After rebirth, I teamed up with the scumbag's mistress

"By the way, have you made any progress in your investigation recently?" Liu Yuefu asked.

"Speaking of the investigation, I just happen to have something to ask you, but I've been too busy recently and haven't had time to ask. When the second son of the Li family bought an official position, didn't the Fourth Prince come to threaten Li Jianzhang? Do you know what the Fourth Prince threatened Li Jianzhang to do?" Wei Suxin asked.

"The Fourth Prince threatened Li Jianzhang to go easy on the case of selling official positions and titles, and asked the Third Prince's people to speak nicely, so that the case would fall on the Third Prince's head and the Third Prince would be punished for it." Liu Yuefu said.

"What happened to the third prince after that?" Wei Suxin asked.

"The emperor was furious and confiscated the Third Prince's fiefdom. He was very disappointed with him and didn't care much about him anymore after that," said Liu Yuefu.

"In fact, this matter should be closely related to the Fourth Prince and the Second Prince. Xu Xiuqi sneaked into the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice and read all kinds of materials related to this case. We can only say that this is the inevitable result of the strength of power in the political struggle." Wei Suxin said.

"Yes, when two tigers fight, one of them is bound to be injured." Liu Yuefu said.

"Mr. Xu is still investigating. Without evidence, all this can only be our speculation." Wei Suxin said.

"Are you investigating separately?" Liu Yuefu asked.

"Yes, I am investigating the matter of Li's eldest brother carefully." Wei Suxin said.

"But the house was burned down and the people were burned to death..." Liu Yuefu said with a frown.

"No..." Wei Suxin said.

That day, after Wei Suxin said goodbye to Xu Xiuqi at Chongya Residence, she thought about what Xu Xiuqi said, "You should also recall the people in your house to see if you can find any clues."

She also hoped that the ill-fated couple could survive.

After all, there is hope when one is alive. If one dies, there is nothing.

After returning from Chongya Residence that day, Wei Suxin asked Qiandai to find the indentures of the servants who used to work in that house.

Wei Suxin's body contract was kept in a box according to the house.

Su Xin counted the bodies of the guards and there were twenty-eight of them, but excluding the fifteen hired warriors at the back, there were only twenty-six bodies.

Someone escaped that night.

At that time, she was anxious and did not care about the number of servants. She was only focused on searching for people nearby, especially Zhou Junsheng and his wife, but found nothing.

She naturally thought that everyone in the house had died.

These are servants with bonded lives. If they are still alive, they should still be in the Wei family.

"Qiandai, let's go to Mother's place." Wei Suxin said as she walked out.

Qiandai followed Wei Suxin's footsteps and walked out.

The two of them soon arrived at Madam Wei's residence. Madam Wei had always been in charge of the appointment and arrangement of servants in the household.

Before Wei Suxin even entered Madam Wei's bedroom, she called out, "Mother, mother, I have something to ask you."

Wei Su hurried into the house and said, "Mother, take a look at this."

Wei Suxin placed the wooden box in her hand on the round table in front of her and pushed it in front of Mrs. Wei.

Madam Wei opened the wooden box, revealing a thick stack of indentures.

"What is this? What are you going to do, bringing so many deeds?" Mrs. Wei asked with some confusion.

"Mother, these are the deeds of the servants who worked in the house that was burned down before. There are twenty-eight deeds here, but there are only twenty-six corpses in the house." Wei Suxin said.

"I know who it is. After the fire, two old women came and said that the house they were responsible for was burned down. I didn't know you had something to ask them, so I didn't tell you." Mrs. Wei said.

"I sent those two maids to the big kitchen in our house. One of them is called Ping Yun and the other is called Shi Hua. You can go to the big kitchen to find them yourself." Mrs. Wei said immediately.

"Thank you, mother." Wei Suxin said.

Wei Suxin and Qiandai hurried to the Wei family's big kitchen.

Wei Suxin arrived at the Wei family's big kitchen. It was time to prepare lunch. Everyone in the kitchen was busy washing vegetables, cutting vegetables, and pickling vegetables.

"Everyone, which one is Ping Yun? Which one is Shi Hua?" Wei Suxin asked.

An old woman who was cutting vegetables paused, put down the knife, wiped her hands on her apron, and walked forward.

"I am Pingyun." said the old woman.

At the same time, an old woman who was processing the fish entrails put the half-processed fish aside, washed the blood off her hands, and walked forward.

"I am Shihua. What can I do for you, madam?" asked the old woman.

"It's not convenient to talk here. You two follow me first." Wei Suxin said.

The two women looked at the half-processed vegetables and fish with some embarrassment, "This..."

"I'm just asking a few questions, it will be quick. It won't delay your work." Wei Suxin said.

The two old women had no choice but to follow Wei Suxin, and Wei Suxin took them to her own yard.

Then he sat down at the stone table in the courtyard and said, "Pingyun, Shihua, I won't waste time talking to you. The house you stayed in before caught fire. When you escaped, do you know what happened to the couple I placed in the house?"

"To answer your question, Mr. and Mrs. Zhou were very kind to others when they lived there. When the disaster happened in the house, there were warriors to escort them out. But somehow I saw them both tied up and thrown into the yard by the servants of those bad guys." Ping Yun said.

Then Shihua spoke up, "I have been serving in the mansion all year round, and I am the one who maintains and cleans the secret room in the study. So, when Pingyun and I found that there were people guarding the area and not letting people go out, I took some food and took Pingyun to the study. On the way to the study, we saw Mr. and Mrs. Zhou who were tied up. So after those people left, we took them to the secret room."

Ping Yun's voice was filled with regret as she said, "We could have saved more people, but they kept firing rockets into the room. Alas... In fact, many people were killed by them at the beginning, especially the warriors. Most of them were dead before the fire started."

"The fire is just their way of covering up the truth," said Shihua.

"Why didn't you tell me these things before?" Wei Suxin said.

"My friend died in my arms. She said the people outside were wearing official uniforms." Ping Yun said with tears in her eyes.

"Madam, the Wei family is just a merchant family. If they are government officials, what's the point of suing them? What should we do if something happens to the Wei family?" Shi Hua said with a sigh.

"Yes, my lady, you must be careful in what you do. Wasn't the property of the wealthy Chen family confiscated by the government before? I'm afraid Zhou Junsheng and his wife have offended some officials. The matter is not simple." Ping Yun said.

"Thank you for your advice, mom." Wei Suxin said.

Then, Wei Suxin asked, "What happened to that couple later?"