Xia Yuhuai nodded appreciatively. Although the young man in front of him came from an ordinary background, he did not have the slightest philistine atmosphere. He was dressed simply and could not hide his dignity. It seems that he grew up in a wealthy family and had not experienced any hard work.
Suddenly, the pain from the wound on Xia Yuhuai's body became more intense, and his complexion suddenly turned pale. Seeing that something was wrong, Li Xiaobao hurriedly stepped forward to support the shaky Xia Yuhuai and said, "What's wrong with your body, sir?"
Li Xiaobao supported Xia Yuhuai while winking at Li Shisan. Li Shisan understood and quickly wiped the big stone pier behind him shiny with his sleeves, and made a gesture to invite Xia Yuhuai to sit down.
Xia Yuhuai waved his hands with difficulty and sat down and said, "It's okay, it's probably the injury caused by pushing and pushing. The wound is a little cracked, but it should be nothing serious."
Li Xiaobao frowned and said, "My house is not far in front. Why don't you rest here first while I go find someone to bring you a sedan? You can go to my house to treat the wound."
Xia Yuhuai lowered his head and looked at the faint blood on his chest, and nodded helplessly, "That's fine."
"Uncle, then you stay here with me."
Li Shisan, who had been clearly arranged, gave his great-nephew a crazy look: No, don't leave him here!
Li Xiaobao turned around and left, completely ignoring his uncle's eyes. Xia Yuhuai looked at Li Shisan who was winking and said with a smile, "Uncle Thirteen, are you so unwilling to talk to me? I'm not a cannibal.
The monster."
"Hey, hey," Li Shisan nodded and bowed and said with a smile, "How dare you, how dare you."
"Then let me ask you, Mr. Li didn't believe in the stone god before. How did the stone god make Mr. Li submit to him later?"
Li Shisan grimaced, shook his head and said, "We farmers are just chatting in the fields, how can we really know about big shots like you?"
"However, I still have something to remind you. Mr. Li has repeatedly disobeyed the Stone God, which led to disaster. Although he is the county magistrate, he is still in the land of Fengchun, so it is better to respect the messenger of the Sky Stone."
"Just like Xun said, this stone god asked Mr. Li to submit."
"Sir Li, if you just don't want to eat, Shi Shen won't care about it, let alone use any method."
Xia Yuhuai:.
"Uncle Thirteen, what I said is submission, not food."
Li Shisan asked doubtfully, "Then what is Xie talking about?"
Xia Yuhuai racked his brains and thought hard for a long time before he figured out how to explain it, "Submission means submission."
Li Shisan Zhuangruo nodded understandingly. The words of these high officials were really different.
"Master Li, obey the Stone God? If he had obeyed, he wouldn't have ended up like this."
"Back then, the Tianshi envoy came to visit Mr. Li many times, but he was so kind that he was kicked out by others and said that the envoy was deceiving the public with his evil words. It's true."
"So, Mr. Xia, if you want to stay in Fengchun for a long time, you'd better respect the Stone God and the envoy."
Xia Yuhuai immediately said angrily, "I have never heard of a magistrate of a county being so respectful to a so-called envoy?! How ridiculous!"
Li Shisan was frightened by the sudden anger of Xia Yuhuai, and muttered, "I just want to remind you because I think you are kind. If you don't listen, why bother?"
"What are you mumbling over there?"
Li Shisan sneered and said, "Sir, I mean, why hasn't my grandnephew come yet?"
Xia Yuhuai was able to make it this far from a poor family. In addition to some advantages that everyone has, he also has a special skill, which is: his extraordinary ear.
Regardless of whether he is a superior or a subordinate, he can clearly hear everything muttered, so he is very good at guessing the upper thoughts and understanding the lower sentiments, and has never made a mistake in this regard.
"Hmph," Xia Yuhuai sneered, "What if I don't listen to your reminder?"
Li Shisan was so frightened that he immediately knelt down and said, trembling like chaff, "I am offended by this little person. I also see that Lord Li has suffered a disaster, and I would like to kindly remind you that this is the realm of the Stone God after all."
"Isn't this the land of the king in the whole world? Where is the realm of the Stone God?!"
"Eh!", Li Shisan said excitedly, "Don't you dare to talk nonsense! Mr. Li said the same thing to you back then, and even the tone and demeanor were similar, but now? Mr. He, you'd better be careful, and I'm doing the same.
"Very good"
"Uncle, be careful what you say!" Li Xiaobao, who hurried over, quickly stopped his uncle from seeking death and saluted Xia Yuhuai, "My uncle is really ignorant. If his words offend you, please bear with me."
Xia Yuhuai waved his hand and didn't want to argue with him, so Li Xiaobao continued, "Sir, please get in the sedan."
Li Xiaobao helped Xia Yuhuai up, "The conditions in the countryside are simple, I hope you won't dislike it."
"It's good to have such a sedan chair. I am very contented."
Li Xiaobao led the bearer along the path, and Li Shisan muttered a few words in a low voice before quickly following him.
No guards were allowed to follow Xia Yuhuai before he came. Lu Qingfeng thought about it for a long time in the county government office and couldn't worry about it. He also disguised himself and followed Xia Yuhuai from a distance.
When Xia Yuhuai's identity was exposed just now, he almost rushed in with a knife. Fortunately, Xia Yuhuai saw him in the chaos and gave him a reassuring gesture, and then he put the dagger back into its sheath.
Now seeing Xia Yuhuai enjoying herself leisurely on the sedan chair, Lu Qingfeng also lowered the brim of his hat and disappeared into the crowd.
After walking around all the way, Xia Yuhuai finally entered the town, but as soon as he entered the town, he saw that everyone walking in the town had a gray ribbon tied on their arms.
In the blink of an eye, I looked at Li Xiaobao and Li Shisan again. I don’t know when they had such a ribbon on their arms.
"This is what you are doing?"
Li Xiaobao replied, "Sir, this is an identity mark that only members of the Tiancai Club can have. Without this ribbon, you cannot walk in the town."
"That official"
Li Xiaobao smiled and said, "Master Xia has just arrived, so he has not and will not be held accountable."
Xia Yuhuai was about to refute, but saw the people around him looking at him strangely, and swallowed his words before swallowing his words.
"Then can you lend me this ribbon?"
Li Xiaobao carefully took off the ribbon and handed it to Xia Yuhuai's hand. Xia Yuhuai looked at Li Shisan, and Li Shisan had to take it off obediently.
Li Xiaobao explained on the side, "The red line on this ribbon represents the level of the member. The more red lines, the higher the level. The darker the red, the more noble the status. Only messengers in the world can use true red."
Xia Yuhuai was so shocked that he couldn't come back to his senses for a long time. Thinking about it, he had underestimated the enemy in the past. He was no longer a simple liar. This was organized and disciplined, and a hierarchical system was formed. If he didn't stop it, he would really let them become a climate.
ah!
"Sir, we're just ahead!"
Li Shisan followed Li Xiaobao and tugged at the hem of his nephew's clothes and whispered, "I've sent people there too, can you let me go back first? The water in the canal just didn't reach our land, so I just followed
I was chatting a few words and guessing that the water will arrive soon. If I don't go and release the water, I'm afraid I'll be late!"
Li Xiaobao had no choice but to nod and agree to his uncle's escape. He thought to himself that his uncle could never find a good reason for cheating. Today was not a day for cheating. Do you really think he was stupid?
However, Li Xiaobao only turned around and whispered, "My father and brother are not at home today, and you are not allowed to tell them about me bringing Master Xia home!"
Xia Yuhuai listened clearly to the whispers between the two, and guessed that Li Xiaobao's father was the nephew of the government servant who was drunk and spread the news, right?
Xia Yuhuai secretly remembered this and thought about finding Li Yamen when he went back. He must know a lot of inside information!
Li Shisan grinned when he heard this, "Good grandson, I just asked you to take care of me, but you didn't care, and now you are asking me for help, it won't be that easy!"
He rubbed his index finger and thumb together slightly, and pursed his lips to let Li Xiaobao see what his gestures meant. Do you know how to cut?
Li Xiaobao gritted his teeth and took out a small money bag from his sleeve. Just when he was about to count a few coins, Li Shisan snatched it away and whispered, "What a good grandson, these are considered your filial piety to your uncle and me!"
"you!"
Li Shisan waved at the distant figures of Xia Yuhuai and Li Xiaobao, then turned around and weighed his money bag happily, thinking that now he would be angry!
As soon as Li Shisan took a big step, he saw a mountain of figures suddenly coming in front of him, "Ouch——!"
As soon as he arrived at the door of the Li family's house, Xia Yuhuai said that his judgment was indeed correct. The Li family must be a wealthy family in this town.
The stone lions at Guangmen's town house look even more impressive than the stone lions at his current Fengchun County Yamenkou.
"My lord please!"
Xia Yuhuai paused and said, "Then I'll be bothering you a lot."
Li Xiaobao took Xia Yuhuai all the way into his small courtyard, and saw a doctor waiting in the courtyard. Xia Yuhuai was surprised and asked Xiaobao, "I thought it was just a simple bandage, but I didn't expect you to invite a doctor!"
Li Xiaobao smiled and touched his head and said, "Master Xia is a parent of one parent. How can I wrong you now that you have come to our Tiancai Town?"
"My kitchen has also prepared meals. Please don't take it too seriously. After asking the doctor to treat you, you can have a meal at my house before leaving."
Xia Yuhuai quickly declined, "How can this be done?"
Li Xiaobao said with a smile, "I think Mr. Xia is here because of the Tiancai Stone. He disguised himself as an incognito for a private visit. It is a blessing to have a parent like you, so what can I do with a simple meal?"
Xia Yuhuai tried his best to resist but failed to overcome Li Xiaobao's insistence, so he had no choice but to agree.
After the doctor treated Xia Yuhuai's wound, he stood up and left. Xia Yuhuai covered the torn wound and sighed. He didn't expect this errand to be so difficult before stopping the Queen Mother's car.
At that time, he thought that Li Lingfeng was unwilling to act in Fengchun, so the people from the Tiancai Hui took advantage of the situation and evaded Li Lingfeng. However, judging from the current situation, it was not that Li Lingfeng was unwilling to act, but that he was suppressed after he acted.
The people from Tiancaihui had no good intentions from the beginning.
When he thought that this matter was getting more and more complicated, and that the pool of water in front of him was getting deeper and turbid, Xia Yuhuai sighed involuntarily.
Li Xiaobao, who had sent the doctor out, happened to turn back when he heard Xia Yuhuai sighing one after another and asked, "Why do you sigh so much, sir?"
Xia Yuhuai put away her melancholy expression and said with a smile, "I'm sorry that my injury is always torn open by accident when it's about to heal. It's been a while, but it's still not healed."
Li Xiaobao asked in confusion, "Master Xia is an official of the imperial court, why did he suffer such serious injuries?"
After speaking, Li Xiaobao hurriedly added, "These are not the things that I asked on purpose. The doctor just told me that your injury doesn't look serious, but there are a few injuries in vital parts. If you don't take care of it properly, there may be some left behind."
Only this villain will know the sequelae."
Xia Yuhuai smiled and shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter, it's not a secret."
"Do you know how Mr. Li died in the past?"
Li Xiaobao lowered his voice and said, "They all said that the Stone God brought disaster and took Mr. Li's life. But"
"The villain knows the inside story!"
Seeing Li Xiaobao's mysterious and expectant expression, Xia Yuhuai was a little distracted. He had not seen such a lively young man for a long time.
He couldn't help but laugh and said, "What's the secret?"
"Master Li, Master Li, he was hacked to death with a knife!"
"The imperial court does not allow rumors to spread, but many people in the county saw it. That night, the county government office was filled with flames, and there were sounds of shouting and killing. Mr. Li was killed by an assassin!"
Xia Yuhuai nodded, "This is true."
Li Xiaobao was a little proud, but Xia Yuhuai continued, "I was also there that night."
Li Xiaobao was speechless. He was stunned for a moment and pointed at Xia Yuhuai's wound and said, "Could it be this, sir?"
Xia Yuhuai nodded again, "I just arrived in Fengchun that day and happened to encounter assassins assassinating Mr. Li, so I led my guards to fight with them. Unfortunately, Mr. Li..."
Li Xiaobao smiled and said, "That sir is really auspicious."
"However, you don't seem to believe the rumors outside?"
"ah?"
Seeing that Li Xiaobao didn't understand what he meant, Xia Yuhuai looked directly at the ribbon on Li Xiaobao's hand.
Li Xiaobao reacted, laughed to himself, pulled off the ribbon and still said, "Why do you believe this?"
"This is just to prevent yourself from becoming an alien, just to save your life."
"Save your life?"
"Well," Li Xiaobao replied in a muffled voice, "You may not know yet that according to the new rules of Tiancai Town, the townspeople who are not members of the Tiancai Club have only two options. One is to join the Tiancai Club; the other is to consciously
Move out of Tiancai Town."
"Then there is no third way?"
"have."
Xia Yuhuai breathed a sigh of relief, and Li Xiaobao continued, "Being burned to death."
Xia Yuhuai frowned, "What kind of bullshit rule is this?"
"Shhh!" Li Xiaobao looked around in panic and said, "Sir, be careful what you say, be careful that walls have ears!"
Xia Yuhuai couldn't help but be shocked, "How can someone eavesdrop on this in your home?!"
Li Xiaobao smiled bitterly and said, "Even in your family there will be loyal followers of the Tiancai Society. Once you hear this and expose your crimes to the messenger, you will be killed!"
