"Young master, here, this is my home." Shopkeeper Liu squeaked to Qingyu and then stepped forward to knock on the door, and after three sounds, someone came to open the door.

When the door opened, I saw a middle-aged woman, and when the woman saw that it was the shopkeeper Liu, she quickly turned sideways and got out of the way, and the shopkeeper Liu said, "Young master, this is my inner man Hua's." Qingyu nodded in his heart, which was regarded as a greeting.

Shopkeeper Liu said to Hua's: "What are you still doing here, why don't you hurry in and clean up the wine and food on the table." Hua Shi hurriedly closed the door and hurriedly ran to the stove room, and said as he walked: "The food is ready and hot in the pot, you and the young master will sit down for a while." So saying, he went into the stove room.

After entering the guest room, Shopkeeper Liu asked Qingyu to sit down first, poured water and sent it to his hand, and then sat down himself, Shopkeeper Liu said politely: "The family is cold, and the young master has been wronged." ”

Qingyu's face was gloomy, and he said: "The phoenix that fell into the water is not as good as a chicken, how can I be qualified to pick and choose in my current situation, if it weren't for Uncle Liu to take me in, I would have been living on the street now." ”

Shopkeeper Liu waved his hand and said: "Young master, don't say that, if it wasn't for the master to take me in back then, now I just don't know how to wander around like marrying a wife and having children now." ”

Qingyu said with emotion: "Nowadays, there are many people who are unkind, and if something happens in the family, they all avoid it from their relatives and Mingzhe to protect their lives, only Uncle Liu, you are willing to take me in regardless of the trouble, such a great favor Qingyu has a plan in his heart." ”

Shopkeeper Liu said: "Young master, don't be so old and can't afford it. ”

As the two spoke, Fahrenheit had already put the food and drinks on the table.

After the dishes were placed, the shopkeeper Liu glanced at Fahrenheit, and Hua's excuse was to take care of the children and go back to the house, the shopkeeper Liu got up and poured a full glass of wine for Qingyu, and poured it himself, and the shopkeeper Liu said: "This wine is not strong, it is his own home-brewed rice wine, and the fragrance in the entrance has the effect of eliminating fatigue, you have drunk more on the road for a few days." Qingyu didn't speak, raised his head and went down with a cup, and when he saw Qingyu drinking, Shopkeeper Liu poured a full cup again.

Shopkeeper Liu said, "Young master, you eat vegetables." "Sandwiched a chicken leg and put it in Qingyu's bowl, maybe it was a few days of busy rushing to drop rice, it was really hungry, Qingyu picked up the chicken leg and barely ate a small bite and put it in the bowl, and the shopkeeper Liu took some verdant cabbage and ate it.

"Young Master, what are your plans now?" Shopkeeper Liu asked.

Qingyu put down the chopsticks in his hand and said, "I plan to visit my parents in prison now and make plans again." ”

Shopkeeper Liu said: "Well, I also plan to go and see how the old lady is doing before making plans." ”

Qingyu looked worried: "The later it is now, the worse the situation will be, but I don't know how to get into the prison." ”

Shopkeeper Liu nodded and said, "I tried to visit the master before you came, but the yacha said that the master was arrested by the Jinyi Guard, and it is not up to them to let me go to the Jinyi Guard." Shopkeeper Liu shook his head when he mentioned that day.

Qingyu said worriedly: "Now it's all up to Zhou Jin's side to maneuver around, otherwise there is really no way." Seeing the current situation, he shook his head and sighed.

Zhou Jin returned home without eating, and he didn't care about the tiredness of the journey for days, so he went straight to the study, opened the door and entered the house, and saw Zhou Guoliang was busy writing something, Zhou Jin didn't bother, poured himself a glass of water, and sat on the chair.

Presumably a little hungry on the road, Zhou Jin unconsciously drank two glasses of water and went down, and when he was about to drink the third cup, the pen in Zhou Guoliang's hand stopped, and when he looked up and saw Zhou Jin sitting on the chair, he asked: "I'm back so soon, I thought you would stay in Jinhua for a few more days." Zhou Jin picked up the third bowl of water and drank it, put it on the table halfway through it and said, "No way, Qingyu has an accident at home and has to accompany him on the road, so he came back a few days early." ”

Zhou Guoliang seemed to have the intention not to mention the matter of the Li Mansion, and said to Zhou Jin: "How can Yaxing come to my study if I don't go to rest for days, by the way, drinking water on an empty stomach is not suitable for the body, it is better to drink less." Zhou Guoliang said as he tidied up his desk and carefully hung the brush on the pen stand.

Zhou Jin ignored Zhou Guoliang's instructions, and said with grievances: "Dad, why aren't you in a hurry when something happens to the Li family, even if you don't think about it for the Li family!" ”

Zhou Guoliang asked suspiciously: "Think about myself?" Why is this true? ”

Zhou Jin said with an ugly face: "Dad, are you really confused or do you want to understand when confused, the Li family is the first good in the pine forest, and it is needless to say that he helps the poor and poor people on weekdays, repairs bridges and paves roads, and when the famine is in the disaster, he opened a warehouse to give food, donated clothes and was taken to donate silver to the victims, these are all vivid, and the city knows everything. ”

Zhou Guoliang was not in a hurry to reply to Zhou Jin's words, came to the table and lifted the kettle to pour himself a glass of water but found that he had been drunk and had to give up, sat next to Zhou Jin and said: "My son has been out for a few days but a lot of sensible, it seems that 'reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles' is true, let me ask you, how do you know that my father and I did not find a way to rescue the Li family, and do you know who the people who imprisoned the Li family are?" I don't want to think about whether it's your father and I can do anything, your father is the county master in the pine forest, but there is still the court above. Zhou Jin was speechless when asked by Zhou Guoliang.

Zhou Guoliang said with a straight face: "You don't know this, I'll answer for you, except for Li Wendong and his wife who were detained as the main criminals, no one else has been arrested, including your good brother Qingyu, this is your father and my credit, and then the Li family is detained by Jinyiwei, Jinyiwei is the emperor, and the officials in Beijing have no right to ask, not to mention that your father and I have a county order, and I have done my best to protect the Li family." ”

After listening to Zhou Guoliang's words, Zhou Jin said for a while: "It seems that I am wrong to blame my father, but you are not known to outsiders about what you do, and the people still don't think about you, so people misunderstand that what your father did to the Li family is not equivalent to doing it in vain, and I am afraid that it will have an impact on the assessment of my father's officials at that time." ”

Zhou Guoliang looked at the son in front of him as if he didn't know him, although Zhou Jin played badly in the past, his temperament was not as simple as now, and his scheming was a good plan when used in a good place, but it became a means to harm people when used in a bad place, but Zhou Guoliang believed that his son was just caring about himself, not playing tricks.

Zhou Guoliang sighed and said: "Being a man doesn't have to be perfect, and there is no last resort, and the same is true for being an official, and only by sticking to principles can you stick to your heart." If your father and I were the kind of people who work step by step, we wouldn't have stayed in this Songlin County for six years. Zhou Guoliang said so much bitterly, hoping that he could understand it after listening to it.

"Dad, it's the child's fault for you, now Qingyu is rushing back from Jinhua Mansion in a hurry, and he must want to see his parents, I don't know if I can see each other? Can Daddy help Qingyu? Zhou Jin asked anxiously, thinking of Qingyu's heartbroken and grief-stricken appearance, he also became sad.

Zhou Guoliang said: "You can visit at any time if you want, but as soon as possible, this case is handled by Jinyiwei, and they can't always leave in the pine forest." ”

Zhou Guoliang remembered the situation when he went to see Li Wendong in the prison the day before yesterday, the whole person had collapsed, and his body was like a withered tree, and he was completely lifeless, so he insisted on his will, and when he entered the cell, Li Wendong knelt on the ground and cried: "My lord, for the sake of doing something for Songlin in the past, please let my son go." He is the only hope for the Li family. Zhou Guoliang hurriedly stepped forward to help Li Wendong up, but Li Wendong didn't want to get up, so he just kowtowed.

Zhou Guoliang said: "You stop first, otherwise how can I talk to you." Speaking of this, Li Wendong stopped, his forehead was full of mud, and Zhou Guoliang said: "I came to tell you Qingyu today, so that you can rest assured." The commander of the Jinyi guard said that Qingyu and the people in your house are all right, and they have all been let go, as for you, ........." Zhou Guoliang couldn't bear to say any more when he said this.

Li Wendong's body trembled obviously when he heard this, but he immediately said: "Since I entered this prison, I have no intention of getting out alive, the reason why I confessed my guilt is to protect Qingyu's safety, and now that my lord has said this, I will be blind to death." He coughed violently, and coughed up blood in his mouth.

Zhou Guoliang said: "Yesterday, Zhou Jin came back from Jinhua and said that he came back with Qingyu for several days, you have to cheer up." Zhou Guoliang didn't say the rest of the words after all.

Now that Zhou Jin came to him, he had to euphemistically say that he couldn't bear to tell Qingyu to come to visit earlier.

Zhou Jin came to the study to find Zhou Guoliang originally to Qingyu to see his parents as soon as possible, but now that he has received his father's reply, he yawns and goes back to sleep.

As soon as the day came, Qingyu and Shopkeeper Liu went out, and Zhou Jin also got up early in the morning and drank porridge casually and went out. All three rushed to the meeting place they had agreed with yesterday.

As soon as they met, Zhou Jin saw that Qingyu had lost a lot of weight, and said worriedly: "I don't care if I don't look closely, these **** have lost a lot of weight, so you must hold on." ”

"I'm fine, just don't worry." Qingyu said in a low voice.

"It's okay." Zhou Jin relaxed slightly, looked at Qingyu and said, "I came today to take you to see your uncle." ”

Shopkeeper Liu listened to it and said excitedly: "Great, I don't know what happened to the old man and the old lady inside." As he spoke, his eyes were red and his eyes were full of tears.

Qingyu was grateful to Zhou, bowed down and said, "These days have made you suffer. After speaking, he bowed deeply, and Zhou Jin hurriedly stopped Qingyu and said: "We have been good brothers for more than ten years, and you are too much to see like this." ”

Helping Qingyu up, Zhou Jin continued: "In the future, we won't be so polite and make people feel angry, okay, let's go to the prison now." With that, the three of them hurried to the prison, and on the way they went to the tavern to buy some wine and food.

When he came to the outside of the prison, he saw that there was a yacha guard, Zhou Jin asked Qingyu and Liu shopkeeper to wait on the side, and he stepped forward to talk to the yacha, and after a while, Zhou Jin took Qingyu and Liu shopkeeper into the prison.

When I first entered the cell, it was pitch black, and Shopkeeper Liu, who felt very wet and cold, couldn't help but shiver, and only saw inside clearly after a while. From time to time, I heard the miserable screams of the prisoners and made people tremble unconsciously, and through the cells on both sides, you could see that there were many prisoners locked up, all of whom were filthy.

Seeing that some people came in to visit, they all leaned against the door to see who was coming, and when the yacha saw so many people surrounding Wei Kong, he yelled at the prisoners: "Look at everything, let Lao Tzu sleep." As he spoke, he drew his whip and struck it at the door of the cell, which happened to hit a prisoner in the face, and immediately the prisoner screamed, and the other prisoners all squatted on the ground away from the door when they saw this, but they just looked at a few people, and the face of the prisoner who was whipped by the whip was twisted into a ball of pain and wiped the blood with his prison clothes from time to time.