Settled in Qixia Town, started with Qingwen

Chapter 144 Invitation

The three of Li Xin led their horses home and entered through the back door, because the stables were located in the backyard.

"Bosses, you are back!"

Ah Shui was guarding the back door, he was a little nervous when he heard the movement, but when he saw Li Xin came back, he showed joy.

"Well, you have worked hard these days."

Li Xin handed over the horse rope in his hand to lead him.

At the same time, I thought to myself that there are really not enough gatekeepers, at least there should be one for the day and one for the night, and they can be rotated.

Before this trip, Li Xin went back to the house every night, so the front and back doors were not guarded, and Heizi and Ah Shui were sent back to Yihong Building to sleep. They usually only needed to be responsible for the daytime janitorial tasks.

As soon as Li Xin left, someone would watch the door at night, otherwise, the safety of Yurong, Mingyue and the other maids would be a problem and a hidden danger.

"I don't work hard, the head of the house! I'm sleeping during the day, and it's Brother Zhan who is guarding the compound."

Ah Shui looked very energetic.

He and Heizi only guarded the door at night, and they would catch up on sleep during the day. The safety during the day was in Zhan Zhao's hands, and the rough-handed Ali was there to help.

And said that Cao Cao Cao Cao will be there, at this time, I saw a smaller figure approaching quickly and stopped in front of several people.

It was the bald little Zhan Zhao.

"It turns out that Brother Li and you are back. I thought I could finally catch the little thief."

When Zhan Zhao was sleeping, although he wasn't as vigilant as Bai Zhantang, Li Yuanfang, and Lei Li, he wasn't too bad.

He heard the sound of the horse's hoof, and judged that the sound of the horse's hoof was coming around the backyard, so he quickly put on his clothes and rushed over with light work.

"Hehe, it seems that the house is quite peaceful after I've been away for a few days. It's okay, you can go back to sleep, so as not to catch a cold, and we can talk about anything in the morning."

Li Xin saw that Zhan Zhao's clothes were not properly dressed, in this cold weather in the middle of the night, if someone else came to blow the air, he would definitely be sick.

"Oh, then I'm going back."

Zhan Zhao has internal energy to protect himself, so he is not afraid of the cold for a short time, but he obediently returns.

"Yuanfang, take Brother Bai to choose a room to live in. For bedding, bedding, etc., just call Mingyue and Xiaocui and let them do it."

Li Xin asked Ah Shui to lead the three horses to the stable, and said to Li Yuanfang again.

"Yes, sir."

When Li Yuanfang returned to the house, he had instantly transformed into the role of the chief housekeeper.

He and Bai Zhantang walked to the front yard.

Li Xin went back to the main room by himself, and then entered the space.

……

The next day, Li Xin opened the door very energetically, and walked out with Qingwen.

If there is a baby, it needs to be used. A layer of mist has condensed in the Jiulong bottle overnight. After he absorbs it, it is difficult to think that his spirit is not good.

However, he has decided not to smoke from tomorrow, to see if the mist can be stored in the bottle.

It should be possible.

When the deposit is full, he will start to practice the "Dafa of Soul Removal".

"Master! Miss Qingwen!"

As soon as Li Xin and the two came out, they saw Yu Rong was already waiting outside the door.

She bowed to pay her respects, but she was envious in her heart.

I thought to myself, didn't Brother Zhan say that the master came back in the middle of the night?

She has already brought Miss Qingwen back, she seems to be really favored.

What Mingyue said is correct, in a few years, when Miss Qingwen grows up, she will definitely be accepted by the master as a roommate.

"Well, are Yuan Fang and the others up?"

Li Xin noticed Yurong's gaze on Qingwen.

Know that the excuses you made when you left still work.

It still means to let Qingwen go to learn female celebrities, but stay for a few more days.

Anyway, no one will ask in detail, it's okay to fool the past.

"If you go back to the master, the housekeeper and Brother Zhan have woken up, but Uncle Bai is still sleeping."

Yurong replied.

"Go tell Sai Diaochan and the others to make more for breakfast."

Li Xin.

"Yes."

Yurong turned and went to the kitchen.

Soon, after Bai Zhantang also got up, several people sat down to eat together.

Li Xin, Qingwen, Bai Zhantang, Li Yuanfang, and Zhan Zhao.

There are only five people in the room.

Li Xin told Zhan Zhao about the existence of Tianjiwei, emphasizing that it is an organization that mainly collects information and can help him find the enemies of Xiangguo Temple.

After introducing his three positions, he issued an invitation to recruit them.

"Thank you Brother Li, I am willing to join!"

Zhan Zhao got up from his seat, went to Li Xin and knelt down on one knee.

At such a young age, this style of behavior actually looks good, and it seems very sensible.

Also, from his stern face, it can be seen how much he wants to avenge Xiangguo Temple.

"Okay! But you're still young, and you haven't made any achievements yet, so you're wronged to be the commander's personal guard first, that is, my bodyguard. Anyway, the main responsibility is to protect this house, and there is no change on the surface."

Li Xin helped him up and said.

"I understand!"

Zhan Zhao nodded and stood up.

"Congratulations, my lord, I have added another member under my command."

Li Yuanfang said at the right time.

"This is wrong! Yuan Fang is under your control, and Zhan Zhao is also under your control. I don't have half a soldier under my deputy commander?"

Bai Zhantang was a little envious, and then deliberately expressed his dissatisfaction.

"Brother Bai, it's not easy for you to find subordinates. You can find and recruit them yourself. As long as you think you can trust them, you don't need to ask me again. You can decide for yourself."

Li Xin is naturally not the kind of person who values ​​power and will not let him go.

Bai Zhantang was a third-rank official, second only to him in Tianjiwei, and of course he had the authority to accept people.

"Forget it for now, I'm not as rich as you, and I can afford to support my subordinates."

Bai Zhantang's complexion sank slightly, and he asked the most realistic question.

Tianjiwei has no money!
The emperor did not allocate funds to Tianjiwei, and Li Xin and Bai Zhantang did not receive half of their salary.

This is the price of freedom.

Unlike Su Can, who is a secret agent of the Baolong family, he is a golden rice bowl, which can be passed down from generation to generation, and the imperial court will support his whole family.

"Then you should find a way to make money, but today you have to bleed a lot."

Li Xin laughed.

It was said that the other party was going to buy new year gifts for Tong Xiangyu and others.

"Cut! Who said I'm going to bleed profusely? Which one of them knows the goods? I can just buy something to fool me. Haven't I been fooled before?"

Bai Zhantang said so, but in fact he still paid more attention to it. He speeded up his meal, said goodbye after finishing in a hurry, and prepared to go shopping on the street.

In order not to let the people from the inn run into him, he had to choose to go to West Street.

Li Xin stopped him and told him to go and invite Madam Bao to take a look at Li Yuanfang's internal injuries when he passed Qingtian Medicine House on North Street.

"Thank you sir."

Li Yuanfang cupped his fists.

"You don't need to see outsiders."

Li Xin waved his hand casually.

Then Bai Zhantang left, and the remaining four continued to eat.

After finishing, ask the servant girl to come in to tidy up, and by the way, ask Yu Rong to send a message to call Lei Li in front.

Not long after, Li Xin and Lei Li went to a room alone to talk.

Like Zhan Zhao, Li Xin introduced Xiatian Jiwei and extended an invitation.

It's a pity that compared to Zhan Zhao's straightforwardness, Lei Li always has a knot in his heart. He doesn't want to use force anymore, and only wants to live an ordinary and stable life.

The last time I did it, it was also because of Li Xin's affection.

"Let me think about it."

However, he did not refuse, but proposed to think about it for a while.

"It's okay, you are my buddy and my friend brother, I will not force you to do anything you don't want to do."

"Just think about it, don't worry about when to reply, as I said, Tianjiwei is a very free organization."

Li Xin patted Lei Li on the shoulder and said seriously.

The latter nodded, said goodbye, and prepared to go back to Yihonglou and be his little buddy.

"Wait, I'll go with you."

Li Xin walked out the door with him, called Qingwen back to her side, and the three of them walked towards the door.

As the eldest maid, Qingwen just went to talk to the other maids to get an overview of what's going on in the house.

In addition, Li Xin took out some of the horse meat and asked her to arrange it in the kitchen for everyone to have a horse meat feast at night.

It happened to be thirty in the Chinese New Year.

Li Xin is going to the opposite side now, and is going to invite a few people from the Tongfu Inn to come to his house for a gathering after dinner.

When the three of them came to Yihonglou, Chai Jiu immediately greeted them.

He said with great enthusiasm: "Hello, the head of the house! Miss Qingwen, hello!"

"Ah."

Li Xin responded and nodded to him.

Qingwen was as proud as ever and ignored him, but she just took a look at him as a way of saving face.

Afterwards, the master and servant walked out of the Yihong Building and stepped into the door of the inn.

Immediately, he saw that Bai Zhantang had come back, he and several other people were huddling together around the ash table, not knowing what they were talking about.

"Brother Bai, what are you doing? No business on New Year's Eve? No customers."

Li Xin.

"Xiangyu is hiding something from us."

Bai Zhantang Road.

"what's up?"

Li Xin asked, and Qingwen also opened the stool and sat down.

"Yesterday afternoon, this kitchen knife mysteriously disappeared from the kitchen for no reason! I can't find it no matter how hard I try!"

Li Dazui took the lead and took out a kitchen knife from under the table.

"Yesterday evening, a shrill scream came from Xiangyu's room."

Bai Zhantang said, looking at Guo Furong.

The latter nodded, and said to Li Dao: "I didn't hear well at the time. I went to knock on the door, but the shopkeeper refused to open the door! Then in the middle of the night, there was still a sound of chopping things from her room, which lasted until dawn. !"

"Wait until this morning, the kitchen knife magically appeared again, and the knife was still stained with blood."

Lu Xiucai pointed to the kitchen knife and said seriously.

"After preliminary identification, it is human blood."

Bai Zhantang made a supplement.

"Just this morning, my sister-in-law has already sneaked out dozens of times, and every time she carries a bag in her arms, the smallest one is as big as this!"

Mo Xiaobei made gestures with both hands and said.

"As soon as she comes back, the burden will obviously shrink!"

Guo Furong squinted her eyes hard.

"Do you know what that means?"

Bai Zhantang looked at Mo Xiaobei.

"Ah? Ask me?"

Mo Xiaobei was a little taken aback, she thought she would ask Li Xin and Qingwen who had just arrived.

So I had no choice but to say: "Could it be that my sister-in-law killed someone?"

"Tsk! You little brat, you have a rich imagination."

Bai Zhantang was deliberately teasing her, and she really gave this answer.

"But the facts are right in front of my eyes. She kills first, then dismembers the body, and then transports it out piece by piece..."

Mo Xiaobei also listened to a lot of books, and most of what Bai Zhantang said was that she was tearing up a living person or digging out the heart with her bare hands, which more or less affected her and led her astray.

"How about the details? Let's go up and take a look, so we can find out? Maybe she really killed someone, and there are still parts of the body that haven't been disposed of. We just caught her and got all the stolen goods!"

Bai Zhantang continued to speak seriously.

"Old Bai, stop teasing Xiao Bei."

Guo Furong said.

"Okay! Let's go up and talk, all out!"

As soon as Bai Zhantang waved his hand, several people followed him upstairs.

"Brother Li, don't you come to watch the excitement?"

Seeing that Li Xin and Qingwen didn't move, he turned his head again.

"It will be too crowded if we go up, you guys can play."

Li Xin saw the pride hidden on Bai Zhantang's face.

He probably already guessed what Tong Xiangyu was doing, and made a fuss on purpose to make him forget about the New Year's gift.

Soon, the sound from upstairs came down.

Basically, it was Tong Xiangyu who was shouting and bluffing.

"Stop! Take another step..."

"All the monthly money will be deducted!"

"Burn all the books!"

"Tear off all your clothes!"

"All identities are exposed!"

Li Xin listened, it was almost the same as the original plot, after waiting for a while, several people came downstairs together with Tong Xiangyu.

Dazui was still holding the dumplings made by Tong Xiangyu.

Of course, she didn't kill people and cut them into pieces, but because she was too greedy during the Chinese New Year and wanted to eat dumplings.

But because she was blackmailed by a rascal last year, everyone in the inn didn't eat dumplings, so she accepted the punishment and promised not to eat dumplings for a whole year.

Today is the last day of the penalty period, and she couldn't hold back, that's why she did this.

"Shopkeeper Tong, isn't it the last day? Renren passed away. It just so happens that I'm here to invite everyone to my house at night to have a feast of horse meat."

"Although there will be horse meat dumplings at that time, you can eat other things."

Li Xin explained his purpose.

"Wow! Horse Meat Feast!"

Mo Xiaobei was the first to jump up, and hopped up to Qingwen's side, asking the latter if he had eaten horse meat and whether it was good or not.

The two little girls whispered together.

"Oh, it's still brothers who are on the road!"

Li Dazui naturally wanted to eat it.

Lu Xiucai also swallowed.

"Shopkeeper, shopkeeper?"

Guo Furong looked at Tong Xiangyu, obviously also interested.

"Since Mr. Li specially invited us, we will go to Mr. Li's house to celebrate the New Year this year."

Tong Xiangyu saw that everyone agreed, and of course she would not object.

"Yeah! That's great!"

Mo Xiaobei jumped even higher.

"Brother, tell me the truth, where did you get this horse meat? Could it be..."

Bai Zhantang, with a delicate expression, came over and asked softly.

"Low-key, low-key, just pretending to be a little tricky, not much."

Li Xin gave a gesture.

Bai Zhantang understood, gave his thumbs up, and didn't say anything more.

"Dazui, while it's still early, go and bring your mother over, let's celebrate the New Year together."

Li Xin did not forget to cut off Xuanyuan.

"That's right! Shopkeeper, I'm leaving first!"

Li Dazui was awakened, left a sentence and hurried out of the inn.

(End of this chapter)