Chapter 570 I don’t believe him!
After hearing what Xu Shuo said, Duke Changle frowned and looked at Duke Yong'an. The two of them made eye contact in an instant.
As for Xu Yuanzu, the newly-inherited Duke of Antai, he was excluded by the two at this time.
Old Madam Xu was poisoned to death, and there were many suspicious points about Xu Yuanzu.
When a united front was needed, Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an did not mind joining forces with Xu Yuanzu. However, this did not mean that they accepted Xu Yuanzu as one of the three dukes of the Xu family.
"Come in!"
Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an reached a consensus, so naturally they no longer obstructed Xu Shuo from entering the Xu Mansion to pay homage to Old Madam Xu.
Xu Yuanzu wanted to stop it, but his words were insignificant.
Although he is also a duke now, he is two generations younger than Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an.
The difference in generation often represents the right to speak.
After Xu Shuo entered the Xu Mansion, Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an first led him to pay homage to Old Madam Xu, and then went to the reception room of the Xu Mansion.
"Tell me, what's going on?"
Duke Changle sat down and looked at Xu Shuo.
Xu Shuo sighed and said, "When I received the news, I immediately led my men back to the capital. However, when we passed Dongzhao Prefecture and entered Hejing County, someone attacked my team returning to the capital."
"The guards who followed me back to the capital were all shot off their horses in one encounter."
"And I was caught directly in their fishing net!"
"Then, I was locked up, fed and well-drinking, and bathed every day until I was released!"
Xu Shuo's experience is not surprising.
On the contrary, his experience can be said to be too ordinary, without any thrills or excitement at all.
But after hearing what Xu Shuo said, the expressions of Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an changed.
Sharpshooter!
Back then, when Xu Huairen was still the Duke of Antai, his two sons met with accidents one after another in Xiangyi Prefecture. That time, the cause of all the incidents was that people from the Xu Mansion were shot and killed outside Lingshui Village.
"It seems that someone is really targeting us!"
Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an reached a consensus at this moment.
First it was the lineage of Duke Antai, then it was Old Lady Xu, and who will be next?
"Can I ask, what happened?"
Xu Yuanzu was also present, but his expression was quite bewildered. After listening to what Duke Dingguo Xu Shuo had said, he didn't see any sign that anyone was targeting the Xu Mansion.
"Grandmaster, you have inherited the title of Duke Antai. There are some things you should know."
Lord Yong'an immediately spoke and explained the whole story.
"The key to the matter is these sharpshooters!"
"Unfortunately, until now, we still don't know which faction these sharpshooters belong to, and why they are targeting our Xu Mansion!"
"Um, why must it be targeted at the Xu Mansion?"
Xu Yuanzu blinked, "From the very beginning, the ones who got into trouble were all from the Antai Duke lineage. Strictly speaking, it was all from the old lady's lineage!"
"Then why are the two great-uncle brothers so sure that the enemy is targeting our Xu Mansion, and not just the old lady's branch?"
"this……?!"
After hearing Xu Yuanzu's analysis, Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an were both stunned and didn't know how to answer this question.
Xu Shuo chuckled and said, "If they were targeting my mother's lineage, then why do you think they would let me come back?"
"Wouldn't it be better to just kill me?"
"yes!"
"Original Ancestor, how do you explain this?"
Duke Changle looked at Xu Yuanzu, and Xu Yuanzu was also stunned.
Indeed, if the target was only Old Lady Xu's branch, then there was no reason not to kill Xu Shuo.
For a moment, the four people in the room fell silent.
Then, the silence was quickly broken again.
A steward from the Xu Mansion came and brought some very shocking news.
The Grand Princess has been granted special permission by Emperor Yongping to be in charge of the Imperial City Division. Now the people from the Imperial City Division are outside the Xu Mansion. Please ask Duke Antai Xu Yuanzu to go to the Imperial City Division to cooperate in the investigation of the case.
"Investigate a case? What case?"
Xu Shuo looked directly at the manager.
"Reporting to Duke Dingguo, the envoy from the Imperial City Division said that there are some issues regarding the old lady's death that require Duke Antai's assistance in investigating!"
"My mother's case!"
Xu Shuo stood up immediately, his eyes fixed on Xu Yuanzu, "You killed my mother?"
"I don't!"
Xu Yuanzu denied it very straightforwardly, and the expression on his face was flawless.
But Xu Shuo doesn't believe him now!
After all, Xu Shuo had been husband and wife with the Grand Princess for so many years. Although he lived worse than a dog in front of the Grand Princess, he knew that the Grand Princess always liked to plan before doing anything.
Since she had someone take Xu Yuanzu back to the Imperial City Division, it meant that she already had some clues in her hands.
In other words, even if Xu Yuanzu was not responsible for the death of his mother, Old Lady Xu, he was definitely involved or knew something about it.
Of course, the most important thing is that Xu Yuanzu was just a peasant from Xujiazhuang in Weihe. Why was he chosen by his mother as the successor to Duke Antai?
Not having inherited the title of Duke Antai was a shame that Xu Shuo would never be able to let go of.
Now, a peasant could inherit the title of Duke Antai, which made Xu Shuo even more upset.
"Granduncle, the old lady has been very kind to me. If I harm her, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death!"
"snort!"
Facing Xu Yuanzu's oath, Xu Shuo just snorted coldly. He didn't believe in these oaths. He had made many oaths before, and in the end, he broke them. So what?
This day, there are no eyes.
"My three great uncles, please allow me to take my leave first!"
Xu Yuanzu stood up and bowed to Duke Changle, Duke Yong'an and Xu Shuo, then left with the steward of the Xu Mansion to meet the officials of the Imperial City Administration, preparing to meet the Grand Princess to prove his innocence.
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After Xu Yuanzu left, Xu Shuo looked at Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an and said in a deep voice, "My two brothers, I don't believe him!"
“We don’t believe it either!”
On this issue, Duke Changle and Duke Yong'an rarely agreed with Xu Shuo.
"Brothers, have you sent someone to check his background?"
Duke Changle nodded and said, "We've already sent people to Xujiazhuang, but they haven't returned yet. So, we don't know much more about him than you do!"
Lord Yong'an then spoke up, "However, this person cannot be underestimated."
"That's right. In just a few days, many people in this mansion have already had a favorable impression of him. If we had returned later, he would have been the head of the family!"
When Duke Changle thought about the scene when he just returned to the mansion, his impression of Xu Yuanzu became even worse.
"Brothers, don't you find it strange?"
"How could a peasant from Xujiazhuang like him actually have the ability to seize Yuan Zhen's title?"
Chapter 3, still begging for monthly tickets, rolling on the ground begging for monthly tickets, begging for subscriptions!
(End of this chapter)
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