On the way back, Poria couldn't help but lift the curtains on the carriage and take a look outside because she hadn't left the house for a long time.

As the fifteenth day of the first lunar month approaches, there are more and more people on the street, and more and more people are buying things.

When Forsythia looked out, she said,

"Let's go to the Yamen."

Poria asked the driver to change the route.

Since the incident with the Yangzhou magistrate, Qi Huanyu has temporarily handled Yangzhou affairs.

Fu Ling quietly glanced at the young lady who had her eyes closed and was concentrating.

I thought, since I am going to the Yamen, I should go to Mr. Qi!

At this time, Qi Huanyu and Yanzhi also returned to the Yamen.

As soon as Forsythia got off the carriage, she saw Qi Huanyu. After bowing, she explained her intention.

She wanted to see the prefect of Yangzhou.

Qi Huanyu agreed.

**

He has been in prison since he was captured by the Yangzhou magistrate.

Different from the meeting a few years ago, when Forsythia met the person again, she found that the other person had become like a withered bone.

Qi Huanyu said that the Yangzhou magistrate had been silent since his disaster.

According to what He Tongzhi explained, the recent unrest in Yangzhou was mostly planned by the Yangzhou magistrate.

Using the name of water bandit to kill people and steal wealth,

But when Qi Huanyu was searching, he did not find the excess money at the Yangzhou magistrate's office.

A large amount of money is missing.

He Tongzhi expressed ignorance about this.

It is only said that after the rich businessmen's money was intercepted, except for a small part of the reward, most of it was sent away by the Yangzhou prefect.

As for where and who it was sent to? The Yangzhou prefect never revealed it.

Qi Huanyu recalled the admiring look of the Yangzhou magistrate on Guanyin Mountain, and vaguely felt that the person who made the Yangzhou magistrate admire him was the key to the matter.

But no matter how he asked, the Yangzhou magistrate never said anything.

But my figure is getting thinner day by day.

For this reason, Qi Huanyu also asked a doctor.

The doctor said his pulse condition was very strange, something he had never encountered before.

After seeing Forsythia suspensa, the Yangzhou magistrate's eyes were dull and he looked away after taking one look.

Sit facing the wall, eyes closed, silent.

Forsythia stood outside the prison, looked at him, and stated calmly,

"I'm alive."

When she left the government today, in addition to dealing with shop matters, she also wanted to meet the Yangzhou magistrate.

I want to speak clearly to him.

To this day, she still remembers the look of ridicule on the face of the Yangzhou magistrate when she mentioned her parents on Guanyin Mountain.

She remembered every word that came out of the mouth of the Yangzhou magistrate.

Forsythia looked at the Yangzhou magistrate. There were some things she felt it was necessary to make clear.

"Your evil is really evil,

But my parents’ behavior is not stupid, it’s kind.

Although they are businessmen, what they care about is the livelihood of this country.

They are charitable, helpful, and kind to others.

All this is not because they are stupid, but because of their kindness."

The Yangzhou magistrate's eyes were like a bottomless pit that was dark and opaque, and his dry lips were grinning with a strange expression.

Forsythia's gaze did not retreat and she met his gaze, holding her breath,

"I know that if I tell you this, you won't understand.

You don’t understand, it doesn’t matter if you don’t understand,

I will still say what I should say to you."

After that, he left the prison.

Qi Huanyu was outside the prison. When Forsythia saw someone, she thanked him first.

"Thank you, sir."

When Qi Huanyu spoke, he glanced in her direction and said,

"It doesn't matter."

The two stood facing each other for a while.

Forsythia felt that maybe she should say something, but she didn't know what to say.

It happened that at this time snowflakes were falling from the sky again.

Forsythia glanced at the gloomy sky above her head, and when she opened her palms slightly, snowflakes fell on her palms, which instantly melted into a drop of water due to the temperature in her palms.

Curling up her palms, Forsythia smiled,

"I'm going back."

Qi Huanyu nodded and sent the person out.

The snow keeps falling.

That night the prefect of Yangzhou died in prison.

Shaped like dry bones.

The jailer told Qi Huanyu about the situation, and Qi Huanyu had him buried.

Because he was a heavy prisoner and had committed many evil deeds, the jailer did not have a good attitude toward the Yangzhou magistrate. He wrapped him in a straw mat and threw him directly into a mass grave.

Because it was at night, there were many unclaimed corpses in the mass graves and they were full of resentment. It was considered the most unlucky place. The two jailers who carried the corpses threw the bodies away and quickly turned around and ran away.

The corpse rolled down the slope, and the person slipped out of the straw mat.

All I could see was that his body was extremely thin, but red traces spread from his wrists.

thread shape,

The red marks grew from the skin and flesh, and were extremely bright in color, as if they were nourished by flesh and blood and became more and more red.

Spreads directly from the wrist to the elbow.

**

Since it started snowing on the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, the snow has stopped slightly and has been falling intermittently for two days.

The snow gradually stopped on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month.

Although it also snows in Yangzhou, this is the first time in several years that it has snowed so heavily.

The snow on the ground fell to a foot thick.

During the day, Forsythia also heard Poria complain, saying that this year's weather was strange. Instead of getting warmer, it actually got colder and colder, and it snowed heavily again.

Forsythia was sleeping well at night, but was suddenly awakened by a loud noise.

He got up and opened the bed curtain and asked,

"What happened?"

Fu Ling put on her little jacket and went out to see the situation.

After a while, he rubbed his hands and came back with a sigh of relief.

"The housekeeper said that the roofs of several rooms in our south courtyard collapsed due to heavy snowfall.

Fortunately, there are a few empty guest rooms over there, so there is no loss.

He said he would find someone to repair it when it gets daylight."

Forsythia nodded to express her knowledge.

But I also thought that even if the situation at home is like this, ordinary people will definitely have a harder time because of the heavy snow.

I'm afraid this heavy snow will make life miserable for countless people.

After pondering, he ordered Poria,
To be continued...