Conan's physique? The Crown Princess is involved in a murder case again

A crisp slap sounded, and Xu Xingyin was hit so hard that he was unable to recover for a while.

Chen reacted the fastest. She stepped forward quickly, stood in front of Xu Xingyin and pushed Xu Xiuzhu.

"Are you crazy!"

"If it weren't for this evil creature, how could such a scandal have happened?"

"If Jiaojiao hadn't acted decisively, how could the girls have escaped unscathed? Every wrong has its perpetrator, so don't take your anger out on us, Jiaojiao!"

"Why would the forest catch fire for no reason? It was clearly caused by the unlucky Xu Xingyin!"

"Xu Xiuzhu!"

Chen was so angry that she didn't care about the bullshit principle that the husband is the head of the wife. She started calling Xu Xiuzhu's name and cursing him. Her expression was somewhat like that of her grandmother.

"I think you have read so many books that you believe in nothing but supernatural things. I tell you, Jiaojiao is my daughter, not the troublemaker you are talking about. If I hear it again, don't blame me for not considering the relationship between husband and wife!"

Xu Xiuzhu was so upset by Chen's scolding that he couldn't think of any rebuttal for a while.

However, Old Lady Xu, who came rushing over after hearing the news, frowned when she saw them, and slammed her cane to stop the two men.

"That's enough! The Duke and his wife are quarreling outside like this. It's just a joke. How can they serve as teachers and students and manage the mansion in the future?"

Both of them blushed at being scolded by Old Lady Xu, but Chen still stood firmly in front of Xu Xingyin, not retreating even a single step.

Seeing this, Xu Xingyin felt warm in his heart and his thoughts gradually became active.

"As the old saying goes, a filial son's upbringing is to please his children and not to violate their wishes. When the Duke of the State punishes us, the younger generation dares not say much, but just accept it."

Xu Xingyin covered the place where Xu Xiuzhu had slapped him just now with his hands, looking very pitiful, but at this point he changed the subject.

"But the ancients also said that honest advice is unpleasant to the ear but beneficial to one's conduct. I was not the one who did the wrong thing, and I was certainly not the one who set the mountain on fire. So where did I go wrong?

Was it a mistake to risk my life to rush into the yard to save the sisters, was it a mistake to tie up the thief on my own initiative, or was it a mistake to deal with the follow-up matters overnight?

Jiaojiao wants to ask the Duke, what exactly did I do wrong? "

The series of rhetorical questions made Xu Xiuzhu feel uneasy and in a hurry he didn't care about the rules.

"If you hadn't insisted on going up the mountain..."

This time Xu Xingyin answered quickly and admitted his fault before Xu Xiuzhu finished speaking, but everyone could hear the sarcasm in his tone.

"Yes, Jiaojiao was wrong."

"..."

Xu Xiuzhu was speechless. Old Mrs. Xu was also troubled by the confrontation between the two, so she sighed and acted as a peacemaker.

"The second brother is really too impulsive. A girl's face is the most important thing for her. How can she do such a wrong thing just because she is worried about her younger brother?"

After talking about Xu Xiuzhu, Old Mrs. Xu turned around and talked about Xu Xingyin.

"Jiaojiao is right. It's better for girls to travel less in the future and not to make their parents worry more. As for today's matter, let's forget it for the sake of your father's worry about you."

After hearing how Old Lady Xu cleared up the matter in a few words, Xu Xingyin was too lazy to say anything more to Xu Xiuzhu and just agreed respectfully.

"Grandmother is right. I will not argue with the Duke, but some things should be clarified as soon as possible."

After saying this, Xu Xingyin clapped her hands gently, and then she saw her personal maids Dangui, Danying, Wu Zhuangtou and several farmers escorting famous servants coming over.

The two men bowed to everyone and then reported what they had discovered last night.

"When the fire broke out last night, the servants in the mansion were drunk outside. If the young lady hadn't discovered it in time, I'm afraid today..."

Dangui stopped talking at the right time and turned to point at the man who was being held by the farmer. "It was him who instigated everyone to drink last night, so that no one knew when the drink went off, and it almost caused a big mistake."

"A gentleman gave me some money, saying that we brothers should relax a little. At that time, we thought that the village was secluded and nothing had happened there, so we just..."

The servant who was pointed out was so frightened that his face turned blue. He kowtowed repeatedly to explain, "If I had known that there would be such an accidental discharge, I would not have dared to do it even if I had ten times the courage!"

Dan Gui stepped forward and said, "I took the small statue and verified it with him. It was confirmed that the person who gave them the silver yesterday was Bai Shaotong."

"It seems that Bai Shaotong had planned this all along!"

Old Madam Xu looked at the servant lying on the ground with a frown on her face. She was furious and said, "Such a useless person is an eyesore. Let's take him away and sell him off."

After Mrs. Xu finished speaking, the servant was gagged and taken away. Seeing this, Wu Zhuangtou lowered his head with lingering fear, and after hesitating for a while, he finally spoke.

"I was ordered by Miss Seven to investigate the fire in the mulberry forest. Although we have made some progress, we have not yet found the truth. After the fire was extinguished yesterday, we found several wine bottles in the mulberry forest with some wine left in them. In addition, a lantern from the mulberry forest to the toilet fell off, and I searched the entire farm but couldn't find it. Oh, and there was a drunk servant in the toilet."

After hearing what Wu Zhuangtou said, everyone felt that he was talking a lot of nonsense that was worthless. Only Xu Xingyin listened quietly and suddenly asked a question.

"What about the servants?"

Only then did Wu Zhuangtou come to his senses and hurriedly asked someone to bring up the servant who had just sobered up.

When the servant saw that all the masters were at home, he was sobered up by fright.

He was kneeling there and shaking violently. His clothes were wrinkled and stuck to his body, one of his knees was rubbed raw, and there were a few red stains on his hands.

"The arsonist you are looking for..."

Xu Xingyin walked around the servant, pointed at him with a smile, and said, "That's him."

The servant was frightened and denied it immediately.

"Miss Seven! You can't say such nonsense!"

"Then can you explain where the red paint on your hands came from?"

Being questioned, Xu Xingyin was not annoyed at all, but asked back calmly.

"I remember when we first arrived at the village, Village Head Wu said that because he knew we were coming to visit, all the lanterns on the village were newly painted. If you don't recognize us, you can go and compare them."

"me……"

The servant was so frightened that he stuttered for a long time before he could remember how to refute.

"Just because I have paint on my hands doesn't mean anything. How can you say I'm the arsonist?"

"You are the only one in the village who has touched the lantern, and when Wu Zhuangtou came to find you, you didn't have the lantern. So where did the lost lantern go?"

"Miss Seven, what you said is not true. Even if I touched the lantern, it happened to be missing, so it has absolutely nothing to do with arson!"

"is it?"

Xu Xingyin curled his lips slightly as he spoke, his eyes falling on the exposed part of the servant's knees, "You fell down last night, didn't you?"