Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

After about two hours of sailing, the old lady began to feel seasick. She was from Bianjing and had rarely taken a boat when she was young, and even less after she got married. The last time she took such a long boat ride was when she followed Sheng Hong from Yangzhou to Bianjing for promotion, and it had been many years.

Minglan prepared some seasickness medicine in advance, and when she saw that the old lady was feeling uncomfortable, she asked her to drink it immediately. After drinking the medicine, the old lady fell into a deep sleep, and Minglan had time to see the two people Guifen sent her.

"What are your names?" Minglan asked Xiaotao to move a chair and a coffee table to the deck. On the coffee table were a small plate of dried fruits, a pot of tea, and four documents.

"My name is Langya."

"My name is Tie Ren."

Minglan held her forehead and smiled bitterly: "Wolf Fang...Iron Blade...Sister Zhang's naming is really comparable to that of my second brother."

"The girl said that the name sounds mighty and it sounds domineering when shouted out, so that the bad guys who hear it from afar will be terrified and will have the upper hand in momentum." The Wolf Fang Man lives up to her name. She speaks in a sonorous and rhythmic voice, as if her teeth were the most ferocious beast.

Minglan nodded: "Very good! It turns out that you are the ones brought up by my sister. What abilities do you have?"

Langya: "I am very strong. I can pull a two-stone bow. In close combat, I can fight against eight people at the same time. My best record is to defeat thirty guards in a row."

Tie Ren: "I have good eyesight and am good at using hidden weapons. I can use anything. No one can dodge within five feet."

Xiao Tao handed them the plate of dried fruits and said, "How about trying it?"

Langya signaled Tieren to go first. Tieren picked up an almond in the shell between his thumb and middle finger and shot it at a wooden barrel about three meters away. With a crisp sound, a hole was immediately broken in the wall of the barrel.

Langya picked out five or six hazelnuts from the plate and pressed them in her palm. When she released her hand, the shells fell off, leaving only the kernels in her palm. She shook the crumbs with her left and right hands and poured the kernels back into the plate. Xiaotao could see clearly that although the shells were broken into pieces, the kernels were intact.

She looked at Minglan in shock. Minglan's pupils dilated slightly and she thought to herself, what a great skill!

She looked calm and asked, "Why did you choose to work as a maid in the Duke of Ying's mansion?" Wouldn't it be better to go out and be free with such time? Why do you have to bow your head and be ordered around in a wealthy mansion?

Langya shook his head: "We are both orphans picked up by the Duke of Ying from the border. Our parents are Jurchens..."

Minglan observed the two of them carefully and indeed found that their hair color was yellower than that of the average Han people. However, if it was not specifically pointed out, it would be difficult to detect the abnormality at first glance.

"...With our background, how can we find a way to survive in the Celestial Empire? If it weren't for the Duke and his wife adopting us and having our master teach us these skills, we would have died long ago." After saying this, Lang Ya sighed slightly.

Minglan: "You still have a master?"

Langya: "Yes, our master was also rescued by the Duke."

Minglan: "The Duke and Duchess of England are truly ruthless and kind-hearted."

Langya knew Minglan was observing him: "The Duke of England rescued many children like us. Those who were obviously not Han Chinese were sent back to the border after they grew up to be lobbyists for both sides and contribute to the peace of the people of both countries; those like us who look like Han Chinese were left behind, and the Duke and his wife will arrange a place for us according to our abilities and wishes."

"Then do you know that Sister Zhang gave me your personal deeds and family deeds?" Minglan shook the four pieces of paper in her hand.

Both men nodded at the same time.

Minglan: "Will you follow me?"

They both said at the same time: "Yes."

Minglan: "But my father is only a fifth-rank civil official with little power in the court, and I am only a concubine's daughter with limited wealth. You will suffer if you follow me."

Langya: "That's nothing!"

Tieren: "We are not afraid!"

Minglan: "Why?"

Langya: "We weren't born to live in the Duke's Mansion and wait for death. If we can leave the Duke's Mansion and make a living on our own, we will be true heroes."

Tie Ren: "Miss Zhang said that you are her best sister and asked us to treat you the same way we treat her. If we can't even do this well, how can we face her and our master later?"

Minglan was very satisfied: "The Duke's Mansion has really trained you very well, and I am also relying on Sister Zhang's help. From now on, we will live together, and I will do my best to take good care of you. Please also take care of me and my grandmother."

Langya Tieren knelt down on one knee: "I will follow Sixth Miss's orders!" His voice was earth-shaking.

Minglan had heard this sentence countless times before, but since her rebirth, most of the people who spoke to her like this were weak and spineless little girls. After a long time, Minglan felt a surge of emotion when she heard such a powerful and moving declaration of allegiance again.

She stepped forward to help them up and said, "There may be something that needs to be done right now..."

As they were talking, a shout came from the side: "Excuse me, is this the Sheng family's boat?"

Xiao Tao ran to the side of the boat and looked over: "Shi Tou? Why are you here?"

"I was helping my brother and sister-in-law with a business, and I happened to see the Sheng family's lanterns hanging on this big ship. I came over to ask, and it turned out to be you!"

Xiaotao asked someone to build a plank, and Shitou came over from the small boat over there with a thick "visiting card".

Shitou pretended to be indignant and said, "Humph, that Zhao Tuanlian from Yuzhou is simply not a human being. He kicked me around like an object. The young master is not welcome there and can't help me. I am a person and I have parents. If my parents knew that I was trampled on like this, how sad would they be? So I left the young master and took a few brothers and sisters who couldn't stand it like me, and we escaped together."

What he said is totally different from what is written in the "post".

Gu Tingye explained the situation in detail in the letter. Minglan was so engrossed in reading that she had no time to pay attention to Shitou. Xiaotao asked in surprise, not knowing the truth: "How did things turn out like this?"

Shitou: "Young Master didn't expect them to be such people, but he has already joined the army. If he follows me, he will be a deserter, so he can only stay in there."

Xiao Tao pointed at the boat he was on and said, "Aren't you guys deserters too?"

Shitou: "We are all not enlisted in the army, and we do odd jobs in the militia."

Xiao Tao: "Where are you going now?"

Shitou: "Huaiyin. Aren't my brother and sister-in-law the leaders of the Cao Gang? I want to go there to find them."

Only then did he notice that the two people standing next to Xiao Tao were unfamiliar faces, and he said with a smile: "Xiao Tao'er's power is growing."

Gu Tingye loves to joke with Minglan, and Shitou loves to joke with Xiaotao. He originally said this half-jokingly and half-flatteringly to Xiaotao, but this joke fell into the ears of Langya and Tieren, and it became contempt. The two shot sharp eyes at Shitou at the same time. The warrior's intuition made Shitou immediately realize that these were two martial artists. Not knowing the other party's background, Shitou stopped talking.

Minglan was reading Gu Tingye's "post" carefully. Without looking up, she said, "These two are maids sent to me by Sister Zhang from the Duke of Ying. They will be my own people from now on."

Shitou bowed quickly and said, "Hello, sisters. I am a subordinate of the second son of the Gu family. My son is a good friend of the second brother Sheng and a classmate of the sixth lady Sheng."

Xiao Tao was worried about Shitou, but Shitou was trying to make friends with the "two sisters". Xiao Tao was a little angry and said to Langya and Tieren: "Don't be fooled by his old appearance. He is actually younger than you. If you feel like beating him up, just beat him up. The girl will never say anything to you."

Langya and Tieren immediately realized from Xiaotao's tone that the person in front of them was unusual. They relaxed all their strength, made a steel-like bow, and greeted in unison: "Hello, Brother Shitou!"

The sound shook my eardrums, it didn't sound like a greeting but a threat.

Shitou's mouth twitched as he praised, "It's obvious that the two sisters have put in a lot of hard work in training. They are full of energy!"

Langya said generously: "Brother Shitou is not bad either. From the two steps you took just now, I knew you did a lot of horse stance."

Shitou lied without hesitation: "I don't have the time to practice that. I learned this from my brother and sister-in-law who carried things at the docks when I was young. Later, I often carried things with my son, so I have the basic skills."

After they exchanged pleasantries, Minglan finished reading the lengthy "post". She carefully put the "post" away and said to Shitou, "This post was written by your son to my second brother. He wanted you to go to Bianjing to join my second brother. Why did you run to the river?"

Shitou scratched his head: "I just wanted to earn some money with my brothers... We escaped in a hurry and didn't bring enough money..."

Minglan sighed, "Since Master Gu asked my second brother to look after you, and we have met by chance, why don't you just follow us. I will report to grandma when she wakes up. If she nods, then you can come to work for our Sheng family in the future."

Shitou's eyes sparkled: "Thank you, Sixth Miss!"

Minglan looked behind Shitou and said, "It's inconvenient for you men and women to be on the same boat. So, the women and children on the boat should come to our boat first. There's more space and it's easier to take care of them."

Shitou immediately returned to the boat and soon brought up several women and children.

Minglan personally led the people to another prepared room. After everything was arranged, she led one of them into Minglan's own room, closed the door, turned around and knelt down:

"Your humble servant greets the Madam."