At noon in winter, at the end of the main street in the southeast downtown of Dongting Mansion.

The last night was difficult for many people to sleep. The Dharma Field had been set up last night, and the common people were all crowded, even though the soldiers outside the Dharma Field were trying their best to stop it, but in order to see it clearly, they were all looking at the kneeling people in the Dharma Field.

"I heard that the one in the middle who is going to be executed is Governor Liu—"

"And the merchants of the Five Lakes and Three Gangs, hey...... The one who is overbearing should have died a long time ago. ”

"I said before that these chambers of commerce are wantonly raising prices, and there must be someone to support them, no, they are greedy for so much money. ”

"Those from the Ministry of Money and Rites, they said that they missed the question for the imperial examination, and in the final analysis, they were also provoked by those insatiable people-"

"It's not Governor Liu, it's said that this Dongting Lake is about to become his own......

A few crisp gongs sounded, and the noise slowly stopped. Situ Kai stood at the desk, read out the charges, and verified that the prisoner was waiting for the hour to come. The commotion slowly sounded from all directions.

Gonggong Wei also sat aside, looked at the person sitting opposite, and said, "Why are only Commander Wang, Commander Long, and Commander Duan Gan here, and why are the other Commanders gone?"

Duan Gan said treacherously: "Brother Chen didn't fall asleep last night, and he didn't feel sleepy until dawn, and in the morning Brother Chen told me to catch up on sleep, so he didn't come." ”

Gonggong Wei smiled: "What about the other four commanders?

Wang Yu said: "Father-in-law Wei, they have been tired in the past few days, and we are also dragging our bodies, and the supervisor is General Situ, and the chief is Pan-grandpa. Whether we can get here or not is probably not very important. ”

"But the emperor's decree is to let the commanders enforce the law, and the commanders are too lazy—" Gonggong Wei's eyes looked at the tea leaves in his teacup, his fingertips picked at the surface of the tea, poured it out, and said to the little eunuch beside him: "Why is this tea wormed, how is the tea brewed?

The little eunuch was so frightened that after slapping himself, he immediately took the teapot and retreated. Long Xiangtian slapped the table, and everyone sitting on the court looked at him. "Grandpa Wei, how we act doesn't need you to be a chamberlain to talk too much - what did you just say to Sang and scolding Huai - we will explain the matter to the emperor, even if we act inappropriately, the emperor will decide to sanction it, and you don't need to be weird here. ”

Pan Gonggong got up on the horse and said, "Don't argue. Commander Wei, Commander Long is really tired of running around to solve cases in the past few days, so don't say more; Commander Long, Grandpa Wei is also thinking about your commanders, Commander Long, please forgive me. ”

Duan Gan said treacherously: "What Father-in-law Pan said is extremely ...... I'll just wait patiently for the hour to come. ”

Situ Kai also said: "The hour is coming, everyone, don't be impatient-"

When three o'clock in the afternoon finally arrived, Situ Kai immediately picked up the token and threw it away, and said, "Execution-"

Time was fast, and the executioners' knives had left the prisoners in a different place in the blink of an eye. Seeing this, Situ Kai got up and read out the process of the aftermath.

Before Long Xiangtian could finish reading it, he got up and left the court, Pan Gonggong sighed and shook his head, he looked at Long Xiangtian's back, his eyes revealed some anxiety.

In the guest room of an inn in the town outside Dongting Mansion, a group of people were crying to death, and next to this group of people was Chen Renhai - it turned out that after Chen Renhai detained him for a few days, he was going to go to other prefectures to investigate the case.

Chen Renhai secretly put them in the town outside Dongting Mansion, and brought Governor Liu back to the Soldiers and Horses Division to hand over to Situ Kai, without informing Gonggong Wei of other matters, only saying that he had captured Governor Liu here. He always felt that Governor Liu could let them find the mastermind behind the scenes, but he was afraid that someone in the palace would block their plan, and sure enough, everything happened, but fortunately, he saved the lives of innocent people.

Chen Renhai said: "Now, you have nowhere to go, do you have any plans?"

Mrs. Liu said: "Lord Chen, the corpse of the clumsy husband ......"

"You haven't completely gotten out of trouble, and the shopkeeper hasn't been caught, and I'm going to go back to the palace immediately to restore my life, and it's not easy to think of your husband's corpse. I will think of burying him on a grave outside the city, and the tablet will only stand on the day of his death and mark a kan character next to it, so that I can go to worship at that time. Chen Renhai said.

Governor Liu's father-in-law said: "Now I am waiting for a family, I can only go to the foreign house to join relatives, I still have some money in my hand, and I will make a living by doing business...... Thank you Commander Chen for treating our sinners' family so leniently—" After that, he knelt down with the family and saluted, and Chen Renhai immediately picked him up and said, "You haven't done these things with him." Although you have enjoyed the money he has embezzled, you have now paid the price of losing your husband, father, and son-in-law, and you have tasted your sins, and you don't need to thank me—" With that, Chen Renhai said goodbye to everyone, came out of the inn and went straight to the Dongting Soldiers and Horses.

In the Dongting Soldiers and Horses, everyone sat without saying a word, and after Chen Renhai came back, he also found a place to sit down in the hall. Yu Jing arrived in the hall and said, "Yu is here to say goodbye to you, he will meet again in the future——"

Pu Mu asked, "What are your plans for the future?"

Yu Jing said: "Be a wandering Jianghu Langzhong, my parents don't know where they are right now, and they are too ruthless for me, so I won't look for them." ”

Everyone didn't reply, Yu Jing said goodbye to everyone, walked out of the Terracotta Division, and took the ferry boat and didn't know where to go. When he was young, Pan Gonggong and others returned to the Soldiers and Horses.

When Gonggong Wei arrived in the hall, he opened his mouth and said, "Do you commanders think you have rested enough?"

Guo Yu said: "Thank you Father-in-law Wei for your kindness, I'll rest enough." ”

"The person who just left, can it be Yu Gongzi?"

"What's the matter? Gonggong Wei still wants to correct him on the spot? The emperor's secret order doesn't seem to say that Yu Gongzi will be executed, right?"

"Commander Long, the old slave made a mistake today, and I can't compensate you here. Please also ask the dragon commander to forgive the old slave, and no longer have to treat the old slave with such words. "Wei Gong is fair.

Long Xiangtian got up and said, "Father-in-law Pan, are I leaving Dongting Mansion tonight?"

Gonggong Pan thought for a while and said, "At present, there are still the corpses of these people that have not been disposed of, and the old slave wants to hand them over to your commanders, I don't know what your commanders think?"

Bai Yang looked at the few coffins placed in the front yard and said, "Isn't it just a few coffins, just find a mountain forest grave and bury it." ”

Chen Renhai stood up and said, "Just let me deal with it, General Situ, and ask a few soldiers to go with me." In the afternoon, I quickly buried these corpses in the ground, so that they could have a good home in the Yin Division. ”

"Yes, yes, yes...... When the sun goes down, it's going to be a lot of trouble, and we'll have to stop them for them. General Situ, hurry up and send some soldiers with Commander Chen to bury them. "Wei Gong is fair.

Situ Kai returned the order, sent someone to order, and when he was young, the soldiers all arrived in the front yard, and Chen Renhai said goodbye to everyone and led the soldiers out of the Soldiers and Horses Division together. Wei Gonggong said: "Now everything is done, Pan's father-in-law, I will wait until tonight to set off or ......"

Pan Gong said fairly: "Your commanders have been tired for many days, and we have just enforced the law today, so it is better to rest here for the night first, and then set off on the road to Beijing at two o'clock tomorrow." ”

"That's very good—" Long Xiangtian left this sentence and walked out of the gate of the Soldiers and Horses, and everyone looked at him and closed the door, and the sound of closing the door was very loud. Father-in-law Wei couldn't bear it anymore at this time, and scolded: "Father-in-law Pan, have you seen it, the old slave bowed his head to him when he entered the door and admitted his mistakes, he is still complaining about the old slave?

Duan Gan smiled and said: "Father-in-law Wei, if you have any words, you might as well say them directly in the future, anyone who listens to such words will be uncomfortable. Maybe my father-in-law is not adaptable, and my father-in-law's words are not suitable for us. In the future, I am afraid that it will be better to put any words on the table. ”

Guo Yu said: "What Brother Duan said is extremely true, we still need to work together in the future, and we don't want to hurt the harmony in this matter, which is not very beneficial to you and me, to the government and the opposition." ”

Pan Gong said fairly: "What Commander Guo said is extremely true. In the future, we still need to work together, if there is a gap because of this incident, how will we work together in the future?"

"It's better to set up a banquet in the division, first, to celebrate today's grand event of thorough investigation of the suspected case, and second, to let Gonggong Wei and you all understand the past suspicions. What is the public opinion of Pan Gong?" Situ Kai said.

"Okay—tell the kitchen, set up a banquet today, and set up wine to celebrate—" Pan Gong said fairly.

The evening glow stained the surface of the lake in the Dongting waters, the merchant ships and fishing boats were still in the rivers and waterways, and the Five Lakes and the Three Gangs were destroyed, but these boats were still open. Without these gangs, many shipping companies are much easier, and those shipping dock businesses related to the Five Lakes and Three Gangs, although they are influential, are mostly running by water—these chambers of commerce know that the leaders have been punished, so they naturally know that the case has been thoroughly investigated, and they are safe—they know that most of the killers in this gang have died in the fight with the government, and although there are some good players around them now, they will no longer be involved in those improper activities. Of course, without those officials, they couldn't do any more of those things.

In the restaurant on the street side of Dongting Mansion, Chen Renhai was drinking wine alone, and soon after burying those who had died, he told those soldiers that all the soldiers had returned to the Soldiers and Horses, and he would pay tribute to these people here. Naturally, he fulfilled what he had said to Mrs. Liu and others before - Governor Liu's tombstone was engraved with the words that should be, and the rest of the tombstones were only engraved with the time of burial.

After that, Chen Renhai returned to the downtown of Dongting Mansion and found the inn where Mrs. Liu was a few days ago, but the guys in the store said that they had left the store. Chen Renhai asked the guys in the store to make himself a pot of wine, stewed a hen, fried two side dishes, and drank wine in the store.

The sun fell, and the moon was full tonight, which was different from the Mid-Autumn Festival two months ago, and Chen Renhai at this time had experienced a completely different life from his previous years - the Mid-Autumn Festival two months ago, although he knew that he would fall into some contradictory contemplation in the future, but he never expected that he would have so many contradictions in just two months. The Ah Tou Si who was expelled from the palace when Ouchi was selected, the prisoners who fought desperately with them, and today's unresolved case and the words that Tang Dispatcher said to him and Pu Mu and Li Defei that day.

He wanted to think about everything clearly, but now he was more and more confused, what should he do? Can the rivers and lakes and the imperial court really be integrated? The wine was sad, and he remembered what he had said with his younger brother in his small courtyard a few days before he came out of Chenjiabao. Sorrowful and easy to get drunk, today he only drank a pound of soju, the stewed chicken in the pot has not been finished, and there are many leftovers on the plate, but his head is a little heavy.

The cool breeze blew on the winter night, and the customers in the store left one after another, but Chen Renhai was still in the store, and the guys were waiting for him to leave the store after eating, but he said to Xiao Er that he would add another half a catty of wine. Xiao Er said: "The guest officer seems to be drunk, this ......"

Chen Renhai threw the silver money on the table and said, "Add another half a catty of wine, if there is sauce mutton, cut another plate——"

Xiao Er wanted to reply, but the shopkeeper stopped Xiao Er and said to Xiao Er: "Go and get wine and food from the guest officer-" Xiao Er had to do so after hearing this.

The shopkeeper sat down on Chen Renhai's table and said, "The guest officer has something to worry about today?"

Chen Renhai looked up and saw that the shopkeeper was an older woman, and said, "Shopkeeper, your wine is good, after drinking so much, some people can't stand it." ”

The shopkeeper said, "If the wine in my store is sold to a melancholy person, it will have a lot of stamina." ”

Chen Renhai said with a smile: "Then this is really strange wine, I will drink it happily today-" After that, Xiao Er had already brought up the wine and food and removed the original plate.

The shopkeeper said, "But if the official is drunk, how can he go back?"

"Hahaha...... The shopkeeper is right, to be honest today, I don't want to go back, but how can I be so helpless? I have to go—" After that, he picked up the small jar of wine, and said, "Pack this mutton with me, I need to go." ”

Xiao Er immediately packed the mutton, Chen Renhai grabbed the package of meat, shook his head with the wine, and walked out of the door of the inn. The shopkeeper looked at the back of Chen Renhai leaving, turned his head, and said, "Clean the dining table, close the door—"

With that, the shopkeeper turned his back and wiped the corners of his eyes.

There was only a cold wind left on the street, and Chen Renhai took a sip of wine and a mouthful of meat, and staggered down the street while eating the wine and meat in his hands. In the street market in the cold wind, there are still a few sporadic stalls for supper snacks, Chen Renhai walked on the streets with food stalls, saw a familiar figure, and took a closer look, it was Long Xiangtian on the supper stall.

Chen Renhai said: "I didn't expect Brother Long to be in this market?"

Long Xiangtian wiped his mouth when he saw this, put some copper coins on the table of the stall, got up and said, "Brother Chen, are you going back?"

"What if you don't go back? Is there any other place to go?" said Chen Renhai, and walked down the street. Long Xiangtian immediately followed and said, "Why didn't you go back to the Soldiers and Horses Division to get together with them?"

Chen Renhai turned around and asked, "Then why didn't Brother Long have dinner in the Terracotta Division, but ate some snacks at this street supper stall?"

Long Xiangtian said: "I knew that they were going to have a banquet in the Soldiers and Horses, so I came to the Dongting Mansion for a walk, and I was not happy, and I didn't want to eat at the same table with that eunuch." ”

The two of them walked down the street, passing through the scattered stalls and heading straight for the docks. Chen Renhai said: "You are talking about Father-in-law Wei?"

"Yes, in the palace in the future, I will definitely be inseparable from that fight-" Long Xiang Tiandao.

"He can pass on the emperor's secret order, he must be a powerful chamberlain beside the emperor, and you are inseparable from him?" Chen Renhai said.

Long Xiangtian said: "Brother Chen thinks I don't dare, or does he think I can't?"

"Hahaha......" Chen Renhai handed the wine to Long Xiangtian, Long Xiangtian took the wine jar, drank all the remaining wine, and said, "What are you laughing at?"

"Is it really because of the few unenlightened words of the waiter?" said Chen Renhai.

Long Xiangtian smiled, and the two came to the dock as he spoke. The boat shop has long been closed, and Chen Renhai said: "Without the boat, how can I wait?"

At this time, someone came, and the footsteps were very soft. Long Xiangtian turned his head and saw that it was an old woman, Chen Renhai seemed to be drunk but not drunk, so he naturally didn't pay attention, and when he saw Long Xiangtian turn his head, he looked back and saw that it was the shopkeeper of that store.

Chen Renhai said: "Shopkeeper, I didn't give enough money for wine?"

The shopkeeper said: "Guest officer, the old man has been thinking for a long time, and he has something to say to the two of you today, the two of you have not yet found a boat to cross the river, and the old man has come to cross the river with the two of you." The two of them walked in front, and I held the boat for the two of them at the next pier. ”

Chen Renhai said: "Let's go, Brother Long." ”

The three of them went to the next pier together. Although the boat shop there was closed, there was still a boat by the water's edge, and the shopkeeper said, "Please, two of you—"

Long Xiangtian said: "So, thank you for the shopkeeper-"

After that, the three of them got into the boat, and the boat left the water, and slowly slid towards the center of the lake, and after walking about four miles through the waterway in the middle of the lake, they came to a river, which was obviously not the waterway to the Terracotta Division. The lights on the boat were jumping, and Long Xiangtian looked at Chen Renhai who was sitting on the side - the rowing of the boat made Chen Renhai feel a little uncomfortable and vomit in the lake. Long Xiangtian said: "Shopkeeper, just say something here." I also know that in addition to talking to me, you are afraid that you will have to do something with me, right?"

The shopkeeper said: "The old man's surname is Yan, a person from Yangzhou." ”

"Hahahaha...... The mother of the shopkeeper of the Drunken Immortal Building, I think she is here to avenge the loss of her son, right?"

Chen Renhai looked at the two of them talking, and said, "It's revenge again, the shopkeeper, you are above board, and you haven't drugged me-"

The shopkeeper Yan said: "My son is my mother's heart, I want both of you to know, right?"

"Of course, if my mother is still alive, I don't have to meet you here at this age. "Long Xiang Heavenly Dao.

"The shopkeeper is right, I haven't seen my mother for a long time. Chen Renhai leaned against the side of the boat and said.

"You just haven't seen your mother for a long time, but you'll never see your son again. Shopkeeper Yan said.

Chen Renhai said: "He is on the grave in the north of Dongting Mansion, if you want to pay tribute to your son, I can take you there-"

"I beg you to wait for one thing, and if I die at your hands in a while, I beg you to bury me and my son together. Of course, Ruoer and others all died at the hands of the old body, and when the old body later sacrificed to his son, he would also put a stick of incense on everyone. Shopkeeper Yan said.

"If there were more people like you in the rivers and lakes, I think there would be a lot less trouble for us. "Long Xiang Heavenly Dao.

"Let's make a move—"

The full moon is slowly moving to the west. Yunmeng Daze was very quiet, so quiet that no movement could be heard in any river, and the entire Dongting Mansion fell asleep.

The dinner table of the Terracotta Division, which is full of cups and plates, is scattered, and it is very lively here today, at least the scene is very lively.

At dawn, the commander and the two chamberlains were in order, the ships had stopped at the dock, and they were about to leave the Dongting Mansion by water, and then turn into a carriage and enter the capital.

"Commander Long and Commander Chen are still in the future, and they didn't return last night—" said the soldier guarding the door.

Father-in-law Pan sighed: "How should this be good, hey......"

The door opened, and Long Xiangtian and Chen Renhai returned.