Chapter 1201: Everything is for the Treasure

"Take them both to the Square," Zhu Qingrui ordered.

Nianyin instinctively felt this was no good, and she couldn't help but ask: "What are you doing? You bastards, if you want to kill or butcher someone, come at me, let my mother go."

"No need to argue, one by one. Being stubborn won't end well."

Ji Family Square.

This place had long since lost its former prosperity; it was a scene of desolation.

Except for the bronze pillar in the center of the Square, which still retained its original appearance, the rest had been mostly destroyed.

The once smooth and level marble ground was now covered in craters from artillery shells, and grass was even growing inside them.

Beside the bronze pillar was a large iron cage, and inside the cage were two Bai Lang!

They had been lying down, but upon seeing the people being escorted from afar, they immediately stood up and tilted their heads to howl: "Awoo—" The Bai Lang began to grow restless, charging frantically around the cage, hoping to break it open.

Unfortunately, it was all in vain.

The cage holding them was not an ordinary iron cage; it was made of refined steel and was very sturdy.

The lock was actually a fingerprint lock; no matter how smart the Bai Lang were, they had no way to escape from such a cage.

They howled and called for help, but received no response.

In the battle a month ago, the Grey Wolf that could follow their commands had all been sacrificed, and the two of them had been captured.

By the time they reached the bronze pillar, Ji Yingjie had already fainted from exhaustion.

Zhu Qingrui ordered his men to splash her awake with cold water.

"Splash!" A basin of cold water was thrown directly into her face.

Nianyin was furious and cursed loudly: "Bastard, you will go to hell. Zhu Qingrui, I curse you to be torn to pieces and die a horrible death..."

"Slap her mouth; she's not a good thing either."

The underlings slapped Nianyin's face back and forth; after a few "smacks," her face became red and swollen.

"Just beat me to death, as long as you let my mother go."

Zhu Qingrui sneered: "In your dreams."

Ji Yingjie was splashed in the face with a basin of cold water, but she did not wake up.

"Young Master, what should we do?"

Zhu Qingrui: "Use a small knife to cut wounds on her body, then sprinkle salt on the wounds!"

"No, you can't!"

Nianyin's eyes were bloodshot, and she was furious enough to burst.

But she could not stop it, watching helplessly as these animals used a small knife to cut wounds on her mother's body, then sprinkled salt on the wounds.

"Hiss!" Ji Yingjie woke up; she was awakened by the pain.

"Mother, Mother! You animals, let her go, let her go." Nianyin struggled hard to break free from the people holding her, rushing toward Zhu Qingrui like a madwoman, prepared to fight him to the death!

Unfortunately, before Nianyin could get close, she was caught by his men and given a brutal beating.

She didn't make a sound, protecting her head with her hands, looking for a suitable opportunity to continue fighting Zhu Qingrui to the death.

But she failed again; there was simply no suitable opportunity.

Zhu Qingrui's men were no fools; Nianyin was kicked several times in a row, her body hunched over, unable to straighten up.

Yet she still stubbornly wanted to carve out a bloody path to save her mother!

Ji Yingjie felt she wouldn't live much longer and stopped her: "Nianyin, don't worry about me, you must live, live well."

Nianyin was resolute: "Mother, we live together, and we die together."

Zhu Qingrui laughed mockingly and said to the two of them: "Don't be nervous. I invited you here to let you see how your relatives are doing now. Don't act like you're dying, as if this were a final parting."

As soon as he finished speaking, images suddenly appeared on the giant electronic screen in the Square.

First were Ji Yingjie's two children.

The children were innocent and cute, playing and frolicking happily on the Island.

Then it was Shi Yucheng, using a very thick wooden pestle to pound rice.

His arms were not even as thick as the wooden pestle used for pounding rice; his white hair fluttered in the wind, and his body swayed from side to side with the motion of pounding the rice.

Anyone could see that Shi Yucheng was forcing himself to hold on, as if he could collapse at any moment.

Ji Yingjie's heart was bleeding, but her expression did not change at all.

Zhu Qingrui: "Your children are still young and highly malleable. If you still refuse to reveal the location of the Treasure, it's hard to say what kind of people your children will become in the future."

"As for that old thing, I assume you don't care either. He probably won't outlast you; you two can have company on the road to the Yellow Springs."

Ji Yingjie said in a hoarse voice: "It's useless. You are wasting your efforts on me. The Ji Family Treasure is not mine alone; it belongs to the entire Ji Family. No matter what you do to them, I will not tell you the specific location of the Treasure."

Zhu Qingrui:......

He did not expect this woman to be so heartless.

She was not only ruthless to herself, but also equally heartless to her own children and lover.

He had only obtained one piece of the Treasure map initially, and found another after occupying the Ji Family, but one piece was still missing. He didn't know where it was kept, and no matter how he looked, he couldn't find it.

When he brought Shi Youxuan to Shark Island, he had taken the pendant from her neck.

Now everything was ready, except for the last piece of the map, but he was stuck right there. It had been two months, and there was still no progress.

"Are you going to say it or not?" All of Zhu Qingrui's patience was exhausted; he no longer wanted to continue wasting time with Ji Yingjie.

Zhu Qingrui said viciously: "Don't think I dare not kill you. I'll give you one last chance: tell me where the Treasure is hidden, and I will return the Ji Family to you. Otherwise, I will kill your children immediately."

The screen replayed the footage of the children, but now the tone had changed.

Two fierce-looking men were holding the children, with knives held to their necks.

"Are you going to say it or not?"

Ji Yingjie's expression was very calm; she only said one sentence: "Kill them. Since I cannot protect them, it would be better to take them away together."

Zhu Qingrui:...

He turned off the screen.

One plan failed, so he devised another!

Although he was very unwilling to use this scheme, in extraordinary times, one can only use extraordinary methods.

Jiangzhou.

Sheng Family.

Shi Youxuan was racking her brains over rescuing her aunt and the matters of the Ji Family when the phone rang.

Her heart skipped a beat.

It was a call from her aunt, and a video call at that.

She answered, and a young, handsome, yet extremely detestable face appeared on the other side—Zhu Qingrui!

"Why is my aunt's phone in your hands? Let my aunt answer the phone."

Zhu Qingrui laughed sinisterly: "It's not just your aunt's phone that is in my hands; your aunt and the entire Ji Family are in my hands. If you want them to live, give me what I want. Don't play dumb with me; you know what I want."

Shi Youxuan: "I know. Isn't it just the Treasure you want? That's easy to discuss. You release them and come find me, and I will take you there."

"Heh, you are too self-righteous. You think I'm a fool, right? If I go to find you, I fear I would spend the rest of my life in Prison. I will not go to Jiangzhou, and you don't need to come over either. Just tell me the address."

Shi Youxuan: "The matter of the Treasure is easy to discuss. Isn't it just money? Anything that can be solved with money is not a problem, but you must first let me see my aunt, as well as my father, Nianyin, Lao Qi, Nianci, Elder Liang..."