Chapter 46
"No, my sister is still young and has not yet married."
Just as they had agreed before, Lin Xing and Shen Ling concentrated on eating, while Zhao Qi was responsible for dealing with Li Dongyi.
"I see. My brother-in-law knows a lot of talented young men. He can introduce you to a matchmaker."
It was clearly a kind smile, but it made Lin Xing feel nauseous. People under someone's roof had to bow their heads, so she pretended to be shy and smiled.
"Don't worry about it, she is my sister."
The relatively warm atmosphere suddenly turned cold. Lin Xing didn't expect Zhao Qi to be so disrespectful to Li Dongyi. His face turned ashen and he wanted to get angry, but he also considered the people present.
"Thank you for your kindness, brother-in-law. I am still young and don't want to think about this for the time being. Brother-in-law is so knowledgeable, I will really ask him to check it out when the time comes."
This can be considered a way of smoothing things over. Even if the atmosphere wasn't normal, at least it allowed everyone to finish the meal in peace.
"Sister, please leave first. Your sister and I have something to discuss."
Lin Xing and Shen Ling looked at each other, neither of them moving. Zhao Qi saw the struggle between the two and said softly, "It's okay. You go back and rest first. I'll be there later."
The two of them got up reluctantly, looking back every few steps as they walked out of the house. The next second, the door was closed by the servant, and he stood at the door to prevent anyone from approaching.
Hearing faint roars coming from the house, Lin Xing and Shen Ling were like ants on a hot pan, running around in circles. But they couldn't get in, so they had to hide in the dark and act accordingly.
There was a crackling sound in the house. I don’t know how long I waited before it finally returned to silence. The door was opened, and it was indeed Li Dongyi who came out. Zhao Qi had not been seen for a long time.
Unable to wait any longer, seeing that no one else was around, Lin Xing and Shen Ling rushed into the house, only to see Zhao Qi sitting there with a look of discontent on his face, and a closer look revealed red marks on his face.
In order not to embarrass Zhao Qi too much, Shen Ling consciously stepped aside and kept watch outside the door for the two of them.
"Did he hit you?"
Zhao Qi smiled indifferently, "It's a common thing. I've only been in Quyang for ten days, and he would fly into a rage if things go wrong. Today's is still a minor one, maybe because he took your presence into consideration."
"You bastard, it's bad enough that he robbed a woman, but he even beat her up. Does he have any law in his eyes?"
Lin Xing took Zhao Qi's hand and looked at her seriously. "Write the divorce letter when you go back. I will definitely seek justice for you."
Tears fell drop by drop, adding a sense of brokenness. She seemed to want to say something, but she had already stopped crying. Lin Xing tried hard to make out what she could vaguely hear, "Thank you, Miss Lin."
It seemed like there was something more to it, but Lin Xing was really powerless and could only stroke her back to tell her that he was always by her side.
"Miss Lin, don't you have some important things to deal with tonight? I have already found out for you that his important letters are all in the study, the one you just went to."
"Are there any guards guarding it?"
"Of course there is, but I have put drugs in their dinner. Li Dongyi will stay at my place tonight. If he leaves Xunzhu, he will inform you."
Lin Xing frowned, "What about you? He will know we entered the study room tomorrow morning. What will you do then?"
"I accept my fate."
"What fate?"
Zhao Qi showed a relieved expression and said word by word: "I will die here and never return to Nanru."
"Are you crazy?" Lin Xing was very confused. "I have a way to take you away."
She fished out two packets of things from her body, stuffed them into Zhao Qi's pockets, and said anxiously, "Light up this packet of drugs in the room, and drink the tea from the other packet. The drugs won't work on you then, so just get out of the room and our people will pick you up."
"There's no need to do that. I thought everyone had given up on me and wanted to die. But your arrival made me realize that Fengdai has been waiting for me to return to Nanru." Her voice began to tremble, and her hand unconsciously stroked the Pisces jade pendant hanging on her body.
"I was ignored at home, like a blade of grass trying to survive in a crack. I thought I would be happy after getting married, but something unexpected happened and I had to leave Nanru."
"I don't want to go back to the sad place, and I don't want to endure it anymore. Now only Feng Dai still cares about me, but can he accept me now? I don't dare to gamble, and I can't accept his betrayal."
"Rather than returning to Nanru and being pitied by others, I would rather sleep forever in Quyang. You will definitely avenge me."
Zhao Qi was still smiling, and Lin Xing suddenly thought of her expression when they first met. It turned out that she had never wanted to live.
Respecting her thoughts, Lin Xing did not want to give up trying to persuade her to live. "Miss Zhao, you don't know that we met Mr. Zhou by the lake, and he wants to meet you in the next life. He loves you so much that he will definitely accept everything about you. If you have nowhere to go in Nanru, you can go to my restaurant, and there will definitely be a place for you there."
"He is so stupid."
"Mr. Zhou also wanted to take Miss Zhao home in person, but he couldn't come here due to various reasons. In fact, the person who cares about you the most is yourself. Even without Mr. Zhou, you still have yourself. Don't give up."
Zhao Qi lowered his head and couldn't see her expression for a moment, "Then how will Li Dongyi judge?"
"We don't know yet. If he really does something that violates the law, we will never cover it up and will punish him severely."
"I understand. Let's go back."
Zhao Qi left without paying any attention to Lin Xing behind him. Lin Xing was a little confused about her attitude, but since she had already given the choice to Zhao Qi, she couldn't interfere.
Lin Xing and Shen Ling also returned to their room, waiting for the opportunity to come. Before they got their own secret signal, they heard someone knocking on the door again.
"Who is it?"
"Miss Zhao, it's me."
"Xun Zhu, why are you here?"
Xun Zhu was standing outside the door holding a box. When she saw the door open, she stuffed the box into Lin Xing's hands and ran away without giving her a chance to speak again.
Sitting back on the bed, Lin Xing began to observe the box in her hand. It was not an accurate observation, but the first time she saw the box, she realized that it was the one Zhou Feng had given her.
Just as I was about to open it, I heard the sound of stones hitting the door. The time has come. I must find evidence quickly. I will look at the box later.
She blew out the light and went out. Shen Ling was already waiting for her in the yard. Seeing the two people meet up, Yu Hang appeared from the darkness.
"It has been confirmed. The study is safe."
"How many people did you bring here?"
"We only brought two of them. Didn't we say that we should not alert the enemy tonight and secretly control Mr. Li first? Has the plan changed?"
Lin Xing shook her head and looked towards Zhao Qi's house meaningfully. It was too late at night, and the other two did not notice her little action and kept urging her.
"Then let's go quickly. Every moment later there is a greater risk."
Lin Xing had no reason to stay any longer, so she followed Yu Hang and Shen Ling to the study. Zhao Qi's room was dark and he couldn't see what was going on inside.
"Did you find anything over there?"
"Yes, it is true. After I went to see Magistrate Wu that night, he began to secretly investigate County Magistrate Zhao. I didn't know until I checked. I was shocked to find that County Magistrate Zhao was closely related to Hongciyi."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes. But the evidence is not strong enough, so we need witnesses."
"That's easy. Boss Li is our witness."
"Wu County Magistrate and I have reported this matter to the Emperor. The Emperor has given us the right to resolve this matter, as well as a secret decree."
"That's even easier."
Although this section of the road was not long, Lin Xing also realized the problem, "Chen Ling, why don't you speak?"
"Ah, ah, are you calling me?"
Shen Ling knew the answer after he said this, because the two people beside him were staring at him with a look of "what do you think" on their faces. The looks from these two people reminded him of Lin Xing's question, "We haven't started to act yet, nothing is finalized, just listen to Yu Hang."
"Then tell me what Yu Hang said?"
"I forgot."
"snort!"
"snort!"
Lin Xing and Shen Ling both snorted coldly, but did not embarrass him anymore and just walked into the study.
The three of them took out their tinders and started searching slowly. Shen Ling found many letters in the secret compartment of the bookshelf, while Yu Hang found an account book with unclear meaning.
Lin Xing discovered that there was a curtain covering the wall. She pulled it open and found a painting of a man and a woman. There is no doubt that the man is Li Dongyi, but the girl has no facial features and cannot be recognized, but her figure seems familiar.
"Great Supervisor Yu, you can arrest him and put him in jail. Li Dongyi has done a lot of bad things, including murder, robbery, rape and plunder."
"Did you find evidence?"
"Every bad thing he did was written in the letter, in great detail."
"Then I'll go catch him now."
Lin Xing interrupted them, "Don't get excited yet. Why would someone record all of his crimes? Is this a trick?"
"Because he and the county magistrate did all these things together, in order to drag the county magistrate into trouble." Shen Ling's tone was indignant, but soon he became a little melancholy, "How are we going to catch the county magistrate then? If his crimes are not made public, the people will be suspicious; but if they are made public, will the people still trust officials?"
Chen Ling is indeed very good at dealing with people. Lin Xing and Yu Hang could not have imagined these things.
"I have a plan. Don't worry. I'll go see Old Monster Li tomorrow and we'll proceed as planned."
Several people took the evidence and left. Yu Hang sent the two out of Li's house and handed them over to his own people to ensure their safety. However, Lin Xing was worried about Zhao Qi and stopped Yu Hang who was going back.
"Yu Hang, I'll go back with you. I want to meet Miss Zhao."
"good."
"I'll wait here for you to come out together."
The two returned to Zhaixing Pavilion. Before they were halfway there, the place in that direction suddenly became lively and the lights in all the houses were turned on.
Lin Xing thought to herself that something was wrong and quickened her pace.
"Someone come quickly, Master Li killed my young lady. Is there still any law or justice?" Xun Zhu knelt on the ground and wailed outside the Zhaixing Pavilion. His voice pierced the sky and made everyone sad.
Lin Xing's figure shook, but she didn't think too much and ran directly to Xun Zhu. Xun Zhu's sadness and tears were genuine, but it seemed she was still a step too late.
Yu Hang had already walked out of the house, which was surrounded by guards but no one came in. He didn't care about anything else and pushed the crowd aside and walked into the house, but no one stopped him.
Zhao Qi was kneeling beside the bed, Li Dongyi was lying motionless on the bed, a dagger was inserted directly into Zhao Qi's heart, and blood was flowing all the way to the door.
When he walked closer, he saw that Li Dongyi's hands were covered in blood.
The two people brought by Yu Hang followed him into the house, and Lin Xing and Xun Zhu followed closely behind. Yu Hang gestured to the people behind him, and one of them stepped forward and grabbed Li Dongyi.
Even though he didn't wake up yet, the man didn't hold back and kicked him directly in the stomach. Li Dongyi flew out and fell to the ground, groaning in pain.
Fortunately, he finally woke up.
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