As night fell, Ji Yunxi's small room was filled with people.
The three who had already tidied up were sitting at the table, their chopsticks moving non - stop.
Sang Qingzhou was also brought up. The black cloth covering his eyes was removed, and he was allowed to eat something.
But he was so afraid that there was poison in the food that he refused to open his mouth no matter what.
"Master Sang, with your capabilities, it would be easier for us to kill you than to crush an ant. Why would we go to the trouble of poisoning you?" Ji Yunxi served a bowl of rice and handed it to Sang Qingzhou.
Knowing that she had no intention of killing him, after a moment of thought, Sang Qingzhou took the bowl and quietly ate on one side.
Turning her head, Ji Yunxi asked Ji Yuchen, "Brother, what exactly happened to you guys?"
Ji Yunyi pouted and lowered his head to eat his rice, refusing to speak.
Ji Yuchen was busy snatching the dishes from Ji Yunyi's hand and putting them into Li Jiuge's bowl. He was too busy to answer his sister's question.
"Brother, if you put any more in, it's going to spill out," Ji Yunxi said helplessly and quickly stopped her brother. "How can Jiuge eat so much?"
Li Jiuge immediately nodded in agreement. "That's right, that's right!"
"Jiuge, all three of you are quite skilled in martial arts. How did you get kidnapped?"
Li Jiuge sighed. "It was just a coincidence."
"Then Second Brother clearly didn't set off with you. How did you meet him?"
When it came to this, Ji Yuchen immediately glared at his younger brother. "There's a restaurant in Xuan City that belongs to the Sang family. They drug the food of wealthy people and then kidnap them to extort money. Jiuge and I had dinner at a noodle stand not far from this restaurant. When we passed by, we saw a man fighting with them and he was clearly at a disadvantage."
As soon as Ji Yunxi heard this, she seemed to realize something and turned to look at her second brother.
"That's right, it's your unlucky second brother!"
Ji Yunyi coughed and turned his face away, looking a bit embarrassed. "I wasn't being careless. I just happened to see someone being knocked out and wanted to help. Who knew they even had a sleeping incense. I just accidentally..."
Li Jiuge nodded. "That's right. Brother and I were also caught in their trap like this."
Sang Qingzhou kept his head down and dared not say a word, fearing that Ji Yunxi would target him because of this.
Feng Xingzhi thought for a moment. "No wonder that man was so generous before. Even if it wasn't the same person, it means that the officialdom in Beidi is dirty enough."
Sang Qingzhou suddenly stood up. Hearing them talking about his father, he immediately felt dissatisfied.
"I'm me, and my father is my father! Don't beat around the bush."
"Beat around the bush? If it weren't for your father's name, who would you be?" Lu Shu retorted. "You act recklessly just because you have power. Isn't being an official not enough for you? You actually come up with such a despicable method. You're really shameless!"
Sang Qingzhou sneered. "My family has power and wealth. If we didn't have money, how could we support such a big mansion? With just the meager salary from the court, we'd all starve to death!"
Ji Yunxi didn't want to argue with him about right and wrong. She turned her head and ignored him.
Ji Yunyi put down his chopsticks and asked, "Yunxi, how did you rescue us? Why were you all in the martial arts training ground as soon as I got out?"
"On our way back to Nanyan, we received a message from the Dream Splendor Pavilion saying that something had happened to you guys. So we rushed here non - stop. At first, we just wanted to have a good talk with Master Sang, but he asked for an exorbitant amount, so we had a fight."
Sang Qingzhou's eyes widened. A fight? A fight should be between two sides. His fight with Ji Yunxi was a one - sided crushing! It wasn't a fight; it was just him getting beaten.
With extremely resentful eyes, Sang Qingzhou felt a knot in his heart that he couldn't vent.
Li Jiuge felt a bit sorry for him. Fighting with Yunxi was just asking for trouble.
"Tsk tsk. Choosing to fight with Yunxi, are you even a man?" After thinking for a moment, Li Jiuge added, "Why didn't you use the sleeping incense? You seemed to be quite good at using it."
Ji Yunxi gave a cold look. "Maybe the martial arts training ground is too open. Even if he sprinkled it, it would have been blown away."
"Ah~ Or maybe he didn't even have the chance to sprinkle it?" Qing Xuan's words hit Sang Qingzhou's sore spot.
"Kill me or torture me as you like! Stop talking nonsense. If my father comes looking for me, you'll be in big trouble!"
Sang Qingzhou shouted. Thinking that it was really because Ji Yunxi was too fast and directly grabbed his weak point, preventing him from sprinkling the sleeping incense, he felt even more resentful.
Li Jiuge shook her head and laughed. "How old are you? You still rely on your father for everything. If you have the guts, try to break away from the Sang family!"
Feng Xingzhi looked at his cousin with pride. Although she was young, she never bullied others with her status as a princess. Compared with Sang Qingzhou, a useless person, she was so much better.
Seeing that Sang Qingzhou had nothing to say, Li Jiuge continued, "You're still being stubborn even after being kidnapped here? You guys have done so many dirty things on a daily basis. Today, we'll settle the score for those people!"
Feng Xingzhi frowned. "Jiuge, what dirty things?"
Li Jiuge subconsciously looked at Ji Yuchen. After seeing him nod, she angrily pointed at Sang Qingzhou. "They not only imprison people to seek ill - gotten gains, but they also smuggle arms!"
After hearing this, Feng Xingzhi's expression turned cold. Arms smuggling was no small matter. Especially considering the status of the Sang family and the location of Xuan City, there was no guarantee that these arms weren't aimed at Nanyan!
Ji Yunxi also didn't expect that there was actually an arms - related matter in this. Although she didn't understand much, from Feng Xingzhi's expression, she knew that this matter must be very serious.
"We were locked up by them. Maybe they didn't even realize that we would be rescued. So before the guards passed by the cell, they didn't avoid the topic." Ji Yuchen added, "According to what they said, the quantity of these arms is quite large."
Sang Qingzhou didn't expect that due to a small oversight, a few guards had leaked this matter. Immediately, he nervously turned his head to one side.
Feng Xingzhi called Lu Shu. "Go and investigate the matter of the Sang family selling arms immediately."
Sang Qingzhou disdained this. "Don't waste your time. You won't find anything!"
"Who did you sell the things to?"
Ji Yunxi stood up and walked in front of Sang Qingzhou. "Sang Qingzhou, you'd better tell the truth. Your life is in my hands now."
"Humph, would I tell you about this? Besides, even if I told you, what could you do to me?"
His arrogant attitude annoyed everyone. Ji Yunxi was so angry that she laughed. "Do you really think I can't do anything to you? I can also tell you that anyone in this room has a higher status than your father. Just because of the Dream Splendor Pavilion, your father will have to think twice about whether he still wants you as his son!"
"You're lying!"
Qing Xuan was the best at provoking others. He stepped forward and asked with a smile, "Why am I lying? Could it be... your father is impotent?"
"You!"
"Of course not. Otherwise, where did you come from? If your father could have you, why couldn't he have concubines and have a whole bunch of kids like you?"
Sang Qingzhou was immediately so angry that his face and neck turned red. "You're all crazy!"