Chapter 47
"Who is so blind!"
I think Li Dongyi has been praised a lot in recent years, which has made him develop such an arrogant character. Even though he was lying on the ground, he was still glaring at everyone present with his eyes wide open, not knowing his own situation.
No one paid any attention to him. Someone came forward and pulled Li Dongyi up, and pushed him in front of Yu Hang, "Look for yourself who this is?"
Zhao Qi had been moved to the bed, and Lin Xing had just secretly covered her with her coat to prevent her from being too embarrassed. Li Dongyi couldn't see her face clearly, but she kept trembling.
"Could this be Zhao Qi?"
No one responded, and the person who was holding him down let go. Li Dongyi collapsed on the ground and crawled to the bed. The clothes were lifted up, revealing Zhao Qi's pale face. Many people couldn't bear to look at it and turned their heads away silently.
"Sir, you have to take care of my young lady. This bastard must have killed her. She was fine during dinner, but now..."
Xun Zhu suddenly knelt on the ground and cried to Yu Hang. Her crying woke Li Dongyi up from his confusion.
"Did you, a slut, report it to the police? Stop slandering me. Why do you say that I was the one who killed your young lady?"
Not only did he insult Xun Zhu, he even wanted to hit her. Yu Hang simply grabbed his hand and secretly tried to move in the opposite direction. Li Dongyi stopped yelling and began to wail in pain.
"There are only two of you in this room. Moreover, your hands were stained with blood when you came in. Everyone saw it. Are you still trying to make excuses?"
"Who saw it? Hiss..."
Li Dongyi was in so much pain that he couldn't speak. He threatened everyone inside and outside the house with his eyes, hoping to get them to come out and help him speak. Yu Hang in front of him naturally saw it and knocked him out directly and neatly.
"Killing someone means paying with one's life. This is only natural. First lock him up in the woodshed, and then we'll deal with him." Yu Hang glanced at the people outside the house and his voice became louder. "No one in the Li Mansion is allowed to leave the house. Anyone who violates this will be killed."
The crowd scattered like birds and beasts. Lin Xing carefully helped Xun Zhu up, his brows still furrowed.
"How can you seal up the Li Mansion if you bring two people with you?"
"There were two people just now, but not now. I guess Magistrate Wu's people are already waiting outside the mansion."
Lin Xing nodded, turned to Xun Zhu and said, "We will send you out of the house first. You should not stay here for long."
Xun Zhu broke away from Lin Xing's hand, knelt beside the bed, and said in a hoarse but calm voice: "No, I want to stay here with my lady. We have never been apart since I can remember, and we won't be apart now."
Lin Xing and Yu Hang bowed silently behind them and tiptoed out the door.
"You stay here to protect them. You are not allowed to leave." Yu Hang instructed the guards outside the door, then turned to Lin Xing, "Where are we going now?"
"Go find Li Dongyi. I have something to ask him."
Neither of them knew the way, but by constantly asking, they finally arrived at the door of the woodshed. After signaling to the person guarding the room, Yu Hang pushed the door open first, and Lin Xing followed behind him. While waiting, she discovered that there were no stars tonight.
There is also a basin of water in the woodshed, which is very thoughtful. Yu Hang, who was walking in front, splashed the liquid directly on Li Dongyi's face. He sat up with a start, saw Lin Xing opposite him, staggered to his feet, and tried to grab her sleeve.
Yu Hang blocked Li Dongyi's way and pushed him back to his original position.
"Sister, you can see how good I am to your sister. My brother-in-law really didn't harm her. You must speak up for my brother-in-law."
Lin Xing laughed out loud, "Sister? Who is your sister? I am Zhao Qi's sister. Your sister died a long time ago."
Li Dongyi's last bit of hope was shattered by this sentence. He stopped struggling and his face was filled with fear.
"You still don't admit it now?"
"What are you admitting? I really didn't kill anyone." He looked Yu Hang up and down. "But you, who do you belong to?"
"I am…"
"He is naturally County Magistrate Zhao's man. You shouldn't know that, right?"
Li Dongyi's eyes were filled with shock. "Impossible, absolutely impossible."
"Why not? Didn't County Magistrate Zhao tell you that my brother and I stayed at the Hongci Inn?"
These three words were like a curse, freezing Li Dongyi in place. Lin Xing struck while the iron was hot and said, "Zhao County Magistrate has wanted your life for a long time. He is just pretending to cooperate. All this was planned by him."
"Was Zhao Qi also killed by his people?"
Lin Xing showed a "what do you think" expression but did not answer, leaving Li Dongyi to guess on his own.
“Hahahaha, hahahaha!”
After a painful laugh, Li Dongyi spoke again: "You'd better make me unable to speak again, otherwise, I will expose all the ugly things that Zhao has done to him."
"Zhao County Magistrate has great prestige among the people. Who would believe what you said? It's just the nonsense of a madman."
"Really? What if I have evidence?"
Lin Xing put on an impatient expression again, "Just you?"
"I think you should just wait here to die."
Then she went out and no longer looked at Li Dongyi. But Yu Hang did not move. He whispered, "I am not here to save Mr. Li. County Magistrate Zhao is really abominable. He is so shameful that he has to cross the river and then destroy the bridge."
He let go of Master Li and took out a piece of paper and a brush. "County Magistrate Wu has long been fed up with him, but he has never been able to deal with him. He accidentally learned of this plan and asked me to help you get out of this."
"What do you mean now?"
"You just need to write down the crimes committed by County Magistrate Zhao truthfully, and County Magistrate Wu will find a way to protect you. I should have taken you out directly, but there were too many of them."
Li Dongyi was still hesitant. The person in front of him was sincere, and it was well known that Magistrate Wu and County Magistrate Zhao had been holding a grudge against each other for a long time.
"Why don't you come out? County Magistrate Zhao is still waiting for us."
"I'll be there soon. I'll tie up Li Dongyi and don't let him run away secretly." Yu Hang pushed the letter paper towards Mr. Li calmly, "You write it first, and I'll find a chance to get it later."
The door was closed, and Li Dongyi picked up a pen and began to write down the crimes of the two of them. He had no choice, this was his only chance to survive.
“Can he really write?”
"He will definitely write it. He doesn't want to die so easily. Even if he dies, he will probably drag County Magistrate Zhao to be buried with him."
"Why?"
"To be honest, I think Li Dongyi should have some feelings for Zhao Qi. He really dotes on Zhao Qi, and all his actions are out of love."
"But he deserves to die, too."
Suddenly, a box fell out from Lin Xing's body, and two Pisces jade pendants fell out. Lin Xing hurriedly picked it up and checked. Fortunately, it was not knocked. It turned out that Zhao Qi had already made up his mind.
Carefully placing the jade pendant, Lin Xing noticed a piece of paper in the box with words written on it. She gently pulled it out and unfolded it, revealing only one line of words.
"Thank you for risking your lives to save me, but I have made up my mind and will not waver. I only hope that my life can be exchanged for his head, which will be a worthy death."
There is another one below, but Zhou Fengdai's name is written on it. I think it was Zhao Qi's last wish before he died.
"What about Zhao Qi? According to the law, her body must be sent to the county government office immediately, and she can only be buried after the dust settles."
"Can you please help me? Send her coffin back home as soon as possible and stop torturing her."
Yu Hang thought for a moment and said, "It should be possible. I will inform the county magistrate and let Zhao Qi go home the day after tomorrow."
"Go get Li Dongyi's confession letter. I'm going to tell Xun Zhu about some things. I don't think I'll see him tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."
Lin Xing stood outside the door looking at Xun Zhu's back, unable to move her legs to enter the house. It was not a solution to remain in a stalemate. She came to Xun Zhu and said softly, "You should get up first. You will have to carry the coffin for your young lady the day after tomorrow. Your body will not be able to bear it."
"Can I take my lady home?"
"able."
Tears flowed from her red eyes and she sobbed. Seeing that Xun Zhu had no intention of getting up, Lin Xing squatted down and wiped away her tears.
"I don't think I will return to Nanru. I'd like you to give the contents of this box to Mr. Zhou."
Xun Zhu took it, his fingers turning white as he held the box, and he nodded continuously.
"If you have nowhere to go, you can go find Liu Lian, who is waiting for the returnees. She will not treat you harshly."
Lin Xing quietly left the house and walked out of the house. It was quiet all the way because she was so sleepy.
Although Shen Ling had been waiting outside, his soul had already flown into the presence of several people. Before Lin Xing even stepped out of the door, Shen Ling had already rushed over.
"You finally came out. What happened in the mansion? Why did it take so long?"
"Zhao Qi is gone, and it took some time to deal with things."
"It turns out to be like this." Chen Ling saluted in the direction of Zhaixing Pavilion, "Yu Hang has arrived, hurry up and get on the carriage and go back to the inn."
"Okay, it's time for us to rest. We still have important matters to deal with the day after tomorrow."
The three of them had a tacit understanding and slept together until noon. When Lin Xing went downstairs, Chen Ling and Yu Hang had just sat down in the hall.
"Are you up? Xiaomei has already instructed us to prepare a meal. Come and eat."
How can I eat right after waking up? I’m not hungry at all. When Lin Xing put down her bowl and chopsticks, she found that the plates on the table were empty. Why did she feel like she didn't eat much? How strange.
"You two eat first. I'm going to go to the clinic to check on Xiaomei. I'm a little worried since I haven't seen her for a day."
"I'm done eating, I'll go with you."
"I'm going too."
Shen Ling was chasing him so fast that Yu Hang suddenly stopped. He didn't brake and crashed into him. "What happened? Why didn't you go into the clinic?"
"Hush."
Yu Hang followed suit, "Shh."
"Master, why are you in a daze?"
"With a good disciple like you, I am happy to have a lot of free time."
Xiao Mei put down the herbs in her hand, and wanted to stand up and turn to Li Laoguai, but she had been squatting for too long and her body was a little staggering. The shaking caused her to accidentally knock everything on the table to the ground.
"Xiaomei, are you okay?"
Old Monster Li came to her side, Xiaomei smiled and squatted down to pick up the things, "It's okay, it's just that the things are not very good."
"It's fine as long as the person is fine. Why bother with things?"
The two of them slowly put the things back on the table. Even though they hadn't finished cleaning up yet, Old Monster Li paused where he was. The three people who were far away noticed this abnormality, not to mention Xiaomei opposite.
"Master, what happened?"
"It's okay. The old things brought back some thoughts."
Lin Xing knew that this was the time for her to take action. She rushed into the room, helped Old Monster Li up, and snatched the painting from his hand. "Doctor Li, please be careful. How can you squat at your age?"
"Xiao Xing!"
Xiaomei's eyes lit up and she grabbed Lin's hand. This sudden change made Old Monster Li ignore that Lin Xing had taken his things.
"The matter at the Li Mansion has come to an end. I will come to help you right away."
"You're not hurt?"
"Of course not. I'm fine." Lin Xing raised her hand. "If you don't believe me, you can check my pulse. This is a good opportunity for us to see what you've learned."
While speaking, Lin Xing kept looking at what was in her hand and discovered that it was actually a painting, exactly the same as the one on the wall of Li's mansion, with a man and a woman standing together.
The difference is that the woman's face can be seen clearly in this painting.
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