The sickly son died young? After the marriage exchange, I will bring prosperity to his entire clan f

"You two will stay here for the next few days," the leader said, giving instructions to his subordinates. Three groups of men left, leaving only five men out of the original thirty.

Du Mingxian's eyes were filled with murderous intent; she wanted to kill, she was determined to kill.

Just then, a group of people ran past outside. The leader saw them and shouted, "Quick, get into the cave!"

Du Mingxian and Ling Silang, enduring their injuries, moved to the side. Soon, more than a dozen people squeezed in, carrying five seriously injured patients, and two doctors were also roughly dragged in.

"Save them well, or I'll kill you all."

The doctor trembled with fear, "Yes, yes."

The two doctors rushed to save the person. Du Mingxian and Ling Silang's eyes were filled with increasing doubt, but they were certain that they might be involved in a major incident.

It was all because... while on the road, he encountered a pregnant woman, then took her to the authorities, which led to all the trouble that followed.

It's unimaginable.

Du Mingxian was in a lot of pain, and Ling Silang was very worried. "Are you alright?"

"It's alright, let's see how it goes first."

"What you just said..."

Du Mingxian knew he wanted to ask about Hu Yue and Duan Wen, so she nodded gently, "Really."

How did she know it was true?

Because Hu Yue and Duan Wen eloped at this time, no one knows where they went. The Hu family and the Duan family are two families with some assets in the county where Kaoshan Village is located.

Both the Hu and Duan families own shops.

The Hu family deals in rice, flour, and cooking oil, while the Duan family deals in cloth.

Neither of their businesses were very large, each only having two shops. However, the Duan family's business was relatively better, and they had more assets.

The reason she knew was because of Wu Sihua in her previous life.

Wu Sihua was a woman who loved beauty. In her previous life, after saving Lin Hu, Lin Hu sent some things over after he left, including silver.

After delivering the goods, Lin Hu also took Wu Daniu with him, as she had not yet fully established herself in the Wu family at that time.

The younger members of the Wu family were always causing trouble, which annoyed her to no end. In the end, she thought of using sweet words to soften them, so she started buying them things according to their wishes.

Wu Sihua likes all kinds of beautiful things, especially clothes and jewelry.

The little girl liked clothes, so she bought them for her.

The things in Duan's shop are just so-so, not particularly good, but enough to please a young girl. Also, Duan's shop is slightly cheaper than other shops.

She loves the past, and she takes Wu Sihua with her.

It must have been during the autumn harvest this year, when there was heavy rain and every household was short of food. She felt a sense of crisis and thought about buying some food to store. The first time, she took several children from the Wu family with her.

After arriving at the shop with Wu Sihua, they bought several sets of clothes.

After returning home, Wu Erniu asked for money under the pretext of needing it, and she gave it to him. A couple of days later, she wanted to buy some more grain to store, but when she went to get the money... it was gone.

Wu Erniu took it out to gamble.

The Wu family went from having plenty of money to suddenly being unable to afford food.

So she remembered the clothes she bought at the Duan family's shop. Wu Sihua had bought so many clothes that she secretly took a few out without Wu Sihua noticing.

She went to the shop to find Duan Wenniang to return the clothes.

Duan Wenniang disagreed and complained to her, saying that she was suffering. During the conversation, she mentioned that Hu Yue had eloped with her husband Duan Wen. Both families had asked people to look for her, but they couldn't find her.

She also specifically asked about the time. A few days before the autumn harvest, the Hu family was very busy, and many people were willing to sell their old rice. It was during this time that Hu Yue took advantage of the situation and eloped with Duan Wen.

After her conversation with Duan Wenniang, she didn't go again. After a difficult winter, spring came and Wu Sihua needed clothes again.

Having no other choice, she went to the Duan family's house again. She brought Wu Sihua's old clothes with her, hoping to exchange them for a piece of fabric of a different color.

The matter didn't get done, but I overheard some gossip.

Perhaps she had told her before, because Duan Wen's mother was quite willing to tell her that there had been no news of Duan Wen for the past six months and she was extremely worried about him, because she was angry that the Hu family couldn't control their daughter.

Duan Wenniang then told her about many of the dirty tricks used by the Hu family's shop.

For example, adding sand to rice to increase its weight, and so on.

She thought the Hu family was particularly bad, but after getting to know Duan Wenniang better, she discovered that... neither family was any good, and the Duan family's business was even more disgusting than the Hu family's.

When young women went into the Duan family's clothing store to try on clothes, Duan Wenniang would deliberately leave a room empty with a crack so that the people inside could peek at the young women changing clothes.

This isn't a free viewing; you get paid for it.

She discovered this by chance, and afterwards she stopped talking to Duan Wenniang. Every time she finished her work in the county, she would leave. One day, Duan Wenniang saw her and very enthusiastically pulled her to the shop.

When they arrived at the shop, the water was accidentally spilled on her while they were pouring tea. They insisted that she change her clothes, but she already knew what the changing room was like, so she refused to go in.

Just as the two were arguing, Wu Erniu, who had wandered out of the gambling den, saw what was happening and indirectly saved her.

From then on, she refused to go to the county where Kaoshan Village was located, and instead went to the county where Dahe Village was located to buy things.

A few years later, while she was still in the village, she heard news that the Hu and Duan families had been arrested. One of them had accidentally mixed rat poison into the flour, which killed people.

Another incident involved a young lady from an official family going in to change clothes. Duan Wenniang had arranged for someone to sneak in and watch. The young lady discovered the suspicious activity, and the Duan family was later imprisoned.

As for whether Hu Yue and Duan Wen ever came back or where they went in the end, no one knows.

The timing matches, and the location barely matches either. Let them investigate. Only someone blinded by love would elope.

Of the five people carried into the cave, only three were rescued; the other two did not survive.

Du Mingxian fell asleep leaning on Ling Silang because of the pain from her wound. When she woke up again, it was already the next day, and her head was still foggy.

Are you feeling better?

"It's okay."

Ling Silang said, "I asked the doctor for some external wound medicine. I'll go and discuss it with the leader in a bit, and we'll apply some medicine for you first."

"I don't think they're that easy to talk to."

"We have to ask them. If they didn't kill us, they must still be useful."

"Hopefully, useful people won't be killed."

"You lean on me, I'll go talk to them." Ling Silang got up and walked out. There were people guarding outside, so when he went out, none of the people resting inside spoke; they continued to rest.

After a while, Ling Silang returned. No one knew what he said to the leader, but he brought back a piece of cloth.

Ling Silang used a pole to set up the cloth, creating a small space, before letting Du Mingxian take off her clothes so he could apply the medicine.