The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

It is even more impossible to let him interfere in private mining and raising private soldiers.

Unfortunately, there was a war at the border later on, and those secret guards were elite soldiers who could fight ten enemies at a time. In order to defend the country against foreign enemies, Ye Buhuo had to temporarily put aside the civil strife and transfer those secret guards back to the border to resist foreign enemies.

I don’t know if Hua Jingqian did something else for Ye Chuji that they didn’t know about after that.

Hua Wu Ke began to guess:

"From what Sun Ruhui told me about the conversation between Ye Chuji and Hua Jingqian, Hua Jingqian had no idea that Lord Xiao's investigation into Han Bing had anything to do with Ye Chuji. He was just being used by Ye Chuji to kill someone with a borrowed knife."

Ye Buhuo expressed his guess:

"It seems that Hua Jingqian did something shameful in Longcheng before, so he was fooled by Ye Chuji."

"It seems we need to send someone to investigate the relationship between Hua Jingqian and Longcheng."

Hua Wu Ke agreed.

Ye Buhuo has already sent people to secretly protect Lord Xiao, and Longcheng will need some time to investigate before they can figure out what Hua Jingqian has done. At this point, the two can only wait for news.

Hua Wu Ke put the matter aside and thought about Anyang City again.

"Any news about Huo Lian?"

After learning that there was such a person hiding in the capital, Ye Buhuo immediately sent a message back to the capital and arranged for people to start an investigation.

After so long, there should be some clues, right?

But Ye Buhuo shook his head.

"This person is too cautious. He has almost never contacted other people on his own initiative, nor participated in the spy's plan. The only time he took action was when he designed to keep me in Anyang City."

"So I haven't found anything useful yet."

Hua Wu Ke didn't expect this person to be so patient. After thinking about it carefully, he understood.

"It seems that this Huo Lian only takes action at the most critical moment, and he simply disdains to participate in other trivial matters."

That time in Anyang City, if Ye Buhuo had not discovered that the enemy's purpose was to detain him in Anyang City and left early, by the time he arrived in Yuecheng, Yuecheng would have completely fallen under the iron cavalry of the Western Kingdom.

By then, even if he was a military genius, he would not be able to resist the Northern and Western Kingdoms joining forces to swallow up the Night Kingdom.

Ye Buhuo couldn't just sit there and wait for death as he hadn't found any obvious clues. These past few days he had been wondering from time to time what kind of person Huo Lian might be and what kind of characteristics he had.

He told Hua Wu Ke his thoughts.

"This person is so clear about the importance of Yuecheng, and he can think of delaying me so that he can capture Yuecheng. I believe he can hear the news from the border in time."

"It is rare to find any traces of his activities in the capital. This person should not often appear in front of the world."

Hua Wu Ke took over the conversation and guessed along the lines of Ye Bu Huo:

"He can hear news from the border in a timely manner. This person may have family members in the army. His family members should be of high rank to be able to pass on useful information."

"But why would a general of such high rank have family members who rarely appear in public?"

All the prominent figures in the capital city have clansmen who are well-known, so how come there is no clue at all? Hua Wu Ke was puzzled.

They both lowered their eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly they looked up and looked at each other.

"A concubine at home!"

Seeing that Hua Wuke and he had the same idea, Ye Buhuo curled up the corners of his mouth and waited for her to continue.

"All the affairs of these generals' houses are arranged by their wives, and they only bring their wives with them when they meet with their colleagues. Not to mention their brothers and sisters, who can also rely on the generals' connections to get a position or marry into a good family as their wife."

"There are only concubines, who live in the backyard all year round and are not visible to the public!"

Ye Buhuo continued to add:

"Besides, they live under the same roof, and they will discuss important border matters that cannot be spread outside with their wives and concubines."

Hua Wu Ke also thought this was true.

In an instant, the two narrowed down the suspects that might be the 'Fire Lotus'.

"Although the Ye Kingdom has several great generals, and they have generals of various ranks under them, the high-ranking generals who are in the capital and can get news from the northern border..."

Having said that, Hua Wu Ke looked at Ye Buhuo blankly.

Ye Buhuo also calmed down his thoughts and continued her words.

"It can only be the people from the Black Iron Army and the Hua Family Army."

I didn't expect that after eliminating several spies during my previous trip to Beimo Pass, I discovered that high-ranking generals in the army might have been used by spies from the enemy country.

Hua Wu Ke felt a little melancholy, and the joy he had just felt when he figured out the clue disappeared in an instant.

Ye Buhuo stood up and touched Hua Wuke's head to comfort him.

"At least we have a direction now. The soldier should not know that he is being targeted by spies, otherwise he would have left some clues."

Hua Wu Ke nodded, thinking that Ye Buhuo's analysis made sense. Only when he didn't know in his heart could he act calmly. If he had already become a team with the spy, he would inevitably feel guilty and give people something to talk about.

The most urgent task was to find the Fire Lotus first, and Hua Wu Ke tried hard to cheer himself up.

"As far as I know, most of the generals of the Black Iron Army in the capital are unmarried, and those who are married have only one wife at home, without any concubines."

"We have to start with the Hua family army."

The Hua family army still had to be taken over from Hua Rongyu, so the two of them immediately left the city and headed for the Hua family military camp.

After getting off the carriage, the two were led into Hua Rongyu's room by Hua Liu.

"My Lord, Miss, please wait here for a moment. The general and the lieutenant general will be here soon."

Hua Wu Ke smiled and said yes.

"Sixth brother, just take care of yourself and don't worry about us."

Hua Liu asked someone to serve tea to the two of them, and then left the room.

Not long after, Hua Rongyu and his son arrived.

Before he even stepped into the house, Hua Wujing's voice came in.

"Sui Sui, why are you here in the military camp today? Are you missing your brother?"

Hua Wujing's nonchalant tone earned him a slap on the back of the head from Hua Rongyu.

"Speak properly, why are you being so careless?"

Hua Wujing and his father bowed to Ye Buhuo, then sat down on the chair and said dissatisfiedly:

"Dad, I am now a general of the second rank. Why are you still treating me like a child?"

Hua Rongyu widened her eyes.

"So what if you're a second-rank official? I can't control you if you haven't started a family yet? Even if you do, I'm still your father! I can still control you!"

When he saw that the topic of getting married came up, Hua Wujing quickly stopped his old father.

"Yes, yes, Dad is right. We can take care of it, we can take care of it."

Not wanting to bother with this brat, Hua Rongyu turned to look at Ye Buhuo and the other two.

"Your Majesty, is there something important that you are here for?"

Ye Buhuo gave a look to Ye Yi behind him, and Hua Wuke also nodded to Qingmei Qingzhu.