Chapter 78 Father Lu gets promoted
Although Xu Qiuyue was not responsible for investigating the case, she knew that there was something strange about it.

Because the murderer's strength did not match the strength of the person who murdered Xu Chunhua and the maid in the princess's mansion.

First of all, the face-changing failed.

And you also need to change your face in a specific venue.

However, the first scene of Xu Chunhua's death was the Buddhist temple. After all, it was the residence of Princess Nanyang and was heavily guarded. But the face-changing was done silently. Although the maid was dead, outsiders could not see anything unusual and almost thought it was Xu Chunhua herself. The face-changing was considered a success.

The most important thing is that the people from the county government searched almost thoroughly inside and outside the house.

The county magistrate of Meihua County took the lead in guarding near the princess's mansion.

But still no clues were obtained.

From this, it can be basically inferred that the remnants of the Rakshasa Sect in Taohua Town can be divided into two groups.

However, Lu Yuan did not tell Xu Qiuyue much about the inside story of the matter.

After telling Xu Qiuyue a few times about the process of his arrest, Lu Yuan seemed to be particularly proud when he talked about it.

After all, he captured the Rakshasa sect members with his own hands. How could he not be proud?

As for what happened later, perhaps because Mr. Lu was worried about Lu Yuan's safety, he did not let Lu Yuan get involved.

But the case was hastily closed.
And the affairs of the Rakshasa sect seemed to have ended in such an anticlimactic way.

According to Lu Yuan, the man he and his father arrested was the murderer of the second homicide.

As for Xu Chunhua, the prince personally gave the order and asked the magistrate of Meihua County to execute the members of the Rakshasa Sect. The case of Xu Chunhua was also attributed to the members of the Rakshasa Sect.

Father Lu originally wanted to find out the truth, but the prince's envoy said that this case had a great impact, and in order to avoid panic among the people, they could only continue to investigate privately. Anyway, they were all members of the Rakshasa Sect, and they would be killed without mercy if they were caught, so this case would be closed first.

Xuan Jiuqing also brought Princess Nanyang back to the capital.

But Xu Qiuyue knew that Xuan Jiuqing was absolutely unwilling to return to Beijing.

According to Lu Yuan, the prince's men seemed to have taken out the secret decree from Emperor Sheng to force Xuan Jiuqing to go back.

The whereabouts of Xu Chunhua has never been found.

Even the body was never found.

Xu Qiuyue is reviewing this matter.

She felt that the people from the Rakshasa Cult were indeed in Taohua Town.

But the members of the Rakshasa sect may not all be together.

Some of them specialize in hunting civilians and practicing face-changing techniques.

There is another group of people who want to uncover the truth about Xu Chunhua's face.

What he did was just to warn Xuan Jiuqing and tell him that he could take his life at any time.

He killed Xu Chunhua and left before Taohua Town could impose martial law.

Therefore, even if they blocked the area later, they couldn’t catch him.

Xuan Jiuqing and Princess Nanyang had been waiting there for so long in vain.

Xu Qiuyue kidnapped Princess Nanyang, forcing Xuan Jiuqing and Princess Nanyang to mobilize their own forces to search for the remaining Rakshasa followers.

Now that the remaining people have been found, Xuan Jiuqing has probably also realized that there is no way to capture the remaining Rakshasa followers if they continue to stay.

Or maybe Xuan Jiuqing found enough evidence and wanted to go back.

However, Xu Qiuyue was still somewhat happy in her heart.

At least, the number of young girls who died tragically at the hands of the Rakshasa Cult in Taohua County was much less than in the previous life.

If Emperor Sheng was still young, these evil cults would never have the chance to act so rampantly and harm people.

However, Xu Qiuyue knew that the days ahead for this Sheng Dynasty would become increasingly chaotic.

When Emperor Sheng was young, he worked hard to govern the country and was a very wise emperor, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.

But when Emperor Sheng grew old, he spared no effort to achieve immortality.

He also loves pleasure extremely and leads a luxurious life.

Xu Qiuyue had seen Emperor Sheng many times in her previous life. Emperor Sheng was old and looked incompetent, but his mind was very clear and shrewd, so it was difficult to plot against him.

When she died in her previous life, Lu Yuan was still alive and well, and was living a good life.

She needn't worry so much.

In his previous life, Lu Yuan also entered the officialdom, but that was after his father died.

There were changes in this life. Lu Yuan planned to enter the officialdom ahead of time and studied hard at home every day.

When Mr. Lu saw this scene, he was very happy.

The waterwheel has been completed recently and is used first in Xujia Village. The effect is good. It saves a lot of manpower for irrigation, and the people no longer have to rely on the weather for their food.

In fact, water wheels had existed in the Sheng Dynasty a long time ago, but the previous water wheels were not so convenient.

But soon, the imperial edict for promotion came down.

Because of his contribution in presenting the waterwheel and capturing the Rakshasa sect, Lu's father was transferred to Yangzhou.

Mother Lu followed father Lu to Yangzhou to take up the post. Yangzhou was a famous wealthy place.

The position of Yangzhou prefect is of utmost importance.

The prefect is a fourth-rank official, which is not considered a very high position in the capital, but in Yangzhou, he is basically the local emperor of Yangzhou.

Yangzhou is a particularly wealthy place, which is higher than the official position of a third-rank official in the capital.

Moreover, Father Lu was a minor official of the ninth rank before, but now he has been promoted five levels.

This is enough to prove that His Majesty values ​​Father Lu.

In fact, Lu's father's previous official position was not low.

It was just that when Emperor Sheng was going to hold a beauty pageant ten years ago, Lu's father made a report, saying that Emperor Sheng was already old and there was no need to hold a beauty pageant, as it would hinder the future of those young women.

So he was driven directly from the capital to Taohua Town by Emperor Sheng to serve as a county magistrate, becoming a minor official.

Now, he finally got promoted again.

Mother Lu was very happy.

And his son was finally willing to take the imperial examination.

Not all officials are poor.

The Lu family is poor, and Lu's father wants to do more good for Lu Yuan.

Xu Qiuyue and Lu Yuan continued to stay in Taohua Town because it was close to the capital.

Lu's mother gave Xu Qiuyue a set of deeds and keys to a courtyard in Beijing.

It is said that Lu Yuan will go to Beijing to take part in the imperial examination.

At that time, I will live in Beijing with Lu Yuan.

This exam will take a long time.

Lu Yuan's mother was worried because Xu Qiuyue was not with him.

She was worried that Lu Yuan would be dazzled by the prosperity of the capital and lose his original intention.

Xu Qiuyue is smart and is towards Lu Yuan.

For Lu Yuan, he even went so far as to offend Lu's father and even invited the magistrate from another county to come.

Although Mother Lu was unhappy, she felt that this might be because Xu Qiuyue loved Lu Yuan so much.

Thinking of this, she forgave Xu Qiuyue.

After all, Lu Yuan has always loved cleanliness since he was a child. No matter what, she doesn't want Lu Yuan to suffer in a cell. Eating, drinking, defecating, urinating and sleeping in a small cell must be so dirty!
When Mother Lu left, she took away a lot of things, almost emptying the Lu Mansion.

Xu Qiuyue and Lu Yuan accompanied her until they were ten kilometers outside the city before returning together.

Lu Yuan was very happy that his father was gone and no one was taking care of him anymore.

But when he thought that Father Lu was gone and he still had to study hard, he became unhappy again.

(End of this chapter)