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

Su Ze turned around and watched Liu Hu leave, but began to doubt the truth of what he said.

He felt that Xiao Lan was not such a careless person. Moreover, how could she forgive Liu Hu so easily after he had concealed and deceived her last time?

Su Ze remembered that Xu Yi had mentioned to him before that he had seen the same triangular dagger wound on another person. But Xu Yi was tight-lipped and refused to say who it was.

Logically, Xu Yi, a coroner from the government office, should have told him everything he knew. But for some reason, when he asked him about it, he blushed deeply and ran away.

He had the constables secretly follow him, and they saw Fang Xiaoniang from the Sun family coming to see him from time to time. Xu Yi would also go to the Sun residence every day, carrying the medicine box and only going through the back door.

Is it possible...

These clues were sporadic and could not be connected. If one wanted to piece them together, one had to ask the head of the family in person. Su Ze raised his head again and looked at the sign of Sun's house.

"Sir Su!" This time the one who greeted was Li Si who was about to go out to do something. Li Si recognized Su Ze, so naturally he had to salute.

Su Ze was startled by his call, but quickly calmed down.

"Brother Li, are you going out?"

"Yes, my family needs to move, and they don't have enough boxes, so they asked me to buy some more. Are you passing by, sir?"

Su Ze paused for a moment, then said, "I'm looking for your wife to ask her something. I wonder if she's here?"

Li Si nodded quickly, "Of course I'm here. I'll go get you right away. Please wait in the hall for a moment."

For ordinary people, if the county magistrate came personally, they would come to greet him. But now that he had arrived unexpectedly, he had to be invited into the house and seated at the table without any neglect. Li Si knew that Xiao Lan and Su Ze were familiar with each other, but etiquette could not be neglected, so he led the person in without delay.

Su Ze was quickly led to the main hall and seated. As he walked along, the house seemed in chaos, with servants and maids hurriedly moving things around. It seemed they were really going to move.

However, they didn't neglect the service, and all the good tea and snacks were served. Su Ze opened the lid of the teacup and smelled the tea inside. It was different from the tea Xiao Lan had given him, and it didn't have that fragrance.

"Why did Lord Su come to my house in person? If you have anything to say, just let me know." Xiao Lan was followed by Haitang, and they both bowed when they entered the house.

Su Ze was sniffing the tea, lost in thought, and hadn't seen Xiao Lan come in. So he seemed a little hasty in placing the teacup down, but fortunately, he had adjusted himself when he stood up, clasping his fists and bowing gracefully.

Haitang was only thinking that, except Liu Hu, all the men around the lady were handsome men. No wonder the lady was so picky and didn't like anyone.

Today, Su Ze was wearing the same blue dress she'd made for Xiao Lan. Xiao Lan thought blue suited Su Ze. But her ex-husband didn't like it. After they got married, he looked down on everything Xiao Lan chose. It was both ostentatious and tasteless. His disdain for Xiao Lan was palpable, yet he still used the money he earned at Xiao Lan's company to buy things he considered tasteful.

But now, Su Ze seems to like this dress very much and often wears it.

"Please take a seat, sir. I wonder what brings you here today? I heard the tax exemption documents came down two days ago, so construction on the city wall has already begun."

Xiao Lan asked Su Ze to sit down first, and then she sat on the opposite side. She waved her hand to Haitang, "Haitang, go see how Xin'er is cleaning up. Mother Xu is worried about it. I'm afraid Xin'er will get annoyed if she talks too much, and she won't be able to catch that naughty girl if she runs around again."

Haitang glanced at Su Ze out of the corner of her eye, lowered her eyes and smiled, then retreated as instructed.

Su Ze spoke only when there were only two of them in the room.

"I'm off today. It's not business, I just came to take a look. I heard you were moving. Don't you like it here?"

Su Ze was trying to make small talk. He wanted to ask Li Hu, but he didn't know how to start.

"What's so good about this place? The scenery and courtyards aren't as good as the Xiao residence I had before, and the memories are even worse." Xiao Lan smiled. "Did you hear about this so quickly?"

Xiao Lan was generous and didn't argue with him about the title. Just now, the stranger called him "Sir". After all, she had said last time that there was no need to be polite when they were alone, so she would not be polite.

Su Ze was actually in a good mood because Xiao Lan didn't use a respectful title for him, but he was used to being indifferent, so his expression remained the same.

"Well, it's all over the place, but you don't have to listen to what they say. Just be yourself. They won't understand you unless they've experienced your suffering."

"Are you here to comfort me today?" Xiao Lan knew that she had been angry with him before, and Su Ze hadn't even treated him well when he came to the funeral hall. However, Xiao Lan didn't care, after all, it was her fault.

Moreover, she also knew that businessmen needed the support of the government to prosper. She had previously asked Xiao Zongshan if the Xiao family, far from the south city, had any connections in the capital yet was able to expand their business. However, Xiao Zongshan said that she was asking too early and that he didn't need to know for the time being.

Su Ze thought to himself, "Of course not, you don't look like you need comforting." But then he thought of Xiao Lan's volatile temper and wondered if he would make her angry.

He remembered that Xiao Lan used to put on a show in front of him. Back then, in court, she acted weak and gentle, and even when bullied by her husband's family, she still acted like a kind mistress. But now... she had always had this kind of temper, and she shouldn't have been tortured like this in the Sun family.

"I saw Liu Hu at the door. Does he live with you?" Su Ze finally couldn't help himself. Some things have gotten into a corner and there is no way out. He was full of curiosity about this matter, so he also wanted to know the truth.

Xiao Lan shrugged, remaining silent. She didn't care about Liu Hu in the first place. Although he was a self-righteous man, she was still soft-hearted when he was desperate for her life.

Su Ze was not satisfied with Xiao Lan's behavior. A stranger walked out of a woman's door, but she didn't care and didn't want to explain.

His mood instantly became even worse, but he still endured it, "Is he recuperating here with you?"

Xiao Lan nodded, not denying it. "Yes, he was injured and almost died, so he secretly recovered here for a while. But he should be well now, and he may pass away in two days."

"Do you know that he walked out of the main gate of this house today in a swagger? If someone saw him..." What Su Ze wanted to say was that if others saw him, there would definitely be bad rumors.

"Didn't you just say that you should just be yourself and not care about what others say?"

Xiao Lan just found it a little funny. The four words "gossip" have always been deadly since ancient times.

"Yes...but..." Su Ze hesitated whether to tell Xiao Lan what Liu Hu had just said to him, but he felt that those words were blasphemy to Xiao Lan, and he didn't want to say it out loud.

"It's okay..." Xiao Lan waved her hand, looking nonchalant. "He's no different from Li Si and Qian Jiu in our house. Others will just treat him as a servant of ours."

At this point, Xiao Lan looked up at Su Ze, his eyes full of teasing, "But you, Lord Su, who is so respected by the people of the city, are walking in and out here, aren't you afraid of gossip?"

Was Su Ze afraid? Of course he was. He was a rather conservative man, having always upheld the principle of keeping men and women apart from each other. He didn't even have a maid, let alone this cousin. Even though he'd been raised in luxury, with a plethora of maids, and even his father and mother didn't mind him having a concubine, for some reason, he never showed any interest in it. He never even glanced at those flashy girls.

Brothers who grew up together all had a confidante in a theater or a brothel. But he was like a blockhead, keeping himself clean. He went to those places once and never went back.

But now, for some reason, he even felt like a jerk. Ever since Xiao Lan had played tricks on him in court, he had already etched a lingering impression of this pretentious woman in his mind. The more he treated her badly, the harder it was for him to forget her. He sometimes wondered if he owed her something in a past life and had come to repay her in this one.

"Afraid..." Su Ze wanted to say that he was not afraid of his own shadow being crooked because he was upright, but he opened his mouth and said the word "afraid".