On an embankment in the inner river of Yangzhou City, when Liu Yunxiang and others rushed over, the officials had already surrounded the scene, and there were still many people watching the excitement next to them.

Some of them didn't know what was going on, they asked each other, and when they knew that it was someone who died, everyone was a little embarrassed.

"I heard that it was a woman about the same age as us, who sat by the river, leaning against the stones, saying that when she was found this morning, she had no breath."

"Yo, frozen to death?"

"It seems to have vomited blood, what is going on, it has to be tested by the government before it can be concluded."

Listening to these people's words, Liu Yunxiang couldn't help but sigh as well, and at the same time glanced back at Fang Wanjin. After learning the news of the death of Mrs. Xu, he actually didn't believe it, and he hurriedly ran here just now, but when he really came to the front, he couldn't move his feet.

Yan Duan and Liu Yunxiang glanced at each other, and then pushed Fang Wanjin and walked forward.

The official messenger stopped them, Yan Du said that they knew the deceased, the official messenger asked them to wait, and then went to report, and after a while, Zhang Zhiyu, the prefect of Yangzhou, ran in a panic.

For the sake of the Mid-Levels Academy, Yan Du once revealed his identity to meet him. And last night, Liu Yunxiang also asked Feng Zheng to find this prefect, and he knew the identities of the two.

The King of Zhenbei and the Queen Mother are both within his Yangzhou boundary, even if he didn't do anything wrong, he still couldn't help but panic.

After staying a few steps away, he subconsciously wanted to salute, but suddenly thought of something, looked up at Yan Dui, and saw that his face was slightly gloomy, and he was busy straightening up again. Secretly stabilized his mind, and then stepped forward.

"Ahem, you...... Do you know the dead? ”

Yan Du nodded, "She is from Zhushui County." ”

This prefect was just going through the motions, so naturally he didn't dare to stop Yan Du and the others, so he hurriedly waved his hand and asked the official messenger to make way for them.

"Then you can recognize it."

Governor Zhang led the way, Yan Duan followed behind, and Liu Yunxiang took care of Fang Wanjin and walked with him at the end.

The child lowered his head and couldn't see his expression, but Liu Yunxiang could feel his grief and ...... Angry. His shoulders trembled slightly, and his fists clenched.

When he walked to the river, Liu Yunxiang looked up, leaning on a big stone, the person who had no life was the Mrs. Xu family.

There was a pool of blood on the ground in front of her, and there was also blood at the corner of her mouth, and she seemed to be very sad when she left, and the last moment of her expression was fixed on her face.

Liu Yunxiang's brows furrowed, and he retracted his gaze while sighing heavily. And Fang Wanjin beside him also looked up to confirm, he looked at it in a daze, and after a while, he walked forward step by step.

"It's still being checked......"

The prefect wanted to stop Fang Wanjin from approaching, but Yan Duan shook his head at the prefect Zhang.

"Don't worry, he's not going to mess around."

Indeed, as Yan Duan said, Fang Wanjin stopped three or four steps away from the corpse, seemed to recognize it again, and then knelt down.

"I'm sorry...... I've been lying to you......"

Not only him, but everyone around her was lying to her, telling her that her son was an official in Shengjing, had a smooth career, and married a wife and had children. But everyone felt sorry for her and was afraid that she would do something stupid.

And it seems that this day will come.

He took a few steps back and said to Governor Zhang: "Excluding him from killing, the deceased died because he was in a moment of anger and blood flowed too fast, which then induced heart disease and died. ”

Liu Yunxiang and Yan Duan were beside Governor Zhang, so they naturally heard the words of the prefect. In short, Mrs. Xu may have suddenly remembered that her son had committed suicide by throwing himself into the river, and she couldn't accept it, and then died of grief.

There was also a coachman over there, and the official was questioning him.

It turned out that Mrs. Xu and the coachman had agreed to rent his carriage, and they would set off for Shengjing early this morning and meet here.

"This lady said that her son is an official in Beijing and cannot return home because of his busy schedule, and she has not seen her son for a long time, so she plans to visit him in Beijing." The coachman said.

"Did you talk about anything else?" The official asked again.

"Isn't this going to be tested in the township soon, Jiangnan students gathered in Yangzhou, and Mrs. Xu talked about his son, saying that her son had learned because of his talent, and the imperial court specially allowed him to participate in the imperial examination with a business status, and also ordered the flower of the year." The coachman said while reminiscing, "I said she was joking, how could the imperial court allow commercial students to participate in the imperial examination, and no one has ever been given a special exception in the past." ”

"You said that?" Liu Yunxiang hurriedly asked the coachman.

The coachman was a little frightened, and then realized that this might not be appropriate, "I...... I'll just say ......"

Liu Yunxiang sighed, the coachman said casually, but Mrs. Xu heard it in her heart. She began to think hard, walked to the river again, and then suddenly remembered that her son had died.

Mrs. Xu's death is not suspicious, there is no need to file a case, and when the Xu family arrives and takes Mrs. Xu's body away, the matter will be over.

Liu Yunxiang thought that Fang Wanjin would follow the Xu family to send Mrs. Xu's body back, but he stayed. Liu Yunxiang intuitively felt that Fang Wanjin had another purpose, afraid that he would do something stupid, so he called him to her and Yan Du that night.

"Xu Jingyu and Mrs. Xu are dead, don't do stupid things." Liu Yunxiang said.

Fang Wanjin lowered his head and looked up for a while before he looked up, "I don't do stupid things." ”

Yan Du raised her eyebrows, "Then what do you want to do?" ”

"I'm going to Shengjing."

"And then?"

"Sue the Emperor!"

Yan Du sighed, "The imperial court has clearly ordered that business students cannot participate in the imperial examination, this is the law, the law established when the country was founded, who are you going to sue?" ”

"Sue ......" Fang Wanjin thought for a while, and then his neck stiffened, "I sue the king of Chaozhenbei and the queen mother!" ”

Yan Dusk: "......"

Liu Yunxiang: "......"

Did they mess with him?

Liu Yunxiang wanted to say something, Yan Du shook his head at her.

"Let's see if you have the guts."

Fang Wanjin pouted, "I'm not a person who talks casually, I do what I say." You don't have to persuade me, it's useless to persuade me, I'll leave for Shengjing early tomorrow morning. I'm going to make a big deal out of this injustice, and I'm going to make a big deal with these two, and see if they're really wise or advocated by the people. ”

Yan Du smiled, "Then the two of them are unlucky enough, if one is not careful, his reputation will be lost." But you don't have to be in a hurry, why don't you wait for the township test to finish, you can enter Beijing with us, and there will be a care on the way. ”

"You're going to Beijing too?"

"Our family is in Shengjing, Mr. Bai is going back to the academy, and we should go home too."

"It's not going to be your delaying tactic, is it?" Fang Wanjin said with some skepticism.

Liu Yunxiang laughed, "But no matter what, you should also tell your family." ”

"I don't."

"I will write to your parents, just saying that you will come to Beijing with us, please rest assured."

Hearing this, Fang Wanjin was relieved, and then gritted his teeth: "It's still thoughtful." ”

Sending Fang Wanjin back to the room to rest, Liu Yunxiang took a long breath: "It seems that this matter has to be explained to all the business people." ”