After the initial shock subsided, Zuo Su gradually calmed down and looked at the other party, saying, "Here to silence you?"
Pei You stood there without saying a word, which was obviously an admission of consent.
A flush crossed Zuo Su's face, and her chubby face trembled, clearly showing her extreme anger: "Why? I didn't say anything!"
Pei You finally spoke: "Lord Zuo, you've reached this position, why do you still ask such a naive question? For others, only the dead can truly keep secrets."
"If you were in our shoes, you would make the same choice."
Zuo Su fell silent. If it were him, he would definitely have silenced the other person at this moment.
"Could you give me a chance?" Despite knowing the chances were slim, his survival instinct drove him to make one last attempt. "Since you were able to get in, you can take this opportunity to rescue me..."
His voice trailed off as he spoke, because the other person was still looking at him expressionlessly.
"I understand." Zuo Su smiled sadly. "Back then, I was so careful, but I was still dragged into this mess by you guys. I should have realized this day would come."
“You’ve enjoyed enough over the years; you haven’t lived in vain,” Pei You said calmly.
"That's true. You guys have all sorts of tricks up your sleeves. I've experienced things that many people might never get to experience in ten lifetimes..." Zuo Su sighed, seemingly resigned to his fate, but the next second he suddenly looked up and shouted, "Someone come here..."
Unfortunately, Pei You had anticipated this and instantly sealed his speech acupoint, silencing him abruptly.
"It's ugly, Lord Zuo." Pei You's eyes held a hint of disdain.
In that instant, Zuo Su's eyes were filled with pleading and terror, and tears even streamed down his face. Words could not describe the complexity of his gaze.
Pei You lost all interest in chatting with him and his eyes flashed with a sharp light, which was then reflected in Zuo Su's eyes as well.
Then all the light in his eyes disappeared, and his head slumped down, clearly lifeless.
Pei You checked and confirmed that he was indeed dead before turning and leaving.
Originally, with Zuo Su's cultivation level, killing him would not have been easy. However, with all his major acupoints sealed, he was unable to mobilize his cultivation for defense, and naturally became a lamb to the slaughter.
...
The next morning, after Zu'an left, Hongzao came in to check and saw Pei Mianman lying lazily in bed, seemingly too lazy to even move a finger.
"Miss, do you want to get up?" Hongzao thought to herself that the young master was really something; every time he left, the young lady looked like she was in trouble.
"You brat, you know the answer already. Don't bother me, let me sleep a little longer," Pei Mianman muttered, turning over to find a more comfortable position.
Red Date was taken aback: "Huh, Miss, why are your lips swollen?"
Pei Mianman subconsciously covered her lips, her face slightly flushed, but she pretended to be calm and said, "It's nothing, I probably just caught a cold."
"How could a cold cause swollen lips?" Red Date looked at her with a "Do you think I'm stupid?" look, then suddenly slapped her forehead. "I know! It must be that Miss stole the young master's lollipop and ate too much, which is why her lips are swollen. She didn't want to give me any, so she made up this story to lie to me!"
Pei Mianman was both embarrassed and anxious. She grabbed a pillow and threw it at him: "You brat, all you do is eat. You'll regret this in the future."
Seeing that the young lady was really angry, Hongzao stuck out her tongue and hurriedly slipped downstairs.
Zuan returned to the manor feeling refreshed. Da Manman was truly a gifted woman, the kind of treasure every man could dream of.
However, he suddenly sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere around him. The Imperial Guards were all on high alert, looking as if they were facing a formidable enemy.
Zuan pulled over a few people to ask, but they didn't know what had happened either, only saying that they were following Lord Sang's orders.
His heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly strode into the inner hall.
Inside the room were only a few people, including Sang Hong, Xiao Jianren, and Pei You, as well as a few guards. Zu An recognized them as the prison guards.
Even more surprisingly, Pei You was now bound and kneeling in the center.
Sang Hong paced back and forth anxiously, as if he were making a difficult decision.
Zu'an was shocked. He had only been gone for one night, but it felt like an eternity: "What on earth happened? Why is Brother Pei..."
Upon hearing his voice, Pei You felt as if he had found a savior and hurriedly turned around, bursting into tears: "Brother Zu, you're finally back! Lord Sang wanted to kill me."
Zuan looked at Sang Hong with a completely bewildered expression.
Sang Hong was also furious: "You bastard, how dare you say that? You killed Zuo Su, do you know what the consequences will be?"
"Pei You killed Zuo Su?" Zu An was dumbfounded. No matter how vivid his imagination was, he couldn't understand why.
"I'm innocent! I didn't do it!" Pei You hurriedly protested.
"You still dare to argue?" Sang Hong slammed his fist on the table in anger, then pointed at the other jailers, "Tell me, what exactly happened last night?"
The jailers glanced at Pei You and said hesitantly, "Last night, Lord Pei came to guard outside the prison. Later, around midnight, Lord Pei suddenly got up to go into the prison and sent us away."
"We didn't think much of it and let Lord Pei in."
"As a result, this morning everyone discovered that Lord Zuo had died in his cell."
...
The group of people took turns describing what had happened the previous night.
Zu An looked at Pei You with a strange expression, thinking, "I didn't expect you to be this kind of person."
"I didn't!" Pei You hurriedly protested, "I was meditating the whole night and didn't leave at all. They're talking nonsense!"
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