Wang Yanzhou said with a smile: "I have no objection. No matter who I trust, they are still my family, right, son?"
Three adults and two children played happily in the house for a long time. Hua Wuxin tiptoed back only after the two children were tired and fell asleep.
Tang Chen knew that meeting Wang Yanzhou today was no accident. He probably came here because he had something important to discuss with Wang Ruo and the others. Now that Boss Hua had also escaped and returned, she decided not to bother him. "Boss Hua, you're back. I'll take the children back first. Do you want to stay for dinner today?"
Wang Yanzhou said softly, "I finally came back, so of course I have to spend some time with you guys."
"Okay, then I'll go back and ask the kitchen to prepare it. You guys go ahead and get busy." After saying that, Tang Chen carefully placed the little kid in his arms on the back of the bed, went out to call the children's wet nurse, and went back to the palace with the child in his arms.
Wang Yanzhou closed the door only after making sure that Tang Chen was far away and would not come back to stand at the door to eavesdrop. Wang Ruo saw that Wang Yanzhou did not seem to want Tang Chen to know the content of their next conversation, so she asked, "Did Chen Xin have an accident on the way?"
Wang Yanzhou said, "He and Shuyi are relatively safe. I don't know how Achen persuaded Hongyu to help protect them secretly."
Hua Wuxin suddenly realized and said, "No wonder. I was just saying that the little girl in red hadn't been out for a long time, and I thought she had gone back to South Vietnam. Tang Chen was here just now, pretending to be ignorant and chatting with us about this and that. Really."
The Red Edict was not the purpose of Wang Yanzhou's trip. The key was Shen Xinqing and the strange zombies he discovered at the same time, as well as the attack of those poisonous corpses that were neither human nor ghost three days ago: "Take a look at this first."
After carefully studying the documents and letters Wang Yanzhou had brought, Wang Ruo and Hua Wuxin were both somewhat shocked. "How come similar incidents were discovered on Chen Xin's way, in Qinghe County, and near the military camp? Are Chen Xin and Princess Qinghe okay?"
Wang Yanzhou replied, "Master Zhang and my sworn brother are both very good. However, this is just too much of a coincidence, and those zombies are a bit unbelievable."
Wang Ruo looked up at Wang Yanzhou, then lowered her head to study the things in her hand, and also recalled what Yao Chen and Xihe had told her about what happened in the Xiaoshan cave.
After a while, Wang Yanzhou saw that the two had resealed the files and letters and returned them to him, so he asked, "Aunt, what do you think about this matter and what happened in Xiaoshan?"
"At first glance, this coincidence is not accidental," Hua Wuxin said, and then he started to fiddle with the tea set and make tea. It was as if this matter had nothing to do with him from now on.
Wang Yanzhou first briefly explained what he knew to Wang Ruo: "For various reasons, Liuxiang Tavern didn't conduct a thorough investigation into the events of Xiaoshan back then. We only know that it was related to Yaochen forcing Xihe to refine the elixir. According to the records of the time and Ah Chen's communication with Xihe at the time, Yaochen secretly asked Xihe to refine the elixir of immortality, but Xihe eventually created explosives and razed the highest peak of Xiaoshan to the ground, then escaped, giving rise to the legend of ghosts in Xiaoshan."
Wang Ruo said, "I also learned about what happened back then after Xihe came back. Xihe said that it was indeed Yaochen who found her in the ancient tomb and forced her to go to Xiaoshan. But after Yaochen settled her down, he never showed up again. The person who contacted her at the time, although his voice was very similar to Yaochen, she was sure it was not Yaochen. If Xihe were still alive, perhaps she could still help."
Wang Yanzhou frowned, realizing that things weren't simple. It seemed like his earlier assumption was correct. In the Xiaoshan incident, Yao Chen had most likely been used as a pawn without him knowing. "You mean, who else is behind Yao Chen?"
Wang Ruo analyzed, "That's true, but it's not accurate. Yaochen did a lot of vicious things back then, but the only thing he did with Xiaoshan was that he was being used by someone."
Wang Yanzhou pressed on, "Then, have you continued to investigate the matter behind this?"
Wang Ruo didn't know much about this matter, and although she wanted to help, she was powerless. "Alas, after the incident in Xiaoshan, it took us a long time to react. By the time we wanted to investigate again, all the previous clues had been dealt with."
Wang Yanzhou concluded: "In other words, the only one who can give us an answer now may be Yao Chen."
Speaking of Yao Chen, if it weren't for the fact that he was still in danger and she was worried about him, she would rather live in seclusion with Hua Wuxin in a place without disputes. "...I just don't know how that child is doing in the capital."
Wang Yanzhou also said helplessly: "For now, we can only ask people to pay attention to these things. As for Jingji, when Chen Xin arrives, I will ask him to find a chance to contact Yao Chen."
After the three of them sat together and exchanged their views on the poisonous corpse, Wang Yanzhou saw that it was getting late, so he stood up and said goodbye. As he walked out, he saw Tang Chen sitting on the threshold of the back door leading to the palace of the hot spring villa, with his head lowered, observing the ants passing by on the ground with great interest.
"You're going back, aren't you? Where are the children?"
Seeing him come out, Tang Chen stood up, dusted himself off, and said with a smile, "I just sent them back, and thought I'd ask if you wanted to eat anything, so I asked Qiu Liang to drive me over."
Wang Yanzhou took Tang Chen's shoulder and said with a smile, "We have almost finished discussing the matter. Let's go back."
Tang Chen stood still, showing no intention of leaving: "Yanzhou, Xihe is gone, right?"
Wang Yanzhou was stunned for a moment, then pretended not to understand anything and asked with a smile, "Why are you asking this suddenly? She's just missing. She will be found. Don't worry."
Tang Chen wasn't as shrewd as Wang Yanzhou and the others, but she was his wife after all, and her every move was under her watch. Was he lying, or was he telling the truth? If she couldn't even tell, she'd be doing Wang Yanzhou a disservice. "You hesitated just now, and your eyes changed. You're lying, aren't you? Actually, I just heard it. I heard Wang Ruo say, if Xihe were still alive..."
Wang Yanzhou sighed deeply and said, "...She is still alive. As long as you still remember her, she is still alive."
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