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Chapter 592 Going Home

Sensing that Zhao Di was upset, Du Mingxian comforted her for a while before she gradually relaxed.

"Tell me about these things. What do you know about them?"

“These people are remnants of the previous dynasty. They have ties with other countries and are plotting to gradually erode the Great Shun.”

Du Mingxian hadn't found any information about these things, so she believed what Zhao Di was saying. "Do you know their specific plans?"

“I don’t know much. I used to be too lazy to care, but now that I see Auntie, I’m willing to look into it.”

"Safety first." Du Mingxian looked at the mark on half of Zhao Di's face. "What happened to your face?"

"It's poison, it's toxins that have caused this."

"Was it an accident, or was it someone else...?"

“My master, who is on the surface, is a good person, but actually... he is not. After he brought us disciples back, he would only teach us if we could survive his poison.”

"Many people couldn't make it through; some committed suicide, others were poisoned to death—there were all sorts of deaths."

“They are not human. If the plan fails to obtain Da Shun, they will destroy Da Shun directly. He also trained poison people. Those poison people are very powerful. A little bit of blood can poison an entire village.”

Du Mingxian was startled; this was no different from a bio-engineered device. "You...do you know where those poisoners are?"

After hesitating for a moment, Zhao Di slowly spoke, "I am the most poisonous person in Master's hands. Because I can endure and have talent, it is considered normal. The others... were all locked up as last resorts."

"Okay, I understand. You take care of yourself first. We can talk about the poisoners later. I'll make sure you can live like a normal person."

Du Mingxian wasn't trying to comfort her, but rather said, "Other poisoners, if they lack reason, should not be allowed to live."

“I know where these poisoners are... I will find out and tell you, Auntie, but this is not a place for you to stay. Master has even sent people to keep an eye on us, just in case I have other ideas.”

The thought that even if Zhao Di wanted to die, she couldn't, caused her immense pain.

Du Mingxian could only comfort her now, "Don't think about dying, live well, the future is still long. Help me find out information, I need to go out and meet up with the others to see how to handle this matter."

Zhao Di then realized that she only saw her aunt alone. Thinking of Uncle Ling's serious illness, and that her aunt was here alone, she said, "Aunt, please accept my condolences."

The Ling family are all good people. Even if Uncle Ling is really gone, his family will not mistreat Aunt. Why did Aunt come alone and appear in such a remote place?

"Huh?" Du Mingxian didn't understand Zhao Di's words. She was surprised. What did she need to grieve for?

Zhao Di said, "Auntie, don't worry. Even if Uncle Ling is gone, as long as I'm still alive, I will definitely take care of you."

Looking at the little girl who wasn't much younger than herself, Du Mingxian didn't know whether to laugh or cry. Thinking that Ling Silang's health wasn't very good when the girl left, she said, "Don't worry, your fourth uncle didn't die. He's very lucky."

"Really? That's great! Fourth Uncle is alright. What brings Auntie here?"

"It's not something that can be explained in a sentence or two, but I can tell you that the important task of investigating this matter has now been assigned to your fourth uncle, so we need to investigate it as soon as possible so that your fourth uncle can live a good life."

The crime of deceiving the emperor is no laughing matter.

Zhao Di was delighted. Since Ling Silang was investigating this matter, she was determined to help him. "Don't worry, Auntie, I will do my best to investigate."

"Okay, be careful. I know you're here. I'll go out now and try to contact you later. By the way, there's a boy in the village named Tiger."

"We just arrived in this village."

"you know?"

"I know some things about their family."

"I'll help take care of him; Tiger is one of my men too."

"it is good."

Du Mingxian chatted with Zhao Di for a while longer before quickly leaving. The child woke up in the space, found no one there, and started crying.

After coming out, she went into the space first, fed the baby, changed the diaper, and then came out of the space to continue walking forward.

After two days of detours, she finally reached the official road. She took out a carriage from her spatial storage and slowly drove forward. Ping County was not far from here, so she wasn't in a hurry. She would be able to reach Ping County tomorrow.

She walks even slower when there are children, and at night she will find a secluded place to rest before continuing her journey during the day.

In the afternoon, she finally arrived outside Pingxian County. After changing her clothes, she slowly entered the city alone. Once inside, she found a place to rest in her spatial dimension.

That night, she changed into the clothes of a woman, then took the child out and walked step by step toward the county government office.

Upon arrival, she climbed over the wall and quietly made her way to the main courtyard. Before she even got close, someone came out and put a knife to her neck. Du Mingxian only reacted the moment the person got close, which shows that the person was very skilled.

"I'm looking for Xia Yu."

Seeing that Du Mingxian was holding a child in her arms and calmly said that she was looking for Xia Yu, the guard said that she must be an acquaintance. "You wait here first, I will send someone to call her."

Du Mingxian stood still, while the guard shouted into the air, "Find Xia Yu."

Xia Yu arrived shortly afterward, and the guards lit torches.

Xia Yu approached and saw a woman. Although she was dressed in an old-fashioned way, she subconsciously called out, "Madam."

"Yes, is the master here?"

"Yes, sir." Xia Yu was extremely excited. Seeing that Du Mingxian was still holding a child in her arms, she became even more excited and hurriedly said to the guard, "This is Madam."

The guards immediately retreated, whether to disappear into the shadows or to avoid retribution from Du Mingxian, it was unclear.

Du Mingxian followed Xia Yu inside. Before she even reached the door, it was opened, and Ling Silang came out excitedly.

He took a few steps forward and was about to hug her when Du Mingxian hurriedly blocked him with her hand, saying, "Don't hurt the child, let's go inside and talk."

"well."

Xia Yu, though not wanting to disturb the Madam and the Lord, still asked, "Madam, do you need me to prepare anything? Are you hungry? Do you need to take a shower?"

"No need, you go and rest." Ling Silang said domineeringly, then pulled Du Mingxian into the room. One lamp was lit in the room, and no other lamps were added.

Ling Silang's eyes were so busy he didn't know where to look, glancing at Du Mingxian one moment and the child in his arms the next.

Du Mingxian chuckled, pulled him into the space, and then placed the child in his arms, saying, "Give me a hug."

Ling Silang was extremely careful as he reached out and hugged the little one tightly. His heart pounded with excitement, his hands trembled, and his voice choked with emotion. "You've worked so hard."

"It wasn't hard at all; the journey was quite smooth."

Chapter 593

Ling Silang looked up, about to speak, when he saw the silver mountain in front of him. He was so shocked that he opened his mouth wide. "What... what's going on?"

"What I've gained," Du Mingxian slowly recounted all her experiences over the past few days.

Ling Silang felt extremely distressed. "You can't do this again. This time you were pregnant and gave birth outside. Only Hu Zi's mother was sensible enough. If she had had any other ideas, it's hard to say whether you could have escaped back then."

Du Mingxian wasn't worried at all. "What's the big deal? If they really find out, I'll just take the child and go into the space. At worst, I won't go out. What can they do?"

"You're still too dangerous. You can't do that again."

Du Mingxian looked at Ling Silang and felt very sorry for him, saying, "You really have lost a lot of weight."

"Being thin is healthy."

As the date of her delivery approached, he became increasingly anxious and unable to sleep, his mind preoccupied with worrying about her safety.

His plan for the next two days was that if there was still no news of her, he would arrest her first and then do something else.

Thankfully, she came back.

"Have you found their real village?"

"We followed the map drawn by Tiger's mother, but we couldn't find it."

"That's good, I found it."

The location is really hard to find.

"I know the direction. I'll take you there when the time comes. Does the Crown Prince have enough men?"

“It’s not enough, but the Ming King has been captured. There’s a General Li here who’s cooperating with me. He has people on his hands, so we can arrest those people together.”

Du Mingxian was somewhat worried, "These people are probably hard for ordinary people to catch. Although they are few in number, they are quite powerful, comparable to the Crown Prince's secret guards."

"It's okay, as long as we plan well, we won't have trouble catching them."

Du Mingxian had confidence in Ling Silang. "Now that I'm back, we can plan things together. We've basically figured things out. I don't know how things are on the Crown Prince's side, but we can make the arrests here directly."

"If we're going to make arrests, we have to catch them all in one fell swoop. It would be troublesome if we missed one or two during the arrests."

Du Mingxian nodded slightly. "That's right."

Ling Silang tenderly pressed her head and kissed her forehead twice. "You've had a hard time these past few days. You don't need to worry about what happens next; I'll take care of it."

Du Mingxian rolled her eyes at him, "You're really no good. I know the location of that village, and there are two accomplices inside."

"Internal response?"

"Yes, the little girl I asked you to bring back is over there. But a child doesn't know much, but there is someone unexpected."

"Who?"

"Zhao Di".

Ling Silang frowned, "You mean that one at the county government office..."

"No, Zhao Di from Lingjia Village."

Ling Silang opened his mouth in surprise, "It's her?"

"Hmm, I didn't expect that Doctor Lin's senior brother had connections with the previous dynasty, and that he held a high position within it. He found people everywhere and brought them back, saying he was taking on apprentices, starting with medicine practitioners."

"If this medicine man survives, the next step will be poison. Only after passing round after round of trials will he be taught medical skills. Zhao Di is right there now."

Thinking of Zhao Di's family situation, a strong and brave little girl, Ling Silang wondered, "Has she passed all the tests?"

"Yes, half of her face is ruined. This is a terrible price to pay. On my way back, I even wondered if it would have been better if I hadn't introduced her to Doctor Lin and she had sold herself to a wealthy family as an ordinary maid."

Ling Silang knew that Du Mingxian was somewhat regretful and couldn't bear to see Zhao Di suffer so much. "Some things are fate. Since Zhao Di has encountered these things, then this is the path she has to take."

"Yes, that's true, but I still feel sorry for this girl."

Ling Silang reached out and gently ruffled her hair. "Things will get better. She was saved by you the first time, and now she's met you again. It proves that you two are destined to be together."

"Yes, that's what I think too. When she comes back, I want her to stay with me."

As for the poison in Zhao Di's body... Du Mingxian didn't plan to tell Ling Silang. If she did, he would probably refuse, making it like a ticking time bomb that could explode at any moment.

"Okay, it's up to you."

"Look at the child. He hasn't been named since he was born. He's very well-behaved. When I'm busy, he sleeps in his own space."

Ling Silang held the child, showing him endless affection. "By the way, if you take the child away, they won't be able to threaten the Crown Prince. What if... they take a fake one?"

“Let them hold them. Didn’t I tell you before? There was a woman in the village who gave birth at the same time as me. I gave birth that night, and the next day I gave her some labor-inducing drugs. She went into labor that day too. After she gave birth, I switched the two babies.”

“At that time, her mother-in-law came in and personally handed her own grandson over. Our child was with her daughter-in-law at the time. This child is smart.”

“The woman tried to breastfeed him, but he refused to eat no matter what. Later, he started eating as soon as I held him, so they made me breastfeed the child and took control of the situation.”

“These ten days or so were a chance for me to rest and recuperate. The night before they had their plans to take action against me, I quietly left with my child.”

Ling Silang felt a sense of danger just from hearing it, and even more so, he felt heartache for her. She was still in her postpartum period, yet she had suffered greatly.

"We won't have any more children."

"No, I didn't have a proper postpartum period this time. I need to have another baby so I can have a proper postpartum period and recover properly."

Ling Silang was speechless.

Du Mingxian was optimistic. "Alright, it's all a small matter. Don't think about those things. Now, just think about it: Xia Yu and the others know about the children, but the other people in the county government don't. How are we going to explain this to the outside world?"

"Let's... keep raising it for now. If anyone asks, just say it was left by someone else at the door, and we'll bring it back to raise. This child is meant for us, and we know what's going on."

Du Mingxian agreed with this statement, "That works too. It makes things easier this way, since not many people know that I've had a baby yet."

Ling Silang pulled Du Mingxian to sit on the bed. "Sit still. If you need anything, just tell me and I'll take care of it."

"Okay, I'll take charge."

Ling Silang washed Du Mingxian's feet, clumsily changed the baby's diaper, and then washed it off himself. After Du Mingxian fell asleep while being breastfed, seeing that the baby was full, he gently pulled the baby to the side, covered Du Mingxian up, and let her sleep.

The father and son stared at each other intently, seemingly unable to get enough of each other's company on their first meeting.

Ling Silang stretched out a hand, which the little boy immediately grabbed, as if he had caught a fun toy, his little expression showing some excitement.