There is a happy inn in the capital.

Chapter 173 Serves the Righteous

Upon hearing this, Li Shuchen stopped his attack with the stick. Since he had already started hitting him, he might as well try to trick him a little more.

Then a cold, aloof male voice spoke.

"Where did you take my sister?"

"Your sister? Sir, may I ask what your sister's name is?"

What's her name? What's her name? How could she possibly know what her name is?

Another beating

"Hey"

"Roar"

"what"

"call out"

"Big brother, big brother, I was wrong. Isn't your sister named Cui'er?"

Upon hearing this, Li Shuchen neither answered yes nor no, lest this kid try to trick her, and coldly said...

"You took my sister away, and you dare ask me her name? You're asking for it!"

Zhu Haose immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.

"No, no, no, brother, I was really wrong. Your sister's name is Ru'er, right? She's doing well and recovering in my yard."

Upon hearing this, Li Shuchen gave a cold snort.

Damn it, he actually dared to bluff me, he's asking for it.

Then came another beating with a stick.

White Snake Spits Tongue

Dark clouds overhead

Sweep through thousands of troops

"Hey, brother, stop hitting her! She's being cared for perfectly well in my courtyard. I even hired a maid to look after her. She's alive and well, really."

Li Shuchen put away the wooden stick and asked...

Where is she now?

"Brother-in-law, could you please untie my sack? I'm suffocating!"

Li Shuchen frowned upon hearing this. Calling her "brother-in-law" was really shameless.

However, the sack really needed to be untied; she still needed to give him the forgetfulness pill.

Li Shuchen picked up the Forgetfulness Pill and held it in his hand. Those who took this pill would forget everything that had happened in the previous three hours upon waking.

She untied the knot with one hand and pinched the cinnabar with the other.

The instant the sack was loosened

They shoved the pill right down his throat, then lifted his chin so he couldn't spit it out.

Zhu Haose took off the burlap sack, stood up, and coughed violently.

"Cough, cough, cough cough"

"Brother-in-law, what did you give me to eat?"

Li Shuchen said casually

"Poison, a poison with no antidote that will surely kill; blood will flow from all seven orifices, and the body will explode."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Haose was stunned and frantically gestured with his hands.

"No, brother-in-law, why are you giving me poison? Where's the antidote?"

"Tell me my sister's location, and I'll give you the antidote. Otherwise, you can just wait to explode and die."

"Brother-in-law, my dear brother-in-law, Ru'er is in the gambling den."

Zhu Haose actually trapped the girl in the gambling den; what kind of fetish is this?

Thinking this in his heart, but putting on a fierce expression on his face, he said...

"A gambling den? You actually let my sister stay in a gambling den? You're asking for it, aren't you?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Haose immediately knelt down.

"Brother, brother, brother-in-law, Ru'er is in the backyard of the gambling den. It's clean and safe there. Nobody goes there, and there are no gamblers. Don't worry, brother-in-law."

Li Shuchen was just trying to scare him, and he put away the wooden stick and asked...

"The backyard of the gambling den? Are you serious?"

Zhu Haose was almost in tears.

"Brother-in-law, everything I said is true."

"Then take me to see it tomorrow."

Zhu Haosheng was taken aback by these words. With so many women in his harem, wouldn't his brother-in-law kill him if he saw them?

"Brother-in-law, this..."

"Hmm?! Is there something wrong?"

Zhu Haoshe smiled obsequiously.

"Ru'er is unwell recently and should not receive guests."

"I think you don't want the antidote."

"I want it, brother-in-law, I want the antidote. Tomorrow, I'll bring Ru'er to see you, okay?"

Li Shuchen gave him a cold glance and said

"Didn't you say she was unwell and shouldn't see guests? Looks like you were lying to me."

Li Shuchen gripped the wooden stick tightly and practiced all the lower body techniques he had diligently trained over the past two days.

Zhu Haose's legs were already weak, and now he couldn't even kneel down, collapsing to the ground.

"Brother-in-law, please stop hitting her. I'll definitely bring her to see you tomorrow."

Li Shuchen swung the wooden stick with flair, aiming it directly at Zhu Haose's genitals.

"If I don't see her safe and intact by tomorrow, I'll use this stick to smash your manhood piece by piece, so you'll never be able to have sex again."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Haose quickly shielded his younger brother with both hands. The pain was unbearable; just hearing the words was enough to induce unbearable agony.

"Brother-in-law, don't worry, I will definitely get you safely tomorrow. When will you give me the antidote?"

"After I see her safely tomorrow..."

"A word is settled"

Zhu Haose had barely finished uttering the word "fixed" when Li Shuchen knocked him unconscious with a single blow.

He threw it at the entrance of the gambling den and turned to leave.

"Hey, Young Master Zhu, Young Master Zhu, wake up! What are you doing sleeping here?"

Zhu Haose felt someone shaking him and woke up groggily.

"How did I fall asleep here?"

Wasn't he sprinting at his desk? How did he get here? Thinking of this, he quickly looked at his clothes; thankfully, he was dressed neatly.

"Yes, Young Master Zhu, are you too tired? The ground is cold, why don't you go home and sleep?"

Zhu Haose tried to stand up, but it hurt, it hurt so much! Why did his legs hurt so much?

Could it be that he's been indulging in too much sex lately and is exhausted?

However, he has indeed been indulging in some pleasure lately.

The thought of marrying the prefect's daughter filled him with joy, and this joy made him want to indulge himself.

Zhu Haose was helped to his feet.

Walking unsteadily

The more I walked, the more I felt something was wrong.

He seems to have forgotten something.

what is it then?

A marriage proposal? Yes, a marriage proposal, it must be a marriage proposal. He looks so disheveled right now, his image is terrible. He'll rest tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow he'll go to the Prefect's residence to propose marriage.

The next day, after Li Shuchen woke up, he called Qianqian and the others and asked them to go to the streets and inquire if anyone had lost a younger sister or daughter.

He didn't stay idle either; he went out to inquire in places with many ordinary people if there were any families whose daughters were missing, and whose names were Ru'er.

Li Shuchen searched from East Street to West Street, and then from North Street to South Street.

It was already dark, and they still hadn't found it.

There's only one place left to ask.

Li Shuchen was determined not to give up and walked towards the crowd to ask...

"Does anyone in your family have a daughter named Ru'er? She's gone missing and hasn't returned."

Li Shuchen waited expectantly for a while, watching the crowd, but still no one answered.

It seems we won't be able to find it today.

He then turned away dejectedly.

"Grape, let's go back."

"Please wait, young lady."

Li Shuchen turned around at the sound and saw a young man with a stubble beard and a haggard face, wearing tattered and patched summer clothes, standing in front of her.

The young man asked cautiously

"Young lady, have you seen my sister, Ru'er?"

Li Shuchen's eyes lit up upon hearing this; he had found it.

"Brother, may I speak to you in private?"

The two walked to the side, and Li Shuchen asked first.

"Brother, do you have a younger sister named Ru'er who is missing?"

"That's right. Ru'er and I depend on each other for survival. Several months ago, she went to the market to buy groceries and never came back. I've searched every place in Weijing, but I can't find my sister anywhere. I want to leave the capital to look for her, but I'm afraid she might suddenly return home and not find me, so I dare not leave the capital."

"You just mentioned that you've met my sister, haven't you?"

Li Shuchen replied

"I've never seen her, but I know where she is."

The young man said excitedly

"Where is she? I need to pick her up and take her home."