After being forced to leave the marriage, I became the wife of a top scholar.

Chapter 171: Borrowing Strength
Taking advantage of the darkness of night, Lin Yunche quietly sneaked into the manor.

Zhuangzi's steward had already gone to sleep, leaving only these assassins guarding the door.

Lin Yunche carefully moved the roof tiles aside, then nimbly jumped from the roof into the room.

Rows of wooden crates were neatly stacked, filling the entire room.

Lin Yunche glanced around and saw that there were at least a hundred or two hundred large boxes here.

He walked up to a box and touched the brass lock on it.

Fortunately, he had often followed Uncle Lin in stealing chickens and dogs, so this lock was not difficult for him. With that thought, Lin Yunche took out a copper wire from his pocket, gently inserted it into the keyhole, and turned it slightly. In the blink of an eye, the lock was opened.

Lin Yunche carefully opened the box lid, and inside lay a series of sharp arrows.

Lin Yunche was taken aback. So many arrows? He opened several more wooden boxes, each containing equally sharp bows and arrows.

With so many boxes, there must be tens of thousands of bows and arrows.

Lin Yunche was terrified. He took an arrow out of the box and secretly hid it behind his waist. Then, using the box as a springboard, he jumped back onto the roof. He carefully put the tiles back in their original places and then headed towards the other houses.

One room, two rooms, three rooms—a total of three rooms were filled with the same bows and arrows.

There are also four, five, six, and seven rooms, which, although not filled with bows and arrows, contain soldiers' armor and spears.

The quantity is so large that it is probably not something that a few hundred private soldiers could swallow up.

Where did the Prince of Huai get all these weapons?

Lin Yunche slipped out of the manor with questions in his mind. Now, standing halfway up the mountain, he looked down at the manor, which was no longer a farm but a veritable armory.

This discovery was crucial to him.

But then Lin Yunche's face grew even more serious. "Damn it, if the Fang family really is the Prince of Huai's moneybag... Wanqing, she..."

Lin Yunche immediately mounted his horse and, without wasting a moment, galloped towards Huaizhou City.

Doctor Wang, who had been waiting at the prefect's residence for three days, was extremely anxious when he saw that Bai Wanqing had done nothing.

"Master, do you not want to save my family?" Doctor Wang asked, following behind Bai Wanqing with a somewhat aggrieved expression.

Bai Wanqing turned around and looked at him with some surprise. "I've already promised you, so of course I'll save you."

Dr. Wang, however, was so anxious that his face turned red, and he hesitated whether or not to speak.

Ruixin acted as if she hadn't seen Doctor Wang, and brought Bai Wanqing a pot of hot pot.

"Madam, this is fresh beef that Fengniang bought at the market this morning. It was just cooked in the pot and taken out. It's so tender, please try it!"

Bai Wanqing picked up her chopsticks, took a piece, and put it in her mouth.

"The meat is cut to the perfect thickness and melts in your mouth. It's good meat, and it's also good knife skills."

Ruixin smiled and turned to call out towards the kitchen, "Madam Feng, the lady said your cooking is delicious!"

As Fengniang wiped her hands, she came out of the kitchen. "I'm glad you like it, Madam."

Dr. Wang was stamping his feet anxiously behind them. The women were actually chatting about food. Had he done something stupid again?

How can anyone believe that the master would offend the Fang family and Lord Hai for the sake of a complete stranger?
Although this clinic is important to the owner, it is still not as important as her husband's career!

Dr. Wang sighed heavily and walked out of the courtyard alone.

But Dr. Wang had only taken a few steps when Pan Hu blocked his way.
Doctor Wang could no longer care about embarrassment or saving face. "Master, if you're not going to help, why are you stopping me from doing so?"

At this moment, Doctor Wang's eyes were already red.

Bai Wanqing raised her head slightly, "Then how does Doctor Wang plan to treat him?"

"Are you going to go to the Fang family's door to demand the person back, just like before? How can you be so sure, Doctor Wang, that the Fang family will be willing to return the person to you in the next two or three days?"

Dr. Wang gritted his teeth. "I can't just stand by and watch the Fang family deal with my family members."

"No! If that doesn't work, I'll go to the government office. If I can't get justice there, I'll go to the emperor."

Bai Wanqing sighed softly, "Dr. Wang, you're so foolish!"

"Have you forgotten who's behind the Fang family? Have you forgotten who shut down the century-old medical clinic?"

“If you go to the authorities, not only will you not be able to find any fault with the Fang family, but you will also have a reason to get Lord Hai to put you in jail. After that, anything you say will be worthless.”

“Your family has absolutely no hope.”

"However, if you wish to appeal to the emperor..."

Seeing that Bai Wanqing's tone had softened, Doctor Wang's expression brightened slightly. "Does the master think this road is passable?"

Unconsciously, Dr. Wang followed Bai Wanqing's train of thought and asked a question.

Bai Wanqing shook her head slightly, "No way, I'm afraid even you, Doctor Wang, won't be able to leave Huaizhou City."

Doctor Wang suddenly became dejected, his face looking ashen. "Nothing works, nothing works, boss, is there absolutely nothing we can do?"

"My wife, grandchildren, and my entire family are really going to be taken away by the Fang family."

When Dr. Wang thought of this, he suddenly burst into tears, crying with despair and helplessness.

Rui Xin frowned, stepped forward and tugged at Doctor Wang's sleeve, "Doctor Wang, you're so old, why are you still acting like a child? Madam has already said she'll help you save her."

"Of course, I will help you save people."

Doctor Wang immediately stopped crying, silently sobbed twice, and looked at Bai Wanqing with pleading eyes like a child.

"Dr. Wang, the time is not yet right."

Doctor Wang looked up blankly, "Master, what time is needed?"

"But what if they kill my family if we wait any longer?"

Bai Wanqing glanced at Pan Hu, who then walked over with his chin raised.

"Your family is still at the Fang family home, so Dr. Wang can rest assured."

Doctor Wang looked at Pan Hu with slight surprise. This guy was talking as if he'd actually seen it. Doctor Wang wasn't wrong; Pan Hu had indeed seen it. He now had a task every night: to guard the Fang family's house, just like before.

Seeing that Pan Hu spoke with such confidence, Doctor Wang had no choice but to believe him.

At this moment, Ruixin brought out another bowl of hot pot meat from the kitchen and pushed it directly to Doctor Wang.

"Dr. Wang, please don't worry! Madam has her own plans. Here, have some."

Doctor Wang blankly picked up the hot pot meat that Ruixin handed him, and suddenly started eating it with snot and tears streaming down his face.

Ruixin shook her head, and couldn't help but call out to Fengniang behind her, "Fengniang, someone is crying because your hot pot is so delicious."

Fengniang quickly came out to look again, "Oh, it's him!"

Fengniang calmly retreated back into the kitchen, leaving Doctor Wang standing there, crying even harder.

The next day, as soon as Bai Wanqing woke up and stepped out of the courtyard, she saw Pan Hu standing at the door, looking at her with a complicated expression.

Bai Wanqing knew then that the time had come.

"Success?"

"Success!"

"So how many of you are there now?"

"Including those who just returned in the last two days, there are fourteen people."

"Are you sure?"

Pan Hu didn't speak, but his eyes were full of shrewdness.

"Then go ahead! Fengniang and I will meet you at the second street corner tonight."

Pan Hu smirked, "Madam, you really have a lot of nerve. Aren't you afraid I'll betray you and ruin your plans?"

Bai Wanqing met Pan Hu's eyes, "If you betray us, it's not necessarily a bad thing."

"At worst, I can save you again in the future."

"The Wang family..."

"We'll think of other ways."

Pan Hu slightly curled the corners of his lips. "Then there's no need for Madam to think of any other solutions."

The night was deep and still, the moon was dark and the wind was high.

Pan Hu put on the clothes of a former assassin and secretly sneaked back to the Fang family home.

These past few days, he has come to the Fang family every night, always dressed as a suicide squad member and making the same movements as he did when he was at the Fang family's house before.

No one in the Fang family suspected him. The assassins didn't know each other's identities, so whether there was one more or one less, no one would suspect anything.

And so, Pan Hu got along well with the thirteen new assassins here, but tonight was a little different.

Pan Hu took out the fake map of the concentration camp that Bai Wanqing had drawn for him from his pocket and deliberately dropped it in front of his companions.

His companions could tell at a glance that it was a map showing the location of the concentration camp.

All thirteen of them turned their gazes to Pan Hu, who calmly picked up the map from the ground and then coughed lightly.

"We have a mission tonight." Pan Hu tried his best to act like the leaders who used to deliver missions, without showing any emotion.

The thirteen people stood up and their eyes were all focused on Pan Hu.

Pan Hu was slightly startled. Was this the obedience that the lady had mentioned? Was this something ingrained in the bones of these death warriors?

Pan Hu continued with a stern face, "Bring those nine people from the backyard with you."

Without any suspicion, the thirteen assassins rushed one after another towards the courtyard in the back where Doctor Wang's relatives were imprisoned.

The servants guarding the courtyard gate were all fast asleep.

The assassins flew over the servant's head one by one and entered the woodshed where people were being held.

"What are you trying to do?" Doctor Wang's wife looked in horror at the fourteen people who had suddenly entered.

But the assassins moved quickly; they knocked the men unconscious and carried them one by one on their shoulders.

"Follow me!" Pan Hu waved his hand, and a group of assassins followed him and jumped onto the roof of the Fang family's house.

It then leaped from the rooftop onto the street, which would have terrified passersby if it weren't for the fact that it was nighttime and no one was around.

Without hesitation, Pan Hu led his men to the location where he was to meet Bai Wanqing.

"Madam, they've arrived!" Fengniang said excitedly.

Fengniang was excited not because she had rescued anyone, but because she felt that Pan Hu hadn't gone straight back to the Fang family, but had instead returned on his own initiative, perhaps because he couldn't bear to leave her, his mother.

Besides, Pan Hu helped the lady this time, so he's now one of her men.
Her son's fate is likely to change from this point on.

Bai Wanqing lifted the carriage curtain and looked at the string of figures running rapidly in the distance, saying, "Quick, have them put everyone on the carriage."

"Be gentle."

After receiving the order, Fengniang jumped off the carriage and, together with Pan Hu, gently settled the person in place.

"Madam, these people..."

"Take it back!" Bai Wanqing handed a medicine bottle to Pan Hu.

Pan Hu immediately understood what they meant, and they turned and headed in another direction.

"Fengniang, let's go home," Bai Wanqing said to Fengniang, who was still gazing into the distance.

Fengniang immediately snapped out of her daze, grabbed the reins, glanced at the enormous carriage behind her, cracked the whip, and drove the carriage home.

(End of this chapter)