When she learned that Song Liyun had been working as a dishwasher in a restaurant since she was seven years old to earn money, and that her two brothers were being mistreated and abused by their stepmother and uncle, she was so heartbroken that tears welled up in her eyes.
"That cruel old woman deserves to die. The child was innocent; how could she do that?"
"Fortunately, you came back and took them to become military households, and now we have such a good life."
The garrison commander's wife wiped away her tears with a handkerchief, her face full of sympathy.
To be fair, the garrison commander's wife wasn't a wicked person.
Leaving aside those mothers who obey their fathers at home and their husbands after marriage, who consider men as their heaven and how to take care of men, they can still be considered kind mothers.
When Zhao Tinglei returned in the evening, he unusually rested in the main courtyard.
The garrison commander's wife helped him undress and remove his boots, and then took a hot towel from a maid to wipe his face.
After comfortably enjoying the service and getting into bed, Zhao Tinglei asked in a deep voice, "Did you punish Concubine Li today?"
When Zhao Tinglei asked about Aunt Li, the garrison commander's wife was not surprised.
So much time has passed; even if Zhao Tinglei were in the government office, he should have heard the news by now.
The garrison commander's wife knelt down: "Aunt Li was talking nonsense today, so I carried out the family discipline."
Zhao Tinglei responded with an "oh." He had great trust in his wife's ability to manage the household and had always been tolerant and generous towards his concubines.
Aunt Li deserved to be punished!
Zhao Tinglei only said one sentence: "We should still ask a doctor to come and check on her injury tomorrow. She knows she was wrong!"
The garrison commander's wife frowned and said, "Master is in charge of state affairs; these matters of the inner quarters should be handled by me. Concubine Li has ruined Master's reputation; what will outsiders think of him?"
Zhao Tinglei nodded indifferently: "Alright, Madam should make the decisions regarding matters within the household."
In the afternoon, a maid who was on good terms with Aunt Li came to plead with him. Amber, Emerald, and the others also looked timid and frightened, so he asked one more question.
Zhao Tinglei knew that his wife was the most disciplined and treated him with the utmost care.
Now that Aunt Li has said something that will damage her reputation, she certainly won't let it go easily.
Aunt Li was also confused.
She had been with Zhao Tinglei for several years and was quite favored. The garrison commander's wife was also very generous and tolerant, and almost never competed with her for favor.
She forgot one thing.
In the minds of ordinary people, if something involves infidelity between men and women, no matter what the truth is, the woman will definitely be punished, while the man will at most be ridiculed.
But she underestimated the garrison commander's wife's protective feelings towards her husband.
Zhao Tinglei can take concubines, but none of them can use Zhao Tinglei's name to harm others.
Moreover, the other party is his own brother's newlywed wife. This will not only ruin the master's reputation, but also cause brothers to fight each other. This kind of stupid and lowly servant deserves to die.
By saying those words, Aunt Li was essentially walking down a dead end.
Song Liyun did not stay in the guest room of the garrison's rear residence that night, but instead stayed in the old Anhua Courtyard.
Wu Dan lived in the next room and was eating roasted pork chops that she had bought from the street with her.
Song Liyun ate with grease dripping from her lips. She was having dinner with the garrison commander's wife that night, surrounded by a group of concubines serving her, which made it impossible for her to eat.
Fortunately, Old Yu prepared a meal for her in the afternoon, so she didn't go hungry, but it was inconvenient to start a fire.
Wudan was clever; he went out to the street and bought roasted pork chops to have as an extra meal.
"Young Madam, Hecheng is so lively! Even now that it's dark, the shops are still open. Will our future Mida City be like this?" Wu Dan looked on with anticipation at the bustling city in the future, with lanterns and decorations everywhere, a lively scene of people coming and going.
"Of course! We'll not only sell Wu Dynasty goods, but also Di tribe goods. Then you can openly admit you're a Di without having to change your clothes!"
Wu Dan's eyes lit up. Although he could now move around in Hecheng, he was still using the disguise.
If one were to appear in a bustling city as a member of the Di tribe, there's no guarantee that an unexpected situation wouldn't occur.
The garrison headquarters in Hecheng was peaceful, but Songfeng County, hundreds of miles away, was in complete chaos.
Along the official road seventy li from the county seat, the lights were bright and the noise was deafening. Chief Constable Jiang, his forehead covered in sweat, was loudly reprimanding his subordinates.
After three days of searching, the missing mules and horses were finally found in the mountains, but the people were nowhere to be found.
That afternoon, someone discovered bloodstains all over the official road and reported it to the authorities. Constable Jiang delayed and didn't arrive until evening.
Seeing the blood made her realize something was wrong; there were only two of them, Song Liyun and Song Liyun, yet there was so much blood everywhere.
Such a situation would only occur if the body was dismembered, or even the horse was killed.
However, no body was found after searching the surrounding area.
Another strange thing is that Xia Hong and the others disappeared without going home.
Officer Jiang ordered his men to search the city again and reported that five more thugs had gone missing, who had also been chasing Song Liyun and her group out of the city that day.
Song Liyun!
We absolutely must find this woman from a military household.
For three days, Officer Jiang spent his time either inquiring about the whereabouts of Song Liyun and her servant or searching for the mules and horses.
A person can hide, but ten horses are a big target, and it is impossible to leave completely unnoticed.
The search was not in vain. Not only were the eight mules and horses found in the wilderness, but someone also saw Song Liyun and her servant stop to feed the horses outside a village a hundred miles away.
"I only saw them feeding the horses there, but I didn't see where anyone else went or anyone else either!" Officer Jiang shouted, his eyes red and his neck stiff.
"Boss, there's only that woman and the servant, no one else."
This official road leads to few places; one end is Guankou Hecheng, and the other end is right here. Only Qishan Town has a branch road leading south, but we haven't found anyone there!
The constables in charge of the pursuit were exhausted these past two days. Although it was only a hundred miles, they had to dismount and ask questions at every village along the way, until their voices were hoarse.
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