Gu Pingyuan returns to his hometown and becomes a hermit
At this time, Su Zixuan came to find Gu Pingyuan. Su Zixuan heard that he was going abroad to do business, and the two exchanged ideas.Gu Pingyuan said that he had all the goods ready, and wanted to borrow a foreign ship through Su Zixuan's relationship to sell the goods to the UK.Su Zixuan was impressed by Gu Pingyuan's determination to fight with foreigners, and she decided to help Gu Pingyuan.At this time, Chang Yuer was several months pregnant.
However, Ruilin ransacked Gu Pingyuan's home on the grounds that he had hidden a huge sum of money of unknown origin, and ordered him to be thrown into prison and prepared to be escorted to Beijing.When Richard learned that Gu Pingyuan was planning to go to England to do business, his expression changed drastically. If he did it, he would become an enemy of the British company behind Xianghe Yangxing, which would be very troublesome.Richard asked Ruilin to ask that the cargo ship in Shanghai must stop and cancel the voyage.
Ruilin pretended to be stupid and said that Gu Pingyuan had been captured, and that the ship was a Portuguese warship hired by the British, so he was not qualified to stop it.Richard found Gu Pingyuan, and at Gu Pingyuan's request, he finally relented and returned the salt field to Ruilin.After the Gu family was confiscated, the Chang family's father and daughter returned to their hometown in Huizhou.
While escorting Gu Pingyuan to Beijing, Ruilin faked Gu Pingyuan's death, let him go during the escort, and announced that he was dead.When Gu Pingyuan was on his way home, Li Qin and Su Zixuan came to see him off.Li Qin planned to leave with Su Zixuan, while Gu Pingyuan prepared to return to his hometown. After a heart-to-heart talk, the two finally reconciled.
