The house was chosen by Cong Wuyang in the bustling city of Sanyang after he earned military merit and was exonerated from his criminal record.
In recent years, the Cong family has gradually risen to prominence and gained some reputation in the Northwest. Their residence has been expanded again and again.
Cong Wuyang's small courtyard was not actually the same as the Cong family's. It was a newly built three-courtyard house next to the main house. The two houses were connected by a side gate, so they could be considered as belonging to the same family.
When Xie Ming arrived at Sanyang City, it was past midnight. Knowing that his men were exhausted, he told them to rest outside the city.
As dawn broke and everyone woke up refreshed, Xie Ming brought more than ten sets of farm clothes for everyone to change into before entering the town with him. Those who did not receive clothes waited outside the town.
They entered the city in groups, disguised.
The tasks had already been assigned to everyone, and those who kept watch and those who gathered information gradually dispersed into the city.
Xie Ming headed straight for Cong Wuyang's house.
Fortunately, the Cong family was still in decline, and there were no servants guarding the house. The slightly higher wall they had built was no obstacle for Xie Ming.
Finding a secluded spot, he used the momentum to leap into the house. Xie Ming, avoiding the servants, quickly found Xie Manman's courtyard.
The courtyard, which should have been bustling with activity, was eerily quiet. Xie Ming climbed over the wall and saw that the courtyard was filled with servants, some of whom seemed to be quite capable.
He suppressed his anger and sneaked into the courtyard through the side wall, avoiding the crowd, and hid under the back window in the inner room.
Only after confirming that the servants inside had finished serving him and wouldn't be returning anytime soon did he enter his bedroom.
Upon entering the room, Xie Ming immediately saw Xie Manman, adorned with jewels and dressed in fine clothes, bound tightly to a chair with soft gauze, unable to move.
He hurried forward and met a pair of eyes that seemed to be emerging from a cocoon. There was no fear, no sorrow... as if they had accepted reality and were undergoing a transformation.
Xie Ming reached out and removed the cloth from her mouth.
Xie Manman's pupils constricted as she met the newcomer's gaze, and she called out in a hoarse voice, "Brother."
Hearing that call tore Xie Ming's heart apart.
"Don't be afraid, your brother is here."
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