Original text from the novel "The Tower Reads"

Tang Qiqi effortlessly defeated two henchmen, which emboldened her considerably.

She returned to the courtyard and familiarized herself with its layout. She was about to explore the path outside the courtyard when a noisy commotion arose again. The woman in charge led her people out!

You could tell from her expression that the third brother hadn't given her a satisfactory answer.

One of the henchmen asked respectfully, "Boss, the third brother won't confess no matter what. What do we do next?"

The woman pondered for a moment, then said with a sharp look in her eyes, "Since the third brother is so stubborn, we can't break the rules. Bring them all up here. I want everyone to see the consequences of betraying me!"

After saying that, he looked at Tang Qiqi and said, "You, come here!"

Tang Qiqi had no choice but to obediently walk to her side.

So the third brother, who was covered in wounds, and the pockmarked man were led to the center of the courtyard and made to kneel down. The woman stood in the middle and said loudly, "Brothers, the silver we worked so hard to earn is gone, and the four of them stole it. Third brother, I'll give you one more chance. Tell me where the silver is, and I'll spare your life!"

The third brother wasn't unwilling to tell, but he knew that even if he did, he wouldn't be able to find the money, and he would only suffer a worse fate! He cried and wailed, "Big sister, I've been with you for so many years, you have to believe me, I really didn't switch the money!"

The woman then asked the three men, including Ma Zi, "What about you? Is there anything you want to tell me?"

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The three of them kept saying, "Big sister, we really didn't know!"

The woman snorted coldly and said, "You're all very good. Go and get my bow!"

Upon hearing this, the four kneeling men instantly became extremely uneasy: "Big sister, spare our lives! You have to believe us!"

The woman had clearly lost her patience. She took the bow, skillfully drew it, and fired an arrow at the pockmarked man.

Before Ma Zi could finish speaking, he was shot dead by an arrow.

She fired two more arrows without expression, and the other two kneeling men fell to the ground and died. The third brother was so scared that he wet himself!

He looked at the woman in a panic, his face contorted with fear: "Big sister, spare me! Big sister, spare me!"

The woman, holding a bow and arrow, said unhurriedly, "Third brother, where's the silver?"

The third brother knew that if he wanted to survive, he had no choice but to confess, and perhaps then he would have a chance to escape.

He hurriedly kowtowed repeatedly, saying, "Big sister, I was wrong! I buried the silver in the grove by the river! Big sister, please have mercy!"

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The woman then slowly put away her bow and arrows and said, "Take the third brother with you, let's get the silver back!"

Tang Qiqi witnessed the woman kill three people in a row, and she was somewhat frightened. Although those people deserved to die, she was still shocked and afraid to see them die in front of her.

Someone asked the woman, "Sister, what should we do about this child?"

The woman looked at the still-shaken Tang Qiqi and said, "Lock her up with the others. We don't need her anymore!"

So Tang Qiqi was roughly dragged and thrown into the room where Xu Lanzhi was being held!

When Xu Lanzhi saw Tang Qiqi being carried in by bad guys, her heart broke. She put down the weak girl in her arms, staggered to Tang Qiqi's side, hugged her tightly, and said, "Qiqi, why are you locked up? Didn't you escape? It's all my fault!"

Tang Qiqi reached out and hugged Xu Lanzhi's neck, saying, "Mother, I'm fine, don't worry! The bad leader is about to leave, we have to take advantage of this opportunity to escape!"

"But what about these children?" Xu Lanzhi asked hesitantly.

"Take them with us!" Tang Qiqi said. "But we have to take out the guards we left behind first!"

"Qiqi, is this really going to work?" Xu Lanzhi asked worriedly!

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Tang Qiqi said firmly, "It has to be done, no matter what. If the leader doesn't find any silver on this trip, she will be furious. She's a ruthless killer; just now, she killed three of her men!"

Xu Lanzhi and the children were terrified and didn't dare to breathe.

Tang Qiqi wanted this effect—to scare them properly and prevent them from making a fuss and causing trouble!

Tang Qiqi said seriously, "Those people outside are ruthless killers. If you want to live, you have to listen to me obediently. Do you understand?"

"We understand!" everyone whispered.

Someone asked, "But you're locked up inside too, how do we escape?"

Tang Qiqi calmly said, "I have my own way of dealing with this. You all wait here while I go out and scout things out!"

"Niu Niu, Niu Niu, wake up! Auntie, Niu Niu is dying!" a little girl cried out in panic.

Xu Lanzhi quickly put Tang Qiqi down and returned to the little girl she had just been holding, anxiously calling out, "Niu Niu, wake up! Don't sleep!"

"What's wrong with her?" Tang Qiqi asked.

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Xu Lanzhi said weakly, "This child has been running a fever, and they won't give me any water when I ask them for some!"

Tang Qiqi touched the child's forehead and found it burning hot; the child had already fainted.

Tang Qiqi took out fever-reducing medicine and fed it to her. Then she took a bowl of hot water from the kitchen and handed it to Xu Lanzhi, saying, "Mother, take good care of this child. I'm going out to check on things!"

Xu Lanzhi took the water and said worriedly, "Child, don't go. It's too dangerous outside!"

Tang Qiqi smiled brightly and said, "Mom, you forgot, I'm Little Lucky Baby, I won't be like that again!"

Xu Lanzhi added, "Qiqi, be careful, and if you have the chance, go ahead and leave!"

"Don't worry, Mother, I'll come to pick you up!" Tang Qiqi smiled and bid farewell to Xu Lanzhi.

She walked to the door, took out the master key from her small hand, easily unlocked the door, and went out!

Tang Qiqi didn't want to bother finding out how many people they had left behind, so she deliberately shouted in the courtyard, "Something terrible has happened! A child has run away!"

Hearing the commotion, four people rushed over from different directions, heading straight for Tang Qiqi.

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Tang Qiqi pointed to the door and said, "Oh no! Two people have run out!"

The four looked at each other, seemingly not quite believing Tang Qiqi.

Tang Qiqi said anxiously, "If we don't chase them now, they'll get far away!"

One of them grabbed Tang Qiqi with one hand and said, "You three, go out and see!"

Watching the three people leave the courtyard, Tang Qiqi smiled slyly, took out the pepper spray she had prepared beforehand, and sprayed it wildly into the man's eyes.

The man's eyes were burning and painful. Tang Qiqi kept covering her eyes and crying out, "Ah, my eyes! My eyes!"

Tang Qiqi hurriedly asked Xu Lanzhi to bring the children to help. The children rushed out in a swarm, hitting and pinching the man until he was covered in sores.

Tang Qiqi handed a rope to Xu Lanzhi and said, "Mother, have them tie this man up. Those three outside will be back soon, and we need to deal with them!"

After Tang Qiqi finished speaking, she released Bai Xue and the other three dogs to guard the door, and then busied herself opening the door to the other room where the children were locked up. Those people were confused and stared blankly at Tang Qiqi without moving.

Tang Qiqi said, "What are you all standing there for? If you want to escape, come out now!"

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Only then did the children come out of the house. Seeing the human traffickers tied up, they instantly gained courage.

Tang Qiqi instructed: "You guys, find your own weapons. There are three of you outside, so protect yourselves in a bit!"

After saying that, Tang Qiqi took a red-tasseled spear, mounted Bai Xue's back, and walked towards the door like a majestic and domineering general!

"Wow, she's amazing!" the children exclaimed in admiration.

Only Xu Lanzhi was worried. She didn't see the female general; she only saw her five-year-old daughter going off alone to deal with the bad guys.

Xu Lanzhi also picked up a weapon and followed behind her daughter; she couldn't let her child face the risks alone.

The three men searched the area outside but couldn't find the child. They were walking back in a huff, yelling, "That brat is playing a trick on us!"

"Look at that! A kid riding a dog. He's trying to challenge us, hahaha!"

The other party looked at the tiny Tang Qiqi and laughed contemptuously!

They completely disregarded Tang Qiqi. Tang Qiqi whistled, and the other three dogs pounced on the three men. Before they could react, they were knocked down.

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Tang Qiqi whistled again, and the three dogs went all out. Before she could even make a move, the three were already on the verge of death.

Everything went smoothly. Tang Qiqi turned around and looked at her mother, who was following behind her with a weapon, and said, "Mother, it's alright!"