Transmigrated into a seven-year-old child, my fate is in my own hands, not in the heavens.

"Brother, are you sure you heard correctly? There's no one outside." The man in black beside him looked noncommittal.

"Shh, keep your voice down!"

In the darkness, someone could be heard whispering, "You idiot, what do you know!" The leader of the men in black turned around and glared at the man in black beside him.

Even though he knew he couldn't see the other person clearly in the dark, he still couldn't help but roll his eyes.

The other side is operating in the shadows, while they are in the open; they're bound to be exposed easily. Besides, what they're doing is something that can't be brought to light anyway.

After a while, finding no movement, they relit the torches.

Seeing that the lights were on again in the house, Zhao Lian came up with a plan. She went around the mud-brick house in front of her, circled around, and ended up at the back of the big house.

Zhao Lian reached the bottom of the window and, through the crack, clearly saw a dozen or so masked men in black, conducting a thorough search.

His movements were swift and decisive; he didn't seem like an ordinary petty thief.

Moreover, petty thieves wouldn't usually wear black clothes and be masked; this is clearly a case of trying to hide something, and these men in black must be someone important.

The Empress Dowager's faction has been eliminated, so who are these men in black? Could there be other forces at play?

Suddenly, a man in black came up with a jar, looking excited: "Brother, this jar is quite heavy. Shall we open it and take a look? There's probably a lot of good stuff inside!"

"bring here!"

The leader of the men in black snatched it away, weighed the earthenware pot in his hand, and found it to be quite heavy.

Zhao Lian frowned: "Oh no, they actually took the Princess's remains!"

The men in black inside gathered around and examined the earthenware pot closely.

This earthenware pot is quite heavy; I wonder what's hidden inside.

The leader of the men in black was both excited and worried; they wouldn't know what was inside until they opened it.

"Quickly, bring a torch over!"

The Black man at the head of the group slowly opened the lid as he spoke. Instantly, more than a dozen pairs of eyes stared intently, without blinking.

When the lid was opened and they saw what was inside, they were immediately horrified and felt a chill run down their spines.

Good heavens, what is this thing?

It turned out that the room didn't contain the gold and silver treasures they had imagined, but rather human bones. Instantly, the group of people were thrown several meters away.

The man in black holding the jar quickly tossed it to another man in black as if it were a hot potato, not daring to refuse it. He was afraid it would break and the other man would come after him.

A man in black, trembling, placed the jar on the ground, knelt down, and kowtowed repeatedly, muttering, "Senior, please forgive me. I didn't mean it. Please don't follow me."

Seeing their fearful expressions, Zhao Lian, who was hiding in the corner, suddenly had an idea. She pulled her hair up and it became disheveled.

Immediately afterwards, a gust of wind swept by, and the torch flickered and swayed for a few moments before going out.

"Holy crap! There's a ghost!"

Someone shouted something in the darkness, which immediately terrified the other Black people, making them tremble.

Another gust of wind shattered the door, and then a figure in white floated in. This person had disheveled hair and a drooping head, and it was impossible to tell whether it was male or female.

"Wow, there really is a ghost!"

At this moment, the men in black were even more terrified. They hadn't even seen how the other party had appeared.

"Who...who are you?"

The leader of the men in black trembled, his teeth chattering with fear.

"Hmph~"

Unexpectedly, the other party didn't move at all and said in a sinister tone, "That's what I should be asking you. I was sleeping soundly, and you woke me up!"

"If you don't give a reasonable explanation, none of you will escape. Tell me, who are you? Who sent you?"

The men in black looked at each other, none of them daring to utter a sound.

"You're not going to talk, are you?" The other person's cold voice sounded somewhat impatient.

Seeing that the other party was angry, one of the men in black felt a little guilty: "We just happened to be passing by and saw that this house was so beautiful, so we thought we'd steal some things."

"It seems you're going to refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a penalty shot; you're actually trying to fool a ghost."

This female ghost was none other than Zhao Lian in disguise.

Zhao Lian immediately channeled her inner energy, her hair stood on end, she opened her blood-red maw wide, and with a backhand motion, several men in black were instantly sucked in.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Lian pushed her hand forward, and several men in black fell heavily to the ground, their faces bruised and swollen, their mouths full of blood.

"Spare us! Spare us!" The men in black were terrified. They felt as if they had been sucked in by something, unable to control themselves, but they never expected to be slammed to the ground so hard the next second.

"Tell me quickly, who exactly are you?" Zhang Lian said coldly.

"I'll tell you! We were sent here to find something!"

The leader of the men in black kowtowed and began to speak haltingly.

It turned out that they were another group of people sent by the Empress Dowager.

When Eunuch Gao failed to return, the anxious Empress Dowager had no choice but to send out more than a dozen people to search for him.

Unexpectedly, before there was any result on this side, he went insane.

Zhao Lian found it amusing that she could fool more than a dozen people with just a few words.

Hahaha~ Hahahaha~

Seeing Zhao Lian laughing so hard she was bent over, the man in black realized he had been tricked; the other person was a human, not a ghost.

Enraged, the man in black grabbed his knife and lunged at Zhao Lian.

She had hoped to win by sheer numbers, but these men in black were no match for Zhao Lian.

At this moment, Song Wenjie also jumped out and joined the group. He had been secretly protecting Zhao Lian and letting her do whatever she wanted. Now it was his turn to shine.

In less than fifteen minutes, the dozen or so men in black were beaten to a pulp, crying and screaming for their parents.

This group of people is all show and no substance, all looks and no action.

Zhao Lian took out ropes and had Song Wenjie tie up all the men in black.

The leader of the men in black cursed, "If you know what's good for you, release us now! We were sent by the Empress Dowager, and you'll be in big trouble if you do!"

"Hahaha~"

Zhao Lian laughed so hard she leaned back and forth, her voice clear and crisp as she said, "It seems you don't know yet, but the Hanjiang Dynasty has already changed. The emperor is no longer the same emperor, and the empress dowager has long since gone mad."

"You're lying!" the black man roared, disbelieving.

"Believe it or not!" Zhao Lian said coldly, without saying anything more to them. Then, she took off all their face masks and stuffed them into their mouths.

No wonder they're all show and no substance; they're all eunuchs, without any roots. Gag them, and it'll be much quieter.

Zhao Lian told Song Wenjie to throw them into the woodshed and leave them alone. Anyway, the Empress Dowager's power had fallen, and they could be handed over to Magistrate Feng and treated as ordinary thieves, so as not to let them become a menace.