The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

He bowed and said:

"I will do it right away."

After arranging for Anyang City to open the gates and allow people in and out, Ye Buhuo thought of the Fire Lotus Jade Pendant that Hu Linxiao mentioned in the morning.

Not knowing where the treasure that Lou Zhe mentioned came from, Hua Wu Ke was very curious. When he heard Ye Bu Huo mention it, he couldn't wait to ask:

"Does this Fire Lotus Jade Pendant really exist or is it fake? Could it be that there is some treasure there?"

Ye Buhuo had always believed that the jade pendant was a spy's means of luring Hu Linxiao into the trap, but Lou Zhe obviously did not collude with Zong Wu to set a trap for Hu Linxiao, and was always led by Zong Wu.

Now it seems that Lou Zhe is just a pawn being used.

But he is just a chess piece, why did Zong Wu design a plan to drug Lou Zhe to cause him to fake his death and then steal the "corpse"?

Thinking of this, Ye Buhuo decided to interrogate Zong Wu again.

This time, Ye Buhuo did not go to the dungeon to see Zong Wu, but had someone bring him here.

Hua Wu Ke thought Ye Buhuo would take him to the dungeon to see Zong Wu, and was about to ask Qingzhu to put a thick coat on him, but he didn't expect Ye Buhuo to order him to bring the person over.

Hua Wu Ke asked doubtfully:

"Why not just go to the dungeon to interrogate?"

Ye Buhuo pursed his lips, glanced at Hua Wuke's lower abdomen secretly, clenched his fist to his lips and coughed twice.

"Your lower abdomen has been feeling uncomfortable these days, so you'd better not go to cold places."

After saying this, Ye Buhuo put his hands back on the armrest and resumed his upright sitting posture, except that the tips of his ears were slightly red.

On the other hand, Hua Wu Ke's pink cheeks were blushed, like a drunken peach blossom, and a warm and sweet feeling flowed in the heart of this pink beauty.

Soon, news came from the door that Zong Wu had arrived.

The two of them quickly gathered their thoughts and asked someone to bring Zong Wu in.

After Zong Wu was brought in, he performed the proper salute, then knelt quietly on the ground, thinking slowly with doubts in his heart.

He had always been the one waiting to be contacted, and he had no idea about the Northern Kingdom's spies. He didn't know why Ye Buhuo came to him? It couldn't be that the Northern Kingdom's spies had been caught, right?

He said nothing, waiting for Ye Buhuo to speak.

Ye Buhuo did not let him remain silent for too long and asked directly:

"Why did you give Lou Zhe a fake death drug?"

By now, Zongwu had already given up on cooperating with the Northern Kingdom.

Ye Buhuo was right. If his affairs were to be reported back to Zongnan Kingdom, it would only make things more difficult for his mother. Now he could only cooperate with Ye Buhuo.

Zong Wu then told everything he knew:

"At that time, the spies of the Northern Kingdom might have realized that Your Majesty had already found out about Lou Zhe and Hu Linxiao. They were afraid that you would trace the information related to the jade pendant and the fire lotus to them, so they sent me a message asking me to silence Lou Zhe."

The news that there was a treasure hidden in the Fire Lotus Jade Pendant was originally revealed to Lou Zhe by a spy from the Northern Kingdom. If Ye Buhuo told him where he got the information from, it was inevitable that he would find some clues and then follow the clues to catch these people with ulterior motives.

So when the Northern Kingdom's spies heard the rumor that Ye Buhuo was investigating the matter, they immediately sent a secret letter to Zong Wu.

However, Zong Wu just wanted to use Lou Zhe so that he could get a large sum of money from the northerners, and he never thought of taking the life of an innocent person.

"That's why I decided to give Lou Zhe a fake death drug and then hide him in the dark."

"Once this matter is settled and I take my mother away, even if the Northerners find me alive, it will have nothing to do with me."

Hearing this, Hua Wu Ke felt like something was wrong.

She asked:

"As you said, the Fire Lotus Jade Pendant must have been fabricated by the Northern Country villains in order to induce Lou Zhe and Hu Linxiao to fight over a woman?"

Zong Wu nodded and said affirmatively:

"Yes, maybe he was afraid that I would believe what he said and become interested in the treasure."

"When they told me about this plan, they said it was just a trick to lure Lou Zhe into the trap. There was no treasure."

No, this isn't right.

Hua Wu Ke frowned, feeling that something didn't make sense.

She pursed her lips and looked at Ye Buhuo with some doubt in her eyes.

Ye Buhuo gave her a reassuring look, then looked at Zong Wu and said:

"Hu Linxiao confessed that he did see the fire lotus engraved on the jade pendant through the window at that time, but when he saw the jade pendant again, it was just an ordinary jade pendant, and the fire lotus on it had disappeared."

"Why?"

After hearing Ye Buhuo's words, Hua Wuke's mind suddenly became clear.

She said there was something very strange, and the strange thing was this fire lotus.

If the Fire Lotus Jade Pendant was replaced by the Northern Country thieves, then why did the Northern Country thieves go to the trouble of replacing this fake Fire Lotus Jade Pendant with another one without the Fire Lotus?

If the jade pendant was not replaced by the Northern thieves, then who tampered with it?

Hua Wu Ke thought Zong Wu could answer his questions, but he didn't expect Zong Wu to show a look of surprise when he heard this.

"The fire lotus on the jade pendant is gone?"

"That's impossible! I saw with my own eyes that day that there was a lifelike fire lotus engraved on the jade pendant, and then the woman was forcibly taken away by Hu Linxiao."

Zong Wu carefully recalled the situation of that day. Ever since he saw the Fire Lotus Jade Pendant, the jade pendant had been under the eyes of him and Hu Linxiao.

Until Hu Linxiao suddenly took action and took the woman away.

"During this period, no one approached the woman except Hu Linxiao."

Hua Wu Ke guessed:

"If Hu Linxiao hadn't exchanged the jade pendant and then told others that the fire lotus on the jade pendant suddenly disappeared?"

Ye Buhuo thought for a moment, then shook his head and said:

"That's impossible. If he had gotten the jade pendant, he would have taken people out of the city to look for treasure long ago, instead of spending the whole day in the mansion dealing with a woman."

"And he could have just carved another one based on the original jade pendant instead of replacing it with a jade pendant without the fire lotus pattern."

Hua Wu Ke felt that Ye Buhuo's analysis made sense and nodded in agreement.

"In this case, the whereabouts of the Fire Lotus Jade Pendant is worth further investigation."

Afterwards, Ye Buhuo asked Zong Wu a few more questions about the jade pendant, but since he really knew nothing, he was taken away.

After Zong Wu left, Hua Wu Ke was still wondering what the Fire Lotus Jade Pendant was all about.

Seeing that she frowned slightly and had not yet come to her senses, Ye Buhuo stretched out his index finger and tapped her forehead.

"Don't overthink it."

"After Lou Zhe was poisoned, I was afraid that someone would attack him again, so I simply kept him at home. After lunch, I called him over to ask if he had any useful clues."