Chapter 82 Family Reunion

Fu Yi had no choice but to agree and asked the Feng Shui master to choose a cemetery quickly.

Wang Kang felt relieved after seeing this. He was too tired to attend the ceremony after the journey and just ate and slept in the bedroom.

The night before the burial, the whole family guarded Fu Danjun's tomb.

Cui held on to her sick body while crying and burning paper, while Fu Xiaoshan sobbed silently.

Fu Yi and Jiang Zhi both told Fu Danjun that the ghost should go peacefully and not worry about home.

After an unknown amount of time, Jiang Zhi suddenly discovered a sound coming from the coffin.

It was already late at night and she was close to the coffin.

Hearing the clanging sounds from above the coffin, he dared not make a sound.

"My dear, do you hear any sound?"

Jiang Zhi approached Fu Yi and whispered quietly, "Go listen."

Fu Yi was shocked and wondered if her daughter's death was unjust, so she was making a fuss.

Then he listened closer and indeed there was a knocking sound: "Shan'er, come here!"

Fu Xiaoshan was summoned over, and then he heard the knocking sound: "My sister is not dead?"

He instantly perked up: "Sister is still alive!"

Fu Yi slapped him in the face anxiously: "Are you crazy?"

But he immediately whispered, "Keep your voice down so no one else can hear."

Seeing the three of them whispering, Cui wiped her tears and came over: "Father, mother, husband, you..."

Before she could finish her question, she saw the coffin lid shaking.

Fu Xiaoshan hurried over and opened the coffin.

Fu Danjun came out and said urgently, "Brother, hide me quickly and close the coffin. Quick!"

The family reacted quickly. Fu Xiaoshan immediately took off his coat to cover his sister's head and face, picked her up and ran straight to the backyard.

Fu Yi quickly covered the coffin and told his wife and daughter-in-law: "Cry, cry loudly and quickly."

At this moment, Fu Danjun was in the room in the backyard, drinking tea and eating steamed buns. "I'm pretending to be dead, so I can get rid of the emperor. Otherwise, he'll keep pestering me, and then I'll be free. Hurry up and put a scarecrow in the coffin. If you find out I'm faking my death, you'll kill my entire clan!"

Fu Xiaoshan and Fu Yi understood and didn't care about being happy: "Don't worry, we will take care of it."

Before leaving, Fu Xiaoshan smiled and said, "I told you, if you really died, why didn't Lan Fang come back with you?"

Fu Danjun thought of Lan Fang and was really worried about her.

Now I don’t know whether she is on her way back to Jiangnan, and whether she has done what I told her.

Home is warm and her wish has come true.

However, when she thought of Xie Changsheng, her heart ached.

Outside, Fu Xiaoshan made a scarecrow and put it in the coffin.

Then he ran to Wang Kang and said, "The Feng Shui master said that the auspicious time for burial is before sunrise tomorrow. I'm sorry that you have to get up early and work hard."

Wang Kang was just doing his job with Fu Danjun and was eager to get it over with as soon as possible.

So he said, "Very good, very good, after the burial I will return to report."

Sure enough, it was just dawn.

The scarecrow coffin was carried out of the house, and Cui and Jiang Zhi had been told the reason why Fu Danjun was not dead.

The two of them just hoped to get rid of Wang Kang as soon as possible so that the family could be reunited.

They deliberately made the funeral grand and made the servants in the house cry loudly.

Wang Kang watched with his own eyes as the coffin was placed, and then the grave was piled up and the tombstone was erected.

At noon, he ate delicious food and drank fine wine, then went out on his journey.

Fu Yi immediately ordered someone to lock the gate to the courtyard, and the whole family rushed to the backyard to reunite with Fu Danjun.

Everyone hugged each other and cried bitterly, and then rejoiced at the reunion of their families.

Fu Danjun said with a smile: "From now on, I will not go anywhere and will just stay at home, but I will have to remain anonymous for a while."

Cui said quickly, "That's easy. Just say you're my cousin from my mother's side and that you live here."

Jiang Zhi also said: "You have been away from Jiangnan for seven or eight years, and your appearance has changed a lot. If you go out, just wear a veil and change your hairstyle."

Fu Danjun happily hugged his mother and said, "Mom, from now on we will sleep together. I really miss you."

Jiang Zhi rubbed her daughter's back with tears in her eyes: "We won't be separated anymore, never again."

Two days later, a beggar knocked on the door and said, "Let your young master come out. I want to ask for food."

Fu Xiaoshan happened to pass by and recognized Lan Fang at a glance.

Lan Fang was not so poor that she had to beg for food, but she did it on purpose.

She went into the backyard and met Fu Danjun and the Fu family. She explained, "Young lady faked her own death, how could she let outsiders know? I also couldn't let outsiders recognize me when I came back, so I dressed up as a beggar."

The family looked at each other, then laughed and said in unison: "A strong general has no weak soldiers!"

Lan Fang also laughed, feeling very satisfied after a hearty meal. "Miss, we are finally home. We don't have to endure the Lu family's anger, nor do we have to go to the Northern Frontier, and we don't have to tangle with the tyrant..."

Before she could finish her words, she realized that Fu Danjun was staring blankly and thinking about something.

"Miss, you are not thinking about that tyrant, are you?"

Fu Danjun quickly laughed and said, "No, I'm thinking about Xu Yu."

Lan Fang heard a sigh: "The young lady faked her own death, and Miss Xu Yu cried miserably. The tyrant was also tortured half to death. I heard that he supervised the embankment during the day and lay in a daze at night, not eating a single bite for several days."

Fu Danjun listened to her nagging and quickly stopped her: "Enough, enough, these people have nothing to do with us anymore."

On the other side, Xie Changsheng was busy on the embankment.

Anyone who sees him feels sorry for him. He doesn't sleep at night and is busy all day.

When Wang Kang returned to report, the dam had been repaired.

To celebrate, people decorated the riverbank with lanterns and released them to pray for blessings.

Xie Changsheng sat on the embankment in a daze. When he heard Wang Kang say that Fu Danjun had been buried, he did not say a word.

Xu Yu came over with the soup as usual and urged him to eat: "I still say the same thing, you must take care of your health for the sake of the people."

Xie Changsheng frowned in surprise: "Is the dragon body not good now?"

Xu Yu forced a smile and said, "Okay! Of course!"

Xie Changsheng shouted angrily: "What are you talking about? Get out of here!"

Xu Yu didn't want to make him angry, so he said with a smile: "Eat your meal by yourself."

Then she stood up to leave.

Xie Changsheng took a bite of a bun and said calmly, "You can go anywhere."

Xu Yu stopped abruptly, suspecting she had misheard: "You said I..."

Xie Changsheng continued calmly, "You can go to Ningguta, but I suggest you wait at home. Unjust, false, and wrong cases will definitely be redressed when the time comes."

Xu Yu covered her face and cried: "Thank you for giving me back my freedom."

Xie Changsheng smiled bitterly: "From now on, whether you live or die has nothing to do with me."

When Xu Yu heard this, he suddenly felt empty inside.

He stayed in Luoyang waiting for his parents to come back, while Xie Changsheng was going back to the palace.

Is there any chance for us to meet again in this life?

Three days later, Xie Changsheng went to court in the government office.

He sentenced the original magistrate to death with a two-year reprieve and restored Xu's official position.

When Xu Changji returns in the future, he will still be the local official.

When the people learned about it, they took to the streets to tell each other.

Xu Yu was stuck in the crowd, crying as she followed them.

Xie Changsheng left Luoyang at night, and by the time the innkeeper found out, he had already set off.