Shu Jinxuan accompanied Hua Junnian, Cai Baiwei and his wife at their new house in the south of the city, almost staying together for fear that they would become anxious after knowing that the Dou family wanted to bury their cousin.
That night, after comforting his uncle, aunt, and family to rest, he learned that the Dou family's funeral procession had left the city. He led the two young men who usually followed him and rushed non-stop to Huangli Gang in the south of the city.
The night was eerily silent, and several fast horses galloped all the way. When they arrived at Huangli Gang, the Dou family's ancestral graves on the hill were noisy and noisy.
Classical historian Lu Xiuyuan has always felt that there is something fishy in the Dou family. If the person he met at the Dou family that night was indeed Dou Yuanqian, the third son of Dou, then who is buried under the ground?
He wanted to take advantage of the Dou family's burying of Miss Hua's family to find out what was going on.
But Gu Langxi was not willing to let him get what he wanted. Seeing that he came with many official officials to cause trouble, he was very unhappy and scolded: "Master Dianshi, today is an auspicious day for the young lady of the Dou family and the third young master to return together. You are bringing the prince with you."
I'm afraid it's inappropriate for people to come here. Not only will they disturb their purity, but they will also affect the Taoist priests' rituals. Can you bear to offend the undead?"
"Master Gu is a well-known litigator in Jiangling City. It is his duty to go to court to quarrel and litigate for others, but it is unheard of for me to come to someone else's cemetery to arrange a funeral for no reason."
Lu Xiuyuan looked at Gu Langxi with a sneer: "Could it be that Mr. Gu also feels that Miss Hua has been wronged and wants to go to the underworld to complain for her?"
"You're talking nonsense, Master Dianshi, don't mess around with me."
Anger appeared on Gu Langxi's face: "I have a similar temperament with Mr. Dou, and I received help from him when he was studying earlier. Now he is distracted by trivial matters at home and is ill, so he cannot personally take care of the young lady's death. I have been entrusted by him to come here.
What's wrong with helping someone? Why is Mr. Dianshi in such trouble?"
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw several fast horses coming here one after another.
By the blazing torches everywhere, everyone saw clearly that it was the county prime minister Tang Haoran who had led some people from the county government.
Following closely behind them was Shu Jinxuan, the second son of the Shu family.
Seeing the stalemate between the two sides, Tang Haoran rushed forward first and glanced at Lu Xiuyuan angrily: "Lu Dianshi, Magistrate Wen and Magistrate Ye asked you to come to Huangligang to catch the flower-picking thieves. Why did you come to make trouble in someone else's cemetery?"
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"Don't forget, Mr. County Magistrate, County Magistrate Ye has also confessed that this member Dou has made great contributions to the county. In addition to catching thieves, the lower official is also responsible for escorting the Dou family's funeral procession."
Looking at Gu Langxi and the old housekeeper of the Dou family, Lu Xiuyuan's dark eyes were quite deep: "Lest the Third Young Madam ask someone to take the opportunity to rob her, and the Dou family will not be in peace again."
Upon hearing this, Shu Jinxuan immediately noticed something was wrong.
Since the burial was approved by the government and was not a shameful act, why didn't these people dare to dig a grave and bury it in front of the official?
Glancing at a black coffin that was parked not far away, Shu Jinxuan looked for Ye Chengwei's figure in the crowd with a solemn expression.
This guy has not shown up at this juncture. Could it be that he doesn't really want to help his cousin?
Instead, he deliberately deceived his cousin and tricked her into burying her in order to avenge the humiliation of being annulled.
Thinking of this, Shu Jinxuan was filled with anger, strode towards the black coffin surrounded by people, and shouted loudly: "Get out of the way, anyone who dares to touch my cousin today will be in trouble with my Shu family."
After saying that, he grabbed a shovel and started to pry open the coffin.
"Second Young Master Shu, what are you doing?"
The old housekeeper Zhang Shun panicked and rushed over to dissuade him: "The government has concluded the case, and my young lady herself is willing to die for righteousness. Doesn't Second Young Master Shu mean to cause trouble by doing this?"
"Ahem, Second Young Master Shu, this woman is just like a dog. She treats whoever raises her well. You don't understand the simple principle of following your father at home and following your husband when you marry, right?"
Gu Langxi did not expect that Shu Jinxuan would also come to stir up trouble in the middle of the night.
A few days ago at Hua's house, he deliberately tried to make things difficult for him, and now he would not let him off lightly when they met again.
Staring at him angrily, Gu Langxi waved the folding fan in his hand and mocked disdainfully:
"Since Miss Hua has married into the Dou family, she is a member of the Dou family. If her husband wants her to die, she must die. Second Young Master Shu, a cousin, eats carrots and worries about what he is planning all day long.
If you are not afraid of being laughed at, I advise Second Young Master Shu to go back early. It’s a dark and windy night, so don’t let your precious little waist slip away.”
"You are a dog who can't spit ivory out of your mouth, but you, a notorious litigator, are worthy of intervening in my own business, and you dare to decide my cousin's life or death with such arrogance."
Shu Jinxuan angrily picked up the shovel in his hand and slapped Gu Langxi hard on the arm, not caring about his image as a handsome young man.
"Hit someone, beat someone."
There was chaos on the field.
The Dou family rushed to rescue the siege, while Lu Xiuyuan led the officers to dig the grave.
While Tang Haoran was busy trying to break up the fight, he also had to watch out for Lu Xiuyuan digging his grave. He was extremely busy.
Just as the cemetery was in a mess, a tombstone not far away suddenly collapsed, and then a cursing voice suddenly rang through the sky:
"Old man, how dare you dig into my ancestral grave?"
"Isn't that what you did to get someone to dig up your ancestor's grave? What's wrong with me, old beggar, digging into your grave?"
Upon hearing the sound, the fighting in the cemetery suddenly stopped, and everyone looked at the place where the sound came from with dull expressions.
I saw several figures coming out from under the cemetery in the darkness.
Hua Rujin and Ye Chengguan were suddenly startled when they saw the bright torches everywhere:
Unexpectedly, the exit of the tunnel is actually the Dou family's cemetery.
Seeing Hua Rujin appear intact, Shu Jinxuan glanced blankly at the dark coffin next to him, burst into tears of joy, dropped the shovel and rushed towards her.
"Cousin, are you still alive?"
Shu Jinxuan shouted while running.
Seeing the elegant young master running towards him, Hua Rujin covered her mouth in embarrassment and coughed lightly: "Alive."
Thinking about the whole experience of suddenly falling straight from bed to hell, she was still frightened.
"Master County Magistrate, you have to make decisions for the common people. Second Young Master Shu, he beats people."
Gu Langxi also hurriedly ran up, knelt down in front of Ye Chengguan full of grievances and shouted loudly.
But when he glanced at the embarrassed Dou Yue behind him, he quickly showed a look of astonishment.
Ye Chengguan just glanced at Gu Langxi who was beaten with a bruised nose and face, silently kicked him away, walked straight to Dou Yuanqian's tombstone with heavy steps, and asked coldly: "So who is buried here?"
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Dou Yue remained silent and did not speak.
After pondering for a long time, he suddenly lowered his eyebrows and looked at Gu Langxi who looked frightened.
"So who is in that coffin?"
Hua Rujin raised her eyebrows and looked at the black coffin not far away where she was buried.
Dou Yue was so good at calculations that he would never fool people with an empty coffin.
If one day the Dongchuang Incident occurs and the government opens the coffin for an autopsy, how will we explain to others if there are no bones left in the coffin?
Faced with repeated questioning, Dou Yue remained silent again and looked at Gu Langxi, who had a gloomy face.