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

They hadn't expected that Wu Daniu had powerful backers. Now that there was a hidden expert in that courtyard, this matter needed to be carefully considered.

Inside the space, Du Mingxian and Ling Silang sat facing each other, with fruit on a small table between them.

“You’ve been making a lot of moves around in the capital lately, and I’ve been staying home with nothing to do, so I’ve been keeping a close eye on Wu Daniu myself.”

Ling Silang was a little worried. "Let Qiu Shu and the others go."

“You know, I have a space. If anything happens, I can hide in here. They are just following orders and don’t know what effect we want to achieve.”

Ling Silang disagreed, "We will need more servants in the future, and we will need to entrust many things to them. It would be heartbreaking for you to do everything yourself."

Du Mingxian chuckled, "You know what you're thinking. I can tell you very clearly that I had no status in the Du family back then. Whatever they said went."

"Grandma Du didn't want me to marry well either, so when Wu Daniu came to propose marriage, they agreed. They couldn't stand to see me doing well. You could say that at that time, I was completely at their mercy."

Her gaze was intense. "I'm the mother of your children. What do you have to worry about? Are you unaware of your own charm, dissatisfied with your appearance, or simply lack confidence in your wife?"

Ling Silang wasn't embarrassed at being seen through. "I value my wife."

“I know, but we only have this one thing to do now. You take the imperial examination, and I'll do business. I'm not worried about anything else, but the Wu family... must be punished.”

"There's one more thing. I misunderstood before. I thought that bringing Wu Daniu out would solve the problem once and for all. But let's change our approach. What if I discover something outrageous about her while I'm keeping an eye on her? Wouldn't it be more interesting to use her as a tool to kill her?"

This was something Du Mingxian had just thought of.

Ling Silang had thought about this matter before, but considering that he had just arrived in the capital with a new identity, some things were difficult to handle. He planned to let Qiu Shu and the others investigate before making a decision.

Seeing his hesitation, Du Mingxian spoke softly, "No need to think about it. Once the Wu family's matter is resolved, at least everyone will feel better. I'm such an optimistic person, and I've suffered so much because of that bastard Wu Daniu. I can't wait that long for him to keep jumping around."

Ling Silang knew that if he didn't agree, his wife would probably go behind his back. Nowadays, he spent most of his time outside selecting people for the Crown Prince, which required a lot of time and energy.

"Okay, but you need to be careful."

"Don't worry, you know our current situation."

Ling Silang looked at everything in the space and nodded in agreement, "Okay."

“I’ll be leaving tomorrow. With both mothers here, I feel at ease with An’an. I’ll also leave Xiangyang and Chunfeng behind so they can protect her while she’s at home. Now that I have a shop, it’s time for my second sister-in-law and the others to get moving.”

“We had already established a pattern in running the shop. My second sister-in-law and second brother were very familiar with this area and could handle it themselves. Since I had nothing to do, I focused on keeping an eye on Wu Daniu.”

"Okay." Ling Silang didn't know what to say. His daughter-in-law was too capable, and he was helpless.

After discussing it, the next day, after breakfast, Du Mingxian saw Ling Silang off before going to find Ling Erlang and his wife, and took them to look at the shop.

The shop that Lord Wen gave us is really big; it's practically tailor-made for opening a restaurant.

After explaining things to the two of them, Du Mingxian said she had other things to do and left.

She came out alone, first found a secluded spot to disguise herself briefly in her spatial dimension, and then walked out of the dimension toward Wu Daniu's courtyard.

Wu Daniu served in the city defense battalion, but because of his connections, he had a great deal of freedom and no one dared to say anything.

Du Mingxian said she was keeping an eye on things, but that didn't mean she was just waiting foolishly outside the house to see when people would come out. She planned to repeat her old trick and see if any old women or servants came out of the house so she could try to get close to them.

As it turned out... no old woman came out, but several brokers were waiting at the back door with their people. Each broker was accompanied by a group of middle-aged women.

It was obvious that the manor was looking to buy someone, and Du Mingxian was very tempted.

She didn't act impulsively; instead, after careful consideration, she decided to sneak in.

She disguised herself as a middle-aged woman in the advanced space before quietly leaving the space to wait for an opportunity.

When human traffickers went in, they didn't all go in at once. Instead, one person from each brokerage would go in first with their "goods," and after they had all been selected, they would leave with the rest of the people.

There were six slave traders standing in front, and eight people behind each of them, which was quite a lot.

The first four drawings took quite a while, and in the middle, Du Mingxian quietly led someone into the space to eat something.

When the fifth person led the group inside, the last remaining human broker was already getting impatient, but in order to sell the 'goods' he had, he could only resign himself to waiting.

The last person left in the slave trade wasn't as good as the previous ones, but of the first few who went in, only one was left behind, while the rest all came out.

The last one finally got his chance. He watched the fifth person leave and waited for the person in charge to come out and call him. Just as he was about to go in, a woman in his group collapsed.

Even after the woman collapsed, her body continued to convulse.

The slave trader's face changed drastically upon seeing this. His first reaction was to look at the manager, "Manager Zhao, all the people I have are perfectly healthy, but this person... this person..."

He panicked, fearing that the person in charge might abandon him because the person in charge had fallen from grace and the "goods" he had weren't good enough.

The person in charge stood there without moving, but there was impatience in his eyes.

Seeing that the manager didn't speak, the slave trader knew there was still a chance. He hurriedly stepped forward and stuffed a purse into the manager's hand. "Manager Zhao, we're short one person now, and it's getting late. How about this, I'll go back and prepare more goods, and come back tomorrow?"

"Do you really think we're making a fuss about choosing people in our household? Coming over tomorrow, you..." Before Steward Zhao could say anything more, a little maidservant ran out from behind to deliver the message.

The two walked aside to talk, and the maid said to Steward Zhao, "Madam said she is tired, and the rest will be chosen tomorrow."

Manager Zhao was slightly taken aback upon hearing this, but his attitude remained relatively gentle. "Alright, I understand. I will communicate with the brokers. You can go and give Madam a reply."

After the maid left, Steward Zhao looked at the last remaining human trafficker and said, "You're lucky today. Take your 'goods' back first and come back tomorrow."

Upon hearing this, the slave trader immediately laughed, "Yes, yes."

As he spoke, he led his men away, while the one lying on the ground was carried back by the other two women.