Chapter 1 Inn, Second Floor, Private Room

Actually, there weren't originally private rooms on the second floor; it was all red tents. But because Si Niang had cleared them out, the second floor had become quite spacious.

The small "studios," each so narrow that they could only fit a bed a meter and a half wide, had all been dismantled.

It was still the room at the very back, with a table set with wine and dishes.

Two burly men were sitting there, with a young man standing beside them.

"Boss, what do you think Hong Bazi called us here for? Usually, he collects his protection money, and we collect our cartage fees; we keep to ourselves. We don't usually have any dealings with each other."

"Lao Er, why are you in such a hurry? Anyway, because of the war, trade routes are cut off, and the brothers don't have any work. We're just idle. If Hong Bazi wants to treat us to wine, let's come. No matter how powerful he is in Tiger Head City, can he be more powerful than our Cart Gang?"

"That's right, Boss is right. We should eat and drink as we please."

"Exactly, we'll deal with whatever comes. Is our Cart Gang afraid of their Gathering Righteousness Gang? Come on, Lao Er, let's have a drink."

"Yo, hehehe, you two lords, are you enjoying yourselves? Is the food to your liking?"

Before the person arrived, a captivating laugh came in first;

Immediately following was Feng Si Niang herself, and a gentle breeze carrying her perfume.

"Hey, I was just about to say something about that!" The boss slapped the table and said gruffly, "Where are the girls? Old madam, is your restaurant just for serving food?"

"Yo yo yo, how could that be?"

"Then where are the girls? We've been sitting here for so long, and we haven't seen a single girl. Are you looking down on us?"

"You can't say that. I'm in business to make money, and everyone who comes through the door is a customer. How could I look down on anyone? It's just that you gentlemen came at a bad time. The girls here have all been let go, and the new girls haven't arrived yet, so there's really no one available."

"Let go?" The boss seemed to have heard a big joke, and immediately burst out laughing. At the same time, he patted the shoulder of his second-in-command, wiping away tears as he said, "You hear that, Lao Er? In this world, there's actually a brothel that lets all the girls go."

"Hahaha." The Second Boss cooperated with the boss and continued laughing.

Finally, the boss stopped laughing, and his gaze began to rove lewdly over Feng Si Niang, saying:

"Since the girls aren't here, then how about you, the old madam, accompany us for a few drinks? Would that be acceptable?"

"Acceptable, acceptable, gentlemen, please drink."

Feng Si Niang stepped forward gracefully, picked up a wine cup, and poured wine for them.

The boss reached out to grab Feng Si Niang's hand, but Feng Si Niang retreated.

"What's wrong? Is this what you call accompanying a drink?" the boss asked.

"Gentlemen, you should know that I don't entertain customers," Feng Si Niang said apologetically with a slight bow.

The Second Boss beside her immediately pointed at Feng Si Niang and scolded with a smile:

"You old madam, why are you pretending to be so high and mighty? I heard a few days ago that you offered yourself up for auction, highest bidder wins!

What?

"Oh, there's such a thing? That's good, so you're looking down on us, hehe."

The boss immediately became impolite, stood up, and directly forced himself forward, wanting to grab Feng Si Niang.

Feng Si Niang kept retreating, her eyes showing panic. Finally, she was forced into the corner of the room.

"Don't, sir, don't, sir, if you continue like this, I'm going to call for help."

Rather than saying that this was rejection and resistance, it was better to say that it was another kind of flirtation.

The boss's hand reached out towards Feng Si Niang,

However,

Just at this moment,

The boss suddenly felt that his right hand was numb and had lost all feeling. His palm stopped in front of Feng Si Niang.

Huh?

The boss lowered his head and looked at his hand, his eyes widening suddenly!

His right hand, the five fingers of his right hand, were actually pierced and sewn together with strands of silk, so that the five fingers could not be stretched out at all.

Before the boss could understand what had happened, a belated feeling of pain suddenly struck.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!"

The boss held up his hand and squatted down in pain. The ten fingers were connected to the heart, and being "densely sewn" with strands of silk, this kind of pain was unbearable even for the bravest of men.

Feng Si Niang's previously panicked expression slowly returned to calm, and at the same time, a slight arc appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"You're really an unromantic blockhead. You should have shouted: 'You can shout all you want, no one will pay attention to you even if you break your throat.'"

"Witch, what have you done to me!"

The boss raised his head, staring at Feng Si Niang with bloodshot eyes.

The Second Boss, who had been preparing to watch the show and liven up the atmosphere, and the young subordinate he had brought with him, immediately realized the seriousness of the matter and drew their knives in preparation.

"Tsk tsk tsk, is my tofu so easy to eat? Why don't you take a piss and look at yourself? Are you worthy?"

"Witch, give me your life!"

After all, he was the Cart Gang boss, and he had some skill in external martial arts, otherwise he wouldn't be able to suppress the subordinates below. Immediately, he suppressed the pain in his right hand and prepared to draw his knife with his left hand.

"Buzz!"

However, the boss's knife did not come out.

Because the five fingers of his left hand were also sewn together.

"Ahhhhhhh!!!!!!!"

The boss knelt on the ground, placing his hands on the ground, looking at his hands, which were densely sewn with silk threads. In his eyes, there was horror and despair.

At this moment, even the most foolish and reckless person would understand the situation he had fallen into, and how terrifying the woman in front of him, whom he had been calling an old madam just a moment ago, really was!

Feng Si Niang shook her head. In fact, she wouldn't have attacked people like this before, because it lacked too much aesthetic appeal.

But perhaps in the past six months, although she had always stayed away from those men's groping hands, she had suffered too much humiliation, and the depression in her heart had accumulated a lot.

Once she made a move, she couldn't control the violence in her heart.

She didn't even want to say a word to the man kneeling in front of her,

And directly walked past him.

The next moment,

The boss's hands broke,

Immediately afterward,

The boss's arms broke,

After that,

The boss's head,

Trembled slightly,

With a "thud,"

Rolled onto the floor.

Throughout the whole process, there was not a trace of blood leaking out.

But it was this rhythm, this decisiveness, this scene of disassembling people like building blocks, piece by piece, part by part, that was often the most terrifying!

"Did you see his end?"

Feng Si Niang asked.

"Thump!"

The Second Boss immediately knelt down to Feng Si Niang, quickly kowtowing and shouting:

"Goddess, goddess, goddess, spare me, goddess, spare me. From now on, I will follow your lead, goddess. I will go through fire and water, absolutely..."

"Did you see his end?"

"I saw it, I saw it. The boss, bah, no, that damn bastard actually dared to be disrespectful to the goddess. He deserves to die, he really deserves to die!!!"

"I'm asking you a question."

Feng Si Niang spoke again.

The Second Boss was confused. What, didn't I answer already?

Then I'll answer again:

"Goddess, I saw it, I saw it. I will definitely not dare to have any... towards the goddess."

"Bang!"

The Second Boss froze.

Kneeling on the ground and kowtowing, he suddenly saw something that looked a lot like an ear fall to the ground.

"Bang!"

Immediately afterward,

Something that looked a lot like a nose fell to the ground.

The Second Boss raised his hands in horror and placed them on his face.

In an instant,

Only the sound of paper being torn could be heard.

Under the skin of the Second Boss's face, dense strands of silk threads had appeared at some point, and his entire face seemed to have been completely cut off. As soon as his hands touched it, it all fell off.

"Ahhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!"

The Second Boss didn't die, but he was already scared out of his mind.

Their Cart Gang only bullied the coolies below, squeezing a part of their hard-earned money. To put it nicely, they were a gang; to put it badly, they were just a cart bully group. Their psychological endurance was naturally limited.

"I'm asking you a question."

Feng Si Niang asked again.

At this moment, the young man who had come here with the two bosses finally understood that this female demon, no, this goddess, was asking him.

He immediately shuddered and replied:

"I understand, I understand."

Feng Si Niang smiled. Her smile was very charming, but combined with the boss's corpse and the Second Boss's current miserable state, it was estimated that no man would dare to have any improper thoughts about her at this time.

"Alright, kill him, and the Cart Gang will be yours."

Feng Si Niang sat down at the table, picked up a wine cup, and poured a mouthful of wine from the pot.

Immediately afterward,

She heavily put down the wine cup,

Supported her chin with her left hand, lightly tapping her fingertip on her vermilion lips,

Without looking at the young man who was trembling and walking towards his Second Boss with a knife,

Instead, she turned her gaze to the rain outside the window,

"Alas, I don't know if my lord and the others have finished fighting."

"Puff!"

The sound of a blade piercing into a human body.

The young man walked back to Feng Si Niang, cupped his fist, and said:

"Goddess, the man is dead."

Feng Si Niang's thoughts were dragged back from the desert,

She stretched lazily, somewhat dispirited, revealing her graceful figure, but the young man in front of her did not have the slightest courage to raise his head to admire it.

"Since they brought you by their side, you should be their confidant, right? Now that they're dead, can you take over that Cart Gang?"

The Cart Gang was an important part of the inn plan, because in the future, she would still need to rely on it to build her own caravan to obtain wealth.

"Goddess, don't worry, I have confidence in taking control of the situation."

He said these words with great confidence.

"Oh? Then I'm a little interested. What exactly is your position in the Cart Gang?"

The young man pointed to the Second Boss who had just been killed and was lying on the floor,

And said:

"He is my father."