After a night of tossing, the prefecture finally calmed down again.

Wang Zhushu and other cadres stayed up sleepy to pack up the team, clean up the battlefield, and sent people to salvage the scorched corpses in the river, count the casualties, verify the cost, and appease the people, until the third pole of the day.

And Chen Yin'er has already brought Lu Qi home and invited a doctor.

"That being the case, Master Lu is already fine."

The doctor arched his hand: "Just rest for a while, the master and lady don't have to worry!" ”

When Chen Yin'er heard this, she was completely relieved, breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly took out a letter of silver from the back cabinet: "Thank you doctor for your help!" The consultation fee will be provided. ”

The doctor suddenly stood up and pushed away solemnly: "Master, what are you talking about?" Master Lu used a clever plan to build a river lamp to extinguish the Japanese invaders, which was a great thing to save the people!

If I take this money, will I not be ungrateful? No, take it back! ”

Seeing that the doctor didn't accept it, that's it.

After sending the doctor away, Chen Yin'er looked at Lu Qi, who was sleeping quietly on the bed, still frowning, as if there was some kind of worry that could not be dissolved.

"But I don't know what I dreamed of, and I couldn't live in my dreams."

Chen Yin'er sat lightly on the edge of the bed and rubbed her brows for Lu Qi.

……

The white flags were hung high, the sackcloth was plugged into the path, and the people who had lost their relatives in this plague spontaneously formed a procession, holding flowers and fruits along the river to pray and sacrifice, and the cry shook the wilderness.

Beside the river embankment, a group of Confucian students were sacrificing wine, one of them sang a prayer, and the paper money fluttered along the Yujiang River with the song.

"The clouds and water are long, and the air sighs yesterday Jingkang! Who sees it, the new grave of the barren mound, the decadent Tang of the homeland!

Sifu is about to pass away, and he can also be the king of the territory! ”

After singing, the student angrily threw the paper money in his hand into the brazier.

"Brother Tai," the student next to him added a piece of paper: "This half of the Manjiang Hong did a natural job, but for some reason, in the end, he scolded the Wang family?" ”

Several students around him suddenly opened the conversation: "Brother Zhang, this news is too bad!" Do you know how many casualties were there last night? All this is thanks to the king's family! ”

"Brother Li said carefully! Is there any evidence? ”

"I have relatives who were at the city gate last night and know very well. Last night, after Master Lu burned the river with a trick, Master Wang ordered no one else to beat, and only asked his children to pick up the credit.

Who knew that his family was useless, and he was beaten to the ground by several remnants of the enemy, which in turn caused the remnants of the enemy to rush into battle. Because of this, even the county post is gone! ”

"Isn't that harmful? No way! I want to write to Jiangnan Xuezheng and report this matter! A student turned his head and walked back.

Seeing this, all the beings followed one after another: "Brother Zhang speaks up, and the younger brother admires!" Please also let the little brother co-brand! ”

……

Qi Mansion is no longer as lively as it used to be, and now there are white silk hanging everywhere, two miserable white lanterns are hung in front of the door, and only one gatehouse is outside to greet guests.

Perhaps because of the rest of the war, people still have time to take care of themselves in the aftertaste of pain, and there are even fewer people who come to mourn Qi Yicheng.

Crying and mourning in the mourning hall, Qi Ming wore linen and filial piety, kneeling in front of the spirit with a tired face, and the dancing flames in the brazier led his thoughts back to last night, the moment when he did not dare to recall carefully.

He was still wearing the blood-stained garment, and his hands were stained with blood, and he refused to be wiped away.

"Young Master of the Qi family, Ling Zun has finished everything, I don't know when I will leave to return to Yangzhou?" The person who had come to the funeral asked cautiously.

“……”

Before Qi Ming could speak, suddenly the porter outside reported: "Young master, the king master has come to offer condolences, and the carriage and horses have arrived outside the door!" ”

Hearing this, Qi Ming raised his head suddenly, his brows furrowed: "The king's book?!" ”

The guests and servants on the left and right have quieted down, and the situation of last night has already spread in the city, and everyone knows that Qi Yicheng was implicated in the king's book and died.

They were waiting for Qi Ming's attitude.

"Nope!" Qi Ming clenched his fists angrily and shouted, "Let him go!" ”

The gentle young master on weekdays had such a big reaction, which startled the porter, and hurriedly took two steps back: "Yes, yes, the old slave will blow him away!" ”

As soon as he retreated five or six steps, he heard Qi Ming stop him again: "Slow! ”

Qi Ming took a deep breath, looked at the spiritual seat placed in front of the stage, and muttered to himself: "Father, your last words, my son will remember them. But if it weren't for the king's bookkeeper to make his own decisions, you wouldn't ......"

After pondering for a long time, Qi Ming opened his eyes: "Okay, please come in and see what he says." ”

The king entered the door with a generous gift, and as soon as he entered the hall, he bowed down to the spiritual seat, and wept: "Brother Qi! Shocked to hear such bad news, how can it not make my heart ache! ”

He wept bitterly, and when everyone around him was moved, two servants came up to help him and wiped away his tears.

An old servant hurriedly shook Qi Ming's arm, and motioned to him with his eyes to say something to comfort him.

Qi Ming stubbornly broke away and turned around to ignore it.

"Virtuous nephew...... "The king looked at Qi Ming with teary eyes: "Does the virtuous nephew hate me?" ”

This sentence seemed to touch Qi Ming's scales, and he turned his head angrily: "Don't dare to be!" The Qi family is just a lowly businessman, how dare he call his uncle and nephew with the Wang family, who has been tired of eunuchs for generations? Not to mention what hatred to say! ”

The king was speechless and had to leave.

The funeral continued, but it was quieter, and no one spoke more, except for the muffled whimpering of a few concubines in the room.

……

In the evening, Lu Qi woke up.

She had a long nightmare, in which she was in a sea of fire, unable to find a way to escape, and where the fire could not reach, hideous and distorted faces could be faintly seen, smiling at her.

Suddenly, a bright light suddenly shone directly in front of her, like a soft lamp, dispelling those hideous faces and calming her down.

With the belief of sending back the news, Lu Qi walked forward step by step along the light, until he opened his eyes and saw the deer lamp hanging at the head of the bed.

Chen Yin'er was knitting under the lamp, and when she heard the movement, she threw down the needle and thread in surprise: "Ah! Are you awake? Thirsty or not? Hungry or not? Does it hurt anywhere? ”

"Sister-in-law......"

Lu Qi said weakly: "Hurry up...... Just go. ”

"Where to go?" Chen Yin'er hurriedly attached her ears.

"Go and ask the king for the book!"

It happened that the king was coming to visit, and Chen Yin'er met him as soon as he went out.

Master Wang's eyes were red and swollen as if he had just cried, and he rushed in the door to clean up his clothes, and bowed to Lu Qichang: "Master Lu, please accept the old man's worship!" ”

Lu Qi was lying on the bed and couldn't avoid it, and when he saw this situation, he hurriedly surrendered his hand: "How dare Xiaosheng accept this big gift, please get up quickly." ”

"No, Master Lu has both ability and political integrity, fairness and selflessness, and he has a wonderful plan to save all living beings from the danger of being upside down, the old man is thanking you for the people of Yu County, please don't shirk."

After the salute, Chen Yin'er moved a stool and invited him to sit down.

"Master Lu, do you remember that when the theft case of your relatives and friends in the same village happened a few years ago, the old man once asked you why you didn't help?" Master Wang's expression was a little dazed, and he said to himself.

Lu Qi thought back for a few seconds: "This is indeed the case." ”

Master Wang's face sighed: "At that time, the old man also said that you are a stupid and honest honest person, I am afraid that you don't know how to cultivate wings, you are too rigid and easy to break, and you will suffer losses in the officialdom of talking about relationships and relatives everywhere."

But now that I look at it, the old man is the idiot! ”

"What do you mean by that?"

After the king's master book told all the follow-up city gate confrontations, Lu Qi was silent for a while after listening to it.

"The old man has always been unable to figure it out, I offended the ministers and was demoted to Yu County for many years, and the father and son of Shi'an are both high and powerful, and they are both clansmen, why not stand up for the old man?

I have been mediocre for half my life, and now I want to figure it out. When you enter the Huan Sea, what matters is not what kind of clothes you wear, but the heart inside! ”

Master Wang said, took off the black gauze hat on his head, and put it on his lap: "Master Lu has built this miraculous feat, and he will definitely enter the officialdom in the future. ”

Lu Qi slowly arched his hand: "The student has been taught." ”

With a long sigh of relief, Master Wang laughed self-deprecatingly: "Someone must be responsible for last night's affairs, and the old man has already sent a letter to the mansion to take the blame and hang the crown, and there will be an answer in the near future." ”

“！！”

Lu Qi looked at him in surprise: "The king's book is going to hang up the crown and leave?" ”