The next day, Mo Hua went to the Dao Court Department to report.

He found Si Tu Fang and told her about the grey-clothed cultivator buying assassins to kill people, hiding in the brothel, and also causing the death of the brothel’s female cultivator.

Si Tu Fang stared blankly at Mo Hua, “How do you know so much?” Their Dao Court Department still hadn’t investigated anything yet.

Mo Hua said, “I went to the brothel once, by chance, not carefully, just happened to hear…”

Si Tu Fang widened her eyes and said, “You went to the brothel?!”

“Just to listen to music, watch dancing, as soon as the sky darkened, I just went home…” Mo Hua said a bit guiltily.

Si Tu Fang’s gaze was serious, “Next time you cannot go!” Walking by the riverbank habitually, there is always a time when one’s shoes get wet. Si Tu Fang feared Mo Hua learning bad things.

Mo Hua nodded repeatedly, “Rest assured, I went for proper business. No matter who goes to the brothel, I am very busy.” He needs to cultivate, needs to learn array formations, needs to cook for Master, senior brothers, and senior sisters. Right, he also needs to fry pine nuts for Kui Lao. Oh right, he also needs to feed grass to Da Bai. He was indeed very busy.

Si Tu Fang sighed and said, “Alright, as long as you have it in your heart.”

Mo Hua again asked, “Have you thought of how to catch that grey-clothed cultivator?”

Si Tu Fang frowned, “This matter the Dao Court Department will think of a way to handle. You just don’t…”

“Is the Dao Court Department really without problems?” Mo Hua’s gaze was somewhat meaningful.

Si Tu Fang was startled. She thought patiently for a moment, feeling a bit unsure. Hiring assassins to kill, trading corpses for decades, what identity and background did this grey-clothed cultivator have? Was he related to the Dao Court Department? She wasn’t certain. In case there was collusion within the Dao Court Department, her reporting to the head would be equivalent to alerting the enemy. Even if she acted meticulously, it would be like drawing water with a sieve, a futile effort.

Si Tu Fang pondered for a moment and said, “I will transfer people from my family over.”

“Family?”

Si Tu Fang nodded, “The Si Tu family has Foundation Establishment cultivators in Nan Yue City. I will invite him to act. After the matter, I will report to the Dao Court Department, doing a first strike then report.”

Mo Hua then felt relieved. He was a bit distrustful of Nan Yue City’s Dao Court Department, but he still believed in Si Tu Fang.

Mo Hua then told Si Tu Fang all the news about Qing Lan in detail without omission. Then, they discussed the time, place, and method of catching the person.

After the discussion was settled, Si Tu Fang thought for a bit and said to Mo Hua, “On the fourth day, you just don’t go.”

Mo Hua shook his head, “I must go. And if I don’t go, how do you connect with Sister Qing Lan?”

Si Tu Fang was somewhat hesitant, “But the other side is Foundation Establishment after all…”

“Rest assured,” Mo Hua said calmly. “Even if it’s Foundation Establishment, they can’t necessarily discover me. If I want to run, I can still get away. What’s more, I still have senior brothers and senior sisters.”

“Your senior brothers and senior sisters are also just Qi Refining though…”

“Although they are Qi Refining, they are very powerful.”

Si Tu Fang thought of Bai Zi Sheng and Bai Zi Xi’s deep spiritual power and sighed, “Alright.”

Since Mo Hua had decided, she could only suggest. This child’s ability now seemed even greater than her own, at least in array formations. Since he wanted to go, he definitely had plans. At that time, she would instruct the Si Tu family elder to help look after Mo Hua and make sure he wasn’t injured. Even in a Foundation Establishment battle, as long as Mo Hua hid a bit far away, he should not be in danger. And Mo Hua was very good at hiding. Si Tu Fang had a very deep impression of this from the beginning in Great Black Mountain.

After the discussion was settled, Si Tu Fang began to deploy personnel and also arranged some enforcers to go to Hundred Flowers House in advance to scout. These cultivators were all people she trusted, some of whom were originally from the Si Tu family. At the same time, she also went to Nan Yue Sect once and invited out the Si Tu family elder who was visiting there.

Meanwhile, Mo Hua cultivated and practiced array formations. And he specially prepared a set of special Si Nan Parent-Child Arrays. He had a great use for this set of arrays.

On the fourth day, night fell, and Mo Hua met up with Si Tu Fang and together they entered Hundred Flowers House. Dao Court Department enforcers had already mixed in in advance. And that Si Tu family elder was also already drinking in Hundred Flowers House.

As soon as Si Tu Fang entered the door, she was blocked by someone. The one blocking her was a heavily made-up, wearing big red and big green, face with a smile but eyes harsh, probably over a hundred years old middle-aged female cultivator. This female cultivator was the madam of Hundred Flowers House.

The madam blocked Si Tu Fang. Her attitude was polite, but she spoke with some sarcasm, “Oh, isn’t this the Dao Court Department’s Si Tu Chief Enforcer? How, you also came to our Hundred Flowers House to play?” The madam again pretended to be surprised and said, “But… you are not a daughter’s body? Oh, this slave understands, you perhaps… is that…” The madam’s ending tone dragged very long, then she used a mandarin duck fan to cover her face and laughed unpleasantly a few times.

Si Tu Fang then with a straight face, “I come here for official business.”

The madam stopped laughing, her gaze unkind as she said, “What official business?”

Si Tu Fang looked at Mo Hua.

Mo Hua then walked forward, putting on an arrogant, overbearing appearance, “Someone in your Hundred Flowers House stole my things!”

Stole things… The madam in her heart slightly relaxed, and with a fake smile said, “Our Hundred Flowers House does proper business. The girls are all honest. How would they steal things? Little Young Master says this, is there any evidence?”

At the side, Si Tu Fang heard this with her eyebrows jumping straight. Proper business? Honest girls? She wished to tear apart this madam’s nonsense mouth.

Mo Hua coldly hummed, “In your house, is there someone called Qing Lan?”

The madam was slightly startled and smiled, “There is such a girl.”

“Then it’s right.” Mo Hua raised his eyebrows, “She stole my jade bracelet. This jade bracelet was given to me by Elder Su!”

“Elder Su…” The madam was startled. She remembered that a few days ago, Elder Su from Nan Yue Sect indeed came. At that time, this Little Young Master seemed to accompany Elder Su. And that Elder Su had indeed pointed out Qing Lan.

The madam frowned, believing seven or eight points in her heart. These little girls used to be poor and couldn’t get on the stage. Seeing good things, their hands and feet were not clean, and they secretly took them. It was possible. The madam scolded in her heart, “This cheap hoof, really causes trouble for me!”

But… The madam was somewhat troubled, “Qing Lan is currently serving guests, it is not convenient. Later, I will interrogate her. If she really took Little Young Master’s things, I must make her return…”

“This little cheap person doesn’t know manners. I certainly will beat and scold her severely, teach her a lesson…” The madam gritted her teeth, her face somewhat ugly.

Mo Hua’s gaze was slightly cold as he listened, his tone even more unrelenting, “No, how do I know you won’t protect her? You call her over now and confront her face to face.”

The madam’s expression hesitated.

Mo Hua coldly laughed, “That jade bracelet is very precious. If it’s lost, can you afford it!” After speaking, Mo Hua again said, “I invited Chief Enforcer Si Tu to come just to be a witness. If your Hundred Flowers House protects that called Qing Lan and privately swallows my jade bracelet, then I can only report to the Dao Court Department to get an explanation.”

“This…” The madam was somewhat in a dilemma. She didn’t want to offend Elder Su. She also didn’t want to offend this Little Young Master who was related to Elder Su. And she even less wanted to provoke the Dao Court Department. Although Hundred Flowers House had been able to operate for so long, it had already bribed the Nan Yue City Dao Court Department. But those upper levels of the Dao Court Department were a group of never-satisfied hungry wolves. Once they were alarmed, she would inevitably need to give gifts. Losing spiritual stones aside, her girls would also have to suffer in vain and wouldn’t earn a single spiritual stone.

The madam gritted her teeth, “Good, Young Master, wait a moment. I will call that cheap hoof Qing Lan over now and ask clearly!” The madam twisted her waist and walked away fiercely.

After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, a trembling Qing Lan was brought over by her. Mo Hua looked at Qing Lan and discovered that she had re-combed and washed, her hair was slightly wet, her face was pale, her fingers were still trembling, and on her neck, there were fine whip marks.

Mo Hua then coldly laughed once, pointing at Qing Lan and said, “You come over, I ask you a matter.”

In Qing Lan’s painful eyes, a trace of hope was revealed, and she slowly walked in front of Mo Hua.

Mo Hua’s eyes slightly condensed, and with a steady voice, he slowly said, “I ask you, is that ‘jade bracelet’ there?”

Qing Lan pursed her pale lips, seriously nodded and said, “It is!”

Mo Hua slightly relaxed a breath and looked at Si Tu Fang once. Si Tu Fang understood. She casually picked up a wine pot from the table, threw it on the ground, and angrily said, “Really outrageous!”

The wine pot fell to the ground, shattering into pieces, and the sound of breaking porcelain transmitted upstairs. The madam’s face suddenly changed. She vaguely felt that their conversation was somewhat not right, but for a moment, she couldn’t figure out where it was wrong.

Just as she was in doubt, a strong spiritual power fluctuation suddenly burst out from the backyard upstairs. The madam’s face suddenly changed. A group of guests also stood up in an uproar, greatly shocked.

“Foundation Establishment cultivator?!” There was a Foundation Establishment cultivator making a move in Hundred Flowers House! The hall instantly fell into chaos and confusion.

In the chaos, Mo Hua gently pulled the shivering Qing Lan behind him. Bai Zi Sheng and Bai Zi Xi also protected Qing Lan, one on the left and one on the right.

Si Tu Fang’s eyes revealed cold light. She drew her knife and said, “Someone is actually causing trouble in Hundred Flowers House? You all follow me to suppress them!” Among the guests, the hidden Dao Court Department enforcers all stood out, showed their shining blades, and leaped towards upstairs.

Seeing this scene, the madam opened her mouth wide, and her heart turned cold. Finished, she had been schemed against!

(End of this chapter)