"I told you that the man who drowned in the river was a young man! Looking at me, I look very much like the Mr. Zhan in the court today!"
After saying this, he did not forget to add: "This is what I saw with my own eyes!"
Unlike most people, he always values rigor despite looking lively. He is not the kind of second-guessing dealer who makes assertions without knowing the truth!
The official was slightly startled and said seriously: "Are you sure you saw clearly?"
The man nodded immediately.
There is a sense of rigor in his words: "The villains look very similar!"
If you want to confirm whether it is the Master Zhan, you only need to go to the Zhan's house and ask.
Everything was boiling.
Xu Mingyi frowned tightly.
She had just heard that someone had jumped into the river, and she felt something was wrong in her heart. She relied on her intuition to guess who Zhan Yunzhu was——
It turns out to be him!
"This Mr. Zhan is really a pitiful man..."
"Hey, I was originally going to take the Qiuwei exam, and suddenly I encountered such a change. I'm afraid no one else can bear it!"
"Isn't that right? I'm afraid that seeing the murderer punished will make my heart go away..."
"You dare not be afraid of the power of the Xia family and come forward to testify against Young Master Xia. This Young Master Zhan is really a man of integrity..."
"I just don't know if I can still be saved?"
"The water in this river is so strong that it would easily drown a person on a normal day, let alone now! Moreover, this young man obviously wants to die..." Someone shook his head repeatedly, half with regret and half with emotion.
Listening to these words, Xu Mingyi's eyes undulated like the surface of a river in the dark night.
Could it be that Zhan Yunzhu chose this place to throw itself into the river in order to gain a good reputation?
But a good name is meaningless to a dead person.
——At least this must be the case for hypocrites like Zhan Yunzhu who only see gains and losses.
If someone else committed suicide because of this, she wouldn't think there was anything unusual about it.
But if it were Zhan Yunzhu, she wouldn't believe it at all!
For people like him, life is more important than anything else. How could he seek death on his own when it's too late to try his best to survive?
Not asking for death.
That is survival.
Looking at the undulating river surface, Xu Mingyi clenched her fingers slightly.
At this time, someone in the crowd suddenly said: "Master, here is a jade pendant!"
The man who found the jade pendant by the river delivered it to the officer.
Although this jade pendant looks quite valuable, usually it would have been stepped on quietly before anyone else was paying attention, and then secretly picked it up and kept it as one's own - but this kind of routine operation also requires different things.
of!
Don’t just pick up things belonging to dead people!
People who are poor usually don't care about avoiding taboos, but who knows that everyone just witnessed an evil thing today——
Isn't the reason why the Xia family's young master was arrested because of the resentful ghost's dream?
The officer took the jade pendant in his hand and looked at it for a moment.
This Zhichang River leads to the outside of the city through the West Gate.
A river has fed countless people for generations, but many people will drown every flood season.
Because the river is deep and has many tributaries, it is normal for the river to meander to hidden and uninhabited places. Therefore, most people who fall in do not survive or die.
Either they were eaten by fish in the river, or they rushed to remote places and encountered wild animals.
All in all, if someone cannot be rescued on the spot, it will be difficult to find them later.
If this is the case, then this jade pendant must be used to occupy homes to confirm the identity of the person who drowned in the river.
Xu Mingyi saw clearly the jade pendant that was put into the arms of the official.
It is indeed something that accounts for Yunzhu...
Wu Chao glanced at her expression.
Miss Xu looked very unhappy.
Not sad, not even sad, but pure unhappiness.
At this time, a middle-aged man's figure quickly approached the place.
Wu Chao looked at it keenly.
After seeing who it was, he put down his guard.
Xu Mingyi also noticed it, turned around slightly, saw Zhu Xiu, and walked towards the willow tree not far away.
Zhu Xiu followed.
Wu Chao just stood there and waited.
He has never intended to pry too much into other people's private affairs.
Although it is indeed rare to be a little curious at the moment.
But the bottom line of being a human being must still be maintained.
"Is the person who jumped into the river really Zhan Yunzhu?" Xu Mingyi asked in a low voice under the willow tree.
"Go back to the girl, it is indeed him. According to the girl's instructions, we arranged for people to follow him secretly. Just when he came out of the Yamen, our people have been keeping an eye on him from far and near. We saw him throw himself into the river with our own eyes." Zhu
Xiu looked solemnly: "Before he jumped into the river, he showed no signs of committing suicide. When he first came to the river, he just stood quietly with his hands behind his hands. No one expected that he would suddenly jump -"
It only took a moment to jump into the river, and there was no time for the people watching secretly to react.
After all, they had been preventing the other person from escaping the capital, and they never expected that this person would suddenly commit suicide in this way.
"It's because my subordinates didn't do their job well and failed to keep people under control. Please punish me."
Xu Mingyi shook his head slightly.
"I can't blame you for this."
Her initial explanation was just to ask them to keep an eye on Zhan Yunzhu.
Even she herself had never thought of this outcome. Especially before Xia Han's matter was resolved, there was no way she could have imagined that Zhan Yunzhu would act like this——
Now that I think about it, Zhan Yunzhu got this opportunity right.
Today, from sending her a message, to his appearance in the Yamen, to his throwing himself into the river without warning, everything was planned...
Thinking of this, Xu Mingyi's fingers became a little colder.
Then he asked Zhu Xiu some other details, and told him to carefully observe and pay attention to the area near the river, before Xu Mingyi lifted his feet and left from under the tree.
When she turned around and raised her eyes, she saw that the young man in blue was still standing there waiting for her, so Xu Mingyi walked over.
"But things didn't go well?"
Seeing that her expression had calmed down, Wu Chao still asked one question.
Perhaps it was because they had known each other for two generations and had recently done something big together. Xu Mingyi did not subconsciously deny and cover up the situation at this time. Instead, he sighed slightly and said, "In full view of everyone, I actually let someone escape."
Wu Chao was startled when he heard this somewhat dejected tone.
Whenever he saw Miss Xu, she always looked energetic, spoke crisply and neatly, and arranged everything properly and thoughtfully——
It's the first time that it's like this.
Seeing the girl walking forward with her head hanging down, Wu Chao suddenly wanted to pat her on the shoulder and tell her not to be discouraged.
But this action was too impolite and seemed a bit weird.
"Although I don't know the whole story, this person chose to jump into the river at this time and here, obviously he was very calculating." Wu Chao analyzed it in an objective tone: "No one in this world can truly make a plan.
Miss Xu was very cautious when she asked people to keep an eye on him."
Shouming, who was following him, quietly glanced at his grandson.
Although he didn't know what happened specifically, but - is this what Shisun would say?
