Xu Mingxuan thought for a moment and asked, "Wen Kai, Wen Qi, Jia Yao, can you guarantee that the *jianghu meng han yao* you concocted will only make people faint and not harm them? Although they are heinous, we don't have the right to decide their fate. Don't you agree?"
Wen Kai nodded, smiled, and replied gently, "Yes, brother-in-law. We wouldn't have been so sure before, but now it's truly no problem! This is all thanks to the ancient book Sister last time salvaged from the scrap yard. It contained ancient recipes for making *ma fo san*, so we improved the *jianghu meng han yao*. Our original intention was to use the newly concocted *jianghu meng han yao* for surgeries."
Chen Lan still asked somewhat worriedly, "Wen Kai, have you conducted any animal experiments? Is there a risk of them not waking up if the dosage is not controlled properly?"
Wen Kai smiled gently again and replied, "Sister, how could that happen! Are we those kinds of unreliable people? We've already conducted multiple experiments on animals. We just haven't used it in clinical practice yet! Remember when we returned to the valley and encountered a ewe in dystocia? Sister, don't you recall? We used this *meng han yao*. The effect was astonishingly good! The ewe fainted after just smelling it. Jia Yao and I performed the surgery. Jia Yao was the lead surgeon, and I assisted. Afterward, Jia Yao and I stayed with her all night!"
Upon hearing that they had tested it, Chen Lan felt reassured and asked, "Wen Kai, is this medicine difficult to prepare? Is it easily detected when used?"
Wen Kai smiled gently again, giving a feeling of warmth like a spring breeze, and replied, "Sister, not at all. As long as the proportions are adjusted appropriately and some drug dosages are reduced. We can also make it smell like a pleasant floral scent, making it harder to detect!"
After Wen Kai finished speaking, he stood up and said, "Mother, Sister, brother-in-law, we three will head to the pharmacy to prepare."
Chen Lan watched the three leave the living room and head to the pharmacy, then she turned to Xu Mingxuan and asked, "Brother Mingxuan, have you thought of a good place? Where should we hide that family for safety?"
Xu Mingxuan thought for a moment and smiled, asking, "Lan'er, what do you think of the alleys in Brother Hu's black market?"
Chen Lan's eyes lit up at the suggestion, and she immediately replied, "That's a good idea, that place is excellent. Firstly, it's Brother Hu's territory. Brother Hu does such a large business, so he must have connections upstairs. I believe Brother Hu definitely has ties with the people in the revolutionary committee, although I don't know which faction. Secondly, the terrain there is complex and hard to find. It's like the saying, 'the darkest place is under the lamp,' the more dangerous the place, the safer it is. Therefore, the revolutionary committee would have no reason to search his own territory!"
After Chen Lan finished her analysis, both her mother-in-law and Xu Mingxuan nodded repeatedly. Her mother-in-law commented that Chen Lan's analysis was very insightful.
Xu Mingxuan also praised with a smile, "Clever, Lan'er. Just watch! Once we succeed tonight, I'm confident that their factions will start bickering amongst themselves. Harbin will become lively then. They will definitely become suspicious of each other and then fight fiercely. Since none of them are good people anyway, we can then pick them off one by one without anyone noticing, thus preventing them from causing trouble for others."
The triplets listened excitedly. Jia Hui quickly interjected, "Dad, are we going to be like underground agents in movies, causing disruptions in enemy territory?"
Chen Lan reached out and stroked Jia Hui's big head, smiling and saying, "Silly son, that's not causing disruption, that's us acting on behalf of heaven, understand?"
Jia Hui mumbled softly, "Isn't that the same thing? It's still causing disruption."
Since everyone agreed that this plan was excellent, the couple discussed it and decided to split into two groups that evening, as there was no moon in the first half of the night. Xu Mingxuan would take Wen Kai and Wen Qi to scout the revolutionary committee director's home and find an opportunity to administer the *jianghu meng han yao*.
Meanwhile, Chen Lan would take Jia Yao and Jia Hui to find Brother Hu first for business, and also borrow a house from him in those alleys to settle the teacher's family.
Then they would gather at the red house of the revolutionary committee director, and finally, they would all go to the red house to search for treasure.
After the couple finalized their plans, they decided to return to their respective rooms with Jia Hui to prepare their disguises.
At this point, the triplet siblings spoke up. All three of them asked, "Mom, Dad, what do we need to do?"
Xu Mingxuan smiled and remained silent, looking at Chen Lan with a grin, letting her speak.
Chen Lan then smiled and replied, "The three of you are responsible for keeping Grandma company. If you make Grandma happy today, Mom promises each of you one reasonable request, but that doesn't include going out on this adventure with us today."
Jia Hui and Jia Jun exclaimed, pouted, and lowered their heads in silence.
The tenth sister, Jia Yu, very obediently agreed, "Mom, I'll chat with Grandma at home. I want you to download a few more songs for me."
Chen Lan smiled and asked, "Jia Yu, have you learned the few songs Mom downloaded for you last time?"
Jia Yu nodded and replied, "Mom, I can play them all! It's just that I don't play as well as others, so I'm still practicing diligently."
Hearing Jia Yu say this, Chen Lan said earnestly, "Jia Yu, although I don't understand music or the *guzheng*, I know that learning the *guzheng* is difficult. But this is the path you chose, isn't it? I just know that there are no shortcuts to mastering the *guzheng*. As the saying goes, one minute on stage requires ten years of practice off stage. This shows that the only way to succeed is through diligent practice."
Jia Yu obediently nodded and replied, "Mom, your daughter understands. I will definitely practice diligently!"
Chen Lan patted her slender shoulder with great relief, encouraging her, "Mom believes our little tenth sister will definitely succeed!"
In the evening, Chen Lan, accompanied by Jia Yao and Jia Hui, went to Brother Hu's large mansion fully prepared.
Brother Hu was naturally overjoyed at their arrival, as it was a period of transition in the black market.
Both parties quickly agreed on the goods to be exchanged. Since they had been trading for several years, Brother Hu had already made a considerable profit from Jia Yao. To protect their interests, Jia Yao and his group never sold retail on the market. Therefore, based on mutual trust, Brother Hu paid Jia Yao the full payment and tickets in advance this time.
Before leaving, Jia Yao mentioned asking Brother Hu for a favor, saying he needed a place in the black market for some friends to stay for a while and that he would pay the rent at the market price.