There is a god in the sky

Chapter 65 Leaving Jianzhou City 3

Lu Yaxuan was sleeping with her ears covered when she heard the sound of the lock being opened, and she lazily looked up.

Upon seeing that it was Xiao Ji who appeared, he finally showed a different reaction.

He sat up and asked, "What brings Lord Xiao here so late at night?"

Xiao Ji waved his hand, signaling the jailer to leave first, then entered the cell and sat opposite Lu Yaxuan.

"Doesn't Mr. Lu feel any remorse when he faces the curses of his clansmen every day?"

Lu Yaxuan smiled calmly, "I lost both my parents at a young age and grew up with my master. To me, my clansmen are just a group of strangers."

"So that's why you're so fearless?"

"what?"

"You killed so many people, and even if you escape, you'll just go back to your hometown. It's clear you're not afraid of being caught or dying. With a detached nature like yours, how could you kill people?"

Lu Yaxuan was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and pretended to straighten her clothes to calm herself down.

When he looked up again, he smiled calmly, "Lord Xiao, you're up all night trying to figure this out?"

"Ah."

“There aren’t that many reasons for killing. If it were now, I definitely wouldn’t kill anyone, but back then it was like I was possessed.”

Lu Yaxuan held up his hands for Xiao Ji to see, "Lord Xiao, look, these are my hands, the hands of someone who makes incense. Do they look like hands that kill people?"

Sui Feng rushed forward, grabbed Lu Yaxuan's wrist and pulled hard, then slammed his knee into Lu Yaxuan's abdomen.

If Lu Yaxuan knew martial arts, he would at least have instinctively resisted, but he didn't.

He clutched his stomach and collapsed.

Xiao Ji frowned, "You're a perfumer, I doubt you know any martial arts."

Lu Yaxuan waited until his stomach felt better before getting up and said casually, "Sir, you're really strange. Why do you have to know martial arts to kill someone? Wouldn't it be easy for me to kill a group of people under the influence of sleeping potion?"

"No, at least four people in the Wu family were not drugged by the drug at the time. Your hands do not look like those of a murderer."

After Xiao Ji finished speaking, he turned and left.

He confirmed his suspicions: Lu Yaxuan was not the murderer.

But why did he so resolutely take the blame for the murderer?

Lu Yaxuan shouted from behind him, "I killed him! Who does Lord Xiao underestimate? Lord Xiao..."

Sui Feng asked nervously, "Sir, what should we do? The case is already closed."

"I'll write a memorial and send it to the Ministry of Justice right away, and have Suiying bring back the case file as quickly as possible!"

"Then we're not leaving?"

"We can't stay here. The new official will be taking office soon, and the prefect's intention is very clear: this case must be closed!"

He explained, "First, we need to retrieve the case file. I will personally take this case to the Ministry of Justice, hoping that the officials there will re-examine it."

For now, the only option is to stall for time.

I had a sleepless night.

This was the first time he had encountered a case like this.

Lu Yaxuan's social network is very simple. He has no wife, no children, no parents. Who would make him willingly take the blame?

If Wu were still alive, perhaps there would be a possibility, but it's even less likely that Wu would be the murderer.

All of this seemed to be hidden under a thick fog, making it impossible for anyone to see it.

This is really tricky.

"My lord, there's an urgent message from home!"

Early in the morning, Mingyue ran in with a letter from home.

Xiao Ji dressed, took the letter, opened it, and read it, his brows furrowing more and more as he looked at it.

"The Marquis of Pingyang has gone too far!"

Xiao Ji took the letter and went straight to Fu Qingyan, digging him out of bed.

"Cousin, are we leaving already?... I didn't oversleep." Fu Qingyan asked, scratching his head.

"See for yourself." Xiao Ji tossed the letter to him.

The letter stated that the Marquis of Pingyang had submitted a second memorial requesting the replacement of the heir apparent.

Generally speaking, things should not be done more than three times. If the Marquis of Pingyang insists on submitting a petition a third time, the Emperor will surely agree.

The letter he sent back must still be on its way.

Fu Qingyan chuckled self-deprecatingly, “It’s alright. My father has wanted to change the heir for many years. My leaving home gives him the opportunity.”

"You can still laugh? If you knew all that, why did you still run away from home?"

"Because I don't care. What difference does it make whether I become the heir apparent or not?"

For many, the title of heir apparent is the greatest honor he could ever receive, but Fu Qingyan doesn't care about such things.

Even after dying once, he still felt that there were things he valued more than money and status.

If his father were willing to talk to him properly, he would even be willing to give up his position as heir apparent.

Xiao Ji was exasperated. "Do you think the position of heir is only a matter for one person? Have you thought about your mother? Have you thought about your sister?"

If the crown prince is replaced, you will become the laughing stock of the entire capital!

You're shameless and don't care, but doesn't your mother care too? From now on, anyone can humiliate her when she goes out. How can your sister have an easy time in the palace?

"Don't you know your relationship with Fu Qingyang? Now that he's the heir apparent, his next step is to drive his aunt out of the Fu family and make his own mother the official wife!"

Fu Qingyan was furious: "He dares!"

"Why wouldn't he dare? He's already the heir apparent of the Marquis of Pingyang, what wouldn't he dare?"

Even if he doesn't do anything to you now because of the old lady, what will happen after she passes away?

Even if you don't want to fight for it yourself, you must fight for your mother!

Fu Qingyan couldn't understand, and asked with red eyes, "Cousin, I've never understood why my mother insisted on fighting for her rights. The more competitive she was, the less Dad liked her. I told her that if we couldn't make it work, we should get a divorce, and I would definitely leave the Fu family with her!"

"Fool, do you think your aunt insisted on marrying your father back then?"

Only family members will truly care about each other.

In Bianjing, everyone said Xiao Zhenzhen deserved it.

She forced the Marquis of Pingyang and her cousin to break off their engagement, and married him as she wished, but she never received her husband's favor in her entire life.

How sad?

But is this really the case?

Back then, although Xiao Zhenzhen was the one who first fell for Fu Heng, who was then a military officer, it was Fu Heng who broke off the engagement himself, and it was he who voluntarily proposed to Xiao Zhenzhen.

Later, when he went to the battlefield, how much did the Xiao family contribute?

He achieved great success and received a marquisate, but he immediately forgot his wife's sacrifices and years of waiting.

“Many people live just to prove themselves. You can say your mother is stubborn, but you have no right to criticize her.”

Fu Qingyan felt heartbroken as he recalled the scenes of his mother standing up for him against his father.

"Cousin, what should I do?"

“Miss Shen’s suggestion was in the right direction, but she didn’t use enough ingredients. From now on, do as I say.”

Fu Qingyan nodded firmly.

At exactly 7:00 AM, the team set off on time.

Prefect Jiang led a group of officials to see him off, and some common people also came to see him off spontaneously after learning that Lord Xiao had been transferred. The scene was quite grand.

Shen Lan watched this scene from inside the carriage, feeling very fortunate that she hadn't followed the wrong person.

Once they were ten miles from Jianzhou, Qingfeng and Mingyue, along with Guanshu, took the lead, transporting large pieces of luggage by waterway to the capital.

Xiao Ji originally intended for Fu Qingyan to go back first.

If he doesn't return home for even a day, the Marquis of Pingyang can use his running away from home as a pretext.

However, considering his safety, Xiao Ji still didn't dare let him leave his sight.