It was already afternoon and it was getting dark soon. There was no one else in the Li family. Xie Wan Ning was worried about letting Chen Xier go back alone, so she left her at home.

He promised to accompany her to the yamen to ask about it the next day.

That night, the two sisters slept in the same bed, and Chen Xier woke up several times.

Xie Wan Ning patted her shoulder and comforted her, "It will be fine. It is said that the new governor of Bianzhou is an upright official. It is the autumn imperial examination, so he will review it personally and will not allow any unjust, false or wrongful cases to occur in his jurisdiction."

She could understand how helpless Chen Xier was.

She finally escaped from the Chen family and lived a stable and ordinary life. Her mother-in-law was kind, her husband was considerate, and she was pregnant. It was the happiest time of her life, but such a big thing happened.

If Li Wenhan is found guilty of murdering students, the Li family will be destroyed.

What about Chen Xier and the baby in her belly?
In this cannibalistic world, a widow with a child has a very hard life.

And how could the families of those scholars let her, an orphan and a widow, go?

Putting this into context, Xie Wan Ning couldn't help but sigh.

In fact, her Xie family was very prosperous, and there were many members of the side branches in the officialdom. Her second uncle was the chief academic officer of the Imperial College, and he had countless disciples. She knew of several officials of high ranks in this area of ​​the south.

Her third uncle was the prefect of Xuanzhou next door. If Xie Wan Ning was still the eldest daughter of the Xie family, she would only need to write a letter and her third uncle would naturally come forward to let people know that the Li family had a backer and would not dare to convict them at random.

But now she has changed her identity and can't think of any way to help.

All we have to do is wait until tomorrow when we go to the government office to find out the situation.

Neither sister slept well that night.

When she woke up the next day, Chen Xier had dark circles under her eyes and her face looked visibly haggard.

Xie Wan Ning forced her to have breakfast, and the two of them hurried out with some silver. On the other side, at the prefect's residence, Ji Chengfeng, dressed in casual clothes, stood outside the door, seemingly waiting for someone.

After a while, a carriage came from afar and stopped neatly.

A white, slender hand stretched out from behind the curtain, slowly opened the curtain, revealing the man sitting inside.

He was wearing a wide-collared azure blue brocade robe. His handsome face was cold and dull, and his lips were a little pale. He did not look very healthy.

Ji Chengfeng stepped forward and said, "Cousin, you must have been tired from the journey."

Xie Yanyu nodded lightly and got off the carriage.

It seemed that the two brothers did not have much time to chat and went straight into the mansion.

Xie Yanyu was personally appointed by the emperor to come to Bianzhou. As the chief examiner of this provincial examination, there is only one month left before the examination, so he came late.

But even the emperor couldn't say anything when something like this happened at home.

Ji Chengfeng, the temporary governor of Bianzhou, was forced to take on the task and had not been in Bianzhou for long.

Logically speaking, when the examiner arrived, Ji Chengfeng, the governor of a continent, should have arranged a welcoming banquet with the officials of Bianzhou, but they were cousins.

How could he not know what happened at his aunt's house? He also knew that Xie Yanyu had no intention of socializing.

Therefore, after Xie Yanyu was welcomed into the mansion, there was only a simple meal waiting for him.

The two brothers sat opposite each other, both silent.

Ever since Ji Chengfeng heard that the bright and charming girl was kidnapped a few years ago, he felt as if a huge rock was pressing down on his chest, and he never felt happy for a single day. (End of this chapter)