I started out with seven husbands, and I worked hard to support my family while crying.

As soon as Murong Changqing stepped out the door, she saw a sachet.

He picked up the sachet from the ground, held it in his hand and examined it carefully. The sachet looked very familiar, so he put it to his nose and smelled it.

It has a strong herbal smell, so it must be from Fang Xiaoxiao. Besides, there's a character "Xiao" embroidered on it.

As far as he knew, other people's sachets were embroidered with their surnames, but Fang Xiaoxiao's sachets were uniquely decorated with the character "Xiao".

He had seen her once before in her boudoir, and at the time he found it strange, so he asked her about it and learned that it was because she wanted to be different from others.

He thought about it and decided to tell others about it.

Just now, when he was outside the door, he saw Fang Xiao sneakily following He Jinnian.

At the time, I thought it might be fun, but an hour has passed, and even if it was fun, we should come back.

Not only did Fang Xiaoxiao not return, but He Jinnian did as well.

He turned back into the courtyard, holding up a sachet and shouting.

"Oh dear, I've discovered that Madam Fang left her sachet outside the door."

"Um……"

Pei Yan glanced at him coldly, but said nothing.

But Long Jinyan seemed to have thought of something bad, so he quickly walked up to Murong Changqing, snatched the sachet and examined it.

He was always a vigilant man, and a sense of foreboding suddenly arose in his heart.

"Young Master Murong, I remember Madam Fang cared a lot about this sachet. Why did she leave it outside the door and not come back to look for it?"

"How would I know? Besides, she and He Jinnian are probably doing something outrageous."

As Murong Changqing spoke, a questioning look appeared on his face.

Long Jinyan didn't care about any of that. His intuition told him that there was something fishy about this, and that Madam Fang might even be in danger.

Think about it.

He turned around and said to Pei Yan.

"I feel that Madam Fang must have suffered some harm, which is why she has not returned home for so long. I will go out first to look for her. Please stay home, brothers."

After saying that, he didn't look back, but leaped up towards the courtyard wall and disappeared from their sight.

"Tch, you know martial arts? What's so great about that? I can do that too."

As Murong Changqing spoke, he strode toward the courtyard gate, opened the wooden door, and left.

Pei Yan was left alone, sitting at the stone table, sipping bitter tea.

He was actually a little worried about Fang Xiaoxiao, but since the two of them had already set off, he couldn't be as reckless as they were. He needed to think things through carefully.

He then pulled out a short, emerald-green flute from his robes. The flute was about the size of a middle finger and appeared to be very precise, something that no ordinary person could possess.

"Woo!"

The piccolo emitted a clear, low-pitched sound.

Immediately afterward, two people stood on the top of the courtyard wall, dressed in black and masked, looking particularly mysterious.

Pei Yan gave the two brief instructions.

"Looking for someone..."

The two gave a soft "hmm" and then jumped over the courtyard wall.

He had intended to continue drinking tea, but for some reason, he felt uneasy.

The tea wasn't fragrant either; it tasted bland and tasteless.

After putting down the teacup, he got up, opened the courtyard gate, and left.

……

Fang Xiaoxiao searched forward in the woods and, according to He Jinnian, the missing people were all women and children.

Without a doubt, they were just a bunch of thugs.

These "tooth-like" organizations are human trafficking organizations.

According to He Jinnian, human traffickers not only bought and sold people, but also committed many evil deeds, such as cutting off children's hands and feet to use for begging.

In short, what they did was truly infuriating.

She muttered to herself that if she saw those guys, she would teach them a lesson, but then she worried about what she would do if she actually ran into them.

She was just a weak woman with no physical strength, only medical skills.

"Never mind, I'll just pull the signal horn when the time comes!"

"Who goes there? Stop right there!"

Just as Fang Xiaoxiao was shaking the signal tube in her hand.

A shout from behind startled her, and she froze on the spot, the bamboo tube in her hand rolling unconsciously on the ground.

A group of people carrying various weapons appeared from the bushes; some carried spears, and others carried broken blades.

The leader was a bald, giant man who looked to be over 1.8 meters tall.

The other person was burly and had a face full of menacing features.

Those arms were almost as thick as his thighs.

Upon seeing the newcomers, Fang Xiaoxiao knew something was wrong; these were definitely the bandits and ruthless thugs.

The big man, in particular, looked incredibly fierce, just like a villainous bandit character in a TV series.

Blood was still dripping from the nine-ringed longsword in the opponent's hand.

This is how to do!

She was so frightened that she trembled uncontrollably; it was the first time she had ever encountered real bandits.

When I used to watch them on TV, I always thought those people looked really ridiculous. Although they looked fierce, they acted incredibly stupidly.

But when you actually encounter it, that fierce and malevolent aura hits you right in the face.

The bald, burly man saw that the woman was quite beautiful and had a bamboo basket on her back, so he assumed she had come up the mountain to gather herbs.

He had just killed a woman and was worried about not having any new customers.

That's great, just what I wanted has come true.

“Tie her up for me. When I get back, I’ll use her up and then use her to reward you guys.”

"Hey bro, I want to be the first to try it!"

"Damn it, why are you the first one?!"

The two henchmen next to the big man started fighting, each arguing about why the other should get to enjoy it first.

"Shut up, everyone. Let's tie them up first."

The two men then stopped what they were doing, and one of them took out a rope from his waist and quickly walked up to the woman.

Fang Xiaoxiao wanted to call out, but her mouth was stuffed with an unknown object.

She glanced down and saw that it was a smelly sock.

The skinny man next to her was barefoot, grinning at her.

"..."

And just like that, she was tied up without even realizing it.

The place where Ya Zi was located was an abandoned courtyard.

Fang Xiaoxiao was carried on the shoulder of the big man. The jolting made her stomach churn and she felt like vomiting.

Unfortunately, his mouth was sealed shut, so he had no choice but to swallow it back down.

What I feared most came to pass.

She looked around and found that the yard was covered with fresh, bright red bloodstains.

Before he could even get a good look at his surroundings, the big man threw him to the ground.

"This young lady has fair skin; she looks like a good meal."

The burly man bent over, a silly grin on his face, and licked his lips as he laughed.

Just as he was about to strip her clothes off, a sharp male voice came from inside the room in front of him.

"Erhu, stop ruining people!"

Fang Xiaoxiao looked up when she heard the sound, her mind racing with thoughts of how to escape.

The door in front opened, and a pale-faced man with light steps walked out, holding a white silk handkerchief in his hand.

She has a rather alluring air about her, and I always feel that she's not a real man.

Xu Kongnan walked towards the group.

He coughed as he walked, giving the impression that he was nearing the end of his life.

The burly man called Erhu was displeased to see his elder brother return, but he had no choice but to bow and clasp his hands respectfully to him.

"Big brother, you're back!"