Chapter 1576 - 1571: Interrogation (Second Update)

Mu Shuangshuang could not tolerate the deeds of Mrs. Jin any longer, nor did she intend to!

"I... don’t know!"

Even in such a wretched state, Mrs. Jin still clung to a shred of sanity.

She couldn’t speak, she’d rather die than speak!

"In that case, I won’t be polite!"

Mu Shuangshuang picked up the cleaver, and this cleaver was aimed at Mrs. Jin’s wrist.

With one slash, Mrs. Jin’s wrist was cut open.

Mrs. Jin’s body started to tremble with pain, and she hoarsely screamed, "Father, save... me!"

"Mrs. Jin, listen well, I’ve just slit your wrist; if you don’t speak, I won’t stop the bleeding, and then you can watch your blood dye the ground with mud!"

Mu Shuangshuang said viciously.

"You..." Mrs. Jin’s eyes bulged like those of a dead fish, glaring at Mu Shuangshuang.

"I won’t let you off, even as a ghost I won’t let you off!"

"As a ghost? You wish. Since I dare to kill you, I will definitely find a Taoist to burn you to ashes, send you to the Eighteen Layers of Hell, never to reincarnate!"’

With that, Mu Shuangshuang raised the cleaver again, this time swinging it towards Mrs. Jin’s head.

"Ah—"

Before the knife even reached her head, Mrs. Jin let out a miserable scream. She wailed, "No, no... I’ll talk, I’ll talk...

Xiao Chu was sold to a landlord named Jiang in the county. Their family hasn’t had children for years and desperately wants a son, I..."

"How much silver?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.

"Fifty... fifty taels!" Mrs. Jin’s voice was tinged with sobs. She wouldn’t dare provoke the girl in front of her in this lifetime or the next.

She’s a lunatic, she’s a lunatic!

"And what about Xiaxia?" Mu Shuangshuang asked.

Mrs. Jin was stunned, silent for a moment, seeming to hesitate.

"Will you speak or not? If not, I’ll chop off your head!" With that, the cleaver edged closer to Mrs. Jin’s skull.

Mrs. Jin watched Mu Shuangshuang, the fear in her eyes magnified infinitely: "I’ll talk, I’ll talk... she’s in the Drunken Red House, the Drunken Red House!"

"Drunken Red House? What place is that?" Mu Shuangshuang asked sharply.

"A... brothel!"

Beside her, Mrs. Liu started wailing, "Xiaxia, my poor Xiaxia, my poor Xiaxia..."

Mu Dajiang was also stupefied, his body went soft and he knelt on the ground, his soul seemed to be taken away.

Even Mr. Mu was shaking, and if not for Qin Xianglan supporting Mu Danian, he might have fallen.

Mrs. Lin shuddered violently, screeching, "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, I never knew you were such a person!

These are daughters from good families, how can you send them to a brothel? You’re too cruel, Dan and Ying marry good husbands, while Xia ends up in a brothel!

Thank heavens my Qing wasn’t willing to come to the county, otherwise she’d also be sold to a brothel by you!"

This was the only time Mrs. Lin didn’t argue with others.

In fact, some of what she said even made sense.

Today, Mrs. Lin’s image was towering!

"How much did you sell Xiaxia for?" Mu Shuangshuang asked again.

"No... no money was taken!" Mrs. Jin shook her head.

"Still lying, I’ll chop off your damn head now!" Mu Shuangshuang tightened her grip on the cleaver, advancing again towards Mrs. Jin’s head.

Blood was flowing from her leg, blood from her wrist, and a cleaver hung over her head; how could Mrs. Jin dare lie, she cried out loudly, "Truly, no money was taken, I made a deal with that madam that I’d get a share whenever Xiaxia entertained clients, I... I take a cut!"

"What kind of cut?" Mu Shuangshuang asked again.

"Sev... seventy-thirty!"

"Who’s seventy, who’s thirty?"

"I’m seventy, I’m seventy... stop asking, I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong..."

Mrs. Jin’s face turned deathly pale, she wept and pleaded with Mu Shuangshuang.

In the midst of her pleading, Mu Shuangshuang raised her hand and swung the cleaver over her head, chopping down towards Mrs. Jin’s head—

"Clang..."

Mrs. Jin screamed and then fainted.

She thought the knife was aimed at her head, but in fact, Mu Shuangshuang had just chopped off her hair bun, cutting off most of her hair.

With her bun cut off, Mrs. Jin’s hair fell and scattered into medium-length strands on the ground, looking extremely messy.

Paired with her face, paper-white as a ghost, Mrs. Jin at this moment resembled a ghost.

Glancing at Mrs. Jin’s still bleeding wrist, Mu Shuangshuang stopped the bleeding and bandaged it.

Death was too easy for this old woman!

She must let this old woman live to face her punishment.

Mu Shuangshuang stood up, "Grandpa, I’ve stopped this woman’s bleeding, but as for her, I leave her to you!

Before I return, she mustn’t die, nor be set free! Even if my father returns, she cannot be let go; otherwise, I swear his job in the county will be lost!"

Mu Shuangshuang’s words were extremely imposing.

Even Mr. Mu was awed as she finished speaking and turned to leave.

Mu Dajiang snapped out of it, scrambling to his feet from the ground, "Shuangshuang, I’ll go with you to rescue Xiao Chu, I’ll go with you!"

Mrs. Liu also struggled to go, "I want to go too!"

The other members of the Old Mu Family also stated their stance, "Count me in, I’ll go too!"

"Me too!"

Mu Shuangshuang swept her gaze over everyone and finally shook her head, "No! Only I will go on this trip, you all stay home and wait for news!"

She still didn’t know what Xiaxia’s current situation was like.

She couldn’t let these people get involved, especially Mrs. Lin, who might not argue today but could end up disparaging them later.

"Fourth Uncle, you come with me, I have something for you to do!" Mu Shuangshuang said.

"What about me?" Mrs. Liu opened her mouth to ask.

"Watch over Mrs. Jin! Do not kill her, under no circumstances! Because her only living means a fate worse than death!" Mu Shuangshuang ordered.

Hearing Mu Shuangshuang’s words, Mrs. Liu dried her tears and said, "Don’t worry, I won’t kill her. Not until my Xiao Chu and Xiaxia return, I will keep her alive!"

Mu Shuangshuang left the courtyard of the Old Mu Family with Mu Dajiang and mounted her horse.

She had to go to the Drunken Red House to find Xiaxia, and as for Mu Dajiang, Mu Shuangshuang instructed, "Fourth Uncle, go to Jiu Si Xuan to find the shopkeeper, tell him you’re Fourth Uncle of Mu Shuangshuang, father of Mu Xiaxia!

Ask him to inform their owner to bring people to the Drunken Red House in West City, something big is happening!"

After saying this, Mu Shuangshuang squeezed the horse’s flanks with a sudden force, and the horse galloped away swiftly.

Throughout the journey, Mu Shuangshuang was riding at breakneck speed, nearly crashing into pedestrians on the roadside several times, but for Mu Xiaxia, Mu Shuangshuang couldn’t care about that.

The horse stopped at the entrance of the Drunken Red House, and Mu Shuangshuang leaped off the horse.

She picked up her rope and charged into the Drunken Red House.

The bouncer at the door blocked Mu Shuangshuang’s way, "Miss, our den of pleasure doesn’t allow women in unless you intend to put up a sign and do business!"

"Get out of the way!" Mu Shuangshuang shouted angrily, her rope flinging two strong men down.