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

"Okay, Mother." After replying to Old Lady Xu, Xu Dazhuang would deliberately slow down, but within two minutes, he was wolfing down his food again.

After dinner, since it was still early, Du Mingxian wanted to go for a stroll in the street. Zhou Shi didn't go, but Xu Tingting accompanied her.

While the two were shopping, Du Mingxian deliberately looked for shops. After walking around for a long time, they didn't see any shops for sale. So she could only say to Xu Tingting, "Cousin, you can go out and look around these next few days and see if there are any suitable shops that we can buy."

"What kind of business will you buy the shop for? I can have my dad ask around and find out more."

"I brought the sauce; I plan to sell that."

"Okay, then I'll wander around some more."

After wandering around for about three hours, the two returned home. With nothing to do in the afternoon, Du Mingxian went out alone and quietly went to the Fang family's house.

While lingering outside the Fang family's residence, she saw Ling Silang come out to eat alone as dinner time approached. She wondered what had happened at the Fang residence, as Ling Silang's expression was very serious and he seemed somewhat dazed. He was going to eat noodles by the roadside.

Seeing his expression, Du Mingxian immediately stepped forward to stop him, saying, "Husband."

"My wife, what are you doing here?"

“I thought my husband was going out for dinner, so I came to check on him.”

Ling Silang's expression changed, and Du Mingxian said, "Let's go eat wontons in the front?"

"it is good."

The two didn't speak the whole way. Du Mingxian could tell that Ling Silang was lost in thought. They ordered two bowls of wontons, but Ling Silang still didn't come back to his senses, so Du Mingxian was worried.

"My lord, has something happened?"

Ling Silang hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "It's nothing, let's eat."

Du Mingxian didn't ask any more questions. After having dinner with Ling Silang, they walked together to the Fang residence. Only then did Ling Silang come to his senses. "I'll take you home first."

"Husband, please go inside. I can manage on my own."

"I send you."

"Go inside, my lord. I'll bring you your meal tomorrow."

"No need, you and your mother have a good talk. Don't worry about me here. If you don't want me to take you, then go back quickly."

"it is good."

Du Mingxian turned and left. When she reached the corner, she didn't go any further. Instead, she quietly looked back at Ling Silang, who had already entered the Fang residence.

As darkness fell, Du Mingxian hesitated for a moment before heading back.

There were enough rooms in the house. Zhou had already tidied up Du Mingxian's room. When it got dark, Du Mingxian said she was sleepy and went back to her room to sleep.

After everyone else had finished packing, they all went back to their rooms.

After everyone went back to their rooms, Du Mingxian quietly went to find Xu Tingting.

"I need to go out for a while. If my mother looks for me, my cousin can cover for me."

"it is good."

Du Mingxian, dressed in black, quietly arrived at the Fang residence and then climbed over the wall.

The Fang residence is a four-courtyard house, and she went straight to the third and fourth courtyards at the back.

Perhaps she was lucky; in the main room of the three courtyards, candles were burning and several people were sitting inside. She quietly approached and listened to what was happening inside.

"I think that poor wretch is suspicious of something. Father, why don't we take action?"

“No, he only comes once a month. If he doesn’t go back, how will his family explain it?”

At this moment, a female voice came out, "Father, why don't we lock that poor wretch up with those others first, and then send someone to deliver a message to the poor wretch's family? That should buy us some time, and when it's almost time, we can send the poor wretch on his way."

The young man's voice was excited: "Father, my sister's suggestion is excellent. The poor man was already in poor health, so if he dies, his family won't find out anything."

"Exactly, and if I find out anything, I'll say he tried to assault me." The woman's voice was smug.

An older voice said, "He just got married."

"So what if he just got married? He's a man, can't he be attracted to other women? Dad, I think this method is feasible. We can't let him actually find out anything, can we?"

The young man was also anxious, "That's right, my sister is right. Scholars are cunning. If we give them a chance, we might be the ones who suffer."

Du Mingxian frowned deeply; sure enough, there was something ghostly about this house.

"Alright, that's settled then. Lock that poor wretch up. Lian'er, tell Steward Cheng about it later."

"Good dad."

"Go away."

After the group dispersed, Du Mingxian hurriedly slipped into her spatial dimension. The old man remained seated, while the young man excitedly left the house, ran to the courtyard gate, called two servants, and headed towards the front yard.

Du Mingxian had some suspicions that the poor wretch they were talking about was Ling Silang.

There was no one in the courtyard, so Du Mingxian quietly followed them after leaving the space.

From afar, they could see that the person they had captured was Ling Silang. Perhaps afraid that Ling Silang would shout out, they simply gagged him. Du Mingxian quietly followed.

Those people led the person all the way to the back room, then went into a room, and soon came out, closed the door and left.

After Du Mingxian and the others left, she quietly approached. There was no sound from inside the house. She gently pushed the door open, and inside... it was empty, there was nothing there.

I saw them bring people here with my own eyes, and now it's empty, which proves there's a secret room here.

She turned and went inside, closing the door behind her. Inside, she groped around in the dark, and after a long while, she finally found a floor tile that wasn't right. She reached out and pressed it, and the tile moved right away, releasing a foul smell and revealing the steps leading downstairs.

Not knowing what was inside, Du Mingxian held a dagger in her hand, fully alert, and slowly walked in. She walked about two hundred meters through the passage before she saw the light.

She secretly hid on the side to observe and saw that there were iron bars in front and several people were locked up behind them, including Ling Silang.

After confirming that no one was watching, she took off her night vision goggles and slowly walked out.

Ling Silang was still bound and gagged, lying on the ground. He was already in poor health, and the commotion had made him even weaker.

Ling Silang had his back to the outside and didn't see Du Mingxian come in.

Three people were lying down, two were sitting, and an elderly man, who was probably not asleep, opened his eyes when he heard the noise and saw Du Mingxian standing outside.

Around the perimeter of this secret room, there was a torch on each side, and a small passageway nearby where one could feel the wind.

Du Mingxian quietly stepped forward and called out to Ling Silang on the ground through the fence, "Husband, husband."

The old man who had seen Du Mingxian initially thought she was in cahoots with the outsiders, but when he heard her call him "husband," his expression changed instantly. He said in a hoarse voice, "Chengwen, go and untie the rope for him."

The man named Chengwen was lying face up, closest to Ling Silang. After hearing the noise, he crawled over to Ling Silang and reached out to untie the ropes for him.

Du Mingxian then noticed that the people here... all seemed to have injured legs.

Ling Silang was extremely dizzy and felt very weak. Hearing Du Mingxian's voice, he was both shocked and frightened, and even turning around was difficult. Only after Fang Chengwen untied the rope for him was Ling Silang able to prop himself up and get up.

"Wife, what are you doing here? Did they bring you here?"