My family has been wielding knives for generations, but now it's my turn to wield a pen!

"Huh, who was that person just now?"

Jiang Xiaobai stood at the door, looking completely surprised.

Tang Ningshuang also glanced into the inner room, her expression gradually becoming strange.

"Oh, I think I know!"

Jiang Xiaobai's eyes flashed, and he stepped out, closing the door behind him.

"You guessed it?"

Tang Ningshuang looked surprised.

This guy's finally figured it out.

"Yeah, I guessed it, but I never expected it!"

As Jiang Xiaobai lowered his voice, his smile widened: "My brother Mo Li, you've also...kept a mistress!"

"Keeping a mistress in a gilded cage?"

Tang Ningshuang was visibly stunned when she heard Jiang Xiaobai's words, and finally raised her hand to rub her forehead.

She thought Jiang Xiaobai had figured out Mo Li's true identity as a woman disguised as a man.

It turns out... she was overthinking it.

With this thought in mind, Tang Ningshuang couldn't help but glance at the eldest princess beside her.

These two, sometimes... they really are quite alike!

As Tang Ningshuang sighed softly, Jiang Xiaobai's voice rang out: "Let's go ask where Brother Mo Li is!"

That's right, when he opened the door, he only saw a girl, not Mo Li.

Clearly... Mo left somewhere else.

Tang Ningshuang listened, her lips moved, but she hesitated to speak.

In the end, she didn't explain and followed Jiang Xiaobai out.

The three of them hadn't walked far down the corridor when they saw Chang Ying walking over from the other side.

"Oh, it's Steward Chang!"

Jiang Xiaobai stepped forward and asked, "I'd like to ask, where is your young master?"

"what?"

Chang Ying looked puzzled after hearing this: "Our young master is in his own room!"

"In the room?"

Jiang Xiaobai looked even more surprised: "That's impossible! I just came out of his room and didn't see him!"

"That's not right!"

Chang Ying said, "Come on, I'll take you there to have a look!"

As she spoke, Chang Ying turned around and led the three of them back to the door of the room they had just been in.

Chang Ying also knocked on the door first.

"Enter!"

As soon as a voice rang out, Mo Li pushed open the door.

Jiang Xiaobai followed him inside and glanced around. He saw Mo Li sitting at the table, holding a teacup in his hand.

"Hey, Brother Mo Li!"

Jiang Xiaobai walked forward with a look of surprise: "When did you get back?"

"Oh, just... just now!"

As Mo Li spoke, he put down the tea, his expression still somewhat unnatural.

"I knew it!"

Jiang Xiaobai nodded in realization.

It seems that Mo Li returned not long after he left.

Jiang Xiaobai sat opposite Mo Li, and even glanced into the inner room.

The door was tightly closed, so the girl was obviously still hiding inside.

However, Jiang Xiaobai didn't expose him at this moment. Instead, he looked at Mo Li and asked, "Brother Mo Li, how's the investigation into the equipment leak going?"

"Has that old man Zou spoken yet?"

"Not...not yet!"

When the topic turned to business, Mo Li became serious and gently shook his head, saying, "Sigh, we've asked everything we needed to ask, and we've pressed them where we needed to, but Old Zou insists that this matter has nothing to do with him!"

At this point, Mo Li sighed softly, "Right now, we have no other choice!"

"Come on, take me to see him!"

Jiang Xiaobai smiled slightly and said confidently, "I'm an expert in this area!"

"what?"

Mo Li glanced at Jiang Xiaobai with surprise, but finally nodded slightly, stood up, and walked outside.

Soon, led by Mo Li, the group arrived at a secret room on the tenth floor.

At this moment, Chang Ying took out the key and unlocked the door. A slightly stuffy atmosphere wafted out.

Jiang Xiaobai looked up and saw that Old Zou was sitting inside, his hair was a little messy and his face was full of dejection.

Hearing the door open, Old Zou looked up.

Upon seeing Mo Li, he immediately stood up from his chair.

"Young Master, you can't do this to me!"

Mr. Zou, his face filled with emotion, exclaimed, "I'm innocent! The equipment leak has absolutely nothing to do with me!"

"Besides, I am a meritorious contributor to Tianji Workshop. You should know how much I have done for Tianji Workshop over the years!"

"Ha, whether you're innocent or not isn't up to you to decide!"

At this moment, Jiang Xiaobai took two steps forward, smiled, and greeted him: "Old Zou, you should still remember me, right?"

"Young Master Jiang!"

Upon seeing Jiang Xiaobai, Old Zou quickly realized something and asked, "What brings you here?"

"Oh, by the way, the Xuanlin Armor I promised you last time is almost finished. Could you please put in a good word for me with the young master and ask her to let me out first?"

"Once I leave, I will definitely finish the Xuanlin Armor within half a month and personally deliver it to Prince Jiang!"

"No, no!"

Jiang Xiaobai shook his head after hearing this, and patted his chest: "I already have the soft armor Brother Mo gave me, so... I don't need your Xuanlin Armor for now!"

Hearing this, Mo Li glanced at Jiang Xiaobai with an unnatural expression.

"Besides, I have no other reason for coming here!"

Jiang Xiaobai looked at Old Zou with a beaming smile and said, "I came here... to kill you!"

"what?"

The expectation on Old Zou's face froze instantly, and he took half a step back.

Jiang Xiaobai ignored Elder Zou and turned to Mo Li: "Brother Mo Li, have you... heard of being torn to pieces?"

"To be torn to pieces?"

Mo Li paused for a moment, then gently shook her head: "What does 'cut into a thousand pieces' mean?"

"Oh, that's easy!"

Jiang Xiaobai smiled and said, "It's just taking a sharp knife and cutting the flesh off a person's body piece by piece!"

"Each slice can't be too thick; it has to be cut slowly, so... that people can truly appreciate its flavor!"

hiss!

Mo Li's face turned pale upon hearing this, and her expression towards Jiang Xiaobai changed.

"And there are thousands of insects and rats biting!"

Jiang Xiaobai continued enthusiastically, "First, strip the person naked, then smear them with honey, and then dump them in the middle of nowhere!"

"Then the ants, insects, and mice that smell the aroma will all swarm around it little by little. Tsk tsk, the scene... will be quite a sight!"

Tang Ningshuang stared at Jiang Xiaobai in shock.

Where did this guy get so many ways to torture people?

Even through her bamboo hat, the eldest princess couldn't help but glance at Jiang Xiaobai.

Let alone using it, just hearing about it makes my scalp tingle!

"Oh, and paper torture!"

Jiang Xiaobai seemed to have gotten interested and continued gesturing, "It's about soaking the paper and sticking it one by one on people's faces!"

"The first one might not seem like much, but the second, the third, slowly stacked on top of each other, making it hard to breathe, yet impossible to break free—that feeling, hey, it's quite wonderful..."

Jiang Xiaobai didn't stop, continuing, "And then there's dismemberment by five horses!"

"Take five horses, tie each person's head and limbs to one horse, then whip them hard, making each horse run in a different direction!"

As Jiang Xiaobai spoke, his gaze towards Old Zou was filled with sympathy: "Just thinking about that scene is exciting!"

The color had completely drained from Old Zou's face, and his legs began to tremble slightly.

Jiang Xiaobai continued explaining each item one by one.

After listing about ten items, Jiang Xiaobai turned to Mo Li and said, "Alright, Brother Mo Li, just do as I said and go prepare!"

After saying that, Jiang Xiaobai looked at Elder Zou again and snorted coldly, "Since he wouldn't say anything when I asked him, then I... will try everything on him!"

"etc!"

Upon hearing this, Old Master Zou became extremely anxious: "Young Master Jiang, you...you haven't even asked me anything yet!"