Outside the door, the man who had been dragged away kept shouting.
"Where are you taking me?!"
The maidservants remained silent and simply dragged him along the secret passage.
"Do you think you women can do anything to me?" As he spoke, he released his spiritual power to break free from their restraints and tried to attack the maidservants.
Unexpectedly, they were all quite capable. They directly blocked his attack and rushed forward to seal his acupoints.
The man's expression turned solemn. Before he could say a word, a piece of cloth was stuffed into his mouth.
"Mm-mm!"
"Be gentle. If you kill him, how can we explain it to the master?"
The secret passage led upward, and a faint light seeped through at the end.
Ji Yunxi had already changed her clothes and was sitting on a chair resting. Suddenly, the secret passage opened. She turned her head and saw the maidservants dragging a man out.
"Master."
"What's going on?"
Ji Yunxi looked at the man, and the man's eyes immediately lit up when he saw her. So there was such a beautiful woman in the Bamboo Intent Pavilion?
"Report to the master. This man is a general from the Northern Di. He boasted that he would pay three thousand taels of gold to take away the dancer who performed the Floating Cloud Dance."
Hearing this, Ji Yunxi's eyes instantly turned cold. The man was momentarily stunned. He didn't expect the other person to have such a terrifying spiritual suppression.
She raised her hand, and the maidservants immediately took their leave as ordered.
Seeing the people leave, the man immediately spat out the cloth in his mouth and stepped forward obsequiously. "Miss, are you a dancer or a singer in the Bamboo Intent Pavilion? It doesn't matter. I'm willing to pay. If you follow me, you'll enjoy a life of luxury!"
"Really? Then how much is the young master willing to pay?"
"Can you dance? Like that Floating Cloud Dance just now?"
Ji Yunxi nodded with a smile. "I can. Does being able to dance mean I can ask for a higher price?"
The man's hands were tied behind his back, but he still couldn't help moving closer to Ji Yunxi. "Naturally. If you can, I can pay one thousand taels of gold!"
"Oh? You were just offering three thousand taels, and now it's only one thousand?"
The man thought Ji Yunxi was willing and nodded after a moment of thought. "It's worth paying three thousand taels for you..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Ji Yunxi slapped him with her spiritual power. The other side of the man's face swelled up high. "You!"
Suddenly, he knelt down on the ground, trembling all over. "You... Your spiritual power is so..."
He couldn't even utter a complete sentence.
Ji Yunxi still sat there calmly, but a continuous stream of spiritual power pressed down hard on the man.
"It's quite interesting. In all my years, this is the first time someone has offered three thousand taels to buy me. Unfortunately, it's too little."
The man endured the killing intent in the spiritual power and tried to stand up and resist. "Don't push your luck!"
"Push my luck? How dare I? But three thousand taels of gold is indeed a large sum. It seems that the general from the Northern Di is very rich?"
The man's face turned pale instantly. "That's my salary..."
His voice grew softer and softer. Ji Yunxi suddenly laughed. "I know Su Ningyuan, the great general of the Southern Yan. He doesn't even have enough silver to enter my Bamboo Intent Pavilion, but you have a thousand taels of gold."
Hearing this, the man knew that he had been too arrogant just now and had been caught in the wrong. As an ordinary general, where did he get so much money?
"It's all my fault. I spoke without thinking. I was stupid!"
"I don't think you're stupid at all." Ji Yunxi handed him a cup of tea. "You were shouting so loudly, insisting on taking away the dancer who performed the Floating Cloud Dance. Don't you know that this dancer has piqued the covetousness of the powerful and wealthy in the world? If you take her away, I'm afraid even if I dared to give her, you wouldn't dare to take her."
The man had already regained his senses. If he took the dancer away, he would probably be targeted by countless people. A sudden fear made his back completely soaked.
"Please spare me, miss. Please! I have parents, a wife, and children at home."
If he hadn't said this, Ji Yunxi might not have wanted to take action against him. But now that he had spoken, Ji Yunxi became even more angry. Since he cared about his family, how could he be so presumptuous?
"You have a wife and children. Do they know that you're willing to spend a fortune on a dancer? What do you want to do with the dancer if you take her back? Make her a concubine?"
The man looked ugly. He thought that it was normal for a man to have multiple wives and concubines. What was so strange about that?
Downstairs, Zhu Wanyi led Feng Xingzhi out and told the people outside to guard the Bamboo Intent Pavilion well.
"Come with me."
They went all the way to the top floor and walked to the end of the corridor. There was a hidden wooden door. At this moment, the sound of silk and bamboo instruments sounded downstairs again.
After opening the door, Feng Xingzhi saw Ji Yunxi sitting inside, and in front of her was the extremely arrogant man.
He knelt on the ground, not daring to raise his head or even breathe loudly.
Qing Xuan snorted. "What's wrong? Weren't you so arrogant just now? Why are you not even daring to breathe now?"
The man kept his head down and didn't say a word. He was trembling all over.
"Qing Xuan, even the most stupid person is afraid of death, isn't he?"
Hearing this, the man trembled and raised his head. "Master of the pavilion, I was blind just now. I really didn't know it was you. Please spare me!"
His face was haggard. He was already on the verge of collapse from fear.
Ji Yunxi didn't want to see him anymore. She waved her hand, and Zhu Wanyi led two maidservants in.
"Take him down."
Hearing this, the man thought Ji Yunxi was willing to spare him and immediately kowtowed to thank her. But before he could kowtow a few times, he heard Ji Yunxi smile and say, "Deal with him according to the rules. Remember to be thorough."
The man was stunned at first and then immediately cried and shouted.
Qing Xuan and Lu Shu looked at Ji Yunxi. They wanted to say something but couldn't. They just watched as she coldly ordered the crying man to be taken away.
They looked at each other, feeling a little doubtful in their hearts. Since Ji Yunxi had retrieved Nian Yun and her own memories, she seemed to have changed into a different person.
She was more decisive and daring in her actions than before, and sometimes even a bit ruthless.
Qing Xuan didn't know if this kind of master was good or bad. He could only smile bitterly.
Feng Xingzhi looked at Ji Yunxi's expression and didn't say a word. He just silently supported her. Even if Ji Yunxi didn't take action, he would never let this man go.
Seeing that no one was paying attention to him, Qing Xuan quietly came to Lu Shu's side and whispered, "Don't you think our master has suddenly become so powerful?"
After hearing this, Lu Shu nodded vigorously at Qing Xuan. "I've already noticed!"
Although their voices were very soft, they were almost impossible to hide under Ji Yunxi's extremely high spiritual power and immediately reached her ears.
Ji Yunxi's heart suddenly trembled for a moment because of their words. Was she really like this now?
She turned her head and looked at them.
Lu Shu and Qing Xuan felt her gaze and immediately buried their heads, not daring to look up.