The weather was particularly clear the next day, the clouds were clear, the birds were singing sweetly, all the flowers, branches and grasses in Linning were spread out, and everything was renewed.
Until a scream broke the tranquility.
Dr. Xiao, who lived in the southwest of the city, was found dead tragically with his whole family. Dr. Xiao was stabbed several times in the abdomen. His wife and children did not escape the disaster, and their home was ransacked.
There was an uproar throughout the city, the officials rushed to the scene immediately, and half the people in the city rushed over.
Magistrate Song had just arrived in the southwest of the city when news came from the countryside about what happened in Taoxi Village last night. General Lu asked him to rush there immediately.
Lu Qiyuan not only took away Aunt Liu, but also randomly took away nearly twenty families within half a mile of the hut.
Lu Qiyuan wanted to take the people away so that he could bypass all government orders and not need government intervention at all. However, the group of villagers were really difficult to deal with and insisted on Lu Qiyuan leaving the people behind. They cried and made trouble. After daybreak, more villagers came. Lu Qiyuan was directly blocked in the ancestral hall.
Lu Qiyuan didn't close his eyes all night, so he simply went to sleep and let these local sages kneel outside and cry to the sky and the earth.
There was chaos in the city and outside, but the bedroom of Fu'an Inn was surprisingly quiet.
After traveling for several days, Xia Zhaoyi and Shen Lie were exhausted.
Xia Zhaoyi slept deeply, and so did Shen Lie. It was almost noon and he didn't get up.
Lin Zhonghu was also sleepy, but in the middle of his sleep, he was picked up by his collar. Three strong men who were not inferior to him in size surrounded him, asking questions. One nobleman was slightly thinner than them. Young Master also came to join in the fun, even bringing a pen and paper to jot down key points.
Whose name is it, where are they from, where are they going, and why are they with them.
Even Miss Ali and Shen Langjun have never investigated this thoroughly.
Lin Zhonghu was even thinking that the reason why Ah Li and Shen Lie didn't ask was because they knew someone would ask if they brought him back, so they were lazy?
Several people on the other side looked unkind, and Lin Zhonghu didn't want to hide anything at all, so he explained everything one by one.
He went to Fushang County with his second brother and his second brother's friends.
He was the boss, his name was Lin Zhonghu. The second boss was dead and his head was missing from the body he dug up outside the city.
My brother's friend is named Li Zhizhi, and the reason why he went to prison was to save this man.
And their identities... Lin Zhonghu hesitated, but still said it, they were killers.
Du Xuan immediately frowned: "Who have you killed?"
"Quite a few."
"How many names can you name?"
"They are all bullies running rampant in the countryside," Lin Zhonghu lowered his head, "I told you, you may not know me, but I have never killed anyone with a name. Those people are not people that we two brothers can afford to offend."
"How about punishing rape and eradicating evil?" Dai Yu said.
Lin Zhonghu glanced at them and didn't have the guts to say that he would kill good people as long as he gave them enough money.
But I didn't kill any good people. When I heard the price, everyone ran away.
After asking these necessary questions, there are other questions to ask.
Dai Yu and Du Xuan pulled him aside and asked them the question they were most concerned about. Along the way, had Shen Lie mentioned anything about the past to Xia Zhaoyi, especially what happened in the past three years.
Lin Zhonghu thought for a while and shook his head: "Mr. Shen is a man of few words. He didn't say a few words along the way, and he never mentioned the past."
Dai Yu and Du Xuan looked at each other, not sure if they were relieved or more worried.
"However," Lin Zhonghu suddenly changed into a gossipy tone, "Mr. Shen likes Miss A Li very much, do you know?"
"I know!" Dai Yu said hurriedly, "What's going on? What's happening on the road?"
When he mentioned this, Du Xuan became more excited: "How did you spend this journey? When sleeping outdoors at night, were they close to each other?"
"My young master has mysophobia and he can't stand it if he doesn't take a bath. Have you taken a bath on the way?"
"How far away is Miss Ah Li when he takes a bath?"
Dai Yu's eyes shone with anticipation, and he said to Du Xuan: "Our young master has a strong and healthy body, but he is not as muscular as Zhi Changle and I. The young master's figure is the most popular among girls."
"Besides, the young master is beautiful," Du Xuan rubbed his hands, "Ah Li has grown up now, she is still young and has the feelings of a girl...hehe."
Seeing their sudden excitement, Zhi Changle and Ji Xiahe pricked up their ears. After hearing clearly what they were talking about, they hurriedly joined in.
The more they chatted, the volume gradually increased, and they even talked about whether they should find a few books with pictures and texts that were good for physical and mental health and put one on each of Xia Zhaoyi and Shen Lie's bedside. At this moment, Shen Lie stood there The neighboring room across the wall was woken up by them.
The chat between the men was simply erotic. Dai Yu shared his experience of going to brothels several times. Du Xuan had never been there, but he had two beautiful concubines in Zuilu. Zhi Changle said that he had had several concubines in the military camp before. This time, after meeting Xia Zhaoyi, he did not dare to go to a brothel. Ji Xiahe was also forced to share his experience. He was from a noble family, and he had already had three girls with whom he had intercourse.
The topic returned to Shen Lie, and Du Xuan and Dai Yu sighed. It was hard to say that Shen Lie was disliked by his parents and mother in the Shen family since he was a child. Solitary and disconnected from others.
They hesitated for a while, then Zhi Changle asked: "Is it possible that there are many?"
"Isn't there?" Ji Xiahe was also curious.
Before Du Xuan and Dai Yu nodded, there was a knock on the door.
Du Xuan went over and opened the door.
Xia Zhaoyi was still wearing pajamas and a thin shirt outside. Her black hair was dry and soft, making her palm-sized snow-white face even smaller. She still smelled of the fragrance of flowers and plants she bathed in before going to bed last night.
"It's daytime after all," Xia Zhaoyi said, "Can your voices be lowered when you are talking about these things?"
Du Xuan immediately wanted to burrow underground.
A room full of men was having an awkward match with each other.
Xia Zhaoyi looked towards them, his eyes gradually becoming confused and his eyebrows wrinkled.
Seeing her expression, Zhi Changle became uneasy and whispered: "Ali...you, what are you thinking about?"
"They all say there are differences between men and women," Xia Zhaoyi said thoughtfully, "I discovered another difference."
The men were immediately nervous and looking forward to it, wondering if they had inadvertently opened the door to a new world for her.
"If you are discussing like this, even if someone catches you, it actually doesn't matter. Instead, you think it is a convention, and it will make you blush at most. But for women, if you don't say you bumped into you, they won't discuss this at all."
"This is different in the first place." Zhi Changle said in a low voice.
"It's our fault," Du Xuan said, "Miss Ah Li, we shouldn't discuss these things."
"Love between a man and a woman is natural. There is no right or wrong," Xia Zhaoyi smiled, "Just keep your voice down. After all, it's daytime and I'm very sleepy."
She didn't stay long, waved her hands and left.
Du Xuan closed the door and came back. The men looked at each other and winked at each other.
"Ah Li doesn't seem to be angry at all. Instead, she behaves very...magnanimously?" Zhi Changle said.
Dai Yu scratched his head, wondering whether the word "generous" was used correctly, but the way the girl behaved was really beyond what a girl should look like.
