Chapter 97
Lin Xing thought she had some friendship with him, so she walked out of the team first and asked, "Old man, we just want to plant some more chrysanthemums, not pull them all out." As she spoke, Lin Xing stepped aside to show the cart of chrysanthemums behind her, to reassure the person on the other side.
The old man did not speak when he saw this, but his tense back slowly relaxed, as if he was thinking about the credibility of her words. Finally, he said, "You can plant them, but you all have to leave and give these flowers to me."
The unexpected answer made Lin Xing a little anxious, and she hurriedly said, "How can I let you plant all of them by yourself? There are quite a lot of flowers here, and I'm afraid it will tire you out."
The old man did not waver and said firmly: "Only I can plant it."
His behavior made Lin Xing realize that there must be something hidden behind this matter, so she no longer insisted and signaled the guards behind her to leave, leaving only herself behind. Seeing that there was no one around, she said again: "Old man, I am the only one here now."
The old man did not answer, but found the shovel that he had thrown in the flower bed and started digging the soil. Although Lin Xing was puzzled, she immediately took her tools and went forward to help. Seeing that the ground was almost dug enough for planting flowers, Lin Xing stopped what she was doing and was about to stop the old man, but the words were stuck in her throat as she was stunned by the scene before her.
There were densely packed bones in the soil, and only a small pit had been dug out.
She was surprised and silently clenched the shovel in her hand. The old man stopped when he saw the bones and said quietly, "This is the reason."
Lin Xing frowned and asked, "Were these people killed by the county magistrate and the county magistrate?"
"Yes." The old man answered cheerfully, "Now that they are gone, I don't want them to bear the blame anymore."
Lin Xing curled her lips, walked to the cart full of chrysanthemums, picked up a few, then returned and put them in the hole dug by the two men, and began to bury them without saying a word. Seeing this, the old man helped with tears in his eyes. The two of them worked in silence until midnight, and only finished when Yu Hang and Su Jingfeng arrived.
The number of chrysanthemums was far more than she had imagined. Lin Xing was too tired, so she stuck the shovel into the open space and leaned on it, hoping to catch her breath. When she saw the two of them, she just greeted them weakly.
Looking at the flowerbed that was obviously bigger than before, Yu Hang felt helpless, "Why don't you ask me to plant with you?"
Lin Xing avoided the topic, threw the shovel in her hand into his arms, put her hands on her hips and changed the subject: "Let's go back quickly, I'm dying of exhaustion." After that, she pushed them away one by one, and the old man silently bowed behind her.
Lin Xing slept very soundly that night and did not wake up until noon the next day. A ray of sunlight hit her face, making it impossible for her to open her eyes. The hunger in her stomach forced her to get out of bed, and when she opened the door, she realized how good the weather was today.
Just as Lin Xing was enjoying the sunshine, she felt a touch on her thigh, followed by a sweet voice: "Sister Xiao Xing! Can you play with me?"
I don't know how long she had been waiting outside, her little face was flushed, and she was holding a rattle in her hand. Lin Xing felt soft-hearted and said lovingly, "Okay, okay."
Perhaps Lu Shiqing also knew that Lin Xing would leave soon, so he kept pestering her for three days.
It was not until the morning of the fourth day that Su Jingfeng sent someone to bring the news that the newly appointed county magistrate and county magistrate would arrive at noon, and they planned to leave Pengze County at noon the next day. After Lin Xing sent the people away, Madam Lu came to their courtyard. She heard about this from somewhere and was afraid that she would not be able to get away tomorrow, so she came to see them off.
The two of them sat at the table, chatting about random things, but all they said were polite words. Lin Xing still had to pack her bags, so Mrs. Lu didn't want to disturb her too much, so she just sat for a while and then stood up to say goodbye. But before leaving, he suddenly bowed solemnly to Lin Xing and said, "Thank you for your hard work, Miss Lin."
Lin Xing hurriedly went to help, and said hurriedly: "What kind of trouble is this? Madam Lu, you don't have to be polite."
Mrs. Lu felt a little embarrassed after she stood up, and said shyly, "Then I won't disturb Miss Lin." As soon as she finished speaking, she rushed out of the room.
In the blink of an eye, it was already noon. Xiao Qiu suddenly knocked on Lin Xing's door and said, "Master Lin, Master Su wants you to go to the front hall."
Lin Xing quickly walked to the door, opened it abruptly, and asked, "Is there something wrong?"
Xiao Qiu bit her lower lip and shook her head, and finally said: "You will know when you go there."
After following her to the front hall, Lin Xing discovered that there was more than one person here. In addition to Yu Hang and Su Jingfeng, there were two unfamiliar people, who must be the new county magistrate and county magistrate. When the two men saw Lin Xing, they stood up and saluted, saying, "Greetings, Master Lin."
The oldest one among them said first, "I am the newly appointed county magistrate Zhang Yin." Then he pointed to the person next to him and introduced, "This is the newly appointed county magistrate Shi Chentan."
Lin Xing gestured one by one and sat down in the empty seat. Without waiting for Su Jingfeng to ask, he said, "Since you two are here, we will leave here tomorrow. The people of Pengze County will be handed over to you. I hope you don't make the same mistake again."
The two men responded with firm eyes. Yu Hang also gave them some appropriate advice and then let the two leave.
Seeing that she was the only one left in the room, Lin Xing relaxed her posture and asked in confusion, "Master Su, you called me here in such a hurry just to say this?"
Su Jingfeng immediately replied: "Of course not, what I want to talk about is about Song Cheng... Hui."
Hearing this name, Lin Xing was a little nervous, fearing that something serious might happen, and hurriedly asked, "What happened to him?"
"He's dead." Yu Hang's voice was even colder than Su Jingfeng's, brief and without a trace of emotion.
"What?"
Su Jingfeng explained: "According to the news from the capital, as soon as Song Chenhui returned to Kyoto, countless people were waiting outside the city to throw rotten eggs and cabbage leaves at him. They did throw them, and Song Chenhui committed suicide that night."
After a long silence, Lin Xing stammered out two words: "Is it...?" Then the room became quiet again.
Along with this news came the imperial decree that Lin Xing was appointed as the Book Calculator and her contribution in this matter.
At this point, with the passing of Song Chenhui, everything is over, and the rest are just like headless flies, nothing to be afraid of.
Six days later, the familiar voice was heard again in front of the "Waiting for Returnees" in Nanru County.
"Little shopkeeper! You are finally back!"
The weather in Nanru has gotten a little colder. I wonder how it is in the capital?
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