After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

Yan Mu lowered his head, and his whole body was as silent as death.

Wei Changyi sat down opposite Yan Mu, was silent for a moment, and said: "Last time she helped the queen frame Jin You, so this time you were framed, there is no guarantee that she didn't interfere. Now that she has followed Lu Changan, she has already stood up to the queen. On the other side of King Suping. Your Majesty, Seventh Prince, don’t be confused, just let her go if she should go.”

Seeing that Yan Mu didn't speak, Wei Changyi said again: "I have good news for you. The emperor has believed that you have nothing to do with those assassins. He has lifted your ban and restored your official position as minister of Dali Temple."

Yan Mu sneered coldly, "Really?"

"In order to prove your innocence so quickly this time, apart from the efforts of the adoptive father, Jin You contributed the most. In order to let the emperor see her, she made the ninth prince freeze in the yard for an hour at night, and he was so cold that he developed a high fever. , she then took the Ninth Prince to kneel outside the Emperor's Palace to gain some sympathy from the Emperor, so that the Emperor would be willing to see her and she would be able to plead for you."

Yan Mu looked up at Jin You and sighed deeply, "Don't do this for me in the future."

"Xiao Qi, seeing you complaining about injustice and suffering, how could my sister just do nothing? Even if it costs my sister's life, she will not hesitate. And Xiao Jiu, he is also very sensible. He said that as long as he can save Brother Seventh Emperor, he is not afraid of anything. ." Jin You said.

Yan Mu lowered his head, "Why bother with my rotten life!"

"Xiao Qi, you may not be worth a penny in Liu Yunxiang's heart, but in my sister's heart, you are the only relative besides Xiao Jiu."

In the afternoon, Liu Yunxiang felt stronger and went to the courtyard next door.

The person who opened the door was Lu Changan's young man Danqing. When he saw Liu Yunxiang coming, he hurriedly led him towards the yard.

"Madam, please advise our prince to stop drinking. The Jingzhao Mansion urged him to submit a case report, but he was drunk all day long. If he continues like this, he will be ruined. And the Prince's Mansion Over there, the prince came back from the northwest and asked him to go home, but he didn't listen, which made the prince very unhappy."

Danqing muttered as he walked.

Liu Yunxiang couldn't say anything for a while. When he entered the main room, he felt a strong smell of alcohol coming from the shop. Looking towards the west room, he saw a man who had always been dignified and elegant sitting on the ground with disheveled hair and disheveled clothes.

He held a bottle of wine in his arms and was taking a sip.

"If there is no landing plan, we should abandon Jichuan materials."

Liu Yunxiang was stunned. She had never seen Lu Changan like this before. He was depressed and frustrated, drinking to drown his sorrows.

"But what happened?" Liu Yunxiang asked Danqing.

Danqing sighed, "Maybe it's because of the massacre in Ningzhou."

"Didn't the murderer get caught?"

Danqing shook his head, "It's hard to say."

At this time, someone knocked on the door, and Danqing went out first.

Liu Yunxiang walked up to Lu Changan and drank another sip from him, but he choked, coughed hard, and his eyes were red. She grabbed the wine bottle from his hand, and when he rushed to grab it, she moved away.

"Prince Lu, it's me."

Lu Changan bluntly turned his head to look at Liu Yunxiang, his eyes were distracted. It took him a while to focus, and then he quickly turned his back, "Yun...Miss Yunxiang...I'm so...too rude..."

Liu Yunxiang tilted his head, "How awake are you still?"

"No...not drunk."

Liu Yunxiang smiled, "Then I'll wait for you in the courtyard."

"it is good."

Liu Yunxiang came out with a wine bottle and saw Danqing coming back with a sad face.

"what happened?"

"The palace is here to urge me again."

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "Go in and help your master wash up."

Not long after, Lu Changan called for a robe and came out after washing himself. His face was still a little red and he was walking unsteadily. Looking up, Liu Yunxiang looked at him and lowered his head in shame.

Liu Yunxiang poured a cup of tea and pushed it to the seat opposite her. Lu Changan took a look at it, then went over and sat down.

"Thank you."

Liu Yunxiang poured himself a glass and raised it: "Prince Lu, I'll give you tea instead of wine to pay tribute to your life-saving grace yesterday."

"No, no, Miss Yunxiang said something serious."

Liu Yunxiang drank this cup of tea and said, "Okay, you're welcome. Prince, please tell me what happened to you in Ningzhou."

"No……"

"Would drinking to drown your sorrows make you more miserable?"

Lu Changan was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly.

"It's better to say it than to keep it in your head."

Lu Changan picked up the cup of tea in front of him, raised it to drink, and then said: "A massacre of a family in Ningzhou was reported to Jingzhao Mansion, and the governor of Jingzhao Mansion sent me to investigate. The family that was exterminated was a family named Pei. A businessman in the era was a wealthy family in Ningzhou. There were more than ten members of the Pei family, including masters and slaves, and their blood flowed into a river overnight. When the government arrived, there was still a six-year-old girl who was still breathing. When I rushed over, the little girl was so frightened that she couldn't ask anything. So I followed the clues I had collected and followed some clues to investigate, and quickly found a person, Zuo Lingyu. This Zuo Lingyu admired Miss Pei family, however, Miss Pei family has been engaged since childhood, and she and her fiancé are childhood sweethearts, so the Pei family rejected the Zuo family's marriage proposal. Two days before the incident, the Pei family went to the government to sue the Zuo family, saying that Zuo Lingyu He raped Miss Pei, but that day the Pei family said it was a misunderstanding and quickly dismissed the case. Two nights later, the Pei family was exterminated."

"So you suspect it's Zuo Lingyu?"

"It's not suspicion. I found many witnesses, all of whom were neighbors of the Pei family. But when I wanted to arrest Zuo Lingyu and go back to the government office for questioning, the local prefect told me that Zuo Lingyu was a member of the household department. The grandson of the minister."

"so what?"

"I asked the same thing as you." Lu Changan lowered his head and smiled, "But the question was really innocent. When I took Zuo Lingyu back to the government office, the witnesses all changed their stories and said that they did not watch it. Know the murderer."

"and after?"

"Later..." Lu Changan held his head and was silent for a while. "I went to find those witnesses one by one. They were obviously afraid of revenge from the Zuo family, but after I repeatedly guaranteed their safety, two people were willing to go. Testify against the murderer. But that night, there was a fire in the house of these two people, and a family of four and a family of six were all burned to death."

Liu Yunxiang couldn't help but feel chills running down his spine, "The Zuo family is too arrogant!"

"What's even more rampant is yet to come. There is a little girl in the Pei family who is still alive, but she is unconscious. After a period of treatment, the situation is gradually improving. I am afraid that this little girl will also be silenced, so I will kill her." She was placed in the post house where I lived, but one night, she still died and drowned in the pond of the post house."

"The further I investigated, the more innocent people were killed. In the end, this case could only be classified as an unsolved case."

Liu Yunxiang was silent for a moment and said, "Do you still want to investigate further?"

Lu Changan shook his head, "I won't check anymore."

"Why?"

"Scared."

"What should we do with those people who were killed?"

"..."

"Your Majesty, don't give up easily, you are their only hope."

As soon as Liu Yunxiang finished speaking, Danqing shouted outside: "Ah, there are so many beggars running into our box!"

Liu Yunxiang went out with Lu Changan to take a look, and sure enough he saw seven or eight ragged people running in this direction, including two children of six or seven years old.

"Help! Help us!" shouted the thin man running at the front.

Liu Yunxiang took another closer look and saw that these people all had large rashes on their faces.

Danqing also saw it and hurriedly shouted: "These people are sick, close the door quickly!"