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At the gate of the lord's mansion.

When Gu Chan brought Yuan Jie over, Wei Xing and Ren Nanshan were blocking the door with their guards, confronting the officials from the patrol office led by Xu Ziguang in front.

Gu Chan rushed forward angrily, staring at Xu Ziguang and yelling, "Xu Ziguang, are you crazy? A family massacre happened in the Imperial Censorate, why don't you hurry up and find the real culprit, but come here to make trouble?"

"No, Lord, I don't want to come either! But after checking, you are the most suspicious. Do you think I should come or not?" Xu Ziguang said with a bitter face.

"Damn it, Yan Xishan said before that you are stubborn, but I didn't really believe it! Now, I finally see clearly that you are really a stubborn person." Gu Chan was so angry that he cursed at him.

She never dreamed that the new commander of the patrol office, to whom she was promoted, would actually bring people to arrest her. How embarrassed was she?

Xu Ziguang explained in a daze, "Lord, the whole Jiangnan City is now saying that you had a grudge against Miss Yan, so you sent people to the mansion to kill her last night. As a result, she escaped, and the people you sent were discovered. In order to prevent this matter from being leaked, you ordered people to kill Lord Yan's family and set fire to the entire Censorate's Mansion."

"Bullshit, bullshit. I have been sleeping in the house since I came back from Jiangnan Academy last night. When did I send anyone to the Censorate to kill Yan Li?" Gu Chan said with a livid face.

"Your words are not enough to prove that you are not a suspect! Anyway, I don't care. Now that the evidence points to you, you have to go back with me to the Patrol Yamen and be temporarily detained. Otherwise, how can I continue to be the commander-in-chief of the Patrol Yamen?" Xu Ziguang said with a look of grievance.

"You..." Gu Chan was choked speechless on the spot.

Wei Xing quickly put his mouth close to Gu Chan's ear and whispered, "You are the lord, you must take the lead, especially at this critical juncture, you must not let others gossip about you."

"Huh..." Gu Chan let out a long breath and suppressed the anger in her heart.

Looking up at Xu Ziguang, she said with a stiff face, "Okay, whatever you want. I'll go back to the patrol office with you."

"My lord, I'm sorry to offend you." Xu Ziguang said while clasping his fists.

After saying this, he immediately ordered two officers to come up and take Gu Chan to the carriage and leave.

Wei Xing looked at the guards and said, "Alright, it's alright, all of you go down and do your own things!"

"Yes, Chief Steward." The guards responded in unison and returned to the mansion.

After a while, Wei Xing and the other two were the only ones standing quietly at the gate.

Looking at the figures of the patrol office going away, the three of them all had gloomy faces and said nothing.

Yuan Jie didn't say until the figures of the patrol officers disappeared in front of them, "According to what Xu Ziguang said just now, the Censorate was brutally wiped out, but only Yan Li escaped. This incident must have something to do with her."

"But the problem is, Yan Li is Yan Xishan's biological daughter! She can't be so cruel as to do such a cruel thing to her own parents! There must be someone behind this, deliberately sending people to create this tragedy and put the blame on our master." Ren Nanshan said with his hands spread out.

Wei Xing frowned and thought for a while before he spoke up and ordered, "Don't make blind guesses. From now on, the two of you will be responsible for managing all the affairs in the Lord's Mansion. It's time for me to take action and investigate the truth behind this matter."

"Okay! Then we'll listen to you." Yuan Jie nodded.

Then she and Ren Nanshan said no more, and went into the mansion as Wei Xing ordered to manage the affairs of the lord's mansion.

Wei Xing returned to the room alone and took out the Batman outfit that he had hidden in the box.

This is the patrol office.

After Xu Ziguang brought Gu Chan back with his men, he did not dare to be disrespectful to her. Instead, he invited her directly to a relatively secluded courtyard behind the yamen, and then sat opposite her and apologized to her.

Gu Chan laughed and said, "You don't seem stupid! I really thought you were a stupid person!"

"My Lord! I am in this position. How will the people look at me if I don't arrest you? So I can only arrest you in such a high-profile manner. But don't worry, I believe this matter has nothing to do with you." Xu Ziguang said hurriedly.

"Why do you think so?" Gu Chan asked with a smile.

Xu Ziguang analyzed with a serious face, "In half a month, you will have a military exercise with General Zuo to conduct an offensive and defensive battle. You don't have to do such a stupid thing at this critical moment! If you want to defend the Jiangnan area, you must unite all the members of the Second Prince's party. Yan Xishan is the best helper to unite them. If you really kill him, wouldn't it be like asking for trouble for yourself?"

"Well! Go on." Gu Chan nodded with satisfaction.

"I suspect that the people who committed the massacre last night were either the prince's men or Zuo Wangfeng's men. Now they want to get rid of Yan Xishan and disrupt the situation on your side, so they are the most likely suspects." Xu Ziguang said cautiously.

Gu Chan nodded without comment.

She did not deny that Xu Ziguang's statement was correct, but at this juncture, it seemed that neither the Crown Prince nor Zuo Wangfeng would make such a choice. After all, if the matter were to be traced back to them, it would instead arouse the anger of all the Second Prince's factions in the Jiangnan area. There was no need for them to do such a cruel and dangerous thing when they had the advantage.

Thinking of this, Gu Chan couldn't help but ask, "When you went to put out the fire last night, were there any signs of fighting in the Censor's Mansion?"

"No, all the maids and servants inside were killed with one sword. The strangest thing is that the coroner said that the same sword was used to stab Yan Xishan and his wife Bai Xi. In other words, the two of them were killed first, and then the maids and servants were killed. Then the Censor's Mansion was set on fire and the bodies were burned." Xu Ziguang explained.

"Where is Yan Li now?" Gu Chan asked.

Xu Ziguang said helplessly, "I just sent someone to check this morning. Not long before the incident last night, the men sent by the prince had already escorted her out of the city. It's too late to chase her now."

"It seems that she is the only one who knows about it." Gu Chan murmured to herself.

Last night, she and the old academician explained to Yan Xishan that Yan Li had cheated. Then the tragedy of the Censorate's Mansion happened. It was hard not to suspect that Yan Li, who had escaped, was a huge suspect.

But Gu Chan couldn't understand one thing. Yan Xishan and Bai Xi were her biological parents. She wouldn't do such a beastly thing, right?

"My Lord! Miss Yan is probably also a victim. Faced with this situation, she must have been extremely scared, so she chose to flee back to Kyoto overnight. Otherwise, she might have lost her life." Just when Gu Chan was confused, Xu Ziguang added this sentence.

Gu Chan sighed helplessly after hearing this, and felt that what he said seemed to make sense.

At this moment, she was completely confused and couldn't figure out who could do such a cruel thing.