The wife of two taels of silver

The person who pretended to be Lord Xiahou was a young man who looked to be in his twenties, but he was ugly and dark.

Gu An stood up, glanced at the two people on the ground, then raised his foot and, imitating Lin Haitang, kicked them a few times in the face.

The two already ugly faces were now even more unbearable to look at, and were simply disgusting.

Gu An's brows furrowed tighter and tighter, his eyes felt very painful, and he quickly looked away.

I have to say, being able to make someone's ugly eyes hurt is a skill.

After kicking, Lin Haitang ran to the nameless house and searched through the boxes over and over again. Finally, she found the "Guaiguai Water" among a pile of bottles and jars.

Obedient Water, a drug developed by Lin Haitang, isn't a poison; it's not toxic, but it does have a side effect: a three-day drowsiness. The drug's purpose is to make the drinker obedient, answering any question they're asked, and telling the truth.

So Lin Haitang named it "Guaiguai Water".

There were many poisons in the box in the nameless house, which Lin Haitang had found out bit by bit during her spare time. After all, she firmly believed that having one more thing on hand would definitely be safer and more reliable.

It turned out that Lin Haitang was not overthinking it and her idea was right.

Lin Haitang ran to the two counterfeits with the water, roughly pried open their mouths and made them drink it.

While Lin Haitang was giving them medicine, she said to Gu An, "This stuff is called obedient water. They will answer the truth no matter what you ask them. When they wake up, we can ask them properly."

Gu An looked at the small bottle in Lin Haitang's hand and nodded. He felt that his wife was becoming more and more amazing.

Lin Haitang and Gu An walked aside, and Lin Haitang asked, "How are we going to get these two beasts out later? The Marquis' Mansion knows that I'm here to see the young Marquis again today. If the Marquis and the young Marquis disappear one after another, they will definitely not let us leave."

Gu An was silent for a moment, then said, "Let's ask these two beasts first. First, ask where the Marquis and the young Marquis are hidden."

This is the only way for now, Lin Haitang nodded.

Lin Haitang couldn't wait any longer than half an hour, so she broke off a soft and tough peach branch from the peach tree, swung it, and thought it was perfect for hitting people. Then, Lin Haitang eagerly walked towards the two beasts who had fainted on the ground with the peach branch.

Swish swish!

Several air explosion sounds were heard, and several blood marks instantly appeared on the bodies of the two impostors.

Lin Haitang kept smoking until the two of them opened their eyes.

Finally, the two impostors were beaten awake by Lin Haitang.

Their eyes were dull, staring at the ground and blinking slowly, as if they were not even aware of the pain in their bodies.

Lin Haitang threw the peach branch aside, held her waist and sighed: "Oh, I'm so tired."

Gu An supported Lin Haitang and scolded her, "I was about to smoke, but you wouldn't let me."

Lin Haitang panted slightly and said, "I feel so suffocated, Gu An, if you don't let me vent, I will really suffocate myself to death. It's good to be tired now."

There was a slight bitter taste in Gu An's mouth. Thinking of Liu Wanwan's appearance last night, and then remembering Chen Xi who had committed suicide before, he looked at Lin Haitang with eyes full of heartache.

Lin Haitang squatted down and asked, "Are the Marquis and his son still alive?"

Lin Haitang didn't believe the answers these two people gave when they were sober, so she wanted to ask them again.

The two people lying on the ground answered in unison: "Alive."

"where are they?"

"In the basement of the young marquis's courtyard. The entrance is just under his bed."

Hearing this, Lin Haitang became a little excited and immediately raised her head to look at Gu An.

Gu An nodded at Lin Haitang.

Lin Haitang then asked, "When did you start impersonating them?"

"Half a month ago."

"What is your goal?"

"Capture Lin Haitang alive, at any cost."

"Who else in the entire Kang Dynasty has been impersonated by your family?"

"Prince."

Lin Haitang and Gu An's expressions changed at the same time, and their bodies shook violently.

Lin Haitang stood up and looked at Gu An in disbelief.

After a long pause, Lin Haitang held her breath and asked, "Do you want the entire Kang Dynasty?"

"The wizard said that whoever reaches the spiritual realm will rule the world. As long as we capture Lin Haitang alive, not only will the small Kang Dynasty be ours, but the entire world will be ours."

Lin Haitang took a deep breath and asked, "Besides the prince, do you have anyone else?"

"No."

"Where is the wizard now?"

"The wizard is the prince."

For a moment, there was no sound in the entire space.

Lin Haitang was confused. She didn't know how such a big disaster could come about in just a space like hers.

After a long while, Lin Haitang finally found her voice and said, "Gu An, knock these two beasts out."

With two bangs, Gu An exerted a lot of strength and the two beasts closed their eyes. Only the faint rise and fall of their chests showed the outside world that they were still alive.

Lin Haitang grabbed Gu An's hand, her voice a little hoarse: "Let's go out first and find the real Marquis and the young Marquis."

After going out, Lin Haitang and Gu An went straight to Xia Ziqiu's room.

Fortunately, the two fakes had sent people away before, otherwise Lin Haitang and Gu An’s actions would definitely be greatly restricted now.

Recalling what the two beasts said, Gu An directly moved Xia Ziqiu's bed away.

There was a carpet under the bed, and under the carpet there was indeed something like a small door. It would be more appropriate to call this "door" a "hole". It was rectangular and estimated to be about one meter by 0.8 meters in size.

Gu An opened the lid, revealing a dark secret passage.

After opening it, there was a staircase inside. Only two or three steps could be illuminated by the light outside, and the rest of the inside was pitch black, as if extending infinitely downwards.

Lin Haitang first went back to the space, brought out the two beasts inside, and hid them in the corner.

If we don't release them now, it will be difficult to pull them out after we rescue Marquis Dingwu and Xia Ziqiu.

Gu An looked around the room and took down the candle on the candlestick that was used to light the room at night.

After giving Lin Haitang a candle, Gu An lit the candle and was the first to go down the secret passage.

Lin Haitang followed Gu An closely.

After turning several corners, Gu An finally stopped. On the way, Gu An kept looking back to remind Lin Haitang to be careful.

The narrow view finally became wide, and the open space was about twenty square meters.

Gu An found that there were several candlesticks around, and he went up to them one by one to light the candles in them.

The place suddenly became bright, bright enough for people to clearly see what was going on inside.

In the northeast corner, two people were huddled together, leaning against each other.

While they were unconscious, Lin Haitang and Gu An ran up to them and found that they were the missing Ding Wu Hou and Xia Ziqiu.

The two men's clothes were tattered and their faces were dirty. There were two empty bowls in front of them.

There was some black, greasy, dirty stuff in the empty bowl, and some parts were even moldy.

The whole space was filled with a sour and foul smell.

There was pity and anger in Lin Haitang and Gu An's eyes.

Sand

Xia Ziqiu's feet moved. He frowned and slowly opened his eyes. Before he could focus, he saw two figures. He subconsciously thought they were the two impostors. He immediately sneered, "You bastards."

When his eyes focused, he saw clearly the two people in front of him. They were not those two bastards, but people he had only met once: Princess Anle and her husband.

Xia Ziqiu's face was filled with confusion. He didn't know why these two people were here. Could it be that they were in cahoots with those bastards? "You—" Xia Ziqiu was about to curse when he heard Princess Anle speak:

"We're here to rescue you!" Lin Haitang bent down, frowning and saying, "Are you and the Marquis injured anywhere? Let's go up first. We knocked those two bastards unconscious, and they're up there."

Xia Ziqiu looked suspicious and stared at Lin Haitang and Gu An warily.

The sound of the two people talking woke Marquis Dingwu. He saw the person in front of him and said in an unusually hoarse voice, "Princess Anle, what is going on?"

Lin Haitang recounted how Liu Wanwan had suffered from hysteria and the woman who pretended to be Xiaolan. After the explanation, Ding Wuhou and his son finally believed that Lin Haitang and Gu An had indeed come to save them.

"These bastards!" Xia Ziqiu said gritting his teeth.

Lin Haitang looked at the father and son in front of him, frowned and asked, "Can you still walk? Let's go up first."

Xia Ziqiu leaned against the wall and managed to stand up. He swallowed hard and said, "I'm fine. My father's legs can't move."

Marquis Dingwu waved his hands, supported himself on the ground with his right hand, held the wall with his left hand, and tried to stand up. However, as soon as he exerted force and his buttocks left the ground, he fell down.

Xia Ziqiu subconsciously bent down to help, but failed. Because he used too much force, the wound on the inside of his thigh split open. The pain made him grit his teeth and almost squatted on the ground.

Gu An stepped forward, holding one person with each hand, and pulled both of them up from the ground.

"My lord, I will carry you up." Gu An said.

Ding Wuhou nodded, his voice hoarse: "Thank you for your trouble."

Lin Haitang took off the water bag from her waist and handed it to Marquis Dingwu: "My Lord, have some water."

After Ding Wuhou got the water, he felt the weight in his hand. He was already thirsty and became even thirstier. He handed the water bag to his son and said, "Xiao Qiu, you drink first."

Xia Ziqiu knew that Marquis Dingwu was worried that he would not have enough to drink, so he did not refuse. He took the water bag and tilted his head back to take two big gulps.

After taking two sips, Xia Ziqiu stopped drinking and handed it to Ding Wuhou: "Dad, this is for you."

After Dingwu Hou took it, he shouted wildly.

In this cellar, Ding Wuhou and Xia Ziqiu spent almost every day in hunger and thirst.

There was only a bowl of stale rice and half a bowl of water every day.

Not only that, they had to endure their beatings every day. It can be said that the Dingwu Marquis and his son are still alive now, which is really a blessing from their ancestors.

Lin Haitang led the way in front, Xia Ziqiu walked in the middle, and Gu An carried Dingwu Hou on his back to cover the rear.

The time spent going up was more than three times that of coming down.

Although Xia Ziqiu could barely walk on his own, he was just forcing himself. His condition was only slightly better than that of Marquis Dingwu.

Finally returning to the ground, Lin Haitang took a deep breath, quickened his movements and jumped out, then turned around and pulled Xia Ziqiu and Gu An up.

Xia Ziqiu's room was still very quiet, and the two impostors were still in a coma.

After coming up, Gu An placed Dingwu Hou on the bed. Lin Haitang said, "My Lord, is it convenient for me to see your legs?"

Marquis Dingwu nodded.

Xia Ziqiu sat on the chair, barely straightening his back, and looked at his father lying on the bed.

Xia Ziqiu felt that his current condition was a little better than before. It might be because he was too thirsty before, and after drinking water, his physiological needs were met, making his body feel less uncomfortable.

Lin Haitang used force and pressed on Ding Wuhou's right leg.

When Lin Haitang pressed down, Ding Wuhou's body instantly straightened and he clenched his teeth tightly.

Lin Haitang knew what was going on. She kept moving her hands, and her brows furrowed deeper. After a moment, she stood up and said, "Three bones are broken."

Marquis Dingwu was obviously not surprised by this result. Sweat was dripping from his dark forehead, staining the pillow. "It's okay. I'm lucky to be alive."

Marquis Dingwu actually laughed.

Xia Ziqiu saw the two impostors in the corner, his eyes blazing with anger.

"Princess, please call my wife over." Marquis Dingwu said to Lin Haitang.

Lin Haitang didn't move. She stood there, looking at Marquis Dingwu, and said, "My Lord, what are you going to do about this?"

"Of course I will report it to His Majesty." Marquis Dingwu said directly.

Lin Haitang, however, let out a long sigh.

Ding Wuhou and Xia Ziqiu were confused and looked at Lin Haitang in confusion.

Lin Haitang said: "There is another person who was also impersonated by the Xiongnu. That person is the prince."

These words startled Marquis Dingwu so much that he sat up from the bed, and also startled Xia Ziqiu so much that he stood up.

"What?!" the father and son said in unison.

The two of them stared at Lin Haitang, and Lin Haitang nodded.

The two men turned their gaze to Gu An, and Gu An nodded.

Xia Ziqiu couldn't hold it in any longer and cursed loudly: "Damn it!"

Marquis Dingwu asked, "Princess Anle, are you sure this news is true?"

Lin Haitang nodded firmly and said, "I'm sure."

"I developed a potion called the Obedient Water. As the name suggests, as long as he drinks the Obedient Water, he will become obedient." Lin Haitang shook the gourd bottle containing the Obedient Water.

Ding Wuhou and Xia Ziqiu stared at the white ceramic bottle with doubts in their hearts.

Lin Haitang had anticipated this scenario and said to Xia Ziqiu, "Young Marquis, if you don't believe me, you can try it and let Marquis Dingwu see the effects for himself. Don't worry, the only side effect of this medicine is drowsiness, and I have an antidote. After taking it, all the side effects will disappear."

Xia Ziqiu looked at his father and saw that his father nodded at him. He said, "Okay, I'll try."

Lin Haitang handed the medicine over. Xia Ziqiu took the bottle and looked at it for two seconds, then tilted his head back and drank it in one gulp.