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Half an hour later.

There were dozens of people in the entire Censorate's Mansion, and all of them were taken care of by a dozen secret guards.

The bodies of the maids and servants were lying all over the mansion, and the scene was extremely bloody.

Yan Li stood in the front yard, covered in blood, holding a sliver of iron sword in her hand. She looked at the scenes in front of her with an expressionless face. It was as if her brain had triggered some kind of cold isolation mechanism. It was impossible to tell whether she was sad or desperate at the moment.

A dozen secret guards holding bloody long knives walked slowly to her and reported, "Madam, according to your instructions, everyone in the mansion has been eliminated. What are your instructions next?"

"Burn it for me. After burning the spare carriage, escort me back to Kyoto overnight. Send a few more people to spread rumors for me. Say that Gu Chan sent assassins to the Censorate to kill me in order to oppose the Crown Prince. As a result, I was rescued by you, and the assassins he sent killed dozens of people in the Censorate, creating this family massacre." Yan Li gave the order coldly.

"Yes, your majesty." More than a dozen secret guards responded in unison.

Then they sent several people to set the fire, while the others left the Censorate and went to various places in Jiangnan City to spread rumors overnight.

After a big fire broke out in the Censorate's Mansion, several guards rode fast horses and drove a carriage to escort Yan Li away quietly.

Sitting slumped in the carriage, Yan Li did not cry or make a fuss, but just let the tears silently roll down from her eyes, truly proving the saying: when people are extremely sad, they simply cannot cry.

More than an hour later.

When Yan Lidu had successfully left the city under the protection of the secret guards and headed towards Kyoto.

The newly appointed commander of the patrol office, Xu Ziguang, led a group of officials to inspect the scene. However, as the fire was too large, it could not be put out in a short period of time. He could only stand outside the Censorate and watch everyone put out the fire, feeling extremely helpless.

"Damn it! I've only been in office for three days, and I've already encountered such a big case. Even the Censorate's Mansion was burned down. How can this be tolerated?"

After looking at it for a while, Xu Ziguang muttered unhappily.

He never thought that he had just been promoted by Gu Chan for three days, and his butt was still warm! The Censorate was burned down like this. What worried him most was that no one in the Censorate had escaped even after the fire. If Yan Xishan and others really got into trouble, he would be in trouble.

Just when he was feeling upset, an official came running over and reported, "Sir, the fire has subsided a little, and our people have rescued some people from the front yard, but..."

"Don't be so hesitant, just say what you want to say." Xu Ziguang said with a stiff face.

"They are all dead, and they are all burnt black. Judging from the situation, there may be no living people in the Censorate tonight." The official said in a serious tone.

Xu Ziguang's eyes suddenly widened in surprise.

You know, there are dozens of people in the Imperial Censorate! If there is really no one alive, wouldn't it be a massacre? Now Gu Chan has not found a suitable candidate for the county magistrate, and the position of Jiangnan County Magistrate is still vacant. If they really want to investigate this massacre, wouldn't it fall on him, the commander-in-chief of the patrol office?

Thinking of this, Xu Ziguang instantly shouted anxiously, "Quick, take people in to search. No matter what, rescue Lord Yushi Yan first. He can't die!"

"Yes, sir." The officer responded hurriedly.

Then he led everyone into the Censorate's Mansion, put out the fire, dragged out the bodies one by one, and searched for Yan Xishan in the sea of ​​fire.

After dawn, the fire in the Censorate was finally completely extinguished.

By this time, the Censorate had already been burned down into ruins, and dozens of charred corpses were lying outside.

After Xu Ziguang led the coroner forward to confirm one by one, they finally found the bodies of Yan Xishan and Bai Xi among the dozens of charred bodies.

The coroner said in a deep voice, "Sir, the murderer is too cruel. Sir Yan's fatal wound was in the chest, and his wife's fatal wound was in the abdomen. And these dozens of maids and servants were all killed with one knife. In other words, they set fire to the bodies after they were killed."

"Come here, notify all the people in the patrol office to completely block off Jiangnan City and search every household. Anyone found behaving suspiciously will be taken to the patrol office for interrogation." Xu Ziguang waved his hand and gave the order.

An officer nodded in agreement and immediately returned to the patrol office to organize personnel and began to block off Jiangnan City for a thorough search.

The coroner followed Xu Ziguang's instructions and led a team of people to temporarily send the dozens of bodies to the charity cemetery for safekeeping. They did not dare to bury the bodies easily.

On the other side, inside the lord’s mansion.

At this time, Gu Chan was still lying on the bed in the room and sleeping soundly.

"Bang bang bang..."

Yuan Jie quickly ran to the door and knocked on it anxiously.

Gu Xian was awakened by the shock and shouted angrily while lying on the bed, "What's going on so early in the morning?"

"Master, get up quickly, something big has happened." Yuan Jie said anxiously outside the door.

"Oh! It's so annoying." Gu Chan said angrily.

After saying that, she got up with an unhappy look on her face, put on her clothes, and then slowly walked to open the door.

As soon as the door was opened, Yuan Jie glared at her and said, "Master, this is bad. Yan Xishan's family was wiped out last night."

"Ah?" Gu Chan was dumbfounded.

"Xu Ziguang led people to put out the fire all night last night, and finally put out the fire completely in the Censorate's Mansion in the morning. However, none of the more than 40 people in the Censorate's Mansion survived, and all were burned to charcoal!" Yuan Jie explained.

Gu Chan came back to her senses, and her face turned pale as paper in an instant.

There was only half a month left before she and Zuo Wangfeng would conduct the military exercise attack and defense. At this critical juncture, Yan Xishan's family was wiped out. This was undoubtedly a huge blow to her!

After all, Yan Xishan is the Chief Censor of Jiangnan, and his status is only second to her, the Lord of Jiangnan. The officials, businessmen and wealthy families in Jiangnan may not give her face, but they will never give face to Yan Xishan.

Now that Yan Xishan is dead, who can she rely on to control so many people with ulterior motives?

Yuan Jie was about to speak, but at this moment, a maid ran over in a hurry and shouted anxiously, "Lord, it's bad, something big has happened, Lord Xu, the commander of the patrol office, has led a group of officers and soldiers to block the gate of the mansion, saying that they want to arrest you and punish you!"

"Ah?" Gu Chan had just come back to her senses, and now she was confused again.

Yuan Jie also looked up at the maid, her mouth wide open in shock, unable to speak. She wondered if Xu Ziguang had taken the wrong medicine to be so bold as to bring people over to arrest Gu Chan and bring charges?

After being stunned for a few seconds, Gu Chan didn't have time to think any more, and immediately took Yuan Jie and ran quickly towards the gate of the lord's mansion.