Having transmigrated into a book, who would still want to be a secondary wife?

"Can't understand?"

Song Ruozhen's lips curled slightly, "You should know very well how effective the death energy you used when you threatened Magistrate Zhao was, right? Would you like to experience it for yourself?"

Upon hearing this, the two men's expressions instantly changed. "Death energy?"

Song Ruozhen raised her hand, and a wisp of death energy flowed in her palm. With a slight manipulation, she made the two of them see that wisp of black energy.

"Actually, those who haven't experienced death energy entering the body don't know what it feels like. Since you like using death energy so much, you should experience it for yourselves."

"No, no, we really don't know anything!"

The head of the Li family retreated in fear, his eyes filled with terror.

They had witnessed the terrifying power of death before. Zhao Qingyuan's daughter had died at its hands, and they had seen how grotesque her appearance was when she died. It was truly horrifying!

However, this girl in front of them could control death energy, so wasn't she the same person they had seen before?

"Then be honest and tell me quickly!"

Song Ruozhen observed the two people in front of her. She couldn't detect anything special about them at first, but seeing their panicked appearance, she suddenly noticed something interesting.

This amplifies their ambition and makes them completely blinded by greed!

It seems that the person behind this is indeed accompanied by a master of metaphysics, but I wonder if it is the same master of divination from before?

If he really is a master of divination, then he is definitely connected with the Ling family. Otherwise, how could the timing and location be so coincidental?

The Ling family had only recently entered the capital, and Master Tianji had also just arrived not long ago, both having traveled from the south.

Moreover... the place where Master Tianji died was actually not too far from the Ling family.

"Miss, these two don't look like honest people. I'm afraid they won't be able to tell without some trickery," Bai Zhi reminded her. "Should I and Qing Teng take action?"

They were all trained and knew a thing or two about questioning. With a little skill, they could definitely get some information out of this kind of person.

"No need to bother."

Song Ruozhen smiled slightly; in fact, she was also very good at asking questions.

The next instant, Bai Zhi and the other person saw Song Ruozhen form hand seals, and a golden light flashed. The expressions of the two Li family heads suddenly became empty and confused.

"Who made you do this?"

“We don’t know either. He’s very mysterious. He wears a black cloak, and we can’t see his face at all.”

"Old Xu had tried to secretly investigate his identity before, but he never came back. After that, no one dared to try it."

Listening to their conversation, Song Ruozhen learned the origin of their relationship.

These guys did want to make a fortune from the flood, but Zhao Qingyuan refused and forced them not to raise prices. So they simply hoarded grain, only selling a portion to the people, planning to secretly transport a batch to Pingyang City to make money.

Unexpectedly, a man in black found them and forced them to inflate grain prices, demanding that they share half of their profits with him.

Everyone was naturally unwilling to accept this, as it was practically blatant robbery; all their hard work would be for nothing!

However, the Jiang family head somehow benefited from this, not only helping the men in black but also telling them that he could deal with Magistrate Zhao.

They watched as Old Xu died, and Magistrate Zhao lost his daughter for opposing them. Even his son was nearing death. How could they dare to utter a single word of dissent?

Bai Zhi and Qing Teng stared in astonishment as Song Ruozhen effortlessly asked all the questions they wanted to know.

As expected, the girl the prince has taken a liking to is no ordinary person!

Just then, Yunyang arrived. "Miss Song, the Prince requests your return."

Song Ruozhen nodded slightly and snapped her fingers, waking the two people in front of her up.

In a daze, the two remembered what they had said before, and their hearts sank even further. This girl was truly terrifying!

“You’ll come with me too,” Song Ruozhen said.

Led by Yunyang, Song Ruozhen realized that they were not going to the previous courtyard, but to another place.

Chu Junting noticed that Song Ruozhen was accompanied by two other people, and raised an eyebrow, "You found them?"

Song Ruozhen nodded, "The two of them were discussing a solution with Patriarch Jiang. They were planning to escape while you were questioning them, but I happened to run into them."

"It seems you've gotten something out of that inquiry?"

Chu Junting guessed from Song Ruozhen's expression that they had known each other for so long and he was familiar with some of her habits.

His expression at that moment clearly revealed a hint of smugness.

“Of course.” Song Ruozhen smiled. “Those two are just small fry. Patriarch Jiang is the one who knows them the most.”

At this moment, the Jiang family head knelt on the ground, not daring to breathe. He had just explained everything clearly, and now his life was in the hands of the King of Chu.

One wrong move and you could lose your life.

Chu Junting and Song Ruozhen checked the information they had gathered and confirmed that there were no problems. However, even the Jiang family head did not know the identity of the man in black.

"How does this person usually contact you?" Chu Junting asked.

The two members of the Li family quickly replied, "We don't have many opportunities to meet; it's always the Jiang family head who notifies us."

“He always shows up whenever he needs to find me. I just follow his instructions and give him the money that everyone has handed over.”

He has a terrible temper, is impatient, and doesn't like to talk much. He always speaks in a deliberately low voice, and since I can't see his face, I don't dare ask him anything.

The Jiang family head recounted every detail like spilling beans. He naturally wanted to find out the other party's identity, but the other party was so discreet that he had no way to do so.

"Then why are you willing to work for him? Did he threaten you or are there other more tempting conditions?" Song Ruozhen asked.

Upon hearing this question, even the other two family heads couldn't help but be curious, as they had asked before, but the Jiang family head had never answered.

As expected, the Jiang family head's expression turned awkward, and he explained, "It's just that you're giving me an extra 20%."

"Twenty percent?"

The head of the Li family stared wide-eyed. Grain prices had risen so much that even a ten percent increase, let alone twenty percent, was already a lot!

Chu Junting didn't care about any of that. "When was the last time he came to see you?"

"About seven days ago, they just collected a portion of the silver."

"Do you know roughly when I'll reappear?" Song Ruozhen asked.

The Jiang family head shook his head. "This person comes and goes without a trace, and we have no way of knowing him. However, he seemed to be injured when he came last time, and I smelled a faint scent of blood."

"Do you have anything here left by this person?" Song Ruozhen suddenly asked.

"Things?" The Jiang family head thought for a moment. "Every time he comes, he just takes things and leaves, without leaving anything behind."

"Nothing at all? Not even clothes, jewelry, or anything else."