Xu Li sat up straight, looked into his eyes and guessed, "Are you saying someone helped you?"

Xiao Chiye: "Not sure, Divine Doctor Hua's whereabouts are always elusive. The only time I saw him was in the bedroom of His Majesty the Eleventh Prince. He was seriously ill that year, and Divine Doctor Hua happened to be in the capital, so he saved his life."

Xu Li looked at him and asked, "Have you cured the poison?"

Xiao Chiye: “Not sure, but it hasn’t recurred in the past two months.”

Xu Li was still a little worried: "Can't your wife see it?"

Xiao Chiye: "From the pulse, there is nothing wrong with us, but we can't rule out the possibility that it is hidden. She doesn't know much about these poisons, so she can't define it."

Xu Li fumbled with his fingers on the cup: "So I need to ask Divine Doctor Hua to take another look at you."

Xiao Chiye took it lightly: "Divine Doctor Hua's whereabouts are elusive, so it's not easy to find him."

Xu Li: "Let's look for it first."

Xiao Chiye didn't object. He believed in Xia Wanniang, but he still had some concerns about things that she was unsure of.

The two talked about Liu Laoshi again.

Xiao Chiye looked at him: "Is Liu Laoshi's matter settled?"

Xu Li: "Catch the adulterer and his wife, catch the thief and the stolen goods. Now there is no evidence, and I can't do anything. In fact, Liu Laoshi didn't suspect his wife. It was all instigated by his relatives."

Xiao Chiye had been back for three years and didn’t know much about the relationship between the villagers in Liuyang Village: “How do you say it?”

Xu Li: "It seems that Liu Laoshi and his wife have not had any children since their marriage. He does not dislike his wife and has never thought of divorcing her. It's just that his relatives don't seem to be happy about it."

Xiao Chiye was a little confused: "What does this have to do with them?"

Xu Li: "Liu Laoshi's parents died early, but they worked hard to save up a lot of property in their early years. He has ten acres of rice fields and no brothers or sisters, so he lives a very good life. Others must be plotting against him!"

Xiao Chiye raised his eyebrows: "Why? Are you going to give him a concubine?"

Xu Li nodded: "Yes, I always tell him that having no offspring is the greatest misfortune. But this man is really good to his wife, and he won't agree to anything."

Xiao Chiye: “Just for this?”

Xu Li: "Later, seeing that this method didn't work, I thought about letting them adopt the child, but his wife disagreed."

Xiao Chiye smelled a conspiracy: "Why do I feel that this matter is not so simple?"

Xu Li agreed with his expression: "I used to think that maybe his wife looked down on him, but after hearing these things, I felt that things might not be what we thought."

Xiao Chiye tapped his slender fingers slowly on the table: "What do you say?"

"I could have come back a long time ago, but they insisted on dragging me into an argument, saying that Liu Laoshi's wife was unfaithful and unreasonable." When Xu Li thought about it now, their voices were still in his head.

Xiao Chiye smiled and shook his head: "Did his wife say anything?"

Xu Li had a headache talking about it: "His wife is quite strange. No matter how rude they were, no matter how they pointed at her nose and scolded her, she didn't say a word, and there was no expression on her face, as if the people who were talking about her had nothing to do with her."

Xiao Chiye didn't have much impression of Liu Laoshi's family. He only knew that the two of them lived a secluded life and rarely went out. They planted some rice fields themselves and rented them out to some villagers.

They live a much better life than most ordinary families. If others are poor peasants, their family can be considered rich peasants.

"Okay, don't think about it anymore. I'll ask my mother tomorrow."

Xu Li looked at them and nodded: "I originally thought that I could spend the New Year quietly with you guys, but I ended up not being able to do anything all day, it was even busier than being in the government office."

Xiao Chiye looked at his tired face and said, "You can leave these matters to the village chief. Just pretend to be sick tomorrow!"

Xu Li thought it was feasible: "I think it's feasible, otherwise I won't have a peaceful day."

The two chatted for a while, then felt sleepy and went back to their rooms to rest.

Xiao Chiye returned to the room and saw the empty room. He smiled helplessly. It seemed that he would have to sleep alone today.

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