Traveling through ancient times, the empress insisted on having a child with me

Ruyin County is located at the westernmost part of Yingtian Prefecture, adjacent to Yuzhou Prefecture.

It took Lingchuan and his companions more than ten days to travel the distance of seven or eight hundred miles. This was the first time for Lingchuan to travel far away in this world, and this trip was quite tiring for him.

This is on the premise that Wu Kun provided the carriage and horses. If Ling Chuan had to walk on his own two feet, he felt that he might not be able to make it even in a month.

In order to avoid alerting the enemy, Lingchuan and others did not go into the city, but rented a yard in a village outside the city and settled down.

At night, Leng Wushuang and Duan Xifeng arrived together.

Ling Chuan took a nap in the afternoon and recovered a little. Then he listened to the two men explaining the details of the case under the light of a small oil lamp.

Based on the intelligence gathered from their secret investigations, the two came to the conclusion that someone in the Huang family accidentally learned a secret of the Xu family, which led to the deliberate targeting of the Huang family, which ultimately led to the destruction of the family.

"Have you found out what the secret is?"

The two shook their heads: "The Huang family is all dead, where can we find out?"

The fact that Xu was not only ruthless but also so cautious showed that the secret that the Huang family knew was definitely not a trivial matter.

Ling Chuan asked again: "What about Zhao Fu? Why was he killed?"

Leng Wushuang nodded to Duan Xifeng, and then Duan Xifeng spoke: "The Xu family is a top family in Ruyin. In addition to the Xu family compound, there are many other courtyards in the whole Ruyin. Zhao Fu was ordered to wait in one of the courtyards. The next day, Brother Leng did not see him report, so he went to look for him and found Zhao Fu's body thrown in a ditch."

Leng Wushuang gestured on his body twice, and Duan Xifeng continued: "According to what Brother Leng said, the wound on Zhao Fu's body was most likely caused by the person who assassinated Brother Ling that day."

Ling Chuan narrowed his eyes and asked after a while: "Are you sure that all the people in the Huang family are dead?"

Duan Xifeng said: "After more than ten days of searching, I have confirmed that no one in the Huang family is left."

"Does their family have any distant relatives, married daughters, etc.?"

Duan Xifeng shook his head: "The Huang family only has two sons in this generation, and they are both dead. However, the Huang family's daughter-in-law has a family that lives not far away, and they occasionally visit each other on weekdays."

Ling Chuan was excited: "Have you checked this woman's family?"

"I've already checked it out. They're a small family. They only come to the Huang family occasionally to ask for money. We don't know anything about them."

Ling Chuan scratched his head: "This Xu family didn't leave any clues. They are really clean."

Duan Xifeng said: "According to my opinion, I'm afraid we can only investigate from your assassination case, Brother Ling."

Ling Chuan waved his hand: "That's different. There is no evidence. Even if the murderer stood in front of me, I wouldn't recognize him."

At this time, Leng Wushuang waved his hands repeatedly, and Duan Xifeng quickly took out a pen and paper and handed it to him. Leng Wushuang quickly wrote a few words on the paper.

"If I fight him, I will be able to recognize him."

Ling Chuan sighed: "So what if he recognized me? I have no evidence. For now, the only solution is to steal the chicken."

Everyone was stunned: "What is stealing chicken?"

"It's just to trick him." Ling Chuan said, "What's the situation at home with that in-law?"

"Zhou Qinshi's family consists of three people. The husband, Zhou Erzhu, has a stupid son. He is in his thirties and can't even walk properly."

"That's them." Ling Chuan slapped the table and said, "Take someone to Zhou Qin's house tomorrow. The key is to talk more with her stupid son. Before you leave, give him two taels of silver and say some words of thanks."

Duan Xifeng and Leng Wushuang both understood: "Are you going to pretend that you have found a clue?"

"That's right. I will personally bring people to keep an eye on them. If someone from the Xu family comes, we will catch them in the act. If not, we will take the three of them away. I don't believe that the Xu family won't be anxious."

Duan Xifeng asked, "What if Xu's people don't fall for it?"

Ling Chuan patted his shoulder and said, "Whether Xu will be fooled or not depends on how well you play the game. As long as you pretend to have really got the clue, Xu will definitely take action given his cautious style."

Duan Xifeng wanted to ask more, but Ling Chuan said, "If the Xu family still refuses to be fooled, we will protect the three members of the Zhou family to go to Beijing. I don't believe they won't take action."

"It's been so many years since the incident happened. The Xu family must have already investigated everything thoroughly. If the Zhou family had any evidence, they would have been wiped out by the Xu family. This kind of trick is probably..."

"Just do as I say, otherwise we will have no other choice."

Xu Hongtu was in the capital, and the clan had other elders to take care of things. Although Ling Chuan's arrival in Ruyin was not noticed by anyone, the whereabouts of Leng Wushuang and Duan Xifeng were always under surveillance.

There were even spies of Xu's in the village where Lingchuan lived, so the next day Xu knew that someone had come from the capital again, and met with Duan Xifeng, the head of the Criminal Investigation Bureau, at night.

In the Xu family compound, an elder sat upright, looking at the burly man in front of him.

"Xu Lang, the capital has sent people again. I think you should go out and stay out of the spotlight."

The burly man named Xu Lang had a defiant expression on his face: "Uncle, I do things very cleanly. No matter how many people they come, they won't be able to find out. What is there to hide from?"

"What? You don't even listen to me?" The elder said displeasedly, "If you hadn't killed that guy on impulse, why would the Investigation Bureau send another detective?"

Xu Lang snorted, "I can only blame that skinny guy for asking for death. He actually dared to follow me. I'm not afraid of the damn police department. If they piss me off, none of them will be able to leave Ruyin County."

"Xu Lang." The elder slammed the table and said, "I'm giving you two choices now. Either you stay in this compound and don't go out, or you go to Bashu. The chief said that some goods will come from Yue soon. You go there and keep an eye on them."

Seeing the elders getting angry, Xu Lang calmed down a little, but his tone was still full of resentment: "Then I'll go to Bashu. Staying in this courtyard all day will make me sick sooner or later."

The elders had no choice but to pretend that they didn't understand what he meant: "Then go pack up and leave tomorrow."

Xu Lang opened his mouth, but finally walked away. The elder sighed and murmured, "If you weren't the son of the clan leader, you should have been expelled from the Xu family long ago for all the trouble you caused."

However, just when he thought everything was arranged, a servant came in a hurry to report: "Elder, the head of the Investigation Department, Duan, went to Zhou Erzhu's house again this morning."

The elder just raised his eyelids and said, "They have been there once before. Zhou Erzhu doesn't know anything at all."

"Elder, this morning was different. The Duan family talked to Zhou Erzhu's idiot son for a long time, and before leaving, they stuffed two taels of silver into the idiot's pocket. It seems that they know something important."

The clan elder frowned immediately, and before he could say anything, Xu Lang walked in from outside.

"Uncle, I think that Duan guy is looking for death. I will take people to kill him and save him from all the trouble."