I watched as Butcher Wang's fist clenched.

She was about to beat someone up!

Why did this old man Pei have to act up at this moment? His brain must have gone haywire.

Forget Butcher Wang wanting to beat him up; I wanted to as well!

Butcher Wang said coldly, "Old man Pei, do you really think I'm just gossiping here?"

"I'll tell you the truth. The reason I brought Xia Mengying from Banxianzhuang was to resolve the crisis there!"

Pei Haohong sneered, "Your so-called resolving the crisis involves probing into other people's privacy?"

Butcher Wang retorted, "Then let me ask you, why did Banxianzhuang hire people like us with a large sum of money? And why did they send a direct descendant of the Xia family to be at our disposal?"

Pei Haohong said in shock, "Girl, are you a direct descendant of the Xia family?"

Xia Mengying took out her token from Banxianzhuang: "This should prove my identity, right?"

Pei Haohong gasped and said, "Are you telling the truth?"

Butcher Wang said, "The seal on Banxianzhuang loosened a few days ago, you should know that, right?"

Pei Haohong nodded slightly, "I felt something."

Butcher Wang said, "At that time, Banxianzhuang found Cang Tianji, the number one Heavenly Fate Master of the arts, to predict the heavens."

"The result they got was that the evil demon of the Steles Forest had already been reincarnated and left the Steles Forest more than twenty years ago."

"This time, the evil demon has returned to work with insiders to break Banxianzhuang from within."

"Banxianzhuang has closed its mountain gate to fight against the internal evil demon, and our mission is to kill the demon spawn outside."

Butcher Wang was clearly lying in all seriousness. She was taking advantage of Pei Haohong's ignorance of the internal situation of Banxianzhuang.

Pei Haohong stammered, "Is what you're saying true?"

Butcher Wang said, "According to our investigation, when Li Chunfeng left Banxianzhuang back then, he took away an infant."

"I suspect that infant is the demon spawn."

Pei Haohong stood up and bowed to Butcher Wang, "This old man has offended you greatly…"

Butcher Wang was already impatient, "I don't have time to listen to your apology, I want results."

"Oh, right, I must remind you."

"The purpose of my coming to you is to determine whether the demon spawn was related to you back then?"

Pei Haohong immediately became anxious, "How could the demon spawn be related to this old man? Surely, the demon spawn couldn't be my son?"

Butcher Wang's purpose was to dispel the other party's suspicion. After all, her previous lie had too many loopholes, and she had to tell another lie to justify our presence in the Shanglin residential district.

Butcher Wang said, "I've deduced that if the demon spawn wants to infiltrate Banxianzhuang again, there are only two ways."

"One is to acknowledge his ancestors and return to the clan. The other is to transform into a Confucian scholar and go to Banxianzhuang to study and seek knowledge."

"Only a rebellious Confucian would help the demon spawn conceal his identity, and the only rebellious Confucians in Banxianzhuang are your Pei family."

Pei Haohong burst into tears, "Banxianzhuang! They still don't trust our Pei family! They actually… Fine! Fine! This old man will bring back the Soul Gathering Coffin this time to prove the innocence of my Pei family."

Butcher Wang said, "I'm talking about the demon spawn."

Pei Haohong wiped his tears and said, "Back then, when most people evacuated from Banxianzhuang, Li Chunfeng stayed behind in Banxianzhuang to recuperate due to his serious injuries."

"At that time, I left with the main group, and only Wen Yile stayed in the village to take care of Li Chunfeng's injuries."

"If Li Chunfeng really took away an infant, the person who knows the most about this matter should be Wen Yile."

Butcher Wang pressed, "How long do you estimate it took for Li Chunfeng's injuries to heal? Did you see Xia Yuting at that time?"

Pei Haohong said, "According to his injuries, he would have needed at least three to five months to recover."

"At that time, I didn't see Xia Yuting come to see him off! However…"

Pei Haohong changed the subject, "I don't think it's very likely that they were secretly engaged!"

"At that time, Xia Yuting was already betrothed to someone else. If she dared to cross that line, the entire Banxianzhuang would not turn a blind eye. Even if they didn't execute Xia Yuting, they would expel her from the sect."

Butcher Wang said, "After that, Xia Yuting was sent to the Steles Forest Academy. How would Banxianzhuang have a chance to discover Xia Yuting's secret?"

Pei Haohong said, "Unless someone in the Steles Forest Academy covered for her, otherwise, Xia Yuting's secret of giving birth out of wedlock would inevitably be exposed."

Butcher Wang couldn't help but look at me.

I pondered, "All the statements are vague. The key is still the time they were lost in the Steles Forest! We still have to enter Banxianzhuang, and we have to see what's going on in the Steles Forest!"

I said to Pei Haohong, "Do you know how to enter Banxianzhuang?"

Pei Haohong said, "I know a little."

I stared at Pei Haohong and said, "Know a little? Old man Pei, isn't that a bit of an understatement?"

If Pei Haohong wasn't the key to rescuing Banxianzhuang, why would Xia Chuan ask us to find Pei Haohong?

When my thoughts turned to Xia Chuan, my heart sank!

I was careless!

My attention had been focused on Xia Yuting, but I had overlooked a key point.

Since Xia Chuan knew that there were rebellious Confucians in Shanglin Village, why had he kept this secret for more than a decade?

What is the relationship between him and the rebellious Confucians, or rather, between the Xia family and the rebellious Confucians?

I couldn't help but look at Xia Mengying, who was also looking at me.