Liu Jingxuan's heart tightened, as if it had become a pimple. He smiled bitterly: "The criminal has nothing to say, I am willing to wait for His Majesty's fate." But I don't know how Your Majesty wants the guilty minister to die?"

Yin Zhen said lightly: "Your Majesty remembered that you had a meritorious service in saving the driver, and gave you a whole corpse." White silk, poisoned wine, dagger, you can choose one of the three. ”

After that, Yin Zhen waved at a little eunuch beside him. The little eunuch immediately stepped forward. In his hand was a black lacquered wooden plate, in which lay a roll of white silk (I don't know if it was strong or not), a small silver flask, and a dagger of snow.

Liu Jingxuan said: "Thank you for your grace." ”

Liu Jingxuan took the dagger casually and looked at it, and then slowly slashed his throat with his trembling right hand.

"Wait!"

Liu Jingxuan was stunned when he heard this, and the dagger stopped in mid-air.

Yin Zhen said in a deep voice: "This dagger cuts the throat, it is bound to bleed too much and be in pain. It's not as good as this poisonous wine, seeing blood seal the throat, it can kill people in an instant. ”

Liu Jingxuan smiled miserably: "Thank you, Fourth Master." Then he took the flask, drank it mouth-to-mouth, and drank it all.

Suddenly, Liu Jingxuan rolled on the ground in pain, and the wine jug was thrown aside. After a while, Liu Jingxuan spat blood from his mouth and slowly closed his eyes.

The news of the prefect's death in prison came from the yamen of the Yangzhou prefect, Liu Jingxuan. The people of Yangzhou were full of righteous indignation, but no one dared to openly discuss it on the street or in the restaurant and teahouse. Due to the death of Moretai and Liu Jingxuan one after another, there were vacancies in the Yangzhou prefect and the general army's yamen. Kangxi thought about it again and again, and temporarily ordered Nian Qianyao to take charge of the Yangzhou prefect, and wait until the officials recommended a suitable candidate before making a decision.

Liu Jingxuan has no relatives and no reason, and his funeral is all handled by Xiao Rang and Nangong Huangyun. Yinzhen remembered that Liu Jingxuan was conscientious and meticulous for the country before his death, so he begged for a decree in front of Kangxi, and took out two hundred taels of silver from the treasury of Yangzhou to buy a good coffin for Liu Jingxuan. and found a good place in the north of Yangzhou City, and buried Liu Jingxuan's body. After a group of officials were busy, they finally finished Liu Jingxuan's funeral. Although everyone was very sad, no one dared to show the slightest sadness, let alone cry.

It's strange to say, although everyone knows that Liu Jingxuan was relatively simple during his lifetime, but they didn't expect that after Xiao Rang and Nangong Huangyun sorted out Liu Jingxuan's courtyard, they didn't find one or two lines of silver and a silver ticket. That's too plain, isn't it? Even if Liu Jingxuan's money is not much, the cost of maintaining the government is still more than enough. Many officials have slandered: Where did the adult's money go?

Nian Qianyao, who served as the prefect of Yangzhou, was very busy. Xiao Rang and Nangong Huangyun finished Liu Jingxuan's funeral, and submitted their resignation to Nian Qianyao. This made the temporarily appointed Nian Qianyao like a broken arm. A hailstorm destroyed almost all the houses in the city. Although some rich people quickly hired craftsmen to repair it, there were still many poor people who had no money to repair it, so they had to make ends meet with straw roofs. In order to appease the people, Kangxi ordered Nian Qianyao to open the treasury of Yangzhou City, allocate money and grain, and help the victims. Yangzhou City, which was originally full of complaints, has become much more relaxed.

After Chen Qiaoxin and the other four brothers were released by Nian Qianyao, Qiu Yintao followed Nian Qianyao and began to work as an errand in the prefect's yamen. And to Chen Qiaoxin and the others, what surprised them a little was that Qiu Yintao did present a copy of the "Divine Fire Minutes" to Nian Qianyao. Nian Qianyao once again invited Chen Qiaoxin to come out to help him. But Chen Qiaoxin had made up his mind and didn't want to have anything to do with the government, so he politely declined Nian Qianyao's kindness.

Chen Qiaoxin and others moved into a house in the southwest corner of Yangzhou City, which was bought and given to Chen Qiaoxin by Chu Jinglian when he was about to get up. Chen Qiaoxin, Guo Chong, and Lu Wushuang all live here now, and with Chen Qiaoxin's savings, the three of them can live freely.

But Chen Qiaoxin's mood was very sad. Yoo Kyung-sun's death was a big blow to him. He went to the outside of Yangzhou during the day and paid a tribute at Liu Jingxuan's grave. Chen Qiaoxin remembered Liu Jingxuan's various pasts with himself before his death, and couldn't help but burst into tears. Chen Qiaoxin was chattering in front of the grave, but he didn't know what to say. It wasn't until it was almost dark that I reluctantly left here.

As the night deepened, a lead cloud drifted from the sky to completely obscure the moonlight. Darkness is like a beast that devours the earth. Liu Jingxuan's tomb is located in the depths of a dense forest, the breeze blows, the leaves rustle, and under the shadow of the tree, several black figures slowly walk to Liu Jingxuan's grave and stop.

The person at the head was none other than the princess Chunyu, and there were seven or eight people on the side, including He Wenqiao and Nanjizi, each holding a hoe, a shovel and a pickaxe. Chun Yu wore a black cloak lined with a lotus-colored dress. She didn't speak, just stared at the stone monument in front of Liu Jingxuan's grave with blazing eyes. And the rest of the crowd stared intently at Pure Compassion.

After a while, He Wenqiao asked in a soft voice, "Your Highness, let's start!"

Chun Yu exhaled a breath of turbidity, as if he had made a final decision, and nodded.

I saw everyone waving their shovels and pickaxes in their hands and starting to dig graves. In a short time, the small grave was completely dug up. The coffin where Liu Jingxuan's body was placed was revealed. Chen Beiming used his vajra to pry open the lid of the coffin. Under the light of He Wen's weak torch, Chun Yu glanced into the coffin, and a sneer hung on the corner of his mouth.

Chun Yu said lightly: "Cover it! Restore this place to its original appearance." Don't let anyone see it. Digging up graves is a matter of going to hell. ”

The crowd looked at each other, then waved their shovels and pickaxes and began to fill in the earth. In the blink of an eye, the small tomb returned to its original form.

Behind two trees to the north and two to the south, not far from here, stood two people each. A white-clothed snow is lonely. A black cloth like ink, shaped like a ghost. Without blinking, they took in the actions of Princess Chunyu and the others. After Chun Yu and the others left, the two people quickly disappeared into darkness.

After about five or six days, Kangxi was ready to drive away from Yangzhou and go to Jiangning. Before leaving, the eunuch Liang Jiugong hurriedly ran to Kangxi: "Long live Lord Qiyu, something is wrong!"

Kangxi's face sank: "What's so flustered?"

Liang Jiugong took a breath, and then said: "The slave went to transfer Princess Chunyu at the behest of the Long Live Lord, but found that His Royal Highness had already left Yangzhou and left. ”

"Gone?" Kangxi couldn't help but be furious when he heard this.

Liang Jiugong trembled and took out a piece of letterhead from his arms and presented it to Kangxi.