Divorced woman with child travels through time

Zhao Lue glanced at the two men's subtle actions, feeling a pang of sadness. He forced a smile and said, "My father said that the general has just arrived in the capital and must be in a hurry and has no one to use. So he specially ordered us to send some servants over."

Zhao Qi grimaced as he was pulled along, then looked at the two childish men with amusement. "How about that? Not rivals for love yet, and now they're united against a common enemy?"

Wang Erniu readily accepted, "Thank you so much, Your Highness. How is Your Highness's health?"

"I'm doing well, I've already taken a few steps." Zhao Lue replied with a sense of frustration. He had been taking care of him for more than half a year, and now he had actually recovered. It was truly a tragedy.

The group slowly entered the garden. Chen Wenfang kept her eyes straight ahead and didn't even glance at Zhao Lue.

Zhao Lue pretended to stroll around the garden unconsciously, but in reality, he was watching Chen Wenfang with his peripheral vision.

Wang Erniu held Chen Wenfang's hand tightly the whole time, and Chen Wenfang was obedient and didn't try to break free, letting him walk around like a timid wife.

"Brother Wang, what are they doing?" Zhao Qi looked at the dozen or so soldiers digging in the ground and found it strange. If they were planting vegetables, they were digging a bit too deep.

"Oh, my wife loves fruit, so I'm planning to plant some fruit trees," Wang Erniu lied without batting an eye.

Chen Wendu thought to himself, "Didn't I say I was going to grow vegetables? When did it turn into growing trees?"

"I see!" Zhao Qi glanced at his brother, who seemed a little absent-minded, and said with unusual thoughtfulness, "We've delivered the person. Your household is busy, so we'll take our leave now."

Zhao bowed in greeting, and the two left dejectedly.

After everyone left, Chen Wenfang returned to normal, looking at Wang Erniu with a smile, "How was it? Satisfied now?"

Wang Erniu chuckled, "Satisfied."

He had just returned home on the first day of the Lunar New Year and stood at the door watching the Zhao brothers walk away, his eyes flickering slightly.

"Godfather, something's happened!" Chu Yi rushed in and whispered to Wang Erniu.

"Let's talk inside!" Wang Erniu said calmly, pulling Chen Wenfang into the study.

"what happened?"

“Our caravan in Youzhou discovered spies within the city who were colluding with officials, but we haven’t been able to determine if there are any other officials. Also, it’s quite obvious that there are many more Liao people over there.” Chu Yi said with a grave expression.

"It's too far, we can't worry about that much. Judging from the Emperor's current intentions, I estimate we'll have to stay in the capital for a while longer. The Imperial City Guard probably has spies there; they can find someone to report this to the authorities. Song Wujin won't stand idly by."

"Yes, what about our people? Should we send more people over? They can be help if a fight breaks out?" Chu Yi was still worried when she thought of all the people in the city.

“Our people will naturally have something to do. They’ll stir up some trouble in the city, targeting those Liao people, making them expose themselves. Anything that’s out in the open is a legitimate scheme. They’re enemies after all, and we can’t let the Liao people have it too easy. Our people won’t have to fear anyone over there. However, we must protect our own people and leverage their strength,” Wang Erniu said calmly.

"Yes, I'm going right now!" Chu Yi hurriedly went out again.

Inside the palace.

"What did you say? Huang Zhong can't be found?" Zhao Jian suddenly stood up, looking at Song Wujin with a puzzled expression in his eyes.

"Yes, and we found out that he sold five official positions last year and colluded with a vice minister of the Ministry of Personnel. That vice minister resigned due to illness and died on the road." Fine beads of sweat appeared on Song Wujin's forehead as he answered honestly.

"What a clever tactic..." Zhao Jian smiled deeply, a chill running down his spine. He wondered who it was—He Tianxia? How audacious!

"Your Majesty, what should we do now?"

"Upon further investigation, we found that the old fox Huang Zhong couldn't have disappeared so completely; he must have a backup plan."

Zhao Jian believed it without a doubt.

At the commander's residence, a white-masked songstress, leading a group of dancers, finished her performance and went to a separate courtyard to collect her silver.

"How did things go?" The woman in charge had a slender waist and a demeanor unlike that of a housekeeper.

"It's all cleaned up. Even the backside has been wiped clean." The songstress spoke in a low voice, completely devoid of her usual seductive charm.

"Here's your reward! Five thousand taels of silver! Leave as soon as possible if there's nothing else to do." The female steward handed over a purse.

The songstress took the purse, then hesitated, saying, "I wish to see my master..."

"He's busy."

"But..."

Before she could finish speaking, the female manager glanced at her sideways, then turned and left without a word.

The songstress left with her entourage, looking rather dejected.

He Tianxia never cared about women; these women were merely tools for his use.

"So, what's the Wang family up to?"

"Reporting to Your Excellency, General Wang has never liked to go out much. These past few days he has been staying at home with his wife. However, he has a capable subordinate named Chu Yi who leads a few men and leaves early in the morning and returns late at night. Our men have followed him several times, but he has managed to shake them off each time."

"Oh, Chu Yi, interesting. Keep an eye on him!" He Tianxia fed the fish a handful of food. "How's Song Wujin doing?"

"They only found the things we provided, nothing else!"

"Heh, as expected of a mediocre talent!"

In the evening, Chu Yi returned home exhausted. Before he could rest, he went to inform Wang Erniu.

"Godfather, there's news about Huang Zhongzhong."

"What's going on?" Wang Erniu, who was accompanying Chen Wenfang and the children to practice archery, came over.

Chen Wenfang glanced at them from afar, then pulled the children and continued practicing with Sister-in-law Nie. Presumably, they would soon be heading north, and if a fight broke out, they would need some self-defense skills. Therefore, Chen Wenfang required the whole family to practice.

"Our men ran along the road out of the city several times and finally found a small path connecting the main road to the side road. One path went west and the other went east. We followed the path and found the black ash from two carts burning next to a rice paddy about a hundred miles away. There were also bone fragments in the field. It was burned very thoroughly. It had rained, and there was very little left in the field after turning it over." Chu Yi exclaimed, "It was cleaned up very well. You wouldn't notice it if you weren't careful."

Wang Erniu's expression remained unchanged, but his eyes held an unfathomable glint. "That's how he always does things; he never leaves anyone with a handle against him."

"Can we find out who did it? I want to know who his accomplices were. He certainly wouldn't have used people from the military to do this; there would be traces."

"Someone saw her, it looks like a woman? But I'm not sure!" Chu Yi said hesitantly.

"A woman!" Wang Erniu pondered, then suddenly exclaimed in surprise, pulling Chu Yi aside and whispering in his ear.

Chu Yi's eyes are getting wider and wider. If that's really the case, then what He Tianxia is plotting is not just to become second only to one person.

"You personally oversee this matter and make sure you get to the bottom of it," Wang Erniu instructed.

"Yes!" Chu nodded, took a small bundle—this was the evidence of Huang Zhong's sale of official positions that he had delivered to the military camp. "What should we do with this?"

"This is something we can work on. Let's see where Song Wujin has gotten to. We can find things inside every now and then to help him scout things out. Since that guy surnamed He wants to cover it up, we can't let him have his way!"

Wang Erniu laughed heartily. "He Tianxia, ​​you want to deal with me, but have you ever thought that I also want to deal with you?"