After resting for a while, fearing there might still be falling rocks, they dared not linger any longer and took a longer route to Sushui Village.
When the village chief saw so many people, he politely asked a few questions. Ma Dazhuang talked with the village chief for a long time before finally telling everyone that they could stay in an empty house for three taels of silver.
The third family was allocated a house on the west side of the village. The house was already covered in dust and had several holes.
However, if they want a comfortable living environment, they must clean the house.
There are three small houses in the courtyard, none of them very big. Since there are many people in the family, it is relatively easy to clean them.
After cleaning, the third wife took the pot and went to cook.
Originally, it was Madam Shen who was going to cook, but Aunt Qin spoke up with a smile.
"Madam, let me do it."
Mother Shen coldly handed over the pot, while Aunt Qin seemed somewhat aggrieved.
The food was prepared and was surprisingly delicious. The third branch of the family praised Aunt Qin highly, but Madam Shen remained silent.
Mu Wanting raised an eyebrow and asked Shen Mingjiao.
Shen Mingjiao whispered to Mu Wanting, "Aunt Qin was my mother's dowry maid. While she was washing my father's feet, she took advantage of my father's drunkenness and climbed into my father's bed."
"Back then, my mother and father had a good relationship, because she had a lot of arguments with them."
At this point, she also pursed her lips.
Anyway, I don't really like her.
Mu Wanting didn't speak. The love affairs of the elders were a whole lot of messy issues to recount.
However, for the time being, Aunt Qin has not offended Mu Wanting, so she does not intend to say anything more.
After the meal, it was Aunt Qin's turn to wash the dishes, and no one argued about it.
Aunt Liu took her daughter and went to the women's quarters without any qualms. The others were also sensible and left the small room to Mu Wanting and Shen Xinglan.
Shen Xinglan behaved himself today, doing nothing, just holding her as they slept.
Mu Wanting was still a little unaccustomed to it.
In the middle of the night, they felt smoke blowing in from outside. Mu Wanting immediately covered her mouth and nose with her hand, and thinking of Shen Xinglan, she covered his mouth and nose as well.
Unexpectedly, Shen Xinglan had already woken up, her dark eyes looking at him, her warm breath brushing against his palm.
He looked warily towards the door.
About ten minutes later, the person outside came in.
They were all villagers, and the people rummaged through their bags, their eyes filled with joy.
"We've struck it rich! There's so much silver in this package!"
Then I felt the moonlight being blocked. I looked up and saw a man and a woman standing in front of me. The man was handsome and tall, and the woman was beautiful and elegant, but their eyes were equally cold.
Mu Wanting snatched the package back, but the man tried to grab it again, only to be slashed on the back of the neck by Mu Wanting with a karate chop.
Then they tied him up with a rope.
Mu Wanting immediately went to the other rooms and found that they had been drugged and their packages had been searched.
Shen Yujiao, Shen Mingjiao, Qin'er, Shen Yiran, and Shen Yuru are all out of the room.
Mu Wanting let them smell the antidote before leading her people to find the person.
It wasn't until we reached the village chief's house that we saw it was brightly lit inside, and there were several large sacks in the yard, which looked like they contained people.
There were also some people carrying packages to the village chief's house, and Murong Rong's carriage was also in the shadows outside the courtyard.
The village chief said, "Let's leave quickly. These people are not to be trifled with. We'll come back after things have calmed down."
"After pulling off this job, we can live a carefree life for a long time."
"Want to leave? It won't be that easy," Shen Xinghe's voice rang out.
As soon as the village chief and the others turned around, they saw several whips lashing out at them. Shen Xinglan's whip wrapped around his neck and dragged him away.
Other villagers wanted to help, but they were also tied up, and they all ended up in a very miserable state.
Shen Xinglan dragged the village chief close and grabbed his throat.
"Tell your men to stop, or I can snap your throat, and then snap theirs."
The village chief, his face filled with terror, cried out, "Stop! Stop right now!"
Those people didn't dare to move and just stared at them.
"Make them hand over everything they've searched."
No one moved, so Shen Xinglan pinched it hard again.
The village chief's face immediately turned blue and purple, and he felt as if his throat was about to be snapped.
"Hurry up and hand it over."
Right now, money is nothing compared to his life.
Where are they?
The village chief pointed to the cart.
"It's here."
The third branch of the family searched around and found that the woman was still there, but Qin'er was gone, as were several of the younger children.
Only after being lashed by Mu Wanting's whip did the village chief speak.
“The human traffickers have arrived, and we’re being sold to them.”
Mother Chen's eyes reddened: "Qin'er, she..."
"Which direction?" The village chief pointed east.
"There."
Mu Wanting was worried that the village chief was lying, so she gave him a dose of truth serum. The village chief pointed to the west.
"There's a town ahead, and the children have all been taken to that town by human traffickers."
She had the third branch of the family tie them up, and then brought two horses from their stables. While no one was looking, Mu Wanting put Murong Rong's carriage into her spatial storage.
Then he came over and gave Shen Xinglan some instructions.
"We're waiting for you up ahead; we're off to catch the children."
Considering their status as exiles, Mu Wanting still woke Su Yu up.
"You're coming with us."
With an official supervising them, Ma Dazhuang could at least save face.
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