Chapter 238: Yu County Magistrate Falls Off a Cliff and Dies
Chapter 238: Yu County Magistrate Falls Off a Cliff and Dies
Yu Jiuer's face came close, almost touching his. Jun Mo stopped teasing her, and hugged the beautiful woman and said, "I gave him a hallucinogenic powder, so that he would have hallucinations when he was excited, and then stole his jade ring pendant. When he woke up, he thought he had lost."
Jun Mo's tone was calm, without any sense of guilt.
After spending so much time with Yu Jiuer, he seemed to have become accustomed to using these dirty tricks.
He continued, "I worked hard all night last night and stole three of his ring-shaped jade pendants, including the one you won. I will have someone report him in public at the court this morning!"
"Wouldn't the Fragrant Concubine be furious?" Yu Jiuer felt happy when she thought of the Fragrant Concubine's angry look.
Her gloating expression was really unbearable to watch, Jun Mo tapped her head gently and said, "Father had the Third Brother imprisoned today. The verdict has not been announced yet, but it is estimated that it will not be a light sentence. I'm afraid that Concubine Xiang will be anxious for a while!"
"What do you think the emperor will sentence? Will he demote him to a commoner or imprison him permanently like the second prince?" Yu Jiuer was really looking forward to it. Now that the Third Prince was dead, why would Xiang Fei still be so cocky?
If Xiang Fei had not cheated on the emperor, she might have allowed Xiang Fei to be an obedient quail in the palace and live out the rest of her life.
But, if she could find evidence that the woman had cheated on her, she would take drastic measures to avenge Aunt Qu and kill that witch!
Jun Mo saw the expression on Yu Jiuer's face, rubbed her head and said, "Don't be too naive. Father is cruel to outsiders, but kind to his own children. People like Second Brother who collaborated with the enemy and betrayed the country were only confiscated and imprisoned. Third Brother will not be worse off than Second Brother!"
"Tsk! Then haven't we worked in vain?" Yu Jiuer looked disappointed.
Jun Mo shook his head and said, "No! I want to make Concubine Xiang anxious, and bring out all her hidden forces and forces, and destroy them one by one!"
"Don't be too anxious, Your Majesty. After all, fighting one against three is something that ordinary people can handle. You will be very tired if there are too many of them at once!" Yu Jiuer raised her hand and stroked his tired face, feeling very distressed.
Jun Mo hugged Yu Jiuer tightly: "Whoever asked her to mess with you, I will deal with her first!"
The gambling house was closed down and the Third Prince was imprisoned. Yu Jiuer could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
On this day, the petition of "Yu Wushuang" to return home was finally approved, and Yu Jiuer could finally put her heart at ease.
After dealing with the Third Prince, Jun Mo was busy dealing with the First Prince. He did not bother too much about Yu Wushuang's return to Yinshan County. He only said to Yu Jiuer:
"Let the carriage depart directly from the palace. I will have someone pretend to be Yu Wushuang and ride in the carriage until we reach the next town. Then we will find a deserted place and disappear."
Yu Jiuer also felt that there was nothing to worry about, so she nodded and said, "Okay! No one outside the capital will pay attention to Yu Wushuang! No need to make too many arrangements."
Neither of them knew that this negligence would bring them many crises.
On the evening of the day when Yu Wushuang's carriage drove out of the city gate, Jian Yi hurried into the palace to find Yu Jiuer: "Concubine Yu, something terrible has happened! 'Yu County Magistrate' fell off a cliff and died."
"What?" Yu Jiuer was so shocked that the teacup in her hand fell to the ground without her even noticing.
"His carriage reached the Black Collar Cliff and fell off the cliff with both the people and the carriage. It is very likely that he will be in great danger!" Jian Yi continued to report with a worried look on his face.
"The prince will be back as soon as he finishes the work at hand. He asked me to come back and tell you first so that you can be mentally prepared!"
Yu Jiuer's head was buzzing: "How could this happen? Could the person pretending to be 'Yu County Magistrate' in the car reveal his identity?"
Jian Yi replied, "He is a member of the Yulin Army. He is very agile. He used his Qinggong to sneak back when the carriage fell. He is not in any danger. It is because of his return that we know about this matter in advance.
He said that he was besieged by a group of men in black at the time. They were so aggressive that they kicked his carriage off the cliff without saying a word.
"They didn't even let Yu Wushuang go?" Yu Jiuer was confused, but thankful, "It's good that Yu Wushuang's body wasn't found. We still have room to make up for it!"
But Jian Yi poured cold water on her directly: "As far as I know, the Black Collar Cliff is steep and the cliff below is very deep. If the carriage falls from it, if the people inside don't have Qinggong to protect themselves, they will most likely die. How can this be explained?"
Yu Jiuer felt a headache. She knew the seriousness of the matter, but no matter what, she could only make up a story that Yu Wushuang was still alive.
She murmured, "I know that, logically, it is impossible for Yu Wushuang, a scholar, to survive, but he cannot die! If he dies, won't the people of Yinshan County be reduced to slavery? We don't have anyone who can take over as the county magistrate in Yinshan County yet!"
Jian Yi had never expected things to develop to this point. He asked in confusion, "Who would intercept County Magistrate Yu's carriage on the road and put him to death? According to the current situation, County Magistrate Yu's death would not be of much benefit to the princes. Who would have such a deep hatred for him?"
Yu Jiuer sneered: "Who else could it be except Xiang Fei? She and Yinshan County have a deep grudge. Who else would want Yinshan to be extinct except her? We are negligent!"
If the people of Yinshan were demoted to slavery because of this, she would do her best to kill her!
The Third Prince was imprisoned. She originally thought that Xiang Fei would be too busy to pay attention to Yu Wushuang's return home, but she didn't expect...
After Jian Yi left, Yu Jiuer was still in a daze in the yard, and she didn't even move when Lu Xiu gave her a cloak to put on.
Yu Jiuer estimated that the news would definitely reach the emperor's ears by tomorrow at the latest, and she would have to go to the palace to face everything.
She needs to calm down and think about how to deal with it.
While I was stunned, a figure suddenly climbed over the yard wall.
Yu Jiuer then realized that it was already dark, and the person who climbed over the wall was actually...
"Brother Shang?" Yu Jiuer widened her eyes in surprise, thinking she was seeing things.
"It's me!" The man did not feel ashamed at all for trespassing into a woman's yard. Instead, he looked calm.
Yu Jiuer looked around and found that the shadow in the dark had his hair standing on end and looked alert.
"Why did you climb over the wall to look for me so late at night?"
Shang Buqun sat down on the stone bench opposite her and poured himself a cup of tea on the table. "If you have urgent business, you can go through the dog hole to find me. If I have urgent business, can't I climb over the wall to find you?"
Yu Jiuer waved at Shadow, signaling him not to act rashly, and then asked Shang Buqun: "Brother Shang, what's the urgent matter?"
Shang Buqun narrowed his eyes and looked at Yu Jiuer, snorting coldly: "I was bored today, so I followed Yu Wushuang's carriage out of the city and went to Black Collar Cliff. I saw with my own eyes that Yu Wushuang's carriage was besieged. I went to save him, but found that when the carriage fell into the cliff, a person flew out."
He paused here and observed Yu Jiuer's expression.
Yu Jiuer's heart was in turmoil, and her eyes kept turning: Oh my God! Can she still make up a reasonable reason to lie to him?
"Don't tell me that this gentle and refined scholar 'Yu Wushuang' was suddenly possessed by a god or acquired extraordinary powers. Am I so gullible?" Shang Buqun was obviously very angry.
Yu Jiuer coughed lightly, knowing that since he followed the carriage out of the city, he must have been suspicious and went to collect evidence. It would be pointless for her to hide it any further.
I had no choice but to tell the truth: "Okay! You guessed it right, 'Yu Jiuer' is 'Yu Wushuang'!"
"Ah!" This time, it was Shang Buqun who had a look of as if he had swallowed a fly. "I knew it, I knew it. Your eyes are so similar, and your voice tones and movements are so similar. But since when did you two become the same person?"
Yu Jiuer asked back: "Do you really want to know?"
Shang Buqun couldn't stand Yu Jiuer's concealment and nodded heavily.
Yu Jiuer said honestly: "From the beginning of the 'Yu Wushuang' palace examination, I was the only one from the beginning to the end!"
With Shang Buqun's intelligence, he could guess it even if she concealed it. It would be better for her to take the initiative to confess and gain his trust, and even better, win him over.
Shang Buqun took a long time to recover after hearing this, and covered his face and cried, "You really hurt me a lot! Do you want me to tell the emperor, or not? Why is it so difficult to be a loyal minister these days?"
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