At this moment, Sisi was following a few steps behind Master Xiu Nuo in the Spirit Hall's team.

She had only come to the branch hall today to handle some routine registration matters, but upon hearing that the branch hall's soul masters were gathering and seeing Master Xiu Nuo personally leading the group out, she couldn't help but take a couple of steps forward and whispered:

"Master Xiu Nuo, where are we going?"

Master Xiu Nuo didn't even turn his head, only coldly uttering a sentence:

Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask.

Sisi was met with a rebuff, pursed her lips, and retreated back to the group. But as she looked around, the direction she was heading seemed increasingly familiar.

This road... seems to lead to the Liu family's house?

Her heart skipped a beat, and she couldn't help but move closer to a familiar butler, lowering her voice to ask:

"Brother Chen, do you know where we're going?"

The deacon surnamed Chen glanced around and whispered:

"I overheard Master Xiu Nuo and the Palace Master talking earlier. It seems we're heading to the Liu residence."

Sisi's face turned pale instantly.

Liu Mansion?

Why the Liu residence?

Countless thoughts flashed through her mind.

Was it because she had rejected Su Yuntao and chosen Liu Yuanlang instead?

But I haven't contacted him for a long time recently, how could Su Yuntao be so vengeful?

Her mind was buzzing, but before she could think about it, the procession stopped in front of a magnificent vermilion gate with the words "Liu Mansion" hanging above it in gilded characters.

Master Shuno stood at the front of the line, raised his hand and waved it forward; his voice, though not loud, carried clearly throughout the entire street.

"Capture everyone in the Liu household. If anyone resists, kill them without mercy."

Before the two guards at the door could react, they were tackled to the ground by the Soul Masters who rushed forward.

As the gate was pushed open, a cacophony of shouts and footsteps erupted in the courtyard. The servants and maids of the Liu family scattered in terror. The middle-aged man who appeared to be in charge ran out with a pale face. Upon seeing the dark mass of Spirit Hall War Soul Masters at the gate, his legs went weak and he knelt down on the ground.

Liu Yuanlang rushed out of the main hall, his expression a mixture of shock and anger, and following him out was another person—Shi Zhenxiang.

After being expelled from the Spirit Hall by Qin Yan, she had nowhere to go and ended up relying on Liu Yuanlang.

To be honest, Shi Zhenxiang was really daring. Knowing that she could never become Liu Yuanlang's lawfully wedded wife, she got him drunk, had a one-night stand with him, and became his concubine.

Unfortunately, their good days didn't last long before this happened.

As she watched the Spirit Hall Soul Masters file in and press down on everyone they saw, she couldn't help but scream:

"What are you doing? What right do you have to arrest people arbitrarily? Let me tell you, you're trespassing!"

Master Xiu Nuo didn't even glance at her, and waved his hand to signal that she be pressed down as well.

Shi Zhenxiang, with two Soul Masters holding her arms, was still shouting, "I'm from the Spirit Hall! You can't arrest me!"

Master Xiu Nuo finally gave her a cold glance: "You are no longer."

Liu Yuanlang was forced to the door by his arm, where he happened to see Sisi in the line.

He grasped at a straw, desperately turning his head to shout at her:

"Sisi! Sisi, please plead for me! Su Yuntao likes you the most. If you just say a word for me, he'll definitely let me go!"

Sisi stood there, her lips trembling slightly.

She wanted to say something, but Master Xiu Nuo's gaze swept coldly across her face, his eyes clearly saying, "Try saying a single word."

Sisi opened her mouth, but in the end she didn't say a word. She just watched as Liu Yuanlang was pushed and forced onto the carriage, and then lowered her eyes with complicated emotions.

After all the members of the Liu family were taken back to the Spirit Hall, Master Xiu Nuo did not waste any time and immediately put them into different interrogation rooms for separate interrogation overnight.

Those managers and servants had never seen anything like this before. The moment the Soul Master stood in front of them, without even his Soul Rings illuminating, some of them were so frightened that they confessed everything.

Before dawn, several key figures had already confessed all the details of Liu Yingda's secret dealings with the three Soul Master wanted criminals, including records of Liu Yingda sending them money and equipment through underground channels and helping them sell stolen goods over the years.

Liu Yuanlang finally couldn't hold back any longer and quickly spilled everything he knew, including how his father, Liu Yingda, had started plotting against the Su family months ago, planning a soul beast attack on the Su family's territory, and hiring three Soul Venerables and more than twenty Great Soul Masters to ambush Su Yuntao in the Soul Hunting Forest. He explained every single detail, including the time, place, and participants.

Su Yuntao sat in the inner hall, flipping through the confession that Master Xiu Nuo had compiled overnight, his expression calm and noncommittal.

In the side room next to the interrogation room, Shi Zhenxiang was locked in a small room with her hands tied behind her back to the back of a chair, her face pale.

When she saw Sisi and another deacon enter, her eyes lit up, and she suddenly struggled to sit up, her voice anxious:

"Sisi, we're best friends! You have to speak up for me! I really don't know anything. I was just tricked by Liu Yuanlang. Please talk to Su Yuntao for me. We've known each other for so many years, you can't just stand by and watch me die..."

Sisi stood at the door, looking at her flustered face with a complicated expression.

She opened her mouth to speak, but Su Yuntao was already standing outside the door at some point.

He held a stack of papers in his hand, and without saying much, he casually tossed a few pages onto the table in front of Sisi.

It was Liu Yuanlang's confession, written in black and white, with his fingerprints clearly visible.

Sisi looked down, her gaze sweeping down from the first line of text, and then her expression changed little by little.

The confession clearly states that in order to please Liu Yuanlang, Shi Zhenxiang took the initiative to devise a plan for him to arrange for Sisi to meet him at a villa outside the city, and then force her into marriage so that he could control her at will.

There is another note below. At the time, because of his father's warning, Liu Yuanlang did not want to have any contact with Sisi for the time being, so Liu Yuanlang directly rejected Shi Zhenxiang's proposal. However, the plan itself was confessed by Liu Yuanlang himself.

Sisi's hands trembled slightly as she flipped through the page twice. Finally, she looked up, her eyes red and her voice dry and hoarse: "Zhenxiang...why is this happening? Why are you doing this to me?"

Shi Zhenxiang was stunned for a moment, and then when she saw the contents of the paper, all the color drained from her face.

Then, she suddenly laughed, a sharp and twisted laugh: "Why? You actually ask me why?"

Her hands were tied behind her back, but she leaned forward desperately, her voice shrill and loud:

"Then let me ask you, why do you get all the good things? What's wrong with me? Su Yuntao clearly knew me first, but he ignored my advances while showering you with attention! Later, Liu Yuanlang came, and you didn't do anything, yet he fawned over you. What's wrong with me?"

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