Let's keep idle chatter to a minimum. After the boatman exchanged a few words with Zhou Mao,
Zhou Mao then led Sister Zhu, taking Su Mo and Wei Ziyi, into the secret room.
Su Mo watched furtively, noticing the considerable disorder inside.
The items on the medicine shelves were almost entirely cleared out.
Some boxes, clearly meant for storing precious herbs, were casually opened and discarded everywhere.
In every room, there were people being held captive.
Faint screams could be heard coming from the depths of the secret room.
As they came closer, Su Mo saw that the screams came from two young people, a man and a woman, hung on a metal frame.
Their clothes were disheveled, with bloodstains visible everywhere.
A portly man held a whip in his hand, relentlessly lashing at them.
He kept swearing as he did so.
Upon hearing the approaching footsteps, he glanced sideways, immediately jumping to attention:
