"I only have one question."
Li Hai flung the severed ear onto Wang Widow's face and said coldly, "Who exactly killed Zan Popo of Li Wang Temple?"
"Zan Popo?"
Wang Widow looked bewildered and said, "I, I don't know. I only went to Li Wang Temple during the daytime for the ceremony. Other times, I was at home."
"Mm, good." Li Hai nodded, snapped his fingers lightly, and Wang Widow was lifted into the air, floating above the wine table.
"You, what are you going to do?" Wang Widow frantically looked around and said in fear, "Why are you lifting me up?"
Clang!
Li Hai drew a long, sharp dagger from his palm, then first deeply cut Wang Widow's face.
Then, amidst her pig-like screams, he said coldly:
"From now on, I ask, you answer. If you can't answer, I'll cut a piece of flesh from your body and make you eat it."
After speaking, he asked, "Who killed Zan Popo?"
"I—Wuwuwu—" Wang Widow cried, tears and snot streaming down her face, "I—Sir, I really don't know!"
"I see—" Li Hai snorted coldly, "You're truly hungry."
With that, he swiftly gouged out one of Wang Widow's eyeballs.
"Ah ah ah ah! Didn't you say you'd only cut flesh?! Ah ah ah!"
The immobilized Wang Widow, with only one eye remaining, continued to wail miserably, "Why, why gouge out my eye?!"
"You, come here, open your hand."
Li Hai turned and called a person who was stunned with fear to come over. He used the dagger to pick up the eyeball and placed it in the person's hand, commanding, "Feed it to her, wash it down with wine."
The person, holding the eyeball, trembled nervously as he climbed onto the wine table. Then, he picked up a cup of wine and was about to go to Wang Widow to feed her.
Just then, Wang Widow, deep in pain and fear, finally couldn't bear it anymore. She screamed in collapse, "It was Zhang Yong who killed her! It was Zhang Yong! I just gave him a large sum of money to capture you, but I didn't tell him to kill Zan Popo! It was all his own decision, it has nothing to do with me!"
"Zhang Yong?"
Hearing this unfamiliar name, Li Hai frowned and asked, "Who is this person?"
At this moment, a clear female voice suddenly came from outside the door:
"He's a Sand Bandit from the Jiao Lan Desert!"
As the voice appeared, Feifei, with a cold expression, carried a redwood coffin into the Wang Residence.
She walked up to Wang Widow and said coldly, "So you really colluded with those bandits. So many large merchant caravans were plundered not long after leaving town because you tipped off the Sand Bandit, didn't you?"
With that, she slapped Wang Widow hard, knocking out all her teeth, causing her to shriek and wail again in pain, sounding as unpleasant as a ghost's cry.
After doing all these things, Feifei carefully placed the coffin on the ground and said to Li Hai:
"Zhang Yong is the Third Leader of a bandit group in the Jiao Lan Desert—the Vulture Gang. Above him are the Second Leader Fu Chunlei and the First Head Zhong Tianchuan. These three bandits are collectively known as the Three Devils of Jiao Lan.
Especially that Great Devil Zhong Tianchuan, who is exceptionally cruel. It is rumored that his martial arts are unparalleled, and he never needs a second move to kill, so he is also known as 'One-Move Immortal.' His fierce reputation is well-known throughout the entire Jiao Hong Lu Gorge, enough to stop children from crying at night."
After saying all these words in one breath, Feifei visibly became dejected.
Clearly, she did not believe that she or Li Hai could kill Zhang Yong and avenge her Popo.
"Yes, yes, Miss Feifei is right!"
Wang Widow, still suspended nearby, said urgently, "It's precisely because these three Devil Heads are too terrifying that I, I had no choice but to obey their commands, so Zan Popo's death cannot be blamed on me!
Also, they, they have inside informants in various towns throughout this entire Gorge. In Jin Fu Town alone, there's more than just me. So you, you should escape quickly.
Oh, that's right, you'll need money to run, so just take it from my mansion. Take as much as you want, as long as, as long as you spare my dog life. Wuwuwuwu, please, please let me live, please!"
"Continue questioning." Li Hai lightly traced the dagger across Wang Widow's face, "Where is Zhang Yong right now?"
"I, I—" Wang Widow's fat face trembled, her voice quivering as she said, "I guess, I guess he should be drinking in a brothel in town right now. It's just, I'm not too sure where he's drinking."
"Very good. Then, next question."
Li Hai continued to ask, "After he finishes drinking, where will he go? Will he come here?"
"Perhaps—perhaps so."
Wang Widow dared not lie at all and could only honestly say, "He couldn't catch you, so he should come here to inform me, and then—then he'll embezzle my money and return to the Vulture Gang. It's always been like this in the past."
"Heh." Li Hai snorted coldly, "He's quite unprincipled in his actions."
Immediately, he looked up at Wang Widow and said, "Alright, I'll wait for him here. As for you~"
Li Hai turned to Feifei and said, "This woman is half an accomplice. Will you do it or shall I?"
"I will!" Feifei said decisively.
"Good." Li Hai nodded, handed her the dagger, and then sat down in an empty seat beside the wine table.
Feifei, meanwhile, stared intently at the terrified Wang Widow, gritting her teeth and saying, "I'm going to slice you into a thousand pieces!"
Despite her words, in the time that followed, Feifei was unable to fulfill her 'promise.'
Lacking experience, she only cut Wang Widow seventy-odd times before killing her outright.
Before she died, Wang Widow's entire face was almost peeled off by Feifei, and she died an extremely painful death.
But ultimately, this fat pig did die.
So now, they just had to wait for the arrival of Zhang Yong, the Third Leader of the Vulture Gang.
However, Li Hai and Feifei waited for a full half an hour.
And what they waited for after half an hour was the Li Zhen of Jin Fu Town, who was also Wang Widow's cousin.
Behind him, there were surprisingly over a hundred women holding infants.
So many women and children, densely packed, filled more than half of the street outside the Wang Residence.
When Li Zhen entered the door, he bowed deeply to Li Hai and then respectfully said after a long bow:
"Great Hero, I—have an impertinent request."
Li Hai leaned back in his chair, gazing at him indifferently and coldly said:
"Speak."
Having received permission, Li Zhen immediately bowed again and said respectfully:
"Great Hero, can you—not kill Zhang Yong?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the temperature throughout the entire Wang Residence suddenly plummeted, chilling even Feifei, who couldn't help but shiver.
"Li Zhen."
Li Hai narrowed his eyes at him and said coldly, "You, give me a reason."
Li Zhen trembled, took a breath, and said with difficulty:
"Great Hero, if you kill Zhang Yong, then—you will inevitably offend the First Head of the Vulture Gang, Zhong Tianchuan.
At that time, he will definitely vent his anger on Jin Fu Town, on everyone in the town!
And Zhong Tianchuan's father is precisely the Sect Leader of Mingyue Pavilion among the Three Sages and Nine Sects—Zhong XiangSheng!"