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

"And those beggars, at first I thought they were just scammers. Although they wore the same clothes as real beggars, their demeanor was nothing like that of beggars."

"Later we were surrounded by beggars. I could sense that one of them was not someone to mess with. I could handle him, but there were others. I was a little worried about you, but I also thought that there was still some time before we went to the capital, so we weren't in a hurry. So I just went along with them."

Thinking back to this, Du Mingxian truly regretted it. "I shouldn't have been so arrogant. Running away from the beggar back then would have been the best choice."

“I disagree with you,” Ling Silang said. “The fact that they were able to find us in such a short time proves that they have people, informants, and the means to do so. Did you see those people with the arrows that day?”

Du Mingxian thought for a moment, her expression grave. "Those people are very skilled, and... they all have arrows. If we make any rash moves, we might be riddled with arrows."

Thinking about this made her angry. "I wanted to pull you into the space to hide with me, why didn't you want to?"

Ling Silang chuckled and reached out to ruffle her hair. "If you expose your secret, you might get arrested and tortured. It's too risky."

"That's better than us being trapped and you being poisoned."

"We can't afford any risks. Besides, we can also see who these people are. They're probably just randomly arresting people. Maybe we can even rescue a lot of them."

Du Mingxian was speechless.

"When faced with bad things, we can remain loyal to both Cao Cao and Han."

Du Mingxian's eyes darted around, a sense of unease creeping in and out. "You're right, but this force doesn't look like something to be trifled with."

“The people we rescued…” she said with some guilt, “would not have died yet if we hadn’t rescued them.”

Ling Silang squeezed her hand. "It's all fate. Let's just think about how to avenge them."

"it is good."

"Starting tomorrow, the two of us will be acting out a love-hate relationship."

Du Mingxian looked at the injury on Ling Silang's face and felt a pang of sympathy. "Does it still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt anymore. You did the right thing. If we hurt our faces first, we'll be excluded from some things. How about you? Does it still hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt." Actually, she wasn't worried about herself, but about Ling Silang.

Du Mingxian hesitated before speaking, "Don't you feel something's wrong?"

"What did you find?"

There are two points of doubt.

"First, they just randomly grabbed us on the street. Even if I gave a false identity, they verified that there was no problem. They've only been in contact with us for a few days. Even if they took poison, they can't completely trust us. They even asked us to keep an eye on the people in the village. Aren't they afraid we'll seek help from the villagers to save ourselves?"

"Or are they just too confident?"

"Secondly, what could a small farming family like the Tao family possibly need? If they really needed something, with their manpower, strength, violence, cruelty, and status, they could do it completely without anyone noticing."

"Arresting people directly and interrogating them is no problem at all. Even if they want the Tao family to disappear, they can do it without anyone noticing. There's no need to use the two of us."

"To them, we're strangers they've captured. How could they entrust us with something so important, unless..."

The two exchanged a glance and spoke at the same time.

"Testing."

"Testing."

Ling Silang looked at Du Mingxian approvingly, "Smart."

Du Mingxian rolled her eyes at him, "In the past, you were the one who used your brain, so naturally I didn't want to use mine. What are we going to do now?"

"What do you want?"

“Just knock out the Tao family members, get the item, and complete the mission. I want to see what they’re up to. Or we could just tie them up and interrogate them. Since this is a test, the Tao family must know something.”

Ling Silang looked at her and smiled, his eyes full of doting affection, "Alright, whatever you say."

"Tired?"

"Fortunately."

"Let's start tonight then."

"it is good."

The two people who were supposed to be sleeping went straight to Tao Qi's room.

Ling Silang reached out and knocked on the door. "Big brother, I have something to do."

Inside the room, Tao Qi's voice was particularly impatient, "Let's talk about it tomorrow, it's too late now."

"It's very important, we can't wait until tomorrow."

I said I'd talk about it tomorrow.

Ling Silang took a step back and waved to Du Mingxian. Du Mingxian raised her foot, mustered all her strength, and kicked the door. The already flimsy door collapsed instantly, raising a cloud of dust in the darkness.

"What are you doing?" Tao Qi's voice was filled with anger.

"Brother, I told you I have something important to say, but you're unwilling, so I'll have to resort to some violence."

Du Mingxian noticed that the door to another room was open, and the Tao family children came out and stood at the door. They didn't panic or scream; they just stood there.

Just as she guessed.

Tao Qi was furious. "Go away, they're disturbing my sleep. Let's teach them a lesson."

"Okay," came the reply from Tao Qi's wife.

Du Mingxian sensed something was wrong, so she reached out and pulled Ling Silang aside, quickly going to meet him.

Du Mingxian is 1.65 meters tall and slender, while her opponent is 1.8 meters tall and overweight. In terms of strength, they are evenly matched. Du Mingxian is slightly more agile than her opponent, but her opponent is better at fighting.

The two quickly fought to a standstill.

Du Mingxian grew increasingly alarmed as she fought. She was now incredibly grateful that she hadn't retaliated when she encountered these people, even when she was whipped along the way.

If even a lowly thug like her possessed such skill, if she had made a move then, even with the available space, she would certainly have been injured and would have ultimately suffered an even fiercer counterattack from her opponent.

She became more and more focused as she fought, constantly observing her opponent's weaknesses. After a long while, she finally found one, and with all her might, she knocked the woman to the ground.

The massive body fell to the ground with a loud thud in the dark night.

The courtyard was quiet.

Ling Silang stepped forward nervously and asked in a low voice, "Are you alright?"

Du Mingxian gently squeezed his hand to show that she was alright, and Ling Silang was relieved.

“Mr. Tao, we’re all in the same boat. Why bother with each other when we’re all on the same side? Just give us what we need directly. It’s a win-win situation.”

Tao Qi has been here for several years and has met many people, but this is the first time he has encountered something like this.

"You think you can get things through violence?"

"That's easy enough." As Du Mingxian spoke, she fired the tranquilizer gun and lunged forward. When the man tried to retaliate, he found himself unable to move, his eyes filled with terror. Fortunately, he could still speak, his voice questioning, "Who are you?"