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

Pei Yan gazed into the depths of the woods before him, his expression shifting constantly. For some reason, he felt a sense of unease.

Meanwhile, He Jinnian was crouching in the weeds, looking at the house not far from him.

There were guards all around the house.

These people were carrying various weapons and looked very fierce.

He figured it must be one of those slave traders, and Fang Xiaoxiao had likely already been captured by them.

"What should we do? If we act rashly, we will definitely anger them and they will use the release of Madam Fang as a threat."

"We must not be careless, otherwise all our efforts will be in vain."

Just as he was pondering how to handle the situation, he suddenly heard a rustling sound of footsteps behind him.

For safety, I looked up at a huge banyan tree beside me, and with a leap, I landed on the treetop.

He Jinnian looked down and saw that the newcomer had a bald head, a full beard, and was holding a nine-ringed broadsword.

Niu Erhu!

He recognized this person; he was one of the most wanted criminals the government had been pursuing in recent years.

The other party committed all sorts of evil deeds, including robbery, kidnapping women, and even plotting to massacre the entire family of the county magistrate.

Over the years, the government has offered countless rewards, but there has been no news of this thief.

Even three years ago, when he was handling a case, he received word from his subordinates about this person and led the local government officials to arrest him.

In the end, they came up empty-handed and suffered heavy losses.

This thief was incredibly cunning. Not only did he set up countless traps in the area where they were to be captured, but he also poisoned one of his newlywed subordinates to death in that thatched hut.

After that incident, there was no further news of the thief.

I never expected to run into you here.

This thief must have had a powerful background, otherwise how could he have escaped the authorities' capture so easily?

He Jinnian trembled with anger whenever he thought about what happened back then.

But now is not the time to act rashly; we need to be patient and observe.

He could only watch helplessly as Niu Erhu led his men toward the house ahead.

……

Fang Xiaoxiao sat on the ground, silent, ignoring Xu Kongnan's threats.

This ignited a surge of anger in Xu Kongnan's heart, but in order to present it to the esteemed figure above, he had to suppress his rage.

He stood up, glared at him coldly, and left with the words: "If anyone dares to deceive me, I will make sure they die a horrible death."

I think you're more likely to die first.

Fang Xiaoxiao didn't care at all. She had just observed the expression on Xu Kong Nan's face and found that he was poisoned. She estimated that he would die from the poison soon.

At this moment, the women around them kept backing away, as if they had seen a plague god, and some were even trembling with fear.

This left her speechless for a while, but just then, a woman suddenly let out a terrible scream.

"what!"

Upon hearing the sound, Fang Xiaoxiao immediately turned around and saw a woman with delicate features and a frail body lying on the ground, convulsing in pain.

White foam kept oozing from the corners of her mouth.

"Poisoned?"

He quickly stepped forward, squatted down, and reached out to feel the woman's pulse. He found that her pulse was beating wildly, indicating that the poison was spreading towards her heart.

Without saying a word, she took out several silver needles from her hair bun and inserted them into several acupoints on the woman's body.

Just as she was inserting two needles into him, she was grabbed by an obese woman next to her.

"What are you doing? Do you want to kill someone?"

The obese woman's eyes were filled with anger; she was the poisoned woman's childhood friend.

The two had gone out for a spring outing, hoping to meet their ideal partner.

However, just as they reached the lakeside, they were ambushed from behind and dragged into this hellish prison.

When she saw her childhood friend being stabbed with silver needles by a stranger in front of her, she tried to stop him.

Because she didn't want her childhood friend to survive.

In this hellish place, all she could do was send her childhood friend to escape before he could.

And I will soon follow in her footsteps, hoping to be sisters again in the next life.

The obese woman had already noticed that the woman with the needle was unusual; she could smell a strong herbal odor emanating from her.

She was convinced that he was a doctor, especially since his diagnosis was not only skillful but also his acupuncture was incredibly accurate.

The obese woman came from a family of doctors, so she naturally gave him the ability to help her.

The poison he administered was simply rat poison.

Although it can kill, if someone with medical skills encounters it, they only need to administer a few acupuncture needles to the poisoned person.

In addition, inducing vomiting will definitely save the person.

But she didn't want to. She didn't want her best friend to suffer any more torment, didn't want her best friend to be plagued by nightmares every day, and didn't want to see her suffering so much while she was powerless to help.

Fang Xiaoxiao noticed that her wrist was tightly gripped and tried to pull away, but found that the woman had an extremely strong grip.

"What are you doing! If you don't let go, she'll die."

"I don't believe you. You're definitely going to kill Miaomiao!"

"Are you crazy? I had no grudge against her, why would I kill her!"

"Then why should you save her? You have no relation to her."

Chen Yanyan used all her strength to grab the woman's wrist tightly. Just a quarter of an hour, just a quarter of an hour, and Miaomiao would be able to escape this nightmare.

She looked at her best friend lying on the ground, crying out in despair, tears welling up in her eyes, but she knew that as long as she could get through this, Miaomiao wouldn't have to suffer anymore.

The women around seemed to have lost their souls, just staring blankly at what was happening, and some even laughed.

She found it particularly amusing that someone had finally left before her.

Fang Xiaoxiao couldn't understand why there would be such a vicious person who would say such ridiculous things.

After trying to break free a few more times and finding she couldn't, she called out to the women around her for help.

"Don't you have any compassion at all? Can't you see the person is about to die?!"

Her voice wasn't loud, but it carried a sense of despair.

Are people really all this selfish?

After hearing this, the group of women just looked at each other.

Did they want to step forward and help?

Actually, everyone wants that.

However, they didn't want to see each other suffer any more.

As for the poisoning.

Actually, it was something that everyone had already discussed and agreed upon.

That means getting the little mute boy to help.

Whenever the little mute girl brought a white steamed bun, they would give it to the weakest woman among them.

The little mute boy had secretly stuffed rat poison into those white steamed buns.

Unfortunately, rat poison is too precious to be brought along every time.

Looking at the indifferent and silent crowd, Fang Xiaoxiao could no longer tolerate this inhumane act.

When she said those words, she sensed that the woman who was gripping her wrist seemed slightly disoriented.

Taking advantage of the brief moment, she used a silver needle to prick the numb spot, causing the woman to gasp in surprise.