Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 367 - 211: Ye Jiejie?

Chapter 367: Chapter 211: Ye Jiejie?

Jiang Shouzhong found the worst possible excuse of "going to the latrine" to leave the crowd and quietly made his way to the Su Family’s backyard.

Ever since Su Shanke had gone mad, the backyard had turned into a forbidden area.

Despite it being broad daylight, the place felt gloomy, adding an air of eeriness.

Even the passing maids hurried along, occasionally exchanging nervous glances as if afraid that any lingering might disturb some unknown creature lurking in the shadows.

Jiang Shouzhong remembered what Su Junwen had mentioned before.

Su Shanke’s madness had been worsening, and maids often disappeared within the estate.

It was easy to speculate where the missing had gone.

Avoiding the rigorous guards, Jiang Shouzhong snuck into the desolate courtyard where sparse rays of sunlight struggled through the thick clouds, casting upon the moss-covered stone path, further intensifying the chilly atmosphere.

After a brief inspection, he approached a locked side yard.

Through the crack of the door, it was evident that the courtyard was abandoned.

Whether it was the deserted rock garden or the dried-up pond, both exuded an air of desolation.

A basin placed on the ground inside caught his attention.

In the basin were some traces of blood, some of which were fresh.

Jiang Shouzhong’s brows furrowed slightly, just about to use his Qinggong to leap over the wall in front of him when sudden alertness gripped him. He abruptly turned around and firmly grasped the throat of the unexpected visitor who had silently approached him.

Upon closer inspection, it was Leng Jing.

The young girl’s face was pale as she furiously beat the wrist clenching her neck.

"You were following me?"

Jiang Shouzhong released his hold and asked in a cold tone.

Gulping for air, Leng Jing straightened up, embracing the cactus and said irritably, "I was actually out to find you to tell you something, but then I saw you sneaking around, and curiosity got the better of me and I followed."

She glanced at the nearby courtyard, and with pretty eyes wide open, she asked in a low voice, "Jiang Mo, are you here looking for Su Shanke?"

"It’s none of your business."

Jiang Shouzhong asked, "What did you want to tell me?"

Touching her neck, Leng Jing slightly pouted, then her eyes sparkled as she whispered, "Jiang Mo, do you know who I just saw?"

"Who?"

"Chu Qi!"

"Chu Qi?" Jiang Shouzhong was taken aback, "Where?"

Leng Jing said, "Just after you left, I saw him in the crowd. I thought I’d go over and greet him, but in the blink of an eye, he was gone."

Jiang Shouzhong was surprised.

Why had this imposter of Chu Qi also come to the Su Family?

Could he also be here for the demon dragon?

Recalling Duo Ying and their quest for the Dragon Slaying Sword, Jiang Shouzhong suddenly realized that the secret of the demon dragon seemed to have been deliberately spread by some interested parties.

What was their motive in doing so?

To create chaos?

Seeing the girl curiously peeping through the door crack, Jiang Shouzhong asked in surprise, "Your cultivation isn’t that high either, just barely reaching the realm of Minor Xuan Grandmaster. Why didn’t I detect you just now?"

Smugly, Leng Jing pointed to the cactus in her arms.

A magical artifact?

Jiang Shouzhong suddenly realized.

"Jiang Mo, just now I didn’t see the Su Family Master from anywhere else. Could he be locked up here?" Leng Jing’s little face showed a bit of excitement, much like an adventurer.

"You go back first, I have something to handle." Jiang Shouzhong did not want the girl to follow him.

However, the girl shook her head vigorously, "I won’t go back. I’m also very curious about what exactly is the situation with the Su Family Master."

Saying this, the girl tiptoed, sweeping over the courtyard wall.

Jiang Shouzhong, left with no choice, followed.

Upon entering the small courtyard, the air was filled with an old and damp scent.

Occasionally, a gust of wind passed, bringing with it chills tainted with a scent of blood, making one involuntarily shudder.

Seeing the girl shiver, her expression slightly fearful, Jiang Shouzhong chuckled and said, "You’re scared now, aren’t you? Let me tell you, if we really encounter the Su Family Master, he might eat people."

Leng Jing pouted her lips, feigning fearlessness, "I’m not scared."

Although she said this, her body instinctively moved closer to Jiang Shouzhong, her hands tightly holding a cactus, incessantly muttering under her breath.

Jiang Shouzhong sighed softly, paying no heed to the continuous chatter beside him and instead focused his attention entirely on the cabin in front, signaling the girl to be quiet as he stealthily approached the shabby cabin.

Peering through the slightly opened broken window lattice, he cautiously squinted his eyes, spying the scene inside the house.

The room contained only a bed and a wardrobe.

Beyond that, there was nothing else.

"No one?"

As there was only this one room in the courtyard, Jiang Shouzhong hesitated for a moment, then pushed open the window and climbed inside.

Leng Jing followed closely behind him like a shadow.

The cabin was deadly silent.

A faint fishy smell permeated the air.

Jiang Shouzhong sniffed and followed the scent emanating in the air, gently opening the wardrobe—inside were heads hanging from strings!

The heads were suspended by thin ropes, and most were not much decomposed, mostly those of young women.

Even more chilling, all the eyes were open.

As if unwilling to close in death.

"Ah!" Upon seeing this scene, Leng Jing screamed in fright, and Jiang Shouzhong quickly covered her mouth.

Hearing footsteps outside the door, Jiang Shouzhong, without time to think further, carried Leng Jing and hid inside the wardrobe. The moment he gently closed the wardrobe door, the room door opened.

Jiang Shouzhong held his breath.

The surrounding heads hung close to him.

Even a woman’s head with a cold expression was pressed against his cheek, her eyes wide open staring intensely.

The girl, already regretting coming, heard footsteps outside and trembled violently, squeezing tightly into the man’s embrace. The cactus she originally held in his arms emitted a faint mysterious light.

Through the gap in the wardrobe, Jiang Shouzhong saw a little boy entering the room.

About ten years old.

The boy wore ragged clothes, his hair also appeared dirty and disheveled.

The little boy held a dead rooster in his hand, wandered around the room for a while, then sat on the ground and began to pluck the feathers.

Only then did Jiang Shouzhong notice that this boy had no eyes.

Just a pair of pitch-black cavities.

"Is this guy a human or a demon?"

Jiang Shouzhong felt puzzled in his heart, hesitating whether to go out and deal with this eerie little boy.

"Master! Master!"

Just then, an urgent voice suddenly came from outside.

The person stood at the door, speaking urgently:

"Master, Jin Ao from the Sky Demon Sect has arrived, and he has brought people from the Xu Family, the Yun Family, and the Zhan Family. They claim they are here to seek justice for your three sworn brothers who have died and are right now enumerating your crimes.

Moreover, that traitorous scoundrel, Su Junwen, has also appeared, providing them testimony..."

Listening to the report from what seemed like a butler outside, Jiang Shouzhong raised his eyebrows.

Jin Ao is indeed smart.

He had learned about the situation previously when he entered the Su Family.

It was Jin Ao who had made the threat to settle accounts with the Su Family today, prompting the Su Family to invite numerous Jianghu heroes to bolster their courage.

At that time, Jiang Shouzhong was internally criticizing how arrogant Jin Ao was.

Now it seems this guy was simply playing mind games deliberately.

Clearly, he had privately found Su Junwen and the family members of Su Shanke’s sworn brothers to perform this act in front of everyone, exposing the true faces of the Su Family and Su Shanke.

Now that the truth is publicly known, I guess no one will have the face to help the Su Family.

What shocked Jiang Shouzhong was that this person who looked like a little boy was actually the rumored Su Shanke?

Why had he turned into this appearance?

Su Shanke was still bent over, plucking the chicken feathers earnestly, without uttering a word.

"Master, what should we do now? The eldest young master is also not here..."

The butler was at a loss.

After a long while, Su Shanke picked up the plucked rooster, aimed it at the door—the originally drooping head of the chicken suddenly perked up stiffly, its beak opening and closing, emitting a sharp sound.

"Die! Die! Die! They all should die!"

The rooster cursed, "All should die! Kill them all! Kill them all! Hehehehe!"

Bang—

The door opened, only to hear the butler scream miserably, then silence.

Su Shanke, holding the rooster, excitedly jumped around inside the room, "Die die die, they should all die..."

Suddenly, he froze.

He placed the rooster on his head, slowly turned around, and stared at the wardrobe.

"Big brother, you’re here,"

Su Shanke said slowly, cracking a smile, "What about second brother, and third brother? Why didn’t they come?"

This madman!

Jiang Shouzhong felt chills down his spine.

At that moment, he suddenly felt an ice-cold hand slowly caress his neck from behind.

Simultaneously, the woman’s head leaning against his cheek cracked a smile too, she stuck out her tongue, gently licked his cheek, and giggled, "How fragrant."

Jiang Shouzhong’s scalp exploded.

"Catch him!"

Through the crack of the wardrobe door, he saw Su Shanke, holding the rooster, approaching him with a smile in a crab-like gait!

Damn!

Jiang Shouzhong’s body instinctively shrank back.

It felt like he had hit a thin cardboard as the space behind suddenly became empty, and both of them seemed to be on the edge of a dark cliff.

Unable to stabilize himself, he and Leng Jing fell down.

At the same time, a deep dragon chant sounded from the eerie void.

...

The wind whistled past their ears, stinging their faces.

Just as they were about to hit the ground, Leng Jing’s arms, holding a cactus, emitted a soft light that enveloped them and they slowly landed on the ground.

Jiang Shouzhong regained his composure, recalling the eerie scene he had just witnessed, and couldn’t help swallowing his saliva.

What the hell had that idiot turned into?

Damn, that was too scary.

Jiang Shouzhong looked around and realized he was in a vast underground cavern. There were many plants resembling dandelions glowing around him.

The ground was covered with some luminous green liquid.

Some oddly-shaped huge rocks nearby were covered with fluorescent light.

"Jiang Mo, are we dead?" Leng Jing, pale-faced and frightened, asked in a trembling voice.

"I guess we’re close to it."

Jiang Shouzhong released the girl and began to examine this mysterious place.

He wondered if he had accidentally stumbled into that underground palace.

But how was this palace different from what he had seen before?

Leng Jing somewhat missed the warm embrace of the man, but since men and women should not touch each other, she could only hold the cactus with one hand and tightly grasp the man’s clothes with the other, following behind him.

"Oh? What’s this? It’s so cute."

Leng Jing suddenly noticed a plant on the ground that looked like a ginseng fruit, chubby and charming.

She instinctively touched it.

It was sticky.

Pop—

In that second, the ginseng fruit suddenly exploded, releasing a fragrant pink dust that scared both of them.

Jiang Shouzhong hurriedly led the girl several steps back.

After waiting a while without any other anomalies, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"Don’t randomly touch things here, okay?" Jiang Shouzhong sternly warned the girl, "If you want to die, don’t drag me into it."

"Yes, I understand."

Leng Jing sheepishly smiled and nodded her head.

"Little brother Jiang, you shouldn’t be so harsh on girls," suddenly, a voice of dismay floated over.

Hearing this familiar voice, Jiang Shouzhong’s body shuddered.

He turned around.

He saw a woman in a floating white dress looking at him with a beaming smile.

"Sister Ye..."

Jiang Shouzhong’s face was one of disbelief.