accomplice

Early the next morning, Li Xi heard a servant report shortly after he got up.

"Yuan Yuan?"

"Yes, he said that he is the master of Yuanyuan, and he has something important to ask to see you, young master."

The servants are helping Li Xi to dress.

Li Xi glanced at the bed.

Inside the gauze tent, Zuo Ji was sleeping soundly.

Li Xi thought about it and said, "Okay."

In the waterside pavilion, Dianzui was already impatient to wait.

Seeing Li Xi appearing, his eyes lit up.

But looking behind him, Zuo Ji didn't follow, and suddenly panicked.

"Boss, please sit down."

Li Xi entered the water pavilion, and raised his hand politely to him.

The tea-making boy served hot tea to the two in time.

Li Xi sat down and saw that he was still standing drunk, so he said again: "Please sit down."

Drunk and sat down.

Zuo Ji was not there, he guessed that Li Xi knew his purpose of coming, deliberately did not give him a chance to see Zuo Ji, and was thinking about how to say this, but Li Xi cut to the chase and said to him: "He will not go back with you. "

Li Xi's directness made Zhuozui very surprised.

But this is also in his expectation.

He rolled his eyes and smiled: "Mr. Li, how about we make a bet? You call him over, and we both ask him face to face. If he is willing to come with me, I will give you back the gold, and I will take it away; If he doesn't want to go with me, I'll drink wine and wish you two a happy relationship, and I won't bother you anymore, what do you think?"

Li Xi knew in his heart that he didn't need to pay attention to him.

Because he has already bought the person, and it is on his territory, so he can decide what he wants.

However, from the drunken look in his eyes, he knew that this person was not easy to dismiss.

He wanted to be drunk and convinced, and said with a smile: "Okay."

"But we slept too late last night, and he hasn't woken up yet."

Li Xi's words made Juzui frowned slightly.

Li Xi did not miss this subtle expression, the corners of his mouth lightly raised, he took a sip of hot tea from the tea bowl, and said to him: "I have something to do, I don't have time to wait, you can wait for him here, when he wakes up and comes over, you can ask him Are you willing to go with you, if he nods, no one will stop you here."

Listening to the drunkenness, Lun slapped his fan and was happy: "It's a deal!"

It was agreed that Li Xi would not accompany him.

Leaving the waterside pavilion and going back to his room, Mo Jia had been waiting at the door of his room for a long time, and when he saw him coming back, he said, "How dare you make such a bet with him?"

Based on the relationship between Zuo Ji and Zuo Zui, when he heard that Zuo Zui came to pick him up, Zuo Ji didn't immediately leave with him?

Hearing that Mo Jia meant to blame him, Li Xi didn't take it seriously and said, "I won't lose."

Mo Jia was puzzled.

Li Xi didn't explain much.

Afterwards, he didn't go anywhere, who was drunk and said he was busy, but sat in the room reading a book, waiting quietly for Zuo Ji to wake up.

The snacks were delivered one after another, filling the entire table.

The smell of food lingered throughout the room, and soon there was movement in the other side of the bedroom.

Seeing the table full of food, Mo Jia was wondering. Seeing the presence of the old god Li Xi, he was about to ask when he heard staggering footsteps behind him. When he turned around, Zuo Ji, who was bumped into him, embraced him.

Mo Jia said "Hey" and was very confused, and instinctively pushed him away who was disheveled.

Zuo Ji was not fully awake yet, he was so pushed that he almost fell to the ground in a daze.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Mo Jia hurriedly pulled him back into her arms.

He broke away from Mo Jia's embrace, sat down at the table, looked at the food in front of him, his eyes gradually brightened.

Li Xi, who was at the side, put down his book and said to him, "Shouldn't you go wash up first?"

Before Li Xi could finish speaking, the servants on the other side had already sent hot water to the dormitory.

Zuo Ji was anxious to eat delicious food, so he was naturally very cooperative, and obediently went in again.

After Zuo Ji walked away, Li Xi whispered an explanation to the servant who was waiting beside him, the man nodded, and then backed out.

Li Xi's gaze came to Mo Jia.

Seeing Mo Jia staring at the dormitory with a puzzled face, he asked him, "Do you think this is not the person we are looking for?"

Upon hearing this, Mo Jia turned around and asked Li Xi, "Why do you say that?"

Li Xi didn't answer him, but asked again: "Why do I think you know him very well?"

Mo Jia frowned slightly, and at the end, he asked again: "How can you see that?"

After talking and talking, no one answered the other party's question directly, and they failed to ask anything useful from the other party's mouth.

The eyes of the two met, and gradually, there was a tendency of confrontation.

This unhappiness dissipated the moment Zuo Ji stepped out again.

Both of them withdrew their gazes, and all their attention was cast on Zuo Ji again.

Zuo Ji didn't notice that the atmosphere was wrong at all.

He was only thinking about eating, and when he sat down at the table and was about to start, his outstretched paw was stopped by Li Xi.

Li Xi thoughtfully presented him with chopsticks.

He originally wanted to say no, but after thinking about it, he still picked it up, and then very "regularly" sandwiched a piece of pastry for himself.

Li Xi signaled Mo Jia to go out first with his eyes.

Mo Jia was suspicious and wanted to know what kind of medicine Li Xi was selling in the gourd, but Li Xi insisted on driving him away, so he took a deep look at Li Xi and had to go out.

Li Xi still didn't eat much, so he stayed by Zuo Ji's side and watched him eat.

After Zuo Ji had almost eaten, he said to Zuo Ji: "I have considered what you said last night, and I promise you."

Zuo Ji didn't react at first, biting his chopsticks with a confused look on his face.

But, meeting Li Xi's eyes, he suddenly remembered what happened, and was surprised.

But he rolled his eyes and pretended to be stupid: "...what...?"

Li Xi saw it, smiled softly, and asked, "How much did you talk about last night?"

Quickly put five fingers together, Zuo Ji smiled and emphasized: "...a hundred..."

"Do you know how big this number is?"

Zuo Ji really didn't know.

But for Li Xi who can afford even 3000 taels of gold, this mere 500 taels of silver should be nothing to him.

Seeing that Li Xi was still not happy, Zuo Ji was willing to take a step back and reduce the price: "...four..."

"……three?"

Li Xi picked up the tea bowl calmly and ignored him.

Zuo Ji was strange.

Isn't that what he wants to talk to?

Why is it like this again?

Are you kidding him?

He was dissatisfied, and pointed at Li Xi angrily, Li Xi suddenly agreed, and he was stunned.

what?

"One hundred, that's it." Li Xi put down the tea bowl and agreed.

Zuo Ji was stunned.

"……I……"

He wanted to say that it wasn't counted just now, but when he opened his mouth, someone came in to report.

The servant Li Xi ordered just now came in and said: "Young master, the boss of Yuanyuan came to visit and said that he had something important to see and asked to see you and Young Master Zuo Ji."

Yuanyuan?

Zuo Ji frowned.

It's drunk.

Why is he here?

"I have something to do later, so I don't have time to see him." Li Xi pretended to think about it as if it was the first time he heard about it, and said to Zuo Ji, "Go."

Zuo Ji nodded: "...OK..."

In the waterside gazebo, I can hardly sit still when I am drunk.

As soon as he saw Zuo Ji, he eagerly got up to meet him, grabbed Zuo Ji nervously, looked left and right, and asked: "How is it? How is it? He didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"

He shook his head.

Zhuo Zui didn't believe it, so he turned him around, and at the end, he glanced at the tea-making boy and asked him in a low voice: "...Are you all right?"

Zuo Ji was puzzled: "...what?"

Zuozui saw his reaction and felt relieved.

He patted his chest and said, "Fortunately, it's true that he doesn't like masculinity."

Being drunk made him understand at once.

It also made him a little embarrassed for a moment.

However, he knew a little about it.

It turned out that Zhuozui had known Li Xi for a long time.

In other words, Zhuozui agreed to Li Xi's redemption last night only as a stopgap, and now that he came here, did he want to return him?

"Zuo Ji."

"……Um?"

Zhuozui said to him: "I'm here now to take you back."

really.

Zuo Ji frowned.

What a joke.

Those old men almost scared him out of the psychological shadow last night.

He didn't want to go back and sell it again.

Instead of going back to be a hooker and selling prostitutes, it is better to stay here to eat and live well, and to scrape some money from Li Xi, and run away when necessary.

After being drunk, he took him to sit at the tea table, and the servant poured new hot tea for them.

Zhuozui glanced at the young man again, felt that it was not convenient to speak, and lowered his voice to Zuo Ji: "Mr. Li is not a masculine person, and has always disdain to enter a place like Yuanyuan, so he came here suddenly yesterday, and he still wants to go to a place like Yuanyuan." There must be a reason for redeeming you at a high price in public. At that time, so many people watched him, and he looked like he was bound to win, so I agreed when I was riding a tiger. Now it is different, the obvious things are over, Isn't it easy to say in private? I brought all the gold, and I'm waiting outside, return the money to him, and let's go home, what do you think?"

Of course... not good!

Zuo Ji frowned tightly and did not speak.

He picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, his eyes wandering, he suddenly remembered the packet of medicine powder in his pocket, and he had his own plan in mind.

He glanced at the tea boy.

Silently digging out his pockets, he stood up with a "sigh", and pointed at the drunken man in amazement: "Ah!"

Zui Zui turned his head abruptly, he smashed the paper feet, and casually sprinkled the medicinal powder into the tea bowl in front of Zui Zui.

Because of too much haste, the edge of the tea bowl was also stained with powder.

The young servant beside him was also quick-witted, pouring a spoonful of tea on the teacup in time, and the powder disappeared immediately.

God assists.

Zuo Ji looked surprised.

Drunk and turned around, wondering: "What did you see just now?"

"Talent."

"what?"

Zhuozui didn't understand, seeing Zuo Ji staring at the young man, but the young man's face didn't change color, his heart didn't beat, his face was peaceful, Juzui waved his hand in front of Zuo Ji, Zuo Ji frowned, and asked Zuoji He: "I asked what you saw just now, why are you staring at him?"

"...Li Xi...don't...don't pay attention to me..." Zuo Ji waved his hand, indicating that it's okay not to mention it, and picked up the tea bowl again, drinking to drink: "...the brew is good..."

Okay?

Well, you don't have to stare at people all the time, do you?

"It's okay." Drunk drunk lightly, glanced at the tea maker, picked up the tea bowl and drank it down in one gulp.

After Zuo Ji watched it, he couldn't help being happy, pursing his lips and snickering.

Seeing him like this when he was drunk, he said, "Why are you smirking? Just a cup of tea, as for?"

Zuozui got up to look at the sky outside the pavilion, and said to Zuo Ji, "It's getting late, we should go."

Uh-huh.

Zuo Ji nodded.

"As for saying goodbye, there's no need for it. Mr. Li is busy with other affairs, so someone will tell him about our departure."

Uh-huh.

Zuo Ji nodded again.

Zhuozui said to the boy beside him: "I'll trouble you to tell your master, and tell him that you are willing to bet and admit defeat."

Zuo Ji wanted to nod again.

But think: what?

Why are you willing to bet and admit defeat?

But Zuo Ji didn't have the chance to ask.

The medicine took effect, and he fell down after being drunk.

Zuo Ji didn't even have time to help him, so he froze there.

So what's next?

I saw that the servant beside him got up and walked out without any haste. Then, two servants came in, helped him from left to right, picked up the drunken man, and carried him away.

Zuo Ji followed all the way, seeing that they sent Jiuzui back to the carriage where he came, he felt relieved.

What else is there to say.

Sorry things have been done.

Up to now, facing the carriage going further and further away, he can only wave his handkerchief to see him off.

he does not know.

Mo Jia and Li Xi saw all this from a distance.

"It's such a trick to borrow a knife to kill people. I didn't expect him to choose you in the end."

Hearing what Mo Jia said, Li Xi denied it: "He didn't choose me, but the 100 taels of silver."

Greedy, love of money, cunning.

Li Xi watched from a distance with his hands behind his back, and felt that this person was really interesting, so he couldn't help laughing.

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