Chapter 241 Dead!
Perhaps in the eyes of many people, Mr. Xu is just an ordinary old farmer.
But what is the reality?
A few years ago, Mr. Xu and Mrs. Xu left their hometown and fled to Lingshui Village. All the bandits and starving people they met along the way, who showed ill will towards them, were wiped out cleanly and efficiently by Mr. Xu without exception.
The number of criminals and gangsters who fled for thousands of miles at the hands of Mr. Xu was at least three digits, and possibly even four digits.
Therefore, no matter who it is, if they mistake Mr. Xu for an ordinary old farmer, they will definitely be like an old man who is unwilling to die.
"Master, that's the Xu family, a family of three dukes!"
Old Mrs. Xu was still a little panicked.
Even though they knew Mr. Xu's abilities, the Xu family was the most powerful family, while they were just ordinary people.
Old Master Xu chuckled, shook Old Madam Xu's hand a little harder, and said comfortingly, "Don't worry, this matter has nothing to do with those three Dukes."
Even if someone wanted to snatch their precious daughter away, it would only be his mentally ill grandmother.
By then, as long as the minions she sent out were pulled out, what could she do as a woman? She would just be a crazy woman in the Haiyan Mansion, which represented the first family of nobility.
For Mr. Xu, anything that can be solved by killing is not a problem.
He used to be able to travel thousands of miles and kill people to settle down in Lingshui Village. Now, he can kill people to the point of frightening his crazy grandmother.
The laws of the Tang Dynasty were indeed strict, but as long as there was no evidence to prove his wrongdoing, he would be dead without evidence.
He is not one of the cowards from the Zhao family in Beijing.
Although wealth that rivals a country cannot directly compete with the Xu family, which has three officials in the family, money can make people powerful.
So what if he is a Duke?
Isn’t it still a life?
It might be difficult to buy a Duke's life for 10,000 taels of silver, but for 100,000 taels of silver, let alone the life of a Duke, even the life of a prince of the current dynasty, countless people would flock to it.
"Wife, just relax."
"In all these years, when have I ever let you down?"
"No matter who it is, don't even think about taking our Fubao away."
Mr. Xu really has this confidence.
What can Old Mrs. Xu say?
Now, she has no choice but to trust Mr. Xu.
Old Mr. Xu told Old Mrs. Xu that Niu Dali was coming to help build the waterwheel, and asked what other vegetables were available at home before leaving.
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Old Master Xu had already agreed with Niu Dali on the waterwheel, and now it was just a matter of preparing the wood. The villagers could start preparing for this, and Guan Laoqi would need to come forward to coordinate.
So, Mr. Xu left home and went straight to the Guan family.
When he was halfway through talking to Guan Laoqi, the gate of Guan Laoqi's house was kicked open.
"Seventh Brother, Seventh Brother, something bad has happened!"
The one who knocked open the gate of Guan Laoqi's house was Guan Laoyi.
The Guan family members of Guan Laoqi's generation happened to be the older generation. Therefore, when naming the Guan family members in Lingshui Village, they simply named them according to the birth order of the children of the same generation.
From Guan Laoyi at the beginning, all the way to Guan Laoxing (26).
In fact, the elder of the Guan family who had decided to name the children according to the order later regretted it. In order to name the Guan family members of Guan Laoqi's generation, he buried himself in piles of books and turned himself into an old scholar.
"Brother, what happened?"
Guan Laoqi looked at his eldest cousin who broke into the house, and then looked at the half-tilted gate of his own house, not knowing whether to cry or laugh.
"Dead, someone is dead!"
"There are three of them on the road outside our village!"
"Two women and one man!"
“It’s so miserable!”
"What?!"
After hearing what Guan Laoyi said, neither Guan Laoqi nor Old Man Xu could remain calm.
Dead person!
No matter what time it is, this is a top-notch matter.
Guan Laoqi thought that this matter might cause trouble to the village.
Old Master Xu was shocked by what Guan Laoyi said, "two women and one man". If his feeling was correct, the dead people should be the three people from the Xu Mansion.
Although he attacked the carriage at that time, the coachman was the first to fall off the carriage and did not suffer any serious injuries.
As for the two women who were thrown out of the carriage, although their bones were broken, they were definitely not fatal.
But now, all three of them are dead, this matter is a bit strange!
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Old Master Xu met up with Guan Laoqi and many other people from Lingshui Village, and together they left the village and headed towards the crime scene discovered by Guan Laoyi.
The three people were indeed from the Xu Mansion.
However, the three did not die at the scene of the carriage rollover.
Instead, he died on the road leading to Sanhe Town, more than a hundred steps away from the carriage.
Judging from the posture of the three people lying on the ground, they must have been attacked while they were supporting each other on their way.
Three arrows pierced through the bodies of the three people.
Judging from the arrows that entered their bodies, these three people were killed by people standing in the woods by the roadside.
Old Master Xu looked in the direction from which the arrow came and quickly locked onto the murderer's location at that time.
However, he didn't say anything.
Solving cases is the responsibility of the government.
Even if County Magistrate Zuoqiu was his sworn brother, Old Master Xu would not do anything that was inappropriate for his status now.
Moreover, arresting criminals is the responsibility of the Dianshi.
Unless the Dianshi was incompetent, even the county magistrate Zuoqiu would not directly intervene in such a vicious murder case for no reason.
Guan Laoqi took his men to seal off the scene, and then sent someone to the county government to report the case.
As for the chief constable stationed in Anshun County by the county government, someone was also sent to notify them.
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Old Master Xu did not stay at the scene for long. After Guan Laoqi arranged everything, he followed the villagers back to the village.
Judging from the postures of the three men as they fell to the ground, either the murderer shot three arrows simultaneously, killing them all, or three people shot their bows at the same time.
In fact, as long as Mr. Xu goes to the forest where the murderer is, he will know the truth.
But he didn't.
At this time, the key is to avoid suspicion.
He is not afraid of trouble, but he hates trouble, especially trouble that will obviously implicate himself.
When he returned home, Mr. Xu told Mrs. Xu the news of the three people being killed, and said, "Wife, who on earth could have done this?"
"You ask me, how would I know?"
Old Mrs. Xu had never seen the scene, so how could she know who did it?
"But, could it be that your uncle had someone do it?"
After a brief thought, Old Lady Xu turned her suspicion to Zhao Bingzhao.
Apart from his uncle, Mr. Xu, he couldn't think of anyone else who might have a grudge against the Xu family, even to the point of wanting to kill.
(End of this chapter)
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