When the villagers heard what the village chief said, they didn't know what to say and left in twos and threes.

As soon as everyone left, Lin Dahai's body swayed, his eyes went dark, and he fell straight backwards.

"Old man!" "Grandpa!" Several exclamations were heard in the yard.

It was already noon when Lin Dachuan and his men took Lin Ping back to the county government office.

The group had been traveling for the whole morning and were already very thirsty.

After returning to the yamen, he threw Lin Ping into the court. After drinking a few sips of water, he went to the study room at the back to inform Lord Qin.

Lin Ping sat on the ground, gasping for breath. His hands were tied as he followed the soldiers' horses all the way to the county town.

"Anzi, pour me some water, I'm dying of thirst."

When Lin Ping saw Lin An sitting on the chair, he felt like he had seen a savior and completely forgot why he was tied here.

Lin An glanced at the embarrassed Lin Ping on the ground, sat there calmly, and ignored Lin Ping's words.

Lin Shuyue held a piece of apricot cake and drank tea from time to time.

He happily watched Lin Ping's joke and sighed in his heart: "Master Qin is really a nice person. He was afraid that we would get bored waiting, so he even gave us snacks and tea."

It turned out that after Lin Dachuan took his men away, Qin Zhao was grateful to Lin An and his daughter for sending him Li Long and three other bandits, which made his subsequent plan to suppress bandits more certain.

Besides, he really liked Lin Shuyue, this smart little girl, so he asked the father and daughter to sit down and wait.

He also asked someone to bring the little girl's favorite snacks and tea. After settling the two of them, he returned to the study to handle official business.

"Be quiet, kneel down and don't talk!" The bailiff standing next to him shouted at Lin Ping coldly.

Lin Ping was so frightened that he trembled and dared not say a word.

After a while, Lord Qin walked in, glanced at Lin Ping on the ground, walked straight behind the desk and sat down.

Lin Shuyue and Lin An also stood up and knelt on the ground

"Bang!" The gavel slammed on the desk, "Mighty..."

Lord Qin said to Lin Ping in the hall, "Lin Ping, Li Long, Li Hu, and Li Xiong confessed that you ordered them to rob Lin An's house last night.

He also ordered Li Long to break Lin An's leg. Is this true?"

"Your Excellency, I am innocent! I don't know any Li Long or Li Hu. I am just a country boy who farms the land." Lin Ping dared not admit it.

Lord Qin remained calm and continued, "You said you didn't know Li Long and the other two, but they said they are very familiar with you. Someone, bring Li Long and the other two in."

The bailiff responded and brought Li Long and his two brothers in within a moment. The three brothers knelt in the hall.

When they saw Lin Ping, the three men's faces turned red. They were so angry that they wanted to get up and kill him. It was because of Lin Ping that they were caught.

"Li Long, do you know the person next to you?"

Li Long shouted loudly: "Sir, I know him, he is Lin Ping, he is the one who ordered us to rob Lin An's family."

"You are lying, I don't know you, you are lying!" Lin Ping hurriedly denied.

"Humph, stop pretending. So many people in the bar saw us drinking together yesterday evening."

After Li Long finished speaking, he said to Lord Qin: "Sir, when Lin Ping discussed this matter with the three of us brothers in the tavern yesterday evening,

A young man who happened to be passing by heard it, and I threatened him from behind not to tell anyone.

Just ask the boy to come over and you will know."

Lin Ping fell to the ground after hearing this. It was over, it was really over.

The whole story is clear.

Finally, Lord Qin sentenced Lin Ping to twenty lashes of the cane and exiled him three thousand miles away for the crime of colluding with bandits and murdering others.

Lin Ping lay on the ground trembling, crying with snot and tears streaming down his face, and seemed to remember something in a trance.

He crawled to the father and daughter who had already stood up, and begged, "Anzi, I'm sorry for you, please forgive me this time.

Big brother will definitely be nice to you guys later, please go and beg the master not to exile me, big brother, please."

Lin An took his daughter a step back and looked at Lin Ping lying on the ground coldly without saying a word.

Lin Dachuan took two people and dragged Lin Ping into the yard.

Soon, there were wailing and beating sounds coming from the county government yard.

Then the wailing sound turned into Lin Ping's yelling, "Lin An, you conscienceless bastard!

If I had known this earlier, I would have burned your house down, you cruel and vicious person!"

Lord Qin's face darkened, and he shouted at the yamen runner, "Why don't you shut his mouth!"

Lin An and Lin Shuyue didn't care, as they had a clear conscience.

The father and daughter were still discussing which restaurant to go to for lunch.

After the incident, Lin An and Lin Shuyue said goodbye to Lord Qin. Lord Qin solemnly warned Lin An: "Lin An, this matter must not be publicized.

When I asked Lin Dachuan to capture Lin Ping, I did not disclose that the victim was your family. Except for Li Long and his two companions and Lin Ping,

Others didn’t know your family was involved, and since the matter involved the bandits from Yuhu Mountain, it was for your safety.”

Lin An and Lin Shuyue nodded and responded solemnly. They were not ungrateful people, and they were very grateful to Lord Qin for considering them so much.

As early as last night, Lin Shuyue thought about all this and suggested that her family keep it secret and set off early the next day.

After bidding farewell to Lord Qin, the father and daughter headed straight to the west of the city and ordered two bowls of meat soup noodles from the restaurant they had eaten at last time.

Lin An was extremely hungry. He had been a little reserved in the county government office just now and did not dare to go for a snack.

Lin Shuyue wasn't really hungry. She ate her noodles slowly while talking to Xiao Tangyuan.

"Xiao Tangyuan, I remember that you can sign in repeatedly at a location, right?"

"Host, you can sign in repeatedly, but you can only sign in once a day at a location."

Lin Shuyue pondered for a moment and decided to sign in at Yuhua Cloth Shop and Linglong Pavilion today.

The remaining two times were to the money house and the pharmacy.

After eating, the two sat and rested for a while, then Lin Shuyue took Lin An for another walk around the county town. They used up all the sign-in opportunities before preparing to leave the city.

At the city gate, Lin An was driving a mule cart to line up people leaving the city. Lin Shuyue was sitting on the mule cart, staring in a daze at the people coming in and out.

At this time, a carriage came in from outside the city gate with a "da da da" sound and passed by Lin Shuyue and the others.

Lin Shuyue took a quick glance and found that the person driving the carriage was the medicine boy she saw last time in Jishidiang.

On the carriage, the dark blue curtains were tightly closed, and no one could be seen inside.

Lin Shuyue withdrew her gaze and stopped thinking about it.

The sun was slowly setting, and its afterglow filled the sky.

On the small road at the foot of the golden Western Mountains, a mule cart was moving with a "clattering" sound.

The man driving the cart had a smile on his face, and his joy of going home seemed to infect the little birds in the roadside trees, which chirped.

"Mom, we're back!" Lin Shuyue jumped gently from the car and ran towards home cheering.

Arriving at the gate, she carefully examined the new gate, stepped forward and patted it, her voice a little dull, "Well, it's much thicker than the previous one."

The three Li family members who were practicing martial arts in the yard heard the sound, walked quickly forward to open the door, and saw Lin Shuyue with a big smile on her face.

"You finally decided to come back? Why did you take so long? You made us worry for a whole day." Mrs. Li tapped Lin Shuyue's forehead.

Lin An, who was following behind, felt a little weak after hearing his wife's words.

Just as he was about to explain, Lin Shuyue stopped him and asked him to settle the mule first.

When Li saw her daughter's expression, she knew she had something to say, so she didn't ask any more questions and told her eldest son to close the gate.

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