Hearing what Su Nianyun said, the governor of Jingzhao admired her even more.
As expected, she is the adopted daughter whom the Queen Mother values, who values love and righteousness.
It's a pity...
The governor glanced at Chen Shao'an. This princess's character was really good, but her judgment about people... was very poor.
In the past, he had only heard rumors from outsiders about how Princess Nianyun broke the royal dogma and how she married Chen Shaoan without any hesitation.
When he didn't know these two people, he could really follow others' opinions and be optimistic about such a couple pursuing true love.
However, after the examination fraud case that brought shame to the imperial court, he completely changed his view of Chen Shaoan.
What kind of good husband can a man who cheated become the top pick be?
Princess Nianyun is really a flower stuck in cow dung!
Not only the governor had this idea, but probably everyone present except Chen Shaoan and the old lady also had this idea.
Including Chen Shaokang, who has always been silent.
If he just saw that his elder brother Chen Shaoan was not acting right at first, then he could basically conclude that the man in the coffin and this awesome mother must be inextricably linked.
Moreover, thinking about the time when my eldest brother returned to Beijing with the coffin, he must have made arrangements for the person in the coffin.
This corresponds to what Niu Ma's son said about making Chen Shaoan a good friend.
Chen Shaoan would call common people his friends, what a joke!
Although the Chen family had declined to the bottom of the eight aristocratic families, it was still better than ordinary official families, and it was even less likely that they could become brothers and friends with common people.
Chen Shaoan must have some intentions for treating a low-level soldier like that.
When he thought of this, Chen Shaokang had a bit of a smile on his face.
Chen Shao'an, I don't believe that the princess will still be nostalgic for you after seeing your true face today.
"Captain He, what are you doing standing still?" Fu Yin looked at his right-hand assistant, "Why don't you quickly lead someone to dig the grave and open the coffin for an autopsy..."
"Yes, sir!" After receiving Fu Yin's order, He Batou immediately commanded a group of his servants to wave their tools.
Chen Shaoan supported his mother and squeezed her arm tightly.
The old lady felt a pain in her arm and immediately raised her head to look at Chen Shaoan.
She saw that her eldest son, who had failed to achieve anything but failed more than failed, was dripping with sweat and had a pale face.
Fortunately, a group of people from the government were watching the cemetery, and no one paid attention to this side.
She scolded Chen Shaoan in a low voice, "The coffin has been dug out and no one has seen it yet, so you're already messing with yourself?"
There really is no three hundred taels of silver here!
She hated that iron could not become steel, but she couldn't blame him too much here.
As early as in the court, she noticed something unusual about her son and guessed about it.
Since the son had premeditated and faked his death, the person in the coffin must have been carefully selected.
After only hearing the cause and effect of Mother Niu once, she believed the facts told by Mother Niu.
but……
She patted Chen Shaoan's hand and whispered comfort.
"Don't worry. When the body was brought back, it was beyond recognition and started to rot and smell. Now it has been buried underground for so long..."
After that, she said nothing more.
The meaning of the old lady is very obvious. No matter what Chen Shaoan did to this man, it has been so long. This man has probably been reduced to bones. Niu Ma will definitely not be able to recognize anything.
Chen Shaoan doesn't need to be so conceited.
With his mother's analysis, Chen Shaoan's mood gradually calmed down.
Yes, it has been so long, and the person in the coffin must be nothing but a pile of bones. What is he afraid of?
Thinking of this, Chen Shaoan's complexion improved a lot. He didn't look at the people digging the coffin, but looked straight at Su Nianyun.
He didn't expect that Su Nianyun would bury the person in the coffin properly.
At this moment, he remembered the scene of Su Nianyun banging his head against the coffin.
At first, she loved him so much, but now...
For the first time, he completely hated Zhou Yao and blamed Zhou Yao for giving him random ideas.
If she hadn't urged him to come back, how could he have thought of feigning death.
If he had stayed in the military camp until now, he would be able to fight against the enemy together with Xiao Hou and the Eighteenth Prince. Soon, he would be a man with military merit. This would be much easier than taking the imperial examination.
How could it be now that he was incompetent in martial arts, incompetent in writing, and even lost the princess who loved him most.
Here, Chen Shaoan was in a state of self-pity and self-pity. Over there, the yamen digger shouted, "We found it!"
The shovel hit the coffin board and made a muffled sound.
When the coffin was completely exposed, Captain He ordered people to tie ropes, and then worked together to pull the coffin out of the pit.
"Sir..." Captain He came to Fu Yin, "Should we open the coffin now?"
Fu Yin looked at the ingot candle that Su Nianyun had just burned.
Princess Nianyun was thoughtful and knew that they were going to disturb the deceased today, so she had already burned incense to comfort the deceased in advance. Since they knew how to open the coffin, there was no need to burn incense separately.
So Fu Yin nodded, "Let's go!"
Capt. He immediately worked with his men to pry the coffin board.
The moment the coffin was opened, everyone expected a stench, and some people even retreated in advance.
However, what was expected did not happen.
Not only did the expected stench not come, but when everyone looked inside, there was nothing like the expected rotting flesh and white bones. The body was not rotten at all.
Except for the original damage to the face, the corpse looked lifelike.
"What's going on?" Everyone looked at each other.
"How... is this done?" Fu Yin and He Captor were both shocked.
Su Nianyun said, "When the body was laid to rest in the Chen Mansion, I did it for..."
She looked at Chen Shaoan, deliberately skipped these unnecessary explanations, and said directly, "I put medicine on the body and put water-absorbent limestone in the coffin."
"This way, the body will not rot for several years!"
"What?" Everyone was stunned.
Still, He Captou reacted quickly, "I wonder what kind of medicine you are applying, princess?"
"I made it myself according to an ancient book..."
"I wonder, princess, can you give us a copy of this prescription for preserving corpses?" Head He asked for the prescription cautiously.
Their Jingzhao Mansion really needs this method of preserving corpses.
Su Nianyun nodded, "What's the problem? After I return home, I'll make a copy and give it to He Baotou, but right now..."
She looked at the mother who was always worried, "Should we let the mother identify the body first?"
"Yes, that's natural." He Captou hurriedly invited Mother Niu over.
The mother cow came to the coffin tremblingly.
From the time she started digging the grave to opening the coffin, her tears never stopped.
For some reason, when Su Nianyun looked at her, his own eyes also became sore.
Is this person whom she worshiped all her life in her previous life really the son of Mother Niu?
The man's face had long been damaged, and the cow mother couldn't tell anything at first glance.
"What other characteristics does your son have?" Captain He asked.
The cow mother replied, "He was naughty when he was a child and fell from a tree. There is a long scar on his left leg."
He Captou easily opened the man's trousers.
Sure enough, a knotted scar was found on the left leg of the corpse.
Seeing this scene, Mother Niu finally couldn't restrain herself and lay down on the coffin and cried loudly.
"Yuncheng, Yuncheng, my son, it's been so hard for my mother to find you!"
"My son, my mother has finally found you..."
Listening to the old woman's sad cries, Su Nianyun also looked at the person in the coffin.
I have worshiped you for so many years, and it turns out that your name is Yuncheng, which is a nice name!