The assassins were all struggling to fend for themselves, so how could they save the Luo family? However, one assassin glared menacingly at Luo Yang.
"You wretched woman, shut your mouth. If you dare utter another word, I'll kill you."
The fierce killing intent terrified Luo Yang into silence, but she harbored resentment towards the assassin.
Once she became the noble young master's concubine, she would deal with this person at her leisure.
"Oh, isn't this our village beauty?"
Tao Lengshuang, protected by Mo Lingxi, walked up to the three members of the Luo family. "It really has been a long time."
She glanced at Luo Yang's ostentatious attire, adorned with several gold hairpins, as if she were afraid no one would know how wealthy she was.
Upon seeing Tao Lengshuang, Luo Yang's old and new grudges surged. Her eyes widened in fury as she stared at her, "Tao! Leng! Shuang!"
"It's you, it's you..."
"It's me, it's me, it's me, your most hated enemy." Tao Lengshuang sang out instinctively.
Seeing Mo Lingxi's strange look, she cleared her throat. "I was just responding to her, I didn't mean anything else."
The familiar lyrics escaped her lips uncontrollably, making her feel a bit ashamed.
Mo Lingxi didn't ask further at the moment, casting a faint glance at the Luo family trio.
"Tao Lengshuang, you're the one who caused our family to suffer so much."
Luo Yang pointed at Tao Lengshuang furiously, her expression one of deep hatred. "If you hadn't schemed against us in every way, how could my family have ended up in this state?"
It was Tao Lengshuang's schemes that caused her family to fall from being the village chief's family to ordinary villagers, and then from ordinary villagers to being exiled.
She had suffered greatly on the road of exile, not to mention being frequently molested by the escorting constables, almost losing her chastity.
Tao Lengshuang crossed her arms and scoffed, speaking sarcastically. "I just don't understand."
"I say, Luo Yang, is your family royalty? Why is it that only your family is allowed to scheme and target others, but others are not allowed to retaliate?"
She raised her hand to stop Luo Yang. "I'm not here to argue about this with you. Today, I'm here to deal with you three fugitives."
The word "deal with" provoked the three members of the Luo family.
"Tao Lengshuang, you have no right to do this."
"If you dare to do this, our master will never forgive you."
Tao Lengshuang took a dagger from Mo Lingxi and lightly tapped Luo Yang's face with it. "Look at your tender, delicate face."
"What if something were to happen to it?"
Luo Yang covered her face in horror, looking at Tao Lengshuang as if she were a ghost. "Don't you dare touch my face!"
Her face was what she was most proud of. If her face were ruined, how could she become a concubine to the noble young master and enjoy wealth and prosperity?
Tao Lengshuang saw through her thoughts at a glance and sneered, "Who do you think you are? Just because you say it can't be touched, does that mean it can't be?"
Luo Yang wanted to run, but she was forcibly held down by the hidden guards, making escape impossible. "Tao Lengshuang, you are too vicious."
Tao Lengshuang tutted. "This is already vicious? It seems I'll have to actually slash your beautiful face to make you understand what viciousness truly is."
She signaled the hidden guards to hold Luo Yang down.
The hidden guards directly pressed Luo Yang's acupoints, rendering her unable to move.
Luo Yang screamed miserably, "Ah, Brother Mo, save me quickly, save me quickly! Tao Lengshuang is too vicious."
Mo Lingxi didn't even spare her a glance, nor did he stop Tao Lengshuang.
Tao Lengshuang aimed the dagger at Luo Yang, smiling sarcastically. "Tell me, who is helping you? Otherwise, this dagger will slash your face."
"It's..." Luo Yang, afraid of disfigurement, was about to speak when she was reprimanded by Old Man Luo.
"Shut your mouth!"
Old Man Luo stared grimly at Tao Lengshuang and said fiercely, "Even if you kill us, we won't tell you."
If they didn't speak, their master might still save them.
If they spoke, they would have only one path to death.
Tao Lengshuang raised an eyebrow, a cold smile appearing on her lips. She slashed through Luo Yang's sleeve with a knife. "The next cut will be your face."
"Luo Yang, are you sure you don't want to say it?"
Luo Yang, in fear, was about to speak, but Old Man Luo roared at her, forbidding her to reveal a single word.
"Father, my face is going to be ruined!" Luo Yang shouted in near collapse. "This is my most important face, why are you doing this to me?"
Old Man Luo also cared about Luo Yang's face, but he understood the gravity of the situation better. "Shut up, just shut up!"
Luo Yang refused to be silenced and was about to speak of her master's affairs when Old Man Luo shoved her to the ground.
"You ungrateful wretch!"
Old Man Luo, with a grim expression, slapped her hard across the face repeatedly. "I told you to shut up and you wouldn't listen, insisting on talking nonsense. I'll teach you a lesson."
He was truly using force, and after a few slaps, Luo Yang's face became red and swollen.
Luo Yang cried out miserably, saying she couldn't be disfigured and that she wouldn't say a word.
Tao Lengshuang and Mo Lingxi watched coldly.
After Old Man Luo finished dealing with Luo Yang, Tao Lengshuang instructed the hidden guards to take good care of him.
"This is the former village chief of Shili Slope Village. He needs to be properly entertained."
The hidden guards understood and turned to push Old Man Luo into the snow, letting him struggle there.
Tao Lengshuang was very satisfied. She saw the fear on the faces of Mother Luo and Luo Yang and smiled faintly. "Don't worry, you mother and daughter, it will be your turn soon."
"Don't worry, no one will die."
Mother Luo and Luo Yang shook their heads repeatedly, constantly saying not to involve them, that they knew nothing.
Tao Lengshuang was truly terrifying. She spoke of killing with a casual, conversational tone.
Tao Lengshuang didn't care about the looks from Mother Luo and Luo Yang. Just thinking about how this family had harmed her in the past and was now trying to take her life, she could not let them off easily.
Seeing Old Man Luo being lifted by the hidden guards and then pushed into the snow again, she asked Mother Luo and Luo Yang if they wanted to confess honestly.
"No... can't say!" Old Man Luo roared intermittently.
Luo Yang and Mother Luo couldn't manage anything else, both mother and daughter wanting to avoid torture and survive.
"We don't know, we really don't know who he is, only that he's a young noble young master."
According to Mother Luo and Luo Yang, their family had never met their master. All messages were conveyed by a middle-aged man who looked like a steward.
The people who rescued them were also arranged by this noble young master.
They didn't know why this person wanted to save them, but he had given them the best of everything, allowing them to enjoy a life they had never experienced.
Furthermore, this noble young master had said he was willing to help them get revenge and arrange everything for them.
"Really, this is all we know." Luo Yang clasped her hands together, pleading with Tao Lengshuang, "Please don't ruin my face."
After listening, Tao Lengshuang understood that the mastermind was using the Luo family's resentment towards her to harm her.
"So you used the Tao family to harm me, right?" she asked coldly.