Long Wind Crossing

    Gu Jiusi sprinted out all the way. As soon as he reached the door, he saw Li Yuchang standing there, panting heavily, and immediately went: "Look in the direction of Dongdu Guandao!"

    Li Yuchang nodded, turned around, and ordered the people outside.

    Shen Ming was following the road and got the news, he thought for a moment.

    Shen Ming immediately went to transfer the list of caravans in Sunrise City. Excluding the time Qin Nan was still in office and the time after he discovered Qin Nan was missing, a total of two caravans left the city. Shen Ming adjusted the registration of the two owners of the caravan, and found that Qin Nan was not there.

    Without Qin Nan, it is most likely that he forged the official document.

      On its own way.

      He jumped down from the second floor, and after rolling on the ground for a while, he began to run wildly into the mountains and forests. Shen Ming's eyes were sharp, and he could see at a glance that the man was Qin Nan. He galloped away and drew an arrow from the horse's back. Bending the bow and raising the arrow, he shot more than ten rounds in a row, blocking the killer who was running towards him for Qin Nan.

    And Qin Nan didn't have time to look behind him. He didn't care, he just ran towards the mountain. Shen Ming chased after him on a horse and said to the people behind him, "Clear the field." After that, he chased Qin Nanchong. into the forest.

    "Master Qin!" Shen Ming chased after him and shouted, "Don't run, I'm Shen Ming!"

    However, upon hearing this, Qin Nan did not look back at all, and even ran faster. Shen Ming cursed secretly and chased after him.

    Qin Nan ran with all his strength. Although Shen Ming ran faster than him, the distance was too far away at first, and he didn't catch up with him for a while. Qin Nan rushed all the way to the top of the mountain, Shen Ming chased him to the edge of the cliff, Qin Nan had no way to retreat, Shen Ming gasped, raised his hand to fan himself, stood aside and said, "Run, then run."

    Qin Nan was holding a package with a nervous expression on his face.

    His hair and crown were messed up, and he lost his usual indifference and self-control, Shen Ming looked at him and couldn't help laughing: "You are a civil servant, you can run quite well, gentleman Liuyi also teaches running?"

    Qin Nan did not speak, Shen Ming had enough rest, and stood up straight: "Okay, come back with me, I am not here to kill you and rob you, you don't have to be so nervous."

    "You let me go."

    Qin Nan finally spoke up, he looked at Shen Ming, his eyes calm: "I can't go back."

    "I let you go, where are you going?"

    Shen Ming said directly: "You think we don't know what you are holding? You must be holding evidence. Fu Baoyuan told Jiu Ge, you took a thousand miles to Dongdu and sued the imperial court. , why bother? Brother Ninth is a good person, and Master Li is also a good person. You give them the evidence, and they will help you. You go and file a complaint with the imperial court. If you don't have me today, you will be dead, don't you know?"

    "Let me go." Qin Nan trembled, Shen Ming frowned, "I know you don't believe in Brother Nine, but we've been dating for a while. Lord Qin, you know me Who is Shen Ming, I guarantee with my life that you will be fine when you go back."

    Qin Nan did not speak, Shen Ming continued: "You may not know Jiu Ge..."

    "Do you understand then?"

    Qin Nan said directly: "I don't know him, but you know him? Do you know who he is? Who is standing behind him? What purpose does he have, and what purpose does the person behind him have? Even if I believe him Gu Jiusi," Qin Nan shouted excitedly, "how do you know that he is not a chess piece? Do you know who his uncle is? You are stupid if you let me go back!"

    "Why do you have such a big prejudice against Brother Jiu?" Shen Ming didn't understand, "I don't know who Master Jiang is. But Master Jiang is Master Jiang, and Brother Jiu is Brother Jiu. I believe in Brother Jiu, that is, I believe that he can distinguish right from wrong. If Lord Jiang is wrong, he will not be partial. Why do you mix them up? "

    Speaking, Shen Ming pursed his lips, he also knew that these words were not enough to make Qin Nan let down his guard, but he was always clumsy and couldn't say anything touching, he held it back for a long time, Can only say: "I can't tell you clearly. We have been in Xingyang for a while. Master Qin, you have also seen the wind and rain, right and wrong, you still can't see with your eyes?"

    "Eyes can deceive people." Qin Nan looked serious, Shen Ming snorted softly, "Blind eyes, blind hearts?"

    Qin Nan was stunned for a moment, Shen Ming saw that his expression was loose, he took a step forward without a trace, and continued: "Master Qin, the situation in Dongdu is complicated, you take the evidence back to Dongdu, and don't let it go. It is extremely dangerous to say that the road is extremely dangerous, and when we arrive at Dongdu, it is unknown who the evidence will be in the hands of. Why not hand it over to Jiu…”

    Before he finished speaking, Shen Ming jumped forward suddenly, Qin Nan noticed his intention and retreated quickly, his foot slipped and fell directly to the cliff, Shen Ming rushed over and grabbed it up his hand.

    "You're so heavy."

    Shen Ming pulled him and gritted his teeth. Qin Nan looked up at Shen Ming, he was holding evidence in his hand, and pleading in his eyes: "I can't go back."

    "I'm here, you are afraid of shit!"

    Shen Ming shouted loudly: "I will take your life to protect you when I take you back!"

    "Can you keep the evidence?!"

    Qin Nan also shouted: "Except my son, the rest of my family is hiding in Yongzhou, you let me go back, if they are caught by Wang Siyuan for evidence, what do you ask me to do? "

    "You have a solution now? You ran like this, they were caught, can you still go back?"

    Shen Ming looked for a support point, blushed and scolded Qin Nan. Hearing this, Qin Nan laughed slowly.

    "Not going back."

    He murmured.

    Shen Ming was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that what Qin Nan was holding was the idea of ​​abandoning a family and keeping the evidence.

    He was afraid that he would face such a choice, and he would rather not know anything, travel thousands of miles to the East, and be unwilling to go back.

    "The coward..."

    Shen Ming took a deep breath, he found a support point and began to pull Qin Nan up.

    "Where is there..." He gritted his teeth, pulled Qin Nan up suddenly, and shouted, "The man who gave up his family in the first place!"

    As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Nan was pulled up by him and slammed to the ground.

    As soon as Qin Nan rolled to the ground, Shen Ming grabbed his hand and pressed him to the ground, Qin Nan began to struggle hard, Shen Ming held him tightly and said loudly: "For this Do you have a brain disease when you give up your family?! Do you think you can save Fu Baoyuan if you go to Dongdu? Do you think you can bring them down if you go to Dongdu? Brother Jiu and I are from Dongdu. We are all bad people, none of us can help you, and no one in this world can help you!"

    Qin Nan froze, Shen Ming said calmly: "I used to think that all officials in the world were dog officials, but later I learned that there is another type of official in this world, Gu Jiusi. You ask me why I believe in Brother Jiu so much, I can't tell you, but Master Qin, I can promise you."

    "If Gu Jiusi is really the dog officer you said, I will protect you with my life and go back to Dongdu to file a lawsuit."

    Qin Nan did not speak, Shen Ming slowly let go of him: "I also promise you, if you go back with me, I will definitely save your family, even if I die, I will They were brought back safely."

    "Master Qin," Shen Ming said seriously, "Do you trust me?"

    Qin Nan was silent, he lay on the ground and pressed the evidence under him.

    It was his long life with Fu Baoyuan. He looked at the cliff in front of him, it seemed that his life at the moment had come to a dead end.

    He couldn't help but look up and saw the bright moon in the sky. He suddenly thought—

    If Luo Yishui was still there, what would she want him to do?

    Thinking of Gu Jiusi, Qin Nan's fingers trembled slightly.

    He was prejudiced against him.

    He knew he couldn't be without prejudice.

    He took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

    Yishui, what should I do?

    He secretly asked, but in the dark, what he remembered in his mind was what Luo Yishui used to say to him most often.

    Lazy tone, prolonged voice, with a bit of restrained publicity - why not?

    Qin Nan, in this world, you can do whatever you want, change whatever you want.

    You can keep your family, but also your friends and morals.

    He can.

    "I'm going back."

    Qin Nan finally spoke up, he braced up and said hoarsely: "I'll go back with you."

    "Okay!"

    Shen Ming said happily: "I'll take you back. Don't worry, Mr. Qin, I'm here to make sure your family is absolutely fine."

    Qin Nan did not speak, he was helped by Shen Ming, Shen Ming was talking all the way, and seemed very happy. After entering the carriage, Shen Ming said happily: "Master Qin, you are too strange to say that you are too strange. You put your family in Yongzhou and go to Dongdu by yourself, why don't you take your family with you?"

    "The road is dangerous." Qin Nan said flatly, "My mother is not in good health, can't stand the bumps, and there are too many people, so I can't take it with me. I can only hide."

    "Aren't you afraid that after you go to Dongdu, the evidence will still be handed over to the gangsters, and the family is still gone in Yongzhou?"

    "East has His Majesty."

    After Qin Nan made a sound, Shen Ming held his chin and said strangely: "In the final analysis, you still don't believe in Brother Nine, so why did you decide to go back?"

    "I don't believe him." Qin Nan raised his eyes, looked at Shen Ming, and said seriously, "But I believe you."

    Shen Ming was stunned for a while, and after a while, he straightened up a little embarrassedly, he waved his hand, wanted to say some modest Mandarin, but didn't know how to say it, and finally patted Qin Nan He said happily, "Don't worry, I will not betray your trust."

    Qin Nan looked at his happy expression, barely hooked the corner of his mouth, and counted it as a smile. Seeing him trying to squeeze a smile, Shen Ming suddenly remembered: "So, Qin Nan, Do you consider me a friend?"

    "You and I should not be the same generation."

    Qin Nan reminded him, Shen Ming immediately said: "What is age? The important thing is that you treat me as a friend. Qin Nan," Shen Ming said, serious, he promised word by word, "Since you believe me, I will use my life to repay this trust."

    Qin Nan didn't speak. After a long time, he slowly said, "Thank you."

    Shen Ming led Qin Nan back to Xingyang, and there were three waves of interception along the way. Fortunately, Shen Ming was highly skilled in martial arts, and fought all the way to bring Qin Nan back.

    At noon the next day, Shen Ming led Qin Nan back to the county office. Li Yuchang and Gu Jiusi heard that Shen Ming was back, and quickly led someone to pick up Shen Ming and Qin Nan. Both of them were covered in blood, and they were extremely embarrassed. As soon as Shen Ming came back, he lay down on his knees tiredly and said, "No, no, no, let's get some sleep first."

    Li Yuchang nodded, Gu Jiusi turned his head and let someone arrange a wash, Shen Ming saw Gu Jiusi making arrangements, stopped Gu Jiusi and said, "Ninth brother."

    Gu Jiusi paused, and Shen Ming immediately said, "I want to live next door to Lord Qin."

    Gu Jiusi was stunned for a while, and then he realized that Shen Ming should be trying to protect Qin Nan. He knew that Qin Nan was hostile to a group of them, so Shen Ming forced him to trust him . So Gu Jiusi nodded and went back to make arrangements.

    When Qin Nan heard Shen Ming's arrangement, he knew that this always carefree person was really bothering to fulfill his promise.

    He let out a sigh of relief, and Li Yuchang calmly asked, "Where's the family of Mr. Qin?"

    Hearing this question, Gu Jiusi and Shen Mingcai understood that now that Qin Nan can't open his mouth, the safety of his family is a very critical issue. Shen Ming thought for a while, walked to Qin Nan, and whispered, "Let me go and pick it up for your family?"

    Qin Nan frowned, Gu Jiusi stepped forward and said, "If Master Qin doesn't have the absolute certainty to hide his family, it's better to leave it to the government and let people protect him day and night."

    Qin Nan hesitated for a moment, then Shen Ming thoughtfully said, "Let's listen to Brother Nine?"

    Qin Nan pursed his lips, and after a while, he asked Shen Ming to bow his head and reported an address to Shen Ming in a low voice.

    Shen Ming nodded: "I understand, you go to rest first, I will pick up someone."

    "You go alone."

    Qin Nan ordered, Shen Ming nodded: "Understood, I will go alone."

    Qin Nan got Shen Ming's reply and finally calmed down, and was led away by the attendant. Shen Ming couldn't get a rest, so he said hello to Gu Jiusi and Li Yuchang, and went out directly. Before going out, Gu Jiusi opened his mouth and said, "Shall I go with you?"

    "No need," Shen Ming waved his hand, "I'll do it myself."

    "You're going alone, isn't it too much?"

    Gu Jiusi frowned: "Master Qin let you go alone because he doesn't trust other people and is afraid that spies will mix in. But if you go alone, if you are followed, you will be afraid at that time. You are hard to beat alone. I will accompany you, and if something goes wrong, there will be someone to help."

    "Forget it." Shen Ming immediately said: "If it is as you said, if something happens, we have to plant it there together."

    "Then I'll give you a signal flare," Gu Jiusi said again, "I'm ready, if something goes wrong, you can immediately set off the flare."

    "OK."

    Shen Ming nodded, took Gu Jiusi's signal flare, and said with him, "I'm leaving."

    Seeing him go out, Gu Jiusi ordered someone and was always ready.

    Shen Ming galloped all the way in the direction Qin Nan said. He was too sleepy, so he could only pinch himself when he was sleepy.

    Qin Nan hid his family in a small village on the outskirts. When Shen Ming arrived at the village he mentioned, he began to ask for directions along the way. When he finally found the place of Qin's house, he knocked on the door.

    Knocked twice, no one answered, Shen Ming felt a little strange, after thinking about it, he jumped up on the wall, looked inside, and was immediately startled.

    Shen Ming hurried into the yard and rummaged around. He found the direction where those people were tying up and evacuating. He was anxious and annoyed, so he quickly sent a signal flare and chased all the way towards the traces.

    The other party was obviously only a little earlier than him and should not go far. Shen Ming followed him all the way. He was very good at chasing people outside. When it was dark, the other party became impatient, and he simply left a few people to stop and stop Shen Ming, and took them away.

    When Gu Jiusi arrived, Shen Ming was surrounded and beaten by several people. He was covered in blood. Gu Jiusi led the people to rush in. Those people turned around and ran away. Shen Ming shouted: "Catch them. !"

    No need for Shen Ming to say more, Gu Jiusi rushed up, but the other party was very ruthless, the moment they were caught, they bit the poison sac on the spot, and almost did not give Gu Jiusi Any time for interrogation, it directly becomes a corpse.

    Seeing these people fall to the ground, Shen Ming turned around and rushed into the depths of the dense forest. Gu Jiusi stopped him: "Shen Ming!"

    Shen Ming didn't care and rushed forward. Gu Jiusi rushed forward and grabbed him. When he saw Shen Ming's condition was wrong, he immediately said, "What are you going to do?"

    "Chase people."

    Shen Ming hurried forward, Gu Jiusi followed him, and immediately said: "How long have they been entangled with you?"

    "Half an hour."

    "Do you have any leads to follow?"

    "No."

    "Then what are you chasing?"

    Gu Jiusi said coldly, Shen Ming raised his head and shouted angrily, "Then don't chase it?!"

    Gu Jiusi didn't speak, Shen Ming turned and went into the depths of the jungle: "I saw them going in this direction, I want to continue chasing, I promised Qin Nan, I have to protect his family, I Never let them go, I..."

    "Shen Ming!"

    Gu Jiusi grabbed him: "Calm down!"

    "I promised him! I promised him!"

    Shen Ming shouted: "This is the first time in my life that someone has handed my life to me," Shen Ming looked at Gu Jiusi, he was covered in blood and wounds, and his whole body seemed to be pulled out of blood. Come on, there were tears in his bloodshot eyes, "I don't want to let him down."

    Gu Jiusi didn't speak, Shen Ming's voice was hoarse: "I've never done anything in my life. Everyone says I'm impulsive, and they think I'm stupid, I know."

    "This is the first time someone expects me, Brother Jiu." He said seriously, "I tried my best, and I don't want to let him down."

    "It's not your fault..."

    "They came with me!"

    Shen Ming grabbed the knife and looked around blankly: "I just need to be more careful... I'll take a few more turns on the road, be more vigilant, and then..."

    "Shen Ming, human abilities have limits," Gu Jiusi frowned, "You are not a god, your abilities have limits."

    "Then how dare I promise him?"

    Shen Ming looked at Gu Jiusi and finally trembled: "If I can't do it, how can I promise him?"

    Gu Jiusi did not speak.

    The moon shines brightly in the mountains, and the cold wind whistles in the early autumn.

    When Qin Nan woke up, he sat in front of the table, took a mouthful of millet porridge, and asked the attendant behind him, "Is Mr. Shen back?"

    The attendant did not respond, he stepped forward and handed a box from his sleeve to Qin Nan.

    "Master Qin, your letter."

    Qin Nan looked at the box with a very calm expression, even with a clear understanding.

    He smiled wryly and opened the box.

    In the box was his mother's hairpin, which she never left.

    "What should I say, what I shouldn't say," the attendant stood behind him with a calm voice, "The lord said, you should be clear. The lord also said that Mrs. Qin was in poor health, It's because it's too hard to raise Lord Qin alone for half of his life, and I hope Lord Qin will remember the kindness of childbirth."

    Qin Nan held the hairpin, her hands trembling slightly.

    "What does he want? Want what I have?"

    "Your Excellency knows what you have in your hand," the attendant said calmly, "After Fu Baoyuan is executed, Your Excellency will send someone to assist you to go to Dongdu to file a lawsuit against the imperial court."

    "What?"

    "Gu Jiusi and Li Yuchang refused to accept evidence and deliberately killed loyal court officials. Isn't it worth the fact that Lord Qin went to Dongdu to sue the imperial court?"

    The attendant laughed lightly: "Master Qin, no one can be innocent for a lifetime. It's been twenty years, you and Fu Baoyuan should also become officials in Yongzhou."