How did I, a mere son-in-law lying down, become a "Fenglang Juxu" (a legendary martial art

Chapter 13 Hidden secrets

Liu Shan couldn't discern Li Polu's emotions at the moment. Besides following closely behind, he seemed to have no say in the matter.

"I want to go to the study too."

He dared not speak up, but there were those who were bolder, and the one who was incredibly audacious was Xiao Yue.

“If you want to talk about my senior sister, then of course I have to be there. Besides, I’ve seen the deceased.”

Xiao Yue can only rely on the Li family now, and the person with the most say in the Li family is the one in front of her.

Li Polu glanced back at Xiao Yue, then said to Liu Shan, "Take this little girl with you."

When the group arrived at the study, Li Wanqing was already waiting there.

She first tearfully recounted how helpless and frightened she felt when she encountered danger during the hunt, and then gave an exaggerated description of how Jiang Ruolan and Xiao Yue killed the tiger.

This made Liu Shan, who was standing to the side, want to chime in. He never expected that Li Meiren, who looked aloof, would have such a talent for stand-up comedy.

“Father, you always taught me that a drop of kindness should be repaid with a spring of gratitude. How could I possibly ignore the matter of this benefactor?”

Li Polu does indeed dote on Li Wanqing, but that doesn't mean he'll blindly spoil her. There are some things that need to be clarified.

"Little girl, where did you and your senior sister learn your martial arts skills?" Li Polu asked Xiao Yue.

"My father's name is Xiao Yan. My senior sister and I have always lived in Youquan Valley and learned martial arts from my father."

"You're from Ghost Spring Valley?!"

Although Youquan Valley is located within the territory of the Xia Dynasty, it is situated in a natural ravine and is often shrouded in miasma, so few people enter or leave, and its reputation has become even less known in recent years.

Li Polu also learned by chance from his travels in his early years that there was a reclusive master in Youquan Valley named Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yue had been worried ever since she entered the manor, and now, being questioned by Li Polu like this, she felt indescribably wronged.

Li Polu: "Why did you two sisters suddenly decide to come to Cangzhou?"

"Our eldest sister was sent out of the valley for training by our master, and I ran away with her. Our eldest sister really didn't kill anyone. We've been doing our best to help others along the way, and we would never do anything that is immoral or disregards human life. Everyone must believe us, we really didn't kill anyone."

Xiao Yue felt increasingly aggrieved as she spoke, especially since she was only a child of about ten years old. The arrest of her senior sister caused her taut nerves to snap at that moment.

"Wow~!"

Xiao Yue finally broke down in tears.

At this moment, seeing the little girl wailing, Li Polu and his daughter looked at each other in bewilderment.

Although Li Wanqing was pampered from childhood, her personality was inherited from Li Polu. She would never do something like crying and sobbing, and she also couldn't stand seeing others cry, and was even somewhat helpless in the face of it.

Seeing that the father and daughter were frowning as if they had flies stuck in their brows, Liu Shan had no choice but to personally step in to comfort them.

In his previous life, although he was the only child in his family, he "benefited" from his ancestors' prolific births, which gave him a bunch of uncles, aunts, and cousins.

Comforting this young girl was still a piece of cake for him.

He arranged for Xiao Yue to sit in a round-backed chair, then took out a silk handkerchief from his pocket and gently handed it to her.

Don't ask him why he has the handkerchief; the answer is that Amber forced it on him.

Xiao Yue took the handkerchief and wiped away her tears haphazardly.

"Thank you, thank you, sir." Xiao Yue sobbed incessantly, but she didn't forget to thank Liu Shan.

"Don't cry, don't cry~, little Yueyue, be good~ don't cry anymore, okay? I believe in you, and I believe even more in your senior sister. She would never kill anyone." Liu Shan gently patted the girl's head twice to comfort her.

Perhaps it was Liu Shan's comforting words that worked; the little girl only cried for a short while before calming down.

Do you remember the deceased, Yang Lian'er?

Seeing that Xiao Yue was crying so pitifully, Li Polu deliberately softened his voice by eight octaves when he asked her the question again.

"Back to my lord..."

Xiao Yue had just opened her mouth when Li Polu interrupted her: "At home, don't act like an adult. You're young, so just call me Uncle Li."

"Uncle Li, my senior sister and I have met Sister-in-law Lian'er together..."

Soon, everyone learned from Xiao Yue that when she and Jiang Ruolan first entered Jinhua County in Cangzhou, they encountered a woman named Yang Lian'er kneeling in front of the county government office, pleading for her husband's innocence.

"Actually, after learning about Sister Lian'er's husband Chen An's case, Senior Sister didn't want to get involved anymore. If it weren't for me..."

As she spoke, Xiao Yue began to wipe away tears again. Now, thinking about what her senior sister had gone through, she felt deeply regretful.

"Why did Jiang Ruolan suddenly stop wanting to get involved?" Li Wanqing asked, somewhat surprised.

"We learned that Chen An first had an affair with a woman in town named Ge Yuniang, and then conspired with Ge Yuniang to poison her husband Wang Pinlian. We heard that they were arrested shortly after the incident. The eldest sister believed that Sister Lian'er was deceived and could not judge people well, so she kept persuading Sister Lian'er to give up. But Sister Lian'er was very firm in her attitude, saying that Chen An was not that kind of person, and then she produced a 'blood letter' as evidence."

"A blood letter?"

Everyone was confused.

Xiao Yue: "According to Sister Lian'er, it was a confession written by Chen An in prison, saying that he had no connection with Ge Yuniang and did not poison Wang Pinlian. After reading the 'blood letter,' Senior Sister decided to help Sister Lian'er."

"Little Yueyue, do you know where this 'blood letter' is now?" Liu Shan asked.

This "blood letter" is very important. Although it cannot prove that Jiang Ruolan did not kill anyone, it is the only way that the Cangzhou government can legitimately intervene in the case of Yang Lian'er's death. Otherwise, it would be an unwarranted interference in the county government's handling of the case, which is a serious taboo in officialdom.

That very night, Sister-in-law Lian'er gave the "blood letter" to her eldest sister, begging her to bring it to Cangzhou and ask the high-ranking officials in the prefecture to help overturn the case.

"The 'blood letter' must be on Jiang Ruolan!"

Liu Shan was just saying it casually, since Jiang Ruolan would probably carry something so important with her at all times. Now that she had been interrogated by the prefect by some twist of fate, it would come in handy.

"The 'blood letter' wasn't on Senior Sister, but hidden on the rafters of a dilapidated temple at the foot of the hunting grounds," Xiao Yue hurriedly said.

"Why would you put something so important in such a remote place?" Li Wanqing asked, puzzled.

Xiao Yue said earnestly, "Not long after we left Jinhua County, we discovered that someone had been following us... Once we entered Cangzhou Prefecture, as you know, we had no money left, so we could only stay temporarily in that dilapidated temple..."

Liu Shan recalled the two women's embarrassed appearance at the wonton stall that day, and understood why they had temporarily stayed in a dilapidated temple in the desolate mountains.