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Zhao Wenbo frowned and said in a deep voice.

"The first suspicious point is that the town is under curfew at night and all four city gates are closed."

"If you were a bandit and wanted to rob gold and silver, would you choose to enter the city during the day and start at night?"

"This..." Liu was also stunned when she heard this: "Of course not. If we do it at night, won't we be trapped in a jar?"

Zhao Wenbo nodded slightly and continued.

"Secondly, since they were robbing money, why didn't they rob casinos, money houses, and cargo stations?"

"Instead, you want to go to a brothel like Jie Fengmingyuan?"

"Even if it's a place where you can spend money, a guest wouldn't be able to bring much silver with him when he drinks, right?"

Speaking of this, Zhao Wenbo briefly recalled.

"And I heard outside that when the second bandit rushed into Fengming Courtyard, he went straight to Lang Hongyun's room on the third floor."

"I suspect that the purpose of these soldiers and bandits entering the city is to kill Lang Hongyun."

"But this is the weird part. These soldiers and bandits have been sentenced to death, but they don't rob money and instead fight against evil for the people. Is this possible?"

At this time, Liu had been convinced and began to sit opposite and think about Zhao Wenbo's words.

"You mean... these soldiers and bandits were hired by Lu You?"

Zhao Wenbo looked solemn when he heard this: "I'm not sure, but I think the chaos in these two towns must be related to Lu You."

"Otherwise I can't understand why Lu Ming, who should have been seriously injured, would go to the gate of Fengming Pavilion in the middle of the night to stop the police from arresting people."

"I guess he didn't want to protect the soldiers and bandits, but he was afraid that Lu You and Lu Yi would be implicated."

Having said that, Zhao Wenbo turned and looked at Liu.

"Do you know what they were doing when I returned to the old house just now?"

"What are they doing?" Liu asked curiously.

"Lu You is eating dried dates, and Lu Yi is reading "Salt and Iron Theory"."

"The county jail caught fire and was robbed, and prisoners escaped, including Lu Ming. But the two sisters were sitting in the yard leisurely reading books and drinking tea?"

"And most importantly, my method of 'examination of conscience' has no effect on them."

"There are definitely secrets between these two sisters."

As Zhao Wenbo was speaking, Liu on the opposite side stood up in surprise.

"Boss, have you broken through the barrier of self-examination?"

"Before you left, your method of questioning your conscience was sometimes effective and sometimes not. How come it worked all of a sudden?"

Hearing Liu's words, Zhao Wenbo also smiled.

"On the last day of the Autumn Examination, the topic was: How can you implement a virtuous policy and win the hearts of the people?"

"At first I pondered over it for more than an hour without putting pen to paper, but finally an idea struck me and I began to answer."

"When I finished writing that policy paper, I felt my heart was filled with excitement and I felt indescribably happy."

“At that time, I realized that I had passed the test of self-examination and had begun to show signs of virtue.”

Hearing what Zhao Wenbo said, Liu's eyes almost turned into crescents.

"So, our family is going to produce a Zhao Jieyuan?"

Seeing his wife like this, Zhao Wenbo waved his hands and said, "Don't say that. Although there is a connection between breaking through the heart barrier and the autumn examination, the connection is not that big."

"There are more than 400 scholars from the 36 counties of Qingzhou Prefecture who are taking the autumn exam. They are all well-educated. How can I be the first in the exam?"

Liu snorted when she heard that, but her eyes were full of pride as she looked at Zhao Wenbo.

"No matter how knowledgeable they are, how can they be a match for my husband?"

Zhao Wenbo smiled and shook his head when he saw this, but his eyes were full of doting.

"I don't dare to hope for the top prizes of the first place, second place, or third place in the imperial examination, but I have a good chance of passing the imperial examination."

Upon hearing this, Liu immediately bowed to Zhao Wenbo in a charming manner.

"Yes, my lord!"

"Please take a rest first. I will ask the kitchen to prepare some delicious food and wine for you."

After saying this, Liu twisted her waist and walked towards the restaurant hall.

But Zhao Wenbo just shook his head helplessly and let Liu go.

But when the backyard became quiet, Zhao Wenbo began to think about the things in the city again.

"Can I invite Mr. Guan to have a drink..."

"It seems that I have to go to the academy to visit Mr. Guan."

…………

Lu You didn't know that all his previous arrangements had been seen through by Zhao Wenbo, a man with ulterior motives.

In the courtyard, Lu You was still eating melon seeds leisurely.

With Mr. Guan as a guarantor, and now that Zhao Wenbo has returned from the autumn examination, Lu You finally feels more confident.

However, despite being confident, Lu You still told Lu Yi and Widow Zhou to go out less recently.

Although she had cleared herself and others of the crime very well and provided sufficient proof of her alibi.

But this is a different world. Even if Lang Zhengping doesn't dare to arrest people openly, it won't be a big deal if he plots to kill them.

"Lang Zhengping won't just let it go. Don't sleep too deeply these two nights. It's always better to be careful."

During dinner, Lu You gave instructions to Lu Yi and the others.

Widow Zhou looked at Lu You and said, "They shouldn't dare to break into the yard and kill people, right?"

Hearing this, Lu You turned and looked at Lu Yi.

"I don't know. Anyway, Lang Hongyun died while sleeping in bed."

"I once heard someone say something that makes a lot of sense, which roughly means that life is like a dream."

"One day passes by in the blink of an eye."

"Once I close my eyes, my life will be over, ha..."

Lu You deliberately dragged out the word "ha" in his voice, but after he said it, he felt that it was not as graceful and melodious as Xiao Shenyang's. He could only sigh that he had missed the essence of the sentence.

[Negative emotions from Lu Yi +30, +30, +30...]

[Negative emotions from Widow Zhou +5, +5, +5...]

…………

That night, around midnight, Lu You was lying on the bed, soundly sleeping.

[Negative emotions from Meng Cheng +100, +100, +100...]

The sudden sound in his mind made Lu You open his eyes suddenly. Then without saying a word, he reached to his waist and stuffed a small pill into his mouth.

One sixth of a dose of Viagra can keep a person energetic for eight hours.

The pill that Lu You put into his mouth was one-twelfth of the size.

This was a pill that Lu You split before going to bed. He gave four pills to Lu Yi and Widow Zhou respectively. The purpose was that when encountering emergencies, they could take the pills to clear their minds and temporarily increase their strength.

Not only that, before going to bed, Lu You took out two short blades from the space for the two of them to defend themselves.

At that time, even Lu You himself felt that he might be being too cautious.

But who would have thought that a bad guy would actually come in in the middle of the night.

Flipping his hand and pulling out a sword from the space, Lu You walked barefoot and quietly to the door of the side room and listened carefully.

The person outside walked very lightly. If it weren't for the system's prompt, Lu You would never have woken up.

In the darkness, Lu You squatted at the door with a long knife in hand, watching silently as a thin short blade came in through the crack in the door and carefully pried open the bolt.

Looking at the thin blade, Lu You also pointed the sword at the crack of the door...