Traveling through time and space to become a child, supporting the family by catching fish and shrim

"Sir, Wu Le is back."

Chen Lang's homesickness was interrupted by the shout. He hurriedly stuffed the letter into his sleeve and turned to look at the gate.

Wu Le, Qu Huai'en and He Jinling walked side by side.

Chen Lang was overjoyed. He quickly stepped forward, grabbed Wu Le's hand, and said excitedly, "You're okay... That's great!"

"Is everyone else okay?"

Wu Le smiled and said, "Thanks to you, sir, they are all alive."

Chen Lang looked at Qu Huai'en and said, "No one noticed he came back, right?"

Qu Huai'en nodded and said, "Since this afternoon, all the Feihu Division spies monitoring the Honglu Temple have withdrawn."

Chen Lang said, "Let's go and talk inside."

Inside the house, everyone sat down.

Chen Lang spoke first and asked, "Wu Le, I've been wondering if you were the one who called for help last night?"

Wu Le nodded and said, "Yes, sir, I was the one who shouted."

"At that time, I saw those Flying Fox spies approaching the attic where you were, and I suddenly had an idea and came up with this plan."

"But the younger one also has a confusion."

Chen Lang asked, "What's the confusion?"

"Many of the people who rushed out of their homes to put out the fire were fully dressed. At that hour, most people would be asleep, and if they were to wear anything, they would only wear close-fitting clothing."

"And after these people rushed out, they didn't immediately join in the firefighting, but instead ran towards the spies from the Feihu Division." Wu Le said.

Chen Lang frowned slightly: "From what you said, this group of people also ambushed somewhere in advance?"

"That's about it." Wu Le said.

Chen Lang asked, "Who arranged this?"

Wu Le said: "In the entire Shangjing, there should be only one person who can do this."

"Empress Dowager Xiao?" Chen Lang asked in surprise. "You mean, this old woman predicted our prediction? She ambushed people around us in advance, and then waited to come out and clean up the mess?"

Wu Le said: "Sir, I have a bold guess."

"Tell me about it." Chen Lang said.

Wu Le said, "It was Empress Dowager Xiao who told Xiao Huaiyi about the Feihu Division holding Yelu Zongwang captive. However, she didn't want Xiao Huaiyi to actually rescue Yelu Zongwang, so she arranged for this group of people to lie in ambush nearby."

"If Xiao Huaiyi succeeds, she will let these people create chaos and take the opportunity to kill Yelu Zongwang. This way, she can put the blame on Yelu Xiu'ge."

"If Xiao Huaiyi fails, these people will naturally not have to show up."

"One of these two holds military power, the other holds financial power. Weakening either of them would be good news for Empress Dowager Xiao. If the two sides could directly fight, it would naturally be even better."

"It's just that Empress Dowager Xiao didn't expect that we were involved in the prison break."

"She never expected that the Lord would kidnap Yelu Zongwang and return him to Xiao Huaiyi."

"I was a little confused at first as to why Your Excellency wanted to give Yelu Zongwang to Xiao Huaiyi, but now I understand."

Chen Lang was a little confused and said, "You've confused me. What do you understand?"

"I had no choice but to hand Yelu Zongwang over to Xiao Huaiyi. At the time, I could only rely on Yelu Zongwang's familiarity with the terrain to evade the Feihu Division's pursuit."

"And how did you know it was me who kidnapped Yelu Zongwang? You were following me the whole time."

Wu Le said, "I saw you take Yelu Zongwang away, but at that time the Feihu Division's spies were searching everywhere, so I went to divert them."

"This morning I learned that Xiao Huaiyi had killed all the Feihu spies who were stalking outside his residence. I boldly speculate that you have sent Yelu Zongwang to the General's Mansion."

"Xiao Huaiyi will only do this if Yelu Zongwang is safe."

Chen Lang said: "Oh, in that case, I have to thank you for helping me a lot."

"But I still don't quite understand what you said just now. You said you understood the significance of me giving Yelu Zongwang to Xiao Huaiyi. What's the point? This was a forced act."

Wu Le blinked and said, "Sir, you didn't kill Yelu Zongwang?"

Chen Lang almost jumped up and said, "What? Yelu Zongwang is dead?"

Wu Le said: "Yes, he died this afternoon."

"I thought the adults gave him some kind of slow-acting poison, which led to his death. As far as I know, our company has this kind of poison, which can control the time of death of the user."

Chen Lang frowned and said, "I didn't kill him. At that time, I only had one thought in my mind, which was to bring him alive to see Xiao Huaiyi."

"Kill him? I really didn't think of that."

Wu Le scratched his head. "That's strange. If it wasn't you, my lord, who killed him, why would Empress Dowager Xiao cancel the marriage? I thought this was Empress Dowager Xiao returning the favor."

He Jinling, who had been silent the entire time, blurted out, "Cancel the marriage? When was that supposed to happen? How come we don't have any news at all? Where did you hear that?"

Wu Le said: "It came from the palace. No one told you?"

The three of them shook their heads in unison.

Wu Le suddenly got goose bumps all over his body and said, "Damn, why is this so weird?"

Chen Lang took a deep breath and said, "Don't panic, let's figure it out slowly. We'll eventually find a reason."

"Let's talk about Yelu Zongwang's death first. When I gave him to Xiao Huaiyi, he was fine. Then, during the day, Xiao Huaiyi killed the Feihu Division spy who was following him as revenge for Yelu Xiu'ge."

"When did you hear the news about the cancellation of the marriage?"

"Around Shen time."

"In other words, Yelu Zongwang was alive and well in the morning, but suddenly died in the afternoon for unknown reasons. Then, news of the cancellation of the marriage came out from the palace, right?"

"That's pretty much it."

Chen Lang paced slowly in the room, and after a long moment, he said, "Combining these clues, there is only one truth."

"The person who killed Yelu Zongwang was someone close to Xiao Huaiyi. And this person... was a pawn that Empress Dowager Xiao had planted beside Xiao Huaiyi."

"Didn't you say before that Empress Dowager Xiao had people lurking around the courtyard where Yelü Zongwang was imprisoned, waiting for Xiao Huaiyi to successfully break out of the prison and then looking for an opportunity to kill Yelü Zongwang?"

"I thought again, these people might have seen me take Yelu Zongwang away, and then told Empress Dowager Xiao about it. Empress Dowager Xiao took advantage of the situation and allowed me to hand Yelu Zongwang over to Xiao Huaiyi, and then took advantage of Xiao Huaiyi's downtime to order Anqi to kill him."

"Because Yelu Zongwang was tortured by the Feihu Division and was already half dead, a little manipulation would kill him."

"In this way, Empress Dowager Xiao has perfectly extricated herself from this matter, leaving Xiao Huaiyi and Yelu Xiuge to fight to the death, and then she will take some of the power in the hands of these two and give it to the prince she really wants to support." "Tie"