This trip to Lingdong, no matter what, has finally come to an end.
Cutting off one of the Wei family's minions is enough to cause the Wei family pain for a while. At least for the next period of time, the Wei family will be more at ease.
Generally speaking, during Su Qian's stay in Lingdong County, the advantages outweighed the disadvantages.
Bringing down the Song family allowed Zhou Qi to use his fists and punches, and the relationship between the two parties was greatly improved.
With the support of the magistrates of Lingbei and Lingdong counties, Su Qi'an went to Sichuandu County with even more trump cards.
And the main purpose this time is to rescue Qin Ziyin's eldest brother, Qin Wu.
Fortunately, everything went well. Qin Wu naturally needs a strong body because he has been working as a escort all year round.
After being tortured by the Yelang Mountain bandits for so long, when he was found, he was covered in injuries, but his physical condition was still good.
If it were an ordinary person, he would probably die in Yelang Mountain.
After Qin Wu was rescued, he was placed in the Lingdong County Government Office to recuperate. Except for Su Qi'an and Zhou Qi, no one else, not even Tie Niu or Shui Sheng, knew where Qin Wu was recuperating.
Because there was no one to disturb him, Qin Wu recovered quickly. Even after he recovered, he had no intention of showing up. He had been waiting in the county office for the end of Su Qi'an's trip to Lingdong County.
Then, wearing a black robe, he quietly hid among the escorts and left with Su Qi'an.
No wonder Su Qi'an was so cautious. After Qin Wu was rescued, Su Qi'an talked with him all night.
After the conversation, a conspiracy was further confirmed in Su Qian's mind.
At first, Su Qi'an thought that Qin Wu was kidnapped and the Qin family was suppressed. It was just the suppression of the new family by the local wealthy family.
This matter is already familiar in Great Liang. To put it bluntly, it means that the weak eats the strong, and the strong annexes the weak.
If that were the case, there would be nothing to say, but in fact, during the conversation between the two, Qin Wu mentioned a very strange thing to Su Qi'an.
That was three months ago, a few days before the start of the state examination. Qin Huai, who was about to leave for the state examination, suddenly found Qin Wu and said some inexplicable words to him before leaving.
"Brother, the state examination is coming soon. I'm ready to go. If everything goes well, maybe I can become the first Jinshi in my family. If something happens to me, don't look for me. If it affects the family, you must go to Mr. Su. If you can’t solve the problem, sir, please leave Kawadu County as soon as possible.”
It was these words and what happened in Helingdong County that made Su Qi'an realize that there must be a huge conspiracy hidden behind it.
In Lingbei County, the Qin family is a medium-sized cloth merchant. They have some say in Lingbei County, but in Chuandu County or even Xizhou, they are insignificant.
Even if they offend some of the big families above, they won't kill all the Qin family.
But the final result was that Qin Wu was kidnapped as a escort, Qin Huai was found to have cheated when he participated in the state examination, and was deprived of his honorary title and disappeared on the spot. More than half of the Qin family's property in Lingbei County was suppressed.
If Su Qi'an hadn't taken action, the Qin family would have completely collapsed in a short time.
To allow some of the big families above to kill the Qin family, it can only be said that the Qin family has encountered something they shouldn't touch.
So much so that Qin Huai, who had always been calm and thoughtful, would say such unbelievable things before taking the state examination.
Su Qi'an knew Qin Huai's temperament very well. With his method of making friends with local wealthy families, he was able to prosper even in Sichuandu County.
As for the matter of fraud, it was absolutely impossible for Qin Huai to do it, and he didn't even bother to do it.
But Qin Huai ended up being expelled and disappeared. The conspiracy behind this and what was hidden behind it, with Su Qi'an's current strength, it would be difficult to figure out.
Of course, this matter is not about whether Su Qi'an can fix it. Let alone other things, let's talk about the friendship between Qin Huai and Su Qi'an in Lingbei County. Su Qi'an must take care of this matter to the end.
But if you want to solve this problem, it will not be a temporary success, you must take a long-term approach.
Now that Qin Wu has been rescued, he will say hello to Fang Jingzhi later. The Qin family should not encounter any big danger in Lingbei.
In the next period of time, Su Qi'an will need to spend some time and prepare carefully. When he goes to Sichuandu County, no matter how big the conspiracy is hidden behind it, Su Qi'an will completely uncover it.
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On the way back, Tieniu and Shuisheng's third and fourth teams secretly escorted them two or three miles in front and back in batches.
Once anything happens, it cannot escape the eyes of the escort. Fortunately, nothing happened along the way, and everyone returned to Lingbei County smoothly.
Qin Ziyin, Qin Liu and other relatives were waiting early at the entrance of Dongshan Village.
A quarter of an hour ago, the guard post in Dongzi Mountain received news that Su Qi'an and others returned to the village.
In order not to cause a commotion when people return to the village, Li Xiaomei's women's association had already issued an order to stop the villagers from gathering at the entrance of the village and to give her husband and his family some time alone.
After Qin Ziyin waited eagerly for about ten minutes, Su Qi'an and the others finally returned to Dongshan Village.
Seeing Su Qi'an return, Qin Ziyin ran over quickly and looked at Su Qi'an.
Su Qian smiled and touched Qin Ziyin's head, and said with a smile, "Madam, don't worry, your husband is very lucky. Look, I am not good at this."
After Qin Ziyin confirmed that Su Qi'an was not injured, the tension on his face eased.
"Look, madam, who did I bring back?"
Qin Ziyin tilted his head, and behind him, Qin Wu, wearing a black robe, walked out.
Looking at the familiar faces in front of them, Qin Liu and Qin Yueshan looked excited, especially Qin Liu, who hugged Qin Wu and burst into tears.
Qin Ziyin had an excited look on her face. She held Qin Wu's hand and kept asking.
Compared with the excitement of Qin Liushi and Qin Ziyin, Qin Yueshan was much calmer, "It will be good to come back, it will be good to come back."
Turning his head, he clasped his fists respectfully towards Su Qi'an, with a look of respect, "My dear son-in-law, I would like to express my gratitude to you here. I still say what I said. The Qin family will definitely follow your wise son-in-law's lead in the future."
"Father-in-law, this is not good..." Su Qian shook his head and quickly supported Qin Yueshan.
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Wu, who had comforted Qin Liu and Qin Ziyin's mother and daughter, also quickly stepped forward, clasped his fists at Su Qi'an, and said solemnly.
"Sir, please don't refuse this matter. Originally, the Qin family was in debt to your husband for what he did. Now, your husband doesn't care and even sacrifices his life to save you. I can't repay you for such a great kindness."
"My father and I have the same idea. As long as my husband needs it, just ask. Moreover, I believe in my second brother's vision."
Qin Wu didn't think as much as Qin Huai. He only knew that Su Qi'an had saved his life and was his brother-in-law.
A reckless man like him knows that every drop of kindness will be repaid by a spring of water, let alone a life-saving kindness.
If you don't express your attitude at this time, why are you still putting on airs? That's really stupid.
Looking at the two sincere looking people, Su Qian took a deep breath, hesitated for a while, and then spoke.
"Since you trust me, it would be too pretentious for me to shirk it. I promise you that as long as I am here, the Qin family will never be humiliated."
Listening to what Su Qi'an said, Qin Yueshan had a look of excitement on his face. This was the promise he wanted to hear.
With Su Qi'an's words, the Qin family was completely tied to Su Qi'an.
After chatting for a while at the entrance of the village, Su Qian brought Qin Yueshan and others to his residence.
After saying hello to Qin Ziyin and asking him to take care of his parents and elder brother, Su Qi'an went to the back mountain alone.
Before returning, Su Qi'an received news that the explosives secretly developed by Houshan had been successful, which made Su Qi'an quite excited.
Because this is fundamentally different from what he had done before when he wiped out the Dongzi Mountain bandits.
This manufacturing success has enabled small-scale mass production. As long as it can be maintained, this will be Su Qian's trump card.
At this time, in the back mountain, Li Hu and Zhao Da were waiting at the mountain pass early. Watching Su Qi'an arrive, they had excited expressions on their faces.
Su Qi'an came back from Lingdong. They naturally knew the news, but because they had to guard the back mountain crossing, they couldn't respond immediately.
Seeing that Su Qian was fine, the two of them felt a lot more relaxed.
Su Qi'an approached and motioned to lead the way. After a while, the three of them entered the mountain.
After just a few steps, several secret sentries appeared. Seeing Su Qian's arrival, they saluted and said hello before disappearing again.
Looking around, a trail has been developed ahead, and in the distance, patches of vegetation are swaying in the wind.
From Su Qian's perspective, there were definitely many pairs of eyes staring at them behind these vegetation.
As for the back, there should be many traps. According to Li Hu and Zhao Da, even they don't know what is inside the back mountain.
The three of them walked for a while, and suddenly two black figures appeared in front of them. These two people were none other than Tong Zhan and Su Yong.
The two of them appeared, and Li Hu and Zhao Da beside them bowed their hands to Su Qi'an and turned to leave.
This scene made Su Qian a little surprised. Before he could ask, Tong Zhan's voice sounded.
"Sir, it's like this. This is what Li Hu and I have discussed. In order to ensure that the secrets of the back mountain are never leaked, Su Yong and I renovated the back mountain and transferred new troops from Dongzi Mountain. With some manpower, there are sentries every ten steps on the back hill, and there are layers of traps, and intruders will die."
"Furthermore, in order to reduce the possibility of leakage, contact between personnel inside the mountain and those at the mountain pass is prohibited. Personnel on both sides have no knowledge of the situation outside."
Listening to Tong Zhan's explanation, Su Qian sighed and nodded, and said to the two of them, "You have worked hard. When the first batch of explosives is made, it is time for you to relax."
"It's not hard to do things for your husband."
"Come on, let's go see the results."
The three of them walked along the path. At the end of the path was a huge rock. A hundred-meter-long workbench had been carved out of the rock.
In front of each workbench, it has been divided into more than a dozen workstations, and more than a dozen craftsmen are working intensively according to the drawings.
Seeing Su Qi'an approaching, these craftsmen stood up one after another. If the people around them hadn't stopped them, these craftsmen would have knelt down and knelt down to worship Su Qi'an.
During the month that Su Qian left, these craftsmen not only got their due wages, but within this month, Tong Zhan saw their hard work and specially increased the amount of money, which moved them deeply.
