The imperial envoy quickly investigated the matter, found evidence, and reported it to the emperor.

When the emperor received the letter, he smashed the table on the spot and it was said that he injured his hand. Even the empress dowager was alarmed.

This is really terrible.

Liu Yi, the prefect of Wuzhou, had studied at the academy, and many people had seen him and naturally knew what he looked like. But the person who replaced him now bore no resemblance to Liu Yi himself.

The impostor was originally a petty thief who made a living by stealing. One day, he accidentally ran into a drunk rich young man who was lying on the ground alone with some wounds on his body, as if he was cut by grass.

The rich young man was Zhuang Lu.

He noticed that Zhuang Lu's clothes were made of fine material, suggesting he must be from a good family. Thinking he could profit from his life-saving kindness, he took him home.

When he woke up the next day, although Zhuang Lu did not give any benefits, he still remembered the thief.

Then one day, Zhuang Lu's father received news: the prefect of Wuzhou had fallen ill on his way to take up his post and had died. Wuzhou had requested a new prefect be transferred.

This news happened to be received first by Zhuang Lu's father. No one else knew about it, so he subconsciously concealed the news.

When Zhuang Lu learned about this, he summoned the thief and sent him to Wuzhou, disguised as the prefect. To help him gain power, the thief brought not only his followers but also a group of guards sent by the Zhuang family.

From then on, the little thief became the local emperor of Wuzhou, stirring up trouble and causing chaos, and it can be said that he had the power to control everything.

The Cui family and the Zhuang family had already been at odds, and just then the Cui family was sentenced to exile, and the place of exile just happened to be Wuzhou. The Zhuang family was simply overjoyed, and immediately sent a letter to the imposter, asking him to find a way to get rid of the Cui family...

This is how things are happening now.

When the news reached the capital, the court officials were in an uproar. The emperor was furious and immediately dismissed Zhuang's father from his official position. He then conducted a thorough investigation of officials in all regions to prevent the occurrence of unidentified people replacing officials. Even the lower-level officials were investigated.

Who knew I would find quite a few.

This vigorous inventory campaign lasted for nearly a whole year before it ended.

Of course, this is all in the past.

The Cui family was very happy at this time. This disaster turned out to be a blessing in disguise for them. Perhaps out of guilt, the emperor asked the imperial envoy to take good care of them.

The imperial envoy asked them what their requests were.

Cui Da thought for a long time, but couldn't think of anything he needed, so he said, "Sir, can we discuss this and come back to you later?"

"You take your time to think about it, but the new prefect is already on his way here, and I will leave by then." The imperial envoy instructed.

The Cui family thanked the imperial envoy and returned to Beizhen.

*

Lu Yunxi looked at the large table of delicious food and felt helpless.

She and Shen San originally wanted to say goodbye to the Cui family, but they warmly asked them to stay and play here for a few more days.

Having experienced so many things together in the past few days, even the shy Mrs. Cui San was eager for her to stay.

She gritted her teeth and finally decided to stay for two more days.

Who knew I'd see such a sumptuous dinner upon arriving? Could it be that they'd ordered such a meal from the Imperial Envoy?

"Eat quickly, Miss Lu, Mr. Chen." The Cui family members greeted them eagerly.

After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, it was soon night and everyone went to bed.

Lu Yunxi and Shen San said they were going out to look for something, and regardless of their attempts to keep them, they left the house. After all, the Cui family's house here was very small, and the men had to squeeze into one room and the women into another.

If the two of them stayed, it would be quite inconvenient for the Cui family who had just survived the disaster and needed to have some intimate conversations.

The master and disciple simply walked away, found a big rock and fell asleep.

The next day, Lu Yunxi and Shen San thought that the Cui family had been working for too long and should sleep for a long time today, so they waited for a while longer, made some breakfast outside, and then went to the Cui family.

But when I walked in, I saw a family with sad faces, and the atmosphere seemed very depressed.

Lu Yunxi and Shen San were stunned.

Logically speaking, they had just been released from prison, and they had not committed any crime, they were just wrongly accused. This should be a very happy thing, but how could it be... Lu Yunxi glanced around the room, and his eyes suddenly paused.

Although the house was simple, it was kept very tidy by the Cui family. But today it was in a mess as if it had been robbed.

"What happened?" She looked away and asked casually.

Shen San's eyes swept across the room without saying a word.

Both of them discovered that except for large items such as tables and chairs, everything else in the room was gone, even the benches.

The two could only stand and be questioned.

Cui Da forgot about it for a moment, and just forced a smile and said, "Sit down!"

But when I looked down, I found that there was not even a bench here. The few chairs were already occupied, and it was not enough.

He was a little embarrassed for a moment, touched his nose, and didn't know what to do.

It was the ladies sitting on the chairs who reacted quickly. They stood up and gave their seats to Master and Apprentice Lu Yunxi.

After serving them tea, Cui Dacai told them what happened last night.

"We just went to bed not long ago, we are still half asleep..."

Last night, Cui Da and his friends suddenly heard a loud knock on the door.

The Cui family members who had just been released from prison were suddenly shocked and felt unwell.

Before, when the door was knocked, it meant imprisonment. Now, opening the door... everyone had a psychological trauma. After struggling for a long time, Cui Dacai took a deep breath and opened the door.

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