Nothing happened for the next three days in a row, which made Cheng Baiyu feel a little uncomfortable.
However, a day without evil spirits to disturb us is such a good day!
However, on the way, I heard that the Jin King's army had two battles with Xinzhou Mengtong's army again.
Under the leadership of the 10th Taibao Li Yuanxiao, the Jin army won both battles, and the morale of Shinshu was greatly damaged.
But I heard that Meng Tong had found another powerful general named Yu Wenyanzhang, and he didn't know whether he could defeat Li Yuanxiao.
Of course, these things were far away from Cheng Baiyu, and he had never wanted to get involved in such a war.
The only thing he is worried about now is that he is running out of money.
Ye Ming, who was riding upside down on the back of the buffalo, saw him counting the few copper coins in his purse and smiled:
"Old Cheng, let me tell you, you knew you were going on a long trip, why did you only bring so little money with you?
No need to worry about carrying tens of thousands of taels of silver with you! "
When Cheng Baiyu heard this, he glanced at Ye Ming helplessly. He hesitated to say some words, but finally did not say them out.
Ye Ming didn't wait for him to say anything, just pointed to the town ahead and said:
"It just so happens that there is a job over there that is suitable for you and you can make some money."
"Suitable for me? What? No, it's not related to monsters again, is it?"
Cheng Baiyu became vigilant, always feeling that as long as this person opened his mouth, nothing would be easy.
"Lao Cheng, we have been together for so long, don't you have any basic trust in me?"
Seeing what Ye Ming said, Cheng Baiyu felt even more problematic and didn't want to go.
But he couldn't resist Ye Ming's urging and driving him, so he had no choice but to continue walking to the town.
In fact, if you think about it carefully, with this person by your side, even if there are problems, it shouldn't matter.
Thinking like this, Cheng Baiyu also felt more confident, but he still kept the slingshot in his sleeve, ready to respond at any time.
Not long after entering the town, Cheng Baiyu saw what Ye Ming said was the suitable job for him.
On a clean wall in the town there is a recruitment document for teachers.
The notice stated that the teacher must have the reputation of being a scholar, and the requirements were relatively high.
Because the candidates are all in reserve for senior officials, there are basically not many people who can become teachers.
Among the people, the scholar is naturally the most talented.
In addition, the world is in chaos now, and many aspiring scholars are seeking refuge with various major forces. It is not easy to recruit a suitable gentleman.
"What are you doing standing around? Go and reveal the list!"
Ye Ming pointed to the paperwork on the wall and said.
Seeing this, Cheng Baiyu hesitated, gritted his teeth, and took off the writing.
The document mentioned Mr. Chen's house in the town. After Cheng Baiyu took it off, he went to find Mr. Chen's house.
Before he could search for it, he saw someone running towards him from the street, shouting as he ran:
"But some gentleman took off my master's documents?"
Cheng Baiyu looked around and saw that the person coming was an old servant, coming towards him.
After the two parties met, they started chatting.
This old servant is a veteran of Mr. Li's family, and his name is Li Zhong.
Seeing that Cheng Baiyu was wearing a square scarf and his behavior was not like an ordinary rough man, he asked him a few words from the saint's classics.
Cheng Baiyu answered casually.
The old servant Li Zhong's education was very limited. After asking these few questions, he didn't have to ask any more questions. He recognized Cheng Baiyu's identity and took him to the Li family.
Cheng Baiyu walked with his old servant Li Zhong. When he turned around, he found that Ye Ming was still sitting on the back of the buffalo and had no intention of following him. He couldn't help but ask:
"Brother Shanyuan, what are you doing?"
"They asked you to be a teacher, but they didn't ask me, so I won't join in the fun."
Ye Ming waved his hand and had no intention of following.
Seeing this, Cheng Baiyu was a little anxious.
He feels very insecure without this person by his side now.
However, under the urging of his old servant Li Zhong, he was not allowed to say anything more. He held a slingshot in his sleeve and planned to go to Master Li's house to see the situation.
It's not hard to find Mr. Li's house, it's the largest one in the town.
The old servant Li Zhong told me that this place is called Lijia Town.
Mr. Li's family was the first group of refugees to settle here decades ago. Now he is the richest man in the town and also holds the position of mayor.
Following the old servant Li Zhong into the Li house, Cheng Baiyu looked around suspiciously, but didn't see anything wrong.
"Old man Li, is there anything strange happening at your home?"
"Our home has always been peaceful and nothing strange happened."
"really?"
"Of course it's true."
Hearing what the old servant Li Zhong said, Cheng Baiyu couldn't help but feel a little confused. Could it be that that person really just wanted him to make some money?
Without waiting for him to think any more, he was taken to the living room by his old servant Li Zhong to meet the master of the Li family.
The master of the Li family is quite rich, and even his neck can't be seen.
In this day and age, it is undoubtedly unusual for a person to have such a figure, but considering that he is the richest in the town, it is normal.
This gentleman from the Li family also had some knowledge. Seeing that Cheng Baiyu was wearing a scholar's square scarf, he first greeted him with the courtesy of a scholar.
Cheng Baiyu responded with the scholar's gift.
Seeing him greeting him with the courtesy of "Sir", Cheng Baiyu returned the courtesy.
Master Li saw that the other party's etiquette was correct, and he discussed some knowledge with him.
Cheng Baiyu answered questions fluently, and many of his insights were superior to those of Mr. Li.
Seeing this, Mr. Li knew that this was a genuine scholar. With a smile on his face, he took Cheng Baiyu's hand and led him to the side courtyard.
In the side courtyard, there are several children from the Li family.
After Master Li came, he asked his old servant Li Zhong to take the girls aside to play, leaving only a few boys behind. He told Cheng Baiyu that he would be responsible for teaching them how to read and write.
The salary is easy to say, it's five taels of silver a year.
To be honest, if it hadn't been for Hua Po, Cheng Baiyu would have really wanted to teach people well here.
But now he felt uneasy. Although he agreed, he still wanted to get a feel for the situation of the Li family first.
After lunch that day, Cheng Baiyu began to teach several children how to read and write.
He also took this opportunity to ask the Li family something.
Children are generally not wary of people and will answer whatever they ask.
After asking around, the result was that everything was normal.
Nothing weird happened in the Li family. The only "big event" recently was that Mrs. Li went back to her parents' home in the county to visit her seriously ill brother. There was nothing else worthy of being together.
That night, Cheng Baiyu couldn't sleep, so he came out of the room to see if there was anything weird about the Li family at night.
As a result, we did not meet Weirdly. Instead, we met Mr. Li's young sister.
This woman was in her twenties, and judging by her hair style, she must have been unmarried. She had been staying up late to make a dress, and when she went out to the warehouse to get new fabrics, she happened to meet Cheng Baiyu.
Seeing that she was a female member of the Li family, Cheng Baiyu politely avoided her.
However, when Miss Li saw Cheng Baiyu's talent, she looked at him curiously.
Seeing that he is quite a gentleman, I can't help but think highly of him.
Nothing was said between the two, it was just such a meeting.
Cheng Baiyu walked around and found nothing unusual in the Li family, so he had to go back to his room to sleep.
The next day, he taught several children to read and read as usual.
At lunch time, it was Miss Li who came to deliver the food.
Cheng Baiyu was quite surprised, but there was no place to avoid in the yard, so he had to greet Miss Li politely.
Since then, there have been words between the two.
Cheng Baiyu stayed at Li's house for several days without finding any problems. During this period, he also went to town to look for Ye Ming.
But his figure was nowhere to be seen, and he didn't know where he had gone.
Cheng Baiyu didn't quite believe that the other party would just abandon him.
The ebony plate is still here.
He didn't believe that he would give up such a precious thing so easily.
After teaching at Li's house for a few more days, Cheng Baiyu noticed something was wrong.
That is, Miss Li seems to be very interested in him and always wants to fall in love with him.
Cheng Baiyu felt he belonged, and didn't want to agree, let alone be entangled by Miss Li.
He took the initiative to inform Mr. Li of the matter, hoping that he could arrange for him to teach a few children outside the Li family.
But when Mr. Li learned about this, instead of being annoyed, he was very happy. He said that he would never interfere with his sister's affairs, let alone oppose them.
This surprised Cheng Baiyu. He didn't expect that in this era when "reason" was prevalent, there would be such an enlightened brother. It was really strange.
For the next two days, everything was business as usual.
The only thing that happened was that someone died in the town.
I heard that a well-known guy in town accidentally fell into a well and drowned.
Although Cheng Baiyu heard about this, he didn't take it seriously because it had nothing to do with the Li family.
It's just that Miss Li's love for him has become more and more obvious recently. Even when he was teaching several children to read, she would directly stay by the yard, quite disregarding the differences between men and women.
When Mr. Li learned about this, he just said it was a good story and did not mean to be harsh.
On this day, it was snowing heavily. Cheng Baiyu was teaching several children to read in the house, and Miss Li sat in the room and watched.
These days, Cheng Baiyu has gotten used to it and doesn't react as much as before.
I was teaching well, but suddenly I heard Master Li yelling from outside:
"Bitch, this bitch, let me kill all those scoundrels first!"
When Cheng Baiyu and Miss Li heard the sound, they were both surprised and looked outside together.
Before Cheng Baiyu could open the door and go out to find out what was going on, he saw Mr. Li kicking open the door and rushing in angrily with a butcher's knife.
Cheng Baiyu was shocked when he saw this, thinking that Mr. Li had misunderstood what he had done to Miss Li and wanted to kill him.
But the next moment, he realized something was wrong.
Master Li's anger was not directed at him, but at the children of the Li family.
"You bitches, you are all bitches, watch me kill you!"
Mr. Li yelled out of control, took the butcher's knife, and slashed at his own son.
Cheng Baiyu was shocked when he saw this. If it had been before, he would have been too late to stop it.
But after taking the "elixir" twice, his reaction speed finally improved. He threw the ruler in his hand and hit Mr. Li on the wrist.
Mr. Li was not a good practitioner at all. After being hit on the wrist like this, the butcher's knife fell from his hands and fell to the ground.
But he was still angry and wanted to strangle a child to death.
Cheng Baiyu stepped forward again and fought with him. The two fought, and Mr. Li was pushed to the ground by Cheng Baiyu.
At this time, the Li family's servants and servants also came to check on the situation.
Fortunately, Miss Li explained the situation, otherwise Cheng Baiyu would not be able to explain clearly.
Everyone was shocked when they heard that Mr. Li wanted to kill his own son, thinking that he was possessed by evil spirits.
Seeing this, Mr. Li shouted that he was not possessed by evil spirits.
Instead, he said that his wife was sorry for him and that his son was a bastard.
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and several old ladies rushed to defend Madam, saying that Madam adhered to women's ethics and would not do such a thing.
But Mr. Li didn't believe it and insisted that it was his wife who betrayed him.
At this time, Mrs. Li returned from the county seat.
Hearing this, he was greatly surprised and asked Mr. Li who heard this rumor.
Mr. Li said that it was not said by outsiders, but by his own old servant.
When everyone heard this, they all looked at the old servant Li Zhong.
Li Zhong waved his hands repeatedly, indicating that it was not him.
But the Li family only had one old servant, and they could not find another one.
But Mr. Li insisted that it was the old servant at home who said it.
Everyone asked the old servant what his name was and what he looked like.
Mr. Li, who was about to blurt out angrily, was suddenly stunned because he couldn't remember the old servant's name, let alone his appearance.
Even, at this moment, he suddenly felt a trance as if his illusion was shattered.
Only then did he realize that he seemed to have encountered something extraordinary...
When Cheng Baiyu heard this, his expression changed drastically.
The old servant, the old servant who does not exist...
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