"Madam!"
"Someone come quickly!"
"Stop Madam quickly!"
"Doctor! Go and fetch the doctor quickly. Madam has fallen ill again!"
"Master, be careful! Madam! That's the master!"
"Ah... Get out of the way quickly!"
"..."
The two people in the room soon heard the commotion. They glanced at each other, quickly put down the things in their hands, and left the room.
At this moment, the courtyard of Madam Xu was in a complete mess. Many maids were extremely frightened, and several servants looked at Madam Xu, who was holding a silver hairpin and dressed in her inner garment, with trepidation in their eyes.
"Madam?"
Behind them, Master Xu's face was pale and full of grief. "Madam! Wake up!"
However, Madam Xu seemed not to hear at all. Her face was full of ferocity. She raised the silver hairpin in her hand and slashed at Master Xu recklessly.
This was really tough on the servants standing in front of Master Xu. They didn't dare to take action rashly for fear of hurting Madam Xu and being punished by Master Xu. They could only protect Master Xu and dodge around.
Yun Xi looked at the scene in front of her and couldn't help nudging Xue Zhan beside her. "Aren't you going to step in?"
Xue Zhan was watching with great interest. "There's no hurry."
It was just a scratch. It wasn't going to cost his life!
Yun Xi pouted but didn't say anything more. It would be good for Master Xu to suffer a bit more. Otherwise, he would always go against Liu Liu!
However...
"Madam Xu must really be ill."
Hearing Yun Xi's soft words, Xue Zhan also nodded. "Indeed."
If she was faking it, he would surely be able to detect the flaw! If Madam Xu could feign madness and deceive the two of them, she would really be something.
At this time, the steward rushed in. He glanced at the two of them, bowed hurriedly, and then shouted at Master Xu, "Master, they're here again."
Xue Zhan raised his eyebrows. They?
But soon he heard a faint commotion and suddenly understood what was going on. He flashed forward, came behind Madam Xu without being noticed, and without any pity, knocked her out with a chop of his hand.
Everyone in the courtyard instantly heaved a sigh of relief. Master Xu quickly stepped forward, took Madam Xu from Xue Zhan's arms, and said gratefully, "Thank you, Lord Xue!"
"It's nothing. Master Xu, you're going to have a headache about the people outside." There were quite a few people living here. Madam Xu's commotion just now must have woken up many people.
Master Xu also sighed. "Take Madam back!"
"Yes!"
Yun Xi quietly followed behind Xue Zhan. They had come today intending to help Liu Liu find some clues, but now it seemed they would return empty - handed.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help feeling a bit discouraged!
Xue Zhan, however, ruffled her hair and said with a smile, "Solving a case isn't that easy!"
Yun Xi pursed her lips, glared at him angrily, but still remained silent.
When they reached the Xu family's gate, the noisy voices were clearly audible.
"Master Xu, what's wrong with Madam Xu? Are you still going to let us neighbors sleep?"
"Did Madam Xu run into something unclean?"
"Can you let us all have a good night's sleep?"
"Come on, stop talking. Xiaohu's death has dealt a great blow to Madam Xu. I'm sure she'll get better after some time."
"Go back, everyone. Stop watching the fun!"
"I think it's probably Widow Liu coming back for revenge!"
"..."
Hearing the increasingly absurd remarks of the crowd, the smile in Xue Zhan's eyes deepened a bit.
Master Xu also looked extremely tired. He bowed respectfully to the people at the gate. "Everyone, I'm sorry. My wife is ill. I'll visit each of you personally to apologize tomorrow!"
Seeing Master Xu looking so tired with some wounds on his arm, everyone was shocked. "Master Xu, I know a Taoist priest. How about inviting him to perform a ritual?"
"This can't go on like this!"
"It seems Xiaohu died with grievances and is still resentful!"
"That Liu Rumei is really a jinx. Now it's the Liu family's turn again."
"Shut up quickly. Don't you see Lord Xue there? Do you want to die?"
"I'm upright and not afraid of my shadow being slanted. Since Liu Rumei did such a thing, can't people even talk about it? The Prince of Guo'an has to be reasonable too!"
"He's a prince. If he wants to kill you, he can just do it!"
"How pitiful!"
"..."
Seeing that the crowd had brought the topic back to Liu Rumei, a cold look flashed across Yun Xi's face.
Xue Zhan, however, remained calm as if he hadn't heard anything, and there was still a smile in his eyes.
But his eyes were fixed on the figure hidden in the shadow not far away, and a thoughtful look flashed across his eyes.
Yun Xi soon noticed the person and immediately frowned. "Who is that person?"
A smile curved Xue Zhan's lips. He shook his head imperceptibly at her. The next moment, they saw the person turn around and leave.
At this time, the people at the gate quickly dispersed. The person blended into the crowd and soon disappeared.
The next day.
In the yamen, Xiao Heyuan handed over a stack of files. "Lord Xue, I've found them."
On one side, Yun Xi was being held in Liu Rumei's arms and was carefully recounting what they had seen yesterday.
Yun Li stood silently on one side with a smile in her eyes.
Mo Liandi, however, had a slightly sunken gaze, and a chill emanated from his body!
"Liu Yijie, the husband of Widow Liu, died when he was going with Master Xu. However, Master Xu and Liu Yijie parted ways on the way."
After saying that, he handed over a portrait in his hand. "This is the portrait of Liu Yijie. It should be about 70% similar."
He was full of confusion in his heart, not understanding why Lord Xue wanted to investigate this matter out of the blue!
A thoughtful look flashed across Mo Liandi's eyes. When he saw Yun Xi finish speaking, he reached out and lifted her out of Liu Rumei's arms.
"You suspect that there's another reason for Liu Yijie's death back then?"
Xue Zhan smiled. "Yesterday, Yun Xi and I saw a ring on that person's hand at the Liu family's gate."
Then he handed the portrait in his hand to Mo Liandi. "It's exactly the same as the one in the portrait."
Everyone's eyes instantly fell on the portrait in Mo Liandi's hand. Sure enough, the man in the portrait was wearing a ring on his hand!
Xiao Heyuan finally understood why Xue Zhan had asked him to be more detailed. "Just based on this ring?"
Did he suspect that Liu Yijie wasn't dead just because of this ring? But Lord Xue had never met Liu Yijie, right?
Xue Zhan smiled. "Don't you think this ring is very similar to the one on Master Xu's hand?"
"Liu Yijie had a very good relationship with Master Xu before his death. I heard they even became sworn brothers!"
The relationship between the Liu family and the Xu family only became like this after Liu Yijie's death!
"If Liu Yijie isn't dead, why doesn't he go back to the Liu family?" Xiao Heyuan was full of confusion in his eyes.