Favoring the concubine and killing the wife? She divorced the concubine and lived with her concubine

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Received the recommendation vote from the children~

Suddenly I felt that it was hard work for people to read it even though I wrote it like this~

I won’t continue to let the children down.

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It rained this morning, drenching the southern city in cold weather. Xiao Lan couldn't help but sniff. She had originally planned to walk to the pharmacy, but now she had no choice but to take a carriage.

Ancient clothing was a bit cumbersome for Xiao Lan, and it would easily get stained with mud and water on rainy days, making her very uncomfortable. She had just settled into the carriage when she heard someone calling her from outside. She lifted the curtain and saw it was the little beggar who had delivered the letter when Sun Jiye was kidnapped.

"Madam..." The little beggar was sneaking around. Li Si stood beside him and didn't let him get too close, nor did he chase him away.

Xiao Lan signaled to Li Si that it was fine, and asked the little beggar to come closer. Unexpectedly, the little beggar tried to climb onto the car, and was picked up by Li Si again.

"Excessive?"

"Madam..." The little beggar felt very aggrieved and begged for mercy pitifully, his eyes looking around, forcing Xiao Lan to guess what secret he wanted to tell.

It was not until the little beggar and Xiao Lan got into a carriage that the little beggar got to the point.

"If I tell you who kidnapped Young Master Sun, how much silver will you give me?"

The beggar spoke with certainty, as if he already knew who it was and was just waiting for Xiao Lan to give him money. But Xiao Lan's observation that day didn't suggest the beggar knew the inside story. Unless he had seen something in the past few days...

"How much do you want?" The child was only eleven or twelve years old, but the shrewdness in his eyes made him look like a veteran.

"Ten taels!" The little beggar said an amount of money that he had never dared to think of. He felt that Xiao Lan would bargain for it at least.

"Sure," Xiao Lan replied flatly, and the beggar suddenly felt like he was losing out. But once a word is spoken, it's hard to take it back. He gritted his teeth and decided to take a gamble for the ten taels of silver.

He thought about it and decided that after he said it, he would take the silver and go somewhere else to look, and no one would know that it was he who said it.

"I saw several dead people by a stream in the woods yesterday."

When the little beggar spoke, he got very close to Xiao Lan, as if he was telling Xiao Lan a shocking secret.

Xiao Lan was surprised to hear him say this, but she still had questions, "How did you know those dead people were the ones who kidnapped my son?"

"I heard someone say..." The little beggar lifted the carriage curtain and made sure no one was eavesdropping before continuing, "Someone was talking next to the dead body, saying that this would be foolproof and there would be no evidence. If Magistrate Su finds those dead bodies, he won't be able to investigate further."

Xiao Lan looked at the little beggar in front of her, wondering whether what he said was true or not. Seeing that she didn't believe him, the little beggar quickly spoke again.

"A man as thin as a monkey said that to a child! A little girl!"

"Little girl?" Xiao Lan became increasingly unconvinced and began to speculate: "A child killed someone? Did you see a dwarf?"

The little beggar was stunned for a moment and shook his head. "It was just a skinny man talking to a little girl."

Xiao Lan felt strange, but she also felt that the little beggar didn't seem to be lying. After all, if he really wanted to lie, he would definitely make up something more believable instead of saying "little girl". Was she really a little girl?

"Did you see anyone they killed with their own hands?"

"No, the person was already dead when I saw him. But there were two people next to him, so I guess they killed him." The little beggar was very sure. After all, he saw from afar that the daggers in the hands of the two men were still dripping with blood.

He thought that since it was cold and there were not many fish, he would go upstream to try his luck, but he did not expect to encounter such a big thing. However, he hid very well and no one noticed his trace.

"How many people died?"

"I don't know, maybe three or five. Do they charge according to the number of people?" The little beggar didn't care. She thought that the mistress of a wealthy family like Xiao Lan must be generous.

Xiao Lan curled her lips, but couldn't smile. This time, it seemed, she wasn't experiencing a domestic drama, but a martial arts drama. Xiao Lan felt that she had become accustomed to matters involving human life. She hadn't witnessed Sun Shaohua's death, and all the deaths she hadn't witnessed were just a sentence, a plot, a story to her. She felt no emotion at all, just like the last time Liu Hu appeared before her in a blood-stained shirt, telling her that he had dealt with Master Zhu.

"Did you see it yesterday afternoon or some other time?" If what the little beggar said was true, then those people wouldn't have disposed of the body, but would have left it for the government to investigate. The area was remote and wooded, and waiting for someone to search on their own would probably waste time. However, sending someone to report it to the government should achieve their goal faster.

"Why didn't you report it to the authorities instead of telling me? Doesn't the county government also have a reward?"

"I tell you, if you give me money I will leave. Tell them, and they will definitely drag me to find the body." The little beggar expressed his thoughts frankly.

Xiao Lan thought for a moment, then lifted the carriage curtain and said to Li Si, "He'll tell you a place later. Remember it first, and then give the kid twenty taels of silver."

"Twenty taels?" The little beggar's mouth blossomed with a smile, and he looked at Xiao Lan with uncontrollable excitement.

"You'd better hide this silver. If you lie to me, I won't bother you, but this is a one-time deal. If you don't lie to me, if you are in trouble or can't make ends meet in the future, come here and I will help you."

The little beggar was about to get off the car to get the silver. After hearing what Xiao Lan said, he turned around and looked at him again. "If I know anything else, I'll tell you. Will you give me the silver?"

"Of course it depends on what news you bring..."

"But you didn't even ask your servants to check. How do you know if what I said is true or not?"

Xiao Lan smiled, did not answer, and sent the little beggar away. Li Si knew the place the little beggar was talking about. The lower reaches of the stream was the moat in the north of the city.

Li Si sent a maid to take the little beggar to get the silver. Xiao Lan took the opportunity to say to Li Si, "Send someone to follow him and see where he's going. And then have someone go to the government office and see if anyone has reported that someone has died in the woods."

Li Si connected Xiao Lan's words and asked hesitantly, "Should I take someone to check it out first?"

"I'm worried about danger. Anyway, it's most reliable to let the county government investigate this matter. We ordinary people don't want to get involved in the affairs of these bandits. If no one reports it to the authorities today, I will go and speak to the county magistrate myself."

Seeing Haitang hurriedly taking out a shawl for her, Xiao Lan urged her to get in the car and rush to the pharmacy.

South City is the birthplace of the Xiao family, and every business owner in this small town has some connection to them. Even the northern city gate was built with the Xiao family's donation, demonstrating the Xiao family's deep roots in South City. The shop Xiao Lan visited today is South City's largest medical clinic, staffed by three physicians, all renowned for their exceptional skills and unparalleled healing abilities.

Xiao Lan thought that the original owner had such good resources, but still trapped himself to death. There was nothing wrong with Xiao Zongshan's idea of wanting to have another son.

As soon as the carriage stopped, Xiao Zongshan could be heard talking to someone, and Lin Rui's voice also became clear. It seemed that the two had arrived early.

Haitang tied a cloak for Xiao Lan, got off the carriage first, and then helped Xiao Lan down.

When Xiao Lan saw Xiao Zongshan, she was still thinking about his son. She gave everyone a gentle and polite smile, then suddenly thought of something and glanced at Xiao Zongshan's face.

She seemed to remember that once, Mrs. Xiao had implicitly indicated that Xiao Zongshan was infertile?