After being reborn as a man, the woman improved her family's fortunes through education.

Just as Jiang Xiaoqi was lost in thought, the woman on the ground had already wiped her face with the few remaining drops of water in her water bag.

Hey! What time is it? You're still so conscious of your image!

Jiang Xiaoqi has 1.5 words.

Lin Yueniang picked up the iron chain, which was as thick as a baby's arm, and looked at it. She couldn't bear to use the soft sword her son had made for her to cut it.

Lin Yueniang: This person... isn't someone we absolutely have to save, is he...?

The woman lying on the ground seemed to understand the look in the eyes of the mother and son. At this moment, her heart trembled. She couldn't let go of the lifeline she had finally grasped!

We can't just leave them alone! We have to keep them at bay!

"My two benefactors, please save this humble woman! My family is quite well-off. If you can take me away, I will have my father repay you handsomely!"

The woman emphasized the words "generous reward," indicating she was planning to spend a lot of money on the family.

Jiang Xiaoqi decided to take her with him. Cough cough, it wasn't because he coveted the so-called "generous reward," but because he felt that this woman might be the key to lifting the ban on the entire Yuanzhou City.

He was now curious about who had kidnapped this woman and brought her here.

This woman's family is certainly not as "well-off" as she claims.

Jiang Xiaoqi: "System, come out!"

"Host here! Where am I? It's pitch black! What's that lump on the ground?"

"Why ask so many questions? Just give me a master key right now!"

System: Hey~ A customer has arrived!

"Okay, host, which type of master key would you like?"

"The most basic, cheapest ones that can open handcuffs and shackles, even disposable ones will do!"

"Uh! Fine~ Host, your requirements are as unique as ever..." You're so stingy~

Jiang Xiaoqi used 5 points to exchange for a "master key" made of wire. Although it was not disposable, it deformed after use and could not be used a second time without repair.

After obtaining the master key, Jiang Xiaoqi quickly unlocked the handcuffs and shackles of the locked woman.

Lin Yueniang was not surprised at all by this; she had gotten used to her son's ability to pull out good things along the way.

On the other side, following the instructions of the nanny who had been his mother's most trusted servant, Lin Xiao found a wooden box on the beam of the abandoned house.

Lin Xiao wiped the thick layer of dust off the box with his sleeve before carefully opening it. Sure enough, a stack of slightly yellowed papers lay quietly inside.

He untied the black cloth that was binding his hair, wrapped the wooden box inside, and tucked it into his bosom.

After leaving the room, he slipped back into the cellar.

"How's it going? Did you find it?"

Jiang Xiaoqi threw the master key back into her spatial storage just as Lin Xiao returned.

"Okay, found it, we can go now!"

Lin Xiao patted the box in his arms with a happy expression.

At this moment, he also noticed that the woman who had been locked up had been untied, but he didn't ask. Perhaps this was her special skill, and it wouldn't be good to inquire about it.

He himself only managed to enter the city thanks to that mother and child, so naturally he couldn't control whether they intended to save them.

“Mother, you take care of this girl, and I'll take care of Ah Xiao. Although this place is remote, we shouldn't stay here too long.”

"Okay, don't worry, this girl doesn't look heavy, I can handle her!"

Just in case, Jiang Xiaoqi temporarily silenced the woman by pressing her acupoints, so that if she flew too high later, she wouldn't be afraid and scream, attracting people's attention.

The four people successfully scaled the wall and escaped without incident.

Back in the courtyard, Li Mo and Fu Ling had already prepared a midnight snack. Although they didn't know what their masters were busy with, they knew they must be hungry after running around all night.

As competent attendants, guards, and assistants, they should just do their job well, and not ask questions they shouldn't ask or listen to things they shouldn't listen to.

Li Mo made chicken congee this time. He remembered that the young master used to love drinking this when he was taking exams. Fu Ling made two side dishes to accompany the congee, which were light, refreshing and very delicious.

I cooked a big pot of chicken congee, so I wasn't flustered at all when I saw that four people came back instead of three.

After the group changed their clothes, Lin Yueniang also found one of her own clothes for the kidnapped woman.

After sitting at the table and finishing a large bowl of chicken congee, the woman seemed to come back to life, letting out a sigh of relief.

"Phew~ I'm so full~ I'm finally feeling better!"

"Oh, right, I'm from Yuanzhou. My family has some officials in the government. My surname is Zhao, and my given name is Zhao Shiyu."

Zhao Shiyu put down the large bowl and said slowly.

"Miss Zhao, why were you in the cellar of that abandoned house, with no one guarding you?"

Jiang Xiaoqi felt that this Miss Zhao was more than just the daughter of an official; besides, her surname was Zhao, the imperial surname.

Could it be that a princess or something ran away to play and got captured by villains? But that doesn't make sense either. This place is over a thousand miles from the capital. How could someone as noble as a princess appear in Yuanzhou City?

Jiang Xiaoqi made some bold guesses in his mind and waited for Zhao Shiyu's answer, even if the other party would most likely not tell the truth.

"I... I'm actually from the Shu Prince's Mansion. I... I lied. My father is the current emperor's younger brother, and Yuanzhou is my father's fiefdom."

I'm not some noblewoman; I'm a princess of the Shu Prince's Mansion. However, my name is real.

Uh, I didn't expect that this Miss Zhao, no, this Princess of Shu, would actually tell me everything. Aren't you afraid they are bad people?

"Princess, you're just telling us all this so innocently? Aren't you afraid we might be bad people too?"

“I don’t think you are bad people. After all, if you were bad people, you would have just abandoned me and left me in the cellar of the deserted courtyard. Why bother to rescue me?”

With your wealth, you shouldn't be tempted by a little money.

"Our wealth? We are just farmers, what wealth do we have? Princess, you must have misunderstood."

Jiang Xiaoqi glanced at her mother, then looked down at herself; her current attire was extremely understated.

Eh? wrong!

"You guessed it too, didn't you? Your night clothes are made of extremely rare Yun brocade. Although they're not conspicuous now, they're still made of a material that can only be found in the cloth shops of the capital."

As for the price of each bolt of cloth, I don't need to elaborate, do I?

"Hehe, we were careless. But who says that people who are rich won't be greedy?"

Even if it wasn't for money, couldn't it have been lust at first sight? Princess, you've underestimated your own beauty!

After washing her hands and face, Zhao Shiyu was indeed quite beautiful. When she was in the cellar, she looked like she was just very hungry and thirsty, but she hadn't been bullied.

Are robbers these days actually quite moral and well-mannered?

"I'm certainly not bad-looking, but what can you two, mother and daughter, do to me? The other one looks even more honest, I'm not afraid!"

Lin Xiao, with an honest-looking face: ?

Jiang Xiaoqi VS Lin Yueniang: Mother and daughter?! Mother and daughter! Σ(⊙▽⊙“a?