The number of people remaining in the Su family was dwindling.
Ghost Fox A Zi did not want too many people serving him in this place, nor did he like anyone lingering around him.
After all, Ghost Fox A Zi had been like this even when they were in the Odd Market.
Therefore, considering Ghost Fox A Zi's preferences and the Su family's decline, unable to live as they once did, Su Muxian had dismissed many of the servants who used to take care of her at home after cooperating with Ghost Fox A Zi.
However, Su Muxian was, after all, a young lady of a prominent family.
In this situation, one could not expect Su Muxian to take care of Ghost Fox A Zi, and Su Muxian herself could not personally handle everything.
At the very least, Su Muxian herself also needed to be taken care of.
Under these circumstances, the Su family still had people to look after them, and it wasn't as if everyone was driven away just because Ghost Fox A Zi didn't need or wasn't accustomed to them.
It was precisely for this reason that the Su family still needed people.
Thus, Helian Sheng was able to find an opportunity to place his people within the Su family to gather information, and eventually discovered Hou Mingzhu's whereabouts, which was a complete unexpected joy.
This time, Ye Tiancheng wanted to come and rescue Hou Mingzhu without alerting anyone.
He could also take this opportunity.
Coincidentally, the people Helian Sheng had arranged earlier were still hidden within the Su family, working there. They could use these people to arrange a position for Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox within the Su family, allowing them to blend in and infiltrate the Su family.
Ye Tiancheng also felt that this would be safer and more convenient, so he accepted this arrangement.
This matter was not particularly difficult to operate.
Because, besides the few servants who could move freely within the Su family's residence on the surface, there were also many positions that were hidden in the shadows, allowing them to work without disturbing the masters living there.
Such servants were generally arranged by the subordinates for Su Muxian and the others.
In most cases, they did not need to be verified by Su Muxian and the others. At most, they would be informed that a new batch of people had been added, but they would not personally meet them. As for identity information, Ye Tiancheng and the others had a connection with Nie Chongyang and could conceal it very well.
Servants of this status did not need to meet Su Muxian or Ghost Fox A Zi.
This way, Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox entering the Su family together would also be very safe.
After they entered together, they were assigned to a less conspicuous department, mainly responsible for cleaning the house when the masters were not at home.
Whether they did this work or pretended to do it, or simply came to get a position while others did the work, it was all fine.
The most important thing was that such a status completely allowed Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox to have a legitimate reason to move around within the Su family's residence without being questioned.
Moreover, with their status.
To avoid disturbing the masters, they usually only cleaned when the masters were not at home, and it was during this time that they would move around the residence.
This was often a very good opportunity.
They could even conveniently track the movements of Su Muxian and Ghost Fox A Zi.
And they could also perfectly avoid them to find Hou Mingzhu's location and rescue her.
This was truly an excellent position.
After Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox infiltrated, they left Ye Wuji outside, temporarily entrusting him to Nie Chongyang and the others for care. This was because if they were to enter the Su family, they had to consider that Ghost Fox A Zi himself was inside, and in this situation, it would definitely be quite dangerous.
Under these circumstances, Ye Wuji could not help much.
If Ye Wuji still insisted on going along, he would easily be in danger.
Ye Tiancheng would naturally not choose to take the risk of bringing Ye Wuji with him.
This point was very important.
Little Fox could accompany Ye Tiancheng and help, because in some special situations, Little Fox's abilities could play an important role, and Little Fox also possessed a certain degree of self-preservation ability.
Coupled with Ye Tiancheng's strength, it would not be as strenuous to protect Little Fox.
Infiltrating the Su family was indeed not a particularly difficult matter. After Ye Tiancheng and they arrived at their posts, they did not truly slack off, but rather pretended to perform their duties.
They did not rush to act.
After all, they needed to observe the situation and confirm the location where Hou Mingzhu was imprisoned. They also needed to assess the difficulty and time required to enter and bring Hou Mingzhu out.
Only after confirming all of this could Ye Tiancheng arrange a plan and then begin to act.
As for the matter of the family hiring new people, Su Muxian at least was definitely aware of it. But, as usual, Su Muxian would not personally verify the situation of such low-level servants.
She truly did not know that the people responsible for these tasks for her were actually spies planted by others, and therefore she trusted them quite a bit.
Under these circumstances, Su Muxian also believed that the person was her confidant, and naturally would not suspect that the people arranged by that person were problematic. Moreover, she would also believe that even if problematic people were inadvertently hired, her confidant would handle it for her.
However, it was just unfortunate that the person responsible for this aspect and who remained was precisely the hidden operative arranged by Helian Sheng. Naturally, he would not work diligently for Su Muxian as she imagined.
Not only would he not work diligently for Su Muxian, but he would also do things that were detrimental to Su Muxian.
For example, he arranged for Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox to enter so openly.
Su Muxian did not doubt it at all.
Furthermore, after the newcomers had been arranged for some time, and because Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox were considering the overall situation, they could not act rashly and would observe for a period of time, not causing any trouble.
Under this premise, Su Muxian knew that a new batch of people had entered her home, but her confidant had not reported any issues with the new arrivals.
Moreover, in Su Muxian's view, the newcomers handled their work perfectly and there were no problems.
Therefore, Su Muxian would not inquire further.
Thus, Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox successfully passed through without encountering any major obstacles.
They stayed in the Su family for a period of time, and when they moved around the Su family's residence, they actually encountered Su Muxian. However, Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox's disguises were indeed very good.
Moreover, they did not appear guilty, and their demeanor was relatively natural and consistent with the actual situation.
Su Muxian met Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox several times, but she did not recognize that these two new servants she saw were actually her old acquaintances.
For Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox, this was not their first time in the Su family; they had even stayed there for a certain period.
Therefore, the two of them were quite familiar with the layout of the Su family's residence.
For this reason, it brought great help to Ye Tiancheng and them in investigating the situation and gathering information, which was also one of the advantages of Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox.
Actually, Little Fox did not remember the past events.
At least during the time they lived in Su Muxian's house, Little Fox had no memory.
However, even though he couldn't remember, he still retained a certain sense of familiarity with what he had experienced. Therefore, after moving around the Su family for a while, he naturally became familiar with the situation within the Su family's residence.
Perhaps it was luck.
Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox had been investigating and gathering information in the Su family for some time. Although they had encountered Su Muxian, they had not seen Ghost Fox A Zi.
They had perfectly avoided each other.
Ye Tiancheng certainly did not want to confront Ghost Fox A Zi so early.
After all, Ghost Fox A Zi had lived for such a long time and his abilities were not weak, and he could cause a lot of trouble for Ye Tiancheng. In this situation, Ye Tiancheng was not very confident that he could completely hide his identity from Ghost Fox A Zi.
Therefore, Ye Tiancheng certainly felt that the later he and Little Fox met Ghost Fox A Zi, the better.
Moreover, for Ye Tiancheng, this trip was entirely to rescue someone, and rescuing someone required safety. Therefore, if possible, it would be best if he did not encounter Ghost Fox A Zi until he had rescued the person and left.
According to the intelligence provided by Helian Sheng's current operative in the Su family, Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox gradually found the place where Ghost Fox A Zi hid Hou Mingzhu.
This point was not difficult.
However, upon arriving there, as Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox had expected, there were indeed many traps and defenses, in short, measures to prevent anyone from trespassing and taking out the person imprisoned inside.
There were a great many such measures.
Even though Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox had found the place, they could not act rashly.
Even more so, at such a time, they could not be impatient and needed to be more discreet.
At this moment, the enemy was in the open, and they were in the dark.
This was a situation favorable to them.
Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox could take this opportunity to study how to overcome these protective measures and successfully rescue Hou Mingzhu, so as to avoid any unavoidable accidents along the way.
Most of the work in this regard was handed over to Little Fox.
Because, in this aspect, Little Fox was indeed more skilled. Ye Tiancheng, at this time, could clearly see his own abilities and would not force himself to show off, and certainly knew the importance of the overall situation.
Little Fox naturally took on the task.
Although they could not frequently meet the masters here, they still had to be careful. Therefore, Ye Tiancheng and Little Fox could not often linger in this area. Even a brief stop was a great risk.
They even dared not pass by there every day.
They only passed by every few days, and through the hidden operatives above, they were reasonably arranged an opportunity to pass by and investigate.