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

The other party left as soon as they finished moving their things, without lingering for a moment.

Du Mingxian was absent-minded all day. After returning home, she drew a sketch of the familiar-looking man she had seen that morning. It was a very lifelike drawing.

Seeing that Du Mingxian was staring blankly at the paper after finishing her drawing, Ling Silang walked over and asked, "Is there a problem?"

“When I went to the workshop this morning, I saw this man directing others to move things. I remembered his appearance immediately because he looked very familiar. So I drew him to see exactly why he looked familiar.”

Ling Silang chuckled, "Do you still remember our plan to go to Ping County?"

"of course."

"Guo Miaomiao, whom you rescued from prison, do these two look alike?"

Upon hearing this, Du Mingxian's eyes lit up. "It really is! It really does look like her. I thought this person looked familiar, but I've never seen her before. This person looks... about 50% like Guo Miaomiao."

"Guo Miaomiao said her father isn't dead, so this person...could be Guo Miaomiao's father?"

“Tharvas.” She took a deep breath, feeling a little frightened. “Didn’t they say that the capital was cleaned up once after we faked our deaths? How come there are still Tharvas around?”

Ling Silang agreed with Du Mingxian's words, "However, there are still some who slipped through the net. Perhaps the cleanup wasn't thorough enough back then. Our dynasty must have someone protecting these people, otherwise they wouldn't dare to act so recklessly here."

"I understand. These people are making clothes and recruiting the families of the examinees. Just as we guessed, they definitely want to make their move during the days of the imperial examination." Du Mingxian felt that this matter was very troublesome.

Ling Silang shared the same view: "However, the capital city is heavily guarded during the annual examinations, so their choice to make a move at that time is not a good one."

“But… all of you who are doing the work are family members of the candidates. If you are all taken down and used as hostages, even if the court doesn’t descend into chaos, it will still have to bleed money.”

The world's writers rely on their pens.

Moreover, how many of the candidates who make it to this stage are actually bad?

They were all outstanding individuals, and since their families were being held hostage, the imperial court was determined to protect them.

Du Mingxian asked suspiciously, "Why do you think they did this? They knew that the imperial court would be heavily guarded and have plenty of manpower during those days. By choosing to act at that time, they wouldn't come out unscathed."

"It's either for money or for the city." Ling Silang's above were all guesses. "Now that we've discovered this, we'll just keep an eye on it. There are less than two months until the New Year. Once we have concrete evidence, we'll tell the Crown Prince. The rest is not our concern."

Du Mingxian teased, "Lord Ling, your thinking is not right. You haven't even become an official yet, so why don't you think about your people and your court, instead of staying out of it?"

Ling Silang was not at all ashamed. "I haven't entered the court as an official yet. Even if I do, I'll only be a seventh-rank official at most. It's impossible for me to go any higher. There are plenty of ministers in the court, and many experienced people. How could it be my turn to speak when I'm just starting out?"

"Be careful, the Crown Prince might come looking for you."

"We'll talk about it when the Crown Prince comes looking for him."

Joking aside, since they were on the same side as the Crown Prince, they naturally favored him.

“I need to investigate this matter as soon as possible. If something really happens, the Crown Prince will be the first to take the blame. Now the Crown Prince handles everything in the court, and the Emperor basically doesn’t care anymore.”

"That's true, how can I help?"

Du Mingxian waved her hand, "You have your own things to do. I'll handle the rest myself. We can exchange information later, and then you can analyze it."

"it is good."

The two talked for a while, and Ling Silang felt sorry for Du Mingxian when he saw that she was tired. "Let me give you a massage."

Upon hearing this, Du Mingxian reflexively stood up from her chair and moved two meters away from Ling Silang, saying, "You...you'd better stay away from me."

"I saw you were tired, so I wanted to give you a massage."

Du Mingxian didn't believe his nonsense. Every time this man saw that she was tired, he would massage her, and in the end they would end up in bed together, and she was the one who was tired in the end.

"I don't want to come today, I want to sleep." After saying that, she quickly ran to her room, not giving Ling Silang a chance to react.

What could Ling Silang say? He could only endure it.

Du Mingxian was determined to find out who was behind this, so she became even more diligent and observant of every detail over the next two days, and the result...

On the third day, just after lunch, they all returned and sat down. Before they could even start working, the person in charge came in and said, "Stop all your work. The master has something to do and needs to use this house. The clothing production is suspended."

Not only was Du Mingxian upset, but everyone else was also very upset. They were hoping to earn more money, so why did it suddenly have to stop?

"Manager, when can we continue? I'm counting on making these clothes to earn some money."

The manager waved his hand, "We'll find a way to notify you when it starts. Alright, leave now. Everyone must leave within fifteen minutes."

Du Mingxian sensed something was amiss. Since others had already asked and the results were the same, she remained silent and, like everyone else, walked out with a look of regret.

Not to mention the people in the backyard, the people in the frontyard had all dispersed at some point; they didn't see a single person when they left.

After walking quite a distance with everyone, Du Mingxian found a secluded spot, slipped into her spatial dimension, and quickly changed her appearance. When she came out, she was an inconspicuous servant.

She retreated again. There were still people walking back in the yard. She walked around the wall to the back, to the place where the yard for eating and the yard for working connected, and lightly jumped over it.

Then, she quickly entered the yard where they were working, and the moment she entered the yard, she flashed into her spatial dimension.

The manager turned around the moment Du Mingxian disappeared, but saw nothing.

Du Mingxian, who was already in the space, gently patted herself. Luckily, she dodged quickly, or she would have been discovered.

The person in charge outside noticed that she went to check the activity in each room, and only after checking the last room did she feel relieved and walk towards the third courtyard.

There was no one in the courtyard where Du Mingxian was staying, so she didn't dare to make any rash moves. After waiting for a while and not seeing anyone, she mustered up her courage and came out, quickly heading towards the third courtyard.

The third courtyard was usually the most heavily guarded, so she quietly went up to the roof and then quickly entered the space.

She had barely stepped inside when men in black appeared on the roof.

Good heavens, good heavens, there really is someone lurking in the shadows.

A man in black stood there watching, and Du Mingxian, who had entered the space, could do nothing but stand there.

An hour later, several people came out of the room.

It was the head steward from the third courtyard, the junior steward from the inner courtyard, the steward from the front courtyard, and several other people who left together.

After these people left, the man in black followed them, but he left in the shadows by tailing them.