Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 576

The tavern owner lied that he had something going on at home and said that he would not charge the guests for their drinks. He drove away several customers who were drinking, then simply packed up and left the tavern in a hurry.

Not long after he left, a figure quickly followed.

And this figure is Chen Mo.

When they were in Tingxuan Tower, Zhihua told her about her identity as a spy, and then on the boat, she pointed out to Chen Mo the person who was monitoring outside the ship.

Later, he acted out a play with Zhihua to attract everyone's attention to the boat, and then he secretly left Tingxuan Tower.

With his strength, if he leaves secretly, no one in Jiangnan will be able to discover him.

Zhihua told Chen Mo that every spy trained by the Prince Huai's Mansion had a single line of contact, and every member of the action team had a specialist in charge, so even she didn't know how many secret sentries there were deployed by the Prince Huai in Qinhuai City.

Chen Mo planned to follow this line and dig out a group of secret sentries.

The owner of the tavern was very cautious. Chen Mo followed him to a rouge shop in the south of the city and watched him for an entire afternoon, but he did not see him come out again.

Chen Mo had no choice but to return to Tingxuan Tower. He did not have so much time to keep an eye on the other party. After confirming that this rouge shop was probably a dark spot, he would just send someone over to keep an eye on it.

Tingxuan Tower had been surrounded for the entire afternoon, and no one was allowed to enter or leave. However, more and more people came outside to watch the excitement. Chen Jun didn't let them get close, so they just stood in the distance, watching and talking.

Zhihua sat alone in the private room. The door that had been knocked down was replaced by an unfolded screen. A group of soldiers from the imperial guard camp were guarding outside the room.

Suddenly, the window of the private room was pushed open, and a figure came in. Zhihua, who was rubbing her feet, saw that it was Chen Mo, and she was delighted. She limped over and was about to speak, but was afraid that people outside would hear that Chen Mo had just returned, so she quickly lowered her voice and said in a hoarse voice: "Duke Anguo"

Chen Mo raised his eyebrows: "Why is your voice hoarse?"

"I was afraid that people outside would know that you left, so I..."

"So you kept calling for bed the whole afternoon." Chen Mo helped her finish her words.

"No, I only call out once in a while."

Chen Mo's mouth twitched, and he gave her the rouge and paint he bought, and then asked, "What do you want these things for?"

"Duke Anguo loves me and can't bear to hit me. But the news that I wanted to poison you has spread throughout the city. If I go out unharmed like this, wouldn't it arouse suspicion?" Zhihua said.

"After all, she is a spy, so she is very meticulous." Chen Mo sat down beside her and watched her put on makeup in front of a bronze mirror. She played with the teacup lid in her hand and said, "I have completed the method you proposed. It has been a long time since anyone asked me to do something. You are the first one."

"I will never forget the great kindness of Duke Anguo. No matter whether my brother is alive or dead, I will serve Duke Anguo all my life without any regrets." Zhihua turned around and said softly.

Chen Mo did not respond to her words, but said: "If what you said online is true, whether you fail this mission or not, you will ask the higher-ups to release your brother, but how can you confirm whether the King of Huai has released your brother?"

"When I separated from my brother, I asked him where he wanted to go when he grew up. He said he wanted to go to Helan Mountain." Zhihua stopped what she was doing, her face full of memories, a tenderness that made people pity her emerged in her beautiful eyes. She said:

"Duke Anguo, do you know that Helan Mountain is the back mountain of my family? Every time I was beaten by my parents, I didn't dare cry in front of them, because the more I cried, the harder they would beat me. I could only run to the back mountain to cry, and every time my younger brother would come to comfort me and make me laugh.

He also told me that when I grow up, he would build a big house on the mountain for me to live in, and that way no one would beat me anymore."

As she was talking, Zhihua suddenly laughed, because every time her father beat her, he would call her a bastard, someone who ate and lived for free. So in the eyes of her younger brother, who was still a child, as long as her sister did not live at home and did not eat at home, her parents would not beat her.

She smiled, recalling the good times she had with her brother when she was little, but soon her eyes turned red and wet again, and she said with tears in her eyes:

"I asked him why he wanted to go to Helan Mountain. Didn't he go there every day when he was a kid? Don't you get tired of it?
He said he couldn't break his promise to my sister. He said he would not only build a big house on the mountain, but also plant flowers around the house and wait for my sister to come back."

At this point, Zhihua suddenly burst into tears.

At this moment, Chen Mo turned into a listener, silent and silent.

"So the last time we met, I told him that when everything is over, we will go back to Helan Mountain together. I told him that by then, no one will be able to bully me." Zhihua raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes, and then said, "If my brother is really safe and sound, and Prince Huai releases my brother, he will definitely go back to Helan Mountain."

Chen Mo understood Zhi Hua's meaning. He would just go back to Helan Mountain and ask around, and he would know whether the whole thing was true or not.

"Okay, I'll send someone to Helan Mountain to check. If we find him, we'll bring him to Linzhou." Chen Mo said, "As for the Qinhuai County network, we'll close it then."

Hearing this, Zhihua opened her mouth in astonishment, a crystal tear dripped from the corner of her eye, she sniffed, then quickly took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears and snot, choking and saying: "Thank you, Duke Anguo, you are a good person."

"A good person?" Chen Mo laughed at himself and said, "Recently, many people say that I am a good person."

"Because you are."

"Stop flattering me and hurry up, it's getting dark." Chen Mo looked out the window.

"Yeah." Zhihua continued to work.

Looking at her figure, Chen Mo muttered to himself: "I hope you don't lie to me."

"Look, look, the Duke of Anguo has come out."

Outside Tingxuan Tower, as the deck of the ship was lowered, a team of armored soldiers walked out of the ship first, and the people who were still outside immediately made a commotion.

Chen Mo, dressed in a white brocade robe, walked out first, but his face looked a little gloomy.

Behind him was Zhihua, who was being escorted by soldiers. Her clothes looked tattered, but not a single bit of her beauty was revealed. The corners of her mouth were purple and bloody, her hair was disheveled, and she looked pitiful.

He was a completely different person from when he first entered.

Sun Meng led the rest of the soldiers to get off the boat last. Facing the onlookers, he said loudly, "Okay, we have checked everything. The assassination of Duke Anguo has nothing to do with Tingxuan Tower. Everyone, please disperse."

After saying that, the blockade of Tingxuan Tower was lifted.

On the ship, Qin Hao, who heard this, collapsed to the ground as if he had no bones, and his clothes were soaked.

There is still a trace of fear in my heart after surviving a disaster.

Xiao family.

Xiao Yunxi and Yue Ruyan were shocked when they learned about the assassination in Tingxuan Tower. When they heard that it was done by poisoning, their faces changed drastically and they became worried about Chen Mo's safety. They only breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that Chen Mo was fine.

If Chen Mo hadn't sent someone to inform them to stay at home, they would have rushed to Tingxuan Tower as soon as they heard the news.

At this moment, Xiao Yunxi heard the report from the servants and learned that Chen Mo had returned, so she hurried out of the villa and walked towards the gate.

The gate of the Xiao family.

Chen Mo was asking Xiao Quan whether there was a dungeon in the Xiao family's ancestral home.

After learning that there was no one in the ancestral home but there was one outside the city, Chen Mo asked Xiao Quan to vacate a room to detain Zhihua, and ordered Sun Meng to send someone to guard her strictly until he could interrogate her to see if she had any other accomplices. Zhihua had just been taken away.

Xiao Yunxi and Yue Ruyan hurried over.

"Husband, are you okay?"

"Don't move, don't move, let me take a look."

"Are you okay?"

Xiao Yunxi said two sentences, and Yue Ruyan was not good at expressing herself, so she only said one sentence.

Xiao Yunxi came up and circled around Chen Mo.

There was still a hint of guilt in Yue Ruyan's eyes.

You know, from the very beginning, Yue Ruyan didn't take Zhihua seriously, and simply regarded her as a slutty woman who wanted to seduce her man.

So when Chen Mo went out today, Yue Ruyan did not remind him to be careful.

Thinking about it now, I feel a little scared.

Indeed, with Zhihua's strength, even if she is a warrior, there is a huge gap compared to Chen Mo, who is a top-grade warrior, and it is impossible for her to hurt Chen Mo.

But if poison is used, it’s hard to say.

After all, there are many examples since ancient times.

Chen Mo shook his head. Even if he returned to the Xiao family, there were so many people and eyes, so he couldn't tell them the details. Instead, he said, "I'm fine. Let's go in and talk."

The two girls nodded and followed Chen Mo back to the villa.

As soon as they entered the room, without any outsiders around, Yue Ruyan was no longer so reserved. She pulled up Chen Mo's sleeve and took his pulse.

Yue Ruyan knew a little about medicine and could tell whether a person was injured, poisoned, etc. by taking his pulse.

After a diagnosis, Yue Ruyan breathed a sigh of relief. Her breathing was steady and her pulse was strong, which was not the sign of poisoning.

Xiao Yunxi said: "I never thought that Zhihua was actually an assassin."

Not only did she not expect it, it is estimated that no one in Qinhuai City would have thought that the seemingly weak and beautiful brothel girl was a spy trained by the Huai Palace.

Yue Ruyan frowned and asked, "Who sent it?"

"Who else could it be?" Chen Mo sat down and took a few gulps of tea. He hadn't drunk any water all day and was indeed a little thirsty. He immediately said, "Our old acquaintance is the Prince of Huai. Zhihua is his spy uniform. Zhihua's previous name was Huaying."

"Spy uniform?" Xiao Yunxi raised her eyebrows.

"That's right. And there is not only Zhihua but also many other spies in Jiangnan. Zhihua has practiced a secret method given by King Huai that can conceal the aura of practice, so she can disguise herself as an ordinary person." Chen Mo put down the teapot and said.

"Why did Prince Huai send so many spies to Jiangnan?" Yue Ruyan asked.

"What else can it be used for? It can be used to monitor the Xiao family and other aristocratic families in Jiangnan, and to gather intelligence. After all, Jiangnan is so important." Chen Mo curled his lips and said.

Xiao Yunxi's eyes dimmed slightly. Although she and Prince Huai were no longer husband and wife, she still felt uncomfortable when she learned about this. The Xiao family supported him so much in the past, but he actually sent people to monitor the Xiao family.

"Then how did you see through her?" Yue Ruyan asked curiously.

"She confessed on her own initiative." As he spoke, Chen Mo pulled Xiao Yunxi, who was closest to him, into his arms and let her sit on his lap. He then took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms, placed it on the table, and said:

"This is the poison she wants to use. I heard that it is the Immortal Powder that Prince Huai got from the Western Regions. After being poisoned, even a top-grade warrior will become weak in his hands and feet and unable to mobilize the innate spiritual energy in his body."

Xiao Yunxi struggled a little, but when she saw that she couldn't get free, she let Chen Mo go, only saying angrily: "Such a big thing has happened, and you still have this thought in your mind?"

"Isn't that okay?" Chen Mo said.

Yue Ruyan quickly asked Zhihua why she took the initiative to confess.

Chen Mo had nothing to hide from his own women, so he told them everything Zhihua had said to him.

After hearing this, Yue Ruyan's expression did not change much. After all, she was a female general who had fought on the battlefield for many years, and the number of people who died at her hands, if not a thousand, must have been hundreds. She was not so moved by this matter.

Compared to Yue Ruyan, Xiao Yunxi, who had rarely seen blood, was a bit more sentimental. After listening to the story, she couldn't help but feel pity for Zhihua: "I didn't expect that she would be so pitiful."

Yue Ruyan gave a different opinion: "This is just her one-sided statement. Even if her brother was really found in the Helan Mountains, it is possible that she and the King of Huai had colluded long ago in order to gain the trust of my husband. Once my husband has let down his guard against Zhihua, just like we are doing now, it will be much easier to take action."

"Ruyan is right." Chen Mo lifted up Xiao Yunxi's skirt and gently placed his hand on her leg.

Xiao Yunxi's legs were typical "fleshy" legs, neither thin nor fat, they felt fleshy to the touch, with smooth and round curves that were very elastic.

Realizing that Chen Mo's hand was about to touch her legs, she immediately closed her legs and said, "In this case, how are you going to deal with her?"

"Let's keep her by our side for now and observe her slowly. As for whether the brother Zhihua mentioned really exists, we can send someone to investigate the hometown she mentioned and we'll know.

In addition, there are the secret sentries in Qinhuai. I have found two of them today. We can keep an eye on these two secret sentries, and then follow the clues to catch all of them and interrogate them one by one. We will always be able to tell whether they are true or false. "Chen Mo has plenty of ways.

Xiao Yunxi's face turned red, she bit her lower lip and pushed Chen Mo's chest.

This bad guy actually started to bite.

Her delicate body felt a little limp.

Chen Mo no longer restrained himself. He held her head and kissed her hard, feeling her wetness and sweetness.

The faint scent of rouge rushes into the nose, stirring the heartstrings.

For a long time, the lips are divided.

Xiao Yunxi felt something strange coming from behind her buttocks, rolled her eyes at Chen Mo, and said, "Didn't Zhihua feed you enough in Tingxuan Tower?"

Chen Mo pinched it, kissed her fair neck, and said, "I didn't touch her."

"Really, this isn't like you."

(End of this chapter)