After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 446 The Truth Behind the Murder

However, even if he rushed out and tried to enter the new house to save their young lady, it would have been in vain.

He knew no martial arts whatsoever. What could he do when he went in to face four highly skilled martial artists? In the end, he could only die, and no one would ever know the truth about his young lady's wrongful death.

The servant assumed that the white-clad female ghost who had just appeared was the vengeful spirit of his young mistress. He secretly resolved to keep this secret, just as his young mistress had said: if a high-ranking official came to help her overturn the case, he would then reveal the truth of the matter.

Su Xiaoxiao felt that the case was close to being solved. She returned to the mourning shed where she kept vigil and said to the coffin of the deceased young lady of the Prince's Mansion, "I now know more or less why you were wrongfully killed. Don't worry, I will definitely bring the person who killed you to justice."

At this moment, Su Xiaoxiao saw that the flames of the three oil lamps on the table began to slowly go out, then turned blue, and finally returned to their normal color.

In short, all of this is the deceased young lady communicating with Su Xiaoxiao here, meaning that she is telling Su Xiaoxiao that she already knows.

She will watch over Su Xiaoxiao from heaven until the murderer who killed her is caught.

Su Xiaoxiao understood immediately, and she secretly vowed to capture the groom, Xue Yuandao.

Su Xiaoxiao still doesn't understand why the groom would help his master harm Qian Musheng, and even go so far as to kill his own fiancée.

The next day, Su Xiaoxiao finally learned about it while chatting with Granny Wang.

It turns out that the groom, Xue Yuandao, knew Prince Gong and they were quite good friends.

Although the Xue family was not as powerful as Prince Gong in terms of status, they were also from a business background and were very wealthy. This young master Xue met Qian Musheng in a brothel. After all, the Xue family was rich, and Prince Gong wanted to make friends with such a family.

In addition, Xue Yuandao was indeed a very handsome young man, so Prince Gong proposed the marriage to his mother. His mother basically listened to him. Unexpectedly, Xue Yuandao and the young lady only met a few times before the marriage was arranged.

In this way, Xue Yuandao became the son-in-law of Prince Gong's family. However, Xue Yuandao was not particularly fond of Prince Gong's sister. Moreover, once the marriage was established, he would be even less able to go out to brothels and pleasure quarters, which troubled him quite a bit.

But that's just how his father is; he insists that he get married as soon as possible. It's a must-do, and he feels like he's just a pawn in his family's game, which makes him very angry. So he doesn't really approve of the marriage. His master, for some reason, insists that he frame a guest named Qian Musheng. Xue Yuandao has never met this person before, but his master's orders cannot be disobeyed.

Thinking of this, he finally accepted his master's request and did it very cruelly, perfectly framing Qian Musheng for the whole thing.

But as the saying goes, walls have ears. No matter what you do, there are always people watching you. Who knows, someone might come along and notice you, and expose your crimes to the public.

During the day, when Su Xiaoxiao had nothing to do, she would wander around the room where Xue Yuandao was, wondering if she could see what the legendary groom looked like, or at least find out why he framed Qian Musheng. However, she was just a newly recruited servant in the Prince's mansion, and not just anyone could go in and see the groom, Xue Yuandao. There were people serving him in that room, so Su Xiaoxiao couldn't just approach him casually.

However, Su Xiaoxiao is free to move around at night. She doesn't need to keep watch tonight and can go back to her residence to rest.

Taking advantage of the quiet of the night, she planned to go to the room where the groom, Xue Yuandao, was staying, and listen to the walls, hoping to glean some useful information.

To know what others are thinking, you need to listen to what they say behind your back. Some things that can't be told in the light can only be obtained by eavesdropping. Only in this way can you find out what shameful things these people have done.

In short, this was also to learn some of Xue Yuandao's unknown secrets.

When Su Xiaoxiao came over in the middle of the night to squat by the wall, she heard Xue Yuandao sigh from inside.

Then another man spoke up, advising Xue Yuandao, who was drinking, "You can't keep drinking like this."

"Then what else can I do besides drinking? I didn't want to join this kind of sect. I've been constantly threatened by my master. Ever since I joined the sect when I was young, he's forced us to take those pills. These pills are half poison and half antidote. We disciples have no choice but to obey his orders. If we don't take those pills for a while, we'll die from the poison."

Upon hearing this, Su Xiaoxiao exclaimed, "Is there really such a thing as a master who bullies people like this? He's practically an animal!"

The people inside kept trying to persuade Xue Yuandao to stop drinking. Xue Yuandao, emboldened by the alcohol, seemed ready to pour out all the things he'd kept bottled up for years. He talked about how his master, Sai Pohou, had been like a devil, relentlessly tormenting his disciples. Whatever money his master wanted, the Xue family would promptly send it. If his master wanted a beautiful woman, he'd have to rush out and find her. No one knew that Xue Yuandao had followed such a master. If it weren't for his youthful impetuosity and desire to learn skills, which led him astray into such a cult-like sect, he would deeply regret it.

But what can he do now? He can only follow this kind of master, since he is now completely controlled by this master.

If he betrayed his master, he would never be able to obtain those pills again, and in the end, he would only face death. This time, his master, Saipohou, suddenly came to him, asking him to do something—to frame a stranger.

At first, he also wanted to know the reason, but his master didn't tell him anything. He just said that he wanted to avenge his other disciples.

Xue Yuandao still didn't know what had happened. He did as instructed in a daze, and in the end, he found that he still couldn't convince himself to kill his bride.

Meanwhile, Su Xiaoxiao, who was squatting in the corner, understood everything. She hadn't expected that Sai Pohou was actually Xue Yuandao's master. This explained his resentment towards Qian Musheng.

It turned out that the masked men in black that the servant had seen that night were the three mountain stronghold leaders from Cuiwei Mountain. They really had come to seek revenge on Qian Musheng.