I heard that Mr. is lacking a wife [farming]
Chapter 31
Unexpected disasters can't be avoided, and I always encounter unlucky things recently. If I knew it, I should burn more incense and ask for blessings.Li Wugeng lay at the foot of the bed and groped around in the corner for a while, before picking up a small crock.The mouth of the jar was sealed with several layers of cloth, and inside was all his belongings - 12 taels.
He counted over and over again, and finally took out two or two from the inside.He can't be too picky about Yun Shuzhi's life, at least he has to give him something, after much deliberation, he decides to go to a tailor shop to have clothes custom-made for him.
Two taels of silver might not be a big deal to Yun Shuzhi and the others, but it was a big expense to Li Wugeng.Now the business of the noodle shop is gradually improving, and he also knows the principle of repaying favors, so he will not be stingy, and he will always earn back when he spends it.
The injured cook had no one to cook at home, so Yun Shuzhi bought a mullet and brazenly asked his fourth aunt to stew it for him. After it was done, he carefully brought it back to Li Wugeng to drink.
As soon as night fell, Yun Shuzhi urged Li Wugeng to go to bed early, and worried that Zhong Qi'an would kick someone dishonestly, so he lifted him to his own bed to sleep in a pile.
Li Wugeng had a wound on the back of his head, so he slept on his side. It was cold at night, and the wound hurt even more.He tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, and was afraid of disturbing others, so he stopped and endured it.
The two people on the other bed breathed evenly and slept extremely comfortably. Only one person looked this way with his eyes open. He sighed helplessly, took out a copper coin and hit Li Wugeng's sleeping point, and Li Wugeng suddenly felt sleepy. , sleep with eyes closed.
The three masters and apprentices were going to visit the foreign caravan at night. They thought they would leave after Li Wugeng fell asleep, but he was still awake in the middle of the night. Yun Shuzhi could only do this to save him from suffering.
Zhong Qi'an said that the foreigner had a black cat with a demonic aura, but this black cat didn't seem to have become a spirit, and something might happen, they had to go and see.
Taoist Xuanqing went down the mountain this time to capture the Soul Eater.The monster escaped from under the Demon Suppressing Tower three months ago, and when it left Huaming Mountain, it also released other monsters to disturb the sight. Taoist Xuanqing sent all the disciples of the Taoist temple to catch the monster. The monster was caught back, but the soul eater was still missing.
It wasn't until the Zhao family case happened that Yun Shuzhi realized the difference, and immediately sent a letter to Taoist Xuanqing.
Pale, haggard, and mentally weak, this is what Li Wugeng described to him. No matter how you look at it, it is not what a wife of a rich family should look like. Besides, no matter how arrogant the Zhao family is, it is impossible abuse her.Then there is only one possibility, Mrs. Zhao is entangled by something.
He went to Zhao's mansion several times and found nothing unusual. Seeing that Mrs. Zhao was getting thinner and thinner day by day, it was pitiful, so he quietly put an evil spirit bead on her. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhao's complexion improved and recovered a little.He was even more convinced that there was a demon haunting Zhao's mansion, but he couldn't find it.
Desperate to save people, he found Zhao Yuancheng and told him that only by sending Mrs. Zhao to a pure place of Buddhism can his life be saved.Unexpectedly, Zhao Yuancheng suspected him, but he was sent away, and he came secretly to test him.Looking at it now, that thing must be a soul-eating demon. It possesses other people, and then slowly eats away their souls to improve their cultivation. No wonder Mrs. Zhao looks like that!
They suspected that the soul-eating demon had attached itself to the black cat. They heard that the caravan would leave early tomorrow morning. If they didn't find it, the monster might escape even further.
Although the Soul Eater can possess others, it is restricted, that is, it cannot leave the possessed body within a month. Being possessed is also equivalent to being trapped in the body of others, so tonight they only need to put The black cat can catch it.
Yun Shuzhi woke up the other two, and the three of them left the village and rushed to the town in the dark.
The next day, Li Wugeng slept until mid-sun.Just opened his eyes and turned around comfortably, but was startled by the black head in front of him, why did Zhong Qi'an keep staring at him to sleep!
Seeing that someone woke up, Zhong Qi'an shouted outside: "Master!"
Taoist Xuanqing came in slowly with his hands behind his back, looked at him, heard about him and asked him, and he was relieved when nothing happened.His big apprentice insisted on letting his old man take action, saying that he must check carefully for fear of falling into the root cause of the disease.What's the matter with this vivacious man, the young man was beaten a few times and it didn't matter. Thinking back to when he held a big knife to support justice and severely punish demons and ghosts, how could he suffer less injuries than this?
He still doesn't know what that kid is thinking, it's shameless for a worthless thing to be coy!
"During this period of time, you should avoid eating, don't go out, just stay at home. Change the medicine for the wound every two days, the medicine has been prepared, and let him change it for you when you come back." Taoist Xuanqing instructed.
"Trouble Taoist." Li Wugeng thanked him, Taoist Xuanqing didn't let him call him an old man, so he had to call him Taoist instead.
Taoist Xuanqing hummed pretending to be deep. He hadn't touched a drop of wine for a day, and he was so greedy that he swallowed his saliva. He approached Li Wugeng and asked in a low voice, "Is there any wine? I'm thirsty."
Li Wugeng hadn't heard of any wine that could quench his thirst, so he didn't expose him, and said with a suppressed smile: "There is a jug of white wine under the stone slab in the kitchen, it's not very good wine, if the Taoist priest doesn't dislike it, just drink it. "
"Okay, poor Taoist, go and look for it." Taoist Xuanqing smiled all over his face, raised his sleeves and went to the stove house to look for wine.
There were only two people in the room staring blankly at him, and Li Wugeng was so scared by him, what is this kid going to do?
"You..." Zhong Qi'an stammered, "Is there anything else to eat?"
What he said to eat naturally meant snacks.
Li Wugen laughed lowly, pointed to the drawer and said, "There are some pieces of peanut candy inside, you can take it yourself."
The master and apprentice...
When Yun Shuzhi came home after school, he opened the door and saw Li Wugeng collecting the clothes to dry. He closed the door and went to help him.
Taoist Xuanqing and Zhong Qi'an were not there at this time, and it happened that Li Wu had something to ask Yun Shuzhi.After putting away the clothes, he called someone into the room, ready to ask for clarification.We all live under one roof, and pretending to be deaf and dumb is not a long-term solution. Asking clearly at least has a bottom line.
"I have something to ask you." Li Wugeng said seriously.
Yun Shuzhi sat across from him, so he must have asked the master and younger brother as soon as they arrived, but it was difficult to ask because no one was around.
"You say." He sat upright.
"Who is Mr. Yun, a teacher, an official son, or a ghost hunter?" Li Wugeng asked directly. Another Taoist master appeared, with many identities, and it was unclear who he was.
Yun Shuzhi thought for a while, and replied: "Young son of a poor official family, come here to be a teacher, not a Taoist priest."
"Then how do you understand those strange arts?" Li Wugeng asked.
"Of course I learned from Master."
"Your master is a Taoist." The Taoist's apprentice is naturally a Taoist.
"How to put it..." Yun Shuzhi was thinking about how to explain to him, "I stayed in the Taoist temple for a few years and learned a little from the master, but I am not proficient, and I don't know how to catch ghosts. The seal scripts were all prepared by the master before coming here. As for why I came here to teach, it was my father's idea."
Li Wugeng has ghosts only if he can believe it. His words are half true and half false. After staying in the Taoist temple for a few years, he can be believed, and the rest is lying to him.
"Can you tell me your father's name? Maybe I will go to Jingli in two years. My husband has taken care of me a lot, so I should pay a visit to show my gratitude." Li Wugeng asked with a half-smile, Jingli is well-known There were only a few senior officials, but none of them had the surname Yun. As for the junior officials, they all squeezed their heads to the officialdom, wishing the whole family could fight together. How could they be so stupid as to send their son to this remote mountainous place?
Yun Shuzhi's words flickered: "This...Father usually keeps a low profile, and you don't even know him. There's no need to visit, I'll just take you there."
"Mr. Yun is really considerate!" Li Wugeng sarcastically said, and with his ability, everyone was coaxed into a circle.
Yun Shuzhi laughed dryly, his heart pounding, his body covered in cold sweat, and eagerly took the medicine: "Come, I'll change the medicine with you."
Li Wugeng didn't ask any more questions, and lowered his head slightly so that he could wipe the wound.Yun Shuzhi carefully wiped off the blood clot next to the wound, and asked while changing the dressing, "Does it hurt?"
"I don't feel it." Li Wugeng said.
Stunning his hands, secretly amused, Yun Shu said in his heart - I don't know who was tossing and turning and couldn't sleep last night.
"I won't hurt you, and I won't hurt Baoyun and the others." He said, he didn't dare to come here easily without being fully sure, but the time has not come, and there are some things that cannot be said yet.
"Got it." Li Wugeng replied.
The black cat was caught last night. Taoist Xuanqing and Zhong Qi'an planned to find a secluded place to deal with it, but unexpectedly a big event happened quietly.
Awen's heart was gouged out and he died tragically. His corpse was thrown into the wilderness, and the stench rose to the sky.
The villagers working up the mountain saw something floating on the water in the pond where the water was stored, and thought it was someone’s throwing down the dirt. When they got closer, they found that it was a floating corpse. They were so frightened that they screamed and ran to the government to report the crime. .
There was another wave of unrest, and it was only more than a month since the last murder case, and this happened again. Li Huailin immediately rushed to the mountain with Wen Renxi and others.Taoist Xuanqing, master and apprentice, happened to meet them investigating the scene of the murder. Afraid of getting into trouble, they hid in a tree and watched.
The people from the government sealed off the whole mountain and no one was allowed to enter.They searched all over the mountain, but found nothing.
The floating corpse was so swollen that it couldn't recognize its original appearance, but the little finger of his left hand was missing, so Li Huailin called a few villagers from the foot of the mountain to identify the corpse.Awen has always loved thieves and thieves. He is cunning and greedy for petty gains. A few years ago, someone cut off his little finger in revenge, and half of his front teeth were missing. The villagers who came here recognized him at a glance.
The surface of the body is not damaged, but the heart is gone.For the time being, nothing can be found out, Li Huailin can only ask people to take the body back first, and send troops to guard and maintain the scene.
The news of the dead man quickly spread in the village, and Li Wugeng and the others also got the news.A Wen gave false testimony last time, Li Huailin punished him for disturbing the court in a rage, and beat him thirty boards.After this incident, Ah Wen didn't know where he was going. Everyone thought that he was going to hide for a few days because he was ashamed to see others, which was unexpected.
Before Li Huailin sat down on the chair when he went back, someone came to report the crime again, and it was the foreign woman.Her ship's steward was dead, his eyes gouged out, and his body hung from the mast.
Two people died one after another, and the people in the town were panic-stricken. Everyone was afraid that it would be their turn next, so they locked the doors and windows tightly during the day and dared not go out to wander around.
As for Li Wugeng's family, the three masters and apprentices all looked dignified.They were deceived by the Soul Eater's blindfold, and found nothing on the black cat, it was just an ordinary cat.
"At that time, the black cat clearly had a demonic aura, and the master also confirmed that it was a soul-eating demon. How could it be mistaken..." Zhong Qi'an couldn't understand why this monster could play tricks on all three of them.
Yun Shuzhi carefully recalled the situation that night. When they sneaked into the merchant ship, the black cat was staying with the foreign woman. After confirming that the black cat had a soul-eating demon queen, he went to the front to create chaos and lure the foreign woman away. Xuanqing said People went to catch black cats.The process was very smooth, without a single flaw, so where is the problem?
"Go and have a look tomorrow." Taoist Xuanqing said, the Soul Eater was alert and sensitive, and reacted quickly, maybe it sensed something strange and came out of its shell.However, the Soul Eater alone cannot escape, there must be other people to help it!
Turning around, he told Yun Shuzhi: "You stay here, Ruchen, and I will go to the town with Xuchen to have a look."
Yun Shuzhi nodded, although Li Wugeng was fine, but he was afraid that the injury was done on purpose by the woman, so it was better for him to stay at home.
This case is of great importance. This caravan is related to the royal family of a neighboring country. If it is not handled properly, Li Huailin will lose his job.In order to solve the case as soon as possible, he mobilized all the policemen in the yamen to conduct a thorough investigation in various parts of the town.
Wen Renxi and his two colleagues were assigned to Dongfeng Village, and the three of them worked separately, interrogating each family.As Wen Renxi is the head arrester, he naturally has to go to the two most important families - Liu Si's family and Li Wugeng's family.
Liu Si had a feud with Sun Wen, and Li Wugeng was better with Liu Si, so the possibility of murder with hatred cannot be ruled out.Wen Renxi went to Liu Si's house first, Liu Si and his wife were terrified, and tried their best to explain that they had never met Ah Wen since the last time they met in the government.
Wenren Xishi didn't say anything, he scanned their house before going to Li Wugeng's house.
"I heard people arrest their heads." Li Wugeng said politely, already guessing what was going on in his heart.
Wen Renxi looked cold and unkind, wandered around the courtyard and asked, "Have you seen Sun Wen recently?"
"No." Li Wugeng said truthfully, "I am not familiar with him, and he often disappears, and he stays at home for only a few days a year, so it is very difficult to meet him once."
"Then where have you been these days? Who are you with?"
Li Wugeng thought about it for a while: "A few days ago, I was busy with business in the store. Yesterday I was injured in Fenglai Building, so I recuperated at home."
"Smashed?" Wen Renxi looked at him suspiciously with cold eyes.Li Wugeng straightened his back frankly, turned around to show him the wound, and defended himself: "At that time, many people in Fenglailou witnessed this incident. If you don't believe it, you can go to Fenglailou Ask."
Because the wound was wrapped with cloth, Wen Renxi couldn't see what it was like, so he thought for a while and asked Li Wugeng to take off the cloth.
The request was not too much. Li Wugeng reached out to pick it up, but was grabbed by someone.
Yun Shuzhi signaled him to put it down, and saluted Wen Renxi with his fists clasped: "Why is the head catcher here free? We are all honest people, and the head catcher shouldn't be suspicious when he catches someone, we have to figure it out before we talk about it. "
Wen Renxi was displeased, he had met Yun Shu once, this man looked gentle, but in fact he was unfathomable, and he couldn't get any advantage under his hands.The last time something happened to Liu Si, the scholar found Li Huailin in the middle of the night, and insisted on letting Li Huailin keep Liu Si safe, saying that the mountain people had their own tricks, and the murderer would surface within two days.Li Huailin was so intimidated by him that he couldn't tell the north from the south, so he believed it.Although the murderer was caught in the end, it was all due to Zhao Yuancheng. Except for the merit of holding Li Huailin back, the rest seemed to have nothing to do with him.
"I'm going to handle the case impartially. I can't make any mistakes, and I can't let go of even the clues. If there is no problem with him, he will take off the cloth openly, and I will go to Fenglailou to find the shopkeeper. I will know if I am innocent or not. But If there is a ghost in your heart who refuses to do it, then you have to make people suspicious." Wen Renxi was upright, meaning that if you don't pick it today, don't blame him for being rude, and you can't blame anyone if you do it.
Yun Shuzhi was not annoyed, but squinted at him and smiled: "I've always heard that the chief arrester of Longxing Town is upright and upright. When I saw him today, he really is."
Turning Li Wugen around, he said, "It's not easy for him to take off the cloth himself, so it's easier for me to do it. The arrester must see clearly, and don't wrong a good man."
New wounds are easy to bleed, and once the blood coagulates, the cloth will stick to it. When changing the dressing, it will inevitably be dragged and suffer again.Yun Shuzhi and Li Wu tried to be as slow as possible when changing the medicine, for fear of tearing the wound, this reckless man asked to show him the wound as soon as the arrester came, can he go to Fenglai Tower and ask?
"Be patient." He said softly.
Li Wugeng didn't think there was anything wrong, anyway, he could immediately prove his innocence after seeing it, and there was nothing wrong with it.
The cloth was removed, revealing a wound more than an inch long.
"I heard that people are arresting their heads, what else do you want to ask?" Yun Shuzhi said.
Wen Renxi glanced at it twice, ignored Yun Shuzhi's strange words, and only said to Li Wugeng: "If there is any other news about Sun Wen, please come and inform the government."
"En." Li Wugeng replied, Yun Shuzhi blocked most of his sight, and it was difficult for him to answer.
Wen Renxi stood for a while, watching Yun Shuzhi embrace him like a treasure, and suddenly thought of something.He also asked what should be asked, and he no longer kept it, and left after a few words.
The wound was wrapped up again, and Yun Shuzhi withdrew his hand in satisfaction.Li Wugeng looked at Wen Renxi's back suspiciously, and muttered, "Why does he walk with a limp?" Although it wasn't obvious, it always felt a little strange.
Yun Shuzhi chuckled and whispered something to him, Li Wugeng's ears turned red instantly.
Wenren Catch the Head looks dull, dull and unreasonable. I didn't expect that he would be willing to put his female under another person. It really is... a person can't be judged by his appearance.
"Do you know what people in the town call him?" Li Wugeng had a smile in his eyes.
Infected by him, Yun Shuzhi was full of interest, his brows were raised slightly, as if there was a clear spring in his heart, he couldn't help feeling relaxed and wanton.Straightening the messy hair on Li Wugeng's face, he replied, "What do you call him?"
"Bad face." Li Wugeng said with a smile, not daring to shake it too much because of the wound. "If you don't use teasing, you will make a bad face."
Thinking about it, it was really like this, every time Xu Jiurong spoke, his face was particularly dark.
"Are you hungry?" Yun Shuzhi suddenly remembered that it was almost noon, and they had gone to work and Li Wugeng hadn't had a bite yet.
Li Wugeng glanced at him, and teased, "Then trouble Mr. Yun to cook me a bowl of noodles."
Yun Shuzhi was stunned, he could light a fire now, but he couldn't cook at all, but he couldn't let Li Wugeng do it himself, so he swallowed his saliva and said bluntly: "Wait, I'll cook a bowl for you Come first!"
The number one side in the world, I'm so ashamed to give myself gold, Li Wugeng endured his shoulders trembling slightly, coughed, and said, "Okay."
Even if you boast about it, you have to put on a show no matter what.Yun Shuzhi took out a lettuce from under the stone slab, which was originally bought by Li Wugeng at the morning market yesterday for frying.He took out a basin to fetch water to wash the vegetables, and it looked pretty good.
Maybe it's because I watch Li Wugeng cook a lot on weekdays, and I'm more or less familiar with it.Li Wugeng was also a little surprised to see him cooking water and washing vegetables properly.
Before he had time to feel relieved, what Yun Shuzhi did next left him dumbfounded.
I saw that Yun Shuzhi had prepared the lettuce, chopped it with a knife, put it into the still water, and threw a handful of noodles in it. After thinking about it, he felt that it was not enough for two people, so he threw it in again. There doesn't seem to be enough water.
A part of the noodles is soft in the water, and a part sticks to the pot.Li Wugeng couldn't stand it anymore, and reminded: "Take a pair of chopsticks and stir it."
"Hey, right away." Yun Shuzhi pulled out the chopsticks and stirred vigorously, the water splashed on the back of his hands, causing him to shake them away quickly.
The water gradually boiled, and the white noodles rolled in the green water, with piles of green bubbles on top, and Li Wugeng lost his appetite when he saw it.
"Why did you chop the lettuce so finely?" He couldn't help asking, it was almost foaming.
Yun Shuzhi picked up the root noodles and tasted it raw and cooked. After chewing it a few times, he felt that it was not good, so he threw the remaining half of the root into the fire, looked at the pot with all his attention, and replied: "I remember last time you cooked with Baoyun. The vegetable leaves are chopped up for porridge, why, can’t you cook noodles like this?”
Li Wugeng froze for a moment: "No..."
Before He Baoyun ate too much and felt sick to his stomach, he cooked porridge to eat.Children don't like to eat tasteless food, so they added some vegetable leaves, but Yun Shuzhi actually wrote it down.
Feeling that the noodles were almost cooked, Yun Shuzhi picked up the chopsticks and opened them.It's okay for him to eat with chopsticks, and chopsticks are like the wind, but he has no choice but to pick noodles from the pot-only a few sticks can be picked at a time.
"Let me do it." Li Wugeng took the chopsticks and scooped up the noodles in two or three strokes. "Will it be seasoned?"
Yun Shuzhi pinched the hem of his clothes, cooking noodles was more tiring than fighting. "Sure!" After that, he brought MSG and pepper, and he knew he couldn't add more, so he put in less. Li Wu was even more injured and couldn't eat pepper, so he just put his own bowl.
Put away the seasoning, put it on the table, and then looked at Li Wugeng eagerly, asking him to eat first.
Li Wugeng picked up a small chopstick under his eagerly expecting eyes, chewed it for a while, swallowed it, and said against his conscience: "It's not bad."
Just kind of weird.
Yun Shuzhi smiled happily, and fed it into his mouth. The taste was completely different from what Li Wugeng cooked. His expression cracked for a moment, and then he looked up to see Li Wugeng eating happily.
He squeezed his mouth again, swallowed it quickly, and deceived himself—in fact, it was still possible.
"Yun Shuzhi." Li Wugeng called him, rubbing the scar on his palm with his fingertips.
"Huh?" Yun Shuzhi raised his face from the bowl in a daze.
The chopsticks stirred in the noodles, and Li Wugeng murmured for a while, but still didn't say what he wanted to say. "Cooking it a few times will make you more proficient. You don't need to chop the vegetable leaves, it's much better to just put them down."
Yun Shuzhi was taught, and nodded quickly: "Remember, I will go to the store to help you when I leave the teacher."
"Okay." Li Wugeng said.
After eating the noodles, he thought about making clothes again, "Stand up first."
Although he was puzzled, Yun Shuzhi followed suit, and Li Wugeng took out the rope to measure his shoulder width and height.
"Raise your hands up."
Yun Shuzhi raised his hand.
Li Wugeng wrapped the rope behind him, passed one hand under his armpit, and used the other hand to pick up the end of the rope so that it could be tied tightly.It was inevitable that there would be touch during this process, Yun Shuzhi's breathing was stagnant, and he was immediately distracted, and stretched out his hand to protect him behind him.
As soon as he was about to embrace him, Taoist Xuanqing rushed over, just in time to see this scene, and he wanted to turn around and leave quickly.
Yun Shuzhi withdrew his hand in embarrassment, and called out politely: "Master."
Surprised that someone was coming, Li Wugeng tied a knot and put the rope away. He had already measured it, and the master and apprentice had something to talk about, so he didn't get in the way, and went out to make room for them.
For dinner, they ate the food that Taoist Xuanqing brought back from the restaurant, and added a pot of Qianbeizui from Xuji Restaurant, and the three of them drank together.
The master and apprentice ate happily, but Li Wugeng didn't move his chopsticks, but asked worriedly, "Master, where is Zhong Qi'an?"
Taoist Xuanqing was enjoying his meal, without raising his head, he joked, "I don't have money to buy wine, so I just treat him as a coolie in a tavern."
When the tavern went?Li Wu was even more surprised.
Yun Shuzhi explained to him: "He smashed up other people's tavern, so Boss Xu will keep him, and he won't let him go if he doesn't pay."
This kid is really lawless and dares to mess with anyone.
Xu Jiurong is famous for two things, one is his appearance, and the other is his temper. If someone who doesn't have good eyesight shows off his power in front of him, he will definitely be overwhelmed and walk around.Zhong Qi'an was making trouble at Xu Ji Restaurant, but Xu Jiurong would clean him up as soon as he caught him, regardless of his age.
Taoist Xuanqing neglected to discipline Zhong Qi'an all these years, which made him spoiled. Now that he is older, he is even more domineering, and he is powerless to control him.On weekdays, Zhong Qi'an made a mistake, no matter how he was punished, he would not correct it.Now kicking Xu Jiurong's nailboard, let's see how he can do it.
"Why did he smash the tavern?" Li Wu was even more surprised.
"I drank the treasure of the town shop without Boss Xu's consent, Xiao Er reprimanded him a few words, but he was fine, so he acted on the spot." Yun Shuzhi said, feeling very regretful in his heart.When Zhong Qi'an was a child, he listened to him very much and didn't dare to do anything wrong, but after he went down the mountain, he was like a wild horse that had run loose.The brothers in the Taoist temple read him as a child, and they are the direct disciples of the master of the temple, so it is not easy to interfere. I didn't expect to become like this in just a few years, so it is time to teach him.
When it was almost dark, Zhong Qi'an was tied up and sent back.Xu Jiurong's method of tying people up is ingenious, it will neither make him feel pain nor hurt him, but once tied up, his whole body will be bound into a ball, unable to move, it is tiring and uncomfortable.
Zhong Qi'an had never suffered such a crime, and he began to scold in the tavern.Xu Jiurong pretended not to hear, and threw him directly into the woodshed, and put him on horseback to send him back when he was free.
It was Li Wugeng who opened the door. When he saw Zhong Qi'an lying on the ground in a panic, he was startled, and hurried to untie him, but for some reason, the rope was getting tighter and tighter, and Zhong Qi'an screamed in pain.
Yun Shuzhi and Taoist Xuanqing pretended to be deaf and dumb, and waited for him to cry until his nose was full of tears before helping him untie the rope.
"Do you still dare to be violent, kid?" Taoist Xuan Qing snickered.
"Master..." Zhong Qi'an pursed his lips aggrievedly.
"Let you smash other people's taverns, next time we will see who cares about you!" Taoist Xuanqing scolded him.
Zhong Qi'an felt unbalanced after suffering all afternoon, but now that he came back, not only was there no one to comfort him, but he was scolded, and immediately burst into tears, howling and crying at the same time.
As soon as it got dark, all the neighbors rested, and he would definitely disturb others by doing so.Yun Shuzhi immediately clicked on his Ya point, picked up the folding fan and beat him hard.
"Hold on, don't howl!" He scolded, "Brace your horses and reflect for half an hour first. If you don't listen, I will send you back to Qingliang early tomorrow morning."
When Zhong Qi'an heard this, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to show his breath. He reluctantly walked to the middle of the courtyard dam, stood with his legs parallel to each other, with his feet three soles apart, put his arms around his chest, and then squatted down .
His whole body was already sore, and his legs trembled after squatting for a while. Seeing that Yun Shuzhi and the others had all returned to the house, he wanted to be lazy and moved his legs quietly.
However, he didn't know that Yun Shuzhi was watching all the time in the room, and his every move was being watched.
It really felt better after moving a bit.Zhong Qi'an's eyeballs rolled around, and he got up a little bit, and within half a quarter of an hour, he got up a little bit more... until finally, he changed from squatting to standing, thumping his shoulders and legs, feeling very uncomfortable.
After half an hour, Yun Shuzhi went out, and Zhong Qi'an immediately squatted down to put on a show.
Yun Shuzhi untied his dumb acupoint, and asked in a deep voice, "How is your reflection?"
Zhong Qi'an squeezed out two drops of horse urine, pretended to cry and replied: "Brother, I was wrong, I dare not do it again!"
Yun Shuzhi sneered: "It's only a day's walk from Qingliang here, I'll take you there quickly, and you can come back in one day."
Zhong Qi'an panicked, if he was sent back, his father would beat him to death!
"Brother, don't!" He wanted to pull the corner of Yun Shuzhi's clothes, but he didn't dare to move a step due to the pressure of the other party.
"I'm going to do it! I'm going to do it!" He squatted down properly, looked at Yun Shuzhi, and begged, "It doesn't matter how long you want to do it, don't send me back..."
Yun Shuzhi's folding fan hit him on the back: "Stand straight!"
Zhong Qi'an could hardly stand still, his calf wobbled.
"Do you still remember why General Zhong sent you to Huaming?"
"Remember." Zhong Qi's voice sounded like a mosquito, "Cultivate one's moral character, regard the virtuous as virtue, acquire understanding, and one day enter the imperial court and contribute to the country."
"Then what did you do?" Yun Shuzhi's face was like water, and he said word by word, "Nubious by nature, bullying others, making trouble everywhere you go. Your family is loyal and good, and everyone is willing to help you." The imperial court has done its best, you are so unrepentant, can you be worthy of the Zhong family? Can you be worthy of your father's hard work? Can you be worthy of yourself?"
After a pause, he said again: "A thief who steals gold with needles, you dare to smash the store now and you will dare to kill people in the future! Even if you have a lot of money, you shouldn't be domineering, ignore others, and don't do it because of the smallness of evil. How much do you remember? "
"Speak wild words, act recklessly, do things without considering the consequences, if you continue to behave like this in the future, you will become a disaster in the future!" Yun Shuzhi spoke very strongly and resoundingly.
Zhong Qi'an choked with tears, shrunk his head, didn't listen to the reprimand, and was all worried about being sent back to Qingliang.
Yun Shuzhi saw that he didn't eat oil and salt, so he didn't say any more, the child didn't cry when he saw the coffin, and he didn't know how bad he was if he didn't punish him.
"Stay outside tonight, come in when you think it through. I'll send a letter to your father right away and let him prepare." After talking about going back to the house, he just turned around and added, "Don't dare to cry and make trouble today I'll see you off in the evening."
Zhong Qi'an was about to shout at the top of his voice, but was so frightened that he fell silent, only dared to cry and dared not speak.
Li Wugeng stood at the door, shaking his head, it was useless to train him, Zhong Qi'an didn't listen at all.
In the middle of the night, dark clouds cover the moon, and a cold wind suddenly blows up.
In the room, Yun Shuzhi and Taoist Xuanqing had already rested, Li Wugeng woke up from a sleep, got up and looked outside, Zhong Qi'an was sitting on the ground with his legs crossed.
He picked up a piece of clothing and went out, put it on for him, but was pushed away forcefully.
"Put it on, or you'll catch a cold." Li Wugeng said.
"You don't need to pretend to be kind!" Zhong Qi'an yelled at him, sobbing in a low voice, "It's all your fault, senior brother wasn't like this before, you must have told him something..."
Li Wugeng has nothing to say, he does not correct his mistakes first, and blames others later, there are still many problems.
Sitting down next to him, he wrapped his clothes around him forcibly, and said after a long time: "When I was your age, I couldn't eat enough all day long, and one day I was so hungry that I felt dizzy, so I started to steal Someone stole sweet potatoes from their home, but was caught on the spot and beaten."
Zhong Qi'an raised his head in surprise: "You just let him send you off, why did you steal it?"
"Why do you give me something that other people have worked so hard to grow?" Li Wugeng asked back.
"It's just a sweet potato, and it's worthless." Zhong Qi'an took it for granted.
He is not deep in things, and he doesn't understand these things after thinking about it. Li Wugeng carefully chose his words and tried to explain the truth in a simple and easy-to-understand way: "The family is also poor. A sweet potato is a meal. If you give it to me, they will have nothing to eat."
"Liar, how can a whole family eat a single sweet potato." Zhong Qi'an didn't believe it.
He had never experienced such a day, so he couldn't imagine it. "Don't say it's a sweet potato. During a famine, grass roots and bark can be eaten as food. You spent 20 taels for a meal in Fenglailou yesterday. This 20 taels is enough for me to spend for several years. And the money is also worth it. It's not yours, it's your brother's."
Zhong Qi'an was not convinced: "Is there any difference between senior brother's and mine?"
"Of course! Your senior brother can't take care of you for the rest of your life. One day you have to be self-reliant." Li Wugeng said, no matter what, he didn't understand the truth, but he had an idea in his heart. "Don't you want to go back?"
Zhong Qi'an nodded his head like garlic. The Zhong family's family law is strict, and he will be punished if he does something wrong. He is used to doing it casually.
"Tomorrow, I will intercede with your senior brother and let him keep you, but I also have a request." Li Wugeng said, luring the fish into the bait.
"any request?"
"You have to come and work in the store, and follow my orders for a period of one month, how about it?" Some people refused to listen, and they would only change after suffering a bit.
Zhong Qi'an weighed it up: "Deal!"
He counted over and over again, and finally took out two or two from the inside.He can't be too picky about Yun Shuzhi's life, at least he has to give him something, after much deliberation, he decides to go to a tailor shop to have clothes custom-made for him.
Two taels of silver might not be a big deal to Yun Shuzhi and the others, but it was a big expense to Li Wugeng.Now the business of the noodle shop is gradually improving, and he also knows the principle of repaying favors, so he will not be stingy, and he will always earn back when he spends it.
The injured cook had no one to cook at home, so Yun Shuzhi bought a mullet and brazenly asked his fourth aunt to stew it for him. After it was done, he carefully brought it back to Li Wugeng to drink.
As soon as night fell, Yun Shuzhi urged Li Wugeng to go to bed early, and worried that Zhong Qi'an would kick someone dishonestly, so he lifted him to his own bed to sleep in a pile.
Li Wugeng had a wound on the back of his head, so he slept on his side. It was cold at night, and the wound hurt even more.He tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep, and was afraid of disturbing others, so he stopped and endured it.
The two people on the other bed breathed evenly and slept extremely comfortably. Only one person looked this way with his eyes open. He sighed helplessly, took out a copper coin and hit Li Wugeng's sleeping point, and Li Wugeng suddenly felt sleepy. , sleep with eyes closed.
The three masters and apprentices were going to visit the foreign caravan at night. They thought they would leave after Li Wugeng fell asleep, but he was still awake in the middle of the night. Yun Shuzhi could only do this to save him from suffering.
Zhong Qi'an said that the foreigner had a black cat with a demonic aura, but this black cat didn't seem to have become a spirit, and something might happen, they had to go and see.
Taoist Xuanqing went down the mountain this time to capture the Soul Eater.The monster escaped from under the Demon Suppressing Tower three months ago, and when it left Huaming Mountain, it also released other monsters to disturb the sight. Taoist Xuanqing sent all the disciples of the Taoist temple to catch the monster. The monster was caught back, but the soul eater was still missing.
It wasn't until the Zhao family case happened that Yun Shuzhi realized the difference, and immediately sent a letter to Taoist Xuanqing.
Pale, haggard, and mentally weak, this is what Li Wugeng described to him. No matter how you look at it, it is not what a wife of a rich family should look like. Besides, no matter how arrogant the Zhao family is, it is impossible abuse her.Then there is only one possibility, Mrs. Zhao is entangled by something.
He went to Zhao's mansion several times and found nothing unusual. Seeing that Mrs. Zhao was getting thinner and thinner day by day, it was pitiful, so he quietly put an evil spirit bead on her. Unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhao's complexion improved and recovered a little.He was even more convinced that there was a demon haunting Zhao's mansion, but he couldn't find it.
Desperate to save people, he found Zhao Yuancheng and told him that only by sending Mrs. Zhao to a pure place of Buddhism can his life be saved.Unexpectedly, Zhao Yuancheng suspected him, but he was sent away, and he came secretly to test him.Looking at it now, that thing must be a soul-eating demon. It possesses other people, and then slowly eats away their souls to improve their cultivation. No wonder Mrs. Zhao looks like that!
They suspected that the soul-eating demon had attached itself to the black cat. They heard that the caravan would leave early tomorrow morning. If they didn't find it, the monster might escape even further.
Although the Soul Eater can possess others, it is restricted, that is, it cannot leave the possessed body within a month. Being possessed is also equivalent to being trapped in the body of others, so tonight they only need to put The black cat can catch it.
Yun Shuzhi woke up the other two, and the three of them left the village and rushed to the town in the dark.
The next day, Li Wugeng slept until mid-sun.Just opened his eyes and turned around comfortably, but was startled by the black head in front of him, why did Zhong Qi'an keep staring at him to sleep!
Seeing that someone woke up, Zhong Qi'an shouted outside: "Master!"
Taoist Xuanqing came in slowly with his hands behind his back, looked at him, heard about him and asked him, and he was relieved when nothing happened.His big apprentice insisted on letting his old man take action, saying that he must check carefully for fear of falling into the root cause of the disease.What's the matter with this vivacious man, the young man was beaten a few times and it didn't matter. Thinking back to when he held a big knife to support justice and severely punish demons and ghosts, how could he suffer less injuries than this?
He still doesn't know what that kid is thinking, it's shameless for a worthless thing to be coy!
"During this period of time, you should avoid eating, don't go out, just stay at home. Change the medicine for the wound every two days, the medicine has been prepared, and let him change it for you when you come back." Taoist Xuanqing instructed.
"Trouble Taoist." Li Wugeng thanked him, Taoist Xuanqing didn't let him call him an old man, so he had to call him Taoist instead.
Taoist Xuanqing hummed pretending to be deep. He hadn't touched a drop of wine for a day, and he was so greedy that he swallowed his saliva. He approached Li Wugeng and asked in a low voice, "Is there any wine? I'm thirsty."
Li Wugeng hadn't heard of any wine that could quench his thirst, so he didn't expose him, and said with a suppressed smile: "There is a jug of white wine under the stone slab in the kitchen, it's not very good wine, if the Taoist priest doesn't dislike it, just drink it. "
"Okay, poor Taoist, go and look for it." Taoist Xuanqing smiled all over his face, raised his sleeves and went to the stove house to look for wine.
There were only two people in the room staring blankly at him, and Li Wugeng was so scared by him, what is this kid going to do?
"You..." Zhong Qi'an stammered, "Is there anything else to eat?"
What he said to eat naturally meant snacks.
Li Wugen laughed lowly, pointed to the drawer and said, "There are some pieces of peanut candy inside, you can take it yourself."
The master and apprentice...
When Yun Shuzhi came home after school, he opened the door and saw Li Wugeng collecting the clothes to dry. He closed the door and went to help him.
Taoist Xuanqing and Zhong Qi'an were not there at this time, and it happened that Li Wu had something to ask Yun Shuzhi.After putting away the clothes, he called someone into the room, ready to ask for clarification.We all live under one roof, and pretending to be deaf and dumb is not a long-term solution. Asking clearly at least has a bottom line.
"I have something to ask you." Li Wugeng said seriously.
Yun Shuzhi sat across from him, so he must have asked the master and younger brother as soon as they arrived, but it was difficult to ask because no one was around.
"You say." He sat upright.
"Who is Mr. Yun, a teacher, an official son, or a ghost hunter?" Li Wugeng asked directly. Another Taoist master appeared, with many identities, and it was unclear who he was.
Yun Shuzhi thought for a while, and replied: "Young son of a poor official family, come here to be a teacher, not a Taoist priest."
"Then how do you understand those strange arts?" Li Wugeng asked.
"Of course I learned from Master."
"Your master is a Taoist." The Taoist's apprentice is naturally a Taoist.
"How to put it..." Yun Shuzhi was thinking about how to explain to him, "I stayed in the Taoist temple for a few years and learned a little from the master, but I am not proficient, and I don't know how to catch ghosts. The seal scripts were all prepared by the master before coming here. As for why I came here to teach, it was my father's idea."
Li Wugeng has ghosts only if he can believe it. His words are half true and half false. After staying in the Taoist temple for a few years, he can be believed, and the rest is lying to him.
"Can you tell me your father's name? Maybe I will go to Jingli in two years. My husband has taken care of me a lot, so I should pay a visit to show my gratitude." Li Wugeng asked with a half-smile, Jingli is well-known There were only a few senior officials, but none of them had the surname Yun. As for the junior officials, they all squeezed their heads to the officialdom, wishing the whole family could fight together. How could they be so stupid as to send their son to this remote mountainous place?
Yun Shuzhi's words flickered: "This...Father usually keeps a low profile, and you don't even know him. There's no need to visit, I'll just take you there."
"Mr. Yun is really considerate!" Li Wugeng sarcastically said, and with his ability, everyone was coaxed into a circle.
Yun Shuzhi laughed dryly, his heart pounding, his body covered in cold sweat, and eagerly took the medicine: "Come, I'll change the medicine with you."
Li Wugeng didn't ask any more questions, and lowered his head slightly so that he could wipe the wound.Yun Shuzhi carefully wiped off the blood clot next to the wound, and asked while changing the dressing, "Does it hurt?"
"I don't feel it." Li Wugeng said.
Stunning his hands, secretly amused, Yun Shu said in his heart - I don't know who was tossing and turning and couldn't sleep last night.
"I won't hurt you, and I won't hurt Baoyun and the others." He said, he didn't dare to come here easily without being fully sure, but the time has not come, and there are some things that cannot be said yet.
"Got it." Li Wugeng replied.
The black cat was caught last night. Taoist Xuanqing and Zhong Qi'an planned to find a secluded place to deal with it, but unexpectedly a big event happened quietly.
Awen's heart was gouged out and he died tragically. His corpse was thrown into the wilderness, and the stench rose to the sky.
The villagers working up the mountain saw something floating on the water in the pond where the water was stored, and thought it was someone’s throwing down the dirt. When they got closer, they found that it was a floating corpse. They were so frightened that they screamed and ran to the government to report the crime. .
There was another wave of unrest, and it was only more than a month since the last murder case, and this happened again. Li Huailin immediately rushed to the mountain with Wen Renxi and others.Taoist Xuanqing, master and apprentice, happened to meet them investigating the scene of the murder. Afraid of getting into trouble, they hid in a tree and watched.
The people from the government sealed off the whole mountain and no one was allowed to enter.They searched all over the mountain, but found nothing.
The floating corpse was so swollen that it couldn't recognize its original appearance, but the little finger of his left hand was missing, so Li Huailin called a few villagers from the foot of the mountain to identify the corpse.Awen has always loved thieves and thieves. He is cunning and greedy for petty gains. A few years ago, someone cut off his little finger in revenge, and half of his front teeth were missing. The villagers who came here recognized him at a glance.
The surface of the body is not damaged, but the heart is gone.For the time being, nothing can be found out, Li Huailin can only ask people to take the body back first, and send troops to guard and maintain the scene.
The news of the dead man quickly spread in the village, and Li Wugeng and the others also got the news.A Wen gave false testimony last time, Li Huailin punished him for disturbing the court in a rage, and beat him thirty boards.After this incident, Ah Wen didn't know where he was going. Everyone thought that he was going to hide for a few days because he was ashamed to see others, which was unexpected.
Before Li Huailin sat down on the chair when he went back, someone came to report the crime again, and it was the foreign woman.Her ship's steward was dead, his eyes gouged out, and his body hung from the mast.
Two people died one after another, and the people in the town were panic-stricken. Everyone was afraid that it would be their turn next, so they locked the doors and windows tightly during the day and dared not go out to wander around.
As for Li Wugeng's family, the three masters and apprentices all looked dignified.They were deceived by the Soul Eater's blindfold, and found nothing on the black cat, it was just an ordinary cat.
"At that time, the black cat clearly had a demonic aura, and the master also confirmed that it was a soul-eating demon. How could it be mistaken..." Zhong Qi'an couldn't understand why this monster could play tricks on all three of them.
Yun Shuzhi carefully recalled the situation that night. When they sneaked into the merchant ship, the black cat was staying with the foreign woman. After confirming that the black cat had a soul-eating demon queen, he went to the front to create chaos and lure the foreign woman away. Xuanqing said People went to catch black cats.The process was very smooth, without a single flaw, so where is the problem?
"Go and have a look tomorrow." Taoist Xuanqing said, the Soul Eater was alert and sensitive, and reacted quickly, maybe it sensed something strange and came out of its shell.However, the Soul Eater alone cannot escape, there must be other people to help it!
Turning around, he told Yun Shuzhi: "You stay here, Ruchen, and I will go to the town with Xuchen to have a look."
Yun Shuzhi nodded, although Li Wugeng was fine, but he was afraid that the injury was done on purpose by the woman, so it was better for him to stay at home.
This case is of great importance. This caravan is related to the royal family of a neighboring country. If it is not handled properly, Li Huailin will lose his job.In order to solve the case as soon as possible, he mobilized all the policemen in the yamen to conduct a thorough investigation in various parts of the town.
Wen Renxi and his two colleagues were assigned to Dongfeng Village, and the three of them worked separately, interrogating each family.As Wen Renxi is the head arrester, he naturally has to go to the two most important families - Liu Si's family and Li Wugeng's family.
Liu Si had a feud with Sun Wen, and Li Wugeng was better with Liu Si, so the possibility of murder with hatred cannot be ruled out.Wen Renxi went to Liu Si's house first, Liu Si and his wife were terrified, and tried their best to explain that they had never met Ah Wen since the last time they met in the government.
Wenren Xishi didn't say anything, he scanned their house before going to Li Wugeng's house.
"I heard people arrest their heads." Li Wugeng said politely, already guessing what was going on in his heart.
Wen Renxi looked cold and unkind, wandered around the courtyard and asked, "Have you seen Sun Wen recently?"
"No." Li Wugeng said truthfully, "I am not familiar with him, and he often disappears, and he stays at home for only a few days a year, so it is very difficult to meet him once."
"Then where have you been these days? Who are you with?"
Li Wugeng thought about it for a while: "A few days ago, I was busy with business in the store. Yesterday I was injured in Fenglai Building, so I recuperated at home."
"Smashed?" Wen Renxi looked at him suspiciously with cold eyes.Li Wugeng straightened his back frankly, turned around to show him the wound, and defended himself: "At that time, many people in Fenglailou witnessed this incident. If you don't believe it, you can go to Fenglailou Ask."
Because the wound was wrapped with cloth, Wen Renxi couldn't see what it was like, so he thought for a while and asked Li Wugeng to take off the cloth.
The request was not too much. Li Wugeng reached out to pick it up, but was grabbed by someone.
Yun Shuzhi signaled him to put it down, and saluted Wen Renxi with his fists clasped: "Why is the head catcher here free? We are all honest people, and the head catcher shouldn't be suspicious when he catches someone, we have to figure it out before we talk about it. "
Wen Renxi was displeased, he had met Yun Shu once, this man looked gentle, but in fact he was unfathomable, and he couldn't get any advantage under his hands.The last time something happened to Liu Si, the scholar found Li Huailin in the middle of the night, and insisted on letting Li Huailin keep Liu Si safe, saying that the mountain people had their own tricks, and the murderer would surface within two days.Li Huailin was so intimidated by him that he couldn't tell the north from the south, so he believed it.Although the murderer was caught in the end, it was all due to Zhao Yuancheng. Except for the merit of holding Li Huailin back, the rest seemed to have nothing to do with him.
"I'm going to handle the case impartially. I can't make any mistakes, and I can't let go of even the clues. If there is no problem with him, he will take off the cloth openly, and I will go to Fenglailou to find the shopkeeper. I will know if I am innocent or not. But If there is a ghost in your heart who refuses to do it, then you have to make people suspicious." Wen Renxi was upright, meaning that if you don't pick it today, don't blame him for being rude, and you can't blame anyone if you do it.
Yun Shuzhi was not annoyed, but squinted at him and smiled: "I've always heard that the chief arrester of Longxing Town is upright and upright. When I saw him today, he really is."
Turning Li Wugen around, he said, "It's not easy for him to take off the cloth himself, so it's easier for me to do it. The arrester must see clearly, and don't wrong a good man."
New wounds are easy to bleed, and once the blood coagulates, the cloth will stick to it. When changing the dressing, it will inevitably be dragged and suffer again.Yun Shuzhi and Li Wu tried to be as slow as possible when changing the medicine, for fear of tearing the wound, this reckless man asked to show him the wound as soon as the arrester came, can he go to Fenglai Tower and ask?
"Be patient." He said softly.
Li Wugeng didn't think there was anything wrong, anyway, he could immediately prove his innocence after seeing it, and there was nothing wrong with it.
The cloth was removed, revealing a wound more than an inch long.
"I heard that people are arresting their heads, what else do you want to ask?" Yun Shuzhi said.
Wen Renxi glanced at it twice, ignored Yun Shuzhi's strange words, and only said to Li Wugeng: "If there is any other news about Sun Wen, please come and inform the government."
"En." Li Wugeng replied, Yun Shuzhi blocked most of his sight, and it was difficult for him to answer.
Wen Renxi stood for a while, watching Yun Shuzhi embrace him like a treasure, and suddenly thought of something.He also asked what should be asked, and he no longer kept it, and left after a few words.
The wound was wrapped up again, and Yun Shuzhi withdrew his hand in satisfaction.Li Wugeng looked at Wen Renxi's back suspiciously, and muttered, "Why does he walk with a limp?" Although it wasn't obvious, it always felt a little strange.
Yun Shuzhi chuckled and whispered something to him, Li Wugeng's ears turned red instantly.
Wenren Catch the Head looks dull, dull and unreasonable. I didn't expect that he would be willing to put his female under another person. It really is... a person can't be judged by his appearance.
"Do you know what people in the town call him?" Li Wugeng had a smile in his eyes.
Infected by him, Yun Shuzhi was full of interest, his brows were raised slightly, as if there was a clear spring in his heart, he couldn't help feeling relaxed and wanton.Straightening the messy hair on Li Wugeng's face, he replied, "What do you call him?"
"Bad face." Li Wugeng said with a smile, not daring to shake it too much because of the wound. "If you don't use teasing, you will make a bad face."
Thinking about it, it was really like this, every time Xu Jiurong spoke, his face was particularly dark.
"Are you hungry?" Yun Shuzhi suddenly remembered that it was almost noon, and they had gone to work and Li Wugeng hadn't had a bite yet.
Li Wugeng glanced at him, and teased, "Then trouble Mr. Yun to cook me a bowl of noodles."
Yun Shuzhi was stunned, he could light a fire now, but he couldn't cook at all, but he couldn't let Li Wugeng do it himself, so he swallowed his saliva and said bluntly: "Wait, I'll cook a bowl for you Come first!"
The number one side in the world, I'm so ashamed to give myself gold, Li Wugeng endured his shoulders trembling slightly, coughed, and said, "Okay."
Even if you boast about it, you have to put on a show no matter what.Yun Shuzhi took out a lettuce from under the stone slab, which was originally bought by Li Wugeng at the morning market yesterday for frying.He took out a basin to fetch water to wash the vegetables, and it looked pretty good.
Maybe it's because I watch Li Wugeng cook a lot on weekdays, and I'm more or less familiar with it.Li Wugeng was also a little surprised to see him cooking water and washing vegetables properly.
Before he had time to feel relieved, what Yun Shuzhi did next left him dumbfounded.
I saw that Yun Shuzhi had prepared the lettuce, chopped it with a knife, put it into the still water, and threw a handful of noodles in it. After thinking about it, he felt that it was not enough for two people, so he threw it in again. There doesn't seem to be enough water.
A part of the noodles is soft in the water, and a part sticks to the pot.Li Wugeng couldn't stand it anymore, and reminded: "Take a pair of chopsticks and stir it."
"Hey, right away." Yun Shuzhi pulled out the chopsticks and stirred vigorously, the water splashed on the back of his hands, causing him to shake them away quickly.
The water gradually boiled, and the white noodles rolled in the green water, with piles of green bubbles on top, and Li Wugeng lost his appetite when he saw it.
"Why did you chop the lettuce so finely?" He couldn't help asking, it was almost foaming.
Yun Shuzhi picked up the root noodles and tasted it raw and cooked. After chewing it a few times, he felt that it was not good, so he threw the remaining half of the root into the fire, looked at the pot with all his attention, and replied: "I remember last time you cooked with Baoyun. The vegetable leaves are chopped up for porridge, why, can’t you cook noodles like this?”
Li Wugeng froze for a moment: "No..."
Before He Baoyun ate too much and felt sick to his stomach, he cooked porridge to eat.Children don't like to eat tasteless food, so they added some vegetable leaves, but Yun Shuzhi actually wrote it down.
Feeling that the noodles were almost cooked, Yun Shuzhi picked up the chopsticks and opened them.It's okay for him to eat with chopsticks, and chopsticks are like the wind, but he has no choice but to pick noodles from the pot-only a few sticks can be picked at a time.
"Let me do it." Li Wugeng took the chopsticks and scooped up the noodles in two or three strokes. "Will it be seasoned?"
Yun Shuzhi pinched the hem of his clothes, cooking noodles was more tiring than fighting. "Sure!" After that, he brought MSG and pepper, and he knew he couldn't add more, so he put in less. Li Wu was even more injured and couldn't eat pepper, so he just put his own bowl.
Put away the seasoning, put it on the table, and then looked at Li Wugeng eagerly, asking him to eat first.
Li Wugeng picked up a small chopstick under his eagerly expecting eyes, chewed it for a while, swallowed it, and said against his conscience: "It's not bad."
Just kind of weird.
Yun Shuzhi smiled happily, and fed it into his mouth. The taste was completely different from what Li Wugeng cooked. His expression cracked for a moment, and then he looked up to see Li Wugeng eating happily.
He squeezed his mouth again, swallowed it quickly, and deceived himself—in fact, it was still possible.
"Yun Shuzhi." Li Wugeng called him, rubbing the scar on his palm with his fingertips.
"Huh?" Yun Shuzhi raised his face from the bowl in a daze.
The chopsticks stirred in the noodles, and Li Wugeng murmured for a while, but still didn't say what he wanted to say. "Cooking it a few times will make you more proficient. You don't need to chop the vegetable leaves, it's much better to just put them down."
Yun Shuzhi was taught, and nodded quickly: "Remember, I will go to the store to help you when I leave the teacher."
"Okay." Li Wugeng said.
After eating the noodles, he thought about making clothes again, "Stand up first."
Although he was puzzled, Yun Shuzhi followed suit, and Li Wugeng took out the rope to measure his shoulder width and height.
"Raise your hands up."
Yun Shuzhi raised his hand.
Li Wugeng wrapped the rope behind him, passed one hand under his armpit, and used the other hand to pick up the end of the rope so that it could be tied tightly.It was inevitable that there would be touch during this process, Yun Shuzhi's breathing was stagnant, and he was immediately distracted, and stretched out his hand to protect him behind him.
As soon as he was about to embrace him, Taoist Xuanqing rushed over, just in time to see this scene, and he wanted to turn around and leave quickly.
Yun Shuzhi withdrew his hand in embarrassment, and called out politely: "Master."
Surprised that someone was coming, Li Wugeng tied a knot and put the rope away. He had already measured it, and the master and apprentice had something to talk about, so he didn't get in the way, and went out to make room for them.
For dinner, they ate the food that Taoist Xuanqing brought back from the restaurant, and added a pot of Qianbeizui from Xuji Restaurant, and the three of them drank together.
The master and apprentice ate happily, but Li Wugeng didn't move his chopsticks, but asked worriedly, "Master, where is Zhong Qi'an?"
Taoist Xuanqing was enjoying his meal, without raising his head, he joked, "I don't have money to buy wine, so I just treat him as a coolie in a tavern."
When the tavern went?Li Wu was even more surprised.
Yun Shuzhi explained to him: "He smashed up other people's tavern, so Boss Xu will keep him, and he won't let him go if he doesn't pay."
This kid is really lawless and dares to mess with anyone.
Xu Jiurong is famous for two things, one is his appearance, and the other is his temper. If someone who doesn't have good eyesight shows off his power in front of him, he will definitely be overwhelmed and walk around.Zhong Qi'an was making trouble at Xu Ji Restaurant, but Xu Jiurong would clean him up as soon as he caught him, regardless of his age.
Taoist Xuanqing neglected to discipline Zhong Qi'an all these years, which made him spoiled. Now that he is older, he is even more domineering, and he is powerless to control him.On weekdays, Zhong Qi'an made a mistake, no matter how he was punished, he would not correct it.Now kicking Xu Jiurong's nailboard, let's see how he can do it.
"Why did he smash the tavern?" Li Wu was even more surprised.
"I drank the treasure of the town shop without Boss Xu's consent, Xiao Er reprimanded him a few words, but he was fine, so he acted on the spot." Yun Shuzhi said, feeling very regretful in his heart.When Zhong Qi'an was a child, he listened to him very much and didn't dare to do anything wrong, but after he went down the mountain, he was like a wild horse that had run loose.The brothers in the Taoist temple read him as a child, and they are the direct disciples of the master of the temple, so it is not easy to interfere. I didn't expect to become like this in just a few years, so it is time to teach him.
When it was almost dark, Zhong Qi'an was tied up and sent back.Xu Jiurong's method of tying people up is ingenious, it will neither make him feel pain nor hurt him, but once tied up, his whole body will be bound into a ball, unable to move, it is tiring and uncomfortable.
Zhong Qi'an had never suffered such a crime, and he began to scold in the tavern.Xu Jiurong pretended not to hear, and threw him directly into the woodshed, and put him on horseback to send him back when he was free.
It was Li Wugeng who opened the door. When he saw Zhong Qi'an lying on the ground in a panic, he was startled, and hurried to untie him, but for some reason, the rope was getting tighter and tighter, and Zhong Qi'an screamed in pain.
Yun Shuzhi and Taoist Xuanqing pretended to be deaf and dumb, and waited for him to cry until his nose was full of tears before helping him untie the rope.
"Do you still dare to be violent, kid?" Taoist Xuan Qing snickered.
"Master..." Zhong Qi'an pursed his lips aggrievedly.
"Let you smash other people's taverns, next time we will see who cares about you!" Taoist Xuanqing scolded him.
Zhong Qi'an felt unbalanced after suffering all afternoon, but now that he came back, not only was there no one to comfort him, but he was scolded, and immediately burst into tears, howling and crying at the same time.
As soon as it got dark, all the neighbors rested, and he would definitely disturb others by doing so.Yun Shuzhi immediately clicked on his Ya point, picked up the folding fan and beat him hard.
"Hold on, don't howl!" He scolded, "Brace your horses and reflect for half an hour first. If you don't listen, I will send you back to Qingliang early tomorrow morning."
When Zhong Qi'an heard this, he was so frightened that he didn't dare to show his breath. He reluctantly walked to the middle of the courtyard dam, stood with his legs parallel to each other, with his feet three soles apart, put his arms around his chest, and then squatted down .
His whole body was already sore, and his legs trembled after squatting for a while. Seeing that Yun Shuzhi and the others had all returned to the house, he wanted to be lazy and moved his legs quietly.
However, he didn't know that Yun Shuzhi was watching all the time in the room, and his every move was being watched.
It really felt better after moving a bit.Zhong Qi'an's eyeballs rolled around, and he got up a little bit, and within half a quarter of an hour, he got up a little bit more... until finally, he changed from squatting to standing, thumping his shoulders and legs, feeling very uncomfortable.
After half an hour, Yun Shuzhi went out, and Zhong Qi'an immediately squatted down to put on a show.
Yun Shuzhi untied his dumb acupoint, and asked in a deep voice, "How is your reflection?"
Zhong Qi'an squeezed out two drops of horse urine, pretended to cry and replied: "Brother, I was wrong, I dare not do it again!"
Yun Shuzhi sneered: "It's only a day's walk from Qingliang here, I'll take you there quickly, and you can come back in one day."
Zhong Qi'an panicked, if he was sent back, his father would beat him to death!
"Brother, don't!" He wanted to pull the corner of Yun Shuzhi's clothes, but he didn't dare to move a step due to the pressure of the other party.
"I'm going to do it! I'm going to do it!" He squatted down properly, looked at Yun Shuzhi, and begged, "It doesn't matter how long you want to do it, don't send me back..."
Yun Shuzhi's folding fan hit him on the back: "Stand straight!"
Zhong Qi'an could hardly stand still, his calf wobbled.
"Do you still remember why General Zhong sent you to Huaming?"
"Remember." Zhong Qi's voice sounded like a mosquito, "Cultivate one's moral character, regard the virtuous as virtue, acquire understanding, and one day enter the imperial court and contribute to the country."
"Then what did you do?" Yun Shuzhi's face was like water, and he said word by word, "Nubious by nature, bullying others, making trouble everywhere you go. Your family is loyal and good, and everyone is willing to help you." The imperial court has done its best, you are so unrepentant, can you be worthy of the Zhong family? Can you be worthy of your father's hard work? Can you be worthy of yourself?"
After a pause, he said again: "A thief who steals gold with needles, you dare to smash the store now and you will dare to kill people in the future! Even if you have a lot of money, you shouldn't be domineering, ignore others, and don't do it because of the smallness of evil. How much do you remember? "
"Speak wild words, act recklessly, do things without considering the consequences, if you continue to behave like this in the future, you will become a disaster in the future!" Yun Shuzhi spoke very strongly and resoundingly.
Zhong Qi'an choked with tears, shrunk his head, didn't listen to the reprimand, and was all worried about being sent back to Qingliang.
Yun Shuzhi saw that he didn't eat oil and salt, so he didn't say any more, the child didn't cry when he saw the coffin, and he didn't know how bad he was if he didn't punish him.
"Stay outside tonight, come in when you think it through. I'll send a letter to your father right away and let him prepare." After talking about going back to the house, he just turned around and added, "Don't dare to cry and make trouble today I'll see you off in the evening."
Zhong Qi'an was about to shout at the top of his voice, but was so frightened that he fell silent, only dared to cry and dared not speak.
Li Wugeng stood at the door, shaking his head, it was useless to train him, Zhong Qi'an didn't listen at all.
In the middle of the night, dark clouds cover the moon, and a cold wind suddenly blows up.
In the room, Yun Shuzhi and Taoist Xuanqing had already rested, Li Wugeng woke up from a sleep, got up and looked outside, Zhong Qi'an was sitting on the ground with his legs crossed.
He picked up a piece of clothing and went out, put it on for him, but was pushed away forcefully.
"Put it on, or you'll catch a cold." Li Wugeng said.
"You don't need to pretend to be kind!" Zhong Qi'an yelled at him, sobbing in a low voice, "It's all your fault, senior brother wasn't like this before, you must have told him something..."
Li Wugeng has nothing to say, he does not correct his mistakes first, and blames others later, there are still many problems.
Sitting down next to him, he wrapped his clothes around him forcibly, and said after a long time: "When I was your age, I couldn't eat enough all day long, and one day I was so hungry that I felt dizzy, so I started to steal Someone stole sweet potatoes from their home, but was caught on the spot and beaten."
Zhong Qi'an raised his head in surprise: "You just let him send you off, why did you steal it?"
"Why do you give me something that other people have worked so hard to grow?" Li Wugeng asked back.
"It's just a sweet potato, and it's worthless." Zhong Qi'an took it for granted.
He is not deep in things, and he doesn't understand these things after thinking about it. Li Wugeng carefully chose his words and tried to explain the truth in a simple and easy-to-understand way: "The family is also poor. A sweet potato is a meal. If you give it to me, they will have nothing to eat."
"Liar, how can a whole family eat a single sweet potato." Zhong Qi'an didn't believe it.
He had never experienced such a day, so he couldn't imagine it. "Don't say it's a sweet potato. During a famine, grass roots and bark can be eaten as food. You spent 20 taels for a meal in Fenglailou yesterday. This 20 taels is enough for me to spend for several years. And the money is also worth it. It's not yours, it's your brother's."
Zhong Qi'an was not convinced: "Is there any difference between senior brother's and mine?"
"Of course! Your senior brother can't take care of you for the rest of your life. One day you have to be self-reliant." Li Wugeng said, no matter what, he didn't understand the truth, but he had an idea in his heart. "Don't you want to go back?"
Zhong Qi'an nodded his head like garlic. The Zhong family's family law is strict, and he will be punished if he does something wrong. He is used to doing it casually.
"Tomorrow, I will intercede with your senior brother and let him keep you, but I also have a request." Li Wugeng said, luring the fish into the bait.
"any request?"
"You have to come and work in the store, and follow my orders for a period of one month, how about it?" Some people refused to listen, and they would only change after suffering a bit.
Zhong Qi'an weighed it up: "Deal!"
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