"Fifth brother, what happened to you?" Cui Wenshuo lay on Cui Wendong's body, his face full of grief. After a moment, he roared at the onlookers, "Who killed my fifth brother?"

Everyone was shocked by Cui Wenshuo's angry look and changed their expression, and hurriedly made way subconsciously.

An Jingzhong, who was panic-stricken, covered in blood and as pale as paper, became more and more conspicuous.

"Did you kill my fifth brother?" Cui Wenshuo strode forward, grabbed An Jingzhong's collar with an angry look on his face, and threw him to the ground.

Then he shouted, "Come here, arrest the culprit!"

An Jingzhong, who was in great pain, came to his senses at this time and hurriedly got up, "How dare you! I am the commander of the Shenwu Army, and my father is the commander of the wing, An Leiting. You have no evidence, so you can't arrest people at will!"

"He's actually a boy from the An family?" Cui Wenshuo said with disdain, "So what? No matter what his family background is, he must be convicted according to the law!"

"The emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people, let alone you, a mere Master An?" Cui Wenshuo said in a very angry tone, "If the prefect of Changzhou City does not dare to try this case because he is afraid of the An family, then I will bring this case to the emperor and ask the current emperor how to deal with the son of my Cui family who was killed by the Master An family!"

A son of the Cui family?

The color that had just returned to An Jingzhong's face disappeared again, and the fear in his eyes became even stronger.

The dead one is the fifth son of Cui family, Cui Wendong?
Although he was just a bastard's son, the Cui family would never let it go if a son of the Cui family was killed.

Then his fate...

An Jingzhong couldn't help but shiver.

It was not until Cui Wenshuo's men pinned him down and prepared to tie him up that An Jingzhong shouted loudly, "Quick, go to the military camp and tell my father to come and rescue me. There will be a reward, a big reward..."

An Jingzhong continued shouting, and someone was annoyed by his noise, so they grabbed a piece of cloth, blocked his mouth, and then dragged An Jingzhong to another place.

"The murderer is still so arrogant, it's really hateful!" Cui Wenshuo said angrily, and then looked towards the room with a sad face, "Fifth brother, don't worry, I will definitely avenge you, bring the murderer to justice, and let him receive the punishment he deserves!"

The onlookers began to discuss among themselves in whispers.

There was a murder case in Cuiyan Tower.

The person who was killed was actually the fifth son of the Cui family.

The murderer turned out to be An Jingzhong, the son of An Leiting, the commander of the garrison...

"I really didn't expect that!"

Everyone sighed with emotion and found it a little unbelievable.

After all, people go to Cuiyan Tower to have fun, so why would they go there to kill people for no reason?
When there are questions, there will naturally be speculations.

Some people say that it was because An Jingzhong and Cui Wendong were arguing over Rou Niangzi in Cui Yan Tower, and an argument broke out, so An Jingzhong drew his sword and killed the man in anger.

Others said that it was because An Jingzhong looked down on others and could not stand Cui Wendong's arrogance and wanted to intimidate him, but Cui Wendong did not give in. As a result, the two fought fiercely and An Jingzhong accidentally killed Cui Wendong.

Some people even said that An Jingzhong was very bloodthirsty and had taken countless lives. Killing was a common thing for him. It was just that Cui Wendong was unlucky and met him, and thus lost his life.

There are many speculations, different opinions and endless discussions.

The news that An Jingzhong killed Cui Wendong of the Cui family spread throughout Changzhou Prefecture the next day, and even spread to the military camp. When An Leiting learned about this, he was extremely surprised, "How could this be? Zhong'er was fine, why did he go to Cuiyan Tower to drink, and where are his attendants, why didn't they follow him properly?"

"When I found Attendant Jingzhong, he was in the prison of the government office in Changzhou Prefecture." Zhuo Dingsheng frowned and said, "It is said that after the young master sat down in the private room of Cuiyan Tower, he was sent downstairs. He did not dare to neglect it and only found a place where he could see the young master's room. He did not dare to drink alcohol and only dared to drink tea to refresh himself all night."

"As a result, he drank too much tea and bumped into someone when he went to the toilet. The man was drunk and dropped his money bag somewhere. He said it was stolen by Jingzhong's servant. The two quarreled and Cuiyanlou was afraid that something had happened, so they asked the yamen runners to come."

"The guards didn't listen to their explanations at all. They took the two men to the prison in the government office on the grounds that they were causing trouble without reason, and told them to sober up. Therefore, the attendant didn't know anything that happened afterwards."

Lu Qiyan followed up, "I have already privately asked the people at Cuiyan Tower, and they said that the young master has been drinking since he arrived at Cuiyan Tower, and he got drunk and kept clamoring for Madam Rou from Cuiyan Tower to accompany him."

"The steward of Cuiyan Tower, Lady Bai, tried to persuade him repeatedly, but he still couldn't keep quiet. This annoyed Master Cui Wu in the private room next door, so he had an argument with him."

"Young Master was already very drunk, and Young Master Cui Wu was also spoiled and what he said was not very pleasant to the ear, so Young Master..."

"Prefect Zhang at the government office has taken over the case. He has interrogated the young master and questioned all the people involved. He will probably be convicted soon."

conviction……

The laws of the Great Zhou Kingdom are strict, and killing someone must be punished with death.

If the other party had no status, he could probably have met with the prefect Zhang and made some arrangements, and perhaps he could have turned the matter into one in which the other party had provoked him and taken the first action, and An Jingzhong had only been defending himself and had failed.

In this way, although An Jingzhong would still be punished by law, he could at least save his life and the reputation of the An family.

But the one who died now was the fifth son of the Cui family, and Prefect Zhang would certainly not dare to be negligent in the slightest.

The Cui family will also put pressure on this matter for the sake of their reputation and make the charges more serious.

An Jingzhong, I’m afraid his life is in danger!

An Leiting's brows were furrowed and his expression was extremely gloomy.

He has only this one legitimate son who is worth mentioning, and now he is going to lose him?

An Leiting was so annoyed that he pushed all the teacups on the table next to him to the ground.

There was a crisp sound and a mess.

Zhuo Dingsheng and Lu Qiyan looked at each other and sighed.

This kind of thing...

"What do you think we should do now?" An Leiting asked loudly, and in between his words, he gasped for breath because of anger.

Zhuo Dingsheng's mind was in a mess at this time. He just lowered his head and remained silent.

Lu Qiyan thought for a moment and said, "It probably won't work with Prefect Zhang at the moment, and he doesn't dare to take on this matter. From what I see, we can try to talk to the Cui family."

"The Third Young Master of the Cui Family is in charge of this matter at this time. If we can persuade the Third Young Master Cui to stop pursuing this matter, or even to defend him, I think this matter can be suppressed quickly." (End of this chapter)