In the dark night, Wang Kaiyun, who was in prison, suddenly had a cold war.

It has been a few days since he was imprisoned, but no one has been asked.

Li Ciming and Dong Wenliang were also arrested that day, and he guessed that it might be because of the article published in newsprint, because after getting into the prison car, he kept scolding "Newsprint ruined me!" Newsprint ruin me! ”

But after he was imprisoned, he was left unattended.

For a few days, except for the prison food, he didn't even see a single person, and these days he has been scolding "the eunuchs are in charge, and the factory guards are rampant", which is to attract attention.

But no one paid any attention to him.

Wang Kaiyun, who was about to go crazy, didn't know that his sentence "newsprint ruined me" was tantamount to confessing that the article insulting Lin Yizhe and Wen Bochuan was written by him, and that he was automatically established on the charge of "slandering ministers", and even the trial was omitted and he was directly locked up.

What he didn't know was that Li Ciming and Dong Wenliang, who were arrested with him, took the initiative to identify that the article was written by him Wang Kaiyun, so they were sentenced to "not report it", because they both also participated in the creation of this article, and they were each sentenced to a hundred rods. As a result, he lost his life after a meal.

When Wang Kaiyun was thinking about himself, he saw a little light in the darkness.

Wang Kaiyun looked closely, but saw two prisoners standing at the door.

"You ...... What to do? Wang Kaiyun saw that the two prisoners were holding some strange household goods in their hands, and he couldn't help but feel frightened and asked in surprise.

The two prisoners did not go to see Wang Kaiyun, but began to pound against the lock of the cell door.

Wang Kaiyun was frightened for a while, he thought that the two cells were going to open the prison door and let him out, but when he saw the two cells pouring some dark red juice into the keyhole, he understood what was happening, and he was cold.

He now knew why, after being caught in prison, no one paid attention to him.

The prison seals the lock, this is to stay in prison for the rest of your life!

"You ...... Let me out! Let me out! ――”

When the two prisoners had finished their work, they turned and left, disappearing into the darkness, paying no attention to Wang Kaiyun, who was howling loudly, as if he did not exist.

The news of Wang Kaiyun's arrest soon spread throughout the provinces, and literati and retired officials from all over the country also got the news, but what is surprising is that the officials who have always been full of benevolence, righteousness, morality, and outspokenness chose to lose their voices collectively this time, and no one said a word about Wang Kaiyun's arrest.

And what Wang Kaiyun didn't know was that his Sixian Lecture House in Changsha, Hunan Province was later closed, and those maids who had been serving him for many years, except for the two most elegant ones who were "taken in" by Li Ciming, the rest ran away with his disciples back then.

Chongqing, Chaotianmen River.

Lin Yiqing stood on the deck of the small steamer "Huiji", looking at the Chaotianmen Wharf that entered in the distance, and sighed with emotion in his heart.

Chaotianmen is the hub of the two rivers, and it is also the largest water wharf in Chongqing. There are a lot of streets and alleys along the river bank on both sides of the door, although there are mostly shantytowns and stilted buildings, but also lively into the market, the business is prosperous, and the streets and alleys are scattered inside the door, and the traffic is reachable. This area can be said to be the most prosperous commercial wholesale and retail area in Chongqing.

"Here...... It's beautiful! Chiho Kirino, who was beside Lin Yiqing, looked at the spectacular scenery of thousands of sails coming and going at Chaotianmen Wharf, and couldn't help but sigh.

Chiho Kirino is in Japan, and it can be said that she has never seen such a view.

"Teacher, why is the main dock empty?" Yusaku Uehara asked curiously, pointing to a large empty pier.

"It should be a place for official ships to moor." Lin Yiqing replied.

As Lin Yiqing said, the main role of Chaotianmen is still as the folk proverb says, "welcoming officials and receiving saints", that is, when important officials come to Chongqing, or the emperor has a holy decree or edict to Chongqing, they all dock at Chaotianmen Wharf, and local officials also go to Chaotianmen Wharf to greet them, which is also the reason why Chaotianmen got its name.

As far as he knew, in the early days, ordinary civilian ships were not allowed to dock at Chaotianmen Wharf, in order to prevent idle people from affecting public order, but later, although this ban was lifted, civilian ships could only dock at the small wharf next to it, and the largest and best wharf was still reserved for official ships.

After a short time, the "Huiji" docked, and after Lin Yiqing said goodbye to the captain, he took Chiho Kirino and Yusaku Uehara and the corresponding items ashore, and soon disappeared into the vast flow of people.

"Teacher, I think we should set up an ambush on the main road."

When they appeared at the fork in the mountain, Yusaku Uehara couldn't help but say to Lin Yiqing.

"Oh? Why? Brave? Lin Yiqing smiled slightly, stopped and asked. Because this place is extremely remote and there is no one around, Lin Yiqing uses Japanese.

Hearing the answer between the master and apprentice, Chiho Kirino also stopped and listened to the two of them curiously.

"Teacher, I think that the goal will definitely go the way." Yusaku Uehara plucked up his courage and said to Lin Yiqing.

"How do you know they're going to take the big road?" Lin Yiqing asked.

"They've been on a desperate journey since they left Beijing, and I think they're worried about being punished for missing their arrival." Uehara Yusaku analyzed, "The road in Sichuan is rugged, difficult to walk, since ancient times, there is a poem of 'Shu Road is difficult, it is difficult to go to the blue sky', they are in a hurry, they have been walking the Yangtze River waterway, because they have more people, they carry more things, and they are riding in a carriage, after entering Sichuan, in order not to delay the trip, so they will definitely choose a flat road to move forward, in order to be able to reach as soon as possible." ”

"You have a point, but I think they will definitely choose the path to move forward." Lin Yiqing smiled and said.

"The path is rough and difficult, sparsely populated, and prone to encountering bandits, they shouldn't take such a risk, right?" Yusaku Uehara said.

"The trail is difficult to walk, but it's close. And if there are locals leading the way, it will greatly speed up the trip. Chiho Kirino was a little angry when she heard that Yusaku Uehara had raised an objection to the teacher, so she interjected on the side, "And as you saw when we came, the main road is only wider, not much smoother than the small road." ”

"But what if they take the road?" Yusaku Uehara asked a little unconvinced.

――――Dividing Line――――

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