Traveling through the Republic of China, I married a dead person

Fortunately, Zhou Beiwang did not die.

He was just injured and was sent directly to the Temporary Seventh Military Hospital in Linhua County after coming down from the mountain.

"Is he seriously injured? Is it serious?" Su Bai asked.

It is not light, nor is it serious. There is no danger to his life. He will be back after staying in the hospital for ten days or half a month.

The three of them turned a small corner and came behind the moon gate of the third courtyard, where they could not be seen by people coming out of the second courtyard.

"I didn't expect that these bandits had some tactical skills," Bai Ying said that the cost of the guard battalion's action was not small, with more than a dozen people killed and dozens injured.

However, the battle record was good. Most of the Panlong Cave bandits were wiped out, and even the bedridden Panlong Cave manager shot himself.

"Where is Liu Yiyan?" Su Bai asked.

"He ran away."

After hearing the three words "Bai Ying", Su Bai's heart finally settled down.

Bai Ying told Su Bai that Liu Yiyan could have been killed, but Captain Zhou insisted on capturing him alive. The soldiers in the guard battalion could not outrun the bandits in the mountains, and as a result, Liu Yiyan escaped with a dozen remaining bandits.

When Bai Ying said this, there was a look of confusion on her face, which made Su Bai guess, could it be that Zhou Beiwang deliberately let Liu Yiyan go?

Bai Ying's next sentence further confirmed Su Bai's guess.

Kong Chen is going back to Tianlong County, and the security of the Kong Mansion will be officially taken over by Gao Hu. However, Gao Hu was in charge of logistics and finance when he was in the guard camp, and he has a lot of accounts to hand over. Zhou Beiwang has discussed with Kong Chen that Gao Hu must hand over the accounts before he can officially take office.

Before this, the guarding of Confucius Mansion was still in the hands of the Guard Battalion.

Zhou Beiwang asked Bai Ying to tell Su Bai that Gao Hu would not be able to complete the account handover before he returned to Longxing, because it would only be completed with Zhou Beiwang's signature.

Even if Gao Hu took the account book details and the recipient to Linhua Military Hospital to find Zhou Beiwang, Zhou Beiwang would not give him his signature. To put it bluntly, he was deliberately delaying time.

Zhou Beiwang asked Su Bai to do everything that needed to be done during the days when Gao Hu had not yet taken over the guarding of the Confucius Mansion.

Bai Ying didn't know what Su Bai was going to do, but he told Su Bai to just tell him what he needed to do.

But Su Bai understood that Zhou Beiwang wanted him to solve the Second Young Lady's issue as soon as possible.

"What else did he say?" Su Bai asked again.

"No more. Captain Zhou asked me to convey four words to the young lady."

"What four words?"

"When it breaks, it breaks."

Su Bai was touched. Zhou Beiwang knew him very well and knew that he could not bring himself to do anything to the Second Miss, so he left these four words for him.

But... Liu Yiyan has already run away, where will he run to?

Only God knows.

Only then did Su Bai clearly realize that if he wanted to implement the plan to kidnap and control the second young lady, the first choice would still be Liu Yiyan, whom he was completely unsure of.

This damn Liu Yiyan, after he settles down, he should send someone to contact me, right?

Bai Ying, who was unaware of the inside story, asked Su Bai to be careful. Several bandits who were captured alive confirmed that it was Liu Yiyan's gang who attacked Confucius' Mansion at night a few days ago. Although more than a hundred bandits in Panlong Cave were wiped out, only a dozen who escaped with Liu Yiyan were left. They had lost their combat effectiveness, but they could still carry out sneak attacks and assassinations.

Especially after this battle, Liu Yiyan's resentment towards the Kong Mansion will be even greater.

It's a bit difficult to rebuild the mountain with a dozen people. Bai Ying is worried that Liu Yiyan will go to join the two bandit gangs in Xishan. With his marksmanship and the dozen people he brings, he will definitely become the third or fourth in command. By then, he will not let the Kong Mansion go.

Liu Yiyan was an excellent marksman, and at least three soldiers from the guard battalion died at his hands.

After listening to Bai Ying's words, which were well-intentioned but concerned for the ancients, Su Bai asked him, "Can I go see Captain Zhou?"

"I will definitely convey this message to you. Captain Zhou will be very pleased, but it's better for you not to go."

"Where is Xu Tianyi?" Su Bai asked again.

Xu Tianyi accompanied Zhou Beiwang to Linhua, and he would stay with Zhou Beiwang during his recovery.

No wonder Yuan Yuze hasn't come back yet. He is such a fool. He hasn't even eaten and is still waiting foolishly near the camp headquarters.

Su Bai spent several days in pain and hesitation. Although she reminded herself countless times with the four words Zhou Beiwang left for her, "make decisions when necessary", she still couldn't make up her mind to take action against the second young lady.

She believed that Liu Yiyan would come to see her sooner or later, and even if he didn't come himself, he would send someone to contact her.

At that time, it was time to make up her mind. She became very conflicted. On the one hand, she hoped that Liu Yiyan would show up earlier, but on the other hand, she hoped that he would show up later.

In the past few days, Su Bai has been overly doting on the second young lady. Every noon, he would ask the kitchen to prepare a few delicious dishes and send them to the backyard, and then ask Zi Yan to deliver them to the two young ladies.

The second daughter was also given a gold chain, and the eldest daughter, Kong Man, also got one.

It can be regarded as some compensation for his sins in advance. As time goes by, Su Bai understands the truth of what Zhou Beiwang said more clearly. Whether he is willing or not, he has to be cruel.

Su Bai had visited the basement of the Confucius Mansion. It was indeed very large. There was nothing inside and it could be used after a simple cleaning.

When Zi Yan cleverly asked Su Bai whether the housekeeper was going to put the things he bought here, Su Bai smiled and confirmed: "What a little brat!"

……

Although Gao Hu was unable to take over the Kong Mansion immediately due to the handover of the guard camp's accounts, he made some preparations in advance and asked the eldest young lady to vacate a few rooms for them in the front yard.

Before leaving the Kong Mansion, Kong Chen gave this platoon of soldiers a new name: Kong Mansion Guard.

Gao Hu was very polite and courteous when speaking to Su Bai. Bai Ying also said that Gao Hu was not a bad person, just a little stubborn, and he would definitely carry out Kong Chen's orders to the letter.

It has a bit of a selfless feel.

Now that he had made up his mind to attack the Second Miss, he could only wait for Liu Yimian to show up.

Su Bai has spent almost half of his daytime time these days in the main hall of the front yard. This was where Mr. Kong used to receive and entertain guests, and it was also where merchants and managers made financial reports every month. It was almost equivalent to a large office.

All the west wing rooms in the front yard were vacated for Gao Hu's guards. In order to delay time, Su Bai adopted the method of sending fewer people and working more slowly, and only vacated one room a day.

In this way, it will take four days to book the four rooms.

She sat in the main room and supervised the work personally. Once Liu Yiyan sent someone, she would know immediately, otherwise the bastard Yan Xi would just drive the person away as soon as he saw that the person was unfamiliar.

Su Bai also hoped that Kong Dai would come back soon and replace the stupid and stubborn Yan Xi.

He also thought about personally selecting someone from the servants to take charge of the chores, but when he thought that Kong Dai would be back in a few days, he decided not to bother with it.

Three days passed and three of the four rooms were vacated. Neither Liu Yiyan nor Kong Dai came back, but a person who was not in Su Bai's plan came.

A lame man appeared outside the Confucius Mansion, shouting that he wanted to see the second wife.

Su Bai heard it clearly in the main room, and his heart immediately rose to his throat.

Looking for the second wife?

Su Bai's intuition told him that this person's arrival would be disadvantageous to him.

Just at this moment, Yan Xi, who usually kept all strangers out like a vicious dog, disappeared.