Li Ru moved a deck chair under the eaves and basked in the sun lazily. The maid stood aside, handing her any dried fruits and snacks she wanted to eat at any time.
"Little sister." Li Datou came over and said, "I have found him for you."
Li Ru sat up straight, as straight as a green bamboo in front of the court: "What, do you have the ability? Don't find a loser to trick me like last time."
Li Ru has been looking for useful people, and there are not many people in the Su family who can be called talents. Cheng Dalei broke into the Su family, and no one could stop him, which made her feel the urgency of this matter.
Li Datou searched several times, but it was difficult to find top people.
"This time he looks like a capable person, but has a bad temper." Li Datou.
Only when you have ability can you have a temper. If you don't have ability, you can't have a temper. Those who have both ability and lack of temper are hard to find in the world.
"Ask him to come in and show me." Li Ru.
Li Datou invited a person in from outside the courtyard. From the moment the person walked into the courtyard, Li Ru's eyes never left the person.
He was more than seven feet tall, with a broken leather hat on his head and a gray leather robe on his body. He didn't look out of the ordinary, but his eyes were a bit special, which made people scared.
Li Ru came to his senses and leaned forward slightly: "What's your name?"
The other party didn't answer and stood motionless in the yard.
Li Ru frowned, slightly strange.
Li Datou stepped forward and said: "His name is Gong Yangai. He doesn't like to talk much. He is a hunter outside the city. His parents starved to death and he came to the city to find a way to survive."
The masters were not talkative, and Li Ru was not dissatisfied. She stood up from the couch, walked down the steps, came to the opposite side of Gong Yangai, squeezed his arm, and looked up at him.
There was a flash of embarrassment in Gong Yangai's eyes.
Li Ru suddenly felt a little proud in his heart: "You have a good figure. How old are you?"
"Twenty-two." Gongyang Ai spoke at this moment.
"It's the New Year." Li Ru looked down and noticed Gong Yangai's feet: "Why are you still wearing straw sandals in this cold weather? Tao'er, go get my newly made shoes and see if they fit.
foot."
Gong Yangai was a little embarrassed and waved his hands awkwardly: "No need, no need, I..."
"Hey, you will be mine from now on, so I will naturally treat you better."
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Qiao Ye is busy as a whole. Catching Cheng Dalei can be said to be a great achievement. The city lord is already preparing to ask for credit from the superiors. What he said to Qiao Ye all morning today is nothing more than "the pillar of the country" and "my tiger general".
if.
The reward hasn't come out yet, so I guess it will be necessary. In the afternoon, I was dragged by several colleagues to have a drink. During the banquet, they said something like: General Qiao has made great achievements this time, and don't forget your brothers when you become successful in the future.
Of course, it was Qiao Ye who was the host in the end. But the money was spent as he pleased. It seemed that after so many years of leading the army, he had not been so happy for a long time.
As the moon rose above the willow trees, Qiao Ye left the brothel reluctantly and rode his horse back home.
Normally, he would stay overnight in a brothel. But his third concubine had just given birth to a son. Qiao Ye regarded him as a treasure in his hand, and he felt panicked after not seeing her for one day.
How could he be caught up in such good things as getting promoted, getting rich, and having children? Could it be that he burned incense in the temple years ago and reused it? It was time to burn incense again when spring came.
"Fuzi, come here and get the horse."
He yelled at the door, but no one responded. Qiao Zhiye cursed inwardly: These servants are getting more and more unruly, where are they all dead now?
Qiao Ye patted his face and felt that the yard was a little quiet. In the past, his official career was not going well and he could not afford to hire too many servants. When the silver reward comes out, he will buy a few more maids.
"Bao'er, dad's heart is aching, dad is back."
Drunk and dizzy, Qiao Ye walked into his third concubine's house and opened his arms to hug his son.
As soon as he opened the door and stepped forward, Qiao Ye's drunkenness disappeared instantly. He saw that his family members were tied up in the house, with cloths stuffed in their mouths, and several strong masked men holding them captive with shining knives.
Qiao Ye subconsciously grabbed the sword at his waist, but missed it. Then he remembered that he went to drink wine today in plain clothes and did not bring any weapons.
"I'm a friend on that road. If you want money, just ask, don't hurt the lives of my wife, children, and children." Qiao Ye said, looking around the room to see if there was anything that could be used as a weapon.
"How much money can General Qiao still have in his account now?"
A gangster turned his head. His face was also covered with black cloth, but for some reason, Qiao Ye felt particularly sad when he saw his eyes.
"General Qiao pretended to be a centurion in the city lord. There is not much oil in this position. Usually, General Qiao likes to gamble, but he always loses more than he wins. He also borrowed loan sharks from the big players in the city. Now General Qiao has got this
How about ten taels of silver?"
Qiao's ambition was aroused. His official position in the city was indeed not high. There were countless centurions like him in the hands of the city lord. This time to capture Cheng Dalei, he also mobilized many soldiers who were not his own.
"Since you have found out so clearly, you should know that I have no money. Then why do you still come to my house?" Qiao Ye did not look at his wife and children again, but his heart was tightly clenched.
"To be honest, we are not here today to care about Qiao's request for money, but to give you money."
The leader of the bandits clapped his hands, and someone pushed out a wooden box. After opening it, there was a lot of white silver inside, roughly estimated to be thousands of taels.
"I don't want to be rewarded for my merits. I don't dare to take this money." Qiao Ye's account was not good and he stared at the money in the box a few more times.
"The reason we came here this time is to make a deal with General Qiao." The bandit said, "If you agree to our deal, we will give you one thousand taels of silver. If General Qiao doesn't agree, be prepared to give up."
The gangster suddenly pulled out his knife and slashed it hard on the table. Several children in the family were so frightened that they cried loudly.
Qiao Ye was agitated, and just as he was about to speak to stop him, he saw the other party looking straight at him with a smile on his face.
"Are you from Toad Village?" Qiao Ye suddenly realized something.
"General Qiao is indeed wise!"
"It's impossible for me to let Cheng Dalei go, no matter how much money I have, it's not that I don't want to, it's that I can't do it."
"General Qiao misunderstood. My village master went on an errand and was trapped in Luoye City, where he served as a soldier to catch thieves. We don't blame General Qiao. It's just that my village master has a delicate body and cannot endure hardships. I hope General Qiao can do this.
It’s convenient, I’ll take care of you in prison.”
"If he is not under my care, I can't help you even if I want to."
"Don't worry, these one thousand taels are for General Qiao, and there are another thousand taels here for General Qiao to pack up and down." With that said, they pushed out another box.