After rebirth, I married the emperor's uncle and overthrew my ex-husband's kingdom

Bai Youyou and Qiao Bing looked at each other, and both saw uneasiness in each other's eyes.

"Take a look at the situation first, don't panic."

Bai Youyou exhaled slowly, her face returned to its indifferent expression, and she stepped off the horse by the saddle.

Qiao Bing's face turned pale, and he staggered a bit before he could steady himself when he got off the horse.

He had just taken a step forward when a stern shout came from behind him: "The government is investigating a case, those who have nothing to do with it, please get out of the way!"

Bai Youyou turned around, and Lord Xu, who came on horseback, was a little surprised to see her.

"Miss Bai, I didn't expect to meet you here."

"I'm here to look for someone. What a coincidence."

Bai Youyou pursed her lips and smiled, but nothing could be seen on her face, but her hands unconsciously clenched into fists under her sleeves.

Lord Xu's eyes inadvertently swept across her hand. His eyes moved, and after nodding slightly at her, he immediately dismounted and walked past her.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

The officers drove away the people around, and the crowd dispersed and stood not far away, watching.

Lord Xu walked over and frowned when he saw the deceased clearly.

"Who discovered the body first?"

"It's me, the old man."

The old man walked out of the crowd, bowed slightly, and said slowly: "Today is a good day, I thought of cutting some wild grass from the dam to dry and use as firewood, and I saw something floating on the water from a distance. I went forward to take a look, but I didn't expect it to be a person. I was almost scared to death!"

After the old man finished speaking, he patted his chest with lingering fear, looking terrified.

Another middle-aged man in gray followed suit and said, "I had just returned from the fields carrying a hoe. When I heard Old Li's exclamation, I ran over quickly. I was also shocked at the time."

"You were the ones who fished out the people, too?"

Lord Xu examined the body, touched the back of the deceased's head, then stood up and wiped his hands with a handkerchief.

"Yes, we fished it out together."

Old Li nodded along with that man.

Lord Xu glanced at the faces of the onlookers, and then asked, "Did the head of the body hit anything when it was fished out?"

"I wasn't paying much attention when I was fishing it out. I think it hit a rock there."

Old Li pointed to a few raised areas by the pond where families usually washed their clothes, and the surface of the stones had been worn round and smooth.

When the police entered the thatched hut, Bai Youyou and Qiao Bing both felt nervous.

Not long after, the two officers came out.

"Sir, there is blood inside."

When Lord Xu took a step forward, his eyes deliberately passed over Bai Youyou's face.

She pursed her lips, obviously nervous.

Why was she so nervous at the crime scene?

Lord Xu was a little skeptical that she had committed murder, after all, she had nothing to do with the deceased.

Following his men into the room, Lord Xu looked in the direction where his men pointed to the foot of the bed.

He squatted down, twisted it with his fingers, and then sniffed it under his nose.

One of the officers said, "This bloodstain must have been from a few days ago and has already dried up."

Lord Xu hummed, stood up and looked around.

The room was extremely simple, with only two beds made of wooden boards.

The bed was covered with thick straw, two thin and worn quilts, and a few spring and autumn clothes were stacked on a wooden board at the foot of the bed.

"Is there anything else unusual in the house?"

"I checked everything, nothing."

Lord Xu did not ask any more questions, "Where did Liang Xiucai go?"

"That old man Li said that two days ago, Liang Jinyu came back to ask Liang Xiucai for money. Later, when he didn't get the money, he almost beat Liang Xiucai to death. It was the third young master of the Qiao family who happened to come over and sent him to the Huichun Clinic, saving his life. He is still in the Huichun Clinic now."

"Go to the Rejuvenation Clinic and check if this is true."

"Yes."

Lord Xu looked at the newly renovated soil under his feet and stepped on it a few times, neither lightly nor heavily.

After leaving the thatched hut and seeing Bai Youyou, a slight curve appeared at the corner of his lips.

"I went to visit the master yesterday, and heard him say that he was going to accept a closed disciple soon."

Bai Youyou was stunned, "Who is your husband?"

Master Xu stroked the two-inch beard he had just grown and said with a smile, "It's Confucius."

"Oh, it's Grandpa Kong."

Bai Youyou smiled, "I didn't expect that you, Lord Xu, are also a student of Grandpa Kong. It's true that a strong general has no weak soldiers under him. No wonder you are already the Jingzhao Yin at such a young age."

He is already a third-rank official before he reaches the age of forty. It is not impossible for him to be promoted to the first-rank official in the future and be granted a title of nobility or appointed as a prime minister.

Hearing her praising herself like this, Master Xu laughed, "You girl, it's true what Master's wife said, your mouth is as sweet as honey."

He paused, and then continued, "The teacher said that he had fallen in the tea garden before, and fortunately you rescued him and sent him to the hospital in time, so he was saved."

Lord Xu cupped his hands and bowed to Bai Youyou, "Thank you very much, young lady."

Bai Youyou quickly took a step to the side, avoiding his salute, and raised her hand to support him, "It's just a small favor. Grandpa Kong has already thanked you, so you don't have to be polite, Lord Xu."

"What are you doing here today?"

Lord Xu straightened up and asked in a casual tone, but his eyes inadvertently glanced at Qiao Bing, who had been keeping his eyes down and lips pursed in silence.

Bai Youyou was shocked, the smile on her face faded, revealing a look of helplessness.

"My second brother was framed and lost 100,000 taels of silver at Lao Zhang's gambling house on North Street two days ago. We are here today to ask someone about what happened that day."

"One hundred thousand taels?!"

Upon hearing this, Lord Xu couldn't help but take a breath.

A steamed bun costs two cents. How many steamed buns can you buy with these 100,000 taels of silver?

What a spendthrift!

"Well, there was a man named Li Dahu who was drinking with my second brother that day and he lived nearby. We originally wanted to ask Liang Xiucai to see if he knew where Li Dahu's home was."

Bai Youyou sighed heavily, "Who would have thought that we would run into Liang Xiucai and his brother lying in a pool of blood? We sent them to the Huichun Clinic to settle them down, but now they have come back to look for them. Who would have thought——"

"When you arrived, Mr. Liang had already fallen in a pool of blood?"

"Well, his brother narrowly escaped death. The doctor said that even if he was saved, he would not live past 20 if he was not well taken care of."

Lord Xu frowned slightly, and his right thumb unconsciously rubbed his index finger.

Is it really a coincidence?

But this coincidence is too strange.

Bai Youyou noticed the suspicion in his eyes and thought of Liang Wenxiu. She immediately changed the subject and asked, "How did Li Daqiang judge Liang Wenxiu's case that day?"

Lord Xu stopped thinking and looked up at her, "Li Daqiang was sentenced to three thousand miles of exile."

"Isn't buying and selling the same crime? Why did Liang Xiucai's father......"

Lord Xu looked at her puzzled face and smiled, "Buying and selling are both crimes, but you know that Liang Jinyu is Liang Wenxiu's father. If the two of them insist that they got married according to their parents' orders, they can only be released without guilt."

Fortunately, he had Liang Jinyu sign a confession in advance, otherwise the people from Yongning Marquis' Mansion would have really taken advantage of loopholes in the law.

Bai Youyou knew that this was the most fair result that Lord Xu could make. She curled the corners of her lips and said, "Lord Xu is wise."