Taking advantage of this brief moment, Han Mo carefully searched his bedding several more times.
Indeed, in just this short while, he found seven or eight more long strands of hair.
After tidying up the bedding, Han Mo guiltily opened all the windows and thoroughly ventilated the room, feeling much better.
Although in this era, it was not uncommon for men to have multiple wives and concubines, and to sometimes compose poetry and exchange pleasantries with famous courtesans in Bianliang.
However, with a formidable wife at home, even a top scholar like himself felt his knees tremble at this moment!
"I've brought the person to you. How to interrogate her is up to you!"
After a full half-hour, Zhe Yourong entered with Yue Nu.
In truth, Han Mo did not have a strong impression of his cook.
He never expected that such an unremarkable person would have done so much around him.
"Do you have anything to say?"
After picking up a piece of osmanthus cake from the pastry box brought by Zhe Yourong, Han Mo casually asked.
"Doesn't Your Excellency already know?"
To Han Mo's surprise, Yue Nu was exceptionally calm at this moment.
"You should know that what you did is essentially treason, a heinous crime!"
Looking at her composed demeanor, Han Mo couldn't help but frown.
"Even if it's heinous, so what? Does Your Excellency intend to exterminate my entire clan?"
As Yue Nu said this, a cold smile suddenly appeared on her face.
"It seems you are a person with a story. I'd like to hear your side of it..."
Han Mo spoke while pushing the pastry box in front of him closer to Yue Nu.
"Your Excellency was fortunate enough to be born into a prestigious family, a prime minister's household. How could you understand the helplessness of people like us..."
After speaking, Yue Nu closed her eyes in pain, appearing to be ready to give up.
"How will I know if you don't tell me? I had people investigate quite a bit about you, but all the information was cut off in the end. I'm truly puzzled, how could a weak woman like you have orchestrated all those people?"
While listening to Han Mo speak, Zhe Yourong also carefully observed Yue Nu's actions.
She had originally thought Han Mo would use some special methods to pry open Yue Nu's mouth, but to her surprise, Han Mo seemed to have no intention of resorting to any extreme measures.
"Although I haven't found your origins, I have discovered some other things..."
Even though Yue Nu remained cold, Han Mo was not anxious, speaking to himself.
"Why waste words here? I advise you to hand me over directly!"
"It doesn't matter if you die, haven't you thought of Dou Guan?"
Seeing her resolute attitude, Han Mo immediately played his trump card.
Dou Guan was the child Yue Nu was holding when Han Mo first bought her.
"I am a stranger to him, and I raised him for so long. I have done my best. If Your Excellency is dissatisfied and wishes to take it out on him, that is his fate!"
Although she spoke the most heartless words, Han Mo clearly saw Yue Nu's body tremble.
"When you speak, you indeed use fluent Central Plains Mandarin, without any discernible accent. However, have you noticed a detail? The little tune you hum when you put the child to sleep..."
"Just a little tune, could it be that Your Excellency has discovered some earth-shattering secret within it?"
Upon hearing Han Mo's words, Yue Nu suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Han Mo with mockery.
When a person tries to conceal something, they tend to make overly exaggerated gestures. Han Mo was an expert in this regard.
Seeing Yue Nu's current state, he understood that he had grasped the crux of the matter.
"This indeed wouldn't have amounted to much originally, but I'm a curious person. So, I had someone specifically investigate the little tune you often hum. It's quite widespread, but the version from the Yongxing Army's Hezong Prefecture most closely matches the melody you hum. Isn't this very interesting?"
"The world says Your Excellency is meticulous. This humble woman is truly enlightened today, but even so, what of it?"
As Yue Nu spoke, her eyes began to show a hint of complexity.
"You are correct, it is just a little tune. Indeed, this alone cannot explain much. But don't forget, for a girl of your outstanding appearance and prime age, to end up in the Jiaofang Division, there must have been many people involved in the process..."
"You..."
"Don't get agitated. I simply had them take your portrait and inquire among the old clerks throughout the Yongxing Army area. Although it's a clumsy method, I believe there will always be one or two people who remember this matter, who remember you. What do you say..."
"Then please come back to me after Your Excellency has found something!"
After Yue Nu finished speaking, she seemed to have made up her mind and closed her eyes again.
Seeing a fleeting expression of sadness on Yue Nu's face, Han Mo suddenly confirmed the most unlikely guess in his heart.
"Are you truly willing to let a renowned general be slandered by a despicable scoundrel, with tens of thousands of loyal souls wronged in the netherworld?"
Just as Zhe Yourong was about to say something, Han Mo suddenly slammed the table, stood up, grabbed Yue Nu by the collar, and said sternly.
This sudden action truly startled Zhe Yourong.
"You, you..."
Not only Zhe Yourong, but Yue Nu, the person involved, was also terrified by Han Mo's actions, her face paling.
"I, I don't know what Your Excellency is talking about!"
"You don't know what I'm talking about?"
"Then let me be clearer. On the fifth day of the third month in the first year of Xuanhe, Tong Guan, then the military commissioner of Wukang Army and Acting Grand Tutor, forced the great general Liu Fa to attack Tong'an City. He also took the elite troops of Xihai, Shaanxi, and Hedong with him, yet only gave Liu Fa twenty thousand veteran and weak soldiers, ultimately leading to Liu Fa's defeat, and the burial of twenty thousand loyal souls in a foreign land. Afterward, Tong Guan feigned defeat as victory, shifting the blame for the loss of territory and disgrace to Liu Fa! In his rage, the Emperor stripped Liu Fa of all honor and demoted him to commoner status!"
"After Liu Fa's death, ignorant villagers bullied the Liu family's property. His wife, unable to bear the humiliation, hanged herself, leaving behind a weak daughter and a young son whose whereabouts are unknown. Do you want me to elaborate further?"