Ren Shou picked up a piece of paper and wrote the words:
[ The slumbering wolf will start to move and eat up two lambs. The snake in the shepherd's home will wait until all lambs are gone.]
He then tied the letter around the pigeon's feet. The pigeon flew away as it received another mission.
"Ping Bo."
The man who was meditating at the corner of the room opened his eyes.
"Is it time, Master?"
"Wake up the slumbering wolf." Ren Shou's eyes were chilling as he instructed Ping Bo.
The slumbering wolf was the two thousand men that he brought six months ago from the Emperor's order. They managed to get unscathed from the ambush. Now, it's their turn to eat the two cities where the Emperor's men were at.
Whether they were barbarians, prisoners, or guards, they were all enemies. The true citizen of that city was already evacuated so the two thousand men could fight with ease.
Ping Bo nodded then he disappeared. He would lead the two thousand men and attacked Lin City.
In just a couple of hours, Lin city would become a battlefield.
Afterward, it would be the palace's turn to be engulfed by blood.
****
Li Amm arrived at the Ren household.
A crying Xiao Min, an Aunt Min who looked older, and the worried servants waited for Li Amm at the entrance of Ren household.
"Lady!" Xiao Min almost kneeled when she saw her Young Miss. It was the second time that her young miss came back to the residence without her. Her guilt and worries were eating her. She had regretted that she went ahead without her young miss.
"I deserve to die! I left you in that scary place!" Xiao Min's waterfall continuously flowed.
"Madam, are you unsatisfied with us? If you are, just tell me what we need to improve. We, the servants of the Ren household, will do what we can for our Madam. Please don't leave us." Aunt Min's old face said with earnest and pleading.
Li Amm was stricken by guilt seeing that she made the whole residence worry for her. She really plans to return early before dinner.
But who would thought that they would see a deserted city and she would encounter some people who need her help? Even she worried these people, she did not regret even one bit. She managed to save the four children who might die of starvation and cold. Right now, that was her concern.
Li Amm patted Xiao Min's head and held Aunt Min's wrinkled hand.
"I am sorry. It's my mistake. You all treated me well. There's nothing for me to complain. Please forgive me for worrying all of you." Li Amm's sincere apologies soften Aunt Min's heart.
"By the way, these children will be a part of the Ren household from now on. Please prepare warm food for them and thick clothes. They had been shivering all the way." Li Amm gestured the two children to come forward.
Aunt Min just noticed the two boys.
"Oh my. Sorry to keep you waiting, you two. Di He, Di Ha, prepare warm soup for these two. And look for smaller clothes. Di Ho, prepare warm bath for Madam-" Aunt Min started to instruct the servants. But Li Amm cut her off.
"Aunt Min, no need to worry about me. May I ask where are the experts that Ren Shou left to guard the Mansion?" Li Amm needed to talk with them.
Aunt Min was stunned. She could clearly see Li Amm's disheveled state.
"I will call them for you, Madam. But you have to take care of yourself first. Look at you, you are shivering and you must be famished. The servants will guide you to your room first and then I will call the experts for you." Aunt Min said. Her tone had no room for discussion.
Li Amm knew that Aunt Min was a stubborn woman. She just nodded and patted the two boys to follow the maids.
Yun held Li Amm's clothes.
"Miss, how about my big sis and big bro?" Little Yun was afraid that the lady would forget his siblings. He was glad they would have warm food and thick clothes. But he would not be happy if his brother and sister who helped him and take care of him would be left alone.
Little Chian looked at Li Amm with pleading eyes. They clearly wanted their siblings to be here at this moment.
Li Amm hugged the two. "Don't worry. I promised you I will bring them back. So behave here, okay?"
The two eyes instantly lit up. The lady had promised them warm food and a warm home. Now they have a warm home. They believe this lady would fulfill her promise to them.
The two children then followed the servants.
Li Amm watched them with concern. She hoped that she could get the children as quickly as possible.
As soon as she entered the room, she instructed Xiao Min to find thick clothes for her. While she was clothing her self with many layers of clothes. Her warm food arrived.
"Xiao Min, can you please follow up to Aunt Min that I need at least two experts to talk to me."
"Right now, young miss? You are still having your meal."
Li Amm was eating her food quickly. " I will be finish eating once they arrived. Just call them for me please."
Xiao Min got worried. Why her young miss sound so urgent?
"Young Miss, are you trying to sneak out again?"
Li Amm shook her head. "No, I need the two masters to sneak out for me. Call them now please." She urged.
Xiao Min nodded. A while later she returned with two martial arts experts. They were both middle-aged men.
"Lady." They kneeled in front of Li Amm.
"No need for pleasantries. Please take a seat. Xiao Min, would you brew us a warm tea?" Xiao Min nodded and went out to get the brewing materials.
The moment Xiao Min got out of the room, Li Amm directly told them why they were summoned.
"I need your help, masters."