"Pavilion Master Liu, why are there so many soldiers and officers in Qingyang County recently?"
Lu Fan was bored so he asked.
"To be honest, Mr. Lu, those officers and soldiers were sent from Yunzhou." Liu Ruyan said.
"Oh, so that's how it is. Fortunately, these officers and soldiers drove away the bandits. Otherwise, Qingyang Town would be in such a mess because of those bastards." Lu Fan sighed.
"No, Mr. Lu, you are wrong!"
Liu Ruyan suddenly said.
"What's wrong?" Lu Fan was curious.
Liu Ruyan first looked around cautiously, then approached Lu Fan and whispered, "Mr. Lu, you don't know that these Yunzhou soldiers are not here to eliminate bandits."
Forehead?
"If it's not to suppress bandits, then why?"
"As far as I know, it's to capture a fugitive princess!"
"Princess?"
As soon as these words came out, Lu Fan instantly thought of the wanted poster held by the officers and soldiers at the gate of Qingyang Town.
"That's right! I heard something terrible happened in the imperial capital. His Highness (Prince of Yan), once hailed as the guardian of the Daqing Dynasty, was suddenly accused of treason and his entire family was killed. Not only that, but all the advisors and soldiers who once followed Prince Yan were also implicated!"
"As far as we know, the entire imperial court has already executed nearly ten thousand people!"
"Besides that, the imperial court is still hunting down the daughter of the King of Yan."
Hearing this.
Lu Fan was completely shocked.
No wonder the entire Qingyang County is strictly guarded by officers and soldiers.
No wonder the officers and soldiers interrogated everyone.
It turned out that they were tracking down the escaped princess.
"Is this King Yan good or bad? Why did he implicate so many people?" Lu Fan asked curiously.
Liu Ruyan said, "I only know that our Prince of Yan was once hailed as a pillar of Daqing, and he dedicated his entire life to the military, achieving countless military exploits for Daqing!"
"So, the King of Yan is a good guy! Why did he bring about a fatal disaster? And why did he implicate so many people at once?" Lu Fan asked again.
"It's okay to tell Master Lu that all of this was actually the idea of the Emperor of our Daqing Dynasty!"
"Old Emperor?"
"Exactly! Do you know the rumor that was circulating wildly in the imperial capital a while ago? They said that the reason the Prince of Yan and his entire family were slaughtered was because their daughter was the true goddess of the Daqing Dynasty and possessed the true dragon's luck. It was precisely because of this that the old emperor was afraid, so he wanted to massacre the Prince of Yan and his family."
Hearing this, Lu Fan touched his chin.
Although he didn't know whether the daughter of King Yan really possessed the true dragon's destiny...
But when you think about it, the old emperor actually massacred tens of thousands of people just because of a rumor... and even executed the entire family of Daqing Guozhu. Isn't this too petty?
But Lu Fan just listened and let it go.
After all, these royal affairs are too far away from him, an ordinary citizen.
Shaking his head, Lu Fan didn't ask any more questions.
"By the way, Pavilion Master Liu, have you seen the Sima siblings recently? I haven't seen them for a long time!" Lu Fan suddenly thought of the Sima Hong siblings.
In Lu Fan's impression, the Sima siblings have always been pretty good.
Especially the beautiful Sima Hong.
Although the young man looked nonchalant, he was very nice to Lu Fan.
When Liu Ruyan heard Lu Fan suddenly ask about the Sima siblings, her expression suddenly changed.
Lu Fan noticed Liu Ruyan's expression and asked curiously, "Pavilion Master Liu, what happened?"
"Master Lu, don't you know that the Sima family has been confiscated?"
ah?
When Lu Fan heard that the Sima family's property was ransacked, he cried out.
"Why was the Sima family raided for no reason?" Lu Fan asked quickly.
"It was precisely because of the Prince of Yan case in Kyoto that the Sima family was implicated in the confiscation of their property."
What?
"The Prince of Yan case?"
"Yes! Master Lu, you don't know that the father of the Sima siblings is the Minister of Culture of Daqing. He has long been a follower of Prince Yan. This time, the Sima family has been implicated in the Prince Yan case!"
Hearing Liu Ruyan say this, Lu Fan was completely shocked.
He didn't expect that the Sima family would be involved in the Prince of Yan case.
Now that he heard that the Sima family had been raided, Lu Fan quickly asked, "What about Sima Hong and his brother?"
"I only know that the entire Sima family was beheaded at Caishikou yesterday. As for Sima Hong's siblings, I didn't see them."
As soon as these words were spoken, Lu Fan's face suddenly turned ugly.
Finished!
The entire Sima family was beheaded.
Then... wouldn't the Sima siblings also be dead?
Thinking that he had not seen the brother and sister for only a month and now they were dead, Lu Fan felt lonely.
"Mr. Lu, are you worried about the Sima siblings?" Liu Ruyan couldn't help but ask when she saw Lu Fan's lonely expression.
Lu Fan sighed and said, "I had a good relationship with Sima Hong, but I didn't expect...he would be gone so soon!"
"Mr. Lu, there is no need to do this! Because when I beheaded them in the vegetable market yesterday, I did not see the bodies of the Sima siblings!" Liu Ruyan said.
"You mean, there's a high possibility that the siblings are not dead?" Lu Fan quickly looked up.
"Exactly! You know, a total of sixty-three people from the Sima family were beheaded yesterday. If the Sima siblings were really beheaded, their bodies would definitely be among the crowd. But now there's no trace of the Sima siblings among the pile of corpses, so I guess they're still alive."
Listening to Liu Ruyan's analysis, Lu Fan also felt that it made sense.
"But, since the siblings are still alive, where will they be taken?"
Liu Ruyan said, "If they are still alive, they will definitely be taken to the Yan family's territory!"
"Yan family?"
Hearing this surname, Lu Fan's face suddenly turned cold.
Because Lu Fan had met Yan Tong, the young master of the Yan family before, and he knew that Yan Tong was an insidious villain.
Last time, this Yan Tong sent people to assassinate the Sima siblings, but he just happened to run into them.
Now that he heard that the Sima siblings were very likely to be taken away by the Yan family, Lu Fan immediately asked, "Why do you say that the Yan family would take the Sima siblings away?"
"First, the Yan family and the Sima family have always had a feud!"
"Secondly, the Yan family's young master, Yan Tong, has long had his eyes on Sima Lan and wants to take her for himself! Now that the Sima family has been raided, if I were Yan Tong, I would definitely take this opportunity to take Sima Lan in!"
Hearing Liu Ruyan say this, Lu Fan's face gradually became gloomy.
Although, he didn't have much friendship with Sima Lan.
But when he heard that Yan Tong was going to harm Sima Lan and humiliate her, a murderous fire inexplicably rose in Lu Fan's heart.