Chapter 581 Rescue
You have to know that this money was saved by Zhao Paner herself from selling tea. It has to be said that she is a woman who knows how to manage the household.

And it is no exaggeration to say that her belongings alone are comparable to Minglan's dowry in the previous world.

This does not include Zhao Paner's fixed assets such as land and shops. She is definitely a rich and beautiful woman.

So Lin Hao walked up to Zhao Pan'er and said something very rude:
"Sister, I don't want to work hard anymore!"

Quiet~!

In an instant, the noisy noise outside the Zhao's Teahouse became so loud that you could hear a pin drop!

Those who had originally asked when Zhao Pan'er would come back or were interested in buying Zhao Pan'er's shop fell silent and all looked at Lin Hao and Zhao Pan'er in amazement.

This guy is actually a gigolo, what a waste of his good looks.

No wonder Zhao Pan'er wanted to go to the capital for no reason. It turned out that she was running away with her pretty boy.

Zhao Paner, who was thin-skinned, suddenly had a pretty face that turned red, so red that blood seemed to be dripping out, and she wished she could find a hole in the ground to crawl into.

How could he say such words? A dignified marquis, actually, is so shameless~!

Zhao Pan'er felt uncomfortable being stared at by everyone and subconsciously hid in the carriage!

Wait~! Seeing this, Lin Hao quickly followed.

On the way to the dock, Zhao Paner, who had calmed down, suddenly said:
"Wait for me at the dock first. I'm going to Sanniang's house!"

"Where are you going?" Lin Hao looked at Zhao Pan'er curiously, leaning forward slightly and asked:

"Do you want me to accompany you?"

"No, no, I can go by myself!" Not sure if it was because of Lin Hao's action or the effect of what he just said, but Zhao Pan'er subconsciously wanted to keep a distance from Lin Hao along the way.

And the blush on her face has not faded until now.

Lin Hao brought Zhao Paner's luggage to the dock. At this time, Lin Zhi had already rented a boat and hired crew members to wait at the dock. As soon as he saw Lin Hao, he hurriedly called the crew to come out and move the luggage.

Under Lin Zhi's command, the crew members moved Zhao Paner's luggage onto the boat in an orderly manner in a few moments, and at this time Zhao Paner also came back.

"What's wrong?" Lin Hao asked when Zhao Pan'er got on the deck:
"Why do you look so worried after visiting Sun Sanniang's house? Did something happen?"

"Sanniang is missing!" Zhao Pan'er said worriedly:
"I went to Sanniang's house last night. I wanted to hand over the tea shop to her, but she wasn't at home!"

"Later, I heard from the neighbors that Sanniang and Fu Xingui had a big fight over Zifang, and then Sanniang left in anger!"

"I didn't think much about it at the time, so I asked a neighbor to leave a message for Sanniang, asking her to come find me when she got back!"

"But until just now, Sanniang didn't come, so I was a little worried, so I went to Sanniang's house again, but Sanniang still hasn't come back."

"I'm worried~!"

"Sun Sanniang is missing?" Lin Hao narrowed his eyes slightly. His mind had been on Zhao Pan'er during this period, and he really didn't care much about Sun Sanniang.

Lin Hao remembered that in the original drama, Sun Sanniang should have jumped into the river and committed suicide, right?

Lin Hao thought it was a pity. You know, among his women, most of them were either Princess Taiping or had breast pumps at home. There were very few women like Sun Sanniang who were so beautiful.

Lin Hao was a little worried now because he forgot to use the mental mark on Sun Sanniang, otherwise he would have gone directly to the place where she jumped into the river.

I just don’t know if Sun Sanniang can be as lucky as in the plot and be found and rescued by Zhao Paner.

However, Lin Hao still comforted him softly:
"Don't worry, Sanniang might have just gone back to her parents' home in a rage because of a quarrel with Fu Xingui!"

Now the boat has already sailed, and Lin Hao doesn't know where Sun Sanniang jumped into the river, so he can only pray that good luck will come to her.

However, Lin Hao felt that under normal circumstances, Sun Sanniang would not die. Even if she did not meet Zhao Pan'er, she would be encountered and rescued by other passing ships.

After all, Sun Sanniang is one of the main characters, and an important character in Meng Hualu. She shouldn't die so easily.

"I hope Sanniang is okay!" Zhao Pan'er also sighed, and then stopped talking. She just stared at the water in a daze, not knowing what she was thinking.

Seeing this, Lin Hao found a cloak to help Zhao Paner put it on, and took the opportunity to hug her from behind, whispering in her ear:
"It's windy on the boat, be careful not to catch a cold."

"You, what are you doing?" Zhao Pan'er's face suddenly became hot, and even her ears turned red. She struggled subconsciously and said, "Men and women should not touch each other, please respect yourself, my lord!"

Lin Hao held her tightly and refused to let go, whispering in her ear:

"I like you!"

Zhao Pan'er's body froze, and then asked:

"We've only known each other for a few days, and you already like me?"

"You may not believe this, but I fell in love with you the first time I saw you. I swore at that time that I would never marry anyone else in my life~!"

Hearing this, Zhao Pan'er fell silent, and her body unconsciously gave up the struggle.

She is not stupid, and Lin Hao's behavior in the past few days has been so obvious that even a fool can see what he is thinking.

Zhao Pan'er was originally a very ambitious person. Even though she herself came from a poor family, she was determined to support Ouyang Xu in his studies and wait for him to pass the imperial examination and marry her as his mistress.

But after Ouyang Xu broke off the engagement, the illusion in her heart was shattered. Being born in an official family, she knew that being a concubine would have no security.

If she followed her own ideas, the worst that could happen was that she would marry into an ordinary, kind family, which would be better than being a concubine.

But Lin Hao's confession made her hesitant. She knew that a marquis like Lin Hao probably would not marry a woman of her background as his principal wife?
But being a concubine is definitely better than being the wife of a small family, but there is really no guarantee. The key is that no one knows what Lin Hao is thinking.

What's more, Ouyang Xu hasn't figured out what's going on yet, so he has to pretend that he didn't explain it clearly.

Just when Zhao Pan'er was about to refuse, she accidentally caught a glimpse of something floating on the river.

It seems like a person.

"Look over there, is there someone who fell into the water?" Zhao Pan'er pointed.

Lin Hao looked in the direction of Zhao Paner's finger and saw a piece of floating wood on the river, and a woman lying on it.

Isn’t this Sun Sanniang?

and many more!

Lin Hao took a closer look and it seemed that there was more than just Sun Sanniang on the driftwood, there seemed to be another person next to her.

Looking at the man's clothes, Lin Hao recognized it as Gu Qianfan at a glance.

Wait, how did these two get together?
"It seems to be two people!" Lin Hao said with a twinkle in his eyes.

"Boatman, someone fell into the water, come and save him!" Zhao Pan'er immediately started shouting for help, and the crew members rushed over after hearing the news.

When he saw someone really fell into the water, he jumped in immediately and rescued the person.

When the crew rescued the person, Zhao Pan'er discovered that it was Sanniang. As for the other man, Zhao Pan didn't care about him.

Then Lin Hao instructed Zhao Pan'er to give first aid to Sun Sanniang. Seeing Zhao Pan'er pressing Sun Sanniang's chest with her hands crossed, Lin Hao swallowed unconsciously.

Seeing that there was not much effect, Lin Hao took advantage of Zhao Pan'er's inattention, grabbed Sun Sanniang's hand, and injected one day of life into her.

With the infusion of life energy, Sun Sanniang suddenly choked on a mouthful of water, and then slowly opened her eyes.

When Sun Sanniang saw that it was Zhao Pan'er, she was surprised and asked, "Pan, Pan'er?"

"Sanniang, you finally woke up!" Seeing Sun Sanniang wake up, Zhao Pan'er immediately asked:

"What happened? How did you fall into the water?"

Sun Sanniang heard this and said with a broken heart:

"Wuwuwu, Pan'er, Fu Xingui divorced me..."

Afterwards, Sun Sanniang told the whole story while crying. It was basically the same as the plot, because Fu Xinggui wanted to adopt Fu Zifang to the Tao family.

But Sun Sanniang disagreed, and the two had a big fight. Then Sanniang accidentally discovered the affair between Fu Xinggui and Tao.

Seeing this, Fu Xinggui made up his mind to go all out. He bribed the clan leader to divorce Sun Sanniang on the charge of "disrespecting her husband and slandering her sisters-in-law".

Of course there are differences, such as Sun Sanniang accidentally met the injured and wanted Gu Qianfan.

Out of kindness, she took Gu Qianfan in to recuperate in her woodshed. Gu Qianfan was a grateful person. After finding out that Sun Sanniang was divorced by Fu Xinggui, she walked towards the river in despair and followed her worriedly.

He happened to see Sun Sanniang jumping into the river to commit suicide, so he jumped in to save her without saying a word.

But at that time, the desperate Sun Sanniang was determined to die and kept struggling in the water. Gu Qianfan was already injured, and during the rescue process, due to Sun Sanniang's non-cooperation, Gu Qianfan's injuries relapsed.

As a result, not only did he fail to save the person, but he also got himself in trouble, and both of them fainted. After listening to Sun Sanniang's explanation, Lin Hao pulled the corner of his mouth. He wanted to ask a question, where did the driftwood come from?
Such a large piece of driftwood is not common. We have to say it’s the inertia of the plot, or the protagonist’s halo is just awesome.

"My Lord, the man from the Imperial City Division has woken up!" At this time, Lin Zhi ran to Lin Hao and said:
"But we don't know what he has done wrong. There are wanted posters for him everywhere. Should we send him to the authorities?"

"No~!"

Before Lin Hao could speak, Sun Sanniang suddenly said:

"My Lord, Commander Gu is a good man. The murder of the Yang family has nothing to do with him. He was framed!"

Lin Hao looked at Sun Sanniang in surprise. It seemed that even without Zhao Pan'er, he still had Sun Sanniang to help him.

Although he knew that Gu Qianfan was framed, Lin Hao deliberately said in front of Zhao Paner without caring:

"I don't care whether he was framed or not. I just know that my Pan'er has always hated people from the Imperial City Department the most!"

Zhao Pan'er looked at Lin Hao in disbelief. When did I become yours?

Then Lin Hao licked his face and said:
“Since we know that you, Pan’er, hate the people from the Imperial City Bureau, even though Commander Gu is different from those people from the Imperial City Bureau and he is a good person, as long as you don’t like him, we will send him to the government!
Zhao Pan'er rolled her eyes at Lin Hao. After interacting with Lin Hao for a while, she had some idea of ​​Lin Hao's temper. In short, it was: shameless!

This guy just doesn't mean what he says, but when it comes to the extermination of Yang Yunpan's entire family, it is definitely not something she should get involved in.

With Sanniang's hesitant look, Zhao Pan'er still said:

"Otherwise, let's forget it?"

Zhao Pan'er's eyes were wandering and she didn't even dare to look at Lin Hao. At this moment, the words that Lin Hao confessed to her were still echoing in her mind.

Then she forced an explanation: "My Lord, please put the affairs of the country first. Don't let me affect your judgment!"

"Okay, I'll listen to you!" Lin Hao agreed readily.

Then Lin Hao entered another cabin and input some life energy into Gu Qianfan, and Gu Qianfan woke up quickly.

"Is Commander Gu awake?" Lin Hao said lightly.

Gu Qianfan woke up and saw that it was Lin Hao, and immediately said:
"Gu Qianfan thanks the Marquis for saving my life!"

At this time, Lin Hao said seriously:

"You are the commander of the Imperial City Investigation Department, but you are wanted and hunted by the government. Commander Gu, do you know who wants to kill you?"

Gu Qianfan was silent for a moment, then said: "I don't know!"

"Heh~!" Lin Hao chuckled and said, "You don't even know who wants to kill you. How unfair would it be if you died in such an unclear way?"

"Could it be that the Marquis knows something?" Gu Qianfan's eyes flickered. He was a smart man, and from Lin Hao's tone he knew that Lin Hao must know something.

"Haha, I know there are quite a few things!" Lin Hao said slowly:

"For example, I know the purpose of Commander Gu coming to Qiantang, I also know who is hunting you, and I also know why the Imperial City Division repeatedly betrays you."

"Most importantly, I know who betrayed you in the Imperial City Division!"

Gu Qianfan didn't react when he heard Lin Hao's first few words, but when he heard that Lin Hao knew who in the Imperial City Bureau betrayed him, his face suddenly changed, becoming extremely serious and earnest.

"Who is it?" Gu Qianfan's eyes were filled with undisguised murderous intent.

Although he came to Qiantang in secret, rumors about the queen were already flying around the capital at that time, and anyone who was not a fool could guess a thing or two.

So Gu Qianfan was not surprised that Lin Hao could guess the purpose of his coming to Qiantang.

He also found out who was chasing him: it was Zheng Qingtian, the magistrate of Qiantang County.

As for why Zheng Qingtian wanted to hunt him down, and he seemed determined not to stop until he killed him.

At first, Gu Qianfan thought it was because of him because he happened to discover that Zheng Qingtian had wiped out Yang Zhiyuan's entire family. Zheng Qingtian was afraid that the truth would be exposed, so he wanted to kill him.

But now, Gu Qianfan felt that things might not be that simple, and there must be some reasons that he didn't know about.

Because the people from the Imperial City Bureau actually sided with Zheng Qingtian and betrayed himself.

If it was just the Qiantang County Magistrate, Gu Qianfan would not be in such a mess. The problem was that every time he found the secret base of the Imperial City Bureau to ask for help, Zheng Qingtian's men would come to kill him.

Once or twice was just a coincidence, but it happened every time. Even a fool could guess that he had been betrayed by the Imperial City Bureau.

But why would the Imperial City Bureau betray him, and who betrayed him?

These past few days, he was being hunted everywhere like a stray dog. It could be said that these were the most frustrating and embarrassing days in Gu Qianfan's life. He even nearly lost his life several times.

He must avenge this grudge, even if it means having to shamelessly ask Xiao Qinyan for help.

However, what Gu Qianfan did not expect was that Lin Hao did not keep him in suspense and directly said the man's name.

"Lei Jing!" Lin Hao said lightly.

"Lord Lei?" Gu Qianfan's expression changed. "Why did Lord Lei want to kill me?"

"Does it matter why?" Lin Hao asked back.

"Hehe~, is this important?"

"Heh~!" Gu Qianfan laughed dryly. Indeed, the reason didn't matter anymore. What mattered was that he wanted revenge.

Gu Qianfan struggled to stand up and said:
"Thank you for telling me, my Lord. Gu Qianfan will definitely be rewarded handsomely in the future!"

"No need to wait, I have something to trouble Commander Gu right now!"

"Please speak, Lord Marquis!" Gu Qianfan was stunned. He didn't expect Lin Hao to be so direct.

In fact, Gu Qianfan had already guessed that Lin Hao must have something to find him for, otherwise, since he and Lin Hao were not related at all, why would the other party help him for no reason?

After a pause, Gu Qianfan added:
"As long as it is within my ability, I will never refuse."

Gu Qianfan was not stupid. He knew that what the marquis wanted him to do must not be simple, so he did not dare to be too firm.

"Don't worry, this matter is definitely within Commander Gu's capabilities!" As he spoke, Lin Hao took out a letter and handed it to Gu Qianfan.

At the same time, Lin Hao also said:
"Commander Gu, just help me deliver the letter on the way."

"On the way? Who is it for?" Gu Qianfan asked cautiously.

"Xiao Qinyan!" Lin Hao said with a smile.

When Gu Qianfan heard this, his heart was already filled with turmoil, but his face remained expressionless.

He suspected that Lin Hao definitely knew about his relationship with Xiao Qinyan. What was even more terrifying was that he actually guessed that he was going to find Xiao Qinyan.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have said the word "on the way".

This person is a bit mysterious, but what's even more terrifying is his intelligence ability, which allows him to investigate such a secretive matter.

Seeing Lin Hao's confident eyes, Gu Qianfan temporarily suppressed his doubts, reached out to take Lin Hao's letter, and then solemnly put it in his arms.

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Two days later, the ship docked in Huating County.

After everyone got ashore, Gu Qianfan felt that his injuries had almost recovered, so he said goodbye with the letter Lin Hao gave him.

When they arrived in Huating County, Zhao Pan'er became restless when she saw that Lin Hao did not mention Song Yinzhang at all.

"When are we going to rescue Sister Yinzhang?" Zhao Paner found Lin Hao and asked.

"Finally you're willing to pay attention to me?" Lin Hao said jokingly with a grin:
"I thought you were going to hide from me forever."

Ever since Lin Hao confessed his love to Zhao Paner on the deck last time, Zhao Paner has been avoiding Lin Hao intentionally or unintentionally for the past two days.

Especially since Sun Sanniang was always hanging out with Zhao Pan'er, Lin Hao hadn't found a chance to have alone contact with Zhao Pan'er in the past two days.

"How could I be hiding from you?" Zhao Pan'er refused to admit it.

"Really? " While Lin Hao was speaking, he saw that Sun Sanniang was not there, so he got closer and closer to Zhao Paner.

"Of course not!" Zhao Pan'er stepped back subconsciously.

Lin Hao pressed on, pressing further:

"So what do you think about what I said on the deck last time?"

(End of this chapter)