At night, Zhao Xingde's thoughts fluctuated, tossing and turning, and it was difficult to sleep, so he simply turned over, lit an oil lamp, unfolded a piece of rice paper, and hung it for a long time before he put down the pen and said: "Zhao Xingde, the superintendent of Taixue, will travel far away without knowing the return date, and not knowing the survival." The contract with Miss Li Fu is willing to be invalidated, and he will be allowed to marry differently, and there will be no dispute. I'm afraid that there is no back-up, Zhao Xingde ...... himself"

The word "wish" was written twice, the wrist trembled slightly, and a drop of ink stained the white paper. The wick occasionally burst a few times, and the dim light shone the crooked shadow on the edge of the window, Zhao Xingde's eyes were bloodshot, his breathing was heavy, and he groaned for a long time, and finally crumpled the letterhead into a ball and threw it in the corner of the house.

The rooster crowed on the fifth watch, Li Ruoxu went to the study to get the books used in the morning class, and Zhao Xingde asked him to invite Li Ruoxue to come and meet. Although Li Ruoxu felt strange, everyone in the house knew that Zhao Xingde and his eldest sister would get married after the autumn, so they agreed.

Not long after, Li Ruoxue put on a half-worn Luo shirt, and her temples were casually tied into a bunch hanging around her waist, and as soon as she entered the study, she asked Zhao Xingde in a low voice: "But what happened to Senior Brother Song last night?" ”

Zhao Xingde nodded and sighed, "Exactly." He briefly explained the ins and outs of the revelation that he was implicated in Fang La's uprising, framed by traitorous ministers, and questioned about the crime in prison, and said: "I will travel to Xia Country with my classmate friend Li Rui," he paused, held his breath, and looked up into Li Ruoxue's eyes. Li Ruoxue frowned deeply, listened to him quietly, and looked at Xingde with wide-eyed eyes at the moment.

Zhao Xingde said in a deep voice: "Are you willing to run away with me to avoid trouble?" Reach out and grasp the soft and hold it tightly, as if this release will never see each other. His palms were wide and thick, and his palms were scorching. Li Ruoxue was short of breath, her chest rose and fell, and after a while, she finally raised her head, her eyelashes trembled slightly, her eyes revealed complex emotions, she bit her lip tightly, and nodded gently.

"Great!" A wave of ecstasy instantly spread all over the body, and at this moment the heart seemed to explode, Zhao Xingde hugged her tightly in his arms, and after a long time, he held Li Ruoxue's shoulders and said in a deep voice: "The caravan to Xia Guo will depart tomorrow, four watches in the morning, and wait outside the moon gate of the back house, everything is arranged by me." ”

Two hours later, in the study of the mansion of Zhang Jinsi, the outgoing Hubei Road envoy, Zhang Bing, Chen Dong, Zhao Xingde, Deng Su, Cao Liangshi, Lu Zilong, Hou Xiongfei, and Chen Gongju had a secret meeting here. The information obtained by Chen Dong was more accurate than that of Zhao Xingde, and he summoned all the eight people in Kaifeng Mansion who wanted to interrogate him for treason. Because Zhang's Mansion was a family of eunuchs in Bianjing, the place was quiet, and the servants were reliable, so the eight people discussed countermeasures here in the name of discussing the scriptures and meanings of Qiuyi.

Chen Dong and Zhao Xingde thought that the traitorous party was powerful, so it was the best policy to avoid it for a while.

Zhang Bing said: "If we wait for us to leave, wouldn't we give people more authority and let the traitors frame us, but instead we will be convicted of rebellion." After he said the concerns in everyone's hearts, he said slowly: "I'm waiting for the public to be revealed, and the world is in turmoil, why did you come?" It is nothing more than to want the court to ask the guilty child thief and correct the law of the country. Now that the child thief has not been caught, we have instead evaded the three divisions, isn't it disregard for the law of the country, what face does it have to the people of the world? ”

The rest of the crowd was silent. The news released by Kaifeng Mansion may not mean to force those present to flee. Cao Liangshi said: "Although Brother Minghuan's words are reasonable, but Yin of Kaifeng Mansion is a private Cai thief, if we are arrested, once we are imprisoned, then people will be swordsmen and I will be fish and meat." ”

Zhang Bing shook his head and said: "The Dharma is the foundation of the country. The revelation has shaken the world, and today fleeing Beijing for the sake of his life, everyone in the world thinks that the national law cannot be followed, and this is the way for the country to take chaos. Hebei is undecided, the southeast is chaotic, the people are panicked, and the society is in turmoil, let alone the dignity of the national law. He bowed his hand to the other seven and said, "My way is to rule the world by law, not to abolish the law because of people." Gentlemen, go by yourself. I will not allow the traitorous party to impose the crime of treason on us. ”

Deng Su also said: "The saint is just temporarily deceived by the traitorous ministers, although Kaifeng Mansion is Cai Jing's private person, but the three divisions of the Yushitai, Dali Temple, and the Criminal Department will be tried, how can the traitor cover the sky with one hand, I am willing to stay and wait for the interrogation of this case with Minghuan." He and Zhang Bing have been friends for many years, but their views are different, Zhang Bing thinks that the world should be governed by law, although the holy king is also under the law, Deng Su advocates that the saint makes the law, and the king is in the law. At this time, since Zhang Bing was willing to sacrifice himself to become a Taoist, it also aroused Deng Su's competitive heart, thinking that this was an edict, as long as he survived until the three divisions were tried, the truth would be revealed to the world, and the official family would definitely return everyone to a clean slate.

Everyone persuaded each other repeatedly, but these two people were extremely stubborn. Later, Deng Su said simply: "The ancient Zhao family's guest grandson Pestle died generously, and Cheng Ying endured humiliation and stole his life, all for loyalty." Today, Minghuan and I are only willing to die with our bodies, and you will keep it for the future. Zhang Bingyi said: "I heard that there is a Su sage in Xirong, who was wronged by the people, and the disciple stole into prison to save the master, but the Su family refused to do so, and finally died and the national law was followed." Di Yi is still like this, I am a dignified China, how can no one die to understand the weight of the national law. ”

Seeing that the attitude of the two of them was very resolute, everyone had to give up. Before leaving, they said goodbye to Zhang Bing and Deng Su one by one. Chen Dong planned to take a sea boat back to Fujian Road for temporary refuge, and at this time, the sea ships had hidden compartments, and people hid inside to avoid being discovered by officials. The Chen family has a huge property in his hometown, and if the crime of treason is confirmed, I am afraid that he will be investigated by the officials, and now it would be good if the family could escape with their lives. Cao Liangshi, Lu Zilong, Hou Xiongfei, and Chen Gongju are also planning to return to their hometowns for a while.

At noon, in the elegant room of Huixian Building, Song An handed over a customs clearance document to Zhao Xingde. said that it was fake, but in fact, the style and seal were no different from the real one, and the name was changed to the word "Zhao De". Zhao Xingde said that he wanted to take Li Ruoxue to the summer together, and Song An also praised it, and said that although this kind of elopement was insulting, the law did not involve family members. In addition to Wen Mu, Song An also handed him a letter of recommendation from Chao Buzhi.

"Yuan Zhi, this letter must not fall into the hands of traitors, otherwise not only you, but also the teacher will be in danger." Song An solemnly admonished. In the letter of recommendation, Chao Buzhi briefly introduced Zhao Xingde's origin, and believed that he was talented and qualified to enter the Shifu to study. Because Chao Buzhi's bachelor's qualification in the Xia Kingdom is not easy for life, even if others are in the Song Kingdom, Zhao Xingde can get a place to live and settle in the bachelor's mansion with such a letter of recommendation.

Zhao Xingde put away the letter of recommendation, and his heart was full of gratitude to Chao Buzhi.

Song An's face was uncertain, he pondered for a long time, and finally said: "I guess that over there in the Xia Kingdom, in such an important place as the Bachelor's Mansion, there may be a fine work of the Imperial City Division. Yuan Zhi, you have only learned people, this letter from the teacher, when you can not use it, it is best not to use it. He knew that this was contrary to Chao Buzhi's original intention, but out of worry, he still said it.

"Thank you, brother, for mentioning." Zhao Xingde nodded yes. Song An called a guy from the restaurant to get pen and ink, and after the guy left, he added "One person with his wife, Li is twenty-nine years old, and his appearance is dignified." "A line of words. Only then did he return the document to him, and said in a low voice: "Although there are also customs clearance documents that do not have the name of the number of family members, and they can also bring a number of slaves, but in order to prevent the sale of slaves and maids, the imperial court will sometimes grasp it tighter, and in order to prevent the border officials from leaving it difficult, it is still safe to add this sentence." ”

Zhao Xingde took the paper, without too much politeness, this time Song An helped many times before and after, which has long exceeded the scope of ordinary brothers and sisters, the so-called great favor is not grateful, these verbal etiquette is not very important. Song An asked him what else was going on, Zhao Xingde thought for a moment, took out a waist card from his arms, and the officer of the Hebei Jinwei Mansion said goodbye, and said suspiciously: "When leaving Hebei, the Wang Tongzhi did not take back this thing, saying that it may be useful in the future." But is that really the case? ”

Song An's eyes lit up, he took the waist card and said goodbye, and sighed: "The king is really thoughtful, I think he is worried about the trouble that the child thief will find you after returning to Beijing, and it is also convenient for you to avoid trouble." The people of Jinean Mansion often come and go to Liaoxia, and they do confidential things, whether it is a checkpoint or a patrol border army, most of them will not ask too much when they see this waist card. After speaking, let Zhao Xingde put this thing away, and when necessary, take out the waist card to scare ordinary officials, if you meet someone from Jinwei Mansion, don't show it at will. Because of Zhao Xingde's name, he can no longer use it.