Chapter 1110: Chapter 1109: Cooperation Chapter 1110: Chapter 1109: Cooperation The hearts of everyone in the house were lifted.

They all fixed their gaze on the room door, not moving for a while.

“Go open the door.”

Liu Sisi’s words came from the inner room. The door curtain stirred, and the corner of a dress appeared behind the room door.

As the room door was pulled open, a large group of soldiers officers surged into the house.

They quickly pushed everyone outside the room door and began rummaging through the house, searching meticulously, especially in places where gold and silver could easily be hidden, which they inspected particularly carefully.

Were they looking for someone or were they here to confiscate property?

Liu Sisi’s eyebrows were furrowed, but she showed no expression on her face and said not a word.

“Line up, line up! Men to the left, women to the right, move it! Whoever doesn’t value their life, just stay put and don’t move!”

Who didn’t value their life?

Everyone quickly split into two groups.

Just as Liu Sisi had anticipated, the women were only briefly questioned by the soldiers officers and then let go. The men, however, were scrutinized very closely. They were not only interrogated but also searched.

Liu Sisi stood on the right, her face a mask of calm, yet she heaved a sigh of relief inwardly!

She had originally disguised herself as a man and changed back into women’s clothing at the last minute upon noticing that the soldiers officers across the street were searching men.

That was close!

Before Liu Sisi could even relax,
a soldier suddenly exited the house and approached the leader of the soldiers officers, “Your Honor, the brothers have found something! Please come have a look in person!”

With just one sentence, Liu Sisi’s heart leapt to her throat.

The demeanor of the leader, initially casual, suddenly brightened! His entire being became alert as he sized up each person at the center of the scene, his gaze landing on Liu Sisi with particular ferocity.

He quickly stood up, “Where? Lead me there at once.”

“Your Honor, please this way.”

Liu Sisi watched with wide eyes as the soldier led a few people into the inner room, feeling anxious on the inside but maintaining her usual calm smile on the outside.

What exactly had they found?

She scanned the surroundings carefully. The small town wasn’t big; the center was paved with a stone path, with homes on either side, most made of earth and topped with thatch. Planning another escape route would not be an easy task.

If they were really in trouble, which route should they take to leave?

Before Liu Sisi could think it through, the people who had gone inside the house came back out.

The leader now held two items in his hand, looking over everyone with them. He raised the items in his hand, “I think you all can give I the Official a satisfactory answer. Speak up! Whose are these? What are they for?”

What he was holding were the fake beard Liu Sisi had just taken off and had not yet had time to put away!

No one spoke, and several people stole glances at Liu Sisi, quickly looking away. However, even this brief attention allowed the leader to quickly notice her.

He took two steps closer to Liu Sisi, his face shielded by a helmet, showing only his nose and eyes; the man’s expression was not visible.

“Tell me, what do you use it for?”

He didn’t directly identify the item or its purpose, instead opting to ask directly.

“What are you talking about?”

Liu Sisi poked her head out and looked bewildered, “Your Honor, are you referring to these two things in your hand that I don’t know what they are? These are the eyebrows from the cloth doll in my house. They just fell off, and I was about to glue them back on when Your Honor and your men arrived…”

There was no deceit in what Liu Sisi said.

The fake beard that she used to glue on was indeed the eyebrows of the cloth doll!

And this cloth doll was something she had purposely bought for when she was preparing to disguise herself as a man.

“Is that so…”

The other party was somewhat skeptical; however, someone soon brought over the cloth doll, and when they attached those two strips of eyebrows to it, they matched seamlessly, without the slightest discrepancy.

“It seems that we have, indeed, got the wrong person and wronged you. Since that’s the case, we ask for your understanding.”

“Your Honor, what are you talking about? Cooperating with Your Honor’s investigation is our duty,” Liu Sisi eagerly replied with a smile.

After these people had thoroughly searched and left, they continued checking the next house down in the small town. It was only after the group had left the street one by one that everyone heaved a sigh of relief.

“At last they’re gone. Thankfully, we got through it safely this time as well. But those men were really strange. The servants tried to bribe them with some silver, but they didn’t take it. I kept trying to secretly hand out silver to several of them, but it was the same in every case,” Ms. Gao said, unable to contain herself beside her.

She looked utterly bewildered.

“Perhaps this matter isn’t over yet. Let’s wait and see,” said Liu Sisi.

“Not over yet? Your Highness means…” Ms. Gao hesitated considerably.

Liu Sisi glanced outside, “Think about the answers and actions of the other party again carefully, and tell me when you figure it out.”

Ms. Gao furrowed her brows in thought for a while before suddenly exclaiming.

“Ah! Princess, are you saying that what they are looking for is a girl disguised as a boy?”

Realizing the implications of her words, Ms. Gao quickly speculated, “If that is so, why didn’t they just arrest us outright? What would they do if we were to run?”

“Run? You have no idea how many tens of thousands of men are out there surrounding this small town. You think that was just a few people. Just run away.”

Liu Sisi had long ago noticed that those who had come to search today were merely a small team.

No matter whether they were here for her or not, the best course of action for now was to quickly stabilize the situation.

“Princess, do you think the Third Young Master and Old Master Marquis have also encountered the soldiers? How did they escape?”

Ms. Gao’s words continued to reach her ears.

As for this matter, Liu Sisi saw it clearly, “Old Master Marquis and Chou Chou should be fine. They entered and left together; an ordinary general only has two recommendation spots, safer that way.”

Everyone was immediately relieved, and the toy doll in their hands, seemingly like a plaything, was thrown into a corner and discarded.

“Quickly, keep an eye on that carriage we saw earlier for any abnormalities, and the moment their carriage team appears at the road ahead, immediately come and report to me.”

“Yes, General.”

Once everyone had left, with only herself and Ms. Gao remaining in the center of the scene, Liu Sisi softly inquired,
“How is it? What’s the situation now?”

Ms. Gao poked her head out to take a look outside, “It appears that they have temporarily withdrawn to just outside the village entrance, but as to who is leading the troops, our horsemen have not discovered yet.”

“They haven’t left?” asked Liu Sisi, raising her eyebrows.

“It seems that they are really determined to confront us. Heh!”