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Chapter 1023: Xu Baijiu is not recognized by his relatives! (Please subscribe!)
Hua Shier was arranged to stay in an antique guest room with a good environment. The room was filled with fragrance. The room was full of valuable furniture, even the bunk bed was made of huanghuali wood.

In the evening, someone brought in delicious local dishes, and a maid brought in water for him to wash his face and feet. The hospitality was very thoughtful.

The girl who brought in water was not very old. Hua Shier was too embarrassed to ask for help, so he washed his face and feet by himself. Then, taking the opportunity to talk, he got out of the other person that his ex-sister-in-law's name was Liu Ziqing.

He then asked his brother and sister-in-law why they divorced after three days of marriage. This time the girl stopped talking and just shook her head no matter how he asked.

Although Hua Twelve felt it was strange, he did not care about it. He thought about asking his cheap brother later. If his cheap brother did not tell him, then there might be some unspeakable secret, so he would not ask again.

He slept very well that night. The next morning, Hua Shier woke up to the sound of birds singing outside the house. He went out, stretched his muscles at the door, and performed a slow set of Tai Chi.

After finishing the practice, he felt someone was looking at him, so he turned around and saw his ex-sister-in-law Liu Ziqing standing in the attic not far away, looking at him with a dim gaze and a complicated expression.

Hua Twelve smiled and nodded at the other party. Liu Ziqing's eyes returned to normal and he said calmly:
"You two are very similar. He also likes to practice boxing." After saying that, he turned around and went back to his boudoir.

Someone brought breakfast to him, and no one disturbed him after that. Even when Hua Twelve went out for a walk, no one stopped him. The only thing he did was a housekeeper come over to tell him that his horse was tied in the stable and asked him if he wanted to ride out.

Hua Shier waved his hand and said he would just walk around. The butler then brought a bag of Qing Dynasty silver dollars, saying that the eldest lady had ordered it and that these were for him to spend.

To be honest, it was very thoughtful. If his cheap elder brother hadn't divorced her, it wouldn't matter whether he took the money or not. He would feel at ease even if he took it. But how could he feel comfortable taking it in this situation? He thanked her with a smile and politely declined. The other party didn't force him.

After wandering around outside for a day, he went to a teahouse to drink tea and listen to books. He also saw a portrait of him that was wanted, but no one recognized that he was the wanted criminal in the portrait who had killed the Governor-General of Liangjiang.

They also had lunch at a restaurant outside. This place is worthy of being the intersection of three provinces. It combines the cuisines of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, which whetted Hua Twelve's appetite. He did not return to his ex-sister-in-law's house until the afternoon.

After resting for a while, it was time for dinner. The little girl from yesterday came over and said that the eldest lady invited him to have dinner in the dining hall. Hua Twelve thought about it. He had already refused the other party's offer of silver dollars to spend before. Now she was just inviting him to dinner. It would be a bit bad if he continued to refuse the other party's kindness, so he nodded and agreed.

When they arrived at the dining hall, Liu Ziqing was already waiting there. When he saw him coming, she gestured, "Sit down!" Then she picked up a porcelain bowl and personally served him a bowl of soup.

"This is pickled cabbage and red bean soup. He likes it very much. You should try it too."

Hua Twelve was speechless. Could it be that he couldn't let go? Was he still in love with his adopted brother?
Seeing that the soup looked so fancy, I wanted to refuse it, but thinking that the other party meant well, I took it and said thank you, then took a small sip with a spoon. It was surprisingly good, sour and spicy, with some aftertaste.

Seeing that he had drunk, Liu Ziqing stopped talking and they both started eating. The silence at the table was a bit awkward.

Hua Shier felt that if he was invited again next time, he would definitely refuse, because no one can enjoy eating alone in a room.

Who would have thought that after finishing the meal, Liu Ziqing suddenly said:
"It's been three years since anyone has eaten with me. If you're not busy these days, why don't you come over and have dinner with me?"

Wasn't it three years ago when she divorced her cheap brother?

Hua Twelve felt that there was some bitterness, loneliness and sorrow in the other party's words. He couldn't bear to say no. He thought that the other party's behavior was obviously due to his lingering feelings for his brother. Now he thought that it must be that cheap elder brother who had done something to let him down.

He nodded and said, "Okay!"

The next few days were all like this. Hua Shier would stroll around the county town during the day and come back at night to have dinner with his ex-sister-in-law. Although they didn't say a few words, he could see that compared to the first time he met Liu Ziqing, the other person's face was less indifferent and cold.

But even so, Hua Shier still felt uncomfortable when he was having dinner with the other person. He could feel that when he lowered his head to eat, the woman opposite him often looked at him with complicated eyes. When he looked up, she turned her eyes away as if nothing had happened. This was very annoying. No matter who it was, it would be uncomfortable to be stared at while eating.

Hua Shier wanted to stay for two more days. If his adopted brother didn't come back, he would find a reason to move out and live in an inn. Fortunately, on the fifth day, after he went out for a walk during the day, when he came back, he saw his ex-sister-in-law sitting opposite someone in the flower hall, and they were also silent.

Seeing Hua Twelve coming back, Liu Ziqing stood up and nodded: "You're back!"

The man opposite stood up and stared at Hua Twelve with wide eyes: "Little brother, is it really you?"

Hua Shier also saw the man's appearance clearly at this time. He was not exactly like Jiang Wuyang, but he was 90% similar. He was just a little older than Jiang Wuyang, with an untidy beard, wearing a pair of glasses, and a half-new robe, looking a little decadent.

"Little brother!"

The man walked up quickly and held Hua Twelve's arms up and down.

Judging from what he said, he should be very cordial, but the strange thing is that his expression and tone are extremely indifferent, and his smile seems to be forced, very unnatural.

"Are you my brother?"

"I am your elder brother Xu Baijiu (Wu Xia). Do you still remember when we were in my hometown, I always carried you to play in the bamboo forest? Unfortunately, grandpa and grandma passed away a few years ago. If they were still alive, they would definitely be very happy to see you back!"

Just as Xu Baijiu was chatting with Hua Twelve, the former sister-in-law Liu Ziqing said:
"You guys take a seat first, I have something to say!"

Xu Baijiu was a little surprised, but he still pulled Hua Twelve to sit down and spoke first: "Thank you for taking care of Wuyang these days."

Liu Ziqing said in a cold tone:
"That's not what I want to say, Xu Baijiu. What I want to say is that Wu Yang is a wanted criminal by the imperial court. His arrest warrant is still posted at the gate of the government office. I want to see if you will arrest him or not."

Hua Twelve was a little confused. They were getting along well these past two days, so why did his cheap brother catch him all of a sudden?

In addition, he couldn't understand how the other party could recognize that he, Jiang Wuyang, was the wanted criminal Jiang Wuyang by the court. You know, there are many people with the same name, and the person others see him in may be different from the one on the wanted list!

But after thinking about it, he understood the second question. It might be because Liu Ziqing had known for a long time that the two brothers looked similar, and she also knew that the person who came to the door was Xu Baijiu's younger brother named Jiang Wuyang. This touched upon a BUG. So although Liu Ziqing had never seen Jiang Wuyang in person, she had seen Xu Baijiu. In her eyes, he looked the same as Xu Baijiu and still looked like Jiang Wuyang.

Thinking back to the first day they met, Liu Ziqing said that he looked very much like Xu Baijiu. Thinking about it now, this statement seemed wrong, but he ignored it at the time. This must be what he thought.

Liu Ziqing stared at Xu Baijiu's face with sharp eyes: "Wu Yang is a wanted criminal, are you going to arrest him or not?"

Hua Shier looked at Liu Ziqing and then at Xu Baijiu. The latter was covered in sweat in just a short moment, with a somewhat ferocious expression, as if he was struggling greatly.

He felt that there must be something going on between the two of them that he didn't know about. Liu Ziqing didn't seem to want to harm him, but to make things difficult for Xu Baijiu. If the other party wanted to harm him, there would be plenty of time to report it to the authorities, and there was no need to bring it up in person when he saw Xu Baijiu.

Xu Baijiu had beads of sweat dripping down his forehead. The weather was not hot, but he looked like he was in a sauna in the dog days of summer.

Hua Twelve thought about it, after all, he was his younger brother, so he spoke up to help him out:
"My brother is just a coroner in the government office, and he has no business arresting people. Please don't make things difficult for him. If you want me to be brought to justice, just send someone to the government office to arrest me!"

Liu Ziqing looked towards Hua Twelve:
"Wuyang, you may not know this, but your brother is no longer a coroner. Three years ago, on the second day after our wedding, he was promoted to the chief constable for his meritorious service in reporting his father-in-law, that is, reporting my father for selling fake medicine."

Hua Twelve was very upset. No wonder they divorced after three days of marriage. His brother was also a very bad person. Although the man who sold fake medicine deserved to be arrested, he married someone else's daughter one day and then killed his own relatives the next day. No one else would do things this way.
Moreover, Hua Shier also understood Liu Ziqing's thoughts. She might not want to arrest him as a wanted criminal, but just wanted to use his identity to make things difficult for Xu Baijiu. Aren't you being unrighteous and killing your own relatives? You even arrested your father-in-law. Well, now it's your own brother's turn. Let's see what you will do, arrest him or not?
Liu Ziqing's eyes were red:
"It was wrong for my father to sell fake medicine, but those medicines would not kill people. He knelt in front of you and begged you humbly, but you still didn't let him go. How did you feel?" "My father couldn't get over it and committed suicide that day. How did I, as a daughter, feel?"

"You always talk about principles, saying that you should arrest anyone who breaks the law. I agree, but now I want to see if you can still be so righteous when it's your turn. Wu Yang is your brother. Just tell me, will you arrest Wu Yang or not?"

Xu Baijiu's eyes were dull, his whole body was trembling, and his lips were bleeding from biting. Finally, he seemed to have exhausted all his strength to say:
"Grasp"

After saying that, he turned around and grabbed Hua Twelve's wrist: "Wuyang, come with me to the government office."

Liu Ziqing's eyes were only red before, but now tears fell like rain: "Wuyang, you see, your brother, your good brother, he doesn't recognize his relatives, his heart is as hard as stone."

After she finished crying, she said to Xu Baijiu: "Go away, I won't force you to catch Wu Yang anymore."

Liu Ziqing looked at Xu Baijiu with indifferent eyes, and there was a feeling that there was nothing more sad than a dead heart.

"Whether you tell me or not, I'm going to catch you!"

Xu Baijiu looked at Hua Twelve and said, "Wuyang, don't blame your brother. You shouldn't have broken the law."

Hua Twelve shook his head: "My martial arts are invincible in the world, you can't catch me!"

Xu Baijiu was originally holding one of Hua Twelve's hands, but at this moment he reached out with his other hand to grab Hua Twelve's collarbone, intending to subdue his own brother.

Hua Shier also used the grappling technique. With a twist of his arms, he blocked both of Xu Baijiu's arms and pressed them on his chest, pinning him to the chair and making him unable to move.

"You're wrong, you're very wrong!"

Hua Twelve looked Xu Baijiu up and down: "You give people a very contradictory feeling. You clearly have feelings, but you try hard to suppress them."

When he said this, he suddenly thought of something, and slapped Xu Baijiu's abdomen with his other hand. The force spread everywhere, and with two "chi" sounds, two silver needles shot out from the latter's Tanzhong and Tiantu points.

Hua Twelve stretched out his hand and two silver needles fell into his hand:
"You used acupuncture and moxibustion, combined with a secret method to suppress the Danzhong point, to seal personal emotions. This is why you can sacrifice your relatives for the sake of justice. I mean, when we met, why did you smile so fakely?"

"Another Needle"

Hua Twelve raised his nose and sniffed: "It smells fishy, ​​are you poisoned?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Baijiu spat out a mouthful of black blood, and then his face began to turn black visibly.

Liu Ziqing was so shocked by this series of changes that she even forgot to cry.

Xu Baijiu leaned weakly on the chair, panting a little:
"Yes, when I was investigating the case, I was full of sympathy and let a child who stole money from his adoptive parents go, thinking that he would learn well. I didn't expect that he was just pretending. He invited me to dinner that day and poisoned the food. His adoptive parents died on the spot, but I used the silver needle acupuncture method to suppress the poison and my pitiful sympathy."

He looked at Liu Ziqing: "Perhaps I killed my relatives for the sake of justice because my emotions were suppressed, but I don't regret it."

As he spoke, black blood began to flow out of his mouth again.

Liu Ziqing was so scared that she hurried forward to take his pulse. It seemed that the man who ran a pharmacy in her family also knew some medical skills.

Xu Baijiu smiled bitterly: "It's useless. When the needle was taken out, the poison attacked his heart. There's no hope of saving him."

He turned to look at Hua Twelve: "Wu Yang, I don't blame you, just stay alive and run, the farther the better!"

Liu Ziqing is so angry. It seems that you have got your feelings back, and you still don’t regret killing your father-in-law for the sake of justice. You want to run as far away from your brother as possible, right?

But when she thought that this man was about to die, the resentment in her heart dissipated.

But at this time, Hua Twelve smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's just poisoning. It's hard for you to die with me here!"

Hua Twelve released his six wings to absorb the poison. Xu Baijiu and Liu Ziqing saw a golden light circling around Xu Baijiu and then disappeared in a flash.

The black energy on Xu Baijiu disappeared instantly, and his face turned rosy.

Hua No. 12 felt the patient's pulse and said, "It's OK. There's no remaining poison. Just take two doses of Qi and blood replenishing medicine later and you'll be fine!"

Although Xu Baijiu regained his feelings, the damage was done. Liu Ziqing still did not forgive him and kicked him out of the house.

Although Hua Shier was not driven away, it was naturally inconvenient for him to stay in Liu Ziqing's house without Xu Baijiu. He packed up his things, led his horse, and exchanged places with his adoptive brother.

With a look of shame on his face, Xu Baijiu took Hua Twelve to the small courtyard where he lived. There was only one room in it, and he had to put up another board to accommodate Hua Twelve.

The two brothers had a hotpot meal in the evening, and Hua Shier told Xu Baijiu about his plan, which was to follow him into the civil service and become an executioner or something.

Xu Baijiu scolded him and said it was wishful thinking. The wanted order was still posted at the gate of the yamen. Wouldn't it be a trap to go to the yamen to work?

Hua Twelve smiled and said, "I'll tell you a secret. Except for my own people, no one else can recognize me even if they see the wanted poster!"

Xu Baijiu naturally didn't believe such a bizarre thing, but the next day Hua Shier dragged him to the street to find someone to conduct an experiment for his adopted brother to see. Only then did he have to believe it. He agreed to let Hua Shier change his name and arranged for him to work as a constable in the yamen.

Nanping Xiongyuan Escort Agency.

A tall, gaunt man dressed like a scholar sat beside the bed of the female escort named Yu:
"This time I got the news that the Blue Eyed Fox appeared in Western Xinjiang (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), and I had to avenge my master. I wanted to go to Western Xinjiang, but the court sent someone to Wudang Mountain to invite us, hoping that our Wudang Sect could send people to Sichuan and Shu to help hunt down the Forty Thieves and the Seventy-two Earthly Fiends."

"I originally wanted to invite you, Xiulian, to come with me, but I didn't expect you to be beaten up. Fortunately, the injury is not serious, and you will be fine after a few days of recuperation!"

Yu Xiulian's cheeks were flushed at this time, like a shy little girl, and she didn't look hurt at all:

"My injury is not a big deal. I will go west with you. The person who injured me went southwest. He killed the soldiers and injured our Xiongyuan Escort Agency's people. We must get revenge!"

The scholar shook his head: "Don't worry, take good care of your injuries. I might meet that person again, and I will definitely help you get justice then."

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