After rebirth, I became the favorite of my scumbag brother

This was the first time that Song Xiao took the initiative to visit someone else's home since he returned to Beijing. It was also because of this that many people noticed that Song Xiao accompanied Li Ziyu to the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion.

Su Lanxin asked someone to arrange a banquet, and the three of them dined together. This was the first time Su Lanxin and Song Xiao had dined together since they met.

After finishing the meal, the three of them dismissed the people in the room. Li Ziyu and Song Xiao drank tea and talked. Su Lanxin entered the room, and Li Ziyu said something to Song Xiao and followed her in.

Li Ziyu chased in and saw his wife move the large carved bed a little, then fumbled around the wall and soon opened a secret compartment.

The corners of Li Ziyu's mouth twitched. He didn't even know when a secret compartment appeared in his house. When Su Lanxin picked up the brocade box, she found that Li Ziyu had already come in.

She touched her nose, "Husband!"

Li Ziyu went forward and moved the bed back to its original position. "Madam, when did you put a secret compartment here?"

Su Lanxin said with a guilty conscience: "Um...husband, General Song is still outside, how about...we talk about other things later?"

Li Ziyu found her guilty look somewhat amusing. This girl always looked as if everything was a matter of course. This guilty look was quite rare. He reached out and rubbed her head, "Okay, we'll talk later!"

The two men left the house. Song Xiao supported his chin with one hand and played with the teacup with the other, looking at the two men who came out one after another with a half-smile.

As soon as Su Lanxin looked up, she noticed his meaningful eyes. Her pretty face turned red and she hid behind Li Ziyu uncomfortably. Li Ziyu naturally took her hand and walked to Song Xiao and sat down.

He was originally curious about Song Xiao's purpose in coming to his house, and now, looking at the brocade box in his wife's hand, he understood a little bit. These two people might have some relationship that he didn't know about.

Su Lanxin sat down, handed the brocade box in her hand to Song Xiao and said, "This is the item that General Song entrusted me to keep." After that, she handed over the thing in her hand.

Song Xiao took it and looked at it. "You are really obedient, you have never opened this brocade box. There is a mechanism on this box. It needs a special key or someone who knows the business to open it. Otherwise, the things inside will be destroyed!"

Su Lanxin patted her chest and said, "Fortunately, fortunately!"

Song Xiao was also a little amused when he saw her happy expression, "Captain Li, can we go to your study to talk?"

After hearing this, not only Su Lanxin was confused, but Li Ziyu was also a little surprised. However, he still nodded, and the two of them went to the study after talking. Although Su Lanxin was curious, she did not get involved.

Half an hour later, Song Xiao left the Zhenbei Marquis Mansion. Su Lanxin didn't know what the two talked about in the study, but Li Ziyu's hostility towards him didn't seem so strong.

Afterwards, Song Xiao visited other people one after another, some of whom had returned from Beizhou and some who had originally lived in the capital, which left many people confused.

A month later, an imperial censor wrote a letter to impeach Jingbei Marquis Xiao Qin for killing loyal officials for his own selfish interests, forcing all the members of the Bai family in General Mingwei's mansion to die in the northern border.

When this happened, everyone was shocked. It was the general Bai Hainian who narrowly won the joint war between Beirao and Dongliang. It was the general Xiao Qin, the current Marquis of Jingbei, who arrived with reinforcements from the court and drove the coalition forces of the two countries out of the northern border and defended Beizhou. In that battle, the Bai family army was completely wiped out.

Bai Hainian and his brothers, nephews and nephews were all killed in the battle, even women and children were killed, no one survived. Xiao Qin brought more than 20 coffins containing Bai's brothers, fathers, children and relatives back to Beijing. The Bai family thus disappeared from Canglan Country.

Half a year later, Bai Shu, the only daughter of the Bai family, died of illness, leaving only Su Lanxin as her bloodline. The events of the Bai family were a cause for great regret at the time.

It was at that time that Xiao Qin was conferred the title of Marquis of Jingbei. Two months later, Queen Shen died, and the successor was Marquis of Jingbei's sister, the current queen and the mother of the third prince.

But now they say that the Bai family was framed, and that Marquis Jingbei gained his wealth and glory by stepping on the bones of the Bai family and hundreds of thousands of soldiers. How can this not shock people!

The censor who impeached Xiao Qin was an inconspicuous old censor who was unpopular in the capital because he was notoriously tough. His wife died of illness at an early age and his son had disappeared many years ago.

Now he is just an old man without a wife or children in the capital. Normally, the nobles in the capital would avoid him when they saw him. They didn't expect something like this to happen suddenly.

Because it was an impeachment in court, it caught everyone off guard. Even the elderly emperor was frightened. The censor who impeached Xiao Qin was named Lin Rumin. Many people in the Third Prince's camp were shocked and said that he was slandering them.

Xiao Qin cursed even more. The people in Chu Mo's camp said nothing, but the old censor said in a sonorous and powerful voice that he had evidence. In fact, the old censor was one of the few people in the Censorate who impeached anyone.

But every time he impeached someone, it was not without reason, so the nobles in the capital city avoided him. This old censor had not impeached anyone for many years.

After a debate, when no one supported the old censor and everyone thought it was over, Song Xiao stood up and said frankly that the Bai family was a loyal and brave family and he had heard a lot about the Bai family over the years in the northern border.

Since the old man has evidence, why not bring it out? If there is indeed injustice in the Bai family case, it should be thoroughly investigated to comfort the souls of the loyal martyrs in heaven.

Then, Hua Yishu and other generals with new backgrounds who had just arrived in Beijing seconded the proposal. Nan Yanhou followed closely and knelt in the main hall to request a thorough investigation. Nan Yanhou was the husband of Bai Yao, the adopted daughter of the Bai family, and was considered the son-in-law of the Bai family.

Afterwards, many generals knelt down and requested a thorough investigation. Seeing that the generals kneeling down were the ones who held real power, the officials from the eldest prince's faction also came to the fore.

Most of the court officials seconded the proposal, so the emperor had no choice but to ask the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice to conduct a thorough investigation. However, the old censor refused to do so, saying that the matter was of great importance and requested that Your Majesty personally try the case.

The emperor asked the old censor to present the evidence. It was an inconspicuous brocade box, which was presented to the emperor after inspection. After reading it, the emperor became furious.

It turned out that it was a contract signed by Xiao Qin and Bei Rao many years ago. The contract stated that Bei Rao would work together with him to eliminate the Bai family and Bei Rao would withdraw its troops.

There was also Xiao Qin's signature and fingerprint on it, which made the emperor a little overwhelmed!

After comparison, it was confirmed that it was the handwriting of Jingbei Marquis Xiao Qin. Xiao Qin was then imprisoned, and the entire Jingbei Marquis Mansion was guarded by the Imperial Guards. Other people holding office in Jingbei Marquis Mansion were also put under custody.

Afterwards, His Majesty the Emperor ordered people from the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice to thoroughly investigate the matter. The eldest prince Chu Mo assisted in the investigation of the case. The third prince was also implicated in the matter and was ordered not to participate in the case.

This sudden change caught the Third Prince and his party off guard. Before they could react, Xiao Qin was thrown into prison, and they quickly became confused.