Bai Tuantuan looked at the woman in front of her curiously: "That's strange. How do you know we can help your sister? We don't know what happened to your sister."
The woman raised her head, her face covered in tears: "I know you. I saw you enter Lord Zhou's room during the poetry competition. Not long after, the poetry competition was postponed. I think your identities must have made them wary, which is why they did this."
“My father wants to give my sister to those men in black robes, but they don’t seem like good people to me. Those men in black robes promised my father that they would make my sister a concubine. Not to mention that the emperor is older than my father, the harem is not so easy to enter!”
"Our family is just a small security escort agency, and my sister isn't a great beauty. Why would the Emperor like her? Please, you two noble people, save my sister! I'll do anything you ask!"
"You're quite clear-headed," Ning Nanxiao said calmly, pouring Bai Tuantuan a cup of tea. "Why didn't your father send you?"
Upon hearing this, the woman gave a bitter smile: "Although I am a woman, my mother did not require me to learn anything traditionally for women. I followed my own preferences. I like to dress as a man and enjoy wielding swords and spears. My father also groomed me to be his heir."
“But my mother died in childbirth when she gave birth to my sister, and because my father was worried that it would be difficult for me to find a husband, he forced my sister to be well-educated and become a true lady of a respectable family.”
"My father finally managed to get on the good side with that man in black robes, so naturally he wanted to send my sister away. My father is ambitious and wants to make our family's escort agency great, but our abilities are limited, so he wanted to find another way..."
The woman took a deep breath and closed her eyes: "Please, two esteemed people, save my sister."
"Get up first." Bai Tuantuan helped her up and said slowly, "Those black-robed men you mentioned are indeed not good people. Do you know when those black-robed men asked your father to send your sister away?"
"Tomorrow, tomorrow night..."
Bai Tuantuan said she understood: "Okay, you go back first and pretend you don't know anything. Tomorrow I will arrange for someone to rescue your sister. You don't have to do anything, even if the man in black robes wants to take your sister away, don't do anything, understand?"
The woman hesitated for a moment, then, seeing Bai Tuantuan's serious expression, nodded vigorously: "Chaohua thanks you, young lady, and young master!"
After tidying herself up, Asahana bowed deeply to the two of them again before leaving.
"Looks like we're not getting away today." Bai Tuantuan rested her chin on her hand. "But aren't these two groups of men in black robes the same group? They're using the same excuse..."
"Just ask around and you'll find out."
So the two returned to Erdong Restaurant and went straight into the Hall of the King of Hell.
At this moment, in the Yama King's Palace, on this floor where the prisoners were held, the men in black robes were trembling as they listened to the master's scathing curses.
When Bai Tuantuan and Ning Nanxiao appeared, the master snorted coldly and turned his head away.
The men in black robes remained kneeling on the ground, too afraid to rise.
"Evil will never prevail over good. No matter how much you curse them, they will only fail. After all, didn't you boast that you were very powerful? Didn't you still get arrested?" Bai Tuantuan chuckled, her words hitting the master's sore spot.
The master glared fiercely at Bai Tuantuan: "Hmph, I won't admit defeat until the very last moment!"
Bai Tuantuan then looked at the men in black robes: "How many groups of you came to Jinzhou?"
The men in black robes exchanged glances, clearly not intending to speak.
However, Bai Tuantuan took out a jade flute, put it to her lips, and had just blew out the first syllable when a man in black robes cried out in agony: "We'll talk! We'll talk! Please, stop blowing!"
“We sent three groups of people to Jinzhou. Whoever finds the most people wins.”
"After we win, the boss will give us more resources. Right now, we have too few internal resources, so we can only strive to climb up."
"Now there is a three-way power struggle. We are under Lord Yu, who is the master's disciple... There is also Lord Ma, who followed the master for a long time. The last one is Lord Bird, who joined later, but he is extremely powerful and quickly gathered some people."
The master stared at the man in black robes in shock and roared, "Ma Yong actually dares to go against my disciple! Does he even respect me?"
The man in black robes flinched and whispered, "Lord Ma said you've been captured and are dead, so..."
"You bastard!"
"Shut up!" Bai Tuantuan hurled a burst of spiritual energy, successfully striking the master and knocking him unconscious.
Upon seeing this, the men in black robes all showed expressions of horror, staring at Bai Tuantuan in disbelief.
“Speak properly, and whoever speaks the most and the most accurately will not have to suffer.”
As Bai Tuantuan's voice faded, the men in black robes began to speak out about what they knew.
It was two hours later when Bai Tuantuan and Ning Nanxiao emerged from the Yama's Palace.
As soon as she opened the door, she saw the radiant Mu Yangzhi. Bai Tuantuan smiled and said, "Haven't you always wanted to know how powerful you are? There's a man in black robes tonight, do you want to go and give it a try?"
"Of course!" Mu Yangzhi agreed without hesitation. "Tuantuan, what do I need to do?"
"It's very simple. You are responsible for defeating those men in black, we will clean up the mess for you, and then you will pretend to be one of the men in black and put on a show."
Mu Yangzhi was thrilled as he listened to Bai Tuantuan's plan: "Tuantuan, you trust me that much! I'm actually this important this time!"
Seeing Mu Yangzhi rubbing his hands together in anticipation, Bai Tuantuan's eyes flashed with a cunning glint.
Ning Nanxiao glanced helplessly at Bai Tuantuan, then told Mu Yangzhi to prepare. After Mu Yangzhi left, Ning Nanxiao said, "You figured it out?"
"Of course!" Bai Tuantuan laughed. "That Miss Sun Chaohua is destined to be with the Second Prince, but whether it will work out or not depends on them."
Ning Nanxiao rubbed Bai Tuantuan's head and looked down: "Then can you see that we are also destined for each other? Moreover, we will definitely succeed."
Bai Tuantuan: ……
"You're so shameless!"
"What are you two doing at the door?" The Emperor walked over, fanning himself with his fan, followed by Chen Luo and Bai Han.
"What's wrong? Can't you walk again?"
"Uncle, what are your plans for dealing with Lord Zhou?"
Upon hearing this, the Emperor sighed: "I originally intended to deal with him according to the law, but you are right, sir. If we spare him, he will know the power of the man in black robes and will be more vigilant."
Bai Tuantuan smiled: "Grandfather is right, I think so too. After all, the black-robed man is so rampant now, it would be better to keep Lord Zhou here."
"Alright, let's go inside and talk, don't stand outside."
After the Emperor led everyone into the room, he said, "After we go to Mount Hua, we will return to the capital."
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