After the family fell, I wanted to lie down

The octagonal shop three miles outside Mo City is inhabited by common people who run small businesses. They are not rich, but they have enough food and clothing, unless they encounter natural disasters or man-made disasters, which are beyond their control.

Deep inside the octagonal shop, a sobbing sound came from a house inside, and everyone who heard it felt sad.

"My poor child, our good family is over now..."

When the neighbor heard this, he said, "Ah, when Mrs. Zhu Nian passed away, we thought the family would break up, but we didn't expect that Xiao Sui would do well and now..."

"Hello, two aunts. Excuse me, is this where Zhu Nian's home is?" The neighbors around didn't dare to mention this name. The women who were talking were startled. They looked up and saw that the people who were talking were two boys about fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing long robes. Oh, they were not officials. The two of them breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the boys in front of them.

"Hello, Auntie. We are Zhu Nian's classmates."

Ah, it turned out that it was Bronzebeard who was hungry. The women relaxed a little, and one of them asked hesitantly, "Why are you coming here at this time? Is there something going on?"

The two boys looked into the alley, their eyes showing worry. "She hasn't been here for a long time, and we're worried about her. We heard she was arrested, so we wanted to come and see what's going on."

The women hurried to interrupt their conversation.

"Little brother, stop talking now."

"This matter cannot be discussed. Don't cause trouble."

But one of the students didn't seem to worry about getting into trouble at all, he just lifted up his coat and sat down.

"I am Zhu Nian's classmate, and I don't believe at all that he would be such a person."

Another young man beside him nodded in agreement.

These students...The women looked at each other and remained silent.

After a while, he said, "Their home is right there. You watched them grow up. You can tell what kind of person they will be."

The Zhu family’s brother is being chased away! The women sighed.

"He's stupid, but honest."

"His mother passed away early, and all the family money was spent on medical treatment. If it weren't for Sister Sui's help, they wouldn't have been able to hear it."

"Speaking of which, Sister Sui is quite pitiful. She is the supporter of the family, and today she was chosen."

"Let's not talk about this. This is a good thing."

Once the women started talking, they couldn't hold back. The young men listened attentively and kept on talking for most of the day before they finally stopped.

"My dear, you are their classmate, and you know what kind of people they are. How could he become an assassin?" The woman said, pointing deeper. "How pitiful!"

"Do you want to go see their father?"

"No, Auntie, we're leaving now."

The two teenagers listened to the crying for half a day, and one of them shook his head and said, "Let's not go. Words of comfort will not have any effect."

"Yes, we need to go back now and think carefully about what to do."

The women nodded, "Yes, you are classmates, so help him."

"He's the only child in his family, and he doesn't have many relatives. If something happens to him, it will be the end of him."

The two young men bowed and said goodbye, but the women were a little excited.

"Reading is indeed useful. It is full of love and righteousness."

"It's better to study. I think there is hope for your son now."

The women began to sit in front of the door and do needlework, but what they didn't know was that there were still many people walking around the streets that day asking about some trivial matters in Zhu Nian's family.

"Zhu Nian often buys paper and inkstones from you. Do you buy on credit?"

"No, he's a very nice guy."

"Is it good for Zhu Si to work here?"

"Okay, okay, he's a very honest person."

"What about Zhu Sui? The bamboo baskets she weaves are of very good quality."

"Very good, she is an honest girl..."

It was a clear and crisp autumn day, and the streets were much busier than usual. Liu Ziheng was sitting alone in a wine shop, drinking boredly, when he suddenly saw two companions from the ancient flute club coming towards him. He waved and greeted them.

The two young men also saw him, smiled and waved.

Liu Ziheng pointed at the wine on the table and said, "We haven't seen each other for a long time. How about we sit down and have a drink together today?"

Because he was still young, he was always under strict supervision.

The two young men heard the voice, turned around and saw that it was Liu Ziheng. They hurried over to greet him.

"Brother Liu, if you are interested, we two will not go over. We have other things to do, so we will leave first!"

"Since you two are not studying, what else do you have to do?"

"The two young men laughed and said nothing more, it's just a small matter, a small matter."

Humph, it would be strange if nothing happened. The two of them were acting sneaky, and they kept lowering their heads to communicate while walking.

During lunch break, when the students were resting, Ye Muyang stretched his head to look at the two children guarding the door. They were chatting animatedly and were not even sleepy at all. He saw the opportunity, turned around and gestured to the back.

The seven or eight young men standing behind nodded when they saw the gesture. One of them was covering in front, putting his hand to his mouth to make a trumpet shape, and shouted loudly.

"Oh, there's another fight..."

Then the two children at the door immediately jumped up and said, "These dishonest students didn't take a rest at noon and got up to make trouble again."

The two of them ran out of the door room angrily and looked around, and sure enough, they saw a few students arguing and pushing each other in the distance.

"What's wrong with you? You are so disrespectful. You just fight all day long. You are not allowed to fight. Students should behave like students."

"It's none of my business. They beat me first. He was the one who started it first."

"It's obviously you, and you're still cheating!"

The students were still talking and making a big fuss, and the little boy who tried to stop the fight was also dragged into it.

"You're taking sides."

"It's obviously biased,"

Taking advantage of the melee, Ye Muyang and a few of his friends ran to the back mountain, and on the way they almost bumped into an old man who was sleeping at the foot of the mountain.

"Ouch, my old waist, you little kids..."

He was still shouting loudly when a money bag was thrown at him and the old man immediately stopped shouting.

"Don't make noise, I'll give you the money." Ye Muyang looked around while speaking.

Zhixing was so happy that he weighed the money bag. "Haha, this is a good deal, but these students are really not good. It's obvious that they are not good students. I still teach them better."

Ye Muyang and his companions came into the thatched cottage, while Xiao Taohong was standing outside picking up stones.

"Xiao Taohong, please keep an eye on it for us."

"I know." Xiao Taohong responded crisply.

Ye Muyang closed the door, and several people in the room breathed a sigh of relief, smiling excitedly, "We've found out, we've found out almost everything." But the reality is so real, so pitiful, and so hateful!

When the other young men heard this, they smiled and nodded in agreement.

"The Zhu Nian family is so pitiful, and those people are so hateful."

During these days, Ye Muyang and others went to investigate Zhu Nian's affairs in person. They have become very familiar with this boy from a poor family, and they have a certain understanding of him in their hearts.

"What should we do for him?" Ye Muyang said.

"We'll talk about this later. The most important thing now is to let everyone know what kind of people Zhu Nian's family is. After knowing this, everyone will no longer think that he is an assassin."

"Now the academy has returned to normal. We'll talk about the details later."

Zhu Nian was not an assassin, so how could he implicate other students? Everyone felt much more relieved after understanding this.

Ye Muyang and the others nodded to show that they understood. "Okay, I'll tell everyone then."

Liang Jingtian sat in the government office, enjoying a rare moment of cool breeze. Liao Chengyi and Zhang Zhe had acted arbitrarily since they came, causing officials from all levels of Mo City to look down on them, which was really annoying, but on the other hand, it also showed that their officials had a lot more free time.

The official from the government office came to report, "Professor Lu from the government school wants to see you."

When Liang Jingtian heard this, he immediately sat up straight and asked, "Fuxue, are you here alone?"

The clerk said, "Yes." He was even a little confused as to why he asked this.

Liang Jingtian said "oh" and brushed his sleeves, "I thought it was Mr. Zichun who came too! Otherwise I would have to change into my official robes. I heard that scholars pay the most attention to etiquette."

So that's how it is. The official smiled and said, "No, he is the only one here. Should he come in?"

Liang Jingtian raised his hand and said, "Then please come in."

After Mr. Lu was invited in, he looked a little uneasy. He bowed and said, "Mr. Zichun asked me to ask about the students of Qinghe College who were arrested as the suspects of assassinating Lord Lu."

Hearing Mr. Zichun, Liang Jingtian looked as if it was indeed related to him, but after listening, he frowned and said, "I have heard a little about this, and it is indeed related to him..." After listening, he said, "This student is a Mengtong, and he was indeed found near the Yi Garden where Lord Lu assassinated him."

Mr. Lu quickly said, "What is going on? Those officials in the capital are looking for a scapegoat.

"What does Lord Liang mean?"

Lord Lu said, "So what is going on? What are the officials in the capital going to do? Mr. Zichun means that this student's problem should not be serious. Your Excellency, please take a look..."

Liang Jingtian was a little unhappy. "Whether the problem is serious or not is not for me to judge by our government, nor is it for the academy to say. Now... let's put it this way. Mr. Zhang who came to the capital said that the murderer is still on the run outside."

Mr. Lu was very surprised. "How is that possible? Didn't he die on the spot?"

Liang Jingtian sighed and said, "They didn't. The one who died was not the real murderer."

"Oh, no wonder they are investigating again. They said they have started with the women who were selected at the beginning, so the students in the academy are a little panicked. Almost no one has come to class in the past few days."

Liang Jingtian said, "Yes, so don't worry. If the student is really fine, he won't be wrongly accused even if they investigate further. Go back and tell Mr. Zichun not to ask about this matter. Don't let the students in the academy be involved. Then it may not be just a matter of one student."

Mr. Lu said "yes" seriously, then turned around and left in a hurry.