Seeing Pei Feiyan enter, Murong Feng's eyes burned with barely suppressed rage; he wanted nothing more than to tear this woman to pieces. How dare this lowly woman lay a hand on the eldest son of the prestigious Murong family! He wanted to see just who gave her the audacity!

Pei Feiyan also saw the murderous intent in Murong Feng's eyes. Her scalp tingled, and she knelt down with a thud. Instantly, tears streamed down her face as she shook her head and mumbled something unintelligible.

Murong Feng waved his hand, and a maidservant stood up tremblingly, took the rag that was stuffed into Pei Feiyan's mouth, and loosened the rope binding the helper.

Pei Feiyan tearfully pleaded, "Master, I shouldn't have gone out to see the opera without informing you. I will never dare to do it again. Please forgive me this time."

Upon hearing this, Murong Feng gritted his teeth, suppressing his anger. He hadn't expected this woman to remain so stubborn even now. Was it really all an act for the past three years?

Seeing that Murong Feng's expression was still unpleasant, Pei Feiyan knelt down and moved to his legs, hugging his thighs and crying pitifully, "Master, I have no one to be close to in this mansion. Sister Zijun is gone, and Sister Rushuang is busy taking care of Lan'er all day and has no time for me. I can only rely on you. You are always busy with official duties and are often not at home. That's why Feiyan has gradually become obsessed with listening to operas. When I'm bored or upset, I go out to listen to operas. I will never dare to do it again, Master, please don't be angry and forgive me this time."

Murong Feng finally couldn't hold back any longer. He kicked the woman to the ground, stood up, and pointed at her with a trembling finger, cursing, "What a vicious woman with a heart of stone! Even at this point, you still won't tell the truth!"

Pei Feiyan was suddenly kicked, and her heart ached. She still thought that her nighttime outing had displeased the master, so she shook her head in pain and denied it, as if she had been wronged.

Enraged, Murong Feng smashed a teacup on the table and yelled, "Even at a time like this, you're still denying it! Pretending to be ignorant, are you? Fine, I'll ask you then, what was the underground cave used for?"

Upon hearing the word "cave," Pei Feiyan's face visibly stiffened. She hadn't expected her secret to be discovered so quickly. Her mind raced, and she immediately tried to deny it, saying, "Master, what cave? I really don't know! Master, you know me best. Is there some misunderstanding?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Rufeng grabbed Pei Feiyan by the collar, dragged her to the side of the hole in a few steps, and threw her down. "Open your dog eyes and take a good look. Don't pretend you don't know what's going on. You'd better tell me who ordered you to do this, or I might leave you with a whole corpse."

Pei Feiyan stubbornly denied it, crying her eyes out as if she had truly been wronged. Confused and disbelieving, she cried, "Master, how come there's a hole here? I really didn't know there was a hole here. What kind of hole is this? Who dug it?"

The maids in the courtyard had already confessed, but the woman still stubbornly denied it. Murong Feng's patience had completely run out! He called softly towards the door, "Come in!"

Two guards holding leather whips pushed open the door and entered.

Murong Feng waved to the two guards, and the two guards dragged up the panicked and screaming Pei Feiyan and started whipping her in the courtyard.

For a time, the cracking of whips, screams, and pleas for mercy filled the air.

Only when Pei Feiyan was beaten bloody and on the verge of death did the two guards stop, drag her back into the house, and throw her on the ground like a rag doll.

Before the bloodied and mangled Pei Feiyan could speak, Murong Feng coldly said, "Don't think that just because you're dead, it's over! You still have your sister! You still have your mother, I'll make them wish they were dead."

Hearing this, Pei Feiyan lay on the ground laughing maniacally, her white teeth stained with blood, a truly chilling sight. She laughed until she could no longer, spitting out a mouthful of blood, before her eyes flashed with venom as she said, "I dug the hole, I captured the person, what can you do to me? Hit me? Kill me? Do you dare? I did such a big thing right under your nose, do you think a weak woman like me could have accomplished it? Hahahaha, let me tell you, there are too many people who want your Murong family dead, you can't kill them all! If I die, there will be many more. Murong Feng, are you afraid?"

At this moment, Pei Feiyan completely dropped her pretense. She knew that the day her secret was exposed would be the day she died. Since death was inevitable, she might as well be herself and act wildly. She'd had enough of living a life of subservience and having to be subservient to others; it was time to be free!

Hearing her admit it herself, Murong Feng was shocked. He wondered if she was telling the truth. He waved for everyone to leave before asking, "Who ordered you to do this?"

"Come here, I'll tell you!" Pei Feiyan lay on the ground and beckoned to Murong Feng with her index finger, like calling a puppy.

"You slut!" When had Murong Feng ever suffered such humiliation? Even if he wanted to find the mastermind behind it all, he would never allow himself to be insulted. With a kick, Pei Feiyan was sent flying through the air like a broken pillow, crashing heavily into a pillar before falling to the ground.

Pei Feiyan coughed up a mouthful of blood and said weakly, "Today, our relationship is severed. If someone takes your life someday, it will be karma." After saying this, she gave a ghostly smile, bit her venomous fangs, swallowed the poison, spat out several mouthfuls of black blood, and died.

At this moment, Murong Feng didn't care whether her threat was real or not. Now that he had found Murong Bai, his relationship with the Grand Secretary would surely improve. He immediately sent someone to the Dugu residence to report the news!

Looking at the courtyard where Pei Feiyan had once lived, Murong Feng felt disgusted and ordered his guards and a few of his personal maids to drag her in.

Since there was someone behind him, he decided to interrogate a few of the maids to see if they had any clues. However, the maids knew nothing when questioned. Enraged, Murong Feng killed them all and set fire to Pei Feiyan's courtyard.

The three followed Guan Hu and watched him enter the brothel. With so many people around, it wasn't appropriate to follow any further, so they stayed at a distance at the street corner.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this Hua Manlou is really something, they dare to earn any kind of money!" Lan Yamei exclaimed.

"It takes two to tango. Do you think Hua Man Lou is just a place for seeking pleasure?" Qiu Kongkong said calmly.

"What else could it be?" Lan Yamei was confused and thought that one was one.

"Let's call it a day and go home. We've all had a long day. Tomorrow we need to go to the government office to have Lord Liu issue a notice to find Wen Dechang!" Qiu Zeyu suggested.

Catching the culprit was the priority, so the three of them stopped just watching the drama unfold.

Lan Ya Mei stole the stun gun from the spatial dimension but didn't use it, so she secretly put it back. No sooner had she put it back than a bolt of lightning struck the night sky, shaving the top of a roadside tree.

The three of them were startled!

Qiu Kongkong complained, "Winter is coming soon, this thunder is really abnormal!"

As we all know, thunder is more common in spring and summer, and rare in autumn and winter.

Qiu Zeyu looked up at the sky and said, "Let's hurry home, it's going to rain soon."

The three rushed to the shop entrance, but not a single drop of rain fell. The shop was already closed, and everyone was asleep. Only Zhao Zhicheng was still awake; he heard the knock and came down to open the door.