Transmigration: I, the Dragon Overlord, start by protecting my beautiful bride!

This guy certainly used a clever scheme. He had Liu San kill someone to cover his tracks and then take the blame for him, while he himself sacrificed the pawn to save the king. Now all the leads have been cut off, making it much harder to deal with Lin Boguang.

However, this incident wasn't entirely without its benefits for Long Aotian; Luo Qianxun pardoned him for taking death row inmates out without permission...

After leaving the Zhenye Division, Long Aotian went to the Shi family to express his gratitude to Miss Shi.

But when he arrived at the Shi family's courtyard gate, he found it ajar. He thought something had happened, but when he pushed the gate open, he found that Jiang Beichuan, that brat, was also there.

"grown ups."

Jiang Beichuan was sitting in the courtyard, while Miss Shi Yiguang was tending to his wounds.

This time, he had more injuries than Long Aotian, and in addition to knife wounds, there were also bruises and whip marks, which was quite troublesome.

Judging from their posture, it's as if we're seeing Long Aotian in his youth, when he had a puppy love and was discovered by his homeroom teacher.

"Beichuan, what are you doing here?" Long Aotian asked knowingly.

"I..." Jiang Beichuan lowered his head and scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly.

"Just ask me to change your dressing, there's nothing to be embarrassed about." Shi Yiguang was very generous, and looking at Long Aotian who had ruined the atmosphere, she said irritably, "Lord Shen, what brings you here today? I remember you haven't asked for your stitches to be removed yet."

Long Aotian looked at her and immediately took out a money pouch from his pocket and said, "It is naturally not time for me to seek help from Miss Shi yet, but if it weren't for Miss Shi's help, this matter would have been very troublesome. So I came here specifically to thank Miss Shi."

Shi Yiguang glanced at him and said indifferently, "Lord Shen, I appreciate your kindness. However, my master told me that to practice medicine and help the world, one should be indifferent to fame and fortune and have a heart that cares about all the people. So you don't need to thank me with money."

Long Aotian was taken aback upon hearing this, and immediately replied awkwardly, "Oh, this isn't for you. It's for your neighbor, Sister Li. Her house was burgled recently, right? I made a bet with her; if she can't catch the thief within seven days, I'll have to pay for his losses out of my own pocket."

Shi Yiguang's pretty face froze for a moment, and she stammered, "This..."

After thanking Miss Shi, Long Aotian wisely prepared to leave, giving the two young people some space. However, he did not expect that Jiang Beichuan, that silly boy, would chase after him.

"My lord, my lord, wait for me!"

"You silly boy, what are you doing out here?"

“Aren’t you going to return the money, sir? I’ll go with you.” Jiang Beichuan said this while putting on his clothes.

"Not going to keep Miss Shi company?" Long Aotian smiled, his eyes narrowing.

"My lord, what are you saying?" Jiang Beichuan blushed shyly. "It's already kind of Miss Shi to help me apply the medicine for free. She must have her own things to do. How can I keep staying there and bothering her?"

Long Aotian shook his head and smiled helplessly when he heard what the silly boy said.

But he didn't say anything, after all, feelings are something that depends on fate.

The two of them arrived at Sister Li's house side by side and knocked on the door.

Soon, Sister Li pushed open the door and came out. The moment she saw Long Aotian, she immediately beamed with joy.

"Oh, it's Lord Shen! Please, please come in." Sister Li welcomed Long Aotian and Jiang Beichuan into the house, and then brought them a jar of her homemade wine.

"I've found the money for you." Long Aotian placed the money bag on the table, and seeing Sister Li busy at work, they had no choice but to sit down and drink.

"Oh, this is wonderful!" Sister Li picked up her money pouch, beaming from ear to ear. "This is my life savings! Without this money, how could a weak woman like me survive?"

Long Aotian didn't say anything, just smiled faintly. After drinking, he took Jiang Beichuan and left Sister Li's house together.

"Sir, where are you going next?" Jiang Beichuan was still full of energy. "I'll rest at home for a few more days, and then I'll be able to join you in investigating cases soon!"

Upon hearing this, Long Aotian scratched his cheek somewhat awkwardly. How could he have forgotten his good disciple!

He hadn't yet asked Dong Fuguang if he could bring one more person into the Huayi Mansion...

Jiang Beichuan is an upright man and an invaluable helper. It would be truly heartless of me to abandon him...

"Beichuan, do you know where Liu San's home is?" To avoid making Jiang Beichuan overthink, he didn't tell him about it for the time being, but instead planned to write to Dong Fuguang to ask if he could be taken along as well.

"Sir, are you referring to Liu San from our Zhenye Division?" Jiang Beichuan asked.

"Yeah, that's right."

Long Aotian nodded and then recounted everything that had happened that day.

"Ah? Is that so?!"

Jiang Beichuan seemed very surprised. He obviously hadn't expected that the guy who usually seemed so weak would do something so crazy.

"Beichuan, do you think Liu San's words are credible?" Long Aotian asked, looking at Jiang Beichuan.

"I think it's fifty-fifty," Jiang Beichuan replied after thinking it over. "I haven't had much contact with Liu San, but based on my daily observations, he is rather timid and cowardly. He is also a sycophant who will side with whoever is more capable. I don't think he would do something like killing Prefect Liu and attacking you, sir."

Upon hearing this, Long Aotian nodded and gave a soft "hmm," expressing his agreement with Jiang Beichuan's words.

"But... he has already admitted it himself. Is there something you suspect, sir?" Jiang Beichuan asked Long Aotian with some doubt.

"I just feel that Li Tongzhi's inside man in the Zhenye Division shouldn't just be a nobody like Liu San," Long Aotian said, stating his deduction.

"You think he didn't kill Prefect Liu?" Jiang Beichuan scratched his head.

"No, I think it's possible that Prefect Liu was killed by him," Long Aotian replied. "After all, there were so many people guarding Prefect Liu that day. If he weren't someone with such a low profile, how could he not attract attention?"

"So, sir, you mean there's someone behind Liu San?" Jiang Beichuan was very clever and immediately understood the meaning behind Long Aotian's words. "This person ordered him to kill Prefect Liu, and then, to avoid being exposed, arranged for him to obstruct your investigation..."

Long Aotian looked at the young man in front of him with great satisfaction.

"Sir, are you right in looking at me like that?"

"Well, almost."

Upon hearing Long Aotian's affirmation, Jiang Beichuan immediately smiled.

"Sir, when you investigated that death row inmate, did you have any suspects in mind?"