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

Prefect: "..."

"I'll go and pick two people to come with me; you come with me."

"I'll wait for you outside the mansion, sir," Du Mingxian said and left. She needed to get out early to release her pony, otherwise how would she explain it later?

Not long after they arrived outside the mansion, the prefect came out with two guards, all three of them leading horses.

With the prefectural magistrate in charge, even if the city gates were closed, he still used his authority to leave the city.

Du Mingxian was a little envious; having power was still the best thing.

A group of people were traveling at night, but fortunately the moon was bright enough to see the road.

At first, the prefect looked down on Du Mingxian's pony, but once it started running, Du Mingxian was always in the lead, and she would stop and wait for them every now and then.

After daybreak, they arrived in the county. Du Mingxian couldn't put the horse into her spatial storage, so she could only go to the inn with the prefect.

"My lord, please rest for a moment. I'll head back now."

The prefect looked at Du Mingxian and said, "I will visit your home in a little while."

"Yes, sir, please go ahead. I will come to find you tonight and take you to see Master Fang."

"it is good."

"It would be best if you didn't reveal any flaws, sir."

Du Mingxian went to a secluded place, put the horse into her spatial storage, and didn't go back to the Xu family. It wouldn't be easy to explain to her mother if she went back now, so she simply went into her spatial storage to catch up on sleep.

At dusk, she quietly went to the inn.

Inside the inn, the prefectural magistrate, his face grim, became impatient upon hearing of Du Mingxian's arrival, asking, "Where is the master?"

"It's at the Fang residence. I'll take you there after dark; it's easy to be discovered now."

"it is good."

When Du Mingxian saw that the magistrate looked unwell, she knew that he must not have seen anyone at the Fang residence today. However, she did not ask any further questions. She only wanted to rescue her husband, and other matters were not her concern.

After dark, she left with the prefect, but before she had gone far, Du Mingxian became aware that she was being followed. She had to turn around, buy a jar of wine, and return to the inn.

The magistrate stared at Du Mingxian, who explained, "We've been followed. Perhaps it's because you visited today, and they're worried, so they sent people to keep an eye on us."

The prefect's face was extremely pale. "Go and find me a set of clothes for a waiter."

"Yes."

Soon the magistrate changed into the waiter's clothes. This time, the magistrate went out alone. Du Mingxian stood by the window. The person who was watching the magistrate did not follow him. She then jumped down from the second-floor back window and ran to find the magistrate.

When the two arrived outside the Fang residence, Du Mingxian looked at the magistrate and asked, "Does Your Excellency know how to climb over the wall?"

"know a bit."

Du Mingxian thought the prefectural magistrate knew a little, and that he really did, but... she overestimated him. The prefectural magistrate knew a little, but he really didn't know much, and if he continued flipping through the pages like this, he was very likely to be discovered.

"Please wait here, sir."

She ran quickly to another spot, took out a ladder from her spatial storage, and carried it to the wall, saying, "My lord, come up."

The magistrate glanced at the ladder, groped his way up, and wondered what material it was made of, as it felt so different to the touch.

Once the ladder was in place, Du Mingxian could only carry it with her. When the magistrate wasn't looking, she would put it into her spatial storage and lead the magistrate in hiding as they made their way to the back room.

I don't know if it was because we alerted them today, but the room that was empty last night is now occupied by two guards, who are talking right now.

Du Mingxian overheard the two talking at the door, which aroused her murderous intent.

"That scholar is fair-skinned and clean. After he washes up, I want to have some fun with him."

"Once this is over, we'll talk to the master. There shouldn't be any problem."

“That’s right. We’ve been following the master all this way, and we’re considered his confidants. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have arranged for us to be here.”

"Just guard this place well. As long as nothing goes wrong here, our good days are ahead."

"Why don't you just kill them to prevent future troubles, instead of keeping them alive? Isn't that redundant?"

"What do you know? Didn't you see there are pens and paper inside, and students outside? The master has to find this guy down there to annotate the questions the students ask, right? Where are you going to find someone with high scholarship when the person is dead?"

"Oh, yes, yes."

Du Mingxian understood; no wonder there were books, paper, and pens in the secret room.

The magistrate listened intently, not daring to utter a sound. Before coming with Du Mingxian, he had some doubts, but now, he had none left.

Seeing that Du Mingxian was listening attentively, the magistrate reached out to gently pull her aside and ask her a question, but remembering that men and women should not touch each other, he could only stare blankly.

Du Mingxian felt the prefect looking at her and turned around. The prefect gestured twice, asking what to do about the two people inside.

Du Mingxian, remembering what the two had said about Ling Silang, immediately made a throat-slitting gesture.

The prefect was somewhat surprised, but he didn't say anything, just nodded slightly in agreement.

Du Mingxian asked the prefect to wait a moment while she observed from outside. The two men were quite far from the door. If she rushed in, she could kill the first one, but the second one might expose her presence.

He simply used a tranquilizer gun at the door, giving each of the two men a shot, then stepped forward and slit their throats, simultaneously retrieving the tranquilizer gun needles from his spatial storage.

When the magistrate entered, he saw that the two men had already had their throats slit. His gaze towards Du Mingxian changed. "Where is the master?"

"here."

Du Mingxian led the people through the passage until they reached the place where people were being held. Only then did the magistrate see Fang Daru and the others, and he was quite surprised. "Sir."

"This is not the place to talk, move aside."

The magistrate stepped aside, and Du Mingxian held a gun in one hand and a knife in the other. The gun was inside her sleeve, while the knife was in the open. When she swung the knife down, the silenced gun struck the iron chain directly.

The two chains broke, and Du Mingxian put the items into her spatial storage.

Can you carry people on your back?

"can."

Du Mingxian was a little worried when she thought of how the magistrate climbed the wall. "We came in quietly. If we are exposed, they might kill us to cover it up. How about this... Your Excellency, you go out first. I will take the people out of here."

"you."

"I."

The prefect wanted to ask if she could manage on her own, but seeing Du Mingxian's appearance, he inexplicably felt that this girl should be fine. "Then I'll leave first."

"it is good."

After the magistrate left, Du Mingxian went forward to check on Ling Silang. She found that Ling Silang was too weak and unconscious, and was relieved. "Mr. Fang, you can't even walk?"

"Yes, they broke all our legs."

Du Mingxian said, "The situation outside is unclear. I'll take you out, but I'm afraid I'll hurt your legs if you're conscious. It would be better if you went out while you're unconscious."

"Are you sure you can do it, Madam Ling?"

"No problem, it all depends on whether you trust me."