Shen Huaixu took out the token of the young city lord of Qingzhou and announced that he would thoroughly reinvestigate the case.

The executioner was the county magistrate. Although he was not satisfied with the outcome, he still released Nan Wan.

Nan Wan's legs went weak, and she repeatedly glanced at Shen Huaixu, but could only see his cold and hard back.

She took the blame for him, and her body was covered in bruises. Why didn't he even look at her?

But the thought that he had come to save her made her feel better again.

But when the case was reopened, Nan Wan panicked.

Although Shen Huaixu stabbed Li Shaoqin, he did not think that the wound would kill him.

Li Shaoqin's body has already been buried and is likely already decomposing.

So he brought back the coroner and the people who had handled the case.

Unexpectedly, the coroner suddenly died.

The wording used by the other people presiding over the case was not problematic.

Perhaps he really did die from excessive blood loss...

Why did Li Shaoqin kill Lin Ancheng and Nan Wan?

Nan Wan's explanation was that Li Shaoqin and Lin Ancheng both wanted to marry her, and the two had a fight. Li Shaoqin accidentally killed Lin Ancheng, and fearing that Nan Wan and Nan Yao would tell, he wanted to kill him to silence him. She fought back and injured Li Shaoqin.

Shen Huaixu knew she was lying. He hadn't really intended to find out anything; he was just going through the motions and casually made up an excuse to release Nan Wan.

Madam Nan supported her, feeling heartbroken at the sight of her covered in wounds.

Nan Wan looked at Shen Huaixu and said softly, "Brother Shen, I was so scared these past few days in prison. I kept thinking that you would come to save me, and I never expected that you would actually come."

"Brother Shen?"

Shen Huaixu remained silent, then turned and left.

Nan Wan watched his retreating figure, her eyes welling up with tears.

Madam Nan was already very dissatisfied that Nan Wan took the blame for Shen Huaixu.

She could tell from this that her youngest daughter seemed to really like Shen Huaixu.

But Shen Huaixu had already married Nanzhi.

"Wanwan, he's your brother-in-law now, you can't do this..."

Nan Wan interrupted her: "Mother, my sister said she wants to divorce Brother Shen."

Madam Nan frowned: "Is that really true?"

Nan Wan nodded, "Of course, my sister told me herself. She doesn't like Brother Shen at all. She treated him so badly before, and now that he's become the young city lord, she'll definitely take revenge on him."

Madam Nan sighed, "Your sister has such a bad temper, I wonder how Shen Huaixu will treat her?"

Although she didn't particularly like Nanzhi's personality, he was, after all, her first child, and she was always worried about him.

"Yes, I'm worried about my sister too. Mother, why don't we let them get a divorce? I... I want to marry Brother Shen."

Although Nanzhi agreed to divorce Shen Huaixu, thus fulfilling their wishes.

But now that Shen Huaixu has become the young city lord of Qingzhou, what if Nanzhi changes her mind?

She had to get Mrs. Nan to agree to help her.

Madam Nan hesitated.

Knowing that she had moved Madam Nan, Nan Wan continued to incite her, saying, "Brother Shen has been quite good to me. Look, he even saved me. If I marry him, and he says some good things to my sister when he wants to take revenge on her, my sister will definitely be fine."

Looking at Nan Wan's slightly flushed face, Madam Nan finally nodded.

The youngest daughter is still kind; she's still thinking about Nanzhi and the Nan family.

She patted her hand. "I'll ask your sister what she thinks when we get back."

Just as Madam Nan returned to the Nan residence and arranged for a doctor to examine Nan Wan, she was about to visit Nan Zhi when she saw a little maid rushing into the main courtyard.

After Niu Niu and Mei Mei were driven away by Nan Zhi, the East Courtyard had a new maid.

Madam Nan recognized the young maidservant in front of her; she was chosen from her own courtyard to be given to Nan Zhi, and her name was Qiao Yan.

Qiaoyan ran very fast, panting, and said, "It's terrible, it's terrible, Madam! The eldest young lady's room is on fire! The fire is too big, it's impossible... impossible to put out!"

Madam Nan was shocked and rushed to the East Courtyard with Nan Yao.

As soon as they entered the courtyard, their faces were reddened by the smoke from the fire.

Nan Yao urged, "What are you all standing there for? Hurry up and put out the fire!"

The servants in the east courtyard were panting and somewhat hesitant.

They felt that the fire was beyond saving.

After being yelled at by Nan Yao, he reluctantly picked up the water, trying to muster some energy.

The flames in the east courtyard shot very high.

At that time, Zheng Zhiyi, the deputy general of Qingzhou, was talking to Shen Huaixu in a teahouse about what had happened in Qingzhou.

"The old city lord had been ill for a long time and knew he was about to die. He originally intended to pass the position to Chu Haoting, but unexpectedly, he overheard the secret that the city lord's wife had switched you and Chu Haoting and even caused the death of your mother."

"The old city lord still cared about your mother. Knowing that it was the city lord's wife who had committed the crime, he immediately imprisoned her."

"Chu Haoting is arrogant and petty, and he is incompetent in dealing with people. How could the old city lord trust him to be the city lord? After learning of your existence, he was very happy and hurriedly sent his subordinates to find you."

The city lord's wife was that concubine from back then.

Chu Haoting was naturally the son of the concubine. He inherited all the concubine's bad habits, and even though he was raised and educated by Shen Huaixu's mother, he could not change his nature.

Shen Huaixu's mother passed away partly because he angered her.

The main reason was that she later discovered the concubine's scheme to replace the prince with a concubine, and was killed by the concubine and Chu Haoting in collusion. As a result, the concubine became the city lord's wife.

"So, young city lord, when will you return to see the old city lord?"

In the past month or so, Shen Huaixu was shocked when he learned that he was the young city lord of Qingzhou, but he also accepted it very quickly.

Having experienced so much, there are very few things he finds hard to accept.

He said indifferently, "Tomorrow."

After he finished speaking, there seemed to be some commotion in the market outside.

"Oh my god, there's a fire! This is terrible!"

"I don't know whose house it is, the fire is so big, I'm afraid it can't be put out..."

He instinctively looked out the window.

Upon seeing thick smoke billowing from the east, Shen Huaixu expressionlessly withdrew his gaze.

He doesn't care about things that don't concern him.

As he picked up the teacup, his lips just touching the rim, when Shen Huaixu seemed to remember something and the cup unexpectedly fell to the ground.

The teacup shattered on the floor, and the tea soaked the hem of my clothes.

Shen Huaixu is a clean freak. Over the years, although he has done a lot of dirty and tiring work, he always feels disgusted with it afterwards.

Even though those clothes were of poor quality, he would wash them thoroughly.

Now, he seemed oblivious to the tea stains on his clothes, and suddenly stood up and strode outside.

Seeing his urgency, Zheng Zhiyi asked in confusion, "Young City Lord, where are you going?"

Zheng Zhiyi followed Shen Huaixu to the South Mansion and sighed as he looked at the East Courtyard, which was almost completely burned down.

"The people inside are probably beyond saving. Hey, young city lord, please don't go in!"

Zheng Zhiyi quickly hugged Shen Huaixu, who was trying to walk inside.

"Young Lord, the house is about to collapse! It's dangerous!"

"open!"