scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 101 Who Am I?

"Chen Butou, let's meet again." Wang Xu's expression was very relaxed, and with a half-smile, he said to Chen Er, the deputy head of the magistrate's yamen who had just rushed into the lobby to report auspiciousness: "Last time at Shengjing Pass, you hired me Beat the drums to cheer you up, and pretend to be a commoner to sue Lu Yifeng, the prefect of Qujing County—but I still owe five cents to the imperial envoy, do you remember?"

"Bang!" In an instant, the civil and military officials in the lobby were silent, and the only sound left was the sound of their buttocks sitting on the ground.But the person with his butt on the floor was not Chen Er, the deputy head arrester of the magistrate's yamen, he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground—the person sitting on his buttocks was Li Suzu, the prefect of Qujing, Mr. Li, Li Futai!

"Chen Er, I didn't expect you to have so many errands at the same time." Yu Chenglong also laughed and said: "Last time at Shengjing Pass, you were said to be a hunter, and you beat a tiger and were robbed by Lu Zhixian. It's really not easy to become the deputy head catcher of the prefect's yamen, and to see the dragon come into the world, and you bump into a dragon and a tiger."

Hearing this, Chen Er's crotch became wet immediately, and Li Shizu was not much better, his breathing stopped and his eyes turned white, showing signs of fainting at any time, Kong Sizhen glared at Li Shizu viciously, and cursed secretly A piece of rubbish, even the fakes are done by the same person, and I don’t know who to change—in fact, I can’t completely blame Li Suzu, but no one thought that the [-]-year-old who is less than Jackie Chan would turn against the water in Lintang. Hitting everyone by surprise, Li Suizu was flustered and naturally forgot that Yu Xiaocheng had met Chen Er beforehand.As for Wang Xu's acquaintance, it was a coincidence that no one could have imagined beforehand.

"My lord, this is an auspicious omen." After secretly scolding Li Suzu, Kong Sizhen quickly changed the subject, turned to Jieshu and said with a face full of surprise: "My lord, just after you arrived in Qujing City, there was a divine dragon descending." This is an auspicious omen, the slave family is here to congratulate you. And my lords, don’t you hurry up to congratulate the prince?”

"Dragon descended into the world? Really?" Lord Kang was skeptical, and other officials present looked at each other, even more skeptical.Wang Xu slapped the gavel, and said coldly: "Chen Er, the chief arrester, you step back. If there is any matter or auspicious omen, we will talk about it after the imperial envoy finishes the trial of the case."

"Master Imperial Envoy, can you wait for a while?" Kong Sizhen begged, then turned to Chen Er, and asked with a wink, "Chen Butou, you just said that there is a shining beach beside the Bada River, what happened next? Hurry up." Said, don't waste the time of the imperial envoy and all the adults."

"Lord Chief Constitution, protest in a humble position." Fatty Lu suddenly felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly said loudly: "Lord Chief Constitution, according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, the arrester Chen Er went to the court to yell and interrupt the interrogation. He should be punished for the crime of roaring in court!"

"Lord Lu, what are you in a hurry for? You can't even listen to what Chen Butou has to say?" Kong Sizhen glared at Fatty Lu, then sneered and said, "I heard that when the former county magistrate Cheng Fengcheng of Qujing was hearing the case, Lu My lord, you also go up to the hall, interrupt the interrogation and take over the county seal—if Chen Butou, who is a member of the public family, reported auspiciousness to the magistrate according to the law, it would be considered a rant to the court, then you can get away with this crime?"

Finally it was Fatty Lu's turn to be speechless, and Li Suizu finally came to his senses, hurried over and grabbed Chen Er's collar, and shouted with bloodshot eyes: "Quickly, I saw that glistening river beach, What's going to happen next?! Say it quickly, don't waste the precious time of the imperial envoy, the lord, and your lords, speak quickly!"

"Next, next..." Chen Er was awakened by Li Suzu's cannibalistic eyes, and finally said: "Next, the little ones thought that there might be treasures under the river beach, so they dug up the river beach with hoes, and it turned out A one-eyed man was found at the bottom of the river beach, and the younger one left the other brothers to guard him, and ran to report the news by himself.”

"One-eyed stone man?!" All the officials present were stunned, and then suddenly thought of an allusion-the stone man with one eye provoked rebellion in the Yellow River world!

"Chen Er, you found that stone man, do you have writing on it?" Kong Sizhen asked.

"Back to Sigege, we only dug out the stone man's head and shoulders and didn't dare to continue digging. We came here to report the news." Chen Er's answer was much faster this time.

"Master Imperial Envoy, this matter is no small matter. Since ancient times, there have been some unscrupulous rebels who have used ghosts and gods to plot wrongdoings. You must not take it lightly." Kong Sizhen said loudly: "Ben Gege thinks that the trial should be temporarily suspended now, and the stone man's case should be taken to the scene first. After the matter is settled, it will not be too late to come back to try the case! My lord, what do you think?"

When she turned to Jieshu for questioning, Kong Sizhen, who was unwilling to be defeated, was desperately struggling to win the last ray of hope, and regardless of the presence of many officials, she winked at Jieshu like killing a chicken and wiping her neck, signaling that Jieshu agreed with her opinion.Jie Shu also quickly came back to his senses, jumped up and shouted: "Si Gege is right, digging out the one-eyed stone man is such a big matter, it cannot be ignored, and this king also thinks that the interrogation should be stopped immediately, and the one-eyed stone should be dug out first." Check out the situation on the spot!"

Kong Sizhen's wink like killing a chicken and wiping his neck was clearly seen by countless officials present, but considering that since Kong Sizhen insisted on doing this, there must be a big conspiracy waiting, so all the officials present were silent and dared not Mix it casually.Fatty Lu jumped three feet high, and shouted: "Master Imperial Envoy, did you see that? Sigege, she winked at the prince just now, what did she mean? Please, Your Excellency Imperial Envoy, check it out!"

"Fart! When did my mother wink at the lord?" Kong Sizhen said angrily, "I got sand in my eyes just now, and squeezed the sand when I blinked. What do you mean by winking?"

"Si Gege, please pay attention to your own identity and manners." Wang Xu reminded kindly.

"What's the matter if I don't pay attention? At worst, you can read the book again, I won't be afraid!" Kong Sizhen was furious, and shouted: "But as an imperial envoy, you ignore such big things as the coming of the dragon and the digging out of the Cyclops. The old lady will join you in turn!"

"That's right!" Jie Shu echoed: "Wang Zongxian, what did you say just now, you must enforce the law impartially, be impartial, and never disappoint the grace of God? Now you don't care about such a big thing as the one-eyed man. , Do you want to dereliction of duty? Does dereliction of duty count as a failure of the Holy Grace?"

"Your Imperial Envoy, don't be in any trouble. Since this matter happened in Qujing County under the rule of the lower officials, then the lower officials should take care of it!" Fatty Lu was also very clever, and he turned to the outside of the lobby and shouted: "Li Tianzhi, Fang Shiyu, take the matter with you immediately!" A team of people went to the Bada River beach with the head of the king, dug out the one-eyed man, and brought it here for inspection by the imperial envoy and the prince. Also, remember to see if there is anything strange about the one-eyed man, if so, You must bring them all, and you must not miss them.”

"Decree." Li Tianzhi agreed outside the hall.Fatty Lu turned to Chen Er who was kneeling on the ground again, and ordered: "Chen Butou, please go and show the way to my yamen servants, and bring that stone man here."

Chen Er, who had been beaten by Li Tianzhi and Fang Shiyu more than once, of course would not listen to Fatty Lu's order, but turned his attention to Li Suzu and Kong Sizhen.Kong Sizhen yelled: "Wang Zongxian, haven't you heard that the former White Lotus Sect used the one-eyed stone to create rebellion? Now that Qujing has also dug up such a stone man, you can guarantee that someone will not use evil words to deceive People, have bad intentions? Or are you not afraid that someone wants to destroy the evidence and cover up his intention to bury the Cyclops in an attempt to commit a crime of rebellion?"

"That's right, I want to go to the scene and see the one-eyed man being dug out with my own eyes." Prince Kang also yelled loudly, and ordered and threatened: "All the officials present have to go with the king. Go! Otherwise, if you find any offensive words on the one-eyed stone man, those who deliberately refuse to go will not be able to escape the responsibility!"

Jie Shu and Kong Sizhen teamed up to play tricks and try to mess up the situation again. Even a fool can see this, but all dynasties and dynasties have strictly suppressed the use of cults to rebel. In addition, it is expected that there must be something weird about the one-eyed stone man, so the Yunnan-Guizhou officials present did not dare to make a sound, did not dare to get involved, and continued to hold on to the idea of ​​playing soy sauce to see the limelight. Only Wu Sanmei wanted to express some opinions , but was firmly held back by Hu Guozhu.

The embarrassment was Wang Xu and Yu Chenglong, the chief and deputy imperial envoys. They also guessed that the one-eyed man must be weird, and it must have been done by Li Suzu or Kong Sizhen. Being disturbed again, Li Suzu might win another chance to breathe.It's just that Wang Xu and Yu Chenglong didn't expect that Li Shizu and Kong Sizhen would use such shameless means to struggle to the death, and they were seriously ill-prepared, so they couldn't immediately find a solution to this meeting.

"Okay." After thinking for a long time, Wang Xu reluctantly nodded and said, "Well, since such a big incident happened, the imperial envoy decided that the case of Lu Yifeng, the magistrate of Qujing County, who slandered the king should be suspended, and Lu Yifeng will not deal with it for now. , the original position is pending trial. All officials, first go to the scene of the Bada River where the dragon descends, and then retreat."

"Wang Zongxian, you are wronged!" Fatty Lu became anxious, and yelled frantically: "That one-eyed man must have been deliberately done by someone to frame the lower official, otherwise, it might be such a coincidence that the lower official Discovering the one-eyed man when his grievances are about to be cleared? This is a conspiracy, this is a shameless conspiracy!"

Kong Sizhen and Jie Shu grinned, Li Shizu smiled wickedly, Wang Xu was silent, and said after a long while: "Master Lu, please rest assured that no matter how seamless the trick is, there will be evidence witnesses. If you are really wronged, I will definitely Clear up this grievance." After finishing speaking, Wang Xu slapped the gavel and shouted: "Leave the hall and go to the Bada River."

"Hurry up, send someone to kill that Master Bi." Taking advantage of the chaotic opportunity of retreating, Kong Sizhen leaned into Zhou Peigong's ear and whispered an order: "The people who sent us to the thirteen yamen, it's best to pretend to commit suicide. Xu is an old man with rich experience in handling cases, if that Master Bi falls into his hands, then things will be troublesome."

Zhou Peigong agreed, and quickly took the order to go, but what Kong Sizhen and Zhou Peigong didn't notice was that just as they were whispering, Fatty Lu also rushed outside the hall, called Li Tianzhi and Fang Shiyu to him, and whispered in their ears. He said in a loud voice: "Quickly, go and protect Bi Gaobin, someone will definitely kill someone to silence him."

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More than half an hour later, a huge team of officials, led by Chen Er, the arresting head of the Yamen of Qujing Prefecture, arrived at the section of the Bada River where the dragon came into the world. Behind the huge team of officials was an even bigger team of civilians. , the number is nearly ten thousand, mighty and mighty, covering the mountains and fields, and encircling the river beach where the Cyclops man was found. ——This also made Jieshu, Kong Sizhen, and Li Shizu extremely happy. When so many people dug up the one-eyed stone man engraved with "Dali Longxing, Lu Yifeng Huang", no matter how soft Wang Xuhe and Jackie Chan were. No matter how stubborn you are, you will not dare to suppress this case, and you can truthfully report it in front of Xiao Mazi. At that time, Jie Shu and Kong Sizhen will join forces to mobilize relatives and friends in the court, and you will not be able to find someone who can turn the salted fish over. Chance?
When I got to the river beach, I saw that there were five or six servants from the magistrate's government guarding the scene with hoes. Of course, the river beach stopped shining immediately, and there was only one not deep earth pit, and one of them was dug out. A stone man with head and shoulders and only one eye.Kong Sizhen yelled ecstatically, "My lords, do you see that? The one-eyed man, really the one-eyed man!"

Anyone can guess that this one-eyed man must have been written by Li Suzu or Kong Sizhen, but there is no evidence, so except for Li Suzu and Jie Shu, no one makes a sound, watching the shameless performance of Kong Sizhen and others, Contemptuous and helpless.Fatty Lu did speak, and rushed up immediately, yelling at the servants: "You really dug out this one-eyed man? Did you just bury it and then dug it out? Has anyone moved? Has anyone moved?" No one to do tricks?"

"Lord Lu, this one-eyed man was buried a long time ago." Yu Chenglong frowned and said, "Master Lu, pay attention to the soil and water stains on this one-eyed man, as well as the soil next to it. It's exactly the same, and I can be sure that this one-eyed man was definitely not buried just now."

"My lord Yu is worthy of being Wang Zongxian's high-achieving apprentice. His eyes are as clear as a torch." Kong Sizhen, who was proud again, showed a charming smile again, turned to Wang Xu and asked with a coquettish smile, "Wang Zongxian, what do you think? What do you think of this one-eyed stone?" Was the person just buried?"

Wang Xu remained silent with a livid face, and after carefully observing the situation for a long time, Wang Xu gave instructions: "The book office records that the stone man was not buried recently, the soil is old, there is moss on his body, and the water stains have completely seeped into the gaps, it is indeed a sign of long-term burial. "

"Wang Zongxian has good eyesight, and he has noticed such details." Jie Shu grinned grimly, and praised hypocritically.

"It turns out that you have already made up your mind about this wicked idea!" Fatty Lu suddenly realized, and yelled with a frenzied expression, "You buried this one-eyed man here a long time ago, and you just dug it out when the imperial envoy came, and put it I'm dying, right?!"

"Nephew Sanhao, calm down." Lin Tianqing grabbed Fatty Lu, and said in a cold voice, "Nephew Sanhao, don't be afraid, since someone has used such a dirty trick, when President Wang finds out the truth, some people will Die worse!"

"Okay, dig out all the stone men." Wang Xu ordered after checking that the records were correct.

"Quickly dig, quickly dig out." Li Shizu couldn't wait to order to the servants.Kong Sizhen also urged: "Quickly dig, quickly dig it out and ask the prince and the imperial envoy to have a look. It is a great achievement for you to find this one-eyed stone man. Your Li Futai will definitely reward you heavily!"

The yamen servants of the Qujing prefect’s yamen happily agreed, and they rushed to dig. Chen Er even rushed to the front. As soon as the stone man dug up to the waist, he took a few yamen servants together and buried it not too deep. The one-eyed man was pulled out, carried to Wang Xu, Jie Shu and others and put it down.Li Shizu rushed forward regardless of his identity, and wiped the dirt on the cyclops man's chest with his hand with his official uniform sleeve, revealing eight small characters, and shouted: "My lord, my lord, Si Gege, Bian Butang, all my lords, Look quickly, the stone man really has writing on it!"

"What's the word?" Fatty Lu shouted nervously.

"Tieling Longxing, Li Suzuhuang!" Like a drowning man grabbing the last straw, Li Suzu was so excited that he couldn't help himself, pointing at the small characters on the stone man and yelling wildly: "Everyone, Look quickly! The words above are: Tieling Longxing, Li Suhuang! Tieling Longxing, Li Suhuang! Tieling Longxing, Li Suhuang!! Tieling Longxing, Li Suzu...!"

After reading this, Li Suzu suddenly stopped, his whole body jumped like an electric shock, and then he stopped as if he had been hit by a fixed body, and murmured: "Li Suzu? Who is Li Suzu? This name, I seem to have heard it there? Still feel a little familiar?"

With two sounds of "bang" and "bang", Kong Sizhen and Jie Shu fell to the ground together, and their expressions became no different from those of dead people - because the one-eyed stone man was indeed engraved with the words "Tie Ling Long Xing, Li Sui Zuhuang" 'Eight words!

"Tieling Longxing, Li leads the ancestor? Hahahahaha!" Wu Sanmei and Hu Guozhu and others behind laughed violently, "Tieling Longxing, Li led the ancestor? Tieling Longxing, Li led the ancestor!? Li Futai, after a long time, it turns out that you are the real destiny, and you are ready to rebel!"

"How is it possible? How is it possible?" Li Suzu yelled madly, "Why is it Tieling Longxing, Li Suzuhuang? Why is it not Dali Longxing, Lu Yifenghuang? Who is Li Suzu? Li Suzu Who is Zu? Who can tell me, who is Li Suzu? Why do I know his name so well?"

"Li Futai, you are called Li Suzu." Wang Xu said coldly: "And your ancestral home is Tieling, Tieling Longxing, and Li Suzuhuang is talking about you."

"I'm Li Suzu? I'm Li Suzu?" Li Suzu's mind turned upside down for a while, the world was shattered, the chaos was chaotic, and the words in his mouth became completely crazy, "I'm Li Suzu? How is it possible? You guys Lie to me! I'm not Li Suzu! I dare not be Li Suzu! Who am I? Who am I? Why am I here? What's my name? Where do I come from? Who am I—?!"

Screaming, Li Shizu suddenly knelt down on both knees, lying on the one-eyed stone man, and crazily hit the bluestone stone man with his forehead, until the blood flowed profusely from his forehead and still refused to stop, and the voice of shouting became more and more miserable , "Who am I-?! Who am I--?!!"

"Come here, take Li Suzu down and tie him up." Wang Xu couldn't bear it, so he ordered to arrest him.The soldiers from the Metropolitan Procuratorate brought by Wang Xu from the capital rushed forward, and when Li Suzu was tied up, Li Suzu was still yelling, "Who am I? Who am I?! Who is Li Suzu?" ? Who is Li Suzu—?!"

"Let me see." Zhu Fangdan was afraid that Li Suzu was pretending to be crazy to avoid crimes, so he hurried forward to check for Li Suzu, but after checking for a while, Zhu Fangdan stood up again, and said helplessly to Fatty Lu and the others: "Master Imperial Envoy, Master, Li Futai's eyes are gone, and his mind is in a mess. He is really crazy."

Wang Xu and Fatty Lu were silent, all the officials at the scene felt miserable when they saw Li Shizu's crazy appearance, even Cui Zhiying, who is recognized as the number one wall grass in Yunnan, also kept his mouth shut, to this great friend who made trouble and added icing on the cake Opportunities are ignored.On the Nuoda river beach, only Li Suzu's mad voice echoed, "Lord Kang, your son, I raised you up, and you are almost five years old. I can't raise you for nothing. You must help me kill him!" Lu Yifeng, you must do me this favor! My lord, you must do me this favor, I will give you a lot of gold and silver, your son, and I will raise him as my own son Big!"

"Master Imperial Envoy, I understand!" At this time, Kong Sizhen suddenly jumped out again, pointed at Fatty Lu and shouted: "Zongxian Wang, I understand! I understand everything! It was Fatty Lu who took this one-eyed man Buried here, and engraved treasonous words on the one-eyed stone man, it drove the court official Li Zhifu crazy! All the adults and people here are witnesses! Wang Zongxian, you must investigate clearly, and you must not let this one go. Lu Yifeng!"

"Si Gege, you guys discovered this stone man, and you insisted on digging it out in front of so many adults. Now why do you say that I buried it here?" Fatty Lu asked coldly.

"I don't know about that." Kong Sizhen raised her snow-white neck and said sarcastically, "All I know is that you carved these words on the one-eyed stone man and drove the court officials crazy! President Wang, Lu If you don’t deal with Yifeng’s crime according to the law, I will report to the imperial court as a gege, and impeach you for covering up and favoritism during the handling of the case, and for perverting the law in enforcing the law!”

Kong Sizhen played a scoundrel and shameless to such an extent, which naturally attracted the contempt and white eyes of all the officials present, but Kong Sizhen's thick skin was already imagined by all normal human beings, so he just shouted: "Lu Yifeng buried the one-eyed man here, and buried the one-eyed man here. Li Suzu was driven crazy, this is an undeniable fact! Lord Kang, if we want to jointly impeach, we must not let Lu Yifeng slip away!"

"Si Gege, save your energy and yell." At this time, a loud roar came from the crowd, "The two killers you sent to silence have been captured alive by us! They have already confessed!"

Amid the long shouts, Li Tianzhi and Fang Shiyu strode into the crowd against a man alone, followed by Li Shizu's master Bi Gaobin, surrounded and protected by Xiao Erlang and Liu's brothers, also strode into the crowd.In front of Wang Xu and the others, Li Tianzhi and Fang Shiyu threw the two men on their shoulders to the ground. The two unlucky men whose hands and feet were interrupted by Li Tianzhi and Fang Shiyu screamed as soon as they landed, and Kong Sizhen's face turned pale again. .

"My lord imperial envoy, this was found from them." Li Tianzhi held the waist badge of the [-]th Yamen in front of Wang Xu, and said, "Si Gege just sent them to kill Li Suzu's master, Bi Yibin, and we took it." Get off, please ask the imperial envoy for interrogation."

"I report to the imperial envoy." Bi Gaobin also took the initiative to run to Wang Xu, knelt down, kowtowed and said: "The younger one is called Bi Gaobin, and he is the master of the magistrate Li. Four months ago, in order to frame Lu Yifeng and Lu, Master Li sent people He secretly carved this one-eyed stone man, engraved the eight rebellious characters of "Dali Longxing, Lu Yifenghuang" and asked the little one to be buried here. Later, Li Zhifu told Si Gege about it, and Si Gege asked Master Li to Don't be impatient, wait for the imperial envoy to come to Qujing to dig out, put Master Lu to death, let Master Lu confiscate his family and exterminate his family, and punish his entire family."

"Why did the words on the one-eyed man change?" Wang Xu asked calmly.

"The little one knew that this was a serious crime of ransacking his family and destroying his family, and he respected Mr. Lu as a good official who loved the people like a son, so he took the initiative to find Mr. Lu, told him about this, and asked him to prepare." Bi Binbin explained : "Master Lu asked the younger one to change the eight characters on the one-eyed stone man into 'Tieling Longxing, Li Suizuhuang', and then buried here according to the order of Li Futai. Master Lu said that if Master Li has a conscience If you don't want to frame him with such a low-handed method, then this one-eyed man should be nothing, but if Master Li insists on using such a low-handed method, you will have to suffer for yourself."

After all, Bi Gaobin took out another stack of documents from his arms, and said respectfully: "Master Imperial Envoy, this is the document for the grassroots plea. The imperial envoy has a look."

"Wang Zongxian, these eight words were indeed changed by the lower official to Master Bi." Fatty Lu saluted Qian Qian, and took the initiative to admit his mistake: "But the lower official is also doing the same thing as the other, and returning it to the other, if Mr. Li insists If you don't use such a vicious method to frame the subordinates, the situation like today will not happen."

"Book office, record, and report the truth to the Holy Majesty in the future." Wang Xu ordered calmly, then turned to Kong Sizhen, and asked with a sneer: "Si Gege, do you have anything to say now?"

Kong Sizhen's pretty face was distorted almost ferociously, and she turned a deaf ear to Wang Xu's words, her big bloodshot eyes just stared at Fatty Lu, so angry that she almost burst into flames.Wang Xu shook his head and said, "Si Gege had better not say anything, and it's better to start preparing the confession and defense to explain to the sage. Someone, take Kong Sizhen down, temporarily put him in the magistrate's prison, and then prepare the prison car and the official matchmaker (ancient female matchmaker) Officer), please Si Gege and Li Futai go back to Beijing in the prison van."

"Si Gege, please." Four servants of the Metropolitan Procuratorate stepped forward, holding handcuffs and shackles, and made an inviting gesture.Kong Sizhen glared at Fatty Lu viciously again, raised his head again, and then returned to the city amidst the cheers of the people in Qujing like landslides and tsunami.

After walking a few steps, Kong Sizhen suddenly stopped, turned around and said loudly to Wang Xu: "Wang Zongxian, Kong Sizhen fell down today, he was convinced, he fell firmly, and he has nothing to say! — But I can guarantee , One day, you will regret what you did today! When Lu Yifeng next to you shows his fangs, you will definitely pay a heavy price, and you will definitely regret why you stood by him today side!"

"Thanks for your advice, but if all the county magistrates in the world can be as diligent and caring for the people as Mr. Lu, Wang Xu will never regret it." Wang Xu replied with a sneer.But what Wang Xu didn't know was that Kong Sizhen's words became a prophecy, and a few years later, he did pay a painful price for what happened today!And still, the price of life!

"This bitch, the sixth sense is really scary!" Fatty Lu shook his head, then looked at Li Suzu, who was still struggling crazily and screaming, and thousands of people in Qujing who were cheering and cheering. He was depressed for a long time Fatty Lu finally showed some smiles on his fat face, and muttered: "The new chapter is finally about to begin."

(End of this chapter)