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Chapter 4057: Accompanied in the Underworld

Huddled on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly, the woman quickly spilled everything she knew, like beans pouring from a bamboo tube.

"Yes, it's true, His Royal Highness, the Crown Prince, Crown Princess! Everything this old servant said is true," she hurriedly declared. "Just a while ago, that Granny Zhang came to find me again, giving me a large sum of money to handle something at Cai Die Xuan."

Qiao Mu's eyes narrowed slightly, her gaze sharp as she looked at the woman and commanded, "Elaborate."

"Yes, yes," the old woman quickly recounted the entire incident from beginning to end.

It turned out that the old woman before them was precisely the one who had previously worn the Zhang Fuwa mask, disguised herself as a man, and incited the Zhang family members to appear, carrying their second son's corpse to cause trouble at Cai Die Xuan.

Qiao Mu sneered, "Then, were you also the one who poisoned the eight members of the Zhang family to death in prison?"

The old woman was instantly terrified, shaking her head repeatedly and crying out, "No, it wasn't, Crown Princess, it wasn't this old servant who did it! This old servant merely took on the task from Zhang Huilan, went to find the old madam of the Zhang family, told them about the matter, and gave them a sum of spirit coins for the task."

"Besides that, this old servant truly did nothing else!"

"It's true, absolutely true!" The old woman surnamed Wang knelt on the ground, begging for mercy and kowtowing repeatedly.

Qiao Mu's gaze, icy cold, swept over her, remaining silent for a long time.

A faint hint of disappointment flickered in her eyes as she asked in a heavy voice, "How do you usually contact that Zhang Huilan?"

"I, I have a communication jade talisman I use for contact. It's buried, buried in that, that wall crevice over there."

"Where is that Zhang Huilan now?"

"She, she followed the Long, the Long family people and ran, ran away, perhaps," the woman stammered.

"So, there's no one who can prove whether what you're saying now is true or false." Qiao Mu sneered, giving her a look as cold as ice and snow.

"What I said, what I said, every word is, is true, truly true! My young grand-aunt, I, I wouldn't dare to deceive, deceive you by half a word now."

As she spoke, a dark shadow flickered at the cellar entrance. It was Aoye, leading several Night Pavilion disciples, each carrying a person as they approached.

Everyone bowed to Mo Lian and Qiao Mu. Aoye said with a chuckle, "Crown Princess, the people have been captured."

As his words fell, several trembling figures were tossed by their hands, tumbling to the ground at the little Crown Princess's feet.

The woman's ethereal figure, which had been huddled in a ball, suddenly straightened up, baring its teeth and claws, about to rush forward. In an instant, however, it was fixed in place by a Body-Fixing Talisman, standing rigidly.

"Mercy, mercy!" On the ground lay four or five disheveled figures, clad only in their undergarments.

Clearly, these people had all been dragged from their beds and brought here.

There were men and women, young men and women, and trembling teenagers of thirteen or fourteen.

"Granny Wang," Qiao Mu's eyes were chillingly distant, her voice faint. "I see you're quite lonely on the road to the Underworld, so I've brought your whole family. Sending your entire family off together, accompanied in the Underworld, how does that sound?"

"No, no! No!!" The woman surnamed Wang finally knew fear now. Her entire shadow shook like a sieve, trembling uncontrollably.

"No, Crown Princess, you can't do this."

"What can't I do?" The little Crown Princess coldly interrupted her. "Hmph, you vermin, always devising ways to make my life miserable! Now you know fear?"