I bring bad luck to my husband, you bring bad luck to your wife.

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Yang Tongchuan led Xiangxi home.

Tell me about it, I want to hear it.

"Sigh, something happened at the yamen while I was on my honeymoon." Yang Tongchuan returned to work at the yamen today and sensed something was wrong as soon as he entered.

I asked around and found out that something had happened.

The incident occurred on the day Xiangxi returned to her parents' home after her wedding.

A wealthy merchant came to the yamen to report that his deceased wife's grave had been dug up.

Officer Wang led his men to the scene and discovered that it was indeed a case of grave robbing.

An investigation was launched immediately, but after so many days, nothing was found.

Today, the county magistrate summoned Constable Wang and gave him a severe dressing-down, saying very seriously that if he couldn't find anything out, he would lose his job as constable.

Being a constable is a lucrative job. If Constable Wang really takes the job, the people queuing up behind him will be overjoyed.

"When I first entered this line of work, I worked under Constable Wang. He was practically my mentor. If something happened to him and someone else took over, my life wouldn't be easy either." There are small cliques among the constables.

A new emperor brings a new court; a change of leadership is not so friendly to former officials like Yang Tongchuan.

"Why would these people steal corpses? What use are they?" When Xiangxi was a child, she saw corpses lying on the roadside that no one was collecting when she fled with her brother. Everyone avoided them at the time, so why would they use people to steal them?

"At first, Constable Wang thought it was for burial goods or to arrange a ghost marriage, but the man's deceased wife had died before he became wealthy, and nothing of value was put in her burial. They inquired along the way, but there was no custom of arranging ghost marriages in the area. They really couldn't understand why he would steal a female corpse that had been buried for many years."

There haven't been any natural or man-made disasters in recent years, and people are living peacefully. Even murders and arson have decreased significantly. Nobody knows where these corpse thieves came from.

At dinner, the day's unpleasant events did not affect Yang Tongchuan's appetite; he ate two bowls of rice before putting down his chopsticks.

Xiangxi helped him serve a bowl of soup and smoothed it out.

After finishing their meal, everyone went back to their rooms.

Xiangxi is physically weak, and the doctor also said that she should be more careful with her sexual activity.

Therefore, Yang Tongchuan has been suffering a lot these past few nights.

On the contrary, Xiangxi, recalling the events of the day, realized that his fixed mindset left him with no room for further exploration.

The two lay in bed, and Yang Tongchuan was still thinking about the case from earlier that day. Today, he had visited the neighbors of the person who reported the case with his colleagues. Everyone said that the person who reported the case was a well-known wealthy person in the neighborhood, and that he was usually kind and had never made enemies.

A tingling sensation came from his chest. Yang Tongchuan looked down and saw that Xiangxi had fallen over, her little hands busy drawing.

"Still thinking about the case?" Xiangxi's voice was as soft as he was.

"Hmm." Yang Tongchuan's voice changed.

"Humans eat grains and cereals, how can they be like immortals, never making mistakes or making enemies? I think if they're not after money, then they're either disgusting people or just don't like this nouveau riche." Xiangxi didn't understand the case; he was just saying it casually.

Xiangxi's hands imitated the shapes in the picture book, mimicking their movements.

"Hmm~, wait, what did you just say?" Yang Tongchuan suddenly grabbed something.

"Did I say digging up graves was to disgust people?" Xiangxi was startled by Yang Tongchuan's raised tone.

"Why would you think that?" Yang Tongchuan said, talking about serious matters, but his hands were not behaving properly.

"Who would do something so immoral unless they had a deep-seated hatred? Besides, the richer people are, the more they believe in ghosts and gods. Maybe the other party is actually after the person who reported this." Xiangxi had seen how "refined" those successful boat captains were at the dock. Xiangxi didn't understand metaphysics, but he believed in it.

"You're right. I'll talk to Officer Wang about this tomorrow. Are you all better now? Nothing's wrong?"

Xiangxi sometimes admired Yang Tongchuan's shamelessness, not even realizing what the two of them were doing right now.

He can still have a serious conversation with himself here.

"Um, nothing's wrong." Xiangxi lowered her head shyly.

"You've tasted the sweetness of success and learned to take the initiative." Yang Tongchuan was so proud of himself that he was practically strutting around.

"If you're tired, then forget it and go to sleep early." Xiangxi thought she had been too impetuous and had displeased Yang Tongchuan, so she decided to give up.

"If you want it, just tell your husband. Your husband has the ability to satisfy you, don't be shy." Yang Tongchuan quickly took the initiative and seized control of the activity.

Xiangxi was no longer as shy as he had been at the beginning. He began to accept it and even tried to enjoy it like Yang Tongchuan did.

The celebration tonight was exceptionally enthusiastic, allowing Yang Tongchuan to unlock many new "skills".

"If you feel unwell, just tell me. Don't hold it in." Yang Tongchuan took Xiangxi's hand away from her mouth.

"Why are you biting yourself? If you can't help it, bite me. I like it when you bite me."

Xiangxi didn't hold back and bit Yang Tongchuan's shoulder.

With that little strength, it's like a cat that hasn't grown all its teeth yet.

It doesn't affect Yang Tongchuan's morning exercise at all.

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In the east side room

"Old man, can you hear the noise coming from Erlang's room?" Yang's mother was calculating the family's recent expenses tonight and went to bed a little later than usual.

"You should be worried if Erlang is still not making any moves at his age." Yang's father had actually heard this too. Everyone has been young, there's nothing to be surprised about.

"Erlang is also heartless. Can Xige'er withstand this kind of torment?" After listening for a long time, Yang's mother still saw no sign of Yang Tongchuan's matter ending.

"Why are you bothered by all this? Go to sleep." Yang's father ignored the old woman and lay down first.

"You old hag, we can't count on you for anything in this family." Mother Yang scolded, but in her heart she was thinking about asking Yanzi to make some jujube water for Xige'er tomorrow to replenish his blood and energy.

In fact, Yang Tongshan in the east wing also heard it, but because he was far away, he couldn't hear it very clearly.

My wife has been on her period these past few days, so I'm in a bad mood and haven't been eating meat myself.

"You're still not asleep?" As an old married couple, Ming Le could tell whether her husband was asleep or not just by listening to his breathing.

"I'm going to sleep now. I was just thinking about a few pawned items in the shop that are about to expire."

"I still haven't had any this month. I don't want to take those medicines anymore; they're completely useless."

"Then let's not drink it. Maybe if we don't drink it, it will come."

"What if they never come?"

"Oh, what are you trying to say?"

"How about this, you take the day off the day after tomorrow and go to the country estate..."

"If you keep testing me, I'll really get angry." Yang Tongshan had always been very accommodating to Ming Le. Tonight, however, he unusually lost his temper.