After transmigrating into the book, I helped my mother reconcile with her divorced husband.

Despite being bitten by his personal servant, Commander Wu, with a sliver of consciousness remaining, went to the backyard and knocked on the tightly closed gate. The maidservant who opened the door quickly pulled Commander Wu inside upon seeing him.

"Master, what is the situation outside?"

"Are you injured? I'll go find something to bandage you right away."

Commander Wu shook his head against the door: "Where is the madam? Quickly, let her leave through the back door."

"Madam left an hour ago!" The maid took out a letter from her sleeve: "This is what Madam left for Master. I can't read, so I don't know what's written inside."

Commander Wu felt something burrowing into his body; his wound itched terribly. He scratched it and pulled out two worms. The maidservant turned pale with fright and asked, "Master...Master, what...what is that?"

"Go! Find a safe place and don't touch those biting creatures."

Commander Wu stared at the maidservant as if she were prey to quench his thirst. He slammed his head against the wall and shouted, "Get out!"

The maid scrambled out through a small gate in the back garden.

Commander Wu sat down by the door, placing his knife at his side, and opened the letter his wife had left him. The letter said she was a spy for the Southern Chu people, and that her marriage into the commander's household was premeditated. Finally, it stated that she had no children and could not possibly be pregnant with a child of the Northern Liang people.

Commander Wu laughed, tore up the letter his wife had left him, and amidst the flying debris, slit his throat with his sword.

On the way to the garrison camp, Lu Yun told Lu Zhiyuan that her second uncle, Xie Yubai, had investigated the whereabouts of Miss Wu. When they were 800 meters from the city gate, they encountered a wealthy merchant leaving the city, and then Miss Wu got into the merchant's carriage and disappeared.

The young master of the Wu family was indeed sent to a temple in the mountains.

The temple was called Qingliang Temple. It was a small temple with only three monks. The incense offerings were meager, mostly coming from nearby villagers. It was better for Young Master Wu to live in the temple than at the Wu family home. Besides, Xie Yubai had also investigated the other children who had been kidnapped to Luoxia Mountain along with Lu Zhiyuan.

If it weren't for the strange incident, Lu Yun wouldn't have revealed these things, because Xie Yubai had instructed him not to let Lu Zhiyuan and Xie Chaoyun know what the Xie family had done for them, for fear that they would feel burdened.

The horses crossed the streets and headed straight for the garrison camp. It was already dawn, and the first wave of bloodshed in the capital had begun.

Xie Chaoyun hurriedly returned to the Marquis's residence and ordered the steward to close the gate tightly. Ji Wanwan, supporting Old Madam Lu, walked towards them, her nostrils flaring, looking as if she had caught something and was completely confident.

"Look at how disheveled you are, sister. You don't look like you're going out to buy breakfast." Ji Wanwan twisted her body. "Yes, sister knows that brother Huai wants to divorce you, and she also knows that you accepted the divorce papers from the old lady. But as long as you don't leave the Marquis's mansion, you are still the mistress of the mansion. With your actions, where do you intend to put the Marquis's mansion and brother Huai's face?"

Old Madam Lu said with a stern face, "Where have you been? Don't tell me, like Wanwan said, you went out to find some other man!"

“Yunniang is not my cousin, and she has no inclination to go out and find other men.” Xie Chaoyun pushed aside Ji Wanwan, who was blocking her way, and instructed the steward, “Wake up all the servants in the manor and make sure there is someone behind every door. No one in the Marquis’s manor is allowed to go out. If you hear a knock on the door, be sure to block the door shut.”

Before the housekeeper could speak, Ji Wanwan rushed over and grabbed her arm: "Xie Chaoyun, what do you want to do? Are you saying that we caught you having an affair with another man and you want to imprison the entire Marquis's mansion?"

"Shut up!" Xie Chaoyun turned around, glared at Ji Wanwan, and continued to instruct the steward: "Distribute the firewood in the storeroom and place it against the door and the wall. Prepare kerosene and tinder. Once the strange man enters the mansion, do not entangle with him. Cut off his head and burn it."

"What strange person? What beheading? What burning? Xie Chaoyun, what exactly do you want to do? You're not going to wipe out our entire Marquis's mansion, are you?"

"I told you to shut up!" Too lazy to pay attention to Ji Wanwan, he shook off her hand: "Where is the Marquis?"

"You've remembered Brother Huai now?" Ji Wanwan rubbed her wrist. "I know, you not only want to kill us to silence us, but also Brother Huai. Once we're all dead, you can elope with your lover and take over the entire Marquis's mansion. Madam, we can't let her do this! Quick, have someone arrest her."

Old Madam Lu was in a state of panic. She closed her eyes briefly and waved her hand to tell Ji Wanwan to shut up.

"Xie Chaoyun, do you really intend to kill us and destroy the entire Marquis's mansion? I know your General's Mansion holds high positions and power, and I know your Xie family enjoys great favor with the emperor, but if it were you—"

"Madam, strange men are attacking the city! Chaoyun is at the Marquis's residence!"

"Strange person? I think you are the strange person!" Ji Wanwan pointed at Xie Chaoyun's nose: "You know that Brother Huai is not in the manor, and you want to take the opportunity to cause trouble. Let me tell you, Xie Chaoyun, even if Brother Huai is not here, the old lady is in charge of this manor. It is not your place to point fingers here."

"No strange people? Taking this opportunity to save trouble?" Xie Chaoyun nodded: "Then I'll let you go out and see if there are any strange people."

"Xie Chaoyun, what do you want to do? Let me tell you, I am the biological mother of the young master of the Marquis's mansion." Seeing that things were not going well, Ji Wanwan hid behind Old Madam Lu. "If you kill me, the young master will definitely not let you off!"

"The young master of the Marquis's mansion?" Xie Chaoyun grabbed her by the back of the neck and pulled her over: "The Marquis has not yet signed the divorce papers, and I am still the mistress of the Marquis's mansion. I didn't even know when I gave birth to a young master."

They dragged her down to the wall and tossed her upwards, leaving Ji Wanwan sprawled on the wall in an extremely disheveled state.

"Xie Chaoyun, a life for a life, you can't escape the consequences of your actions."

Xie Chaoyun picked up a twig and hit her leg twice: "Instead of howling here, you should open your eyes and see clearly."

"See clearly? See what clearly? I've known your vicious heart for a long time." Ji Wanwan gripped the tile tightly, and soon she couldn't scream anymore. The street was chaotic, with people running past from time to time. She craned her neck, wanting to know what was happening. A woman was tackled to the ground by a man dressed in brocade robes within her sight. Just as she opened her eyes wide, the man bit the woman's neck right there in the street.

The woman broke free and tried to escape, but the man grabbed her legs, knocked her down, and then bit her again.

Even more terrifying things were yet to come. After the woman died, the man quickly got up and pounced on another person. The woman he had bitten to death also twisted her body and opened her mouth to bite people, just like her.

This situation is like hell on earth.

Ji Wanwan watched in terror, her limbs going numb. Her voice trembled as she pleaded, "Xie Chaoyun, sister, please, please put me down."

Before she could finish speaking, Ji Wanwan screamed and fell off the wall, pointing outside and saying, "They're...coming!"

Xie Chaoyun's expression changed, and she looked at the steward. The steward, without responding, hurriedly grabbed his robes and went to call for help. Old Madam Lu was half-dazed, not knowing what had happened outside the wall to frighten Wanwan like this. Thinking of her son who hadn't returned home, she came to Xie Chaoyun and said in a trembling voice, "Huai'er, Huai'er is still outside!"