Ping Zhao Lu

Along with the scream, a young boy about eleven or twelve years old suddenly rushed out from the side of the sedan chair in panic.

Xu Zhouye and Chu Yunxiao, who were originally standing in the crowd, were startled at first when they heard the screams, but they quickly came to their senses. After looking at each other, they walked towards the scene without hesitation.

Most of the onlookers were frightened by this sudden change and stepped back.

At the same time, the group of dancers wearing various masks who were dancing also stopped and turned their heads to look in the direction of the accident.

Looking again, the group of people carrying the sedan chair suddenly stopped moving forward, and the whole scene fell into dead silence for a moment.

When the young man saw Xu Zhouye walking towards him quickly, he ran behind them and hid as if he had found a life-saving straw. He grabbed Xu Zhouye's sleeve tightly, his body shaking uncontrollably.

Seeing this, Xu Zhouye quickly bent down, gently raised his hand, and touched the boy's head soothingly. Then he asked in an extremely gentle tone: "Don't be afraid, tell me what you saw."

The young man gasped for breath and it took him a long time to calm down.

Then, he trembled and pointed a finger at the interior of the sedan chair, stumbling over his words, "I, I was curious, so I lifted the curtain to take a look. Who knows what's inside... the people inside... are dead... dead!"

When everyone heard this, they were shocked.

Especially the bearers who were carrying the bridal sedan were so frightened that they were in a panic and put the sedan heavily on the ground in a hurry.

After looking at each other, they stretched out their trembling hands and carefully lifted the bright red curtain.

As the door curtain was slowly lifted, a young man with a face as pale as paper came into view.

He wore a gorgeous hairpin crown on his head, and the attire that should have been festive now looked particularly strange.

Looking again, he saw a sharp dagger deeply stuck in the boy's chest, and blood was gushing out, soaking his originally bright red clothes.

The young man opened his eyes wide, as if he wanted to say something, but his body was already stiff and he couldn't move at all.

He just leaned lifelessly in the sedan chair.

The red veil that was originally covering her head had fallen to the ground in a mess, stained with shocking traces of blood.

This scene made everyone present gasp and sigh.

Even Xu Zhouye and Chu Yunxiao, who were usually calm and composed, could not help but stand there in a daze.

The young boy hiding behind Xu Zhouye was so frightened that he dared not look directly at the tragic scene in front of him. He took several steps back, covered his eyes tightly, and hid in the crowd like a frightened rabbit.

Xu Zhouye looked back worriedly, and breathed a sigh of relief when he found that the young man was protected by someone.

At the same time, a masked man standing nearby saw this and quickly took off the mask on his face.

He stared at the scene in the sedan chair in disbelief, and the horror in his eyes instantly turned into burning anger.

He demanded angrily, "What on earth is going on!" His voice was so loud that it echoed throughout the entire scene, as if it was going to break through the sky.

The accompanying sedan bearers and musicians also took off their masks, their faces filled with panic. They shook their heads repeatedly and remained silent.

"What bad luck..."

The people around began to talk in low voices.

"This really has become a ghost marriage."

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"Hurry, hurry and report to the police!" The man who took off his mask first was so angry that his face turned red.

He waved his arms in frustration, ordering his terrified men to report to the authorities immediately, while he kept shouting, "What terrible bad luck! Not only did this wonderful ceremony fail to complete smoothly, but a life was lost! What sin did our Lu family commit to deserve such misfortune?"

Seeing this chaotic scene, Xu Zhouye's expression instantly became solemn. He glanced deeply at Chu Yunxiao beside him and said in a low voice, "The person in this sedan looks familiar."

Chu Yunxiao nodded slightly in agreement, "Yeah, a little bit."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Zhouye was about to step forward to ask something, but at this moment, a sudden figure rushed over like a gust of wind and hit him hard.

"Get out of the way!" Following a roar, Xu Zhouye was caught off guard and staggered a few steps, almost falling to the ground.

Fortunately, Chu Yunxiao, who was standing by, was quick-witted and quickly reached out to support him, thus avoiding a disastrous fall.

After stabilizing his body, Chu Yunxiao's eyes suddenly became extremely cold, and he looked straight at the reckless man like a cold star.

The man was dressed as a servant, looking flustered and hurried. He didn't even bother to apologize to Xu Zhouye, whom he bumped into, and ran straight towards the sedan chair in front.

Then he fell to his knees in front of the sedan chair, covered his face with his hands, and burst into tears, wailing non-stop: "Ah... Second Young Master! It's really the Second Young Master!"

"Second Young Master, you died so tragically! What should I do in the future?" The servant cried heart-wrenchingly, as if he had lost the most important person in the world. It was very touching to hear it.

The man standing aside had an angry look on his face that looked even uglier now.

He suddenly rushed forward and pushed the servant hard, cursing, "What Second Young Master! Is your father blind? This is the mute slave my Lu family spent money to buy from the pawnbroker!"

The servant who had been pushed to the ground quickly got up and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeve. At the same time, he raised his head and shouted at the man, "How dare you! What a mute slave! This is the second young master of the Qin family, the governor of Shuozhou! You will not tolerate such slander!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the people around who were originally just watching the fun were suddenly in an uproar, and everyone was shocked.

After hearing this, Lawrence Lu was stunned for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses and said calmly, "You, you don't talk nonsense here! He is clearly a mute slave. I still have his indentures here!"

After saying that, he took out a contract from his arms.

The servant stamped his feet anxiously upon seeing this. "Impossible! My young master would never sell himself into slavery! No matter what you say, the person before me is absolutely my young master! I've followed him for many years and know him intimately. There's no way I could possibly recognize him wrongly! If you don't believe me, I'll go find my wife right now to identify him!"

Having said that, the servant did not dare to delay for a moment and ran to find someone.

At this time, people from the government also hurried over.

Zhao Fuyi walked forward cautiously and took a look.

When he saw who was in the sedan chair, he was so scared that he didn't know what to do.

“This, this…” Zhao Fuyi was so shocked that he was incoherent. He turned around and looked at Lawrence Lu, “Isn’t this the second son of the Shuozhou governor’s family? How dare you!”

When Lawrence Lu saw this, he felt as if he was struck by lightning.

He quickly fell to his knees. "No, no, it's unfair! I, I don't know what's going on, sir! My brother's body is still warm, and according to the customs of my place, before he's buried, I find someone with a similar horoscope and age to marry him off. I know that burying him alive is shameful, and I didn't want to ruin the children of a good family, so I went to a pawnbroker and bought a slave with a similar horoscope. Who would have thought it was the second son of the Qin family?"

After hearing this, Zhao Fuyi shook his head repeatedly, as if the sky had fallen, "Even if you have a grievance, you have to come with me."

Upon hearing this, Lawrence Lu collapsed instantly, and his whole body slumped to the ground like a deflated ball.

His face turned as pale as paper, beads of sweat rolled down his forehead, his eyes were empty and lifeless, and his face was full of sorrow.

Not long after, several burly yamen runners strode forward. They unceremoniously pulled Lu Wenxun up from the ground and dragged him away like a dead dog.

Along the way, Lawrence Lu had no power to resist and could only allow himself to be taken away from this place.

On the other side, Xu Zhouye stood in the crowd, watching everything happening before his eyes with an extremely complicated expression.

"The second son of the Qin family...this year's third place winner. No wonder he looks so familiar."

After saying this, he turned his head and cast his gaze towards Chu Yunxiao beside him, and asked tentatively: "Such a ridiculous thing actually happened under the feet of the emperor. Your Majesty, what do you think?"

Chu Yunxiao's face was gloomy. He took Xu Zhouye's hand and left the crowd. "Let's find an inn to talk."