The fake daughter of a fallen ghost is reborn

Someone died, and the incident quickly turned from a scandal into a murder case.

Jiang Xu was an official in the Dali Temple and was also the deceased's superior, so he could only handle the case on the spot.

The guests were sent back to the banquet place to wait. Yang Qing's body was carried away, and Zhao Shen put on his clothes and waited for questioning.

In the reception hall, because Madam Zhao and Zhao Lian both fainted, Xue Hanshu was the only female host who could take charge. Even if she collapsed, she could only sit here and accompany the female guests.

She just sat there stiffly, like a walking corpse. There was no life in her eyes anymore. The makeup on her face was stained by the tears of shock. She looked extremely embarrassed, and no longer had the calmness and composure she had not long ago.

Many ladies and young ladies around her were comforting her softly out of sympathy.

After a long time, she slowly came back to her senses, and her gaze attacked Xue Zhiyi like a sword.

Seeing Xue Zhiyi was unharmed and sitting leisurely, Xue Hanshu hated him very much: she was jealous of Xue Zhiyi and had been jealous since she was a child. The favor Xue Zhiyi gave her was no different from charity to her. Xue Zhiyi could be married to the prince before he reached the age of marriage, but she had to sacrifice her face to marry a high-ranking official. But why now... why has she married a high-ranking official, and Xue Zhiyi can no longer marry a prince? Her status is higher than Xue Zhiyi, but she still lives worse than Xue Zhiyi? Why can't she defeat Xue Zhiyi no matter what she does!

But Xue Zhiyi just met her gaze leisurely.

Could Xue Hanshu have thought that her pain and humiliation were limited to this? She had thought too kindly of Xue Zhiyi.

Today, she dared to come to Yongping Marquis Mansion, not because she was unaware of the risks, but because she needed to take the risk to do something, and she needed to stab back with her own hands the knife that Xue Hanshu stabbed at her.

Two full hours passed like this, and no one knew what had been concluded during the interrogation. The guests waited until dusk before someone opened the door of the reception hall.

The leader was still wearing the same red dress he wore when he attended the banquet today, with a red headband studded with jade ornaments on his head. He looked casual and flashy, but his expression was unusually serious.

It was Huo Wuyou.

He placed his hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist, and weighed the token with his other hand, then raised it and said to everyone: "Your Majesty's order: All guests of today's birthday banquet are to leave on their own. The Yongping Marquis's Mansion is under martial law, and no one in the Zhao family is allowed to go out, pending investigation."

When these words were spoken, everyone was stunned: Even though Yang Qing was dead, how come it had come to the point where His Majesty had to personally order house arrest?

Xue Hanshu's face turned pale for a moment. She shook her head, "Impossible... Impossible! How could His Majesty impose martial law on the Yongping Marquis' Mansion for no reason!"

Her voice went from mumbling to becoming louder and louder until it turned into a scream. She no longer had the gentle and reserved look she had before. She glared with bloodshot eyes, stood up and pointed at Huo Wuyou and angrily yelled, "This is impossible! Marquis Lin'an, you are faking the imperial edict!"

However, Huo Wuyou was not disturbed by her roar, nor did he look down on her like a villain. He just slowly stated a fact: "Yang Qing died of a stroke due to an affair with Zhao Shen. Your Majesty does not need to bother with such a matter. However, several letters written in Northern Di language were found in Yang Qing's underwear. This is a serious crime of treason. Not only will the Zhao Mansion be closed, but the Yang Mansion will also be closed for investigation. Madam Third Young Master, please do not disobey your order."

For a moment, Xue Hanshu seemed to have lost her breath and she sat down stiffly. Her red eyes, like a puppet, looked at Xue Zhiyi in disbelief, then at Huo Wuyou, her gaze wavering between the two.

She understood...she understood everything!

Xue Hanshu laughed uncontrollably, and everyone got goose bumps for no apparent reason. They just thought she had gone crazy from the continuous stimulation.

But Xue Hanshu was more sober than anyone else at this moment. She knew clearly that her plan had been figured out by Xue Zhiyi and Lin'an Hou long ago!

She had known for a long time that her husband and father-in-law were Prince Gong's men on the surface, but were actually helping Prince Cheng in secret. Now that Jiang Xu had betrayed Prince Cheng, in order to prevent him from exposing the Zhao family, this scourge of Jiang Xu must be eliminated.

The Yongping Marquisate had private dealings with the Northern Di, and Yang Qing was a spy planted by the Northern Di in Dayong. Everything they did today was to use Yang Qing's life to exchange for Jiang Xu's life.

As long as Xue Zhiyi and Yang Qing's affair was discovered and Yang Qing died, Xue Zhiyi would have no room for rebuttal, and the news that Yang Qing was a spy from the Northern Di would be released. Once verified, the Jiang family would inevitably be implicated. Once the Jiang family was searched, someone would find the "Mountain Tour". Between the painting and the mounting paper, there was a letter as thin as a cicada's wing. The words would appear after being soaked in water, and the fact that the Jiang family was colluding with the enemy would be confirmed!

But I didn't expect that they had already discovered it, and even used a trick to replace Xue Zhiyi with Zhao Shen today, and returned the letters...

Xue Hanshu laughed so hard that she fell backwards, and the veins on her forehead bulged out fiercely: In the end, what she thought was a brilliant plan was just the most clumsy performance in Xue Zhiyi's eyes! Why... why is it like this! Why can't she be allowed to beat Xue Zhiyi once, even if it's just half a move!

She overturned all the cups and plates on the table, and the porcelain bowl fell to the ground and broke into several sharp pieces. Xue Hanshu picked up a piece tremblingly, and was about to stab Xue Zhiyi like a madman, but Huo Wuyou hit her in the knee with the scabbard of his sword, causing her to fall to her knees on the ground. The porcelain piece pierced her palm, and her hand was covered with blood.

The men from the Cavalry Battalion stepped forward and arrested Xue Hanshu, and also dismissed all the guests.

Xue Zhiyi looked at Xue Hanshu who was struggling at the moment with indifference. It was not that Xue Zhiyi had never been sincere to this fourth sister. When he saw her being bullied by Xue Panrou when they were young, when did Xue Zhiyi not sincerely protect her? Before today, Xue Zhiyi had never wanted to force her to a dead end. It was she who kept pestering him. In this case, he should just accept the defeat.

It was at this moment that Jiang Xu rushed over against the flow of people: "Awan, are you okay?"

Hearing this, Xue Zhiyi's expression relaxed slightly, and he smiled slowly: "It's okay, thank you for your concern, brother."

Jiang Xu was not unaware of the relationship between his sister and the Third Young Master's wife. He blocked Xue Zhiyi behind him and looked at Xue Hanshu, who was like a mad dog, with vigilance and disgust.

There are only a few members of the Xue family left in the world, but they still want to kill Awan. I really don't know how Awan survived in that den of tigers and wolves.

……

This matter was not investigated for too long, because both Yang Qing and Zhao Xu were genuine collaborators. It had not been investigated before, but now that it was investigated, the evidence was irrefutable.

Digging deeper, it was found that the Huo family's army of 100,000 soldiers fell at Yueling Pass because Zhao Xu colluded with the enemy, set a trap, and joined forces with the Northern Di to kill the soldiers of Dayong. His purpose was just to gain military merit in this battle.

For a moment, the government and the public were shocked.

If it were normal for Zhao Shen to have an affair with a man and the adulterer died of a stroke while riding a horse, this kind of thing would be written into a play and sung for years. But now no one has the time to mention it.

When the Yongping Marquis was imprisoned and his property was searched, it took three days to empty out the Zhao family, which had accumulated wealth for a hundred years. It was a spectacular sight.