Shocking! In this matriarchal society, every man wants to marry me!

Xia Muning sat in the carriage, looking at the flower in his hand. The flower was delicate and beautiful, and should have grown in a garden to be admired, not picked and given to him by a disgusting woman.

He casually tossed it in front of the carriage, and the carriage tracks chased after it, soiling and crushing the delicate flower.

Xia Muning rubbed his head. Zhang Duruo's chattering voice was giving him a headache. He didn't find him cute, he just found him noisy.

"Shishu, pour me a glass of water, I feel a little nauseous."

Xia Muning was utterly disgusted. His wife wasn't dead yet, but everyone thought she was!

They couldn't even choose a good woman for their honey trap. Zhang Duruo feigned innocence, but her eyes betrayed her scheming. They were truly transparent, revealing the depravity within them without a trace.

He is the husband whom Zhongtian married with proper betrothal and marriage ceremony. He calls him "brother" all the time. Who is your brother?

Shi Shu glanced at Xia Muning and said softly, "My lord, then I will reject all messages from Zhang Duruo!"

Xia Muning thought for a moment, then shook his head: "It's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark. It's much better to know who has bad intentions than to be in danger in the dark and not know it!"

Moreover, Xia Muning sneered, "Since she calls me brother, then brother will trouble herself to teach her a lesson!"

...

Qian Mu was explaining Li Cheng to Zhong Tian.

Licheng is called Licheng not because everyone in the town has the surname Li. On the contrary, there are very few people with the surname Li in this city. Its original name was Licheng. The men here are good-looking, but they make a living by prostitution, serving passers-by!

Du Chen returned from purchasing supplies, his stern face showing considerable impatience: "These men are shameless, dragging me into their houses! They're all filthy!"

Zhongtian was quite amazed after hearing this. It took him a long time to speak before asking, "What about the women of Licheng?" During the day, Zhongtian had seen quite a few women!

"Women," Qian Mu chuckled mockingly, "probably dead! No matter how much noise there was inside, she didn't come out; she's most likely really dead!"

Zhongtian frowned, sensing something strange about everything.

"Is there not a single woman with any backbone?"

Qian Mu could barely suppress the sarcasm on his lips: "Yes! They don't let their husbands do this; they do other, even more heinous jobs!"

At this point, Qian Mu seemed to remember something and immediately asked Du Chen, "When you came in, did you see Xia Lan?"

Du Chen said nonchalantly, "She should be chained up outside."

"Go check it out immediately."

After a while, Qian Mu returned, his face as cold as ice: "He's gone!"

Du Chen asked, "They escaped?"

"It shouldn't be. Xia Lan, that idiot, actually showed off her gold during the day. If she doesn't get into trouble, who will?"

Zhong Tian was startled and immediately ran out, found Le Xingxi's room, and knocked loudly on the door, but no one answered!

Zhongtian was wearing anklets. She slammed the door open with all her might, but it was quiet inside; there was no one there.

Du Chen followed, and the man with an inscrutable expression asked, "What are you doing?"

Nakata concealed the worry on his face and said, "I've come to check if the guests from earlier in the day are here. If they aren't, could they have been kidnapped by a group of people?"

Du Chen stared at her for a while, then suddenly spoke up: "Wait a minute, who was the guest during the day? You seem quite worried!"

Just as Nakata was about to say something more...

Qian Mu came in from outside, pulling Guo Mao, who was disheveled and had obviously been dragged out of bed. Guo Mao looked annoyed at being disturbed. She spat on the ground.

"That bastard Zhao Jing, she's greedy for money, she actually dared to lay a finger on a prisoner, let's go and take her down!"

Zhongtian breathed a sigh of relief.

Le Xingxi should also be in the hands of this so-called Zhao Jing. Today, she noticed the malicious gazes from the women on Le Xingxi, so she deliberately exposed Xia Lan's money.

Sure enough, tonight, the people who kidnapped Le Xingxi also took Xia Lan with them.

When Le Xingxi was kidnapped, no one here knew him, so no one cared. But if Xia Lan were kidnapped, the three constables would definitely go to her rescue.

Qian Mu and Guo Mao had been traveling on this escort route for a long time and were quite familiar with it. Following Qian Mu, they turned left and right until they arrived at a rather secluded cave.

Guo Mao shouted, "Zhao Jing, you scoundrel, come out here right now!"

After a while, Zhao Jing emerged with a displeased expression. Upon seeing Qian Mu, his expression softened, and he became somewhat cautious: "What brings the three officials to this remote place?"

Zhongtian discovered that she was the waiter at the inn during the day.

"Release that woman you arrested today. You actually dared to lay a hand on a wanted criminal of the imperial court. You've got some nerve!"

"Who is the official talking about? I don't understand!" Zhao Jing was still pretending to be stupid!

Du Chen grew impatient and immediately drew his sword: "Attack! Enough with the nonsense!"

Zhao Jing clapped her hands, and three or four strong women immediately came out of the room. Zhong Tian glanced at them casually and knew that she had come to the right place, because she recognized two of them as the people who had followed Le Xingxi during the day.

The group immediately started fighting.

Zhongtian stood aside, watching coldly. He did not step forward to help. He would be happy if either side of them were injured. As long as Qian Mu and the others did not die, it would actually be beneficial to her plan.

Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, Nakata quietly slipped inside.

He first saw Xia Lan kneeling on the ground, her face covered in bruises, clearly having been beaten again. When he saw Zhong Tian rush in, his eyes lit up.

"Nakata, did you come to save me? Those bastards stole all the gold you gave me and even hit me!"

Zhong Tian looked Xia Lan up and down, and seeing that she was not missing any limbs, he felt relieved and asked, "Have you seen Le Xingxi?"

Xia Lan nodded frantically: "He's inside! It really is him! I thought I had mistaken him for someone else. How could he be here!"

Xia Lan is so noisy! Zhong Tian glared at her fiercely.

"Shut up! You'd better pass out right now! If you don't, I'll knock you out myself! And if you dare to reveal his identity, I'll kill you!" Zhongtian threatened.

Xia Lan was startled and, feeling somewhat aggrieved, chose a comfortable position to fall asleep!

Zhongtian slowly walked into the cave, her heart filled with worry. She thought she would see a weeping Le Xingxi.

However, contrary to her expectations, she saw Le Xingxi sitting cross-legged on the ground, solemnly chanting scriptures!