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Chapter 258 New Year's Eve
Li Xia had just returned from inspecting the defense of the city gate when he heard the news that Yu Dechen had been arrested.

"You caught it in less than two days?"

Jiang Fan said: "The villain has been with Engong for a few days, and he is more familiar with his figure and appearance."

"Don't worry, I promise you not to kill him." Li Xia nodded and walked towards the county jail.

After entering the prison cell, looking at the dark and dirty scene, he felt that Yu Dechen was really the opposite of himself. He became a spy first before entering the prison cell.

Yu Dechen stayed in a single room, with his hands and feet in shackles, and a doctor was about to treat his injuries.

"Li Xia, you set fire to the Chongyang Temple, pissed off Daoist Master Zhang to death, ruined my Quanzhen luck, and I will kill you."

"I haven't asked you yet." Li Xia said, "Let's treat the injury first, and we'll talk about it later."

Yu Dechen said: "Since I have been caught, I will be killed or cut to pieces. I will listen to your will, how can I be cured?"

"If I were you, I wouldn't have stayed at Granny Ruan's house for such a long time... It's my inexperience to have stayed here."

Yu Dechen was taken aback.

Li Xia said: "Treat your injuries first, and when you recover from your injuries, I will give you another chance to escape."

After waiting for a while, the doctor changed the medicine for Yu Dechen's wound again, and took the pulse again to prescribe a prescription.

Only then did Li Xia ask, "Why are you beating people on the street?"

Yu Dechen didn't expect him to ask about this matter first, so he responded generously: "That private salt dealer was rude to me, I strangled him to death."

"Oh?" Li Xia was a little surprised, and said, "I'm not asking about this, but why you beat someone on the street a few days ago."

Yu Dechen thought for a while, then recalled, and said: "Those evil servants were chasing a weak woman, and they just helped."

"You're here to assassinate me, why add trouble? If it wasn't for this, I wouldn't have noticed you."

"Have you noticed me?" Yu Dechen said, "No wonder the idiot Liu ambushed in the county government."

"You were responsible for the murder case in Luchuan County?"

Yu Dechen shook his head and said, "I have never killed anyone in Luchuan."

"You did the fire in Fushun County?"

"Li Xia, don't blame me for everything." Yu Dechen said angrily, "I went all the way south and only killed one person in Qingfu County."

"Well, you went down the Tuojiang River and crossed the Yangtze River in Luchuan County? Are you from Lizhou? The identity arranged by Wang Dechen for you?"

"you!"

Yu Dechen stared and turned his head away.

Li Xia had seen many things from his expression, and asked again: "What happens after you kill me? Go back from Lizhou?"

Yu Dechen sat cross-legged, began to meditate, closed his eyes and stopped talking.

"Is your head teacher mad at me? Li Zhichang? Is he not in good health?"

Yu Dechen didn't answer.

Li Xia didn't ask any more questions, recruited Jiang Fan, and said, "Come and see him when you have time, go and call Fei Ban, the leader of the fast class, to come over and ask him to sign and make a deposit... Don't torture him, wait until he is injured and recuperated." Well, talk to me again."

"Yes."

Jiang Fan watched Li Xia leave, turned his head to Yu Dechen in the prison, and said, "Grandfather, we are all Han Chinese, why not join forces to fight against Mongolia? Why come to assassinate the county lieutenant?"

Yu Dechen didn't answer, closed his eyes and practiced.

"Hey, it's Chinese New Year, I'll bring you some glutinous rice balls and rice cakes later..."

~~
At the back of the county government office, Jiang Chun said with a smile, "Mr. Han will not be more polite to this New Year's Eve. If I take Qiao'er as my adopted daughter, then we will be a family."

This night is "Reunion Year", all kinds of gatherings during the Chinese New Year here are called "Reunion Year", and the New Year's Eve dinner is the most important.

The fire in the main room was blazing, Jiang Chun was talking with Han Chengxu, when he turned his head to see Yan Yunyun behind him, his eyes lit up again.

Yan Yunyun wears a colorful feather mask on the left side of her face, which looks quite "still holding a pipa and half covering her face", especially since she has become less frivolous recently, on the contrary, she has added a little more charm than before.

She is a smart person, when Han Chengxu introduced her to the ceremony, she felt the displeasure of Mrs. Mou's gaze from the magistrate's wife, so she took off her mask.

"Ah, this..."

"It surprised the county magistrate and his wife." Yan Yunyun hurriedly put on the mask again to show respect.

Jiang Chun repeatedly said "It's a pity", and finally his eyes were no longer blurred, and he stroked his beard and said, "We will be relatives from now on".

Although Mou Zhu still doesn't like to have a reunion with these adherents of the Jin Kingdom and prostitutes, she also understands her husband's intention...

Li County Lieutenant is young, he has made great achievements, and his future is limitless, so of course he must be friends.But Li Xia's personality is alienated and indifferent, and it is not easy to make friends, so he has no choice but to condescend to make friends with those around him.

What's more, accepting Han Qiaoer as a righteous daughter is also a critical time when the county is surrounded, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that Han Qiaoer is closest to Li Xia.

Mou Zhu knew in her heart that if it weren't for this relationship, Li Xia would have brought the grandparents of the Han family to the camp tonight for a reunion, and it was impossible to be with the Jiang family.

But to be clear, the addition of Yan Yunyun made her feel extremely uncomfortable, and seeing that her husband didn't mind at all, she inexplicably became even more angry.

"Mom, how about I guess a riddle for you?"

Although Jiang Cang was young, he was a fine person. He saw that his mother was unhappy, so he deliberately interrupted him, and immediately threw out his business riddle.

"One side is red and the other side is green. One side is afraid of wind and the other side is afraid of rain. Type a word."

"One side and one side." Mou Zhu was angry, with a straight face, he gave Jiang Cang a slap, and said, "Go aside!"

"You woman, if you can't guess, scold your son." Jiang Chun was in a good mood, stroking his beard and smiling, he could guess it, but he didn't show off in front of the children, saying: "Di'er and Qiao'er guess."

Han Qiaoer shook her head and said, "Father, I can't guess."

She remembered things very well, but she was too lazy to use her brain, and kept looking outside the hall wondering why Brother Li hadn't come back yet.

"Where's Dier?"

Jiang Di looked at Jiang Cang with contempt, and said, "It's too simple, it's boring."

Jiang Chun really thought the mystery was meaningless.

Song people like to play business riddles, especially literati and famous prostitutes, but they play a different kind of business riddles, such as sentences such as "a beautiful woman pretends to be drunk and asks someone to help her, revealing her snow-white skin on her chest". , the answer is "Jia Dao" and "Li Bai".

Without such sentimentality, Jiang Chun would be too lazy to play.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Yan Yunyun.

Yan Yunyun smiled, recalling the time spent with literati in poetry and wine, it felt like a dream...

Not long after, Li Xia came back from the outside, Han Qiaoer went up to meet her, and said with a smile: "Brother Li is back, we are trying to guess the riddle, it's so difficult."

Li Xia was rarely willing to play with them for a while, and guessed a few business riddles.

Strange to say, no matter the real daughter or the fake daughter in this room, at least they are relatives in name, and he is the only outsider, but once he came back, the atmosphere really became harmonious.

Jiang Chun pretended to rack his brains several times that he couldn't figure it out, and made Jiang Cang very proud. When Jiang Cang was happy, the hall became more lively; Yan Yunyun was best at these things, saying a few witty words from time to time, which made Han Qiaoer giggle.

This really made Li Xia feel happy.

"Okay, okay, the banquet will start in a while, Cang'er, please stop first, let Feiyu go and change the official robe first."

"Alright..."

Li Xia got up and went back to the main room in the west wing. She was about to go out after changing her clothes, but saw Han Qiaoer running in, and went straight back to her small room.

"Huh? What's the matter?" He asked through the door.

"Brother Li, I'll take something and I'll be there in a while."

"it is good."

Li Xia arrived at the hall and waited until the banquet was about to start, but Han Qiaoer hadn't come yet.

Then he turned back to the West Wing, knocked on the door, and said, "Qiaoer, it's time for the New Year's Eve dinner."

"Brother Li..."

Li Xia heard that her voice was wrong, and said, "I came in?"

"Ah."

When Li Xia entered the room, seeing Han Qiaoer sitting there with a pale face, she couldn't help asking, "Are you sick?"

He probed her forehead, it wasn't hot.

"I'm fine." Han Qiaoer said: "It's a great Chinese New Year, it's so lively, it would be great if daddy and sister Mingyue were here."

"Well, are you not feeling well? I'm going to ask the doctor..."

"Brother Li." Han Qiaoer tugged at the lapel of his hand and whispered, "Can you give me a pen and paper?"

"what happened?"

"You need to write down a lot of things for you, otherwise you will forget..." Han Qiaoer burst into tears when she said this, "Because I might die."

Li Xia was taken aback.

"I need to find a pen and paper." Han Qiaoer murmured.

"Tell me, what happened? Where did you get hurt?"

"Brother Li, I can't bear to part with you... woo woo... I will be thirteen after the new year, and in just two more years... I can be with you... woo woo... But I'm going to die, It was not easy for me to meet you..."

Han Qiaoer was crying, and Li Xia was stunned for a moment. He saw the blood on her pants and realized what was going on.

"Stop crying, it's okay, you won't die."

"Brother Li, don't coax me. What I'm not afraid of is that I can't bear it... I really can't bear it..."

"It's okay, I'll get you some hot water, don't be afraid, just wait a while."

Han Qiaoer held onto his skirt tightly and murmured: "Don't go, give me a pen and paper, okay?"

"It's really fine." Li Xia patted her on the head, said a few words of comfort, got up and turned around.

Seeing Mou Zhu on the road, he stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Madam Jiang, Qiaoer..."

The lower the voice.

Mou Zhu was slightly stunned, sighed, and said: "Poor child who lost her mother since childhood, just teach me about the daughter's family. Feiyu will go back to the classroom first."

"Thank you Madam Jiang."

"You're welcome, Qiao'er is also my daughter..."

~~
Li Xia turned back to the lobby, and after a while, Mou Zhu came back with Han Qiaoer.

Han Qiaoer's face was still pale, but her eyes were bright again, probably because she knew that she would not die.

She glanced at Li Xia, quickly lowered her head, no longer as naive as before, but more shy like a daughter.

Of course, she is still young, including Li Xia, who is also just shy...

Li Xia turned her head and saw that Han Chengxu was still talking and laughing with Jiang Chun; Jiang Di and Jiang Cang were fighting for a peach charm;

……

"Come, come, let's have a feast, it's the reunion year."

Jiang Chun raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "This year, all of you have relatives and friends who are separated by thousands of mountains and have not been reunited. Fortunately, Mr. Han and I each have a righteous daughter. It is also gratifying to have a family reunion in this foreign land." thing."

Having said that, he did not forget that he is an official and the parent of a county.

"For this first glass of wine, first respect the gods of heaven and earth, and pray for the prosperity of the Song Dynasty and the people's safety, and good weather..."

……

The two words Li Xia has heard most often these days are "Chinese New Year". This year in the Song Dynasty has indeed brought him a very different feeling.

On this New Year's Eve, nothing soul-stirring happened, but his relationship with the Jiang family has changed a lot.

Li Xia also remembered Han Qiaoer's appearance when she thought she was going to die and only wanted to do more for him...

(End of this chapter)