The price of being an accomplice to a tiger

  When they opened their eyes, they were already in a dimly lit dungeon.

  A musty smell rushed into their nostrils, and they found themselves unable to move their limbs, realizing once again that they had been tied up by someone.

  "Second Master, they have already woken up."

  His body wrapped in white bandages, unable to move, Pei Er Ye Pei Kun was the deputy head of the Luohu branch of the Salt Gang. At this moment, he was sitting on a sedan chair, carried by two slaves, walking into the room.

  By his side, a stupid leopard that had also been flogged over a hundred times and was covered in wounds, stared at the two people tied to the ground with a pair of eyes filled with deep resentment.

  "Second Master, it's Second Master! Second Master, save us!" The two of them saw that it was Pei Qian and immediately felt a sense of relief, loudly shouting for help.

  "How dare you shout for help? It's lucky that Second Master didn't kill you and feed you to the dogs! What, did you do something wrong to Second Master and now want to run away with it?"

  The silly leopard said with a hateful tone, looking at his facial expression, it seemed like he couldn't wait to skin these two people alive.

  If it weren't for these two people, he wouldn't have suffered this unprovoked disaster.

  "Second Master, we didn't do anything wrong to you, we all followed your orders..." The two of them said tearfully.

  "Still dare to quibble! Speak, what exactly happened last night, and why did Second Master fall asleep? Dare to utter a single falsehood, and watch as Second Master flays you alive!"

  Pei Qianheng remained silent, staring coldly at the two of them.

  The two had just escaped from the tiger's mouth, and in the blink of an eye they entered the wolf's den. Their minds had already collapsed, and being frightened by the silly leopard, who dared to hide anything? Suddenly, they told everything that happened last night, one by one.

  It's also thanks to their good memory that they can complement each other on the details they missed, making the whole thing restored with a nose and eyes, so that people have no choice but to believe.

  Especially when they mentioned that Pei Qianhui let them send Zhang back this morning, Zhang's gentle and soft-voiced pleading in the room at that time, Pei Qianhui finally spoke up and asked: "Did you see me when you came in?"

  Two people nodded like chickens pecking at rice: "I see."

  "Are you sure that's me?"

  "Alright, Second Master had taken us brothers to the bathhouse before, so we two brothers recognized the black birthmark on Second Master's belly, absolutely no mistake. At that time, you were lying in bed, saying you'd been tossed about all night and were exhausted, telling us not to come disturb you again if there was nothing going on..."

  Pei Qian looked bewildered: "How come I don't remember anything at all? You guys brought me here, and I do recall that clearly. It was indeed her, no mistake about it. I even remember taking off her shoes and kissing her little foot... but everything after that is a complete blank."

  "Second Master, did you drink too much and can't remember now?" The two of them hastily reminded him.

  Pei Qian thought for a moment, then slapped his forehead and suddenly said: "That's right! It seems that the medicinal properties of that pot of tiger whip wine were too strong last night, completely stimulating my potential. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to make that beauty beg for mercy, and even made myself sleep for half a day. It seems that in the future, I shouldn't drink too much of that kind of potent medicine."

  As he spoke, looking at the two of them, his face sank: "I've been searching for you both for half a day, and you're just coming back now in the middle of the night with all that silver. What are you trying to do?"

  "I, we are going back home to see our mother..."

  "Mother? I've heard you haven't had a mother for a long time?" Pei Qian sneered.

  "It's Dry Mother, it's Dry Mother..."

  "I'll screw your mother! You bunch of scum, who dare to sell even their own mothers into prostitution for silver, and yet you mention my mother to me? Do you think I'm a fool?! If I don't give you some pain, you won't tell the truth. Stupid leopard, let them also taste the lash!"

  "Yes! Second Master." Dumb Leopard received the order, took a horse whip full of reverse thorns and walked to the side of the two people.

  The two men looked at the whip and turned pale, hastily begging for mercy: "Don't hit Second Master, don't hit me, I'll say it, I'll say it!"

  Before the silly leopard could even react, those two people suddenly started wailing like ghosts and wolves, regretting that they didn't have two mouths to tell everything in one breath. After being sent back home by Zhang's family, they were kidnapped and thrown into a river, barely escaping death. They told everything about their speculation of the black-clothed kidnappers without hiding anything.

  Pei Qian heard this later, his face changed greatly, and after they finished speaking, he hastily asked: "Are you sure it was Lord Feng's person?"

  "They were covering their faces at that time, the little ones couldn't see their faces clearly, only heard them say 'Second Master, you've taken their woman, they want to find the boss to settle accounts...'"

  Pei Qian could no longer sit still, got up from his chair and began pacing anxiously in the cell.

  "What's going on, how did the people from the government office find out? If this gets to my older brother, I'll definitely be skinned alive..."

  Saying that, he turned his head and stared fiercely at the two of them, "It's all because of you two bastards, you can't even handle things properly, and now the news has leaked out! You've gotten me into so much trouble! I'm going to be killed because of you!... What do you say we should do now!"

  The two men cried with sad faces: "Second Master, we didn't want to either. We had no idea that the lord of the manor was so all-knowing and all-powerful, knowing every move we made. Second Master, please spare us this one time, considering all the years we've served you...please, Second Master..."

  The two men begged for mercy, at this time, the foolish leopard who was standing aside walked to Pei Qian's side, leaned over and whispered a few words in his ear. Pei Qian's face suddenly lit up with a smile, clapping his hands in praise: "Good plan! You're indeed my sworn brother, let's do it as you said!"

  He waved his hand and two slaves lifted up the chair and walked out of the prison door.

  "Second Master, we've already told you everything we know, please spare us, Second Master, you can't just abandon us like this...!"

  In their cries for mercy, Pei Qian left the prison cell without looking back.

  "Save your energy, don't beg. You've followed Second Master for all these years and still don't know his temper? Because of you, he was flogged by the old master with dozens of lashes, not a single piece of good skin left on his body. He's already showing mercy by not throwing you into the river, considering all the things you've done for him over the years. Who made you provoke the people from the Sealed Manor? Can't let Lord Sealing come to our doorstep himself, can we? You'll just have to suffer this time... hope that Lord Sealing will be magnanimous and spare your lives..."

  As he spoke, he walked over to a pile of torture instruments in the dungeon and picked up a black hook and a small knife with a blunt tip.

  Those two obviously recognized the torture device, and were immediately frightened out of their wits. They no longer cared about anything and loudly cursed: "Pei Qian, you dog! You're so cruel and vicious! You won't die a good death, I curse you to be struck by lightning while having an affair with a woman! May your flowers bloom but not bear fruit, may your sons be born but not survive, may your descendants be cut off..."

  In the midst of their hysterical cursing, two mournful cries were heard from the cell, and soon all was quiet again.

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