On the second day, the dark clouds that had shrouded the hearts of the people in Yongzhong for several days dissipated, and when the murder case was solved, many people clapped their hands and applauded.

At this time, the rumors about Pei Xingji, the owner of Zuixiaolou, being cuckolded and his son dead were widely spread. No one in the street was talking about it. It was very lively. The two looked at each other for a moment, both were speechless, and they left after a while.

The principal culprit in the case confessed to this, Du Si thought about it carefully, and roughly listed the scene of that day in his mind.

On the evening of the [-]th, Pei Xingji was reconciling accounts at Zuixiaolou. Mrs. Wang went to Yu Wan's house to have an affair, and Jiang Yan, the cook in the back kitchen, was working. Liu Niang happened to go out to collect materials and left her alone in the back kitchen. At this time, old man Wu was so touchy When I arrived at Zuixiao Tower, I went into the back kitchen and asked her for money, and even took down the wine jar to drink. In a rage, Jiang Yan picked up a boning knife and stabbed it into Old Man Wu's back. He fell down, and then ran out of Zuixiaolou, Jiang Yan also left; at this moment, Ji Shi, the manager of Pei Xingji's family, was always beaten and scolded on weekdays. I picked up a piece of burning wood, but I didn't expect it to fall on the ground next to the wine booth... The Zuixiao Tower caught fire, and Ji Shi stayed to help, not wanting Pei Xingji to leave late and almost be buried in the flames.

The old man Wu pulled out the knife, dropped it in the alley, and then ran towards home. At this time, Wang Kuan, who was passing by, accidentally picked up the murder weapon. Seen by Xu Tiangao, Wang Kuan dropped the murder weapon and fled. Just as Xu Tiangao was about to leave, Mrs. Wang came out from Yu Wan's house. The three of them met. Xu Tiangao threatened to tell Pei Xingji, then turned and left. The discussion failed, and Yu Wan wanted to die. Unexpectedly, he tried to stab Xu Tiangao to death with the knife that Wang Kuan threw on the ground, and killed Xu Tiangao when he approached Pei's house.

After Pei Xingji called the man in the house to put out the fire, his four-year-old son Xiaozhi sneaked out through the back door due to the negligence of the mother-in-law in the courtyard, and came to the snack shop where he usually bought sugar. The spread spread to the snack shop, and the shop owners rushed to put out the fire, but Pei Xingji asked other helpers to help him because Zuixiaolou was more expensive than the snack shop, and Xiao Zhi was burned to death, almost no one knew.

All this was witnessed by the owner of the jewelry shop opposite, he considered it over and over again, but finally did not stand up.

In the end, Pei Xing succeeded Xu Tiangao's wife, Liu Jing, and promised to help raise the child in Liu Jing's womb to grow up. Yu Wan and Ji Shi went to jail, and Wang gave Pei Xingji a big green hat. The ending was unexpected. Pei Xingji did not drive her away, but chose to forgive Wang. The mother-in-law who was terrified in Pei's house was safe and sound. Du Si did not expose them, but persuaded Pei Xingji with a general statement.

For a few days, Pei's house was going to attend the funeral, and soon after, Pei Xing continued to repair the Zuixiao Tower, and Yongzhong returned to peace, no different from usual.

Du Si secretly packed his luggage and prepared to leave Yongzhong with Jing Heng. Du Si stayed in Yongzhong for many days, but Li Zhifei had never looked for him. Just when Du Si thought he could get out of Yunzhou smoothly, Li Zhifei suddenly attacked .

"Young Master Du, the magistrate invites you to go to the humble house for a gathering." A few servants stood outside the yamen, and there was a soft sedan chair with a golden roof. Light-colored tassels swayed on the silk embroidered with a large number of complicated patterns, which was very pleasing to the eye.

Du Si stopped, thinking about the possibility of maneuvering.

"Your Majesty has ordered that if you still want to go back, you can get on the sedan chair and accept the invitation." The young servant said with a blank expression, "Otherwise, Your Majesty will have to fulfill more responsibilities as a godfather and keep Young Master to live in Yunzhou. There is no need to go back to that little place."

Du Si suddenly felt chills in his feet, his throat tightened, and he got on the soft sedan chair with his neck stuck. The porters lifted the soft sedan chair together. Their strength was so great that Du Si sitting in the sedan chair did not feel shaking at all, but was very stable. .

It is precisely because of the stability that he is even more uneasy. Du Si is sitting on pins and needles, feeling that his every move is in the hands of others.

Soon, the group of people came to the entrance of the street, Jing Heng looked at the soft sedan, his eyes flickered carefully, he bought a hat from a small stall, put it on his head and immediately followed.

The sun was gradually setting, and a blood red shone on the passerby's face. Du Si sat for an unknown how long before the sedan chair stopped. He avoided the servant's support and got off the sedan chair immediately.

He saw a very open and open mansion in front of him, an extremely simple mansion standing in front of Du Si, but he knew that there must be some priceless things in it, as the saying goes, wealth should not be exposed, pride should not be rampant, but he met all of them. Those old hooligans who eat people and don't spit out their bones, show favors and threaten to win one-stop service, and they will not be left behind.

At this time, Li Zhifei came out from the gate, he put on a smiley face, and laughed loudly at Du Si, "Du Si, you are here, I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Li Zhifei pulled up Du Si, who was full of indifference, and walked briskly into the mansion. Although the inside was not luxurious, it was very grand. Du Si couldn't help raising his head to watch the layout of Li Zhifei's mansion. Seeing this, Li Zhifei said with a smile.

"I didn't live here. I just bought this mansion when I came to Yongzhong to do some business in recent years. There are few people here, so I didn't make too much decoration. You will laugh at me."

Du Si pursed his lips, but did not respond.

Li Zhifei was not in a hurry, he led Du Si to a high and low place, pointed to the largest room and said, "That is a place for receiving distinguished guests, do you know who is sitting in it?"

Du Si squinted his eyes, but was blinded by the blood-red sunset in the sky.

"There are all famous people there, one of the best heroes and talents in the capital." Li Zhifei touched his beard and said in a loud voice, "Cao Zhengye, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Yunmi, Taiwei, Yuan Decai, Minister of Dali Temple... and Zhou Hongyi, a highly respected left minister grown ups."

Seeing that Du Si didn't respond, Li Zhifei chuckled, and the two returned to the original road. Li Zhifei gave him a lot of popular science along the way. The left minister is quite powerful, and he vaguely intends to catch up with the right minister Zhong Yuanqing. Li Zhifei said with joy, but Du Si could see clearly from the side that his godfather must belong to the left minister's faction, and today he is required to make a statement.

Du thought about the letters, and recalled Du Yongqiu's words, he didn't understand his own life experience and the death of his own husband, how could he feel polite to others?What's more, these people are fighting openly and secretly, stepping on the high and flattering the low, which is what he is ashamed of. Du Si doesn't belong to this circle of contacts, but Yuanbang's father seems to be deeply involved with these people...

He raised his head, and the house in front of him was getting closer and closer, blocking the light tightly. Du Si fell into a shadow, and gradually moved away from the light. He didn't know what secret was hidden in himself, which made them do it. At this point, at this time, the two walked to the door, Li Zhifei stretched out his hand, and the moment he pushed the door open, he turned his head and smiled at Du Si, saying meaningfully.

"If you follow the right person, you will be prosperous in this life. As long as you have a taste of that, you will look forward with all your strength and will not look back."

Pushing open the door, a burst of fragrance wafted into the nostrils, and everyone in the room turned their heads to look at them. The faces with different expressions, although they looked different, everyone had the same smile.

"Zhifei, you are here."

The prefect jumped at those people like a moth to a flame, and he didn't bother to turn his head to look at Du Si. He really complied with his own words of 'look forward'.

Du Si was dragged to meet many people, there were too many people in the room, the air was not circulated, and many polite and flattering words were circulating in his ears. After a while, he became dizzy and didn't even know who he was. Feeling uncomfortable, he hurriedly ran to the door. It was already night, but Yunzhou was still lively. Seeing that there were no people around, Du Si immediately ran out. Under the instructions of a group of servants, he quickly came to the back door.

It was extremely quiet outside the door, and the sound of cicadas was loud. It was midsummer, Du Si breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to step out of the door, but at this moment, a male voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"Dus, what are you doing!"

Du Si looked back and saw that Li Zhifei was coming from behind with a sullen face.

"Didn't you see everything I'm doing?" Du Si didn't panic, "Forgive me for having a stomachache, so I have to leave."

After all, Du Simai opened his legs and was about to step out the back door.

"Du Si! How dare you!" Li Zhifei roared angrily.

Du Si smiled slightly, took two steps, and left the mansion.

"You boy!" Li Zhifei almost didn't jump up when he saw Du Si's slightly provocative smile, and then, he didn't know what to think, and persuaded him, "Du Si, why don't you know how good your godfather is? Be careful, introducing these people will be of great benefit to you in the future."

"You just pushed me out for your own future." Du Si smiled, watching Li Zhifei's face gradually turn blue, he said again, "Although I don't know what happened between you and my father, but I still grow cerebral."

"Huh! I don't know the heights of the sky and the earth!" Li Zhifei stepped forward, stared at Du Si and shouted, "You are too arrogant and don't know the sufferings of the world. Do you know how much work it took me to get to where I am today?!"

Under the moonlight, Li Zhifei had long lost his amiable appearance and revealed his true face. His eyes were wide open, and the bright moonlight shone in his eyes, reflecting a cloudy and obscure light.

"Your father and I grew up together, and our lives were extremely poor. When we had nothing to eat, we could only cook grass roots and catch earthworms in the mud. At that time, I don't know how many people laughed at me for having no father or mother, but I could only express my hatred to you." Swallow it in your stomach, do you know what it tastes like?!"

Li Zhifei seemed to be recalling the scene back then, with a hint of despair dripping from his eyes, he couldn't help but growl.

"It's hard to be appreciated by my beloved. I struggled all the way, bowed my head and became a small boy. I don't know how much wine I drank and how many people's stinky feet I got in exchange for a magistrate! The hard work is that even an official like you Can you not be called a little master understand?!"

Du Si didn't open his mouth, Li Zhifei calmed down and persuaded him again.

"I know you hate me in your heart and ignore your father's death. I am also very ashamed of this." Li Zhifei lowered his head and squeezed out a few tears. Suddenly, he raised his head again and said vividly, "As long as you Wish me a helping hand, you and I will work together to deal with those villains, and the truth will be revealed to the public, and your father will be innocent, so that he can also smile at Jiuquan and walk away together. Afterwards, I will do it for you Is it not good to find an official position, live with me, and share the happiness of heaven and man, without worrying about food and clothing for the rest of your life?"

The words were very sincere, Du Si stared at Li Zhifei for a moment, but looked up at the bright moon in the sky.

"I've made up my mind, you don't need to persuade me anymore."

"?!"

Li Zhifei was shocked, but saw Du Si slowly looking at him, a smile appeared on his handsome and immature face, a smile he was very familiar with.

"People have their own aspirations, and different ways don't conspire with each other." Du Si said word by word, the sound of cicadas stopped suddenly, and his voice fell in Li Zhifei's ears, very clear. Once upon a time, there was such a person who used this sentence to understate Refusing to participate in his grand plan, he still remembers that person's voice and smile, and his cognition is very different from his... Li Zhifei clenched his fists, as if he had foreseen Du Si's next words.

"The matter of punishment and prison is a long way to go. There are still so many grievances in the world that are difficult to expose to the public. Forgive me for not being able to accompany you."

Li Zhifei sneered, and the sad expression disappeared just now, "You are indeed Du Yongqiu's son, I thought you were a fake."

Du Si had already seen through Li Zhifei, he smiled lightly, and confronted him, "The saliva didn't choke me to death at that time, you must have never imagined it."

Of course Li Zhifei couldn't think that Du Si was still the same Du Si, but the soul in the shell had changed.

"And what you just said is only true for yourself. You are an extremely selfish person, how could you think about others."

Li Zhifei looked up to the sky and smiled, "If people don't do it for themselves, heaven and earth will destroy it."

"But you grew up with my father since you were a child. With this friendship alone, you can also make trouble. You really deserve to be a famous magistrate." Du Si saluted, but he saw Li Zhifei's face was gloomy, and he looked like he was about to explode , "I betrayed my relatives and divorced myself, and married strangers. The magistrate's broad-mindedness is really admirable. I wonder if you will dream of my father when you lie on the bed. I don't know if you are ashamed or not. If you really see my father, please take a few more glances, is he smiling at Jiuquan?"

"Don't even think about leaving!" Li Zhifei was in a hurry, many people poured out from the mansion, trying to surround Du Si, at this moment, a tall figure appeared behind Du Si, Li Zhifei fixed his eyes and couldn't help wiping his eyes.

"Without my king's order, no one can keep him."

A cold voice came from behind Du Si. He was taken aback for a moment, but when he turned around, he saw the person who should not have appeared. Jing Heng had changed into a deep purple brocade robe at some point, with a gold belt around his waist, and many silver threads woven into it. The patterns shone brightly under the moonlight, just like the cold light flickering in his eyes, exuding a temperature that is repelling thousands of miles away.

There were many people behind him. Seeing this, Li Zhifei raised his hand to signal his people to retreat slowly.

Du Si had never seen such a Jing Heng before. His pupils moved slightly, and his eyes staring at Jing Heng seemed to be still at this moment. All the unspoken words turned into clouds and smoke.

"..." Li Zhifei had bulging veins on his forehead, but he still endured it, lowered his head, put his hands on his knees and knelt down.

"My minister is visiting the lord. I don't know that the lord is coming, but I hope the lord will show mercy!"

Jing Heng stepped forward to whisper a few words with Li Zhifei, only to see Li Zhifei's face was depressed, he dared not speak out, Jing Heng walked straight past Du Si, and said something from afar.

"Follow me."

Du Si watched his back for a moment, and was about to follow, when Li Zhifei spoke again.

"Du Si, I don't believe it..." Li Zhifei raised his head and said with red eyes, "There are still people in this world who don't care about money and power!"

"..." Du Si lowered his eyes, and for a moment, he raised his head and looked into Jing Heng's eyes as pure as moonlight.

"I'm not like you."

When they left, Li Zhifei was helped up by others, and he walked back without saying a word, during which time a little boy brought tea.

"Master Zhifu, this is the tea you ordered just now."

"Tea?" Li Zhifei laughed a few times, a silent storm brewing in his eyes was shocking.

He knocked over the tea with a flick of his sleeve and growled at the boy.

"Get out of here!!"

The teacup fell to the ground and shattered, and accompanied by the cry of the child, another person walked slowly.

"Why is Prefect Li so angry?" The man helped the boy up and walked to Li Zhifei, "What's wrong with you?"

Li Zhifei remained silent, kneeling and saluting habitually, "I have met Mr. Zuoxiang."

"Not in a good mood today?" Zhou Hongyi helped Li Zhifei up again, "It's just a brat, it's not worth your anger."

I don't know when there were only these two people left around, Li Zhifei raised his head, his expression was no different from usual.

"Since he doesn't know good from bad, you and I don't need to be polite to him." Zhou Hongyi smiled and said, "We should go back."

"Thank you, Mr. Zuo Xiang, for your kindness."

Li Zhifei immediately followed Zhou Hongyi and entered the room again.

The author has something to say: There should be no new characters in the future, and this volume is completely over.

This chapter is on the 25th, my code is too slow, I am so sorry for you (cover your face, there is still the 19th, when can I make it up?

It is estimated that there are still tens of thousands of words to finish, very good, very good, I will be the one to finish soon.

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