Chapter 957: Finding Out The Truth

Chapter 957: Finding Out The Truth

“So, Qingyou... how...”

Lady Hundred Flowers spoke up as she stared at the wooden Green Daylily. How were they supposed to interrogate someone who seemed to be trapped in some sort of faint spell?

Feng Qingyou smiled and tapped Green Daylily in the forehead. The woman immediately jolted back to reality.

Green Daylily’s first instinct after awakening was to attack Feng Qingyou. However, her hand barely made it halfway across the space before a cool, emotionless voice drilled into her brain. “Do you have a death wish?”

Green Daylily abruptly recalled a horrifying memory. The voice sounded exactly the same as the one before Yuan Xiang died. Her knees buckled, and her forehead broke out in cold sweat. She immediately fell to her knees and begged, “This junior did not mean to offend you, senior. Please, have mercy...”

Instead of answering, Feng Qingyou took a step backward and looked at Lady Hundred Flowers.

Lady Hundred Flowers was the master of the Hundred Flowers Island and the victim of Blue Wave Island’s assault. Therefore, it was not her place to take charge of this interrogation.

Green Daylily noticed this and hurriedly turned to face Lady Hundred Flowers instead. “Sister Hundred Flowers, this one did not mean to offend you. She was simply bewitched by the demon’s temptation. For the sake of our past relationship, please forgive me this once and let me live! This one swears she’ll do everything in her power to repay you if you do!”

“Ha. Before we dive into the main subject, let me clarify that I don’t ever remember having made the acquaintance of you, much less becoming your sister. And after what you did today, the only bond we share is one of grudge,” Lady Hundred Flowers said scornfully.

“Mercy, sister! It was all elder brother... I mean, Yuan Xiang and Wan Bo’s idea! I was just forced to do their bidding! None of this is my fault!” Green Daylily said tearfully.

“Hmph. Save the nonsense for yourself and just answer my questions.” Lady Hundred Flowers huffed. “Why did the Three Sages of Blue Wave suddenly try to kill me?”

Green Daylily was about to answer when Feng Qingyou interrupted, “Think carefully before you answer. You only have one chance.”

Green Daylily’s heart skipped a beat. She was going to lie through her teeth until Feng Qingyou warned her as if she had read her mind. Terror immediately flooded her heart. She had a premonition that Feng Qingyou would definitely kill her if she dared to breathe a single lie.

“This junior would never lie to you, senior, Sister Hundred Flowers!” Green Daylily hurriedly promised before starting, “It’s like this. As you say, Sister Hundred Flowers, we barely knew each other, and we’ve never thought to threaten your life. But two days ago, someone came to us with a business offer. They want us to kill you and eliminate the Hundred Flowers Island.”

“What?” Lady Hundred Flowers frowned deeply.

“It’s true.” Green Daylily confirmed. “He said he would pay us a hundred thousand silver if we succeed, and that he wouldn’t take a single silver or resource on the island. He would give us everything.”

It wasn’t for the North Duke Office to be close to any nation, which was why they stayed well out of politics. They did not offer tribute to either one of the nations either. That was why the North Duke Office conducted themselves more like a jianghu sect than an imperial aristocrat.

Regardless of their awkward status, there was no denying that the North Duke Office was extremely powerful. Although it was no match for the Two Temples of Buddha, Three Temples of Dao, or the Nine Demonic Ways, it was definitely on par or better than the thirty six unorthodox sects. Compared to Hundred Flowers Island, it was a giant that could never be toppled.

That was why Lady Hundred Flowers had lost her composure when she heard the name.

“That man offered you silver, all the wealth on Hundred Flowers Island, and even helped you to stop reinforcements from coming to their aid, but all they requested is the death of Lady Hundred Flowers and the destruction of Hundred Flowers Island? That’s pretty strange, isn’t it?”

Feng Qingyou voiced her thoughts out loud. “Is that really all that man had asked of you?”

Green Daylily replied without hesitation, “I am certain, senior.”

“What on earth is going on here? Why is the North Duke Office trying to kill me?” Lady Hundred Flowers murmured to herself in a daze.

“Calm down, lady. We should have an answer pretty soon,” Feng Qingyou comforted her.

“W-what? Did you know something, Qingyou?” Lady Hundred Flowers asked urgently.

“I don’t, but someone does.” Feng Qingyou smiled. “He should be arriving any moment now.”

“Who—”

Lady Hundred Flowers didn’t manage to finish her sentence before a man suddenly appeared in the garden.

Lady Hundred Flowers turned pale as she rebuked the stranger, “Who are you? How dare you trespass into my Hundred Flowers Garden?”

“A pleasure to meet you, Lady Hundred Flowers. I am Joyless Ye, and I apologize for my sudden intrusion,” The newcomer greeted her politely. “I would salute you, but as you may have noticed, I am currently a little indisposed. Please accept my humble apologies.”

The newcomer was, naturally, Ye Qing.

It was after he finished speaking that Lady Hundred Flowers noticed that Ye Qing was holding a man by his neck.

The man’s face was bluish black and swollen all over. He was also unconscious and cut quite the sorry figure.