Zhao Fangfei had already rested, but after hearing the purpose of Qiao Youyou's visit, she immediately changed her clothes and followed her.
Half an hour later, Zhao Fangfei and Qiao Youyou led the troops from the Censorate and directly surrounded Tutor Xu's residence.
Zhao Fangfei asked someone to knock on the door. After a long time, a servant opened the door from the inside and asked who they were with sleepy eyes.
Zhao Fangfei showed her cards with a cold face.
"The Censorate is investigating a case. May I ask if Master Xu is at home?"
The servant squinted his eyes to see the cards clearly and sneered:
"Do you know what this place is? You are a mere imperial censor, and you can investigate and meet him whenever he wants?"
Zhao Fangfei sneered in her heart. It was a good thing that Zhu Zhongcheng had anticipated that there was something wrong with Master Xu and had left a hand mark before leaving Beijing.
She took her hand out from her bosom, spread it out, and placed it against the boy's face.
"Look carefully, the hand of the Chief Censor Zhu, why don't you quickly invite Master Xu to come out and see him?
If you dare to delay any longer, we, the Imperial Censorate, will rush in to arrest you, and your Grand Tutor will be even more embarrassed. "
When the servant saw that the other party came prepared, his arrogance immediately dropped a lot.
"Please wait here for a moment. I will go and fetch the master."
The servant turned and went into the mansion.
The Xu Mansion is not big, and even looks a bit simple, with only two side rooms and a study.
The servant boy entered the courtyard and found that the candle was still on in Master Xu's study, which made him feel a little strange.
Madam rarely goes into the master's study every day. Could it be that the master is still awake so late?
The servant came forward and knocked gently on the door, "Master, someone from the Censorate is here and wants to see you."
No one responded.
"What's wrong?" Mrs. Xu's voice rang out, obviously she was woken up by the noise.
The servant hurriedly explained the situation to the lady.
The lady went forward and pushed the door, but found it was locked. The two of them called out a few more times from outside the door, but there was still no sound from inside the room.
Mrs. Xu felt something was wrong, her face changed slightly, and she asked the servant to knock on the door.
The servant called a few more people to help, and after smashing the door with tools for a long time, they finally broke into the room.
A moment later, Mrs. Xu's scream pierced the night sky.
Zhao Fangfei and Qiao Youyou, who were waiting outside Xu's mansion, heard the noise, looked at each other, and quickly rushed in with their men.
When everyone entered Master Xu's study, they saw him slumped over the desk with dark red blood flowing from his mouth and nose. It was obvious that he had been dead for a long time.
“How could this happen…” Qiao Youyou frowned.
At this time, another person outside ran in in a panic, shouting, "Imperial Censor Zhao, no more!"
Zhao Fangfei hurriedly asked what happened.
The visitor panted, "You just asked us to go and seal up the Qijun Tea House. We just arrived at that street and saw that the tea house was on fire!"
Zhao Fangfei's heart tightened: "Are there any casualties?"
"No, but, but everything in the teahouse was burned clean..."
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