"Was Su Qingyu saved?"

Lu Ziqian nodded and handed Su Yujiao a cup of tea.

Su Yujiao didn't reach out to take it, and he didn't mind, drinking it himself.

"Fortunately, I arrived in time. When I got there, he was being chased by local officials."

"He was buried alive by those officials. We dug him out after we left. Fortunately, he was still alive and was saved."

"Now I've hidden it in a safe place."

"That's ruthless?"

"Who can argue with that? The officials in those small places are all incredibly ruthless."

"With the emperor far away, they each became local tyrants."

"A seventh-rank county magistrate can control everything with his own hands; he's much more powerful than the officials in the capital."

"Officials are everywhere in the capital, and everyone has a superior. Even the prime minister is overshadowed by the emperor."

Su Yujiao frowned: "Why would those officials kill people to silence them?"

This part of the plot is only mentioned briefly in the original book and is not described in detail.

Su Qingyu's appearance was solely for the Third Prince to obtain the list of corrupt officials.

Therefore, the author did not describe this plot device in great detail.

“Local officials dug up the Su family’s ancestral graves. Su Qingyu insisted on filing a lawsuit, which implicated him in a case of embezzlement of military rations, so he was silenced.”

Su Yujiao looked surprised: "Digging up ancestral graves?"

"For tomb raiding?"

"The Su family are wealthy merchants; their ancestors must have had quite a few burial goods, right?"

Lu Ziqian shook his head: "You probably won't believe it if I told you, it's for food."

"What exactly happened?"