Cultivation Begins with Caring for Sister-in-law-Chapter 575: Fifty-Seven Five

The tavern shopkeeper falsely claimed there was an issue at home, stating that he wouldn’t charge the customers, and drove away the few guests who were drinking, then hurriedly tidied up and quickly left the tavern.

Not long after he left, a figure quickly followed.

And this figure was Chen Mo.

During the time at Tingxuan Building, Zhihua told her about her identity as a spy and subsequently, on the boat, pointed out to Chen Mo the connection outside the building-ship being monitored.

Afterward, he cooperated with Zhihua to put on a show, drawing everyone’s attention to the building-ship, while he stealthily left Tingxuan Building.

With his skills, leaving quietly, no one in Jiangnan would discover him.

Zhihua told Chen Mo that every spy trained by Prince Huai’s Mansion was in single-line contact, with each action team member having a specialist in charge, so even she didn’t know how many hidden sentries Prince Huai had placed in Qinhuai City.

Chen Mo planned to use this line to uncover a group of hidden sentries by following the clues.

This tavern shopkeeper was very cautious. Chen Mo followed him to a rouge-shop in the south of the city, watched for an entire afternoon, and did not see him come out again.

Chen Mo had no choice but to return to Tingxuan Building; he didn’t have enough time to keep an eye on him. Confirming that this rouge-shop might be a dark spot, he intended to send someone over to continue monitoring.

...

Tingxuan Building had already been surrounded for an entire afternoon, allowing no one in or out, but the more people gathered outside to watch the spectacle, Chen’s army wouldn’t let them get close, so they stood watching from a distance, talking among themselves.

In the private room, Zhihua sat alone; the collapsed door was replaced by an open screen, and outside the private room stood a squad of personal soldiers from the Personal Guard Battalion.

Suddenly, the window of the private room was pushed open, a figure flipped in, and Zhihua, rubbing her foot, saw that it was Chen Mo, her face lighting up with joy. She limped over, about to speak, afraid that people outside would hear Chen Mo had just returned, she immediately lowered her voice, hoarse, she whispered, "Duke An..."

Chen Mo raised his brows, "Your... voice, why is it hoarse?"

"I’m afraid the people outside would know you left, so I..."

"So you called out all afternoon." Chen Mo finished her words for her.

"Unlike that, I just called out from time to time."

Chen Mo’s mouth twitched slightly, handing her the rouge and paint he bought, then asked, "What do you want these for?"

"Duke An can’t bear to hit me. But the intention to poison you has spread in the city. If I leave perfectly fine like this, wouldn’t that cause suspicion?" Zhihua said.

"As expected from a spy, your thoughts are meticulous." Said Chen Mo, sitting aside, watching her put makeup on in front of a copper mirror, leisurely playing with the teacup lid, "The method you proposed, I helped you complete it. It’s been a long time since someone let me do something, you’re the first."

"Duke An’s great kindness and virtue, I dare not forget, regardless of whether my brother lives or dies, I will serve Duke An for life, without resentment or regret," Zhihua replied softly.

Chen Mo didn’t respond to her words directly but instead said, "If what your contact said is true, regardless of whether you succeed or fail in this task, they’ll ask above to release your brother, but how will you confirm if Prince Huai really let your brother go?"

"When I parted from my brother, I asked him where he wanted to go when he grew up, he said he wanted to go to Helan Mountain..." Zhihua paused her actions, a look of recollection on her face, her beautiful eyes filled with tender sentiment, she said:

"Do you know, Duke An, Helan Mountain is the back mountain of my house, every time I got beaten by my parents, I dared not cry in front of them, for the more I cried, the harsher they beat me, I could only run to the back mountain to weep, and every time my brother would come find me to comfort me, to make me laugh.

He also told me, when he grew up, he would build a big house on the mountain, and let me live there, so no one would beat me again..."

As she spoke, Zhihua suddenly laughed, because every time her father beat her, he’d call her an illegitimate child, free-lodger, so in her young brother’s eyes, as long as his sister didn’t live or eat at home, their parents wouldn’t hit her.

She laughed, reminiscing the happy times of childhood with her brother together, but soon, her eyes turned red and moist, tearfully, she said:

"I asked him why he wanted to go to Helan Mountain, weren’t we going there all the time as kids, aren’t you tired of it?

He said he had to keep his promise to his sister, he said he not only wanted to build a big house on the mountain, but also plant flowers all around the house, then wait for his sister to return..."

At this moment, Zhihua suddenly sobbed.

And now, Chen Mo became a listener, quietly saying nothing.

"So the last time we met, I told him, when everything is over, we’ll go back to Helan Mountain together, I told him, by that time, no one could bully me anymore." Zhihua raised her hand to wipe the tears from the corner of her eyes, then said, "If my brother really is fine, and Prince Huai did let him go, he would definitely return to Helan Mountain."

Chen Mo understood Zhihua’s meaning; by that time just looking into it at Helan Mountain, will reveal the truth of the whole matter.

"Alright, I’ll send someone to Helan Mountain to see, if he’s found, I’ll bring him to Linzhou." Chen Mo said, "As for the network in Qinhuai County, it can be dealt with later."

Upon hearing this, Zhihua opened her mouth in surprise, a crystal-clear tear dropped from her eye, she sniffed and hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe her tears and nose, choked up, she said, "Thank you, Duke An, you are a good man."