The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

Zhou Sheng carried the bucket and walked into Hua Zhukong's room.

Seeing a maid trying to reach out to take it, Zhou Sheng dodged.

"Sister, this bucket is so heavy, let me help you carry it in."

The maid looked him over and said, "Come in."

Zhou Sheng had just walked into the inner room when someone appeared outside and shouted loudly.

"Help, there's a fire, come and put it out!"

The maid frowned.

"Pour the water in this bucket into these three basins. I'll go out and take a look."

In a short while, Zhou Sheng filled the three basins with water.

After putting down the bucket, Zhou Sheng suddenly heard a groan coming from the inner room.

Seeing that he was the only one in the room, Zhou Sheng walked in lightly.

Moving slowly step by step, Zhou Sheng got closer and closer to the bed, imagining what might happen after he pulled aside the curtain.

He felt a little nervous.

Zhou Sheng was just about to reach out and push aside the curtain when suddenly a handkerchief covered him and he instantly lost consciousness.

The man in black withdrew his hand that was covering Zhou Sheng, took three or two steps forward, and lifted the curtain.

Then I saw Hua Zhukong lying on the bed with his eyes closed, his lips were pale and his face was bloodless.

A silver light flashed in his hand, and the man in black raised the dagger in his hand and stabbed it hard at Hua Zhukong.

It seemed that the dagger was about to pierce his forehead.

A hand stretched out from behind the man in black and firmly grasped his wrist.

The man in black flipped his hand, holding the dagger and was about to stab the person behind him.

At the same time, he turned over and saw clearly who was behind him.

Night is not confused!

Isn't he bedridden?

Fell into a trap!

The man in black now realized that this was a trap.

He didn't bother to get entangled with Ye Buhuo.

Turning around, he saw the window in the room. Without bothering to resist Ye Buhuo's attack, he wanted to jump out of the window and escape.

But he is no match for Ye Buhuo.

Before he could pull away, Ye Buhuo kicked him to the ground.

All the people hiding in the dark appeared, and before the man in black could react, two knives were put to his neck.

Manager Xue walked up from behind Ye Buhuo and pulled off the black cloth covering the face of the man in black.

Manager Xue was surprised to find that the person who came was the most inconspicuous An Zi.

Manager Xue said:

"Anzi, I didn't expect it to be you!"

Then Manager Xue bent down and bowed to Ye Buhuo.

"Your Majesty, you are truly as good as a god. The thief is indeed An Zi."

Last night, Ye Buhuo asked Manager Xue in detail what happened in the kitchen.

When Ye Buhuo heard that Zhou Sheng suddenly had a stomachache, his brows furrowed.

He asked Manager Xue if Zhou Sheng was with anyone at that time.

Manager Xue thought for a moment and replied.

"Shunzi was burning firewood, and only Anzi and Zhou Sheng were scooping water together. The two were standing very close to each other. Later, Zhou Sheng went to the toilet, and the person who came to bring hot water to the acting city lord became Zhou Sheng."

Ye Buhuo guessed at the time that Zhou Sheng's sudden stomachache might be caused by An Zi's secret manipulation, and told Manager Xue to be careful of this person.

Manager Xue took An Zi away and Hua Zhukong interrogated him personally.

There was quite a commotion in the inner courtyard tonight.

Afraid that Hua Wu Ke would be disturbed by the noise, Ye Buhuo went to Hua Wu Ke's room.

When I opened the door, I saw Hua Wu Ke sitting on the couch with a worried look on his face, holding a cup of tea in his hand but not drinking it.

Hearing the sound of Ye Buhuo pushing the door, Hua Wu Ke looked up at him with a bit more anxiety on his face and asked.

"I heard someone shouting that there was a fire in my grandfather's yard. What happened?"

Ye Buhuo walked up to Hua Wuke, took the teacup from her hand, and squeezed it.

It's really cold.

"It was the thief who set fire to the courtyard to lure people out. Now the fire has been put out and the man has been caught. General Hua is fine."

Ye Buhuo walked to the tea table.

He poured another cup of hot tea and put it back in Hua Wu Ke's hand.

Hearing that the thief had been caught, Hua Wu Ke breathed a sigh of relief, took the teacup, took a sip of hot tea, and his whole body warmed up.

"Who is the thief?" Hua Wu Ke asked.

"Anzi."

"Is that the An Zi you mentioned to me yesterday? It turned out to be him. How did you guess it?"

"People from the outer courtyard rarely come to the inner courtyard, and the chances of encountering General Hua being 'seriously injured' are even rarer."

"Since the thief has come to this inner courtyard, he will definitely not miss this opportunity to strike."

It was Shunzi who delivered hot water on the first day, but he left after delivering the hot water without doing anything, and there was no other suspicious behavior.

Therefore, Ye Buhuo guessed that the thief was not him.

On the second day, Manager Xue originally wanted Zhou Sheng to deliver the hot water.

If Zhou Sheng was the thief, he would definitely not miss the opportunity to deliver hot water.

But Zhou Sheng suddenly had a stomachache and gave up the opportunity to go to Huazhu's empty room in order to go to the toilet, which made Ye Buhuo very strange.

Later, Ye Buhuo asked Manager Xue what had happened.

Zhou Sheng was fine at first, but after Xue Guanshi arranged for him to deliver hot water, he suddenly had a stomachache.

An Zi was also with him at that time.

Ye Buhuo guessed that it was An Zi who drugged Zhou Sheng so that the opportunity to deliver hot water would fall on him.

And he refused to report to those who were watching in secret.

After delivering the water, Anzi did not return the same way, but took a detour and walked along the path behind the empty house with flowers and bamboo.

The path is right outside the window.

After listening to what Ye Buhuo said, Hua Wuke frowned, thought for a while, and asked.

"Then why didn't Anzi take action yesterday and wait until tonight?"

"Because he just used the excuse of delivering hot water to check the layout around General Hua's room yesterday."

"So that I can plan my escape route in advance."

Otherwise, he wouldn't have aimed at the window so quickly today and wanted to jump out to escape.

If Ye Buhuo hadn't been quick-witted, An Zi might have really escaped.

"Besides, we can take action on the day when Zhou Sheng comes to deliver hot water, so we can frame Zhou Sheng for this matter."

"By then, General Hua would have died, and there would only be the unconscious Zhou Sheng in the room. No one would be able to stand up and identify An Zi, so of course he would have escaped successfully."

Hearing this, Hua Wu Ke looked at Ye Buhuo with admiration.

It's getting late.

Hua Wu Ke thought that Ye Buhuo had been busy investigating the thief all night long, and had a fierce battle with the famous Northern General Jude in the middle.

Hua Wu Ke felt a little distressed for a moment.

She gently touched Ye Buhuo's slightly tired brow with her finger and said distressedly:

"You should go back and have a good rest. You are too tired these days."

Ye Buhuo has been busy redeploying the defenses of Beimo Pass these days, and he also has to pay close attention to the news from the City Lord's Mansion handed over by Ye Yi and Manager Xue.

It has been a long time since I have spent time with Hua Wu Ke.

Things were finally dealt with, and even though Ye Buhuo was a little tired, he was reluctant to leave so soon.

But it was indeed very late, and Hua Wu Ke should take a rest.

I guess Hua Wu Ke must have been worried about General Hua these days and hasn't been able to sleep well.

Ye Buhuo gently pulled the person in front of him into his arms and rubbed Hua Wuke's hair.

After hugging her for a while, I restrained myself from letting go.