Gu Sui raised his chin and stepped back, keeping his distance from her. He then pointed at Sui Sui wagging its tail on the ground.

“Sui Sui insisted on running this way. I couldn’t stop it, so I followed. It probably smelled your scent.”

Even Sui Yu and Yun Mu found these words somewhat far-fetched, but what shocked them more was the silver-masked person before them.

Mu Jiulu: “…It’s a cat, not a dog.”

Gu Sui: “Its nose is just keen, what’s wrong with that!”

Everyone: “……”

Mu Jiulu shook her head helplessly, not wanting to expose him. She indulgently said:

“Alright, Sui Sui has the keenest nose. Come, sit down.”

Mu Jiulu tried to take his hand but failed. The young man snorted and walked towards the chair by the window with his arms folded.

Seeing this, Mu Jiulu didn’t return to the high platform with the golden throne either, but walked with him towards the window.

Yingge, facing forward, had no choice but to change her kneeling direction.

Gu Sui glanced at Yingge, who had been stringing him along these past few days, and crossed his legs.

“What are you two plotting here again?”

Yingge grumbled inwardly, men really do become arrogant when favored.

She recounted the ins and outs of the matter in detail. The reason she took it upon herself to invite Gu Sui to the City Lord’s mansion was indeed because she wanted to see what kind of person the young lord was.

But making no effort to conceal his identity at the gates of the City Lord’s mansion was for fishing.

The Poison Wolf people harbored a deep hatred for Gu Sui, and all the people they sent to the capital had been completely wiped out. Now that they had news of him in Chaoyang City, how could they let this opportunity pass?

Yingge had previously discovered that Mu Jingyao had connections with the Poison Wolf people, but they were too slippery and she couldn’t catch them.

It was only by using Gu Sui as bait to lure out the Poison Wolf that she was finally able to follow the trail and capture Mu Jingyao.

This was why Mu Jiulu was angry.

What if Yingge had been careless and let those indiscriminate killers from Poison Wolf succeed, hurting Gu Sui?

Even without those people in Chaoyang City who had been forced to submit taking action, she feared she would tear Yingge apart herself.

After hearing this, Gu Sui’s tense fingertips tapped his arm as he said irritably:

“I was wondering why you kept refusing to hand Mu Jingyao over to me. So you hadn’t caught her!”

He had even sent Zheng Wan to secretly explore the City Lord’s mansion up and down, but it had all been in vain.

Yingge’s apologetic attitude was very sincere: “Young lord, please calm your anger. We’ve caught her now. There are also six little wolves, all handed over to the young lord to deal with.”

Gu Sui’s brows furrowed slightly: “Little wolves? So there are big wolves too?”

Yingge nodded: “Yes, Ningwu, the current leader of Poison Wolf. She’s hidden even deeper. Mu Jingyao was captured because she sacrificed a pawn to protect the chariot, her methods quick and ruthless.”

“Such a threatening person, yet you let her escape?”

Mu Jiulu suddenly questioned. Yingge’s heart, which had just settled, was raised again.

“Master, please rest assured. I’ve already sent people to capture her. We’ll definitely crush her schemes in the cradle, guaranteeing the young lord’s safety.”

Mu Jiulu’s crimson lips pursed slightly: “It had better be so.”

Yingge’s eyes turned, and she very cooperatively replied: “Master’s love and concern for the young lord is truly moving heaven and earth. This subordinate admires it.”

Gu Sui: “……”

“Are you two putting on a show for me here? What Ningwu? Let her come, I’ll smash her to death!”

Did they really think he was still the helpless weakling from half a year ago?

He had heard from Zheng Wan that previously in Wugui City, it was because Poison Wolf feigned surrender and killed many of their sisters that he had ordered the city to be slaughtered in a fit of rage.

If you really count, not only does Poison Wolf hate him to the bone, but every person in the Gu family army would like to drink Poison Wolf’s blood and eat their flesh.

Seeing that her little scheme had failed, Yingge rubbed her nose. Gu Sui snorted coldly.

“Where’s Mu Jingyao? I want her. Didn’t you catch her? Hurry up and bring her here.”

Finally able to settle accounts with her properly!

Yingge hurriedly went down to personally escort Mu Jingyao from the dungeon. She kicked the back of her knees, forcing her to kneel, and then firmly held her down.

Mu Jingyao was disheveled, her tattered clothes still stained with blood. She was bound tightly, looking very wretched.

At this moment, she knelt down in humiliation, her eyes full of hatred fixed on Gu Sui as she struggled violently.

“Why aren’t you dead? Why!”

Gu Sui put down his leg, drew the long sword at his waist, walked forward and placed it against the side of her neck, coldly looking at the person on the ground.

“Mu Jingyao, who do you think you are? You inhuman beast, you dare to harm me, you dare to kill your own husband, you don’t deserve to live!”

Mu Jingyao seemed not to have expected this man to dare speak so insolently. At first, she was somewhat shocked, but suddenly she started laughing. Her venomous smile was like that of a ghost.

“You can only show off with words now. Do you dare to kill me? You came to capture me, but in the end, don’t you still have to send me back to the capital safe and sound? You should know, no matter what, I still bear the Mu surname!”

Gu Sui twisted the blade in his hand, cutting off a strand of her hair. But Mu Jingyao’s expression didn’t change in the slightest, as if she had nothing to fear, her arrogance infuriating.

“It doesn’t matter. Huan’er said she wants to crush her bones and scatter her ashes. When the time comes, even if we send back just a set of dry bones, it will do.”

A calm voice came out. The familiarity that seemed to be engraved into the soul made Mu Jingyao’s eyes contract as she looked towards the masked woman by the window.

“You…”

Mu Jiulu ignored Mu Jingyao’s shock and looked at Gu Sui who had turned his head, the corner of her lips curling into a smile.

“If you want to vent your anger, you can do whatever you want. If you find it dirty, leave it to me.”

“Mu Jiulu!”

Mu Jingyao suddenly started struggling like a madwoman, screaming.

“How can you be here? How dare you say such things? I am your Fourth Elder Sister! Huan’er’s aunt!”

Mu Jiulu’s gaze turned cold, falling on her frenzied face.

“You are not worthy.”

Mu Jiulu leaned forward slightly, the silver mask gleaming coldly.

“You schemed for power and usurped the throne, harmed your sisters, and you still dare to call yourself my Fourth Elder Sister? The poison given to Eldest Sister was from you, wasn’t it? You also instigated Third Sister and Seventh Sister back then, didn’t you!

Mu Jingyao, you know very well how many lives a plague can take, yet you use any means to achieve your goals. You are not worthy of the Mu surname!”

“Ahhhh, Mu Jiulu! You bitch, you shouldn’t have been born! You are the enemy of all of us, I should have strangled you in your cradle!”

Gu Sui raised his right hand, thrusting the sword through her shoulder. The sharp blade pierced through flesh and blood with a squelching sound. He quickly pulled it out, his peach blossom eyes extremely cold and fierce.

Mu Jingyao screamed in agony, momentarily unable to speak, blood foam dripping from the corner of her mouth.

“You… you all… deserve to die!”

Gu Sui withdrew his sword. He indeed felt that this person’s blood was somewhat dirty, utterly disgusting.

“Send her to Liangzhou City, hang her on the city wall, display her crimes for all to see!”

Yingge was startled: “Private punishment is one thing, but hanging her directly on the city wall, making it public, young lord, this doesn’t follow the rules!”

“Did I come here to follow rules with her?”

Mu Jiulu’s voice was cold. Yingge was silent for a moment.

Wasn’t this City Lord’s Mansion here to set rules for Chaoyang City?

But seeing her obvious intention to unconditionally support the young lord, Yingge dared not say more.

She took Mu Jingyao away and handed her over to Zheng Wan, relaying Gu Sui’s words to her.

Zheng Wan acted swiftly. That afternoon, Mu Jingyao was bound and hung on the city wall of Liangzhou City, with lists of her crimes written in her blood hanging on both sides.

The mottled white cloth fluttered with layers of blood color, reaching all the way to the ground. Her crimes were too numerous to be written even with all her blood.