Qing Huan remembered what happened in her previous life. Her father committed suicide in prison without leaving any words. Later, she went through many twists and turns to clear her father and brother's innocence.
But until the end, she still didn't understand how her father, such an upright man, could make such a choice.
After reliving her life, she found that the whole case was much more complicated than what she had investigated in her previous life.
Su Huai and the Cao family's cases don't seem to have any connection, and they may eventually end up together.
The imperial court arrested Magistrate Su because of the tax money that year, and whoever hid the tax money was a collaborator with the enemy. No matter who was charged with such a crime, there was only one way to die.
After the rebels invaded Fengxiang, my father was ordered to lead the troops to kill the rebels. Unexpectedly, Zhao Chong escaped from the city and it was not until later that Zhao Chong was captured.
If someone starts from here, connects his father with the rebels, and adds evidence...then his father will follow in the footsteps of Magistrate Su and be suspected by the court of being a collaborator.
It makes sense when you think about it.
Therefore, Su Huai had a close call and was finally avenged. Could it be that his father's so-called "suicide" was simply a cover-up by the court? It was very possible that his father was secretly executed by the court.
From the beginning, this matter was not just an attempt to frame my brother, but the entire Anyihou Mansion was involved.
Xu Qinghuan looked at Li Xu outside the car.
Li Xu didn't speak anymore, because it was expected that she would think clearly, so why is Li Xu's behavior in this life obviously different from that in the previous life?
Xu Qinghuan said: "Master Li is not from Fengxiang, but how can he know so much?"
"Then I have to thank Miss Xu," Li Xu said with a smile, "Miss Xu saved the prince and disrupted the murderer's original plan. Once the mistake started, even if it was corrected, there would be clues left. Cao Ruwan seemed to have been tricked by Mrs. Xu Er
Buying a murderer and kidnapping someone wrongly may actually be seen with the eyes, but it may not be true. This makes me think that the case of corruption in the Su Prefecture was too hasty, and there may be an inside story."
Xu Qinghuan said: "Just these?"
"Of course not," Li Xu continued, "We all suspect that Magistrate Su was wronged because he offended Uncle Guo. The only people in Beijing who dared to argue with Uncle Guo in the court were Marquis Anyi and the officials who were friends with Magistrate Su.
Naturally, I would go to the Mansion of An Yihou and ask An Yihou to come forward for help. I inferred that An Yihou had already met Mr. Su in prison, and whether An Yihou redressed Mr. Su's grievances or not would become a handle in the future.
To redress the grievances is to cover up the injustice, but not to redress the grievances is even more inconsistent with the character of An Yihou. Maybe An Yihou wants Mr. Su to be a scapegoat, so that the court will not investigate the events of that year after the case is settled.
In this way, An Yihou was related to the case.
In such troubled times, Mrs. Xu found an opportunity to frame the prince, and the Xu family and Cao family actually caused such a big commotion.
If you want to harm someone, you will naturally surround him with all kinds of means. After Magistrate Su was sent to the capital, everything in the Su family was peaceful. Even I, who was planning to bring the people thousands of words to the capital, did not encounter any obstruction.
This was originally a case against Magistrate Su, but why did it have so many involvements with the Anyi Marquis Mansion, both overtly and covertly?"
After Li Xu finished speaking, he paused slightly: "Maybe my inference is wrong, so I came to ask Miss Xu for confirmation."
Li Xu is still as calm as in his previous life.
"Why do you have to say it so obscurely?"
Li Xu saw that the curtain of the carriage was slightly lifted, and Miss Xu had a faint smile on her face: "Master Li asked Zhou Yue to come to the Xu family, didn't he also want to take advantage of the Anyi Marquis Mansion? At that time, you thought it was the Zhang family.
I framed Magistrate Su, and the only person in Beijing who dared to be an enemy of the Zhang family was my father.
Now that you are outside my carriage, you also want to get some information from me and thoroughly investigate the case. Fortunately, we are also traveling together, so I will tell you what I know."
Li Xu's expression naturally did not change, but Zhou Yue was overjoyed and immediately stepped forward: "I have long said that Miss Xu is smart and has a good temper. Now that we are all in the same boat, in the future..."
"Just taking advantage of each other."
Zhou Yue felt that the hot blood that had just poured out seemed to be frozen all of a sudden: "How could it be... our Zhou family..."
"Let alone any friendship."
Zhou Yue's mouth was speechless, full of grievances and nowhere to put it.
Li Xu, on the other hand, was still walking outside the carriage as if he were just taking a leisurely stroll.
Xu Qing'an coughed and raised his head to the coachman, signaling him to drive the carriage faster.
"Miss," Zhou Yue walked quickly to catch up, "Who is the murderer you are talking about? Where should we find him?"
"After the Cao family became rich, only one person's situation became worse than before."
This Zhou Yue knew: "The second young lady of the Cao family is now Mrs. Xu San."
"Yes," Xu Qinghuan said, "She has been in the Cao family for so long. What made her leave the Cao family and come to the Xu family?"
Zhou Yue couldn't answer this question for a while, so he had to ask Li Xu for help.
Li Xu said: "Because someone promised her that he would help her take revenge, that's why she married him. But it is difficult for Mrs. Xu San and Mr. Xu San alone to achieve such a goal."
Xu Qinghuan continued: "What happened back then has been so long ago, why didn't they choose now?"
Li Xu smiled slightly: "The reason why I haven't taken action is because I don't have the conditions for revenge."
Xu Qinghuan said: "It is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years. He must make himself stronger in these ten years, or find someone who can avenge them.
Whatever the case is, we will know soon."
…
In the small alley, a figure quietly appeared. This man had difficulty moving and took every step carefully. He walked for several hours on this journey, and his clothes were soaked with sweat, but he still insisted on staying in the city.
After going around a few times, I finally walked in here.
When the door opened, a smell of blood immediately hit his face. He frowned and turned around and entered the house.
There was a "thud" sound, and he kicked something. He immediately lit the lamp and looked carefully. There was a wooden basin in the middle of the room, and inside it was dried dark red blood.
He couldn't help but shook his head, bent down and was about to take away the wooden basin, but found that there were several basins scattered there not far away. He stretched out his hand to touch, but he didn't know what he stepped on, and he stumbled.
He fell to the ground and hit his head on the ground.
Something greasy immediately rubbed his face.
"Stone, stone." He shouted twice, but no one answered. He couldn't help but frown, and he couldn't help but panic.
He just didn't know what to do when he heard the door creak. Just as he was about to get up to check, there was a sound of footsteps, and then several people stepped into the door, and the torches in their hands illuminated the room brightly.
He subconsciously covered his face but it was too late.
A crisp voice said: "San Bo, what are you doing here?"
Mr. Xu San didn't know how to speak. He stood up tremblingly, but accidentally put his hand into the wooden basin next to him.
The soft, sticky feeling came again.
Mr. Xu San subconsciously pulled his hand back and lowered his head to look, only to see that his palm was full of blood.
