Chapter 65: Meet Brother

Su Xian and Shopkeeper Luo followed Tang Shujing into the back hall quickly. When they looked up, they saw three pairs of delighted eyes looking at them.

Su Xian walked into the hall while looking at the three people.

The leader was Tang Ju, his uncle whom he had just met a few days ago. He was dressed in casual clothes and seemed much more haggard after not seeing him for a few days.

Next to Tang Ju was a middle-aged lady in her thirties, dignified and virtuous, dressed in bright clothes, and her eyebrows and eyes were 80% similar to Tang Shujing.

This should be Tang Ju’s wife and Tang Shujing’s mother... Su Xian thought to himself.

Behind Tang Ju and Mrs. Chen is a young girl with an elegant temperament.

At first glance, Su Xian felt that this woman had a gentle temperament. Looking at her made people feel like they were bathed in the spring breeze, as if spring flowers were blooming, and made people want to fall in love.

For beautiful women, Su Xian would take a few more glances out of respect.

But when he looked at her carefully, the girl also opened her bright eyes, black and white, and looked at him... The two of them looked away tacitly.

I heard that Tang Shujing has an older sister named Tang Shuwan, who is a real lady from a noble family. Could it be her? As expected, she is a graceful woman... Su Xian's heart moved.

After looking at the three people opposite, Su Xian and Shopkeeper Luo walked to the middle of the back hall and stopped.

"Nephew Su!" Tang Ju's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief. He still wanted to take care of the offspring of this classmate, but he was so busy recently that he almost forgot that there was such a person in the county... Shame on him.

"Uncle!" Su Xian bowed to greet him.

"Mingsir." Shopkeeper Luo also greeted.

Mrs. Chen and Tang Shuwan, who were standing by, were stunned for a moment when they saw them addressing each other as "nephew" and "uncle", and then they looked at Su Xian again...

They already knew that Tang Ju had met the son of his former classmate, but had never seen him in person.

"Dad, he said he has clues about the city wall murder case, but he won't show it to his daughter." Tang Shujing's words sounded like a complaint.

Tang Ju's eyes lit up, and he was about to ask what the clue was, but he remembered his identity and knew he couldn't lose the demeanor of an elder.

So he coughed, looked at Tang Shujing and scolded: "What do you mean by he, he, and his? You should call him Brother Shi!"

Tang Shujing's pretty face froze, she opened her mouth, and finally said unconvincedly, "My daughter knows."

"Now that you know, why don't you call me?"

"Brother Shi...Brother Shi!" Tang Shujing felt very uncomfortable, but she couldn't show her temper in front of so many people, so she could only call out in a low voice reluctantly.

Su Xian had been watching the show with a smile on his face. After she finished yelling, he came out to smooth things over: "Uncle, please don't blame Miss Tang. After all, the murder case on the city wall is more important. Miss Tang was also anxious, so she behaved so rudely. I don't really care."

"You..." Tang Shujing suddenly looked up and stared at Su Xian... Isn't it disgusting to say this now!

"Yeah." Tang Ju nodded in satisfaction, then glared at Tang Shujing and said, "Look at you, you don't know etiquette at all, you are far worse than your brother. Why did I give birth to a thing like you?"

"I..." Tang Shujing almost went berserk. She glared at Su Xian angrily and fiercely, like an angry little tiger, and almost pounced on him...

Tang Shuwan stood silently behind, and couldn't help but cover her mouth to hold back her laughter when she saw this scene.

Mrs. Chen seemed to be thinking about something.

Shopkeeper Luo looked at him with concern... What did you say? I didn't hear it.

In short, Tang Ju was satisfied, and then he introduced Su Xian to Mrs. Chen first.

"Aunt." Su Xian bowed to greet her.

"Great, great, I've heard him talk about his former classmates before, and now I finally get to meet his son. He's really handsome!"

"You are too kind, Auntie."

Tang Ju also introduced Tang Shuwan.

Before Su Xian stepped forward to greet him, Tang Shuwan had already stepped forward and bowed gracefully, her voice clear and pleasant, with a strange energy that could calm one's mind, she said, "Greetings, my brother."

"Miss Tang is polite." Su Xian returned the greeting.

After recognizing the people, Tang Ju coughed and calmly ordered: "Wan'er, you can leave first."

"Yes, Daddy."

Tang Shuwan walked slowly and gracefully out of the back hall.

After she walked out of the back hall, she pretended to take a few steps, then stopped where she was. She glanced left and right and saw that there was no one around, then she held up her skirt with both hands and tiptoed to another door in the back hall.

She was going to eavesdrop.

But this was the first time she had done such a thing in her life, so her heartbeat inevitably quickened and her beautiful oval face flushed.

After a while, she successfully went around another door and came to the screen behind Tang Ju and Mrs. Chen's chairs.

She hid here and could hear the conversation clearly.

Outside the screen.

Tang Ju had already calmly sat down, and Mrs. Chen was also sitting next to him.

Su Xian, Shopkeeper Luo and Tang Shujing stood in the middle of the back hall.

Tang Ju was calm and composed. After taking a sip of tea, he asked, "Just now I heard from Jing'er that my nephew has clues about the murder case on the city wall?"

"Yes, a very important clue!" Su Xian carefully took something out of his pocket and handed it to Tang Ju with both hands.

There was a tone of certainty in Su Xian's voice.

This gave Tang Ju a shock and he took the object with both hands.

Tang Shujing stretched her neck, but could only vaguely see that it seemed to be a jade plate?

Tang Shuwan, who was behind the screen, couldn't help but feel moved after hearing Su Xian's words...

"This... this is..." Tang Ju looked at the jade token carefully, stood up suddenly, his face showing shock, and his hand holding the jade token was shaking slightly.

"What is this?" asked Mrs. Chen.

"Dad, what is that?" Tang Shujing really wanted to lean over to take a closer look, but she was afraid of being lectured by her father in public.

Behind the screen, Tang Shuwan covered her throbbing heart with her hands and thought to herself, "From the tone of Daddy, could it be that... this thing can really solve the murder case on the city wall?"

"Inner Guard... Plum Blossom Inner Guard's identity jade card!" Tang Ju said in a very serious tone, then stared at Su Xian solemnly and asked, "Where did you get this card?"

"I picked it up from the roof of my house. It must have fallen from the city wall on the night of the crime!" said Su Xian.

Tang Ju's pupils suddenly shrank, he held the jade token tightly in his hand, and then laughed heartily, feeling a sense of relief as if years of depression had been swept away in one day.

Mrs. Chen looked at him blankly.

Tang Shujing's heart moved, as if she had thought of something.

Tang Shuwan, who was behind the screen, was also very confused. She wanted to take a sneak peek at what was happening outside, but was afraid of being discovered.

"Nephew Su, you have helped me a lot this time!"

Tang Ju stopped laughing, walked up to Su Xian and patted him on the shoulder. The look in his eyes when he looked at Su Xian was different.

Then, facing the blank gazes of Mrs. Chen and Tang Shujing, he said, "With this jade token, we can solve the city wall murder case!"

"The City Wall Murder Case will be solved soon, and I will no longer have to bear the guilt of an unsolved murder case!"

"Even if Princess Lanling comes in person, I'm not afraid, hahahaha!"

“…”

"Is...is it true?" Mrs. Chen opened her mouth wide.

"I figured it out, I figured it out!" Tang Shujing clenched her fists, her oval face full of excitement.

Behind the screen, Tang Shuwan's beautiful eyes suddenly widened——

The City Wall Murder Case Has Been Solved!

Dad doesn’t have to resign!

There is no need to come back to your senses and accept the ridicule from family members!