Seeing that Liu Wenjing was becoming increasingly abnormal, the jailer finally confirmed he wasn’t pretending and hurriedly shouted, “Quick, come over and open the cell door! Liu Wenjing’s condition is wrong!”

Hearing this, the jailer who was drinking quickly grabbed the keys and came over to open the door. By the time they entered, Liu Wenjing had already vomited white foam all over the ground, and only the whites of his eyes were visible.

The jailers frantically supported him, some pressing his philtrum, others pinching his tiger’s mouth. Just as they were busy working, Liu Wenjing suddenly stopped convulsing and became completely motionless.

His appearance startled the jailers, and for a moment they didn’t know what to do. One of them, bolder than the others, reached out to test Liu Wenjing’s nostrils, then withdrew his hand the next moment as if bitten by a snake, saying in a trembling voice, “He… he’s dead!”

The jailer supporting Liu Wenjing quickly pulled back his hands upon hearing this, letting the body fall to the ground. After a while, he said quietly, “Really… really dead?”

The previous jailer tested again and nodded, “He’s not breathing at all now. It seems he’s truly dead.”

The jailer said in panic, “He was fine just now. How did he die in the blink of an eye? I heard from the head jailer that this man is a serious criminal. This… what should we do?”

The previous jailer gritted his teeth, “What else can we do? We must quickly go tell the Regent. Let’s hope this doesn’t implicate us.”

After he left, another jailer put his palms together and murmured, “Heaven protect us. We brothers have done nothing wrong. Please don’t blame us for this.” Speaking thus, he looked down and saw Liu Wenjing’s wide-open eyes showing only the whites, which frightened him so much that he lost two of his three souls. He quickly walked out, not daring to stay in the cell any longer.

The time that followed felt as long as a year to him. Finally, he saw the jailer leading Li Shimin in. After the latter looked at the cell, he frowned and asked, “What happened here?”

The jailer quickly said, “This humble one doesn’t know either. Everything was fine before, then suddenly Liu Wenjing started screaming. This humble one was afraid something might happen, so I went in to check. By then he was already convulsing severely. Just as this humble one was pressing his philtrum, he suddenly stopped breathing.” Fearing Li Shimin’s blame, he hurriedly added, “This humble one went to help very promptly, but the situation developed too quickly. It was really too late!”

The jailer who had gone to fetch Li Shimin also quickly chimed in, “Second Young Master, please understand clearly that this truly has nothing to do with us humble ones.”

Li Shimin bent down to examine the body. Although Liu Wenjing’s body was still warm, he indeed had no breath. He frowned and said, “According to what you say, Liu Wenjing died suddenly?”

The jailer nodded repeatedly, “Exactly as Second Young Master said – sudden illness, sudden death.”

Li Shimin was silent for a moment, then said, “If that’s the case, carry Liu Wenjing out and find a place to bury him.”

The jailer was eager for the matter to end there and quickly lifted Liu Wenjing’s corpse, one in front and one behind. Just as they exited the cell door, they saw a group of people carrying lanterns walking toward them. When they came closer, they discovered that Wang Wei and another man were walking in front. The two looked hurried, and Gao Junya had even put on his shoes backwards.

Although the jailers didn’t understand why these two Deputy Regents would appear here, they didn’t forget the proper etiquette: “We humble ones pay our respects to the two Regent Lords.”

Ever since Liu Wenjing was imprisoned, Wang Wei had been secretly having his trusted subordinates monitor the prison to prevent Li Yuan from secretly rescuing Liu Wenjing. So as soon as the jailer went to report, Wang Wei and Gao Junya, who had just been preparing to go to bed, received the news and hurried over.

Wang Wei caught his breath and said, “What are you carrying, and where are you going?”

At this moment, Li Shimin also walked over. He naturally knew why they appeared here and bowed without showing any emotion: “Greetings to the two lords.”

Wang Wei feigned surprise, “Oh, Second Young Master is also here?”

Li Shimin lowered his eyes and said, “Yes. Father heard the jailer’s report that Liu Wenjing died suddenly and specifically ordered me to come and see.”

Gao Junya exclaimed, “What did you say? Liu Wenjing died suddenly? How is this possible?”

“Yes. When I heard about it, I also couldn’t believe it. But upon arriving here, I found that Liu Wenjing was indeed dead. I was just about to have them carry him down for burial when I unexpectedly encountered the two lords. What a coincidence.” While he was speaking, Wang Wei had already walked to the corpse that the jailers had set down due to paying respects. Seeing this, Li Shimin quickly said, “My lord, beware of bad luck.”

“No matter. I don’t believe in such things.” Saying this, Wang Wei crouched down and began examining carefully. He didn’t believe Liu Wenjing would really die – it must be a scheme Li Yuan had devised to rescue Liu Wenjing. Li Yuan, I’ve finally caught you!

Wang Wei’s lips curved in a cold smile, but when he touched Liu Wenjing’s neck, his smile immediately froze. There was no pulse at the neck! You must know that while breathing can be controlled, the pulse is completely uncontrollable. As long as a person is alive, it will definitely beat. But the Liu Wenjing before him…

Wang Wei didn’t believe it and reached out to touch again. The result was the same as before – no trace of any beating. This meant… Liu Wenjing was really dead? It wasn’t Li Yuan’s scheme?

Could there really be such a coincidence in the world? No, he didn’t believe it. There must be something wrong here!

“Brother Wang, he…” Before Gao Junya could finish speaking, Wang Wei had already stood up and said, “He is indeed dead.”

Gao Junya said with confusion all over his face, “I came to see Liu Wenjing yesterday and he was fine. Why did he suddenly die?”

Wang Wei was silent for a moment, then said to the two jailers, “Did anything unusual happen before Liu Wenjing died?”

The jailers looked at each other and shook their heads together, “Nothing unusual. He was the only one in the cell.” After a pause, one suddenly said, “Oh right, this humble one remembers something.”

Wang Wei’s spirits lifted and he quickly asked, “What is it?”

“Earlier today, someone came to visit Liu Wenjing.” As soon as the jailer finished speaking, Wang Wei urgently asked, “What kind of person was it?”

The jailer thought carefully and said, “He said he was Liu Wenjing’s clan brother and knew he was implicated in the Li Mi affair, so he came specifically to visit.”

Hearing this, Gao Junya looked at Wang Wei in confusion, “Has the news of Liu Wenjing’s imprisonment already spread to Jinyang?”

Wang Wei shook his head with a serious expression and said to the jailer, “What did that person look like?”

The jailer shook his head, “He wore black clothes and a hood, and kept coughing. We humble ones couldn’t see his face clearly!”

Before Wang Wei could speak, Li Shimin was already frowning, “You couldn’t even see the visitor’s appearance clearly, yet you let him in to visit a serious criminal?”

Wang Wei sneered, “Need I say more? They must have taken his bribes.” Speaking thus, he seemed to mutter to himself, “Could it be this person… who killed Liu Wenjing?”