"Junior sister!"

Chen Yuan, who was guarding his master's body, heard that something was wrong with Shui Sheng's voice, and quickly turned around and left the room, meeting his senior brother who was running from the corner of the corridor with tears in his eyes.

"Senior brother, but you didn't find Uncle Lei?"

"Uncle Lei, Uncle Lei..."

Shui Sheng was so anxious that he couldn't speak. He handed her a piece of paper in his hand with red eyes.

Chen Yuan unfolded the paper.

"Shui Sheng, I did it unintentionally. I'm sorry. I will live forever and go to the ground to find your parents in person to accuse you."

The writing is twisted and sloppy, but it is still legible.

Although there were typos, Chen Yuan understood the meaning and looked at Shui Sheng with a pale face.

"Uncle Lei, is he seeking death?"

Shui Sheng nodded to himself, "He hanged himself."

Chen Yuan followed Shui Sheng and ran into Uncle Lei's house. There was a thick rope on the beam. Uncle Lei was laid flat on the bed. The body was still hot and had no breath.

Uncle Lei's death was completely consistent with hanging himself.

For a moment, Chen Yuan felt empty in his heart. While comforting Shui Sheng, he waited for the Qingfeng County government officials to arrive.

After Liao Wu arrived, because he was jealous of Chen Yuan's previous behavior, he made things difficult for them and their group. Taking advantage of Uncle Lei's death, he almost asked the Yamen servants to arrest Chen Yuan Shuisheng in the prison for interrogation and make things difficult.

Fortunately, Uncle Lei left a suicide note before his death, and Zhen Jiaming, who had taken the fanzi token, was around, so Liao Wu's villainous plot came to nothing.

If the obstruction failed, Liao Wuzuo could only peacefully conduct an autopsy under the supervision of the Qingfeng County magistrate.

Chen Yuan could not conduct an autopsy in person, but as a relative of the deceased, he could supervise it.

With her watching, Liao Wuzuo didn't dare to perform an autopsy blindly.

The results obtained by the two people were consistent this time.

Zeng Chi suffered only one injury to the back of his head and died of excessive blood loss.

Uncle Lei hanged himself and died.

And because there was Uncle Lei's suicide note as evidence, the case was closed in less than a day.

The ancients believed that fallen leaves return to their roots. Originally, Chen Yuan wanted to take Zeng Chi's body back to Weiyu County and bury him in his hometown.

Unexpectedly, Shui Sheng said that his grandfather had said when he was restored to life that after his death he would be burned and his ashes sprinkled into the river, so that he could follow the water and go between heaven and earth to find his son and daughter-in-law who died in a foreign land.

After finishing the funeral arrangements for Zeng Wu, Shui Sheng held the empty jar and cried sadly.

"Junior sister, grandfather just left like this?"

Chen Yuan knew that he could not accept this fact yet. The master passed away too suddenly.

"Senior brother, Master has gone to reunite with your parents. You have to be well."

Shui Sheng, who had not stopped crying these days, asked sadly, "Junior sister, my grandfather told me to scatter his ashes into the river a few days ago. Do you think he knew he was going to die?"

Thinking of the time when the master sent people away not long ago, holding her hand and telling her to take good care of Shui Sheng, Chen Yuan felt unhappy.

From Yizhuang in Weiyu County to Yizhuang in Qingfeng County, the three guards of both villages died.

Although the death of the fake Uncle Zhuang seems to be related to Luo's inspection and other details, this is only on the surface.

Based on Uncle Lei's previous words, Chen Yuan had a hunch that all this might be related to Shui Sheng.

However, without evidence, she couldn't be sure.

Maybe she thinks too much about conspiracy theories.

It was definitely not the master who designed Uncle Lei to commit suicide out of guilt in order to keep Shui Sheng's identity secret. It was definitely not the master who was afraid of delaying Shui Sheng's departure from Lingnan, so he accidentally killed himself, and also made arrangements to prevent the two of them from sending the body back.

Instructions for scattering ashes in Weiyu County, which has become a battlefield...

Shui Sheng is indeed the son of Lan Qing and Bao Chen. He is not very clever, but his brain was broken by his grandfather who was not stingy.

With this thought in mind, Chen Yuan did not tell Shui Sheng about his speculation, so as not to cause trouble to his senior brother.

"Elderly people like to make some arrangements, and Master is not the only one who gives such advance instructions."

Shui Sheng was simple-minded and trusted Chen Yuan. After hearing what she said, he stopped thinking about it.

Liu Yanchun, who was pretending to be Zhen Jiaming, pulled the carriage over and said, "Shui Sheng, don't forget that Zeng Wuzuo told you to take good care of your junior sister. You are crying here, and you have to ask your junior sister to endure the sadness and comfort you, a big man. How shameless."

shame."

Shui Sheng, who was in a sad mood, wiped her nose sheepishly and looked at the girl whose eyes were also red, "Junior sister, I'm sorry, I won't cry anymore, so don't cry secretly."

"Well, let's stop crying. Master will be sad to see it."

Chen Yuan glared at Liu Yanchun and pulled Shui Sheng into the carriage.

Liu Yanchun drove the carriage and sent the two of them out of Qingfeng County. He jumped off the horse, opened the curtain and said to Chen Yuan, "I'm going back to Weiyu County."

He looked at Shui Sheng again, who looked aggrieved like an unwanted child, and sighed quietly, "It seems I can only let my Yuan'er drive the carriage."

This person didn't know how to take care of his family members. Chen Yuan glanced at Liu Yanchun again, "How about we find an inn to rest for a few days, and we're not in such a hurry..."

"Recently, border operations have become more and more frequent. Nowhere is as safe as staying in the government office." Liu Yanchun no longer cared about playing Zhen Jiaming at this moment. He had a straight face and poked Shuisheng's calf with a riding crop in disgust.

"If you are a man, cheer up. Your junior brother is dead and your grandfather did not protect him well. Do you want to watch your junior sister die at the hands of Xiao Zuo?"

Shui Sheng, who was in a sad mood, frowned, snatched the whip from Liu Yanchun's hand, got out of the carriage, and sat on the floor of the carriage.

"Brother Jiaming is right. I no longer have my grandfather and junior brother, but I still have my junior sister. I want to protect my junior sister. My grandfather told me to protect my junior sister."

As he spoke, Shui Sheng shed tears again when he thought of his grandfather who depended on him for life, "Brother Jiaming, don't worry, I know that you and your junior sister have a mutual friendship, and I will leave her in your hands in the future, so you should also

Take care of yourself."

One sentence made Chen Yuan blush with embarrassment. The misunderstanding caused previously has not been explained clearly recently, and the senior brother's misunderstanding is quite serious.

Zhen Jiaming's fake face twitched and he looked at the constipated girl sitting in the carriage with a half-smile.

All he got was a blank stare.

But I heard Shui Sheng say sincerely, "However, if something happens to you, I will definitely not let my junior sister wait for you. It's too hard to be alone. I will find a better husband to take care of her."

"..."

Senior brother, you are thinking too far and too much.

Chen Yuan picked her toes in embarrassment, but had no way of explaining it. When she met Liu Yanchun's stunned and disgusted eyes, she angrily lowered the curtain and urged, "Brother, let's leave quickly."

Why does this dude need her to wait? He has great ambitions. The princess, princess, princess, and noble daughter are his goals, and she doesn't care about such a dude.

He still dislikes her, bah.

"good."

Shui Sheng waved his whip, and the wheels of the carriage turned with a creaking sound.

Wang Qi stroked the handle of his saber and jumped onto the horse that was traveling with him. He suppressed the look of disgust in his eyes and calmly watched the carriage leave before turning around and galloping away.

Perhaps turning their grief and anger into strength, the two of them worked non-stop and reported to the Suizhou government office the next day.

Chen Yuan was quite well-known in the Suizhou government office. With the recommendation letter from the county magistrate, Chen Yuan was quickly hired.

There are many talented people in the government office. Unlike Weiyu County, where it is difficult to recruit coworkers, there are only six coworkers in the government office.

As a newcomer, Chen Yuan knew very well that he couldn't stand out too much, so as not to offend others, harm others' interests, or even end up dead.

After all, the interpersonal relationships between the government and county governments are much more complicated.

However, as the daughter of an exiled criminal official, if she wanted to go to Beijing openly and seek a job, she must obtain a release certificate and a letter of recommendation from the prefect.

Fortunately, the previous preparations made in Chaozhou Prefecture worked.

So after six days of sitting idle in the government office, Chen Yuan was called over by Magistrate Lu.
Chapter completed!