If seeing General Yuwen made sense of everything, Lu Qin and Shaotong were different. These two possessed a strange ability to modify people's memories. Since they could modify theirs, it might work on General Yuwen as well, so their words couldn't be trusted.

After chatting for a while, Lu Qin and Shaotong revealed limited information. Fatty suspected their purpose was more than that, and this Shaotong always glanced at them with an inexplicable look in his eyes, which made Fatty uneasy. He always felt something was about to happen.

Jiang Cheng's thoughts were consistent with Fatty's. He wasn't prepared to waste time with Lu Qin and the other, so he asked them about their next plans. Lu Qin said they planned to walk along the path the coffin-pulling horse team had taken last night to see if there were any clues along the way.

After speaking, they parted ways. Out of caution, Jiang Cheng and Fatty didn't move, watching Lu Qin and the other disappear around the street corner.

After waiting a few more minutes, Jiang Cheng and Fatty finished their sweet potatoes and were about to leave when they suddenly heard a noisy sound behind them. Looking around, a group of people in less-than-refined clothes swaggered over, led by a ragged man who brought them to the entrance of the inn.

Jiang Cheng and Fatty immediately ducked behind a stall, quietly watching the movement.

The man leading the way was all smiles, and it was the beggar Jiang Cheng had found in Wujia Lane. This time he was still a guide, and it looked like he was there for Wu Yujiao in the inn.

"Master Liu, the person is here. A brother of mine saw that little vixen Wu Yujiao on the street last night. She came out under the cover of night. My brother followed her all the way and saw her go back here." The beggar bowed and scraped, appearing to admire this Master Liu very much.

The so-called Master Liu was the leader of this group. The early autumn weather was no longer warm, and Master Liu wore a fur cardigan, exposing most of his chest. The dense chest hair couldn't hide a few hideous scars. He was obviously a brave and ruthless character. Master Liu grinned and looked up at the inn's sign, a lewd smile appearing on his lips. "Good, you did well!"

Master Liu casually tossed the beggar a small piece of silver. His large bald head gleamed in the sunlight. "When I find her, there will be more reward money!"

"Thank you, Master Liu!"

The beggar skillfully caught the silver and carefully bit it at the corner of his mouth to make sure it was real. Then, he leaned against a pillar outside the inn, humming a little tune.

But the next moment, the silver in his hand was snatched away. The beggar was stunned and was about to curse when someone grabbed his collar and lifted him up like a chick.

Then two faces appeared before him. Fatty held the beggar up with his left hand, and his right hand was clenched into a fist. The fist was almost as big as half the beggar's face. Jiang Cheng stood beside Fatty, tossing the piece of silver the beggar had received up and down in his hand.

Seeing Jiang Cheng and Fatty, the beggar's first reaction was to call Master Liu and the others down to help, but after receiving a hard flick on the forehead from Fatty, the beggar immediately softened. "Don't, you two, don't... don't get violent!"

"You little beggar, you're a guide!" Fatty threatened to hit him again, but Jiang Cheng stopped him. He still had questions to ask.

"What's going on?" Jiang Cheng pointed to the inn.

"It's... it's like this. Old Brother Wu... that is, Wu Yujiao's father, went to the casino opened by Master Liu, and... and he used fake silver to bet. Master Liu caught him red-handed, but Old Brother Wu was stubborn and wouldn't admit it, so Master Liu's men beat him half to death. In the end, I don't know what happened, but he probably couldn't think straight and was found hanging from a crooked-neck tree in the alley this morning."

"But even if the person is dead, the gambling debts owed to Master Liu don't disappear. He couldn't pay it back, but he has a beautiful daughter. Old Brother Wu had promised Master Liu long ago that if he couldn't pay it back within ten days, he would use his daughter to pay off the debt. This... this is all written down. Master Liu has a written agreement from Old Brother Wu!"

Hearing what the beggar said, Jiang Cheng roughly understood what was going on. The silver that Wu Yujiao's beast of a father used was given to him by Jiang Cheng. How could it be fake? Master Liu and his gang must have discovered the Hou residence mark on the silver and wanted to silence him. As for the so-called hanging himself out of despair, it was probably done by Master Liu and his gang.

But they weren't satisfied with just taking the silver, they still wanted to grab Wu Yujiao and take her back. That was too much. After hearing the screams from upstairs, Jiang Cheng turned and went upstairs, with Fatty carrying the beggar behind him.

Before they even got close, they heard Wu Yujiao's scream from the room: "Get out of here! I have nothing to do with my father anymore. He already sold me to Young Master Jiang. I'm Young Master Jiang's person now!"

"Hehehe, I don't recognize any Young Master Jiang. Your father has already mortgaged you to me. Open your eyes and take a good look. It's written clearly in black and white, and there's even your father's signature."

The sounds of arguing were accompanied by Wu Yujiao's mother's voice, but she was just a blind old woman, how could she protect her daughter in the face of these wolfish men?

At the critical moment, Jiang Cheng and the others arrived outside the room. Seeing Jiang Cheng, Wu Yujiao's eyes lit up. "Young Master Jiang!"

The two closest people tried to attack, but Jiang Cheng easily knocked them down with a punch each. Added to Fatty, they solved 6 or 7 people in an instant, all wailing on the ground of the room, clutching their arms and legs.

Master Liu, who was left alone, was afraid but still intended to reason with Jiang Cheng, but the next moment, he received a heavy flick on his bald head from Fatty, which made Master Liu's mind feel dazed.

"Stand up straight and talk!" Fatty said confidently. Standing in front of Master Liu, he was as solid as a tank. "Bullying orphans and widows, have you no shame?"

Picking up the so-called agreement from the ground, Jiang Cheng tore it up without even looking at it. "Hey, that's my agreement. Her father owes me money. Her father is dead. Who else can I ask for it from?" Master Liu struggled, covering his head.

Jiang Cheng pinched Master Liu's chin and stuffed the torn paper into his mouth bit by bit, his tone as cold as if he were talking to a dead man. "I've already bought Wu Yujiao. Also, the silver her father had was given to him by me."

As soon as these words came out, Master Liu's struggle suddenly stopped. Then, the way he looked at Jiang Cheng changed, his pupils slowly contracting. Jiang Cheng leaned close to Master Liu's ear and said with a smile, "There's plenty of room to bury people in the backyard of the Hou residence. I'll save a spot for you."