Under the cover of Qi Huang, Hu Jin and others fled directly to the Taihe at Eling Ferry.
At this time, the troops brought by Xu Sanqiu had taken control of the Taihe and had laid ambushes in and around the Taihe. Lodav was entering the city with soldiers borrowed from surrounding counties, heading straight for Eling Ferry.
Li Chouxin took Ziwei, Zhu Wei and everyone from Sanmiaotang, who had changed into women's clothes, to Eling Ferry.
The people on the street congratulated each other when they saw the Ling family's safety, and followed Li Chouxin and his party to join in the fun.
Hu Jin and others arrived at Elingdu in a panic. Seeing that everything was calm, they finally breathed a sigh of relief and were about to board the Taihe.
But a group of more than 20 people got off the boat, and just as they were about to board the boat, Xu Sanqiu walked out of the boat.
Yan Zefa was overjoyed when he saw Xu Sanqiu. He stepped forward and said, "Mr. Xu, does he know that we are in trouble and come here specifically to wait for help?"
Xu Sanqiu said with a smile: "Yes, Yan Sima, Xu is waiting for you here, but it is not to respond, but to bring you to justice."
Yan Zefa's originally smiling face suddenly turned gloomy, and he said: "Xu Sanqiu, I treat you well on the second and second floors on weekdays. Do you have to be a dead end today? Why don't you let us go, and we will repay you in the future." "
Xu Sanqiu didn't want to pay too much attention to the group of people in front of him. After all, he had been in Eling for eight years all because of this group of people in front of him, so he ordered the ambush people to take action. After giving the order, people poured in from all sides and on the boat. Someone came out and surrounded Hu Jin and others.
Hu Jin saw that Xu Sanqiu's manpower was not much more than his own, so he ordered Qi Huang to lead people to attack the ship directly. As long as they got on the ship, everything would be easy.
Qi Huang held a spear in his hand, with a firm face and no fear at all. Even if he was alone, he could protect Hu Jinzhou. In his opinion, there were many people but few, and he was just trying to prop up the scene, and then he would take action.
"General Qi, wait a minute, is this good man really going to be so stubborn that he will end up here in vain for a few treacherous villains?"
Everyone looked up at the steps and saw Lodav riding a horse and leading people down the steps.
At this time, Li Chouxin also arrived. The six beauties beside him became the highlight of everyone's attention for a while, but they were followed by half of the people of Eling City. They all came to see Hu Jin and others to abdicate and restore justice to the Ling family.
Seeing that it was Lodav who was coming, Hu Jin and others were already ashen-faced.
Qi Huang said calmly: "Master Hu has been kind to me, and Qi will never abandon you at this time."
Hu Jin knew Qi Huang's abilities well, and seeing Qi Huang's determination, he didn't want to quibble. He just wanted to fight to the death. Anyway, he was already in a dilemma at this time.
After some persuasion by Lodav, more than 20 people around Hu Jin were still unwilling to surrender. Lodav had no choice but to signal Xu Sanqiu to make the crimes of Hu Jin, Yan Zefa and others public.
Xu Sanqiu stood on the boat and read out to the crowd that Hu Jin, Yan Zefa, the Zhang family and the Taihe conspired to smuggle ordnance, transport low-quality ordnance to the border, and enrich themselves by selling high-quality ordnance, and how Hu Jin and Yan Zefa were framed. The affairs of the Ling family and the Zhang family were also revealed.
Hu Jin did not want to plead guilty at this moment, and said: "Now that you are outnumbered, you can decide what to say. Since you are saying that I am smuggling arms, is there any evidence?"
Seeing that Hu Jin still refused to give up, Luo Dafu said angrily: "Hu Jin, do you know why I came here from Xifeng Pass? It is to seek justice for the border officers who have been chilled by you. Over the years, you have not been able to restrain yourself and have become even more serious, which has led to The border officers and soldiers are suffering unspeakably, and now you still dare to quibble."
The people who were watching on the sidelines were very angry when they heard what was said. They thought it would be enough to do something to enrich their own pockets, but they did not expect that it was based on the interests of the border officers and soldiers. They were really wolf-hearted dog officials.
Hu Jin still wanted to continue to quibble, but Xu Sanqiu interrupted him, and ordered boxes of brand-new weapons and armor to be carried out from the Taihe, and piled as high as a hill on the deck of the Taihe.
"Hu Jin, this is the batch of ordnance you sent out on the fifteenth day of last month. Unexpectedly, it was sent back intact." Xu Sanqiu said to Hu Jin and others.
"You are talking nonsense. I have never done this before. You are not going to ruin my reputation." Hu Jin scolded him angrily.
Xu Sanqiu continued: "Xu is a secret agent sent by the Arms Supervisor to investigate the case. He has been on the second floor for eight years just for today. When the matter comes to an end, you still don't plead guilty?"
When Hu Jin heard this, he felt despair. Many transactions over the years had been discussed on the second and second floors, and many Xu Sanqiu knew about them. The more he thought about it, the more he felt his legs gradually losing strength.
At this time, Yan Zefa was still awake. He stepped forward and said to the crowd: "Don't listen to the slander. These weapons are not signed. Who knows where they came from. Maybe they found them from where they wanted to frame us." Not credible."
When the people heard this, some began to discuss it. What Yan Zefa said was indeed somewhat true. There was no direct evidence, so it was really difficult to convict him.
Xu Sanqiu and Luo Dafu didn't know what to do when they saw Hu Jin and others who had been reluctant to plead guilty and the comments going around.
"Here's the evidence!" A fast horse ran from the long street and stopped in front of Li Chouxin.
The person who came was none other than Zhang Rao, the young master of the Zhang family.
Zhang Rao took out an account book, handed it to Li Chou Xin, and said: "Brother Chou Xin, what you did is really righteous. Although I, Zhang Rao, am a dandy, I also understand what righteousness is. I will leave this account book to you." , you can use it.”
Li Chouxin looked at Zhang Rao in front of him, feeling a little sad in his heart. However, Zhang Rao had this realization, and Li Chouxin felt inexplicably happy, saying: "Master Zhang, I, Li Chouxin, am ashamed of my sincerity towards you, but even if I have to make a choice again, My worries will still be the same.”
Zhang Rao said, "In the final analysis, it is you who saved the Zhang family this time, so all grudges can be wiped out. From now on, I will study martial arts with Master Guangyin. If we meet again in the future, I will compete with Brother Chouxin." After Zhang Rao finished speaking, he rode away, leaving behind a handsome figure.
When Luo Dafu saw this, he wanted to let people chase him, but was stopped by Li Chouxin.
Li Chouxin said: "Brother Luo, this Zhang family has made a great contribution. If we arrest him at this time, we will inevitably lose our reputation. Let's solve the immediate matter first."
Lodav heard this and gave up.
Li Chouxin handed the account book to Luo Dafu. Looking at the familiar account book, Hu Jin collapsed on the ground with a look of reluctance.
At this time, someone walked out of the crowd and shouted loudly: "Yan Zefa, do you still recognize me and the person behind me?"
Yan Zefa looked towards the voice and saw that it was Ling Shantu and the Ling family's mother and daughter.
As Ling Shantu stepped forward, he told everything about Yan Zefa's persecution of his Ling family. After hearing this, the people finally saw the true face of Hu Jin and others on the scene. After all, Ling Shantu was in Hubei in the past. Ling has always had the image of a good man, and Ling Shantu's testimony was undoubtedly the last straw for Hu Jin and others.
Seeing that the atmosphere on the court was about to change, Li Chou signaled Ziwei, Zhu Wei, Qinyin and others to point out the behavior of Hu Jin and others over the years again.
Suddenly, the atmosphere reached a climax. People took eggs, vegetable leaves and some fruits and threw them at Hu Jin and others in the audience. The scene was chaotic.
Yan Zefa couldn't bear the humiliation and said to Hu Jin: "Sir, the matter has come to this. Going back means death, and dying here means death. Why don't we just fight and seize the Taihe, maybe we can find a way out."
Qi Huang also echoed from the side: "I would rather die standing than live on my knees. Please make your decision."
Hu Jin looked around and saw that there was indeed an opportunity for the Taihe to take advantage of him. After all, Xu Sanqiu was a scholar and had no fighting power.
At Hu Jin's signal, Qi Huang and his men quickly began to resist, and immediately cleared away the crowd that had been surrounding them.
Yan Zefa said at this time: "General Qi, control Xu Sanqiu first. If you control him, you will control the Taihe."
Qi Huang looked at Xu Sanqiu, jumped up from the ground with a spear in hand, and headed towards Xu Sanqiu, who looked harmless.
Hu Jin and Yan Zefa were overjoyed when they saw this, thinking that they would be able to control the Taihe soon.
Qi Huang also thought he had a good grasp and rushed over without warning.
But Xu Sanqiu stood there calmly. Just when Qi Huang was about to approach, he repeated his old trick. A row of flying needles shot out and flew straight towards Qi Huang. Qi Huang couldn't dodge, although he avoided some , but he was still stabbed into acupuncture points by several flying needles that were difficult to avoid, and he fell to the deck and could no longer move.
When Hu Jin and others saw this, they were shocked. It turned out that Xu Sanqiu was also a person with special skills. They were really mistaken.
At this point, Hu Jin and others finally stopped resisting and were ready to surrender.
Unexpectedly, Yan Zefa was still somewhat bloody and said: "Master Hu, you and I will inevitably die, so why don't we just spill our blood here to avoid being tortured when we go back."
Hu Jin was shocked when he heard this: "Yan Zefa! What do you want to do?"
Yan Zefa walked towards Hu Jin with the knife in his hand and said: "I know that the adults are timid, so let the villain send the adults on their way."
Before Hu Jin could say anything, Yan Zefa struck out with his sword and killed Hu Jin. The audience was silent for a moment, everyone was shocked by this scene.
Just when Lodav spoke to stop him, Yan Zefa wiped his neck with a knife again. As blood spurted out, he also lost movement on the ground and died at the ferry.
Seeing this, everyone cheered.
And the stone hanging in Li Chou's chest finally fell.
Luo Dafu and Xu Sanqiu were a little disappointed. After all, they were not able to take them back to face charges, but fortunately they were all brought to justice.
Xu Sanqiu and Luo Dafu sent people to escort the remaining people back to the governor's office, ready to be punished.
As the crowd at Eling Ferry dispersed, the storm that had disturbed Eling for a long time finally came to an end.
The next day, after a series of treatments by Luo Dafu and Xu Sanqiu, the Ling family finally returned to the Ling Mansion, and Ziwei and Zhu Wei reappeared in front of the world as ladies of the family.
The Ling Mansion is small, with simple but elegant facilities. It has been sealed since the Ling family was framed.
But today, the Ling Mansion was very lively. People who were friends with Lingshan Tu came to congratulate Ling Jiaping on his innocence. Some people who had benefited from Ling Shan Tu in the past voluntarily sent some farm products. Suddenly, The usually quiet Ling Mansion seemed to be holding a happy event today, with lights brightly lit and people coming and going.
In the main hall of Ling Mansion, Ling Shan Tu held a banquet in honor of Li Chouxin, Luo Dafu and others. Everyone's faces were filled with joy.
Just as everyone was toasting and drinking, a fast horse galloped outside the door. It was from Xijing.
Seeing this, everyone came out of the hall to greet him.
That person was the messenger in the palace. Seeing this person arriving, Luo Dafu and Xu Sanqiu were very happy, especially Xu Sanqiu, because this messenger was clearly here to announce his return to Xijing.
Sure enough, the man read out the emperor's decree, which was to have Xu Sanqiu return to Beijing to report on his duties soon, and he would be reinstated to his original position and his salary would be doubled.
However, Luo Dafu's official position remained unchanged, his rank was promoted from the third rank to the third rank, and he returned to Xifeng Pass to guard and listen to the announcement on a different day.
Lodav understood that after solving the Eling case, it was inevitable to return to Beijing, but it would take some time for the guard to change. However, Luo Dafu wrote a letter and asked the messenger to take it back to Xijing to face the saint. He wanted to continue to guard Xifeng Pass and fight on the battlefield with all the soldiers.
After everyone's persuasion failed, the herald finally agreed to submit Lodav's message and letter to the Holy See.
However, there was an unexpected surprise this time. The messenger once again took out a decree from the baggage, which was that Eling could not be left without an owner for a day. Because Lingshan Tu was an upright man, friendly to the people, and knowledgeable, he was specially canonized as Eling. Governor.
Ling Shantu received the imperial edict and was filled with emotion. On the one hand, he felt that the emperor's kindness was profound and on the other hand, it was hard-won.
Thanks to the arrival of the messenger, Xu Sanqiu and Luo Dafu promptly sent the charges and fate of Hu Jin and others to Xijing, as well as the current situation in Eling, so Xijing sent someone to deliver the decree.
This was undoubtedly an added joy, and everyone drank more happily.
After the celebration, everyone dispersed, and the Ling Mansion returned to its former peace. Ziwei and others were clearing away the remaining mats, and Ling Shantu and Li Chouxin were drinking tea in the courtyard. Everything looked very peaceful, but who was there? Know that tomorrow will be the time to say goodbye.
Ling Shantu asked: "Young Master Chouxin, how have you considered the matter of Ziwei?"
Li Chouxin didn't hide it either: "Chouxin thanks my uncle for his love, but Chouxin has a gentle breeze on his sleeves. I really don't dare to miss the beauty, so let's just let it go."
After hearing what Li Chouxin said, Ling Shantu shook his head helplessly, knowing that Li Chouxin had made up his mind, so he stood up and walked towards the room without further persuasion.
Ziwei also heard Li Chouxin's answer and felt very sad. However, she understands Li Chou's intentions. It's not that there is no affection between the two, it's just that Li Chou's ambition is not here. Ziwei thinks of this and starts to make calculations in her heart.
Tonight, Li Chouxin stayed in Ling Mansion and did not return to Sanmiao Hall.
Early the next morning, Qinyin woke up Li Chouxin from outside the door, saying that Xu Sanqiu and Luo Dafu were both leaving Eling, and Lingshantu had already gone to the city gate to see them off.
When Li Chouxin heard this, he found a fast horse and rushed to the city gate.
Under the city gate, only Luo Dafu and Ling Shantu were visible. Xu Sanqiu left early because he wanted to return to Xijing as soon as possible with the messenger.
Seeing Luo Dafu, Li Chou felt a little regretful because he could not say goodbye to Xu Sanqiu. However, Luo Dafu said: "It's okay. Brother Chouxin will go to Xijing to meet Xu Sanqiu the other day."
After the two of them chatted for a while, Luo Dafu got up and headed to Xifeng Pass.
But Li Chouxin called Luo Dafu and said: "Brother Luo, I feel like old friends when I meet you. In addition, Brother Luo is an upright person and doesn't care about the affairs of the Zhang family. Chouxin sincerely regards you as a confidant. Today I don’t know when we will meet again here, but I have a poem to send you in my sorrowful heart, and I hope Brother Luo will accept it.”
Hearing this, Luo Dafu said, "Brother Zhou Xin, Da Fu has long regarded you as a brother. If it weren't for the busy military affairs, he would have spent more time drunk with Brother Zhou Xin."
Li Chouxin heard this and said, "In that case, please take care of yourself, Brother Luo."
Lodav said: "Brother Sadness, Duff never likes to leave. Just read this poem out loud in my direction after I leave later. Duff will remember it in his heart."
After that, Lodav rode out slowly on horseback. Li Chouxin followed behind and shouted out word by word:
Chasing the clouds with spears and iron horses
The autumn wind is difficult to calm down for ten miles
If I wear golden armor one day,
Long journey of thousands of miles and your journey
Luo Dafu did not look back. Instead, he raised the corner of his mouth, gave a long drink, and galloped away, leaving behind only a puff of smoke and dust and Li Chouxin looking downstairs.
After bidding farewell, Li Chouxin did not return to Ling Mansion. Instead, she returned to Sanmiao Hall and started packing her bags.
Qinyin and others were already waiting here. Li Chouxin saw a few people and said, "Are you here to see me off?"
I saw a few people kneeling on the ground and pleadingly saying: "I know that the young master is leaving, so please ask the young master to take us with him. We are willing to travel with him to the end of the world."
Before Li Chouxin could respond, a voice came from the door, "I do too!"
Several people looked around and saw that the person coming was none other than Ling Ziwei, dressed in a purple shirt, with a fairy aura and eyes full of expectation.
Just as Ziwei entered the door, another voice came from the door: "Wait a minute, there is me and me."
When I heard it, it was Zhu Wei's voice.
Li Chouxin faced six pretty beauties and didn't know how to respond.
But Ziwei said: "I know the young master's ambition, and Ziwei doesn't dare to force him to stay, but Ziwei is willing to stay with the young master from now on, regardless of wind and rain."
Seeing this, the other five people said in unison: "We are also willing to stay with you forever, rain or shine."
Seeing this situation, Li Chouxin couldn't refuse and agreed.
However, Li Chouxin walked up to Zhu Wei and said, "Little Zhu Wei, you are still being followed at a young age, so you should stay with your parents. Otherwise, if you all leave, your uncle and aunt will have no one to accompany you."
"Unfair! Unfair! Why can't they do it but I can't? I won't agree!" Zhu Wei said anxiously from the side.
Ziwei also followed suit, and Qinyin and others also tried their best to persuade her, but it was of no use.
So Li Chouxin said: "That's all, let's go together then, but we have to deal with Sanmiaotang before we leave. Although the more than ten million taels before were enough, as for money, of course the more the better, so I will stay here today." Let’s go to Eling, we’ll leave tomorrow morning after selling Sanmiao Tang.”
Seeing that everyone happily agreed, they all went out and started selling Sanmiaotang.
Li Chouxin was sitting in the courtyard, having made up his mind to leave Eling overnight and leave them all in Eling.
In half a day's work, Sanmiaotang was sold. Several people packed their bags and waited for Li Chouxin's order to set off tomorrow.
Several people had dinner at Sanmiaotang and planned to stay there for one night.
Late at night, Li Chouxin quietly got up, took the three-foot-three bag and the baggage, went out, and rode towards the north gate on horseback.
Thinking that I was alone, I really couldn't bear the pain of several girls, so I had better leave as soon as possible.
Unexpectedly, Ziwei and others were already waiting under the city gate.
Li Chouxin came to the city gate and saw six beauties already here, feeling a little embarrassed.
Ziwei said: "Why are you hesitating? If you want to leave, let's go together. I know you don't want us to suffer and will leave secretly, so we have been waiting here for a long time. Brother Chouxin, you can't leave us sisters behind." .”
Li Chou felt helpless and secretly happy that with so many beauties accompanying him, the road ahead would not be lonely, so the seven people and seven horses left Eling overnight.
