The little steamer drove viciously. Soon, two small boats rowed briskly to the place of the accident.

The two small boats quickly pulled into a zigzag at the place where Xipin fell into the water, moved downstream, pounded under the water with wood pulp, and looked for the shadow of Xipin in the river. Gong Ren shouted desolate over and over again: "Xipin-Xipin-where are you-where are you-"

The sky gradually darkened, and a black cloud drifted quickly, causing chaos in the sky.

"Xipin-Xipin--where are you--" The miserable voice slowly drifted into the distance against the water, and there was no echo in the dark fields and mountains.

It's already midnight, and the two boats click here and poke there, but there is still no trace of Xipin. Zheng Shiliang persuaded: "Gong Ren, let's mourn, we have poked the bottom of the river all over again, and people don't know where to rush for a long time." ”

Standing in the boat calmly, looking at the white and fast-flowing river under the light, his hand touched the earrings in his arms that were covered by his own body temperature, he couldn't say a word, and his mind was blank.

More dark clouds drifted in the sky, the stars and the moon were quietly obscured, the dark clouds were getting thicker and thicker, and suddenly a bright silver snake flashed, "Snort...... The sound of "lala......" was deafening, and the heavy rain poured down, and the river water in the inland river was hit with fierce splashes, and it seemed that the turbid water all over the river was shaking and roaring in anger.

The Qixingli agency fell into a state of grief.

Gong Ren couldn't recover from the grief of losing Xipin, he only felt that his brain was groggy, his body was like he had taken off the backbone of his heart, he had no goal in doing anything, everything became muddy and empty, he couldn't eat or drink, and he was just in a daze with two eyes.

Sun Wen patted Gongren's shoulder, comforted Gongren and said, "Miss Xipin is good, she is so weak, but she dares to fight against the traitor Zhu Qi, it's really not simple!" There are also Zhu Guiquan and Qiu Si, they have also done what they should do, their career has not been completed, and they are waiting for us to do it. With your current state of mind, how can you do something vigorous, they have left us the hope of life, can it be said that they just look at us as we are now? You have to pick yourself up and carry on to the end what they didn't accomplish, and that's to live up to their expectations. ”

Gongren felt that Sun Wen's words were very reasonable, and tried to cheer up his spirits, and silently muttered in his heart: Xipin, Xipin, even if you live in my heart, I must continue our career, for the time being, you go first, and when the time comes, I will definitely go to you.

Chen Shaobai scolded Zhu Qi: "This Zhu Qi, looking at the well-written article, can clearly scold the dog how happy and hearty it is, but he didn't expect it to be a soft bone, and he actually made all the moves with a whip." This traitor will have to be eliminated sooner or later, and if he can't get rid of it, how many people will have to sell us! Gongren said: "If I catch Zhu Qi, let me kill him with my own hands, so as to avenge Xipin." I just don't know, is there a plan to kill Zhu Qi now? ”

Chen Shaobai said: "Not yet, when I find an opportunity, I must kill this dog." ”

Gong Ren thought for a while and said, "If Mr. Chen doesn't have a plan to kill Zhu Qi, how about I give you a plan?" ”

Chen Shaobai's eyes lit up and said, "Then you can talk about it." ”

Gong Ren muttered a few words into his ear.

Chen Shaobai was overjoyed when he heard this, so he said to Sun Wen's ears, Sun Wen was also very excited when he heard it, and said to Chen Shaobai: "I think this plan is feasible, so you and Mr. Gongren will carry it out." ”

Chen Shaobai nodded and said to Gong Ren: "It just so happens that these two things are done together, you go to visit Lu Haodong in prison and see if you can find a way to rescue Lu Haodong, Zhu Guiquan, and Qiu Si." ”

Gong Ren nodded and said, "I'll find a way to go." ”

Gongren dressed up as a poor villager, found a local acquaintance to take him, and went to visit Lu Haodong in prison.

When he arrived at the prison gate, the acquaintance gave the jailer five silver dollars and said, "This is Lu Haodong's fellow countryman, who knows that Lu Haodong has committed a capital crime, and came to see him before he died, so that he could give a message to his family." ”

The jailer was originally vicious, but after receiving the money, he turned evil into joy, and quietly entered the cell with the public tenacity.

The cells in Guangzhou City cannot be compared with those in Xiangshan County, where the walls are thick, the fences are thick, the chains are thick, and the locks are large.

Gong Ren saw that there were also a lot of Qing soldiers in the prison, as if many sentry posts had been added temporarily, and he was extremely vigilant. When they reached a large fence with a thick bowl mouth, the jailer said, "Let's talk here for a while, hurry." ”

Gong Ren said, "Can you let me go in and talk for a while?" ”

The jailer's face turned dark and said, "No, these are some court felons, this will give you face, don't kick your nose and face, it's okay to find trouble." Come on! After the jailer had finished speaking, he beckoned to the other jailers who had been staring at the silver dollar with greedy eyes, and hid aside to divide the money.

Gong Ren saw a bloody, rotten body lying in the rotten grass, his heart ached, and he shouted in a low voice: "Lu Haodong-Lu Haodong-"

Hearing Gong Ren's shout, Lu Haodong stubbornly struggled to raise his head. He was crawling towards Gongren, and the shackles on his body made a "bang-la-la" sound, leaving blood marks on the ground.

Gong Ren was sad for a while.

Lu Haodong climbed to the fence with difficulty, grabbed Gong Ren's hand that came in, and whispered to Gong Ren: "Tell Mr. Sun, don't come to save me, don't rob the law field." ”

Gong Ren asked in a low voice, "Why?" ”

Lu Haodong said with difficulty: "They have already been prepared, and they are waiting with a big net!" In that case, more people will die. ”

Gong Ren carefully observed the terrain in the prison, and found that the terrain here was complex, mysterious, circuitous, and densely packed with dark rooms.

Lu Haodong laboriously pointed to a few people in the fence next to him and said, "Tell Mr. Sun that Zhu Guiquan, Qiu Si and those brothers, none of them are bad, they are all good." It is to tear off the flesh from our bodies piece by piece, and we should not say it, and we will not say it. ”

With tears in his eyes, Gong Ren silently looked at Zhu Guiquan and Qiu Si.

Although they couldn't move because of the severe injuries they were inflicted, they smiled at the male head one by one.

Gong Ren nodded deeply at them, expressing his sincere admiration.

Lu Haodong took out a bloodstained yellow paper from his arms, handed it to Gong Ren and said, "I bother you to hand it over to Mr. Sun, this is my confession to Qinggou, and I wrote another one, and everything that should be said is in this letter." ”

Gong Ren put away the letter, nodded slightly, and tucked it in his arms.

At this time, the jailer shouted: "Let's go, let's go, if you don't leave, you will bring it." ”

Lu Haodong pushed Gongren and said, "Brother, go away, everything at home will be entrusted to you!" Take care, take care. ”

Gong Ren wiped his tears and said goodbye with tears: "Brother Lu, don't worry...... I will do my best to do my best, I will do my best......" Gong Ren attached himself to his ear and said: "Zhu Qi has rebelled, you must take Zhu Qi with you no matter what." You ...... like that," Gong Ren instructed into his ear.

Lu Haodong nodded.

In the middle of the night, Liu Yanei suddenly led a team of Qing soldiers to surround the heavily guarded Zhu Qi's home, and carefully searched the inside and outside of the house, and immediately found many letters.

Zhu Qi looked puzzled and asked: "Mr. Liu, you and I are colleagues and serve the emperor together, but today I really don't understand, why did you search my home." ”

Liu squinted his eyes and smiled and said: "Originally, we were colleagues and worked together for the government, but some people had bad intentions and used deception to deceive the government. What kind of person am I, I'm just a clairvoyant, I'm a fiery eye gold crystal, and I can't rub sand in my eyes. Don't squat in the thatched pit and ask about the smell of incense - knowingly ask, what is there to talk about in the yamen. ”

Zhu Qi was furious and scolded: "It's really stupid, I have offended Sun Wen in order to tell this matter, and they can't tolerate me." Why should I sin against you again? If you have to say that I surrendered, then please show evidence? ”

Liu squinted his eyes and smiled again, and said, "Do you want to talk about evidence, how can I arrest you casually without evidence." Lu Haodong had already revealed the news in his coma, saying that there was another party who had successfully infiltrated our official mansion this time. Is there anyone else but you who have taken refuge in us this time, so who is it if it's not you? ”

Zhu Qi shouted that he was wronged and said: "Lu Haodong is looking for a backing when he is dying, and he may not be able to fight against treachery!" If you don't believe me, why should you believe him! ”

Liu squinted his eyes and said seriously: "We have used all the punishments that Lu Haodong should have used, and he told this matter in a semi-coma, which is the most true and credible." ”

Liu squinted his eyes and looked at the letters, with a puzzled face, and asked Zhu Qi: "What do these letters mean, why can't I understand them?" ”

Zhu Qi also regretted it a little, and said: "Yesterday, I received a lot of inexplicable letters, either some of which were written in a blur, or the letters were half written and half scribbled, which made people incomprehensible. It's just a pity that I didn't burn it and ended up in trouble. ”

Liu squinted his eyes as if grasping a life-saving straw, and said: "What kind of trouble is this, this is the code word and evidence of your contact." Take away—"

Zhu Qi was taken to the governor's mansion, and Liu squinted and tortured Zhu Qi again. Zhu Qi was originally afraid of being beaten, and he had already been beaten once, but this time he was familiar with the road, and he was guilty twice, and he was beaten to the point that he was broken after a while. Zhu Qi thought, I can't complain that Sun Wen said that the government is dark and incorrigible, it seems that this is really the case, it is really corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and ignorant officials are rampant. If I recruit it today, it will be a death, and if I don't recruit it, it will also be killed, and it will be a death both horizontally and vertically. Since this is the case, the skin and flesh should stop suffering, and simply ask what to do, so the crime of fraud is decided.

Liu Squint didn't know that Zhu Qi had been wronged, but he had already made up his mind in his heart: a literati like Zhu Qi, such a famous pen, is a big obstacle to his career, and if he doesn't get rid of it now, let alone when. Moreover, Zhu Qi has already spit out all the things that should have been spit out, what is the use of keeping it, and it has also saved a lot of reward money for the imperial court.

In the Qixingli office, Gong Ren and Chen Shaobai looked at the desperate letter together, the blood stains on the letterhead, the clumps of tears, the heart of worrying about the country and the people, and the feeling of generosity to righteousness, jumped on the paper. In front of Gong Ren, Lu Haodong's figure seemed to be slowly rising, rising higher and higher, rising bigger and bigger...... Lu Haodong seemed to be sitting on a chair in the living room with Sun Wen chatting, and the two sometimes laughed and sometimes argued...... It was already dark, the lights were lit in the house, and Lu Haodong and Sun Wen were still in bed talking all night, discussing one action plan after another seriously and enthusiastically.

In Gong Ren's ears, Lu Haodong's loud voice sounded: "My surname is Lu Zhonggui, my name is Haodong, a native of Cuiwei Township, Xiangshan, and I am twenty-nine years old. Xiang lived outside, and now returned to Guangdong, and fellow villager Sun Wen was angry at the corruption and autocracy of the foreign government, the corruption and cowardice of the officials, and the conspiracy of outsiders. Living in Shanghai for many years, he had nothing to do, but he returned to Guangdong from Shanghai, and met Sun Jun and visited the guest house. Far away from the old people, the wind and rain are connected to the bed, and the conversation is unrestrained. When we are forced by external troubles, we want to cure the target, Sun Zezhu is full of revenge and will revenge, think about the root of the problem, argue for days, and the purpose is determined, this is the beginning of Sun Jun and my initiative. …… You must know that if the Manchu Qing Dynasty is not abolished today, it will not be enough to revive the Han people; If it is not to eliminate the traitors, it is not enough to abolish the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so we especially want to punish one or two dog officials, thinking that our Han people should be the first to be a stick. Although this thing cannot be done, this heart is very comforting, but I can kill, and those who rise after me cannot be killed. The ram is dead, and the ninth is wronged; Strangers return to Chu, I say self-examination. I have said everything, please execute quickly. ”

On November 7, Lu Haodong, Zhu Guiquan, and Qiu Si were escorted to the execution ground by the Qing government, along with Zhu Qi. Before he died, Lu Haodong, Zhu Guiquan, and Qiu Si all smiled and encouraged each other, but Zhu Qi was depressed and no one sympathized. After the execution, the bodies of Lu Haodong, Zhu Guiquan, and Qiu Si were snatched away and reburied by the members of the Xingzhong Association and the Sanhe.

Zhu Qi's body had not been cleaned up for several days, and a few wild dogs came, sniffed, then shook their heads and left.

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