"sorry."
The little girl was probably frightened, or maybe she was a little touched by Xiao Lingzi's rescue. When Xiao Lingzi got angry, she began to apologize in a low voice.
"I'm sorry, I didn't expect you to save me. I apologize to you for my clever behavior just now."
Seeing that this girl was quite sensible, Xiao Lingzi didn't really want to hurt her, so he growled softly,
"Then stop playing tricks and keep moving forward."
Obviously, Xiao Lingzi no longer had much patience. He was very upset because he had just been fooled by this little girl.
This time, the little girl really didn't dare to move. She walked forward steadily, saying as she went:
"Here, take two steps to the right."
"Here, turn left three steps."
“…”
Xiao Lingzi, Zhang Yuan, and another girl followed her, walking forward as she said, until they reached a door. The girl turned around and said,
"It's safe after this."
Xiao Lingzi frowned and looked at her coldly.
"You are still leading the way."
The little girl nodded and pushed the door open with her hand.
The moment the door opened, Xiao Lingzi and Zhang Yuan were stunned. There was a group of women sitting inside. They were all skinny and pale. Not only were their hands and legs tied, but their mouths were also stuffed tightly. When they saw the door open, they were so scared that they curled up and dared not move.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Lingzi's brows suddenly showed a bit of anger. He pointed at those women and questioned the girl beside him:
"Why are they here?"
Hearing this question, the women opened their eyes one after another, and looked at Xiao Lingzi and Zhang Yuan with pleading eyes as if they had seen a savior. They kept twisting their bodies and begging them for help.
Seeing Zhang Yuan's stern tone, the little girl changed her fear and looked up at Xiao Lingzi, and replied calmly:
"Sir, although I don't know the reason for your visit, I see you're not a bad person, so I'll tell you. These women were all married to the eldest son of the Li family, but were publicly divorced."
Hearing this, Xiao Lingzi looked at her in astonishment, "Why? Why would they do this?"
The other girl controlled by Zhang Yuan saw that this matter could no longer be concealed, so she simply followed suit and said:
"That Master Yuan Gang said that the eldest young master has been bedridden for a long time and is possessed by an evil spirit. He needs to marry a hundred women to bring good luck and happiness to him in order to relieve the evil spirit from his body."
This absurd statement made Xiao Lingzi and Zhang Yuan look at each other in disbelief. Then, Zhang Yuan looked at these women. He had seen Shui Chunhua in the palace before. Although he had a bad impression of her, he also knew what she looked like.
Sure enough, he saw Shui Chunhua from the crowd. He stepped forward and tore off the cloth stuffed in her mouth. Shui Chunhua screamed,
"Hurry up and save us! We've been locked up here for a long time. I heard that Master Yuan Gang and others say privately that he's using the excuse of finding a wife for the young master of the Li family, but in fact they want to sell us to foreign countries as slaves and prostitutes when we have ten of us."
This news stunned Xiao Lingzi and Zhang Yuan. Was it not just Lord Zhou and Mr. Li who were responsible for imprisoning these women? It turned out that Master Yuan Gang was also involved. It seemed that this matter was not as simple as they had imagined.
He frowned and glanced at Shui Chunhua, then said to the other women:
"I'm taking you out now, but you can't run around. You have to go out and testify against the ridiculous behavior of Mr. Li and the others. Otherwise, there will only be more women who love to harm like you. Can you just shut up and follow my instructions?"
The women nodded hurriedly, their sunken eyes and sallow complexions proved that they were eager to get out of here.
Seeing that they said they would not shout or move, Xiao Lingzi and Zhang Yuan cut the ropes on the women, and then took out the cloth strips stuffed in their mouths. They instantly wanted to stand up as if relieved, but some women could not stand steadily, their feet went weak, and they sat down on the ground again.
It turned out that their legs had become uncontrollable because they had been controlled for too long.
These women were tied up during the day for fear that their shouting would arouse suspicion. They were only allowed to move freely at night. Although they would not go hungry, they were not able to see the sunlight all day, which made them feel weak all over and their legs sore.
After a while, the women supported each other and stood up again. Xiao Lingzi then said to the little girl:
"Now take us out. Again, no tricks."
The girl raised her eyebrows nonchalantly.
"You've all come in now. Will it be any use for me to play tricks on you when you leave?"
Her words seemed to make some sense. Xiao Lingzi frowned, took the women with him, reminded them all the way, and followed the girl to the door smoothly.
At this time, the worship ceremony in the front hall of the Li Mansion had ended. The housekeeper also told the rich master Li about Luo Lan and others coming to the mansion. In response, the rich master Li came to Luo Lan in displeasure, waving his arms and shouting angrily:
"Someone, the troublemaker is here, arrest him."
Hearing this, Luo Lan looked at Master Zhou, who was standing by and watching the excitement, with disdain, and asked sternly:
"Sir Zhou, as a senior official, are you going to just sit there and watch Master Li arrest people for no reason and do nothing?"
Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhou nonchalantly stiffened his neck and snorted:
"You broke into someone's house, what's wrong with arresting you? If he doesn't arrest me, I still want to."
At this time, the Master Yuan Gang took two steps forward, flicking the dust in his hand, and looked at Luo Lan with evil eyes, "Could it be that this girl also wants to marry into the Li Mansion?"
"fart."
Looking at the mage with a lustful look on his face, Luo Lan directly spitted at him, narrowed his eyes and said coldly:
"Are you Master Yuan Gang? I heard you can perform magic. But do you know that today is the day you die?"
"Hahaha!"
Master Yuan Gang suddenly laughed nonchalantly, "Little girl, you are so arrogant! I will show you who will die today."
Leaving these words behind, he swung his whisk and roared with gritted teeth.
"Come here, capture this girl and bring her to my room. I will perform a ritual to determine if she is a human or a demon."
Hearing this, Luo Lan felt like he was burning with anger.
She looked at Mr. Li, Yuan Gang and Mr. Zhou with a cold face, and said in a cold voice, word by word:
"Whoever dares to touch me today, I will make sure you have the consequences."
Hearing this, Master Li and Master Zhou looked at each other and then said with a smile:
"Hahaha, I'm going to make a move on you today. All of you, tie up these three girls for me."
"stop."
A hollow and sharp voice sounded at this moment.
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