【Volume 1】Fanwaiyi Yan Xiaoliu wants to say goodbye
(Note: There are a total of 7 extra chapters, which are very long. Students who are not interested can jump to them by browsing the table of contents) (This article only talks about Yan Xiaoliu)
Yan Xiaoliu stood at the door of Wang Wei's room for a long time.
He has gone in and out of this room countless times. He has lost count.
But this time, he came to say goodbye.
The reason for farewell was filial piety. Yan Xiaoliu's mother-in-law was over seventy years old and was bedridden due to an accidental fall not long ago. Her originally strong body was not as strong as before.
Yan Xiaoliu Aye passed away a long time ago, and Xiaoliu was the only child in the family. Seeing that the old man could no longer take care of himself, although he did not want to disappoint Wang Wei, he wanted to show his filial piety at the old man's bedside.
It can be seen that Yan Xiaoliu has not thought about what to say after seeing Wang Wei.
Yan Xiao has been with Wang Wei since he was sixty-two years old.
At that time, Wang Wei was not yet the county magistrate.
Yan Xiaoliu helped Wang Wei do things, and Wang Wei helped Yan Xiaoliu by giving him money, food, and helping his family solve some problems.
Yan Xiaoliu was particularly grateful to Wang Wei, who really couldn't speak.
What should I say?
Yan Xiaoliu struggled for an unknown amount of time before finally making up his mind and raising his hand to knock on the door, but the door opened by itself.
"Xiao Liu,"
Wang Wei walked out of it and was a little surprised when he saw Yan Xiaoliu, "I just have something to tell you."
"Yes." Yan Xiaoliu obeyed subconsciously. He swallowed a long paragraph he had prepared earlier.
Wang Wei called Yan Xiaoliu and several attentive guards from the Juncheng Mansion to a room in the backyard.
This room was originally a warehouse for storing miscellaneous items. About half a month ago, Wang Wei sent people to repair it. Several layers of walls were built inside, and a lot of stones, paints, etc. were moved in.
Tian Deping, the commander in charge of supervising the work, had not allowed anyone to come near him, which made Yan Xiaoliu feel strange.
Wang Wei pointed to the house and said:
"There are very important people imprisoned here - you take turns to guard the prison, and you must keep an eye on the prisoner. When this matter is over, you will each receive a big reward. But if there is anything wrong with the people inside, we will
But it’s all over together.”
Wang Wei trusts Yan Xiaoliu and always gives Yan Xiaoliu the most important tasks.
This time too.
When Wang Wei spoke, his brows were furrowed like the soles of Yan Xiaoliu's shoes.
Yan Xiaoliu had followed Wang Wei for thirteen years and had never seen him look so serious.
When Wang Wei dismissed everyone, he secretly called Yan Xiaoliu into the room and said:
"Xiao Liu, I will always remember what I promised you, and I will finish it for you when I finish the work."
"No, no, no," Yan Xiaoliu said hurriedly: "You have helped my family too much, I can't keep causing you trouble."
"It's been arranged, just do your best."
Wang Wei said, waving his hand to signal Yan Xiaoliu to go out.
Yan Xiaoliu opened his mouth, wanting to mention his farewell to him, but he didn't say anything.
Wang Wei once promised Yan Xiaoliu to find him a better job so that he could bring home a handsome wife, which would make his mother happy and prevent the Yan family from becoming extinct.
In the past, Yan Xiaoliu was quite looking forward to this. But now, Yan Xiaoliu has figured out that he is not an official, so he has no need to delay the county magistrate's important affairs.
A wife does not necessarily need to be beautiful.
What's the difference when the lights are turned off? Fat wives, thin wives, ugly wives and handsome wives are not married to have fat boys.
"Let's finish this matter. After I'm done, I'll tell Jun Cheng that I have to go back and take care of my mother-in-law."
After walking out of Wang Wei's room, Yan Xiaoliu secretly swore in his heart that he would not disappoint the county magistrate, that he would successfully complete the task, and that he would stand on the last duty for Wang Wei——
Yes, the last shift.
…
During the next few days of taking turns on duty, Yan Xiaoliu was worried that others would not take him seriously, so he took the initiative to take up the duty. He worked three shifts a day, and he wished he could not miss any of them.
It was just that I was really sleepy, so I just managed to rest for a while, and when I opened my eyes, I had to come back to work again.
Wang Tiedan advised him: "You should rest for a while. Don't exhaust yourself to death by not getting the reward at the end."
Yan Xiaoliu said: "The Jun Cheng treats me with great kindness. Xiao Liu will never let down the Jun Cheng's trust."
Wang Tiedan added: "You have been with the Jun Cheng for more than ten years. The Jun Cheng always said that he would promote you to an official position, but I have never seen him actually do so."
Yan Xiaoliu said: "What do you know?"
…
Just now, Yan Xiaoliu, who had not slept for several days, heard a vague sigh for some reason.
The voice floated out of my head, soft and magnetic, as if someone was whispering in my ear.
In the gloomy courtyard, Yan Xiaoliu looked at Wang Tiedan like this. He didn't quite believe that the sigh came from this ten thousand-year-old bachelor like himself. Because Wang Tiedan's voice was not that nice.
"Who sighed?"
Wang Tiedan said, his body suddenly trembled, and he looked around nervously, "I told you not to go in... you just didn't listen."
As he said that, he subconsciously leaned against the wall.
Yan Xiaoliu glanced at him, his disdainful expression flashed away, and replied:
"Maybe I'm deaf."
Yan Xiaoliu said, turning around and picking at his own ears, and pulled out a large piece of yellow earwax.
Yan Xiaoliu held the earwax in his hand and looked at it, feeling that it seemed a little bigger than the mole on Wang Tiedan's face.
But I sighed thinking that it couldn't just be earwax, that would be crazy. But in this weird year, I couldn't say anything for sure.
Wang Tiedan came over to take a look and frowned, "With such a big man, no wonder——"
"Don't blame it,"
Yan Xiaoliu pinched his earwax, which was oily and yellow. He knew that he had been anxious for the past two days and hadn't slept well, which made him angry.
If you get angry, it's normal for you to hear something strange. In addition, if you don't sleep well, you may have auditory hallucinations. It must be auditory hallucinations.
He shook his head, rubbed the earwax between his index finger and thumb, and flicked it off, "I've been too nervous these past two days."
Wang Tietin glanced at him, "It's a big deal."
As he spoke, he leaned against the wall and closed his eyes.
After a while, I started to tremble all over again, "This damn house is so evil."
He quickly left the wall and leaned against the tree trunk nearby. He was about to close his eyes and rest his mind when he suddenly saw the dark wooden stick in Yan Xiaoliu's hand. He felt irritated and frowned:
"You put that thing further away."
"What, I poked your balls."
"Yan Xiaoliu, are you really stupid or pretending to be stupid?"
Wang Tiedan raised his chin in disgust at the black wooden staff, "Don't you think it's spooky?"
As he spoke, he looked around and saw that there was no one nearby, so he lowered his voice and said:
"This thing seems to suck human blood. We brothers on duty all feel something is wrong."
Yan Xiaoliu was shocked and said after a while: "You guys are talking behind my back again."
Wang Tiedan said, "No one on duty has touched this thing in the past two days. Didn't you see it?"
Yan Xiaoliu was surprised when he heard this and frowned: "Then where should you put it?"
"Whatever, the further away the better - it doesn't work very well, my head is still buzzing now."
"you……"
Yan Xiaoliu clenched his fists, "What should we do if the people inside run away?"
He was really a little angry, and he didn't want to hear that he had been guarding him diligently for so many days, but the brothers who were guarding him together were looking at him with fear.
"Oh, take it away, don't face me,"
Wang Tiedan jumped to the side in fright, "It's so unlucky... Where can a damn dead person go?"
"Wang Tiedan!"
Yan Xiaoliu was so angry that his hands were shaking, "What did the county magistrate tell you, have you completely forgotten?"
"Jun Cheng didn't say that this wooden stick is so evil--"
But Wang Tiedan said: "You should take it easy. This world is so evil and there are so many weird things. There is no need to risk your life for this matter."
Yan Xiaoliu's hand holding the wooden stick hung in the air, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.
Because the wall was high and there were trees, the sun didn't shine on him, so he felt a bit chilly, his mind was a little confused, and he couldn't actually stand firmly under his feet.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty,"
Yan Xiaoliu looked at Wang Tiedan, who was taking a nap against a tree with his eyes narrowed, and murmured to himself:
"As long as Xiaoliu stays here, I will not let those unreliable people ruin your important affairs."
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This side story was first published in the main article.
The original function was to pave the way for Yan Xiaoliu's subsequent sacrifice, but after writing it, I felt that this foreshadowing was a bit deliberate. On the contrary, it is better to treat this story as something other than the main text.
Of course, the main reason for deleting the scope of this article is to drag out the scene.
In addition, I am sorting out the detailed outline of the next volume today and will not publish a new chapter. The normal update will resume tomorrow.