"I didn't say it was Mrs. Fan," Zisu rolled her eyes. "Apart from us, who knows the relationship between Mrs. Fan and Xiao Jinghan? Besides, Mrs. Fan didn't even dare to enter the door. How could she come out to fight for the property?"
"You mean it might be someone from Xiao Jinghan's clan?"
"That's one possibility," Zisu said. "If you think about it carefully, you haven't blocked anyone's path, right?"
Yi Qing nodded, lost in thought. "You're right. But Xiao Jinghan probably has many enemies. We'll ask Xiao Tian when he comes back and see if we can find any clues in this direction."
When Xiao Tian came back, Yi Qing told him her and Zisu's analysis.
Unexpectedly, Xiao Tian basically ruled out the possibility they had guessed.
"The Xiao family has long since severed all ties with Xiao Jinghan. Even after his death, none of them came to pay their condolences."
Yi Qing asked, "They don't even want to inherit his estate?"
"No," Xiao Tian showed a hint of mockery on his face. "The Xiao family prides itself on being of noble character and having a pure family tradition. They disdain to associate with Xiao Jinghan. In their eyes, his money is dirty."
Yi Qing frowned. "What kind of deep - seated hatred is this?"
Xiao Tian coldly uttered two words, "Original sin."
"Huh?"
"You don't need to know," Xiao Tian said. "It's not a good thing. Just remember that it couldn't be the Xiao family. The Xiao family is not a family that our mansion can get involved with. Even the stone lions at their mansion gate are more upright than those of other mansions."
Xiao Jinghan actually came from a noble and upright family?
This news was a bit of a surprise to Yi Qing.
But seeing that Xiao Tian didn't want to talk more, she didn't press further. Lost in thought, she said, "Do you think it could be someone among those who came from other cities? Maybe someone wants to take advantage of the chaos?"
Actually, after thinking carefully about what Zisu had said, she still felt something was wrong.
Although many people didn't like Xiao Jinghan, in fact, these people had no real interaction with him. They just followed the crowd's opinion.
He had been at the border for many years, obsessed with war, and rarely returned to the capital. Where could he have made enemies?
Moreover, if someone really had a feud with him, wouldn't it be a more cruel revenge to burn down the general's mansion directly and burn her and Baozi to leave no descendants for Xiao Jinghan?
Burning the study made this seem to have a hidden motive, not just a simple act of venting.
Thinking of this, Yi Qing asked again, "I haven't had a chance to ask you. All the things in the study were yours. Were there any important items? What did the emperor say?"
Xiao Tian thought for a moment. "There were some important things, but since they're destroyed, it's over. The emperor will send Xu Maozhi, the junior assistant minister of the Supreme Court of Judicature, to investigate."
Yi Qing's eyes immediately lit up. "Is it the Xu the Just who is as good as a god at solving cases?"
This Xu Maozhi's case - solving skills were widely spread among the people.
He alone could support half of the storytellers in the world.
Seeing her excitement, Xiao Tian suddenly felt uncomfortable. As everyone knew, Xu Maozhi was obsessed with solving cases. Although he was already in his mid - twenties, he was still unmarried.
Thinking that Xu Maozhi would surely come into contact with Yi Qing when he came to the mansion, Xiao Tian suddenly regretted agreeing to the emperor so readily.
"Is it really him?" Yi Qing urged when she saw him in a daze.
"Yes," Xiao Tian squeezed out the word through his teeth.
"With him here, it'll surely be okay. I'll just take a look at how he solves the case," Yi Qing said excitedly. "Actually, I once boasted to Baozi that if I had the chance to meet Xu Maozhi, I could be a coroner for him."
Of course, it was just a boast.
There was a big difference between a doctor and a forensic doctor.
It could only be said that if someone guided her, she would learn faster.
Moreover, her knowledge was broader than that of the coroners in this era. At least she had watched many forensic - themed novels and TV shows.
Xiao Tian sneered. "There's no female coroner."
"If I go, there will be. If I hadn't opened the medical clinic and if it weren't for my status restrictions, I'd have nothing to do. It would be nice to go and help for entertainment."
She didn't ask for money and she was useful. Xu Maozhi would be stupid to refuse an extra coroner!
Xiao Tian silently decided in his heart to keep her away from Xu Maozhi, preferably with no contact at all.
"What time is it?" Xiao Tian changed the subject. "Has someone gone to pick up Baozi?"
Baozi had gone to Lu Tianxun's place to study today. Calculating the time, he should be back by now.
Yi Qing said, "Zisu said she would go to pick him up when she left."
Xiao Tian frowned. "Why did I see her arguing with the King of Zhen when I came back?"
"Hmm? Don't worry. Anyway, he's in the Lu mansion. It doesn't matter if he's a bit late."
Xiao Tian said, "Are you really his mother?"
Yi Qing laughed out loud and called a maid in to ask.
The maid replied crisply, "My lady, Miss Zisu went to pick up the young master. The King of Zhen insisted on going with her, so they had a fight. Then they went out together after the fight."
Yi Qing said, "I see. You may go."
She shook her head. "I think these two will end up in bed sooner or later."
Xiao Tian said, "Yi Qing!"
"Then I'll say they love and hate each other. It actually means the same thing."
Xiao Tian snorted. "I'll go and check the study again!"
"Don't go," Yi Qing remembered Xu Maozhi and started to worry about Xiao Tian. "What if you destroy the scene and affect Lord Xu's investigation? We don't understand, but we shouldn't make things worse."
Xiao Tian almost got so angry that he choked.
The man hadn't even come yet, but the balance of her affection had already tilted so much?
He really wanted to flick his sleeves and leave, but Yi Qing's words stopped him.
She grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds and pointed to the seat opposite the small table. "Come on, sit down. I have something to tell you."
Xiao Tian, whose ability had been doubted, sat down opposite her with a gloomy face and said impatiently, "Speak."
"Did Xiao Jinghan never have a woman before?"
Xiao Tian said, "Are you jealous?"
"Jealous? Things should be in order. I only came after his death. What's there to be jealous about?"
Xiao Tian was in a bad mood, so his tone was not very good. "Then you don't need to ask."
Yi Qing munched on the sunflower seeds leisurely. "I'm just bored. If there's someone who was loyal to him and has been waiting for him, I'll send some silver to her so that he won't be worried."
She wasn't a greedy person.
She had inherited Xiao Jinghan's estate and could help him take care of his possible concerns in this world.
Xiao Tian squinted at her. "You mustn't have thought of this out of the blue, right?"
"Of course not," Yi Qing said. "Wasn't I analyzing the case of the arsonist with Zisu? I suddenly thought, could it be that Xiao Jinghan seduced and then abandoned a woman in the mansion, and she got angry and burned his relics?"
Xiao Tian said, "Impossible. He didn't even know the names of the maids in the mansion. How could he have left any affection?"