Why do you want me to be the sect leader?

"Do you want someone to rescue you?"

In the dark and damp dungeon, a young woman in her twenties was pacing back and forth. She was wearing a long apricot-colored floral dress and had a pretty face, but the expression on her face was unpredictable.

"You'd better pray that your aloof father will send someone to rescue you. Otherwise, I don't have so much patience to waste with you."

Although the woman said it with a smile, her tone made people feel a little creepy. She walked up to the boy who was tied to the stone pillar and glared at her.

"What? Do you want to scold me or hit me? Tsk tsk, what a pity, there's nothing you can do now."

She suddenly burst into a bright smile, but she raised her hand and lowered it, and a whip sounded in her ear, and the boy couldn't help crying out in pain.

"Hahaha, shout, shout louder, it's not loud enough!"

As he said that, the whip came down again, but the boy didn't cry anymore, he just bit his lower lip tightly, despite the wounds on his body being more than one.

"Yo, you're quite stubborn if you don't see it. Let me tell you, I hate you beasts who pretend to be decent. Rather than turning you into that kind of beast when you grow up, it's better for me to kill you now. Since the whip If it doesn't work, how about trying this?"

She picked up the red-hot soldering iron on the nearby stove. The boy's eyes were full of horror, but because he was tied up, he could only watch the soldering iron imprint on him.

He opened his eyes suddenly, but found that he was not in the dungeon. He raised his hand to wipe it, only to find that his forehead was covered with cold sweat.

"Brother Jiu, you're awake!"

Su Lubai, who had just walked to the door of the room, saw that Huo Jiulin had finally woken up, and ran over excitedly. Huo Jiulin was lying on his stomach, and just as he wanted to get up, he felt a sharp pain in his left shoulder.

"Brother Jiu, don't move around, your shoulder injury is still not healed."

It was only then that Huo Jiulin remembered that his left shoulder had been pierced.

"How long have I slept?"

"It's been a day and a night."

"Where is Ah Qing? Is he injured?"

Su Lubai bowed his head and stopped talking. Huo Jiulin saw him suspiciously, and felt that something was wrong, "Little Bailu, where is Ah Qing?"

"Ninth Brother, Third Brother Shen hasn't come back yet."

"What do you mean never coming back?"

"There has been no news. Of the six of you, you are the only one who came back."

Huo Jiulin also ignored the injury on his back, turned over and got out of bed, Su Lubai stepped forward to help him worried: "Brother Jiu, what are you going to do?"

"Get out of the way, why didn't you wake me up earlier?"

"You are not asleep. The doctor said that you lost too much blood and fell into a coma. Ninth brother, look down at the wounds on your body. The doctor said that you will be in a coma for at least three or four days. Fortunately, you woke up early."

"Those people are not difficult to deal with, but there are too many of them. If I am injured like this, Ah Qing may not be able to escape unscathed. I... No, he will be fine. I must find him immediately!"

"But Brother Jiu, how do you find someone like this?"

"Then you can't just do this and wait for nothing, right?! Where's my coat?"

"What kind of tatters are your clothes? The one you're wearing inside was brought over by the inn. They also brought your carriage over along the way."

"This is where?"

"City Lord's Mansion, City Lord Yang has been found, and he was seriously injured. The people from the Shenjiabao haven't arrived yet, and everyone on the city wall is guarding in turn to prevent those people from coming back."

"Bring me a suit."

Seeing that he was so persistent, Su Lubai knew he couldn't persuade him. In fact, he himself wanted to go out to find people, but those people refused to open the city gate.

After changing his clothes, Huo Jiulin took Su Lubai out to look for someone, and several fellow villagers also took the initiative to look around, but they didn't find any clues at all after searching all afternoon.

"Little Egret, are you sure Ah Qing and Helian were heading in this direction?"

"Well, I could see clearly on the city wall at that time, they were in the opposite direction from you, but I don't know where they retreated."

"In other words, Ah Qing should be with He Lian now. If they are together, they can have someone to take care of them. I'm afraid that they will also be injured and separated."

"Probably not hurt."

"If they are doing well, how could they not come back after so long, something must have happened."

"But I've searched all around here, and there is no one at all. Could it be that I was chased far away and won't be able to come back for a while?"

Huo Jiulin was also very anxious, but there was nothing he could do now. In the previous plan, they said that if they couldn't come back, they would go to the next town. I don't know if Ah Qing and the others went there directly because of something.

"How about this, let's go to the agreed meeting place first, Chen Hu probably won't be back for a while after suffering such a serious injury, Min Chong City should be safe, and people from Shenjiabao will also arrive tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"Then what if Third Brother Shen and the others come back tomorrow?"

"If they come back, let the villagers tell us that we have gone to the next city, and the direction they are going is the direction of the next city, so we can find it all the way."

"it is good……"

Huo Jiulin and Su Lubai returned to Min Chong City, and after a brief explanation from the city lord and the villagers, they packed their luggage and headed towards Lanrong City. Seeing that Huo Jiulin was seriously injured, the city lord Yang specially arranged for Huo Jiulin to be injured. One of his men drove the carriage for them.

He searched all the way along the direction of the river, but there was no news. He arrived at Lanrong City at noon on the fourth day. Huo Jiulin only heard from Shen Yiqing that there was a Shenjiabao business here.

But I didn't ask which one it was. Generally, they hide their identities, so there is no way to find out.

"Ninth Brother, this place looks no smaller than Min Chong City, how can we find it?"

"Even if you turn this over, you have to find him."

"Why don't you find an inn to stay in first?"

The subordinates of the City Lord's Mansion reminded Huo Jiulin to nod, and then handed him a bank note: "Brother, thank you for taking care of me all the way, you take this, you can find an inn to rest for a night and then go back .”

"I can't accept that."

"Take it..."

"That's right, just accept it, we promise not to inform City Lord Yang, and besides, we may not be able to see City Lord Yang in the future."

The subordinate smiled a little embarrassedly, and then accepted the banknote. Huo Jiulin led the carriage and found a nearby inn to stay, but he couldn't stay idle for a moment.

"Ninth brother, your face is ugly, why don't you go out and look for it after a rest?"

"You can't feel at ease even if you rest. Why don't you go out and find out the situation. If Aqing and the others arrive, they might leave some marks."

Su Lubai was helpless, worried about the situation of Shen Yiqing and Helian Wuye, and at the same time worried about Huo Jiulin's health. He didn't know whether to find Third Brother Shen and the others first, or his elder brother to collapse first.

In the evening, two people who had nothing to gain were sitting at a roadside stall eating wontons. Su Lubai was quite picky at first, but now he was so hungry that he could eat anything.

Huo Jiulin held the spoon indifferently, his eyes wandering among the passers-by on the street, hoping to see the figure he was thinking of in the next moment.

"Ninth brother, you are still weak, and you haven't eaten well in the past few days. If you don't eat any more, you won't be able to find Sange Shen if you don't find it."

"I should have asked clearly which company owned the Shenjiabao business. Now I won't be like a chicken without a head. It's all my fault."

"Brother Shen San is a lucky man, I believe nothing will happen. You also said that they may be two people together, so it's unlikely that both of them will be injured and unable to move. Their martial arts are quite good."

Although Su Lubai was also full of worries, he could only say some comforting words. At this time, the pedestrians around seemed to be in a hurry, and they looked at those people with some doubts.

"Where are they going in a hurry?"

"Are you two from out of town?"

The owner of the wonton stall asked with a smile, Su Lubai nodded, then pointed to those people in a hurry and asked the owner: "Uncle, what are they all rushing to do?"

"See that corner in front? Turning around is Si Yanxiang, they are all in a hurry to go there."

"Siyanxiang? Where is that place?"

"Our largest brothel."

"Ah? They are in a hurry to go to the brothel. The folk customs here are really open enough."

There are still such a group of people rushing to the brothel here, and everyone seems to have an appointment, and even looks a little scrambling.

"You two don't know, tonight Si Yan Xiang has a new oiran bidding for the first night, and most of the people are going to join in the fun, wanting to see how beautiful this new oiran is."

"How many oirans are there?"

"The oiran in front was bought by us, the richest man, so Si Yanxiang's boss found another one, but it must be in the pocket of Lou's richest man tonight."

Su Lubai looked at Huo Jiulin speechlessly, but Huo Jiulin stood up as if suddenly alive, put some broken silver on the table, and then left with Su Lubai.

"Hey brother nine, where are we going?"

"Si Yan Xiang."

"Ah? Ninth brother, when are you still interested in going to the brothel to have fun? Even if that oiran is really beautiful, shouldn't our priority now be to find Third Brother Shen and Helian?"

"The most concentrated place in a town must be the brothel, so instead of running around here, we might as well go there to inquire, especially with so many people gathered there tonight."

Su Lubai thought it made sense when he heard it, so he didn't ask any more questions. The two of them turned the corner and saw a magnificent building in front of them. On the plaque hung on it was written the three big characters of "Si Yan Xiang" .

"Hello, two guests."

Two people who looked like guards stopped them, Huo Jiulin was a little puzzled, and only heard the person on the left say: "This guest officer doesn't know our Si Yanxiang's rules?"

"What rules?"

"Every auction night, you have to pay 100 taels to enter the building first."

Su Lubai opened his eyes wide, be good, what kind of brothel is this, you have to pay 100 taels of silver before entering?This is simply stealing money!

Huo Jiulin was too lazy to talk nonsense with them, so he paid 100 taels directly, and then that person asked someone to lead them in. There were so many people inside, Su Lubai felt a little noisy, and couldn't help asking: "This little brother, the so-called Where is the oiran?"

"Here, why don't you just sit on the high platform in the middle!"

Huo Jiulin beside him also looked in the direction of his finger, just curious, but when his gaze touched the person sitting on the high platform, he was completely stunned...