Reborn to overthrow the throne, I became the new emperor's dark moonlight

"Master, Liu Cai has several wounds on his body. Judging from the wounds, the murderer should be an ordinary person without any martial arts skills, and the murder weapon is also an ordinary kitchen knife.

The house was ransacked and there were signs of a struggle; it looked like a burglary."

In Ji Chuan's study, Butler Ji said this.

“I have heard that every time Madam Liu returns to her parents’ home, she gives money to Liu Cai, and Liu Cai has flaunted this fact many times.

According to the maid at the back door, Ji Ma Ma went out again today and must have returned to the Liu family. Perhaps someone was tempted by the money."

"Isn't it a coincidence that he died?"

Ji Chuan frowned.

The housekeeper said, "It's indeed a coincidence, but judging by the scene, it was indeed an ordinary person who committed the crime. Liu Cai has many bad friends around him, all of whom are gambling enthusiasts. These people have no bottom line when it comes to money.

But I was also worried about something going wrong, so I sent people to keep an eye on the Liu family."

Ji Chuan had just been disturbed by Mrs. Ji again and was very annoyed, so he didn't pursue the matter further after hearing what she said.

The emperor only asked him to kill Liu Ma to prevent Qiao Xi from finding her, but the emperor did not say what the specific matter was. He guessed it must be something that happened in the palace that year.

His men were keeping an eye on Qiao Xi and Su Heting, both of whom had returned to northern Xinjiang.

There are countless gamblers like Liu Cai who die in southern Xinjiang every year. As long as Qiao Xi hadn't come to southern Xinjiang, it wouldn't really matter how Liu Cai died.

Therefore, when he heard the guards report that the Liu family had caught fire, he just thought it was the murderer and was worried, so he came back to destroy the evidence.

After all, he had seen many cases of using fire to cover up the truth in his life.

He told the housekeeper to take care of Madam Liu's matter, then waved his hand to signal him to leave, and went to Madam Yao's courtyard.

The Yao family was the richest in the world. They were Ji Chuan's money bag, and also the emperor's money bag. He couldn't offend them at the moment. He had to do the necessary superficial work and flatter those who needed to be flattered...

Mass grave outside the city.

Liu Cai slumped to the ground, clutching his abdomen, and complained to Qiao Xi, who was leaning against a tree with her eyes closed, "You're a girl, and you're so cruel."

He clearly had martial arts skills, but he used a blunt knife to cut his flesh, hacking at him one cut at a time.

Qiao Xi was too lazy to pay attention to him.

If not, how could we hide it from Ji Chuan?

When she had Xu Ling'er rescued, she used the same method of pretending to be dead, but Xu Ling'er was really tortured to death by Bixiang.

I don’t know how it’s doing now.

Liu Cai felt so much pain that he tried to divert his attention. "My aunt said she betrayed you, so why are you willing to save me?"

If Qiao Xi hadn't injured him tonight and made him hold his breath and pretend to be dead to deceive the people in Ji Mansion, he would probably be on his way to the underworld now.

Qiao Xi tightened her arms slightly.

Because her parents and the Crown Prince taught her to be a person who keeps her promises, she agreed to what Madam Liu said.

Also, the Qiao family and the prince are all good people, and she is destined to have blood on her hands in this life and go to hell after death.

If possible, she would try her best not to harm innocent lives, and only hope that after her soul returned to the underworld, she would have a chance to meet them.

Naturally, she wouldn't tell this to Liu Cai.

Still without receiving a reply, Liu Cai said sullenly, "Are you saying that my aunt is really going to die?

Before he died, my father told me to be filial to my aunt when I have the chance in the future."

He suddenly burst into tears, "But I always complain that she controls me too much and doesn't give me enough money. I haven't been filial to her even for a single day.

I thought she was living a wealthy life in the Ji Mansion, and I thought she had plenty of time left in her life..."

"If you want to attract wild dogs, howl as much as you want."

Qiao Xi said indifferently, "Maybe I'll be able to go to the underworld soon to fulfill my filial duties to her."

The ghostly cries suddenly stopped. Liu Cai sniffed and said stubbornly with his neck stiff, "I won't die. I want to avenge my aunt. After she's buried, I'll follow you."

"I don't need a gambler around me."

She only promised to save Liu Cai's life, and she has done it.

"I won't gamble anymore, I'll do whatever you ask me to do.

If I say something wrong, you will kill me. I know you and the emperor are at odds. My aunt worked for him, but he killed her. If you go against the emperor, you are helping my aunt to avenge her, so I have to follow you."

Seeing that Qiao Xi still didn't respond, he said, "I will pay for my aunt's betrayal of you."

Before leaving, Nanny Liu woke up Liu Cai and gave him a brief explanation. Therefore, Liu Cai only knew that Nanny Liu had done something wrong to Qiao Xi, but like Ji Chuan, he didn't know what it was specifically.

But he knew that it was the emperor who killed Madam Liu, and it was Ji Chuan who wanted to silence him. There was no place for him to stay in southern Xinjiang, let alone take revenge.

Qiao Xi is his way of survival.

"I'm not a useless person, really. I can change. If you're worried that someone will recognize me and ruin your business in the future, I can destroy my face."

After saying that, he actually grabbed a sharp stone and scratched it on his face, but was knocked down by Qiao Xi.

Qiao Xi lifted him up the tree and said, "Someone is coming."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a red fox running towards him carrying a green snake.

Qiao Xi also brought the two elders up the tree.

Just as the two men, the fox and the snake had hidden themselves, people from Ji's residence appeared.

They came to dump Aunt Liu's body...

After a stick of incense.

Liu Cai spoke with difficulty, "Can you lend me a hand, give me a hand?"

He was digging until his forehead was covered in sweat. He was tired and his wound hurt. "I am disabled."

Qiao Xi sat on a tree branch. The red fox, carrying the green snake, squatted beside her. They stared at the people digging the pit under the tree like two supervisors. Qiao Xi hugged the red fox's neck and said, "You were crying just now because you didn't take good care of her."

Liu Cai choked.

Qiao Xi brought him to the mass grave to squat beside his aunt's body. At first he was very sad, but now he was too tired to have the energy to grieve over his aunt's death.

Seeing that Qiao Xizhen had no intention of helping, and thinking of his guilt towards his aunt, Liu Cai gritted his teeth, dragged his injured body, stuck his butt out and continued to work hard, sweat mixed with blood dripping onto the ground.

Qiao Xi closed his eyes and thought about what to do next.

When Liu Ma was finally buried, dawn had already broken.

Qiao Xi finally brought Liu Cai with her.

First, leaving Liu Cai in southern Xinjiang would make it easy for Ji Chuan's men to discover him.

Secondly, seeing that he was not completely evil, even though his injuries were so severe that he could die at any time, he still insisted on burying Liu Ma properly.

However, because he was carrying the injured Liu Cai, it took ten days for Qiao Xi to arrive in Liangzhou.

This time she went directly to Xu An's mansion.

As soon as I met Xu An, I heard that Su Heting was there too.

Qiao Xi's breathing paused slightly.

Xu An reminded, "He came this morning, and his face looked a little dark."

Qiao Xi originally wanted to see Xu An about something, but since Su Heting was here, she thought about it and decided to go see Su Heting first. She pointed at Liu Cai, who she had knocked unconscious and brought in, and said, "Please help me settle him down first. I'll go see him and find you later."

"I came here by myself." Su Heting's voice, which was neither happy nor angry, came from outside the door.

Xu An didn't know what was going on between Qiao Xi and Su Heting, but it was definitely not what the outside world was saying.

If it was really Su Heting who kidnapped and forced Qiao Xi to marry, Qiao Xi would never have the freedom to run around.

Moreover, having witnessed how ruthless this ancestor was in killing people, he did not think that Qiao Xi could be abducted.

Thinking of the five thousand soldiers from northern Xinjiang who followed Qiao Xi, Xu An had some vague guesses in his mind, so he spontaneously took Liu Cai away.

"Your Highness." Qiao Xi called out.

Su He snorted, "You're always away from home. Is this what you mean by being a good Princess of Jiangbei?"

Qiao Xi lowered her eyes, "The prince left halfway, and I was worried about him, so I wanted to go find him."

Su Heting laughed angrily, "So you went to Jiangnan? And brought a man back?"

She is now telling lies without hesitation. She must have learned bad things from that man again.

"Picking up someone was an accident. My original intention was to find the prince." Qiao Xi said seriously.

Su Heting looked at me and said, "I don't believe you."

But Qiao Xi gave in and refused to argue with him, so his attack was like hitting cotton with a hard fist, and he couldn't even say what he wanted to say.

Then Qiao Xi pinched his sleeve like a young wife, looked up at him, and said to him with sparkling black eyes, "Prince, do you want more food? Should we cooperate again?"