Chapter 147: Finished, I've Become the Scapegoat!_2

Seeing this, Gu Shanhai squeezed his way through the crowd and saw the other party lying on the ground with blood flowing from all seven orifices, no longer breathing. For a moment, the Yuzhu Pavilion descended into chaos.

Soldiers outside, hearing the commotion, streamed in and began to secure the scene. After a glance, Gu Shanhai then sat back down.

He feared that danger was looming.

He didn't know what had happened. Now with a mortal body, he naturally had no recollection of the recent event, but it looked like a high chance of poisoning.

The scene was quickly secured, with officials from the prefectural government and city authorities arriving. Normally, a death wouldn't cause such a commotion, but it had occurred in Yuzhu Pavilion, and the victim was a scholar about to sit the examination. This certainly alarmed the Crown Prince and even the Emperor.

A small issue had escalated into a major incident, and there was the suspicion of poison.