If you tell a lie, you have to make up for it with hundreds of lies.
Look, this half-truth is here again, but it sounds a bit more true than the lie I concocted before.
By the way, I also showed an open and honest attitude.
Fortunately, this is Mayi, not Yulin or somewhere in the west. Otherwise, if you go to Fufeng and ask around, there is almost a 100% chance that the secret will be exposed.
Of course, no one would put such effort into Li Po's status as a real little person.
Now there were more than one or two people who were suspicious of his origins. Yuchi saw it most accurately, because that was the first person Li Po met when he came to Mayi, and there was no way to cover up some obvious flaws in his body.
But Yuchi's matter has nothing to do with him, and he was worried about it. Now he is considered a friend, and he will not get to the bottom of it.
The later tax collector, Chen Zhenggong from Hucao, checked the county's case files and casually let Li Po go.
The later elders actually may not have no doubts about Li Po's origins.
I just got along with Li Po for a long time, so I didn't plan to ask. These days, the household registration system is gradually falling apart, and there are more and more people with unknown origins in the border areas. Gradually, everyone has become accustomed to it.
So far, the person who is chasing the most closely is Li Bi.
This noble lady of the Kansai family is a little too confident, and she is paranoid about her own judgment and vision.
It would be fine if Li Po was still working as his groom in the stable, but he had the unlucky fate to follow her, giving her a chance to be more serious.
Simply, Li Po made up lies again.
In fact, the reason was not to close the previous loopholes, but to make the woman calm down. In any case, he estimated that he would have to stay in Mayi, so he felt quite helpless and had to bow his head under the roof.
In the past few days, he has been going around in circles around this woman, using almost all methods, which really made him a little annoyed.
The girl hummed a few times, and she didn't know whether she was proud of how accurate her vision was, or whether she was not satisfied with Li Po's attitude as usual.
After a long while, she said calmly, "At that time, in the forest... you called me girl. This is your Fufeng dialect."
I really don’t remember this Li Po, but when I heard it, I was still very ashamed.
These days, it is not popular to call someone a girl. Those messy novels that came out later are really harmful. There are people who call someone a girl, but the pronunciation is completely wrong. It is a nickname for an aunt. No one calls an unmarried woman a nickname.
Girl, that's a joke.
Now that I understand this, I owe it to Li Bi.
This is one of the few women Li Po has met so far, but she is the only one among them who must be addressed seriously.
After Li Bi appeared, Li Po felt that the title "Sanniangzi" was a bit new. After asking Yuen Long for advice, he realized that there were many names for women these days, but the word "girl" rarely appeared in Sui people's dictionaries.
Fortunately, Li Po hasn't called anyone else a miss yet, otherwise, it would be trouble again.
It is actually similar to the people of later generations. The word "miss" will also appear in Sui people, but it is an authentic contemptuous term. The group of people addressed it is also similar to that of later generations. They are all special terms for women who are engaged in special professions.
Li Po continued to fool him, "I thought you were from Turks and didn't understand. You just called me casually. You were so powerful. Calling me girl should have the same meaning as my aunt."
"Auntie" Li Bi's voice was a little shrill in the darkness.
Li Po wished he could slap himself in the mouth. He had been talking too much recently and had started to lose control of his words. As soon as he heard this, he knew that the thorns on the woman's body were exploding again.
Li Po stopped talking.
There was a snap, and he was suddenly kicked on the shoulder. He instinctively grabbed the opponent's ankles with his hands.
"Let go."
As soon as Li Po let go, he got hit again.
Li stood up abruptly, and after some luck, he finally moved away. If we can't afford to offend you, why can't we hide from you? You are a tigress. You can tell at a glance that you can't get married.
It was a bit cold in the second half of the night, and we were already deep into Yunnei Racecourse, so Li Po didn't sleep well.
At dawn, Li Bi was called up, and the two of them ate something hastily and took turns guarding the edge of the forest.
Maybe what they said last night had some effect after all. Maybe the two of them had been alone together for a long time and gradually got used to Li Po's occasionally irritating rudeness.
Perhaps with the passage of time, the woman's anger has almost dissipated.
It is more likely that although this woman has a bad temper, she is quite open-minded.
No matter what the reason is, the bossy demeanor that used to make people afraid to commit minor offenses has become weaker and weaker.
However, Li Po could no longer care about this.
One day during the day, the sound of horse hooves could be heard from time to time, and several groups of people passed back and forth, making the two people hiding in the woods nervous.
Obviously, there have been great changes at Yunnei Racecourse.
But this is also to be expected. Shi Qianqian, a local snake, will never sit still and wait for death.
He was probably gathering his men, and when he saw that something was not right, it would be up to Shi Qianqian to decide whether he would fight to the death or escape from the north.
At this time, if we really follow Li Bi's plan and bring people here in a big way, it's hard to say what the outcome will be.
But one thing is for sure, since people are on guard, even if Shi Qianqian dies, he can still chase a few people out of their way. How many people can be left behind depends on how ferocious the people at the racecourse are.
This day felt extremely long to Li Po.
The same goes for Li Bi. One day passed, and at dusk, this person's eyes were already bloodshot, and his energy level was far less than it was yesterday.
As soon as it got dark, the two of them set off.
After observing during the day, Li Bi's performance was obviously much better this time. When the moonlight shone on the earth and the stars were shining all over the sky, a swath of lights finally appeared in his sight.
Came nearby quietly, the two of them turned over and dismounted. Li Po took a look and smacked his lips secretly.
It is indeed one of the largest racecourses in Mayi, but Canghe Racecourse is really incomparable. If you look at the people here, they live in row upon row of houses, it looks like a very big village.
The two of them were hiding in the dark, and Li Po was vaccinating in a low voice, "If the person named Shi wasn't here, our trip would have been in vain. Are you sure that the person named Shi lives here now?"
The woman finally learned not to use her power to overwhelm others, and began to retort, "What, are you scared? Huh, even if the person named Shi is not here, he must be in Heng'an. I will take you to Heng'an to look for him again."
Li Po, "......"
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This chapter has been completed!