Jiaohua

The box was carried across the courtyard and directly into the main hall of Nie Huimo's residence.

Mrs. Qu's maids and nuns took their leave.

Mrs. Qu took out the key and walked to the box, then turned to look at Nie Huimo.

Nie Huimo was looking at the box, and it was really hard to guess what was inside.

"Don't be startled," said Mrs. Qu.

Nie Huimo raised his eyebrows slightly: "Let me see if you can really scare me."

Mrs. Qu sneered, turned around and inserted the key into the keyhole.

With a click, the big wooden box opened.

Inside was another wooden box.

The same key opens the second wooden chest.

After opening it, there was another wooden box inside.

Inside the wooden box, there is another wooden box.

Ling Yang and Xiang Shan, who were standing guard at the door, were stunned.

Each wooden box was made of solid wood and the material was extremely thick. As one wooden box after another was opened, the temperature in the room gradually dropped and a chill came over us.

Finally, after opening one layer of the wooden box, a large stone bowl was revealed inside, but there was still a wooden box in the middle of the large stone bowl.

Mrs. Qu raised her hand and pressed a mechanism on the stone bowl, and the large stone bowl was pushed out.

An indescribable smell instantly filled the entire hall.

Ling Yang and Xiang Shan couldn't help but walk over. Inside the stone bowl were pieces of ice that had not yet melted.

"What's inside?" Xiangshan asked, "Iceberg Snow Lotus?"

Ling Yang asked: "Could it be a rare iced tonic soup?"

Nie Huimo said: "It's a corpse."

Xiang Shan and Ling Yang exclaimed: "Body parts?!"

"Really?" Nie Huimo looked at Mrs. Qu, "And I guess it's the head."

Mrs. Qu smiled and directed Xiang Shan and Ling Yang to lift the box out of the stone bowl and place it on the outermost large wooden box. Then, she used the key to open the last wooden box.

There was actually a human head inside.

The head was covered with corpse spots, but it was generally intact and the eyebrows and eyes were clearly visible.

Nie Huimo and others recognized him immediately.

Nie Huimo was shocked and said, "Weng Enhou?!"

Mrs. Qu said, "It wasn't Ah Li who killed him. It was Zhu Zhe who killed him before he died. They both died on the same day."

Mrs. Qu took out a letter from her sleeve and handed it over: "After I got this head, I immediately had people build these layers of wooden boxes to prevent it from rotting. This head has been kept in my ice cellar. Otherwise, it would have rotted away long ago."

Ling Yang said gratefully: "Mrs. Qu is so kind, you could have just kept it in the ice cellar and let us get it, but you delivered it personally!"

Madam Qu gave him an approving look: "You are much more eloquent than your general! I am doing this because I see that you are having a hard time living in this remote place."

Nie Huimo said coldly while reading the letter: "Huazhou is not a poor and remote place. Huazhou was once the richest province in Jiangbei."

Mrs. Qu said: "Then let me ask you, if A Li had not led the Xia family army from west to east, sweeping the entire Huazhou and wiping out all the bandits, then would you not want Huazhou?" Nie Huimo paused. He really would not take over this mess.

Below Huazhou is Jiangnan, to the northeast of Huazhou is Songzhou, to the east is Li Qianguizhou who had not yet fallen, to the north are Yun Bozhong and Li Xiao, and to the northwest is Jiao Jinhu.

He didn't have the time to fight bandits under the watchful eyes of everyone, and Tian Dayao wouldn't allow him to spend that time.

Mrs. Qu spread her hands and said, "Look, my Ali is so capable!"

Nie Huimo's eyes became gentle, he smiled with his lips slightly curved.

After reading the letter quickly, Nie Huimo raised his eyes to look at the head in the stone bowl: "It's your own fault."

Ling Yang said: "General, Weng Baoshan would never have thought that his precious son's head would be in our hands."

Madam Qu said, "The news that Ah Li seized Zhu Zhe's camp has spread. Will he blame Ah Li for this?"

"No," Nie Huimo put away the letter, "When Weng Enhou was hacked to death in the inn, many people were present. One of his close followers was lucky enough to survive and has returned to Jinzhou."

"Well, he should thank Ah Li for killing Zhu Zhe for him."

Nie Huimo walked towards the head and tapped lightly on the largest wooden box with his fingertips.

"I should thank Ah Li," Nie Huimo said thoughtfully, "This head appears at this time and is of great use to me."

Xiang Shan said: "No wonder Mr. Xin Shun has always wanted to make friends with Miss A Li. It's really nice to be friends with Miss A Li!"

Mrs. Qu was delighted by these words. She raised her hand and gently wiped her bangs in front of her forehead, then pressed the jade hairpin on her bun.

Ling Yang said: "But why did Miss Ali want to help us? If it was the previous agreement with the general, could it be that she wanted to use this to offset it?"

Madam Qu shouted, "What nonsense! Ah Li would never take advantage of this. Zhao Ning has analyzed it. Ah Li doesn't want your General Nie to die in the internal fighting of Dacheng before he can even reveal the name of the person to be killed!"

Nie Huimo frowned, and his handsome face suddenly fell.

He knew in his heart that Ali did have this idea, but knowing it was one thing, but being pointed out so blatantly made him very unhappy.

"Okay," Mrs. Qu came over and put the key on the wooden box. "Replace the ice inside with new ones. This set of wooden boxes can absolutely ensure that the head will not rot."

Nie Huimo asked coldly, "Have you been bullied along the way?"

"You were lucky. The big armies you met were willing to give you face and didn't side with your mortal enemies. Some small bandits were easy to deal with. My people dealt with them quickly. The only tricky thing was meeting Yun Bozhong's people. They were okay. They gave us 10,000 shi of grain and 5 tons of meat. I said I would send them to Hengping next year, and they agreed. Thanks to my good sister Zhao Ning, the golden signboard of the word "integrity" is shining!"

Just like when she mentioned "A Li", when she mentioned "Zhao Ning", Mrs. Qu's eyes also sparkled.

Nie Huimo nodded: "Go and have a rest. The guest room is already being cleaned up. You will leave early tomorrow morning. I will send 5,000 soldiers to protect you."

"I'm a little sleepy!" Mrs. Qu raised her hand and rubbed her neck. "Let's go, let's go back to sleep!"

Ling Yang led the way personally, while Madam Qu sat on the sedan chair. The maids and nuns in bright clothes followed on both sides as they headed towards the main wing room.

After arriving in the courtyard, a maid said "Eh" and looked ahead: "Madam, there are so many beauties standing over there."

Mrs. Qu was dozing off due to sleepiness and looked up.

Ling Yang followed the maid's voice, turned his head and looked to the northwest, frowned, and strode over: "What are you doing here?!"

"Eh?" Mrs. Qu said, "These girls all look so familiar."

Ling Yang panicked and ran even faster, anxious to drive them away.

The beauties huddled together and huddled in the corner.

"Damn it!" Mrs. Qu suddenly yelled, "Why do they all look so much like Ah Li!!" (End of this chapter)