Settled in Qixia Town, started with Qingwen

Chapter 115
Li Xin dodged the second wave of dart attacks.

shhhhh!

But ushered in the third wave, two consecutive darts, divided into different directions.

One dart flew at him, and the other at Yu Rong.

"what--!"

Yu Rong screamed at this time, completely unaware that the dart was about to hit her vitals.

At the critical moment, Li Xin stomped on his feet, urging his inner energy with all his strength to perform lightness kung fu, hugged Yurong and made a roll.

Ding!
The dart fell into the air and bounced off the ground, making a crisp sound.

Li Xin kept moving, but sped up after rolling over. Holding Yurong, he smashed open the door of a room and hid in.

"Don't make a sound."

Li Xin said to her after letting go of Yu Rong.

Then quiet down and listen to any signs of trouble.

For a moment, he was highly concentrated, but he didn't notice the follow-up attack from the enemy.

Instead, the voices of several maidservants soon came.

"What happened?"

"I seem to hear Yu Rong's cry."

"Where's my lord?"

Li Xin walked out.

Ignoring Sai Diaochan and the others, she frowned and looked at the roofs and courtyard walls around.

The enemy seems to have retreated?

There should be only one enemy, and they retreat after a few darts. What is the purpose?
Is it a trial?

Most likely.

What are you exploring?

Li Xin was thinking, his eyes moved, and he looked at certain places on the ground, where the darts fell.

"Master, do you want to pick these up?"

Although Xiao Ai didn't sell herself here, but was hired by Li Xin, she was called Master Li Xin just like the other maids.

"Don't take it directly with your hands, maybe it's poisonous, collect it and wait for me to talk about it when I come back."

After Li Xin gave the reminder, he walked towards the gate of the house.

It's still not dark yet, Ali and Heizi are still guarding the door.

Li Xin skipped them and came to Yihong Building.

"Master, do you have any orders?"

Although Yihonglou was closed, Lei Li and Chai Jiu were still sitting in the lobby.

The two sat at the same table, eating peanuts and chatting to pass the time.

It was mainly Chai Jiu who spoke, and the latter responded a few times.

Now that Li Xin came suddenly, Chai Jiu immediately stood up, patted the peanut shells that fell on his body, and said with a slight bow.

He observed his words and expressions, and could see that something was up with Li Xin.

Lei Li was still sitting, but he also looked over, waiting for Li Xin to speak.

"Open the front door, I'm going across."

Li Xin nodded slightly to Lei Li, and then gave instructions to Chai Jiu.

"Yes."

Chai Jiu hurried to open the door.

He saw the interaction between Li Xin and Lei Li, and knew that there was a very tacit understanding and friendship between the two.

It has gone far beyond the relationship between boss and buddy.

But he, Chai Jiu, is still just a buddy.

Although I don't know why this is so, but before I was hired, Lei Li had already gained the trust of the boss, so I couldn't envy him.

Chai Jiu is very satisfied with his current life.

Occasionally he fantasizes about climbing higher, but where is the opportunity? To have such a good boss as Li Xin, he must be contented and happy.

And how could he have imagined that the disabled and one-armed Lei Li possessed superb martial arts.

After Lei Li showed off his brilliant sword skills that day and helped Li Xin defeat Tie Feihua, the love between the two suddenly climbed to this point.

Although Lei Li didn't actually participate in the rescue and won't be rewarded by the emperor, Li Xin has already decided that after his identity as the commander-in-chief of the Tianji Guard is confirmed, he will also arrange a position for Lei Li.

Let's not talk about it now, and ask him when the time comes. Given Tianjiwei's nature, he must agree.

Click, click!
Just as he was thinking, Chai Jiu had already opened the door.

Li Xin went out and came to Tongfu Inn and knocked on the door.

"Brother Bai, are you asleep?"

He said in a normal voice.

"Not yet, just about to sleep, what's the matter?"

Inside the room, Bai Zhantang asked back, and quickly opened the door.

"I was attacked by a hidden weapon in my yard just now. But the opponent fired a few darts and then retreated. I guess they came to test something."

Li Xin said directly.

"what!"

Startled, Bai Zhantang looked left and right to make sure that there was no one on the street in his field of vision.

But he still took a step closer and lowered his voice, and said, "Could it be that the Jia family is messing around again?"

"I don't know for certain, what I might be able to tell from those darts, I don't have enough experience, so it depends on you, Brother Bai."

Li Xin looked at him.

"I try my best."

Bai Zhantang nodded.

So he closed the door and followed Li Xin to Yihong Building.

Let Chai Jiu watch in the lobby, Li Xin called Lei Li together, and the three returned to the house.

……

The next day, it rained heavily.

Although Li Xin didn't like going out on rainy days, but it was important, he took an umbrella and went to the Louzhi County Mansion in the center of the town.

He walked more carefully along the way.

Because neither Bai Zhantang nor Lei Li recognized the origin of those darts last night.

Although the style of darts is indeed a bit special, neither of them have seen it before.

This made Li Xin act more cautiously.

He always felt that he was being watched from the shadows.

Whether it is the Jia family or other enemies, it is always right to be cautious.

He came all the way to Lou Zhi County's home, but there were no twists and turns.

I successfully met Lou Zhi County and received his warm hospitality.

After drinking the good tea from his collection and talking about the business of the Jiulong Sun and Moon Bottle, he was left behind for lunch before leaving.

Louzhi County is relatively clean and honest, and the lunch is not luxurious. It is home-cooked, and the taste is light, which suits Li Xin's taste.

Li Xin likes the ones that are light or heavy, and the ones that are in the middle are average.

Overall not picky eaters.

After eating, the rain stopped, Li Xin bid farewell and returned to East Street.

First walked into the Tongfu Inn, and saw Bai Zhantang eating snacks.

Looking carefully, there are many strips spread out in front of him, which are actually dried sweet potatoes.

I don't know when the stock was released, and I only take it out to eat now.

"Brother Li, is the journey going well?"

Seeing Li Xin walking in, Bai Zhantang greeted him while chewing dried sweet potatoes.

"smoothly."

Li Xin nodded, and at the same time looked at the spread of dried sweet potatoes on the table, showing a questioning expression.

"This is dried sweet potato, come! Eat two!"

Bai Zhantang smiled, and seeing Guo Furong coming out from behind, he said boldly, "Sister, let me try two dried sweet potatoes!"

"Hey, old white, where did you get it?"

Guo Furong immediately came over to pick it up and eat it.

"I won."

Bai Zhantang laughed even harder, and raised his voice so that several guests in the lobby could hear: "Everyone, Dazui lost to me again, and Dazui's mother did it with her own hands!"

"Come, come, send a message to the big guys, don't be stingy."

After saying the last sentence, he grabbed a large handful of dried sweet potatoes and stuffed them to Guo Furong, beckoning her to help distribute them to each customer.

"What are you posting, you are wicked, I despise you!"

Guo Furong was not in such a good mood, sending things to people.

Ever since she completely lost her feelings for Lei Li, and the previous blind date was not going well, her mood hasn't changed for the better.

"Brother Bai, are you saying that Dazui's mother posted these? I remember Dazui mentioned it, isn't his mother blind?"

Li Xin also came over at this time, took one to taste, it tasted a little salty, but not heavy, it was just right for a snack.

"That's right, Dazui's blind old lady, how did you dry the sweet potatoes?"

Guo Furong was also awakened.

Li Xin had only heard about it, but she, Bai Zhantang and others had met Big Mouth Niang.

At that time, Li Xin hadn't come to Qixia Town yet.

Dazui lied in front of his mother, saying that he had become the No. [-] martial arts scholar, was appointed an official, and then asked everyone to help him lie.

In the end, his mother knew that she was being lied to.

She is only blind, not blind.

I don't know what kind of thing my son is, and whether he has the ability to become the champion of martial arts.

It's just that I was deceived on purpose and took the opportunity to educate my mouth.

In short, Dazui's mother is very smart, better than her son.

"You don't care how people do it. They are so old, even if they do it once a year, they are proficient in it. It doesn't matter if they are blind."

As Bai Zhantang said, he picked up another one and gnawed on it.

"The big mouth lost so many dried sweet potatoes to you, can he still have enough for himself?"

Guo Furong was also taken to eat the roots again, and asked curiously.

"He almost lost his underpants to me, what else is left! He lost to me more than 200 dried sweet potatoes, three catties of figs and five catties of firewood eggs, and others ran back to the countryside to get things."

Bai Zhantang spoke proudly.

"Ah? Then there are so many guests, who cooks the dishes?"

Guo Furong looked around.

"I fry the dishes. Although the taste is not good, it's enough to give each table a discount."

Bai Zhantang said relaxedly, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he saw Da Zui coming back.

However, he brought his mother with him.

"Mom, please slow down."

Dazui helped his mother walk in a little bit.

"Hey! Old lady, how come you are free today?"

Bai Zhantang said hello.

"My son bet against you?"

The big-mouthed girl asked back.

"it's me."

Bai Zhantang answered casually, patted Dazui on the shoulder at the same time, and said, "Where are my dried sweet potatoes, figs, and firewood eggs?"

"It's outside the door, wait, come in."

Big Mouth Niang sat on the stool with the support and said.

"Yes, bring it in!"

Bai Zhantang thought it was someone who delivered things.

Unexpectedly, as his voice fell, it was Xing Yusen who walked in.

"Old Xing?"

Guo Furong didn't expect that Xing Yusen, who had been decadent for a few days, seemed to be in better spirits, at least he wasn't drunk anymore.

She didn't know that Xing Yusen really didn't have the money to drink. If he didn't drink, he wouldn't get drunk.

And he came here this time to arrest people and achieve performance.

"Old Bai, I'm sorry, come with me."

He took out the shackles and was about to handcuff them to Bai Zhantang's wrists.

"What are you doing, Lao Xing!"

Bai Zhantang broke away directly, causing Lao Xing to stagger back two steps.

It seems that the continuous days of drunkenness have made Lao Xing, who is already of average physical fitness, even worse in physical condition.

Seeing this scene in Li Xin's eyes, he also nodded secretly.

He guessed what was going on just from the sweet potatoes, and he was even more sure when the big mouth girl appeared.

However, in the original plot, Bai Zhantang wanted to fight with Xing Yusen, but he was still arrested after a few fights, and he went to the yamen to face the board, which no longer exists here.

Bai Zhantang is too confident now, he is not afraid of Xing Yusen at all, and he will not be willing to be tortured away.

What's more, you can't help but gamble here.

There is a casino on South Street that is open day and night.

"What are you doing, the old lady accused you of defrauding Dazui by means of deceit, and now you are still resisting arrest? The crime is aggravated, and you are guaranteed to be imprisoned! Go!"

Xing Yusen became even more excited when he was resisted by Bai Zhantang.

The more he resists arrest, the greater the crime, and the greater his achievements in arresting people.

Now he wants to prove that he wants to be crazy.

There have been rumors recently that he is so useless and incompetent, and he has delayed his apprentice Xiao Liu, making him unable to hold back his old face, holding his last breath, and wanting to prove it to everyone.

"Cheating? Swindle away? I just won something from Da Zui, if you don't believe me, ask Da Zui!"

Bai Zhantang threw off the shackles that Xing Yusen had brought over again.

His eyes turned to Li Dazui.

"Indeed, I did win it from me, but except for the first two hands, you won the rest. You are so smooth!"

At least Dazui didn't lie, he just raised doubts.

"That's right, it's too much for you to win, isn't it, Lao Bai?"

Xing Yusen sneered, and turned to ask Dazui his mother: "Old lady, how much is the total value of the things you won?"

"At least fifty words!"

Big Mouth Girl replied.

"Have you heard, at least... only fifty coins?"

Xing Yusen was speechless. He thought it was a large-scale fraud case, but he didn't expect the amount involved to be so small.

"No, it's definitely more than that. Those dried sweet potatoes are worth [-] Wen!"

Dazui jumped out and said.

"Why don't you say 500 taels of silver?"

Bai Zhantang slapped his mouth hard, feeling that this guy stabbed him in the back again, so he shouldn't be treated as one of his own.

Bai Zhantang has been conferred as a third-rank official, how can he care about such a thing?
It's just gambling and playing, enjoying the sense of accomplishment of playing with people.

Both Guo Furong and Mo Xiaobei were played by him like this, but they gambled less and they lost less.

It was Dazui's turn to win more, in fact, as long as he asked for a few words, it would be fine to return it all to him.

Now it's like this.

"The addition of figs and firewood eggs is almost the number that Dazui said."

Guo Furong suddenly added from the side.

"Guo Furong!"

Bai Zhantang glared at her.

The latter immediately shut up.

"Bai Zhantang, wait to get hit by the board, say goodbye to your butt! Let's go!"

Xing Yusen tried for the third time to go forward and handcuff him away.

"Xing Yusen! If you arrest me like this without evidence, don't blame me for being rude!"

No matter how good-tempered Bai Zhantang was, he was still angry.

"You're welcome? You are a small waiter, do you still dare to shoot at me as a catcher?"

Xing Yusen sneered, and stopped holding the shackles, but threw them directly on the ground, and drew the knife with his right hand.

As soon as the shining official knife was out of its sheath, matching with his cold face, its nature changed immediately.

If things go on like this, the two of them are afraid that they will turn their faces completely.

"Old Xing, Lao Bai, you guys have something to say! Why do you have to make a fuss like this? Really, the shopkeeper just went shopping at this time."

Guo Furong was in a hurry, she didn't want to see the two acquaintances turn against each other.

"Old Xing, why don't we forget about it? My mother and I won't tell Lao Bai anymore."

Dazui was also in the same mood, and he was the one who started the matter.

This made him feel uneasy.

"Don't say anything!"

Xing Yusen roared to stop others from persuading him.

Then he said coldly to Bai Zhantang: "Old Bai, you usually see me like a mouse sees a cat, but you are not afraid of me now? I lost my position as head arrester, so you will look down on me. Don't put me in In the eyes, isn't it?"

"But you have to remember, I'm not a head catcher, but a fast catcher! If you don't recognize me, you have to recognize my clothes and this knife!"

Xing Yusen spoke aggressively, and walked towards Bai Zhantang step by step with the knife in his hand, intending to put the knife on the latter's neck.

(End of this chapter)