Chapter 238 Dead End
"Don't the Imperial Army have one more day to arrive at Daming Mansion?"
Mrs. Liu asked Magistrate Liu: "Can't you think of any more ideas?"
Magistrate Liu said nothing.
Mrs. Liu continued: "It's true that Wang Yan is an angel, but he didn't bring the documents to the government office. No wonder we made a mistake. Why is the master a senior official of the fourth rank, and Wang Yan is only a few ranks? It's just because of Wang Xianggong. We just got the official position of imperial envoy, but they acted unreasonably and randomly, why can’t we still be allowed to defend ourselves?”
Liu Erniang had been panicking for a long time. She couldn't figure out why she suddenly said that Wang Yan had come to Daming Mansion and was here for her father when she was arresting Yang Xie just a moment ago.
Liu Shizhang stood beside him with an ugly face and did not dare to speak.
Assassinating angels is tantamount to treason.
When Feng Chuan led the troops to the weapons workshop, Wang Yan had a chamberlain beside him. Wang Yan also asked the chamberlain to return to the capital with evidence. If they had known this earlier, they would not have let people besiege Wang Yan. In the mountains.
Liu Shizhang's hands trembled slightly as he brought Feng Chuan to his father. He was the one who made up his mind to take the opportunity to attack He Tan. It was he who brought the Liu family into a place of no return.
Liu Shizhang thought of this and knelt down to Magistrate Liu: "Father, please hand over the child to the court. Everything was conspired by Feng Chuan and I."
"It was my idea that Hu Tongpan went to capture He Tan, and it had nothing to do with my father."
Madam Liu's face suddenly changed, but Liu Erniang's eyes lit up. She was afraid that her elder brother would see her, so she lowered her head and wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, pretending to be sad.
"How can that be done?" Mrs. Liu said, "You want to kill your mother!"
Liu Shizhang said: "It was my son's fault. I didn't expect that a trivial matter would lead to disaster."
Liu Erniang felt that what the eldest brother said was reasonable. If the eldest brother had not understood the situation, he would not have dragged the entire Liu family into trouble. The eldest brother still did not understand the situation and was manipulated.
If the eldest brother can explain it clearly, the Liu family will at least have a way to survive.
Whoever did it should bear the responsibility. Although she couldn't let go of her eldest brother, she... always had to take the overall situation into consideration.
Liu Shizhang continued: "The child is not afraid of anything. He will probably die. If the father is good, he can protect more people."
Mrs. Liu couldn't stop crying when her son said this, but she was a woman, and no one would believe her if she wanted to take the blame for the two men.
Liu Erniang wiped her mother's tears and sobbed quietly.
Magistrate Liu said coldly: "Even if you die, I can't get away with it. Not to mention me, even the general judge of Xingren Prefecture has been arrested."
The general magistrate of Xingren Mansion once informed the Liu family, so that Han Tong and others could be caught. Logically speaking, it is not a serious crime, but the imperial army did not hesitate to put people in jail. This is the determination of the officials.
Hearing what her father said, Liu Erniang was completely panicked: "Dad, is there really nothing we can do? Won't Privy Xie help?"
If Privy Council Xie could help, the Imperial Army would not have arrived so quickly.
Magistrate Liu said: "At this point, no one is of any use. The officials want to arrest us, and anyone who dares to persuade us will be implicated."
"It's all that Yang Xie family," Liu Erniang suddenly said, "If we could get rid of that Yang Xie family early, there would be no trouble with the clay oven later..."
As soon as Liu Erniang said this, her scalp went numb. Magistrate Liu's sharp eyes fell on her head: "If I knew you were like this, I should have married you out of the Liu family a few years ago."
Liu Erniang's face turned ugly immediately.
Upon seeing this, Liu Shizhang hurriedly spoke for his sister: "This matter has nothing to do with A-mei, it's all..."
"Just now you said you wanted to plead guilty, did she ever speak for you?" Magistrate Liu asked, "If it weren't for her, Wang Yan wouldn't have seized the opportunity so quickly? He's read so many books, just pretending, he's just a fool .”
Magistrate Liu had long figured out that Yang Xie belonged to Wang Yan, and He Tan and Wang Yan used that woman to stir up trouble in Daming Mansion.
If it were a man who ran a tabloid and competed with the Xie family for business, he would have been alert.
"Get out!" Magistrate Liu ordered calmly.
Mrs. Liu hesitated to speak. Liu Shizhang wanted to say something more, but Magistrate Liu lost his patience and his voice became much deeper: "Get out."
The two female relatives walked out. When Liu Shizhang turned around to close the study door, he suddenly said: "Father, why don't we go north?" There was an official in Daliang who defected to the Northern Qi Dynasty...
There was also a scholar in Daliang who failed to pass the examination and became an official in the Northern Qi Dynasty in anger.
The two countries know these things very well, and no one has ever exposed them.
Magistrate Liu said calmly: "Where do you think He Tan is?"
He Tan went to the north, and Hu Tongpuan led people to chase him, but there was no news. He Tan was probably caught.
If they go north, there will definitely be a large army waiting for them in front, and with the pursuers behind them, it is impossible for them to escape smoothly.
Wang Yan had already calculated this and blocked all the ways out.
Liu Shizhang stopped talking, turned around and walked out.
The study became quiet.
Magistrate Liu raised his eyes. In fact, the imperial army could come to Daming Mansion first and then to Xingren Mansion. The reason why they stayed in Xingren Mansion was to give him a chance to save face.
He made great military achievements for Daliang, but he didn't want to end up with a good result.
Magistrate Liu took out a brocade box from the secret compartment and slowly stroked the complicated patterns on the brocade box. After opening it, there was an inkstone inside, but when he took the inkstone out, there was a pill underneath.
Magistrate Liu put the pill into his mouth without hesitation. He had to die, otherwise not only would he lose face if he was caught and imprisoned, but also... they wouldn't let him go.
The imperial army did not enter Daming Mansion directly, giving him the last chance.
Who told him to know too much...
God is not as good as man. If it were later, even if Wang Yan found out something, he would still be able to escape.
Unfortunately... it can't be done now.
Magistrate Liu felt a pain in his abdomen. He gritted his teeth without making any sound. He dug at the handle of the chair with one hand, leaving scratches on it.
Blood trickled down the corner of his mouth.
At this moment, there was a noise at the door. It was Liu Shizhang who had left and returned. He was worried about his father, but he did not dare to come in rashly. He lingered at the door for a while and found that there was no movement in the house, so he opened the door again.
As a result, what we saw was Magistrate Liu's distorted face.
"Dad."
Liu Shizhang shouted and stepped forward, but it was too late. He saw Liu Zhifu's body twitching and his eyes wandering.
"Wait..."
Magistrate Liu said one last word, and then there was no more movement.
Liu Shizhang had no intention of thinking about what his father meant. Instead, he burst into tears. The dignified man committed suicide before the imperial army arrived at Daming Mansion.
On the table, there is still a confession note written by Magistrate Liu.
Feeling ashamed of being an official, the only option is death.
With Magistrate Liu's death, the Liu family lost all hope. Liu Shizhang couldn't hold back his tears because he lost his father and because the Liu family collapsed.
Hearing the noise, Mrs. Liu and Liu Erniang hurried in.
When she saw her father lying on the ground instead of her eldest brother, Liu Erniang's feet softened and she almost fell to the ground. After the accident in Daming Mansion, she was also worried and scared, but she always felt that with her father there, there was still room for improvement.
Now...she really felt that the sky was falling.