Shao Xi came to the main hall and saw Long Qitai and Fu Biao standing in the hall talking and laughing. It seemed that the trip went smoothly, and Shao Xi felt relieved.
When Long Chitai and Fu Biao saw Shao Xi coming, they hurriedly stepped forward to greet them. Shao Xi saw that they were tired from work, and they must have just returned to Daliang City.
So he didn't want to be polite to them and directly took the two of them to the back hall.
This big family didn't have to wait for several hours to prepare a banquet. When they came to the back hall, a table of wine and food had been prepared. Shao Xi didn't ask any questions and asked the two of them to sit down and eat first. .
It seemed that these two people had not eaten well and slept well along the way. Their complexions were sallow and the circles under their eyes were blue.
Seeing this sumptuous table of food and wine, they didn't bother to be polite in front of Shao Xi, and the two of them started eating like a storm.
Shao Xi drank slowly with a wine glass in one hand and a wine flask in the other.
While drinking, Shao Xi wondered whether the two people had come back in such a hurry. Did something happen to them on the way?
But seeing the two of them look so relaxed just now meant that they had successfully brought Li Rui back to Daliang City, but what was the reason why they were so anxious to come back?
Seeing that they were almost full, Shao Xi smiled and poured a glass of wine for each of them.
He asked cheerfully: "I never expected that you two would come back so soon. According to my estimate, it would take a month and a half, but you came back in less than a month? I don't know why?" "
Long Qitai and Fu Biao looked at each other, and they couldn't help but feel happy.
In the end, Long Chitai was the first to speak to Shao Xi: "On the way to Fengyang County, I heard from Brother Fu Biao that before the end of the year, brother, you will go to Qingshan County to build a cemetery for your younger siblings.
"The most important thing is that I have to avenge my brothers and sisters and deal with those corrupt officials. How can I miss such a thing? I asked Brother Fu Biao and he also wants to come back as soon as possible to go to Qingshan with Brother Shao." county.
"So the two of us discussed it. After we got Li Rui in Fengyang County, we didn't arrange any prison car to escort him. We just tied him to a horse. The three of us and three horses drove on the starry night. Finally, we arrived in a month Within a short time, he returned to Daliang City.
"Brother, I have a deal with you. The two of us have worked hard to get back. If you go to Qingshan County in a few days, you must take us two with you, otherwise our hard work will be in vain.
"Besides, brother, didn't you promise to transfer me to the 'Jingcheng Division' after I finish this errand? Brother, I can't wait! When I accompany you to Qingshan County, brother, I will transfer me to the 'Jingcheng Division' 'Identity goes with you.
"I want to see who were the people who took the lives of my siblings in the first place? I have to be the one to avenge my siblings, and I have to do the beheading myself."
Shao Xi felt dumbfounded when he found out the reason why the two were rushing back. Why did the two of them drag Li Rui back alive day and night just because of this?
It makes sense for you two martial arts practitioners to be in such a hurry, but Li Rui is a civil servant who has always been pampered and pampered. How can he bear such a toss along the way?
Just looking at the current appearance of Long Qitai and Fu Biao, Shao Xi couldn't even imagine how miserable Li Ruide was at this time?
"It looks like you two have just returned to Daliang City. You probably haven't been to other places yet. I wonder where Li Rui, who you two escorted back, is now?"
Fu Biao just drank a glass of wine, raised his sleeve and wiped it on his mouth, and replied: "The two of us did rush back as soon as we entered the city. Li Rui is now being held in the backyard. Brother is looking at him!"
Shao Xi said in his heart, good guy! You two really saved yourself the trouble and just brought me home.
He quickly called Liu Fu and asked him to go to the backyard and bring Li Rui to the back hall.
After a while, he saw the guards of the mansion escorting Li Rui to the back hall. Shao Xi looked up and said, I'm going! Isn't this too tragic?
Li Rui was seen in a dirty and tattered prison uniform. He was wearing a tattered cotton robe, his hands and feet were shackled, and he looked unkempt.
His hair was messy and full of dust, his face was covered with thick dust, and even his eyebrows and beard were covered with dry grass blades. It looked so miserable!
Shao Xixin said that you two idiots don’t even treat me as human beings! How many sins have you suffered along the way?
Li Rui's originally chubby body had gone through all this hardship. Not only was he skinny and skinny, but at least the weight loss effect was enough to make a lot of little fairies envious of him.
Is this still the same Li Rui I knew back then? Seeing his current appearance, Shao Xi couldn't bear it.
Although he was greedy for money, acted as a talisman, and helped the Tong family and his son kill many people in Fengyang County, but in the officialdom, because of Yu Ji's relationship, he was helpless to a certain extent.
This is not that Shao Xi is excusing him, but the reality in officialdom has always been like this. Now seeing Li Rui like this, Shao Xi feels a little sympathy.
Since he was brought to Kyoto for trial by the order of the Holy Emperor, the shackles on his body could not be removed at will, so Shao Xi ordered someone to bring a stool over and let Li Rui sit down.
On the way back, Long Chitai and Fu Biao were starving to death. It is conceivable that Li Rui must also be hungry at this time.
Shao Xi didn't say anything, but raised his hand to signal him to eat something. Li Rui looked at Shao Xi in front of him with horrified eyes, wondering what he meant.
But when Shao Xi signaled several times, the aroma of the food and wine on the table finally made him not care about that much. He didn't even use chopsticks. He reached out and grabbed the food from the plate and stuffed it into his mouth. It seemed that he had been sleeping rough along the way. It also tormented him quite a lot.
Shao Xi poured a glass of wine and pushed it in front of him, and said softly, "Eat slowly, don't be in a hurry, if it's not enough, there will be more. After you are full, I will order someone to take you to bathe and change clothes, and then send you to where you need to go." .”
When Li Rui heard this, his whole body went numb!
Good wine and good food. After eating, you have to take a shower and change clothes, and then send yourself to where you should go. Where? Wouldn't it be sent to the underworld? Then isn't this meal of wine and dinner in front of me a decapitation meal?
Li Rui was so frightened that he knelt down in front of Shao Xi with a plop, his whole body shaking like chaff.
With a trembling voice, he begged Shao Xi for mercy: "Master Shao, have mercy on me! I know that my sins are serious, and I should not join forces with the Tong family and his son to harm the local people in Fengyang County.
"I also hope that Lord Shao will realize that Xianguan has corrected his mistakes and fully cooperate with Lord Shao to investigate the Tong family's crimes and give Xianguan a chance to survive. In the next life, Xianguan will be a bully and a horse to repay Lord Shao for not killing him."
Shao Xi was amused by Li Rui's announcement, and said with a smile: "Who said that I want to kill you? This time Mr. Li was brought to Kyoto for interrogation. It was the Holy One's decree. Without the Holy One's nod, who would dare to lynch you and chop off your head?" ?
"However, Your Majesty has handed over this case to me for investigation. As long as you cooperate with me, not only will you not die, but I will also entertain Mr. Li with delicious food and drinks. You don't have to think about it and just listen to my arrangements with peace of mind."
Seeing Shao Xi being so polite to Li Rui, Long Qitai and Fu Biao also looked at each other, wondering why Shao Xi was so polite to an imperial criminal.
Of course they didn't know that Shao Xi's ultimate purpose in bringing Li Rui to Kyoto was not to hold him accountable, but just to use him to contain Yu Ji. As long as Li Rui was in his hands, Yu Ji would do something to him. Follow your advice.
Li Rui is just a tool used by Shao Xi to control Yu Ji. Since it is a tool, of course it must be maintained and not allowed to get damaged. Otherwise, how can Yu Ji, a money chest, allow himself to get everything he wants?
Seeing what Shao Xi said, Li Rui was still doubtful for a moment. Shao Xi told him to eat as much as he could, and at the same time ordered Liu Fu to arrange for someone to prepare the necessary things for a bath and a set of clean clothes. After Li Rui had eaten, he would take him with him. Go shower and change clothes.
Seeing that Shao Xi had made such an arrangement, Li Rui no longer had any doubts. He thoroughly cleaned up the food that Long Qitai and Fu Biao had swept away. After eating, he was escorted by the guards of the mansion and left with Liu Fu. Hall.
Although Long Qitai and Fu Biao were a little confused about Shao Xi's actions, they didn't ask any more questions.
They know in their hearts that everything Shao Xi does must have a purpose. Now that he has been brought back, it is his business to deal with it, and the two of them can be considered to have a business relationship.
So Fu Biao stood up and handed over to Shao Xi, asking to go back to the room to tidy up.
Shao Xi looked at his disgraced look and knew that he had suffered a lot along the way, so he motioned for him to go back to bathe, change clothes, and have a good rest.
After Fu Biao retreated, Shao Xi turned to Long Qitai and said, "Brother Long has worked really hard this time. I would like to toast you with another drink. Later, I will set up a banquet for you at Wangyue Tower. Brother Long, wash your hands."
Long Qitai raised his arm and waved his hand, and said to Shao Xi with a "stop talking nonsense" look: "It doesn't matter whether you wash your hands or not, it's just a drink! We brothers can drink at any time.
"It's just my brother's concern, brother, you should take it to heart. You promised me personally at the beginning. Now that I have finished this errand, brother, shouldn't you handle the matter of my joining the 'Jingcheng Division'?"
Shao Xi laughed out loud at what Long Chitai said. It seemed that joining the "Jingcheng Department" as an official was quite important to Long Chitai.
So he patted his chest with all his strength.
"Brother Long, just don't worry. I will go to the palace to meet the Holy Spirit tomorrow. People like Brother Long who work hard are exactly what my 'Jingcheng Division' needs most. Brother, since I promised my brother in the first place, how can I break my promise? From now on, brother I have to trouble my elder brother with a lot of things, so Brother Long will have to work hard."
Seeing that Shao Xi had agreed, Long Qitai leaned back on the chair with satisfaction.
"In order to complete the errand assigned by brother, brother, I almost risked my life. Now that I have brother, brother, I feel at ease. But Li Rui doesn't know what brother plans to do with it?"
"Anyway, he can't be kept in your Dali Temple. It's too unsafe there. I will send him directly to the prison of Jingcheng Division and arrange for special people to guard him.
"When Brother Long joins the 'Jingcheng Division' in the future, you will have to take care of Li Rui's custody and care.
"Not only can this man not die, but even if he has some minor illness or pain, he must be consulted by a doctor as soon as possible. In short, nothing can go wrong with this man. He is very useful in my hands."
Long Chitai didn't ask too many questions. He only knew that this was the first job Shao Xi arranged for him after he entered the "Jingcheng Division", and he had to complete it to the letter no matter what.
Since Shao Xi trusted him, he could not betray Shao Xi's trust.
