The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

Seeing that Xiao Si was in a good mood, Hua Wu Ke took the opportunity to ask:

“I wonder if there are any other shops around here?”

Hua Wu Ke pursed his lips in embarrassment and said with a smile: "These are all things for children. Don't you have any jewelry for girls?"

Xiao Si looked at her with some contempt in his eyes. All the children in the city had to go to the back mountains to join the army when they reached a certain age, so of course they had to be well taken care of. As for women, it was enough to have food and drink, so what did they need for jewelry?

Of course he couldn't say this openly, he just denied it:

"No, this is all the streets and shops."

It seems that I have really walked through the whole place and didn’t find anything suspicious, Hua Wu Ke said secretly in his heart.

After returning to the room, the two of them closed the door and talked in a low voice:

"There are shops selling small items on the street, and most of the people passing by are women and babies. There are no useful clues."

Hua Wu Ke said with some regret, "I finally managed to go out, but I didn't find anything."

Ye Buhuo smoothed Hua Wuke's brows which were wrinkled due to distress.

"Not really."

Hua Wu Ke looked at him suspiciously, "What have you discovered that I don't know about?"

Ye Buhuo took her to a window that was not closed tightly, pointed to a house through a small crack and said to her:

"I look at that house every year."

Hua Wu Ke looked in the direction he pointed and found that there was a circle of people neatly gathered around the house, and he could vaguely see people walking inside the house.

"Why are there so many people guarding there?"

"Ye Chuji is raising troops here, so he must have built granaries to store food. But have we seen any granaries along the way?"

Hua Wu Ke shook his head and guessed:

"Could it be that they built the granary on the mountain?"

"No, there is a lot of moisture in the mountains, and the food will sprout soon after it is placed on the mountain."

The granary must be in the city. I checked three streets today and didn’t find anything suspicious, so Ye Buhuo was sure that this house was where they stored the grain.

Hua Wu Ke suddenly realized that it was no wonder that Xiao Si dared to take them to the street. He thought he was really stupid, but it turned out that the most important thing was right in front of them.

After confirming the location of the granary, they can take over the granary first, causing civil unrest in Fengcheng, giving Ye Yi and Qing Zhu the opportunity to break through Fengcheng.

Ye Buhuo blew a few whistles that sounded like bird calls, attracting an ordinary-looking wild pigeon.

Ye Buhuo did not write any note and tie it to its leg, but instead dyed one of its feathers black with a little black ink. As long as Ye Yi saw it, he would immediately bring people over.

On the third night, Yu Hai returned to Fengcheng. As soon as he came back, he called some people together to discuss matters.

While no one was paying attention, the two of them took a look at the people Yu Hai had gathered and found that they were all new faces, most likely the leaders of the private armies who had come down from the mountains.

Hua Wu Ke curled his lips and said with a smile:

"God really helps us. Yu Hai called the people down, which gave Qingzhu and the others an opportunity to take advantage of it."

Long before Hua Wuke and the other man left Xiao County, Ye Yi had already begun secretly mobilizing troops. As soon as he saw Ye Buhuo's signal, he and Qingzhu immediately took their men to Fengcheng.

When they reached the intersection, Ye Yi ordered everyone to surround Fengcheng from the mountains, and then fired a signal flare to notify Ye Buhuo and Hua Wuke.

Hearing the explosions like fireworks outside the city, Ye Buhuo and Hua Wuke looked at each other, then jumped out of the window and headed towards the granary.

The two men, dressed in night clothes, sneaked into the house quietly without alerting any patrolling soldiers.

The house is just one big room with several small rooms around it for patrolling soldiers to rest.

When the two men climbed into the big house, they saw that it was almost half empty, with only two warehouses of rice.

Looking at the full grains of rice, Hua Wu Ke felt it was a pity to burn them, so the two decided to move the rice to the middle and set fire to the surrounding houses first, perhaps there would be a chance to preserve the rice.

The wooden house quickly caught fire. At first it was just a small flame and only the people patrolling nearby came to put out the fire. However, they didn't know what was going on with the fire and not only could they not put it out, it kept getting bigger and bigger.

"Oh no! Go report to the city lord!"

Seeing that the fire had grown bigger, Ye Buhuo and Hua Wuke took advantage of the chaos to sneak into Yu Hai's house.

During the time when Hua Wuke and the other person were taking action, Ye Yi Qingzhu also brought his men and encountered the private soldiers in the mountains.

These private soldiers might have some chance of winning against ordinary soldiers, but they had no power to fight back against the soldiers of the Xuantie Army. In addition, their leaders had been called away by Yu Hai, so they soon gave up resistance.

When Ye Buhuo and Hua Wuke sneaked into Yu Hai's house, they were still plotting. The two of them were watching the house from the second floor, and soon they heard noise coming from outside the house.

"City Lord! City Lord! Something bad has happened!"

Suddenly, a noisy sound was heard outside the house. Yu Hai, who was discussing business, shouted impatiently:

"What are you doing in such a hurry?"

The messenger fell to his knees and answered tremblingly:

"The granary... the granary is on fire..."

Yu Hai was so shocked that he stood up from his seat, stared with eyes wide open and asked:

"what happened?"

"I don't know how the fire started. I led my brothers to put it out for a long time but couldn't put it out... Now... Now it has almost burned half of the house!"

Yu Hai hurriedly stepped forward and kicked the man kneeling on the ground, roaring:

"What are you still kneeling here for? Go put out the fire!"

"If the granary is gone, you will all be buried with it!"

The person who was kicked to the ground hurriedly climbed up using his hands and feet, and ran out while responding.

The granary matter was of great importance, so Yu Hai had to deal with it personally.

"That's all for today. You all can go back first."

After everyone had left, Yu Hai tidied up the map on the table. Just as he put the map into the drawer and was about to get up and walk out, a dagger was pressed against his neck.

"do not move."

Ye Buhuo said in a cold voice.

Someone actually appeared behind him silently without him noticing at all. Yu Hai paused as he was about to stand up, feeling a little afraid of Ye Buhuo who stood up.

Because Ye Buhuo lowered his voice, Yu Hai only felt that he had heard this voice faintly somewhere but could not tell who was speaking for a moment, so he asked:

"I wonder who you are? Have I offended you in any way?"

Ye Buhuo did not answer, but pushed the dagger forward again, forcing Yu Hai to lean back against the seat.

Yu Hai only felt a sharp pain in his throat. The pain made him subconsciously close his eyes. When he opened them again, he saw Hua Wu Ke standing in front of him, looking down at him.

"It's you?"

Yu Hai looked at Hua Wuke in front of him in surprise, and then he realized that the person holding a dagger behind him was probably Ye Buhuo.