as possible.

"Go see your sister-in-law off."

"yes."

Lu Baichuan nodded to Ning Yan, and Ning Yan hurriedly followed.

When she first arrived, Lu Baichuan was with her, so she didn't look around. But when she left, she took a few more glances. The people in the cell were all in a worse state than the last.

One of them just stood there, peering at her through the cell door, his face contorted in pain, but he dared not utter a word.

He Jiuniang felt the face looked familiar, took another look, and immediately laughed: "Oh dear, isn't this Boss Liu? What happened to him?"

"Waaaaah, help me..."

Upon hearing her speak, Liu Yancai finally burst into tears.

The biggest mistake he ever made in his life was offending this woman and the Lu family, and he now regrets it terribly.

Seeing her surprised expression, Ning Yan thought she was concerned about Liu Yancai and was about to explain when she heard her say, "Seeing you in such a miserable state, I'm relieved."

Ning Yan: ...

He's being superficial!

He Jiuniang ignored him completely and walked away. Liu Yancai watched her graceful figure and cried even louder.

But soon a jailer came over, and he immediately shut his mouth. In the two days he had been in prison, he had learned to read people's expressions and dared not provoke these devils.

He Jiuniang went to treat patients, and not long after, Lou Chong also came out with several confessions. They all said similar things: they were capturing children to extract blood in order to refine elixirs of immortality and then present them to the current emperor. They spoke with great sincerity.

As for who they relied on to offer these medicines, it no longer matters, because the news sent back by Qin Jian said that the emperor had some kind of so-called "real person" by his side who had been offering him medicines recently. The old emperor trusted him completely and stopped giving him the golden pills he had been using.

Without a doubt, these people are definitely in cahoots with that damned immortal, and since that person is currently deeply favored by the emperor, it will probably be quite difficult to get rid of him.

But none of that matters. First, we need to get the confession and have the evidence in hand. How to operate in the court is up to Prince Chen's abilities.

He looked at the confession with satisfaction, then said to Lou Chong, "Go and interrogate them again, and ask them which country they are from."

Lou Chong was stunned. His boss suspected that these people were spies from another country, lurking here to disrupt the court.

This behavior is similar to what they did in Nantai, but the biggest difference is that they didn't target ordinary people back then.

"yes!"

Lou Chong accepted the order and went off again. The people in the cell clenched their fists. They hadn't expected that their identities would be suspected. What would they do if the people inside really confessed?

What should their country do?

A moment later, Lou Chong came out again, his face beaming with joy. He said, "Boss, you're amazing! These people really aren't from our country! They've all confessed. They're from the Eastern Kingdom, but they were sent to our Northern Yan when they were young. Their speech and mannerisms are all from our Northern Yan, which is why we were fooled."

Lu Baichuan nodded in understanding. They had also been undercover agents and had studied the South Thai language for a long time before they were able to settle down in South Thailand.

"In addition, Danzhulou is indeed their accomplice, but they are two separate organizations, so we don't know where Danzhulou sent those girls who barely survived."

At this moment, Ning Yan returned after seeing He Jiu Niang off. Lu Baichuan said, "Take men to the manor outside the city to rescue her quickly. Make sure the people from Danzhu Tower in the city don't find out. Then take men to raid Danzhu Tower. Once you've captured her, interrogate her slowly."

Now that he's reunited with his family, he has plenty of time to waste with them, since it's not him who's suffering.

At worst, I can just ask my wife for another bottle of that amazing stuff when I get home tonight. I'm not afraid they won't tell the truth.

They really got it under control.

Ning Yan immediately led his men to handle the matter, and Lou Chong asked, "Boss, what should we do with those who have been confessed?"

Without a second thought, Lu Baichuan replied, "Listen to my wife, give them a quick death."

Anyway, there are so many people here, it would be a waste of food to keep feeding them all, so we just need to keep a few witnesses.

He was determined to do whatever his wife wished.

Furthermore—

He glanced at the old Taoist priest in the cell, his face ashen, stubbornly meditating with his eyes closed. This was the most compelling witness.

Lou Chong was inexplicably shown dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection), but he also greatly admired the woman and immediately went to do something about it.

The sound of a sword being drawn came from inside, and the interrogation room, which had just been filled with the prisoner's cries of pain, instantly fell silent.

The other people in the cell didn't look too good either; at this moment, they were even a little envious.

Thank you everyone for your votes and support. I'm adding an extra chapter today; this is the first one. There will be more later, but they'll be a bit later.