Thief Emperor

Chapter 17 Perfect Body
The fact that Mr. Xue's daughter was abducted by bandits was known to almost everyone, at least in Qingyang County.

Now, the louder Xue Yuner speaks, the more people will hear it, and her reputation will be easily cleared.

Relatively speaking, Li Yun, the leader of the Li village, will be safer.

Qingyang County was naturally not too big as a county town. After entering the city, even though Xue Yuner had difficulty walking, it didn't take her too long to reach the gate of the county government office.

Village leader Li put one hand behind his back, rested the other on the sword at his waist, and looked up at the county town.

He was tall and looked very heroic. Now he had changed his clothes and combed his hair. In addition, his temperament was completely different from his colleagues in Cangshan Village. No matter who it was, even the few yamen runners who had met him before, most of them would not dare to recognize him.

Ordinary people would not even think of him as a bandit.

As soon as they arrived at the gate of the government office, Mr. Xue, who was in casual clothes, came out with the support of two young men. After seeing Xue Yun'er from afar, this official couldn't help but burst into tears.

He walked forward quickly, grabbed Xue Yun'er's sleeve, and said tearfully: "My son... my son..."

Xue Yun'er also burst into tears, and both father and daughter cried a lot.

The leader of the Li village standing nearby still pretended to be elegant and graceful, looking around from time to time, as if he was admiring the scenery of this strange county. In fact, he was already looking for a way to retreat.

Although he was quite confident about this matter, it was still not safe, and he had to find a way out in advance.

Along the way, he had planned a retreat for himself. If things couldn't be negotiated, it would not be difficult for him to break through the crowd.

There were at most dozens of people in this county town, and there was no way to gather them in a short period of time. In addition, the city walls were low, so Li Yun thought he could escape.

While the father and daughter were crying, the two young men had silently stepped forward and were looking at Li Yun with vigilance in their eyes.

They were the two sons of County Magistrate Xue, who had just arrived in Qingyang from other places.

His sister was kidnapped by bandits in public, and even the police were helpless against that group of bandits. But a month later, a knight inexplicably appeared and sent his sister back.

Everyone would have doubts in their heart.

The two men walked up to Li Yun and looked him up and down carefully. The older one saluted with his fists and then said, "My name is Xue Shou. May I ask your name?"

"Li Zhao."

Chief Li smiled faintly: "I am from Taiyuan."

In another world, or in his previous life, he was indeed from Taiyuan, and now he speaks with a strong Taiyuan accent.

However, he did not speak Taiyuan dialect completely, but with some Taiyuan accent. After all, no one knows whether the Taiyuan dialect of this era is different from his Taiyuan dialect.

Qingyang is a place in the south-central part of China, and its accent is completely different from that of the north. Although the Xue family are expatriate officials and not locals, they can easily hear the difference in accent.

At this time, Magistrate Xue also heard their conversation. He turned around and looked at his eldest son, not very happy: "What do you mean by 'Your Excellency' or 'Your Excellency'? This is my benefactor, why are you speaking so rudely, as if you were interrogating me?"

Xue Shou thought that his old father was getting senile, but this was an age when filial piety was more important than anything else, so he didn't dare to refute anything. He could only lower his head, take two steps back, stand behind his father, and say nothing.

"Benefactor."

Magistrate Xue also looked up at Li Yun and bowed, "The bandits were so vicious that I was helpless. Thank you for saving my daughter. Otherwise, I don't know if I will see you again in this life."

He bowed.

Although the head of the village, Li, had not learned the etiquette between scholars, he also learned to return the greeting by bowing his hands, and said, "Master Xue is too polite. It is my duty to do what is right and to be brave."

Hearing Li Yun's words, Xue Song looked up at Li Yun again, and the suspicion hidden in his eyes dissipated a little.

Behind him, Xue Yun'er was also looking up at Li Yun with a complicated expression.

Magistrate Xue took a deep breath and said, "You saved my daughter, so you are the great benefactor of the Xue family. Please come to my house. I will prepare a banquet to thank you for your kindness."

Village Chief Li waved his hands repeatedly and said calmly, "Master Xue, I have sent Miss Xue back, and this matter is over. If we delay any longer, it will seem like we are repaying a favor. Since Miss Xue has returned home, I will take my leave now."

He clasped his fists to the crowd, then turned and walked away. He was tall, so his steps were naturally long. After a few steps, he had already walked a long distance. Magistrate Xue had no time to react. Seeing that Li Yun was about to disappear in the crowd, Magistrate Xue shouted in a hurry: "Leave him!"

Upon hearing this, several yamen runners immediately hurried forward and stopped in front of Li Yun.

Chief Li bent his knees slightly and tried to stop the yamen runners, but they were knocked away and could not stop him at all.

However, pretending to be cool and then leaving was not the purpose of his trip, so he stopped, turned around and looked at Xue Song, frowned and asked, "What does Master Xue mean?"

Xue Song stepped forward, grabbed Li Yun's sleeve, and said with a smile: "If you leave like this, it will make our Xue family look ungrateful. I will have someone arrange a banquet right away. Please give me a favor and at least stay for a meal. How about that?"

Village Chief Li shook his head slightly and said, "Master Xue, I never seek rewards. There is no need for that."

At this time, County Magistrate Xue could not let Li Yun leave like this.

It’s not that he has already determined that Li Yun is a bandit, but he must make everyone in Qingyang County believe that Li Yun is indeed the hero who saved his daughter.

If Li Yun just left like that, it would seem too "casual" and people would inevitably spread rumors about him.

So, no matter who Li Yun is, where he comes from, or what his identity is.

At least today, the drama has to be well-acted.

It would be best to keep Li Yun in Qingyang County for a period of time and treat him well. When the incident has died down and everyone believes that his daughter was rescued by a knight, the matter will be settled.

By then, if it is really found out that Li Yun is a bad guy.

Since he is still in Qingyang, Master Xue naturally has plenty of ways to deal with him.

Magistrate Xue took two steps back and was about to kneel down to Chief Li, but Li Yun gently lifted him up with one hand and he could no longer kneel down.

Mr. Xue was shocked.

This guy... has great strength!

As the village chief Li was about to speak, Xue Yun'er, who was talking to her mother, stepped forward, looked up at Li Yun, and said, "Brother Li, you..."

"You can stay for two or three days."

Li thought for a moment, then turned his head to look at the crowd of onlookers, and said with a smile: "Everyone, it's not that I'm greedy, but it's really hard to refuse Mr. Xue's hospitality, so I'll have the audacity to have a meal at the Xue family."

"We, the people of Shanxi, are known for our generosity. Li will only eat one meal and will not accept any reward."

As soon as he finished speaking, the people watching believed him to about 70% and cheered.

Upon seeing this, County Magistrate Xue was relieved. He asked his two sons to invite Li Yun into the back house and instructed the family to prepare a dinner.

Magistrate Xue himself was walking at the back and grabbed Xue Yun'er.

The father and daughter walked at the back. Master Xue looked around and lowered his voice: "Yun'er, he..."

"Did anyone bully you?"

If Xue Song asked Xue Yun'er at this moment whether Li Yun was a bandit, Xue Yun'er might still be embarrassed, after all, she didn't want to deceive her father, but since Xue Song asked this question, she had nothing to hesitate about.

Miss Xue lowered her head, her face flushed.

When Magistrate Xue saw this, his face turned dark. He was about to speak when he saw his little daughter shaking her head, her voice almost inaudible.

"Dad, my daughter is still..."

"Still a perfect body..."

(End of this chapter)