The old woman was so frightened that she knelt down abruptly and asked nervously:
"Master, what wrong have I done? Why are you saying such harsh words to scare me?"
"Don't rush. If you can answer my next question correctly, you might still have a chance to live."
Are you a servant of the Wen family or my servant?
Cen Xi is always straightforward, so he asked the question directly as well.
“I… I used to be a servant of the Wen family. Young master gave me to you, young lady, and from the moment I was sent here, I became your servant.”
The old woman knelt on the ground and replied tremblingly.
"You're not stupid, are you? Then why would you betray your master? Don't you think it was inappropriate to sell your current master's information to your former master?"
Cen Xi squatted down and pinched her chin, asking.
"Master, this old servant was wrong."
At this moment, the old woman was trembling with fear. She had heard before that this witch killed without blinking an eye, and today she had violated her taboo. She... she was afraid she really wouldn't survive.
"What use is someone who can't even recognize their own identity?"
She was right. Cen Xi didn't intend for her to live. She wanted everyone on the mountain to remember one thing: she was their absolute master, and anyone who betrayed her would suffer the same fate.
So Cen Xi grabbed her by the neck and twisted it, killing the old woman instantly.
As for the old woman next to him who was trembling like a leaf and hadn't said a word, Cen Xi didn't let her off the hook either, killing her with a single palm strike.
After killing the man, Cen Xi coldly stared at Liu Ji.
Liu Ji was so frightened that he quickly took two steps back and said:
"Master, I, Liu Ji, am absolutely loyal to you. Please, please don't kill me."
"Pass down the order: everyone in Feifeng Mountain must sincerely serve me as their master, and all the secrets of Feifeng Mountain must be kept secret. If anything like this happens again, the fate of this kitchen woman today will be the fate of a traitor. Tell them not to even think about running away; the same thing will happen to them, no matter how far they flee. They will be punished."
After throwing out these words, Cen Xi planned to wash her filthy hands.
She had only taken two steps when she remembered something, so she turned to Liu Ji and said:
"Pass on this message when you return. Now, find two people to take the corpses of these two old women and that medicine boy to the Wen family in Shangyang City. Also, tell them that you can't afford to take care of these three people. You can dispose of two of them, and he can decide what to do with the other one."
"Yes, Master, rest assured, Liu Ji will handle this matter properly."
Seeing Cen Xi looking over, Liu Ji immediately nodded, fearing that if he hesitated even a moment, the disaster would befall him.
"And when you come back, go to the brokerage firm in Shangyang City and bring the manager there with you."
Cen Xi thought about how big Feifeng Mountain was, and how everyone needed to eat every day, and how people would get sick, so cooks and doctors were indispensable.
Since the Wen family isn't an option, we'll have to try our luck at the brokerage firm.
"Yes! I will lead my men down the mountain immediately."
Liu Ji accepted the order once again.
"Hmm, I remember some of you know how to cook, right?"
Cen Xi killed the person, and then suddenly remembered that she didn't know how to cook.
"Yes! Liu Biao, Liu Hu, and I can all cook. Don't worry, Master. We are no longer the soldiers from the Prince Heng's mansion. We have all the skills we need to learn."
Seeing that Cen Xi's gloomy aura had lessened considerably, Liu Ji's tense nerves relaxed a lot. Fortunately, he wasn't caught in the crossfire.
"Okay then, you guys cook first until we find the person, and then you can go train."
Cen Xi glanced at Liu Ji coldly and said.
"Yes, Master."
Liu Ji dared not utter a single complaint. The deaths of their leader and the kitchen woman today had taught him one thing: this woman was absolutely not to be trifled with.
Wen Qihe rode his horse to the foot of Feifeng Mountain, panting heavily as he climbed the mountain path. Finally reaching the mountain gate, he heard the gatekeeper say:
"No members of the Wen family or dogs are allowed in."
She was so angry that she wanted to whip one of them and throw him down the mountain.
Unfortunately, Cen Xi was a fierce person, and she was somewhat afraid.
Remembering the two sentences her brother had said to her before she left, she sat down on the ground and cried her heart out.
While crying, she kept saying how miserable she was, saying that if Cen Xi didn't take her in, she would really be homeless, and if her brother took her back, she would really have no choice but to marry someone else as a concubine.
For a young woman like her to be defiled by a man in his fifties or sixties is a disgrace. He even said that although Cen Xi is a woman, they had still gone through a wedding ceremony, and he was just going to abandon her like this. What was she supposed to do?
Anyway, he just pretended to be pitiful.
Later, Qiaoying followed her over and saw that she wished she could hide in the woods and never appear by her young lady's side again. Her young lady was too daring; she was simply shameless.
Liu Ji found a few people to carry the old woman's body. At the mountain gate, they happened to meet Wen Qihe, who was slumped on the ground, crying and recounting how miserable she was.
Liu Ji felt that their mountain gate seemed to be incompatible with women these past few days. A few days ago, the concubine sent by the Wen family cried and begged her master to stay. When he refused, she insulted him.
Today, another young lady came to recount her life story.
I don't know how the master will handle this. Anyway, the master is very angry today, and he might end up like the kitchen maid.
He should hurry down the mountain to do what his master had instructed; his life was more important, and he should mind his own business.
Thinking about all this, Liu Ji ignored the woman slumped on the ground, had the corpse carried away, grabbed the medicine boy beside him, and hurried down the mountain.
But after taking only two steps, he was stopped by the brothers guarding the mountain gate:
"Commander Liu, this woman has been crying here for a long time, what should we do?"
"Just send them down the mountain. I have urgent business to attend to and can't be delayed, so I'll be leaving now. You can handle it as you see fit."
After saying this, Liu Ji quickened his pace down the mountain. This was clearly a tough nut to crack; he'd only bother with this if he wanted to die.
"Liu..."
The gatekeeper tried to call out again, but Liu Ji leaped down the mountain using his light-footed skills, fleeing in a panic.
So they immediately shut up. One of them muttered something to the other, and then the other went straight to Cen Xi's courtyard.
After a cup of tea, Cen Xi didn't come, but Zhu Yanniang returned from Chunhua Tower.
She looked closely at Wen Qihe, then at the maid beside her, and couldn't help but ask the gatekeeper:
"Who are those two? What are they doing sitting in front of your young lady's door? Are they begging for food?"
"You're the one begging! Do I, with my striking good looks, look like a beggar? Who are you to dare act so arrogantly towards me?"
Wen Qihe has always had a fiery temper, and she has been putting up with Cen Xi refusing to see her for a long time.
She never expected this woman to ridicule her right away. If she swallowed this insult, she wouldn't be Wen Qihe.
"Oh, you've got quite a temper. I just had my fill of fun at the brothel, and you think you can give me some more fun too? Let's fight, huh?"
Zhu Yanniang glanced at Wen Qihe with amusement, then said provocatively.
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