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On the day of the execution, Prime Minister Zeng Qing, who was about to go to court, stopped early in the morning in front of the carriage, and begged, "Father, the Liu family will be executed at noon today, you should find a way to save Liu Mu."

"Needless to say, Liu Mu refuses to marry into our Zeng family, and I will definitely not save him."

Zeng Qing said, "Father, Liu Mu is my daughter's savior, how could our Zeng family be so ungrateful."

Prime Minister Zeng turned his back and said, "It doesn't matter whether you say I'm ungrateful or taking advantage of someone's danger, anyway, I won't take the risk to save an outsider."

Seeing that Prime Minister Zeng was about to get into the carriage, Zeng Qing grabbed him, "Father, if you don't save Liu Mu, my daughter will... I will go to the execution ground! If Liu Mu dies in the execution ground today, then my daughter will die too! "

Zeng Pu knew that his daughter was a master of what she said, and once something was confirmed, she would run to the dark side.Zeng Pu sighed, and said to the coachman, "Hurry up, go to the National Teacher's Mansion first." After speaking, he got into the carriage.

In the court hall, Cao Min said, "Now that your Majesty has just ascended to the Great Treasure, and has recently been blessed with a dragon son, this is a sign of auspiciousness, and blood should not be seen. Therefore, I think that the emperor should pardon the world. Let the people of the world feel the new emperor's love." The emperor's grace is vast, and secondly, he is also praying for the emperor's descendants."

"I have just ascended to the Great Treasure, so I naturally have the intention of amnesty for the world. It's just that the national teacher went to Jinling to see the Liu family's ancestral grave before his father's death, and it did damage the dragon veins of my dynasty, and the national teacher also said that the willow tree is indeed as Feng Qing's family said. , this person is born with a different appearance, and has the air of an emperor. Besides, the Liu family has privately hidden the relics of the previous dynasty, and this conspiracy has to be killed."

The national teacher stood up and said, "Report to the emperor, I have been watching the stars these days and nights, and divination with a compass. I have shifted to the dragon veins. The Liu family's ancestral tomb has no influence on Jiangshan Sheji."

The emperor asked nervously, "The dragon's veins have shifted? What's the explanation?"

The national teacher said, "Your Majesty, don't worry, this is an auspicious sign. Now the Liu family is no threat to the imperial court. Although the willow tree is born with a different appearance, but the humble minister has calculated that the horoscope of Liu Mu's birthday does not have the emperor's order, so the emperor There is no need to worry, even if the members of the Liu family are released now, it will not cause any harm to the court. Moreover, the little prince's horoscope and fate are extraordinary, and he is a lucky star. It's just that he can't see blood within one year old. Especially It’s the Liu family who ransacked the whole family, and the deceased’s resentment is too heavy, I’m afraid it will overshadow the little prince’s innate blessing.” Why did the national teacher suddenly help the Liu family to say good things? The prime minister stopped the carriage of the national teacher going to court early in the morning, and promised another 10 taels of silver, and the national teacher would not rashly intercede for the Liu family.

On the execution ground, everyone in the Liu family knelt on the ground and waited for the execution at noon.After all, Mr. Liu is a person who is used to strong winds and waves, and now he still looks neither humble nor overbearing when he arrives at the execution ground.Liu Mu knelt on the ground expressionlessly, glanced into the crowd inadvertently, couldn't help being stunned, and saw He Yi's figure.

I saw the second lady snotted her nose and cried, "What crime did I do! What does your father's rebellion have to do with me as a woman, and my son and I will follow your father and son to die. "

Besides, Liu Lin was so frightened that he collapsed on the ground long ago, and many other servants were also dumbfounded by fright, and there were not a few who scolded mothers.

In contrast, adding oil and vinegar and being nonsensical is much calmer.

Liu Mu turned his head and said to the four of them, "You four, I'm sorry. I didn't want to hurt you, and you will die here with me."

"Master, even if we die, we will admit it. If the four of us didn't have the master and the young master, we would have starved to death on the street."

Adding vinegar, he said, "Isn't it better? There is still a companion on Huangquan Road. After we go down, we will still play dice and push Pai Gow with the young master, eat well and dress well."

"Young...Master...I, I, I...No..."

Liu Mu smiled, "You have never heard you say a complete sentence, but this time, I think I should know what you are going to say."

Refueling did not continue, just nodded vigorously.

Xiangyun walks into the execution ground and feeds Liu Mu the last bowl of wine before she goes on the road, Xiangyun says, "Miss Zeng said that Prime Minister Zeng has promised to save you."

Liu Mu raised his head and glanced at the sun, it was already this time, and no one came to preach the decree, presumably the chance of getting out alive was not great.Liu Mu smiled and said, "Life and death are fate. But after I die, you have to take care of yourself, knowing that you are living well, and I can feel at ease under the nine springs."

Xiangyun just smiled, if you die, how can I live alone.

At noon, the officers and soldiers sent Xiangyun out. Wen Siren sat on the execution stage, looked at Liu Mu domineeringly, the corners of his mouth slightly turned up, and he let out a cold snort, "The time has come..." Before Wen Siren could say When it was over, there was a sudden noise, and there was a mess outside the execution ground. Zhang Fu and Xia Tong rode into the execution ground. Looking at the posture, they must be robbing the execution ground.

The two got off their horses respectively, and Xia Tong kicked the executioner behind Liu Mu to the ground, and roared like a bell, "Boy, if you don't want to die, don't meddle in your own business! Otherwise, I will kill you!" Pulling up Willow, "Boss, get on your horse and get out of here!"

Zhang Fu also ran to help Master Liu up, allowing him to get on another horse and escape.

Mr. Liu said, "The crime of robbing the court is a conspiracy, how can you two be so nonsense!"

Willow shouted, "You are crazy, do you know what you are doing!"

"I know what I'm doing, as long as I'm Xia Tong, no one can try to kill my boss!"

Liu Mu scolded, "Zhang Fu, Xia Tong is crazy, don't you have any brains! There are so many officers and soldiers here, even if we can cut off the handcuffs and shackles, we still can't get out. You two brainless things, just Aren't you afraid that your family members will be implicated as well?"

Zhang Fu said, "We are brothers who have kowtowed in front of Master Guan. If we want to live together, we must die together! We two brothers are not afraid of death if we dare to come here today."

Officers and soldiers gathered around one after another, Xia Tong said, "Boss, don't talk too much, leave with Master Liu quickly, or you will really die."

While talking, Zhang Fu and Xia Tong drew out their knives and fought with the officers and soldiers around them. Compared with Liu Mu, he was much inferior. He didn't have much skill at first, and now he still had iron chains in his hands, so he staggered when he moved.Liu Mu fell to the ground in a panic, and saw an officer pick up a knife and slashed at him. Seeing that he was about to die, a long gun shot out from the officer's chest, and the officer fell to the ground. Liu Mu stood up and saw the man who killed the officer. It turned out to be Han Ce who met at Huguo Temple Academy.

"Han Ce, why are you here?"

Han Ce pulled Liu Mu up and said, "Don't be naughty, just leave if you want to survive!"

Compared with Zhang Fu and Xia Tong, He Yi's appearance is much more handsome.He Yi Qinggong jumped over the officers and soldiers outside and went directly to Liu Mu. With a single sword, he cut off the iron chain on Liu Mu's body, and said, "How can you go far with such a heavy thing!"

Xia Tong couldn't help being taken aback when he saw He Yi, with a look of sadness and joy on his face, and said, "He catcher, why are you here!"

"Master Liu has shown me kindness, so I will naturally repay Master Liu. If I save him, the eldest lady under the nine springs can also rest in peace."

Xia Tong grabbed He Yi and said, "Get out of here quickly, the officers and soldiers will arrive later if we can't escape, we will all be beheaded."

He Yi said, "Since I'm here, I don't intend to go back alive."

Xia Tong shouted, "You can't die, the willow leaves are still waiting for you!"

"Willow leaves?"

Xia Tong took out a sachet from his arms in a panic, "You must recognize this!"

"Why is Missy's sachet here?"

"The female corpse that day was a drowning victim I stole from Yizhuang. Liu Ye is hiding in my house now, and you will naturally find her when you return to Jinling. If you die, I'm afraid she will die for love too."

He Yi was overjoyed, "Miss is really not dead?"

Liu Mu also asked, "You mean my sister is still alive?"

Xia Tong shouted, "What time is it and you are still asking questions. There is no time to explain to you. You go first. When everyone's heads are saved, I will naturally explain to you slowly."

The scene became chaotic for a while, and Zeng Qing also ran in at some point.

I saw an officer and soldier who attacked Liu Mu was slapped to the ground, Liu Mu took a closer look and saw that the person was actually Yu Wanran.Yu Wanran grabbed Liu Mu's wrist, "Follow me!"

"Wanran... why are you here?"

"Go, I'll take you away."

Liu Mu knew that if he left with Yu Wanran at this time, then Yu Wanran would become a capital criminal, not to mention that there were more and more officers and soldiers, and he was also afraid that Yu Wanran would be injured.

Suddenly, a man came riding on a tall horse, followed by many officers and soldiers, including infantry with spears, guards with sabers, and archers, at least two or three hundred people.The person sitting on the tall horse was none other than Feng Langqu. Feng Langqu appeared here in such a timely manner, could it be that he had already prepared for it?Liu Mu's eyes lit up, Yu Wanran was saved.

Liu Mu pretended to leave with Yu Wanran, picked up a knife on the ground when Yu Wanran turned around, stepped forward and put the knife on Yu Wanran's neck, Feng Langqu immediately ordered the surrounding officers and soldiers to stop.

Liu Mu shouted, "If you don't want her to die, let these officers and soldiers withdraw!"

Feng Langqu shouted, "Liu Mu, you insane death row prisoner, put down the knife quickly."

At this time, from the perspective of outsiders, they only thought that Yu Wanran was Liu Mu's hostage.Liu Mu whispered to Yu Wanran, "Don't move around, otherwise none of us will be able to escape."

Yu Wanran said, "If I can't take you away today, then I will go to hell with you."

Liu Mu looked sideways at Zeng Qing, and whispered to Yu Wanran, "Prime Minister Zeng has already promised to save me, don't worry, I won't die."

Seeing Yu Wanran in Liu Mu's hand, Feng Langqu only waved his hand, and shouted to the officers and soldiers under him, "Put down all your weapons and leave the execution ground."

While they were in a stalemate, they suddenly heard a shout, "The imperial decree has arrived!" A eunuch came galloping on horseback holding the imperial decree high.Seeing this, everyone hurriedly knelt down, and Liu Mu knew that the decree was for saving lives, so he also put down the knife in his hand and knelt on the ground.

"By God's blessing, the emperor ordered that I had first ascended to the Great Treasure, and was recently blessed with a dragon son, so I pardoned the whole world and exempted everyone from the Liu family from the death penalty, but the death penalty is exempt from living crimes. All the Liu family invaded and exiled to the north of the country. I respect this."

Feng Langqu said, "Liu Mu colluded with others to rob the court, this is a capital crime. Can my father-in-law go back to the palace and report this matter to the emperor, and then we can make a decision."

The father-in-law was bribed by Zeng Pu a long time ago, and said, "The emperor has just ascended to the great treasure, and he is also happy to have the dragon son. Such auspicious omen is really inappropriate to see blood. Moreover, the national teacher also said that if the whole family of Liu's family is executed, the resentment will be too heavy." Affecting the little prince's fortune from heaven is not good for the country's destiny. If Lord Feng speaks about this matter like the emperor again, I'm afraid some people will say that Lord Feng is disrupting the community."

All members of the Liu family were re-imprisoned in cells, waiting to be sent to the army.Except for Yu Wanran and Zeng Qing, those who robbed the prison were also imprisoned.

He Yi could have taken advantage of the chaos to escape, but now he willingly followed these people into the cell because he wanted to ask Xia Tong about whether Liu Ye was alive.

Xia Tong said, "I met Liu Ye on the street that night, and she told me about Wen Siren's marriage proposal, and she also said that she would go to you and fly away with her. Check everyone who left the city. I guess Wen Siren may have thought that Liu Ye might run away from marriage, and it is not easy for the two of you to leave the city, so he thought of a way to make Liu Ye pretend to be dead. I originally wanted to I told you about this, but Liu Ye said that neither the boss nor He Butou is good at acting. If they knew she was not dead, they might not show much sadness. In order not to let Wen Siren see it, they did not dare to tell You guys are telling the truth. When Wen Siren left Jinling, when I went to find Chief He, he had already left Jinling. Later, I wanted to tell the boss about this, but found Wen Siren’s men in Jinling. I guess those people are probably Wen Siren stayed to monitor the boss, so he didn't say anything about it."

Liu Mu smiled and said, "I've known you for so many years, and you've finally done something smart."

Xia Tong laughed and said, "When I went to Yizhuang to steal the corpse, don't mention how scared I was. I had to put the golden bell of willow leaves on the corpse and carry it to the river, so scared that my legs were weak. .”

He Yi said gratefully, "Brother Xia's kindness, He Yi has nothing to repay in this life..."

Xia Tong smiled wryly, "I really don't want to see you here today. I once thought, if Liu Ye never sees you again in this life, will she fall in love with me one day. But who makes Liu Mu my good friend?" Brother, I will naturally treat my good brother's sister as my own sister. If you make Liu Ye feel wronged in the future, I will definitely not forgive you! Even if I am not as good at martial arts as you, I will try my best to protect Liu Ye .”

He Yi clasped his fists and nodded heavily, "Brother Xia's great kindness, He Yi, is written down here."

Liu Mu said, "But I caused you guys to go to jail. He Yi, you committed a capital crime by robbing the court. Even if the world is amnesty, you still want to send me to the frontier."

Han Ce laughed and said, "From what I've seen just now, with Brother He's skill, I'm afraid those officers and soldiers can't do anything to him. As long as he leaves the capital, it's easy to escape."

These words touched He Yi's idea, He Yi just smiled.

Liu Mu asked Han Ce, "Why did you suddenly come to rob the court?"

Han Ce said, "When I was in Juyongguan, I rushed back as soon as I heard that something happened to the Liu family. I didn't want to hear that you were going to be beheaded today when I returned to Beijing last night. Brothers, I can only do this for you."

Liu Mu said, "Unexpectedly, you would risk your head to rob the court."

Han Ce smiled wryly, "Don't think I'm here to save you. I'm afraid that after your head falls, your brother Zeng won't be able to think about it for a while, so he will go west with you."

Liu Mu smiled awkwardly, and He Yi said, "Those relics from the previous dynasty suddenly appeared in the pawn shop, it can't be a coincidence at all, someone must be trying to frame the Liu family."

Xia Tong said, "It's needless to say, it must have been done by those two villains, Feng Langqu and Wen Siren."

He Yi said, "It is true that Feng Langqu and Wen Siren want to frame the Liu family. But it is not easy to easily hide these things in the pawnshop under the nose of the shopkeeper. There must be someone who has never been mentioned behind it." They did these things."

Zhang Fu said, "It seems that the most urgent task is to find out who the insider is. If this person is willing to testify, maybe we can use this to expose the tricks of Feng Langqu and these villains."

Xia Tong said, "If I know who killed my boss, I will definitely break his leg!"

Several people were talking, only to see Wen Siren walked into the cell, and said with a smile, "Do you want to know how the officers and soldiers found evidence of your Liu family's treason?"

Xia Tong scolded, "You must be the villain who framed my boss!"

Wen Siren said with a disdainful smile, "I thought you, Liu Mu, had some supernatural abilities. You dared to go against me everywhere, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that."

Xia Tong said, "Don't be too complacent, you villain. It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge for ten years. You know how the Liu family fell into trouble. My boss made you suffer so much in the Huguo Temple back then, and I can also make those who framed the Liu family suffer so much in the future." Those little people eat their own bitter fruit."

Wen Siren smiled, "You are going to be exiled outside the Great Wall tomorrow, and the suffering in the northern part of the Great Wall is not something a pampered young man like Liu Mu can bear. Revenge? I want to see who collects Liu Mu's body in the future! Don't worry, This officer will take care of everything and let people take good care of you on the road. Regarding the fact that your Liu family’s rebellion was exposed, why did this officer find the evidence of your Liu family’s rebellion so easily? , when you were against me in Huguo Temple, you never thought you would have today.” Wen Siren laughed loudly, “I am waiting for the day when news of your death comes from the frontier!” After speaking, he laughed and walked away .

That night Zhang Fu, Xia Tong and Han Ce were taken out of the prison.

Because of this incident, Han Ce's father was dismissed from his official position, and he took Han Ce out of prison only after relying on many connections and almost dissipating his family's wealth.

Governor Xia was also demoted because of Xia Tong's robbery of the court, and he returned to the original governor Xia.If it wasn't for Xia Tong's aunt who was the emperor's concubine, Xia Tong would have been exiled to the army, and Xia Tong's father would have been more than simply demoted.Zhang Fu was also almost sent into the army because of the robbery of the law field, and it was the Xia family who dredged up the relationship to protect him.

The next day everyone from the Liu family left the capital, only to see Zeng Qing and others waiting on the official road outside the city.

Zeng Qing said, "Don't worry, I've already taken care of everything. All the officers and soldiers that Wen Siren bribed before have been replaced. These are all my father's people. The exile is just a way to slow down the troops. I will find a way to bring you back."

Liu Mu nodded, "Thank you for your hard work." After speaking, he looked at Xia Tong and Zhang Fu, "Thank you two brothers, because I almost got you involved again."

Xia Tong said, "Why are you still saying thank you at this time? If you want me to say that the most important thing to do now is to find the villain who betrayed the Liu family! Then break his dog legs! I, Xia Tong, will not let the Liu family fall into such a miserable state." Forgive him lightly."

He Yi said, "Yesterday Wen Siren said that it is difficult to defend against house thieves by day and night..."

Liu Mu gritted his teeth, "If I find out who these foodies are, I will make him the first to die on the road to exile."

Suddenly, Liu Lin at the side suddenly knelt at Liu Mu's feet, "Brother...you hit me..."

Liu Mu was shocked when he saw this, and seemed to have guessed why Liu Lin was like this.

Xia Tong said, "Oh, maybe I was scared out of my wits by the army."

Liu Lin cried, "Brother, I am the one who is sorry for the Liu family. I am the one who dropped those things and put them in the pawn shop."

Master Liu gritted his teeth and asked, "Why did you do this?"

Liu Lin cried, "It's Xu Gong... I met Xu Gong on the way out of the academy that day. He said that my eldest brother is too favored now, and sooner or later there will be no place for me in the Liu family..." Liu Lin told the truth about what happened that day.

Master Liu scolded, "That's why you mistakenly believed the words of that villain Xu Gong and left the root of this disaster in the pawnshop! Mu'er is your elder brother. Since ancient times, the elder and younger have been orderly. What your elder brother gets is what the eldest son and grandson deserve." Yes. Unexpectedly, you framed your elder brother like this for money."

Liu Lin said, "Father, I really didn't know that the matter would be so serious, otherwise how could I hide those things from the previous dynasty in the pawnshop."

Master Liu said angrily, "How come you are such an unfilial son from the Liu family!"

Liu Mu sighed, and said, "Father, forget it, life and death are destiny. Some things cannot escape, don't blame Lin'er anymore."

Xia Tong spat on the ground, and scolded, "I didn't expect it to be that treacherous villain Xu Gong!"

Liu Mu said, "Man dies for money and birds die for food. No wonder he is to blame. If there is any blame, it is the three of us brothers who misunderstood the wrong person and the wrong brother."

After Liu Mu finished speaking, he turned around, only to realize that Yu Wanran had already stood behind him at some point, Liu Mu said dumbly, "You..." Then he pretended to smile calmly, "Are you here to see me off?"

Yu Wanran stared at Liu Mu, and said, "Did you expect today to come, so you wrote the divorce letter?"

Liu Mu smiled and said, "How could I have such foresight. It's just that you are lucky, you shouldn't be on the road with us short-lived ghosts."

"Liu Mu, you are in trouble now, how can I leave you to live alone." Yu Wanran was a little emotional, and grabbed Liu Mu's hand.

Liu Mu withdrew his hand and said with a smile, "Things are not what you think at all. I divorced you because the person I like is Zeng Qing."

Zeng Qing and Yu Wanran were both taken aback when they heard this, and Liu Mu went on to say, "As we all know, Zeng Qing's father is the Prime Minister of the Right, and he is really a high official who is under one person and above ten thousand. If he becomes the Zeng family's Son-in-law, from that day onwards, your career in the officialdom will not be on the rise. Your Yu family is just a down-and-out family, and people are going to high places. Naturally, I also want to find a powerful father-in-law. But I didn’t expect that I, Liu Mu, was always shrewd, but I also made mistakes. When I was doing my abacus, I was harmed so badly by that villain Feng Langqu."

"Liu Mu...you said that to prevent me from dying..." Yu Wanran's voice trembled a little.

Liu Mu held Zeng Qing's hand and said, "Actually, the two of us fell in love with each other as early as when we were in Xiangguo Temple. Otherwise, how could I rush to live in the same room with Zeng Qing when we were in Jin'an Temple? How could she have caught those two pheasants for Zeng Qing in spite of the severe cold? And Zeng Qing hid in the closet that time, only because the two of us made love in the room before, so she hid in the closet with disheveled hair. If it wasn't because of us After the two agreed to go back to Jinling, I will divorce you and marry Zeng Qing, and Zeng Qing will not come all the way to Jinling to find me. It's a pity that I broke my brain at that time, and I don't remember what happened that day Swear."

Zeng Qing naturally knew that this was not Liu Mu's heart, Liu Mu said to Zeng Qing, "You are already mine, and there is no need for us to keep some things secret."

Zeng Qing said to Yu Wanran, "Miss Yu, don't worry, this exile is just a formality, and everyone in the Liu family will be safe and sound. My father has long known about Liu Mu and me. Sooner or later, Liu Mu will be the son-in-law of our Zeng family. My father will naturally Find a way to rescue Liu Mu. When Liu Mu returns to Beijing, he will marry me and join our Zeng family."

Yu Wanran nodded expressionlessly, "Okay, then I'll congratulate you both in advance."