The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

It takes a lot of food to maintain an army. Even if Ye Chuji only has a few thousand private soldiers, the food consumption is not a small amount. The food and wages issued by the imperial court that were robbed last time should be almost used up.

Ye Buhuo guessed that Fengcheng must be trying to find a way to buy grain now, but he was afraid of attracting attention so he didn't dare to buy it openly.

Sure enough, when they heard that he had food in his hands, the men changed their fierce faces and became a little hesitant.

Several people looked at each other, and one of them, who seemed to be the leader of the group, spoke up:

"You guys wait here."

After saying that, he ran along the road towards Fengcheng. About a cup of tea later, he came back panting, followed by several strong men with knives.

The man panted and waved his hand to let the other men open the fence. Then one of the strong men said:

"The city lord wants to see you, follow me!"

People can go in, but carriages cannot. Ye Buhuo gave the coachman a silver ingot and said:

"In that case, go back to Xiao County and wait."

The coachman took the silver and understood Ye Buhuo's meaningful look. He realized that Ye Buhuo wanted him to go back and deliver a letter to the other two people who were waiting in Xiao County.

"Yes."

Hua Wu Ke and Ye Bu Huo were surrounded by several people holding knives and walked towards Fengcheng. Thinking of her current identity as a weak merchant's wife, she pretended to look at the knives in their hands timidly and then pulled Ye Bu Huo's sleeve and moved closer to him.

This caused several people following behind to laugh with disdain.

Fengcheng is located in the mountains, and the houses in the city are built against the mountains.

The city lord Yu Hai lived in the middle of the valley. Several men with knives led the two men to the outside of Yu Hai's house, knocked on the door respectfully, and only after receiving a response did they push the door open to let the two men in.

The two men walked in and bowed respectfully like ordinary businessmen.

"City Lord."

Yu Hai did not speak. He looked them up and down with his eyes rolling. Seeing that they were indeed wearing expensive but not scarce materials like other merchants, he spoke:

"Do you have food?"

Ye Buhuo: "Yes."

"Why don't you sell it somewhere else? Fengcheng has a lot of roads, why don't you choose a place with convenient transportation and a lot of people coming and going?"

Ye Buhuo smiled faintly and replied:

"I got this batch of food by chance, so I don't want to let too many people know about it, so I can't go to a place where there are too many people."

Yu Hai raised his eyebrows and understood the implicit message in Ye Buhuo's words.

It seems that the origin of this batch of grain is not clean, so we want to find a remote place to dispose of it quietly.

This was exactly what he wanted.

He didn't dare to make large purchases in the market because he was afraid that those businessmen would not be able to keep a secret and spread the news, causing trouble. However, the goods of the man in front of him came from unknown sources, so he certainly didn't dare to publicize this deal!

When Yu Hai thought about this, he felt that this deal was feasible.

"Okay, I'll take this batch of food from you! Where is it now?"

"The things are naturally placed in a place I trust. The city lord can send someone to follow me to get them."

Yu Hai frowned upon hearing this and said in disapproval:

"This is not okay."

"You can't leave until this city lord gets the things!"

Yu Hai's answer was also within Ye Buhuo's expectations. If he was allowed to come in and out easily, the affairs of Fengcheng would have been exposed long ago.

"What does the city lord mean?"

"Write down the address and I will send someone to get it. Once the things are retrieved, I will let you go."

Ye Buhuo wrote him a place that had been arranged in advance, and then the two of them were taken away.

Yu Hai was wary, fearing that there might be something fishy going on between the two, so he placed them not far from himself so that he could keep an eye on them at all times, and he even gave the excuse that "living with him in the city center would guarantee their safety."

The location was written as a place two days' journey from Fengcheng. Once the people sent by Yu Hai found out that what they wanted was not there, Yu Hai would find out that they had been cheated when they returned.

The two must find out the whole Fengcheng within these four days and then inform Ye Yi.

Two days ago, the people sent by Yu Hai followed his instructions and kept a close eye on the two of them every day.

But there had never been many outsiders coming into Fengcheng, and these people had never encountered any dangerous situations in Fengcheng, so they had already become a little lazy. After just two days, these people began to slack off.

It happened that they were out of the country today, and Xiao Si, who was in charge of watching over them outside the house, was lazily sitting against the wall, hanging a weed and chatting with the brothers passing by.

Seeing Ye Buhuo and the other man leave the house, he glanced at them and asked:

"What?"

Ye Buhuo held the somewhat weak-looking Hua Wuke in his arms and said:

"My wife has always been in poor health. The doctor told her to go out for fresh air more often. She has been stuck in this room for two days and is feeling a little uncomfortable."

Xiao Si, the gatekeeper, glanced at Hua Wu Ke and saw her slightly closing her eyes, leaning softly in Ye Bu Huo's arms. Her eyelashes were like two butterflies that had stopped flying after being tired, and her lips were no longer as rosy as before, but like pale pink peach petals.

Although she was obviously weak and frail, her originally beautiful face looked even softer, which made the gatekeeper Xiao Si take a few more glances.

Hua Wu Ke closed his eyes and did not notice his movements, but Ye Buhuo's face turned cold instantly, and the temperature of his whole body dropped.

Xiao Si frowned, looked around in confusion, and said to himself:

"Why do I feel so chilly..."

Where Xiao Si couldn't see, Hua Wu Ke quietly poked Ye Buhuo's hard waist and abdomen, signaling him not to forget that he was a weak businessman.

Ye Buhuo relaxed his expression and looked at Xiao Si without any emotion, waiting for him to speak.

Xiao Si looked at the sun above his head and touched his head. He felt that he was really possessed by a demon as he actually felt cold.

"Okay, follow me, I'll take you out for a walk."

There were no shops in Fengcheng City, but because the private soldiers were training in the mountains, Xiao Si could not take them up the mountain and could only stroll around the scattered streets.

There were only three streets in total, and Xiao Si took them to visit all of them.

This surprised Hua Wu Ke. He secretly looked at Ye Buhuo. Why did this Xiao Si look like he was not afraid of them finding out anything?

Ye Buhuo squeezed her hand soothingly and signaled her not to be anxious.

After strolling for a while, Ye Buhuo really lived up to his identity as a wealthy businessman. He went into several shops along the way and bought many things for Xiao Si. He didn't say any flattering words and didn't spend much money, but he made Xiao Si laugh so hard that his mouth was cracking.

“These are all things my son likes.”

"You are a reasonable person. It's worth it for me to take you on this tour."