After the system ran, I took off with my family

Looking at Jiang Shun who had already fainted, Judge He sighed and continued to stare at the river.

Time passed little by little, and the soldiers salvaged three bodies one after another, but there was still no sign of Jiang Yi. Judge He was so anxious that he was sweating profusely.

At this moment, there was a commotion on the shore. The people on the bridge knelt on the ground and shouted, "We greet the prefect and the deputy prefect!"

Judge He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and hurried forward as soon as the two men got on the pleasure boat.

Before he could even come forward to greet him, Jiang Yushan asked anxiously, "Master He, where is my Yi'er?"

Judge He's face froze, he sighed and said in a low voice: "Master Jiang, Young Master Jiang has not been found yet..."

"What?" Jiang Yushan pushed He Tongpan away anxiously and walked quickly to the terrace. Looking at the houseboat that had been burned beyond recognition and the soldiers still searching in the deep water in the night, he frowned and paced back and forth on the terrace anxiously.

Tang Zhiwei, who was standing by, didn't bother to talk to his son and Lin Shuyan and his sister. He pulled He Tongpan and asked anxiously, "What happened? What are the casualties?"

Judge He bowed and reported the situation on the scene to him one by one.

After listening to this, Tang Zhiwei sighed while looking at the river, and then ordered: "Go and ask someone to notify the family of the deceased."

"Yes, sir." Judge He responded and then gave the order.

On the terrace, Jiang Yushan paced back and forth anxiously. Suddenly, he saw three frightened Jiang family servants hiding in the corner of the terrace. His eyes turned cold and he shouted, "Why don't you three get out here!"

The three servants trembled with fear, fell to their knees in front of him, and kowtowed and begged for mercy.

"Please spare my life, sir! Please spare my life, sir!"

"You are useless! If you can't even protect the young master, what use are you!"

Jiang Yushan angrily kicked the three of them to the ground, then looked around and asked sternly, "Where's Jiang Shun? Isn't he always with Yi'er? Where is he?"

"Master, Jiang Shun..." A servant pointed at the charred Jiang Shun not far away and said in a trembling voice: "He... is there..."

Jiang Yushan looked in the direction the servant pointed and saw Jiang Shun lying on the terrace, his body burnt black and dying. He frowned and asked, "Was he burned by fire?"

"No, sir, he was struck by lightning!" The fear in the servant's eyes almost overflowed.

"what?"

Jiang Yushan and Tang Zhiwei exclaimed at the same time when they heard this, then they quickly walked up to Jiang Shun and looked at him carefully.

After a careful observation, the two looked at each other.

"This...what's going on? Where did the thunder come from?"

Judge He stepped forward and described the scene vividly. However, as soon as he mentioned that Jiang Shun and Lin Shuyan had an argument over who should go into the water to save someone, Tang Zhiwei's face changed and he thought to himself that something was wrong.

As expected, when Jiang Yushan heard that someone refused to jump into the water to save his son, he was so angry that his face turned red and he asked, "Who is Lin Shuyan? He is so bold!"

Lin Shuyan's face darkened. He patted Lin Shuyue's hand that was pulling his sleeve, then calmly walked out of the darkness and came in front of the few people.

He only raised his eyes slightly to glance at Jiang Tongzhi, then saluted calmly.

"Student Lin Shuyan greets the three adults!"

"Are you Lin Shuyan?" Jiang Yushan sized him up for a moment with an icy gaze. "Who gave you the courage to refuse to save someone? If anything happens to my son, you will pay with your life!"

"Sir Jiang, please calm down. There must be a misunderstanding here." Tang Zhiwei interrupted his questioning and then signaled He Tongpan to continue.

He Tongpan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, feeling extremely annoyed. How could he have involved the Lin siblings? These siblings were closely related to the second son of the prefectural family. If the second son of Tang held a grudge, he...

He sighed secretly, then cheered himself up and told the whole story in detail. At the end, he also vaguely mentioned what the old man on the bridge had said.

As soon as he finished speaking, someone in the crowd exclaimed, "Oh, I remember now. I remember hearing my grandfather say that on the Qiqiao Festival, men cannot swear or lie, otherwise God will punish him on behalf of the Seven Stars Goddess. That's why the old man just said it was God's manifestation!"

"Yes, I have also heard this rumor. Jiang Shun was rescued by Master Lin, but he was ungrateful and wanted to harm Master Lin. I guess this is why he was struck by lightning. Otherwise, how can we explain why the lightning struck him alone..."

Of course, some people also retorted: "You are educated people, but you still believe in such foolish talk!"

"......"

Jiang Yushan heard the discussion in the crowd, his face was terribly gloomy, and he snorted coldly: "Humph, even if Jiang Shun's attitude is wrong, it is a fact that he watched someone die without helping!"

"Master Jiang, I still say the same thing. I am not a servant of your Jiang family. The Jiang family has no right to order me to do anything! Even if you insist on holding me accountable, I am not afraid!"

Lin Shuyan looked at Jiang Yushan calmly, his tone calm.

"you!"

Jiang Yushan was furious, but also speechless for a moment. Considering the young masters around him and Prefect Tang, he did not make trouble again. After all, if this matter became a big deal and spread to the capital, it would have a bad impact on the Jiang family.

In fact, the Jiang family is not as indestructible as others think. My father is already old and in worse health. Someone in the court has already set his sights on my father's position, and they have secretly planted many stakes in the Jiang family, waiting to find something they can use to pull my father down.

There might be some of their accomplices on this houseboat, and the cause of the fire was still unclear, so no matter how dissatisfied he was, he could only spare Lin Shuyan for the time being.

After thinking this over, he held his breath and glared at Lin Shuyan fiercely, then looked at the three servants who were still kneeling on the ground, and angrily ordered the man beside him: "Jiang Liang, have someone take these three slaves back, beat them with thirty sticks each, and then sell them to the pawnbroker. What use are these slaves who can't protect their master!"

"Master, please spare my life..."

The three servants were so frightened that they burst into tears and banged their heads against the ground.

Jiang Liang glanced at the angry master, not daring to say a word, and whispered to the guards beside him to drag the three people away.

In a dim corner, Lin Shuyue leaned against the railing of the terrace with a calm face. She was not worried about Lin Shuyan at all. She just felt helpless as she looked at Tang Yunci, Qinghe and Qingzhi who were standing in front of her again.

She looked up at the twinkling stars in the night sky, then turned around and looked around the river bank which was gradually becoming quiet. She frowned. It was already very late, and if she didn't go back soon, her parents would be worried.