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Chapter 1638 Substitute Bride 42
Linlang was also surprised that Ding Shi actually managed to escape; Ding Shi was quite formidable.

That makes sense. The person who could make Li San Niang and the original owner of this body die several times without finding the murderer must be quite powerful.

However, Linlang did not think that Ding was safe hiding in her maternal home. This was because everyone who had dealt with her, including the Grand Secretary and the Third Prince's maternal grandfather, had left letters for her family, saying that if they died, it would inevitably be related to Ding. They described Ding's various supernatural abilities and said that if Ding escaped their control, she might not be able to survive outside and would most likely return to familiar places, such as her maternal home or even the Qinghe Prince's Mansion. After all, she could brainwash people. Even if she disappeared from the Qinghe Prince's Mansion for several years, if she went back, as long as she was brainwashed into hiding her, she would live a secluded life and no one would know that she was hiding in the Qinghe Prince's Mansion.

Of course, she might stay in an unfamiliar place. After all, she can brainwash people, and it's possible for her to go anywhere and have someone help her hide. But by habit, most people will go to places they are familiar with. So her maternal home and the Qinghe Prince's Mansion are the most likely places, followed by other familiar places. Places she has never been to before are less likely. After all, she is completely unfamiliar with places she has never been to before. What if something unexpected happens and she doesn't have enough power to brainwash people?

With these letters, when those families see the death of the Grand Secretary and others, their first reaction will be to suspect the Ding family.

Even if the prime minister was assassinated, they would still pay attention to such a letter that mentioned the existence of such a miraculous person in the world.

In this way, Ding thought that she would be safe if she fled to her parents' home and hid there, but that was not necessarily true.

In fact, it wasn't just the families of the prime minister and others who were looking for her; other forces were also seeking her out.

Some factions had long discovered that the Second Assistant Minister, the Third Prince's maternal grandfather, and others were looking for someone, and after keeping an eye on them for a while, they discovered this secret.

Hearing that such miraculous things exist in the world, who could resist searching for them? Everyone wants to possess such a trump card, or at least prevent their opponents from getting it, so they all secretly search for the Ding family's possession.

Previously, the Prime Minister had hidden Ding's family so well that no one could find them. But now that the Prime Minister is dead, his family saw the letter and started searching again. Unlike the Prime Minister, these people were not as cunning and shrewd, so they left traces and were discovered.

Seeing that the Grand Secretary's family was searching for someone, they realized that the reason why Lady Ding had disappeared from the capital was because the Grand Secretary had hidden her.

They thought to themselves, "No wonder. The late emperor wanted to replace the Grand Secretary, but he didn't. They found that strange at the time. Now it seems that it was because the Grand Secretary asked Lady Ding to do it."

Since that Ding family member is so powerful, they naturally want to get their hands on him even more.

So, after such a long period of silence, the capital city has once again become abuzz with activity.

Soon, eyes began to watch over Ding's family.

Although Ding had brainwashed the rest of her family so that they wouldn't remember her even if they saw her, and only Ding's parents knew she had returned and hid her at home, their arrangements weren't as meticulous as the Prime Minister's, and some clues still managed to expose her.

The Grand Secretary arranged for Lady Ding to stay in his study. Since the Grand Secretary often worked in his study, he arranged for tea and snacks to be served to Lady Ding in the secret room, ensuring that she did not starve and that no one discovered that he had hidden someone.

However, Ding's parents did not have such a secret room in their home, and the Ding family's conditions were also average, with a limited number of houses. If they wanted to hide Ding, they would definitely have to give up a room for Ding to live in, which would naturally make it easier for people to discover them.

Not to mention that Mr. and Mrs. Ding were going to deliver meals to Ms. Ding.

Even if Mr. and Mrs. Ding secretly mixed food into their own meals, pretending to have a good appetite lately, and then shared it with Mrs. Ding, it would still be suspicious, making it obvious that they were hiding someone. So, that very night, Mrs. Ding was abducted.

Back in the old mansion of the Third Prince's maternal grandfather, even such a powerful and secluded residence, people were able to break in and kidnap people. How much easier would it be for the Ding family, which is not considered a high-ranking or wealthy household, to kidnap someone?

Those who had received the letter beforehand and were prepared were naturally less likely to fall for Ding's tricks and be successfully brainwashed.

But... Ding had been held hostage by various families for many years, especially imprisoned in a secret room by the Grand Secretary for many years. She truly loathed being locked up.

So naturally, I don't want to be caught again right now.

After the Ding family was captured and taken to a small alley, Ding brainwashed all the people who had kidnapped her, and then she took the opportunity to escape.

The people who tried to take her away had indeed been preparing for years, thinking they wouldn't fall for Ding's tricks or be brainwashed by her. But they didn't realize that Ding had accumulated a lot of power over the years. With just a few people, she had enough power to brainwash them.

After successfully brainwashing these people, Ding fled in a panic, trying to knock on anyone's door and then brainwash them to hide inside.

Seeing that she had been found even while hiding at her parents' home, she dared not go back and decided to hide in any random house.

As a result, she underestimated the thorough preparations made by those who were arresting her.

Those people hadn't expected that Ding could brainwash so many people, but they were still well-prepared. They had arranged for people to follow behind the group, firstly to cover their retreat, and secondly to prevent those in front from being brainwashed and letting Ding go. Now that they saw that those in front had indeed been brainwashed and let Ding go, they quickly caught up and showed the brainwashed people the memory archives they had kept in their arms.

After reviewing the memory archives, the assassins understood their mission and became even more wary and curious about Ding's special abilities. After all, they were incredibly powerful, capable of brainwashing so many of them.

Just then, they found themselves standing in a small alley, wondering what was going on. It turned out they had been brainwashed by Ding. It was astonishing and intriguing that such supernatural abilities truly existed in the world. They were even more determined to catch Ding and see what was going on.

Ding hadn't gone far and was quickly caught up by these people.

After all, although Ding has special abilities, he is not physically strong, so it is normal that he was caught up.

Seeing that she hadn't even had a chance to knock on a door and hide inside before being caught up, Ding panicked. After all, she had just brainwashed so many people, which had taken a lot of her energy, and now she couldn't escape.

But she didn't want to surrender easily, nor did she want to continue living a life controlled by others, so she immediately decided to fight this group of people.

These people probably thought she didn't have any combat skills, but that's not true. She does have combat skills, but attack skills consume a lot of energy. Normally, she only needs to brainwash people and doesn't need these skills, so she hasn't used them.