Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

Four days later, carrier pigeons and express horses from Bian Jing arrived at the same time, and Minglan received five letters one after another.

She put the envelope sent by the Qi family aside and opened the letter sent by the Sheng family first.

Sheng Hong arranges a marriage for Molan in Youyang, the mother and son of the Kang family cause a scene at the Qingcha Party, Molan exposes the secrets between Minglan and Gu Tingye... Minglan becomes more and more frightened, and when she sees the letter sent from the Eighth Office of the Cao Gang, her scalp suddenly goes numb - Changfeng might really be gone.

She quickly pieced together the whole picture and looked at Xiao Tao and Lang Ya in the house with heartache: "Fourth sister is so cruel that she even dares to kill her own brother." Although she didn't have a good impression of Lin Qige's brothers and sisters, they grew up together after all. Chang Feng also helped her, and now he is gone. She felt really empty in her heart.

Langya was used to fighting and killing, so he showed no expression when hearing this. Xiaotao was shocked: "It was Third Brother who died on the Bianliang River?"

Minglan: "I'm afraid so. Although I don't know how Fourth Sister did it, it's obvious that she eloped with Cousin Kang and killed the people on the boat to silence them. Otherwise, with the power of the government alone, whether it was her eloping or Third Brother's death, the news should have reached the Bianjing dock a few days ago. The steward of the Eighth Office would not have missed such a big news in the letter."

Seeing Xiao Tao's confused face, Langya explained to her, "The deceased's face was burned, and the government must verify his identity with witnesses and physical evidence. Although the physical evidence has the word 'Sheng', the Sheng Chaofeng family in Bianliang City is not the only family with the surname Sheng. How would the government know which 'Sheng' died? As long as the government does not send a message back, the Sheng family will have to wait a long time before they know what happened. This long period of time is enough for Fourth Miss Sheng to make the matter a fait accompli."

Xiao Tao finally understood what she heard. She swallowed hard, her eyebrows almost pressed into her scalp, and shook her head and exclaimed, "How cruel!"

Langya said to Minglan, "But I don't think she did it cleanly. The dead were two men and three women. How could such a small number of people drive a long-distance ship? There must be others alive."

Minglan: "But those people hid themselves and didn't report to the authorities."

Langya: "I'm afraid of being involved in a murder lawsuit."

Minglan: "Go to the Maritime Customs and check. They will find a list of the boats the Sheng family rented and the people they hired that day. They can't escape at all."

Langya: "The root cause is that the government cannot identify which 'Sheng' it is, so there is no way to investigate."

Minglan: "Without anyone to push the case, the government will naturally not bother with a murder case. We can't do this, it must be done by my father or my second brother."

Langya: "Then we must pass the message back as soon as possible."

"Then use Gu Tingye's name and say that Brother Shitou found it, and ask the Sheng family if it's their man." Minglan thought for a moment and continued, "First send a pigeon to the Eighth Department, and then have the Eighth Department send a horse to deliver the letter to the Sheng family."

Three days later, the news was finally delivered to Sheng Hong. He held the small piece of paper and read it seven or eight times. He also called the person who delivered the letter in and questioned him repeatedly. He was still unwilling to believe that the news was true.

Chang Feng was burned to death in the river, how is this possible?

He sat in the hall until light came on, and finally Changbai came back. He immediately handed the letter to his son.

"Do you think this is possible? Does it look like someone is setting a trap for our family? Or, you and Gu Tingye had a falling out, and he is here to take revenge on you?" Sheng Hong seemed to be asking Changbai, or to comfort himself.

Changbai was stunned for a while after reading the letter, and said firmly: "I will go to find Mr. Wu from the Maritime Customs immediately."

Sheng Hong held him back: "This... this is fake, right? It can't be true. We went to see Lord Wu with fake news so late at night. What if we offended him?"

Changbai: "Father!!! Third brother's life is the most important. Lord Wu is very righteous and will never blame us for this!"

But once we investigate, if it turns out to be true, the news will get out.

Sheng Hong couldn't accept this result.

"No, no... maybe, maybe he is from another family, but he has the same surname as us." It seemed that as long as the news was not confirmed, Chang Feng was still alive.

"Father! The truth of the news can only be confirmed by checking it out." Changbai was very rational.

"What if someone has set up a trap for our family? Maybe someone is jealous of us, father and son, for serving in the same court, and is using this piece of news to fool us and make fun of us..." Sheng Hong's eyes were red.

"Then what? What's the point of playing around? My father and I don't hold the real military and political power. Even if they set a trap for us, what can they get? If it's just to humiliate me, I will go even if it's a trap. My third brother's life is more important than face!"

After Changbai finished speaking, he turned around and walked out.

The chief officer of the Maritime Customs looked down on Sheng Hong, but he knew that Chang Bai was the son-in-law of the Hai family. When he heard that he had something to ask of him, he immediately turned on the lamp and returned to the yamen of the Maritime Customs. He was well versed in the ways of being an official and believed in the motto "the more you know, the faster you die". He did not ask why Chang Bai came to his house in the middle of the night, and quickly turned to the list of the Sheng family's ship that departed on the 24th in the recent documents. What shocked Chang Bai was that Lord Wu actually helped him find another record - Molan returned on February 25th, and Kang Jin was on the same ship!

Changbai immediately sent his personal attendant Hanniu to deliver the list to the government office where the incident occurred, and he turned around and headed for the Secretary Cheng Kang's residence.

Molan returned to Beijing but did not return to the Sheng family. Where could she be?

What does she want to do by not going home for so many days?

The spring rain continued, soaking the tall cypress trees without them noticing. He raised his sleeve to wipe his face, not knowing whether he was wiping away rain or tears.

Although he hated Lin Xiaoniang, he still had good intentions towards his two younger brothers and sisters. As the eldest son in the family, he shouldered the family's future, but if his brothers and sisters could all stand out, then the Yu Sheng family would truly prosper.

He has always wanted to pull Chang Feng back.

While thinking wildly, Changbai finally arrived at Kang Mansion. It was already the second watch, and his banging on the door echoed through the rainy night, and finally an old doorman came in: "The master and the queen have gone to bed, second brother Sheng, please come again tomorrow!"

"Where is cousin Kang Jin?" Changbai asked calmly, but his eyes revealed murderous intent.

"The young master was injured half a month ago and has been recuperating in his room ever since. It is inconvenient for him to see guests." The doorman was unaware of the inside story and repeated the instructions of the master and his wife to Changbai verbatim.

"Injured?" Changbai sneered and shook the paper in his hand. "Then why is he on the list of the Maritime Customs? He left the port on the 24th and entered the port on the 25th. It is clearly stated. What are you, the Kang family, hiding?"

Seeing his expression, the doorman was worried that something might have happened, so he said with a smile, "Don't worry, Brother Sheng. Please wait in the corridor for a moment. I will go and report to the master right away." Then he closed the door again.

After an hour, the doorman still didn't come back, and no one answered Changbai's knocking on the door.

He knew that the Kang family was planning to deny their mistake, and he became more certain of his judgment - Kang Jin eloped with Molan back to Beijing!

At three o'clock in the morning, Changbai, soaking wet, finally returned home. Seeing Shenghong with dark circles under his eyes, Changbai said with great difficulty: "Father, Molan is probably in Kang's house now. The Kang family won't see her, so I can't verify it in person, but the list of ports of entry of the Maritime Customs has her name and that of cousin Kang written in black and white."

Sheng Hong lost his balance and fell to the ground: "They...they..."

Changbai took a few steps forward to support his father and said, "On the 25th, the two of them will return to Beijing together. But my third brother will not be among them."

Sheng Hong screamed "Ah!" and fainted.