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

Mrs. Gu hesitated and didn't want to say anything. Yan Mu spread his hands and expressed that he was helpless and asked the guards to drive Mrs. Gu away.

"Princess, I know you are a good person, please save my husband!" Mrs. Gu rushed forward and knelt in front of Liu Yunxiang to beg her.

Liu Yunxiang hurriedly helped Mrs. Gu, "We also want to save County Magistrate Gu, but what happened to him? Where can we save him? If you don't tell us the truth, we really can't save people."

Mrs. Gu frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "My husband has already guessed the purpose of His Highness and the two gentlemen's trip to Qixian."

Liu Yunxiang glanced at Yan Mu, and then said frankly: "They are looking for unfalsified account books. Because Yang He has a close relationship with the ancient magistrate, they suspect that he handed these account books to the ancient magistrate."

Mrs. Gu took a deep breath and said, "There are ten books in total. Master Yang did give them to him before the accident."

Liu Yunxiang's face was filled with joy, "What about those account books?"

"Master Yang has told us that those account books must not be obtained by people sent by the imperial court." Mrs. Gu said and looked at Yan Mu, "The 100 million taels that Master Yang embezzled is in that account book. Once discovered by the imperial court, what will happen to this account book?" One million taels becomes a debt owed by Yanzhou to the imperial court. Since it is a debt, it must be repaid, but the people of Yanzhou and Yanzhou merchants cannot repay it. Once it is repaid, they will have to pay 100% more tax every year. Sooner or later, Yanzhou will be brought down."

"In that case, why not destroy these account books?"

"These account books are the only evidence that can prove Yang He's innocence. Although Yang He is willing to die, he also wants to leave a clean name. He gave the account books to my husband in the hope that Ming Jun will succeed to the throne in the future and can use these account books to prove it. He is not corrupt, and he is a good official. But at the same time, he also confessed that when the Holy One is in office, these account books must not be taken out, and if anyone finds out, they must be destroyed. My husband is reluctant to part with it, knowing that His Highness has targeted him, so he thought He moved to another place, and who knows... who knows, something might happen." Mrs. Gu only became anxious after saying, "Someone must have had the idea of ​​​​taking these account books and took him away."

"So it is."

Liu Yunxiang was a little worried after hearing this, and turned to look at Yan Mu, "Your Highness, please quickly find a way to save Magistrate Gu."

Yan Mu thought for a moment and said: "In addition to us who want to get those account books, there is another person who also wants to get them, and that is Li Huai. So if Magistrate Gu is arrested, the person who arrested him must be Li Huai."

Liu Yunxiang nodded, "It must be him."

"But now Magistrate Gu is just missing, not necessarily caught."

Having said this, Yan Mu called Feng Zheng and Zi Jin over and asked them to go and inquire around the government office, but there was something going on with Li Huai.

Feng Zheng and Zijin went, and Liu Yunxiang took Mrs. Gu into the house, poured her a cup of tea first, and told her not to worry.

"Can I not be anxious? My family is lame. When encountering bad people, I can't even run away." Mrs. Gu was so anxious that she couldn't sit still.

Liu Yunxiang comforted her and said: "The ancient county magistrate is an official after all, so Li Huai doesn't dare to hurt him at will. The most he can do is take away those account books."

"The princess doesn't know this man. His methods are very vicious. He sent someone to break my husband's legs."

"what?"

"When he was in charge of the government in Yanzhou, in order to highlight his political achievements, he took the initiative to ask for a [-]% increase in taxes. The local officials in Yanzhou did not agree, so my husband took the lead in protesting to Li Huai. During the dispute, Li Huai asked his bodyguards to Black hands broke my husband’s legs.”

Liu Yunxiang frowned, "This Li Huai is really lawless!"

"Before he took up the position of Yanzhou Prefecture, he was a local gangster here, so his methods were very cunning. Fortunately, he was transferred to another place later, otherwise my husband would definitely die in his hands."

After Yang He succeeded him, Yanzhou slowly recovered. She liked Yang He, but Yang He told her clearly that he only had one wife, and even if he died, that seat would always be hers. It is impossible for him to like another woman in this life, let alone marry her and let her give up as soon as possible.

This person was also heartless and actually acted as a matchmaker to match her up with the ancient county magistrate. Knowing the character of Magistrate Gu, Mrs. Gu agreed without much hesitation.

"I'm really worried about him."

There was no need to be anxious at the moment, and Liu Yunxiang could only comfort Mrs. Gu. Fortunately, Zijin and Feng Zheng came back not long after.

"Li Huai is looking for someone, and the person he sent out is not an official from the government office, but a bodyguard from his residence." Feng Zheng said.

"They are looking for it in Yanzhou City, so the ancient county magistrate may be in the city." Zijin continued.

Yan Mu thought for a moment, looked at Feng Zheng and said, "You have connections in Yanzhou. Immediately mobilize them to find people. Be sure to take Li Huai first."

Feng Zheng nodded, "I am familiar with all the shops in Yanzhou City, so I will go and give them a shout."

After Feng Zheng left, Yan Mu asked Zijin to take their people to search outside.

Until the afternoon, there was still no news. At this time, Zijin came back and said that the city was closed.

"Lock the city?" Yan Mu asked with a frown.

"Yes, it is said that a murder occurred in the city. In order to catch the murderer, the city is closed today. When the murderer is caught, the city gates will be opened again."

"How could a murder happen by such a coincidence?" Yan Mu muttered, and then asked Zijin, "Do you know who died?"

"I heard that it was a merchant. It seemed that gangsters broke into the house and robbed it, killing a family of three."

"A family of three?" Liu Yunxiang walked out of the back room with a bad feeling.

"Yes, but I didn't inquire carefully."

Liu Yunxiang looked at Yan Mu, "Could it be that Li Huai... killed people in order to capture the ancient county magistrate?"

Yan Mu's face darkened, "Then his methods are too cruel."

The government not only closed the city, but also asked the people to stay at home and lock the doors of their homes. Even the gate of Wanchun Garden was closed, but Li Huai pretended to protect them and sent many officials to surround them.

"He is preventing us from meeting the ancient magistrate." Yan Mu said.

"Fortunately, our people have dispersed, hoping to find Magistrate Gu."

In the evening, Feng Zheng came back first, his face indeed full of grief.

"Boss Jiang's family was killed."

"What!" Liu Yunxiang was shocked, "Is their family the one who died?"

Feng Zheng clenched his fists, "Yes, talking about home invasion and robbery, it was clearly Li Huai's people who killed him."

Liu Yunxiang covered his heart and sat down on the chair. She had seen that family of three yesterday. The man was kind-hearted, the woman was gentle, and the child was cute. When she thought of their departure, even she was a little envious.

"He, why did he kill them..."

Yan Mu took a deep breath, "There is only one explanation. Magistrate Gu was hidden by Boss Jiang, but was discovered by Li Huai."

"What about the ancient county magistrate?" Liu Yunxiang's eyes widened.

"He must have escaped, otherwise he wouldn't have mobilized troops to block the city."

There was no time to be sad at the moment, so Yan Mu asked Feng Zheng to climb over the wall and go out, and continued to lead people to look for him.

After Feng Zheng left, Yan Mu also wanted to go out.

"Where are you going?" Liu Yunxiang asked worriedly.

"I'll go meet Li Huai and see what he wants to do!"