Exile? A mad, wicked woman empties the national treasury to escape famine.

His words should be clear enough, right?

Knowing that there were still people waiting for him, these people probably wouldn't make things difficult for him.

Sure enough, Erhu looked him up and down, thought for a moment, and then took out a few taels of silver from his pocket and threw it to him.

"Thank you for your hard work tonight. Keep your mouth shut about what happened tonight, and don't say a word to anyone."

The doctor nodded, his eyes crinkling into slits with a smile, and a weight lifted from his heart.

"Alright, alright, sir, I know, I know. Don't worry, I won't reveal a single word about what's going on here."

The doctor took the silver from Erhu, not even bothering to count it, and stuffed it into his bag. He then hurriedly picked up his medicine box and rushed out the door.

Oh dear, this village looks magnificent from the outside, but inside it looks like a bandit's den. He thought he had met some rich man tonight who would give him more money for his consultation.

But after spending time with them, it turned out they weren't wealthy tycoons at all; they were just a bunch of thugs who ruled the mountain.

With these thoughts in mind, the doctor quickened his pace, wishing he could fly out of the house immediately and never come back.

When Ji Yunshu and Xie Moyao arrived outside the hall, they happened to see the doctor hurrying out.

The two exchanged a glance.

"It seems that Da Hu has already seen a doctor and had the thing removed from his arm," Ji Yunshu said.

Xie Moyao nodded, his gaze also falling on the doctor's hands.

The doctor still had blood on his hands.

They didn't even clean the blood off their hands before rushing off.

They must have realized that this house was unusual.

"Hmm, the doctor has blood on his hands, so he must have dug that thing out. Come on, let's see if we can put that thing into your space by looking through the window. That thing will always be a menace if it stays on them."

Ji Yunshu pursed her lips and said no more. She pulled Xie Moyao and quietly went outside the hall.

He licked his lips with his finger, gently poked open the window paper, and looked through it. Sure enough, he saw many people standing in the hall.

Da Hu was lying on the chair, in the same position as before, except that his arm was now wrapped in gauze.

He looked better than before, and on the table beside him, the golden bullet stood out prominently.

Da Hu and Er Hu were currently studying the bullet.

Xie Moyao scanned the hall and finally his gaze fell on a bundle on a chair not far away.

I had heard from Chen that Da Hu and Er Hu had put her belongings into a bundle.

Although he didn't see what the bundle looked like, there was only that one bundle in the entire hall. If he wasn't mistaken, the two pistols in his sister-in-law's hand should be in that bundle.

He tugged at Ji Yunshu's sleeve, gesturing for her to look at the bundle.

"See that bundle? The one on the stool. Bring it over here."

Ji Yunshu raised an eyebrow, understanding Xie Moyao's meaning.

"Um."

She responded softly, held her breath, and used her mind to put the bundle on the stool into her spatial storage and throw it into the living room.

Besides the bundle, she also put the bullet on the table in front of Da Hu and Er Hu into her spatial storage.

These things do not belong to this world, and she will not leave even a single one for outsiders to study.

In the blink of an eye, the bullet on the table disappeared, and Da Hu and Er Hu's gazes were fixed directly on the bullet. In just that instant, the bullet vanished, and Da Hu and Er Hu thought they were seeing things.

The two rubbed their eyes at the same time, staring wide-eyed at the table.

"No, no, where is this thing? Where did it go? It was just here a moment ago, how come it's gone!" Erhu rubbed his eyes, searching frantically on and under the table.

Big Tiger was also a bit confused.

That thing was just placed on the table, and neither of them touched it. How could it suddenly disappear?

"Hurry, hurry, hurry and find it. That thing is very powerful. I don't know what kind of hidden weapon it is. When we find it, we'll take it to our eldest and second brothers to study."

If we can figure out how to use this hidden weapon, we'll have everything we want! We absolutely can't lose it!

As soon as the two finished speaking, the others also began searching the house.

Outside the house, after Xie Moyao and Ji Yunshu finished packing up and made sure nothing was left behind, Xie Moyao used his lightness skill to leap over the courtyard wall with Ji Yunshu.

The two looked at the house behind them, their minds heavy. They had just arrived in the Northwest and encountered such a thing. They wondered who the power behind this house was.

What kind of shady business are they up to?

All they know for now is that there are many people in this house, both men and women, who have been assigned to different places, but what they are doing is still unknown.

Xie Moyao held Ji Yunshu's hand and said calmly:

"Let's go back first and make sure Mother and Sister-in-law are safe. Then we can investigate today's events later."

Ji Yunshu nodded and stopped talking, letting Xie Moyao pull her along as they wandered through the night.

The house was not far from the inn, and before long, they could vaguely see the shadow of the inn.

Outside the inn, just like before, several large red lanterns hung. In this snow-white world, they used to look quite festive, but now Ji Yunshu and Xie Moyao looked at the large red lanterns and felt strange.

As they approached the inn's entrance, Xie Moyao greeted Ji Yunshu and then disappeared from her side.

When Ji Yunshu turned her head, Xie Moyao was no longer in sight. She couldn't help but sigh again, thinking how great it was to have light-body skills; his speed was even faster than when she entered the space.

Moreover, they can come and go as they please.

She didn't waste any more time and stepped into the inn.

The number of people who were making a ruckus in the inn has been mostly accounted for.

Seeing her return to the inn, both the waiter and the innkeeper were visibly taken aback. They exchanged a fleeting glance, and finally, the innkeeper walked over to the street vendor with a smile.

"Sir, weren't you out looking for someone? Have you found them?"

While the boss was asking questions, Ji Yunshu was also subtly observing him.

Tonight's events are too strange. My intuition tells me that what happened to the Chen family tonight must be related to this boss.

But this was just his guess, without any evidence. He saw the boss smiling and asking him, as if he knew nothing about it.

Ji Yunshu didn't reveal the truth, and said calmly,

"No, I've been looking around outside, but I can't find any trace of him. Don't come back. It's dark outside now, and visibility is poor. I plan to rest at the inn for the night and go look for her again first thing tomorrow morning."

She didn't intend to tell anyone else about finding Chen, so she made up a lie on the spot.