Li Xiaozhuang went back to the county office that night, Li Yuanxiu came out when he heard something in the study, the two faced each other, Li Xiaozhuang carefully looked at his elder brother's face, his face was expressionless, and he couldn't understand some of what Qu Jiyuan said , but he wanted his two brothers to be as good as before, but if he wanted to be as good as before, Qu Jiyuan had to listen to him, even if there were some things that would make Li Yuanxiu unhappy, he had to do it.

"Brother, why haven't you slept yet?" Li Xiaozhuang stomped his feet in the cold.

"Why are you back so late?"

Li Yuanxiu let Li Xiaozhuang into the study, Li Xiaozhuang's servant took off his cloak for him and stood obediently aside, Li Xiaozhuang followed Li Yuanxiu into the inner room.

"There are too many people in the Qu family today. Brother Qu took that Xue Zhuo to talk with a group of people all night long. I felt bored and came back. I have to go back tomorrow morning. Brother Qu said that there will be a poetry meeting tomorrow. Yes, I have to go to the temple to burn incense the day after tomorrow, all for that Xue Zhuo, and I also said that Xue Zhuo wants to be a ranger, and I want to show him the world." When Li Xiaozhuang said this, he looked disdainful, although these words It was Qu Jiyuan's order, but he himself really disliked Xue Zhuo.

Li Xiaozhuang looked at Li Yuanxiu's expression while talking, and sure enough, seeing Li Yuanxiu's face turned pale again, Li Xiaozhuang sighed inwardly, pretending he didn't see it.

"...It seems that Brother Qu and Mr. Xue get along well."

"What's not bad! I think it's very good. Hmph, those who don't know think he is my elder brother Qu's younger brother!" Li Xiaozhuang snorted dissatisfied, and then said: "But Brother Qu stayed in Zhou County for a while. I heard that Xue Zhuo often went to play with him at that time, alas, I heard he said that he went to Juxianglou to eat with Brother Qu every two days, and I haven’t tasted anything from Juxianglou until now.”

Li Xiaozhuang held his chin with both hands, except for Qu Jiyuan, no one else in the Qu family would resolutely move, and as for Li Yuanxiu, he would not take Li Xiaozhuang to Zhou County for a meal.

Li Yuanxiu looked at Li Xiaozhuang who was full of distress, and comforted him with a smile: "After all, you are also his younger brother now. Now that he has returned, is there any reason not to let you try?"

"Brother." Li Xiaozhuang looked at Li Yuanxiu even more resentfully: "Do you think I didn't ask? Brother, you don't even know that the dim sum we ate was made by Brother Qu himself! Oh, no, except for the first time. He made it himself, and then the shortbread you like to eat has always been made by Brother Qu himself."

Li Xiaozhuang glanced at his elder brother inadvertently, and sure enough, he saw the surprised expression on his elder brother's face, and he continued: "This time when Brother Qu came back, I heard a lot of things from the servants around him. It turns out that the special dishes of Juxianglou It was made by Brother Qu, even ordinary dishes have been improved by Brother Qu! Brother Qu is really amazing! Well, I begged Brother Qu to cook me something, but he refused. You know what he said ?"

Li Yuanxiu answered the words a little awkwardly, "What did you say?"

"He said that no one else has tasted his craft except himself, and he will talk about it after making the first meal for someone he likes."

Li Yuanxiu made a nonchalant smile and said, "There's nothing wrong with a gentleman staying away from the kitchen..."

Li Xiaozhuang jumped up from his chair. Qu Jiyuan had almost finished his confession, and there was another one who was too aggressive. He didn't want to finish speaking and looked at his elder brother's expression, so he lowered his head and said, "But Brother Qu said that it should be ready in a few days." Cook me a delicious meal, brother, who do you think Brother Qu is going to cook this first meal for?"

Li Yuanxiu didn't speak, and Li Xiaozhuang didn't wait for his words, and left after finishing speaking, pretending to be disappointed. Unfortunately, Li Yuanxiu hadn't looked at him again. He suddenly thought of the situation when he ate shortbread for the first time, it turned out to be him Did you do it yourself?It seems that I guessed right at the beginning, and he really did something wrong.

I fell in love with that special shortbread, it can be regarded as a kind of fate, right?Thinking of the shortbread that Qu Jiyuan sent to the county government several times afterwards, Li Yuanxiu couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.

After sitting for a long time, Li Yuanxiu got up, his mind was in a mess, and he left the county office in casual clothes. Two yamen servants wanted to follow up, but Li Yuanxiu swung them away. The yamen servants looked at each other and followed from a distance. .

Li Yuanxiu was walking casually on the street without any purpose. The cold wind in the middle of the night woke him up a lot. There was a faint noise in the quiet street. Li Yuanxiu took a closer look and found that he had walked to Qu near the government.

Qu's house is very big, and several small buildings can be seen from a distance. At this time, the small buildings are brightly lit and crowded with people. Li Yuanxiu can't help but get closer, and after a while, he can clearly hear the music coming out. There were also noisy human voices and even a few laughs, Li Yuanxiu turned and left feeling a little disappointed.

The former Qu Jiyuan would never do this kind of thing. Although he was a bit rebellious and conceited at the beginning, he had never had anything to do with sex.

On the second day, Li Xiaozhuang left early in the morning, and came back at night, and only said, "Brother Qu's house is too lively, I'm still staying in the county office tonight."

Li Yuanxiu went out for a stroll again, and sure enough, he saw that the Qu Mansion was singing and dancing just like last night.

On the third day, Li Xiaozhuang didn't leave early in the morning. He stayed at the gate of the county government office waiting for the Qu family's carriage. Li Yuanxiu stood behind and watched. Sticking out Xue Zhuo's head, he grabbed the curtain of the car and glanced at Li Xiaozhuang, then looked closely at Li Yuanxiu behind Li Xiaozhuang.

Xue Zhuo showed a smile of unknown reason, and then looked at Li Xiaozhuang: "Brother Qu is a little tired these two days and has already fallen asleep, Mr. Xiaozhuang should take the carriage behind."

Li Xiaozhuang was so angry that he turned around and went to the carriage behind. Xue Zhuo glanced at Li Yuanxiu again. He ignored Xue Zhuo's obviously hostile eyes, but looked into the carriage. personal.

The boy driving the carriage bid farewell to Li Yuanxiu, and when the carriage had gone a long way, the boy glanced at the carriage behind him, with a hint of sneer at the corner of his mouth.

There is a temple near the county seat, and it will take less than half a day to drive there. The carriage walked unhurriedly, and Qu Jiyuan never opened his eyes in the carriage.

The Qu family's carriage was attacked on the way to the monastery in a small hill not far from the county seat.

Hearing the news, Li Yuanxiu hurriedly took people to the rescue, and when he was about to arrive at the location, he met people from the Qu family. Li Yuanxiu saw Qu Jiyuan at a glance, and then looked at Li Xiaozhuang. Qu Jiyuan's clothes were a little messy, and Li Xiaozhuang fell down. Fortunately, still supporting his own servant, Li Yuanxiu jumped off the horse when he got close to him.

"How? Are you injured?"

"Your Majesty Li, I'm fine."

Li Yuanxiu's worries were shattered by Qu Jiyuan's indifference. He looked at the pale Xue Zhuo who was half in his arms, swallowed all his words, and walked to Li Xiaozhuang: "It's okay. ?”

"Brother, I'm fine."

Li Yuanxiu asked some of the yamen servants who came with him to find the Qu family's carriage, and some of them helped several injured Ding to look at their injuries.

Li Yuanxiu raised his eyes and looked around, Xue Zhuo was probably the worst in the group. Xue Zhuo was sitting next to Qu Jiyuan with a pale face, and Qu Jiyuan looked at the forest in front of him expressionlessly. , don't care about everything around.

Fortunately, one of the carriages was quickly found. Although the horses were gone, the yamen servants let the horses out, and the servants of the Qu family harnessed the carriages. Qu Jiyuan thanked Li Yuanxiu and then escorted Xue Zhuo up. In the carriage, Li Xiaozhuang also got into the carriage. Qu Jiyuan waited for Li Xiaozhuang to get into the carriage, glanced at Li Yuanxiu who was looking at them from the corner of his eyes, and got into the carriage.

None of the servants of the Qu family were seriously injured. Those bandits probably just grabbed some money, but they didn’t hurt anyone. Two of them had knife wounds. Li Yuanxiu arranged for a few yamen servants to escort Qu Jiyuan and the others when they went back. Also took it back.

After the carriage had gone far, Li Yuanxiu got on another horse, and took the remaining few yamen servants to the scene to investigate, but in the end they found nothing useful, and this place was no longer under his jurisdiction. Although Li Yuanxiu had some Not reconciled, but also had to go back home.

When I arrived at the county government office, I thought about going to see Qu Jiyuan, but I saw Li Xiaozhuang sitting in the living room angrily, and his clothes had already changed.

"Xiaozhuang, why are you here? There is no injury on your body, right?" Li Yuanxiu stepped forward quickly, pinching Li Xiaozhuang's arm to check.

"Brother, I'm fine. Don't worry about me. I'll defend myself if the situation is wrong. Those little thieves didn't hurt me at all."

"That's good, Brother Qu, are they all right?"

"Brother Qu, what can he do? He has such a good skill." Li Xiaozhuang said and sat back angrily: "It's not that Xue, who said he wanted to be a ranger, bah! I think he's not only sticking to Brother Qu There is no other ability at all, and it made my mother worry."

"By the way, Master Qu and his wife must be worried when this happened to you, why did you come back?"

"Aren't I annoyed by looking at that Xue? Besides, you haven't come back when we come back. Can I not worry about you? I told my mother when I came, and she asked me to come and wait for you to come back."

"I'm sorry for them, I'm fine, so go back quickly, so as not to worry them."

"I don't want to go back..."

"You are so old, why are you having a child's temper? Isn't it just because you stay here that Mrs. Qu is worried?"

Li Xiaozhuang sighed: "Why is the one surnamed Xue hanging on?" After speaking, he left the county office weakly.

The next day, Li Yuanxiu went to Qu's Mansion, the porter naturally recognized Li Yuanxiu, one person led Li Yuanxiu in, and the other trotted in to inform.

As soon as Li Yuanxiu entered the gate of Qu's mansion, he met Xue Zhuo face to face. Xue Zhuo's complexion was much better than yesterday. With a hint of ridicule, he passed Li Yuanxiu and went out.

Li Yuanxiu took a look at Xue Zhuo's back, and when he turned his head, he saw Qu Jiyuan again. Qu Jiyuan lowered his head while straightening the front of his clothes, and hurried over and called Zhuo brother.

Li Yuanxiu looked at Qu Jiyuan who looked like this, and felt as if someone had poured a basin of water in the cold winter months. When Qu Jiyuan looked up and saw Li Yuanxiu, he was stunned for a moment, and his hand involuntarily touched his front again.

Qu Jiyuan opened his eyes and wanted to say something, but before he could speak, Xue Zhuo turned back and called Qu Jiyuan. A trace of impatience flashed across Qu Jiyuan's face, but he still responded and said he would come right away.

He looked at Li Yuanxiu again: "Master Li, what's going on in the Qu Mansion today?"

Li Yuanxiu's spiritual consciousness that was shaken away just now slowly returned: "Ah, oh, no, it's nothing, send...Young Master Qu, go on your own."

"Then I'm sorry." Qu Jiyuan didn't ask any more questions, passed Li Yuanxiu and left without stopping, and didn't even tell his servants to entertain him.

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