The Second Young Master Li raised his head and saw a beautiful smile on his face. Then the Second Young Master Li smiled awkwardly, and then slowly said something from his mouth, "Sister Mu Lan, why are you here?" Already?"
Mu Lan was still smiling, "Second Young Master, Master Li Yu, am I not here to take you home?"
Luo Hua on the side saw this scene and stood aside knowingly.
Mother Liu came over at this time and said, "Oh. Isn't this Miss Mu Lan? She also comes to my place for a drink."
Mu Lan said to Liu's mother politely: "Shopkeeper Liu, there's no need to drink. I'm just here to pick up my young master. How many taels did my young master spend with you?"
"Mr. Li is also a regular customer, so the money for the drinks is free. Even when I called the girl just now, it was two thousand taels."
After hearing this, Mu Lan frowned slightly and said, "Okay. I understand. I will arrange for someone to deliver it to you soon."
Suddenly, the eyes of many people in the brothel were focused on Mu Lan.
"This person is Miss Mu Lan! She is so beautiful."
"Yes, I have heard of her, but I have never seen her. I heard that she is the personal maid of the second young master of the Li family. She usually stays at Yinlong Villa and rarely goes out."
"This Li Yu really has no sense. He lets such a good maid go out to visit the brothel. If this were my maid, I would wish not to go out every day."
"What do you know! A wife is worse than a concubine, and a concubine is worse than a thief! For those rich people, one or two women can't hold them back at all. Even an upright man like Zhuang Li had two wives back then! Look at his appearance, does he look like he is being questioned by his wife, hahahaha."
Mu Lan ignored these gossips and said to Li Yu: "Second Young Master, please come back with me."
"But I haven't drunk the wine yet! The wine was just served!"
"The wine was just served, right?" Mu Lan stretched out her hand to pick up the wine bottle, then moved her hand to the side and let go. With a "pop", the wine bottle fell to the ground and shattered. Mu Lan was still Smiling: "No more now. Go back."
Li Yu saw Mu Lan throwing the jug on the ground and angrily shouted: "Fang Mulan! You are just a maid in my family! What qualifications do you have to tell me what to do!"
The smile on Mu Lan's face also disappeared, and she looked at Li Yu with a solemn expression, "My wife said back then that I should discipline you! Now, you are living a life of luxury and luxury, so I have to take good care of you."
"Humph! Madam? Madam is no longer here!"
"Even though Madam has passed away, I will still obey her orders!"
"What's the point of following this crappy order? I don't need you to care about me!"
"You just say whether you want to go back with me or not!"
"No return!"
"Okay!" Mu Lan took out a rattan stick about three feet long and two inches thick from her waist. Mu Lan held the handle and slapped Li Yu hard on the back.
"Hiss!" Li Yu could have dodged, but he didn't dodge. Instead, he stood motionless against the cane stick's beating. Li Yu's face turned red and he endured not to show an ugly look on his face. color. When he was about to receive the second blow, Mu Lan stretched out his left arm and slapped her arm equally hard.
Li Yu saw this and held the cane stick in his hand, "What are you doing?"
"I didn't discipline you well, so I am unworthy of my wife. Today, I will hit you a few times, and I will hit myself a few times. You and I will receive the same punishment!"
Mu Lan's actions made Li Yu feel ashamed, so Li Yu compromised and said, "Okay, I'll just go back with you."
After hearing this, Mu Lan put away the cane stick and said calmly: "Let's go."
The two walked out of the brothel, and the carriage was parked outside the door. After getting on the carriage, in the darkness of the carriage, the two of them couldn't see clearly the expressions on each other's faces, and they didn't exchange a word.
The carriage stopped at the entrance of Yinlong Villa, and a woman was waiting anxiously at the door. She felt relieved when she saw Li Yu and Mu Lan stepping out of the carriage.
Mu Lan said to the woman: "Aunt Xin, I brought the young master back."
Jian Xin said with concern: "Mu Lan! Why did you go to that place by yourself?" She turned to Li Yu and scolded: "Yu'er! Why are you like this! You are not obedient at all!"
Li Yu said calmly: "What do I look like? This is what I look like!" He walked straight into the villa and ignored anyone.
"You!" Jian Xin suppressed the anger in her heart when she saw Li Yu like this.
Mu Lan pulled Jian Xin and said, "Okay, Aunt Xin. It'll be good if she comes back. Leave the rest to me."
"Alas! He has become like this since his mother passed away. It's just like what his mother said, he just doesn't take the soft! If his mother were still here, seeing him like this now, he would be so embarrassed He has a layer of skin.”
"Okay, Aunt Xin. Don't be angry. You've been waiting here for a long time. Go back and rest."
Jian Xin put a hand on Mu Lan's arm and said, "It's hard for you."
"Hiss." Mu Lan resisted and didn't make too much noise.
"What's wrong?" Jian Xin picked up Mu Lan's arm, opened his sleeve and saw a big purple patch, "Yu'er hit him! He's getting more and more excessive now." Jian Xin was about to go find Li feather.
Mu Lan stopped Jian Xin and said, "It's okay. I did it myself."
"What are you doing beating yourself for?"
"I know the young master's temperament. If he doesn't want to come back, even if he is beaten dozens or hundreds of times, he may not be willing to come back. However, I know that he is still kind in his heart, so I will give him a few beatings. , I beat myself a few times, and he immediately came back with me. I believe he has not become so ruthless and unjust."
Jian Xin sighed, "It's better that you understand him. You have taken care of him and restrained him all these years. It's also my fault that I'm not very good at disciplining this child. I just think that his mother has passed away and I have to take care of him." For him, I never imagined that he would become like this."
The sound of horse hoofbeats was getting closer and closer. It was Li Zhentian, the owner of the village, who was back. After getting off the carriage, Li Zhentian saw Jian Xin and Mu Lan at the entrance of the villa and asked, "What are you two doing here?" He then looked at a carriage parked at the entrance of the villa and seemed to understand something, speaking in a slight tone. Angrily, "Are you going to find Yu'er?"
Mu Lan quickly said: "No, owner of the village, Aunt Xin and I went shopping and just came back."
Jian Xin nodded and responded: "Yes. Yes."
"Oh? In other words, Yu'er didn't go out?"
"Manager, the second young master has not gone out, he is in the villa."
Li Zhentian seemed a little relieved after hearing this, "I don't ask him to be very successful, as long as he is safe and sound."
"Master, are you okay with the second young master? He has been quite obedient recently and rarely runs out."
"That's the best. Since his mother passed away, he has been running away from home every now and then, and now he has become more and more naughty. He neither practices martial arts nor studies well. I asked him to follow me. He won’t go out to do business or see the world. I don’t even know what I want him to do in the future.”
"Master, Yu'er is still young. In a few years, he should understand." Jian Xin said.
Li Zhentian sighed, "I hope so."
Mu Lan said: "Master, would you like to go and see the second young master?"
"Don't go. Just take good care of him." Li Zhentian walked towards the depths of Yinlong Villa.
Jian Xin looked at Li Zhentian's disappearing back and murmured: "I don't know if we are helping him or hurting him."
Li Yu returned to his room, took out the "Lan Xin" dagger from his waist, and said to the dagger: "Old man, is this really good for us?"
A warm current came from the dagger, slowly spreading throughout Li Yu's body from the hand he held, "For six years, I pretended to be a playboy, so that everyone didn't care about me, but we still can't find out. The truth back then.”
The dagger became a little heavy, making Li Yu unable to hold it. "You want me to continue waiting?"
The dagger returned to its usual weight, "But I don't want to wait any longer? How about we leave Luoyang and go to Jianghu to investigate?"
Li Yu suddenly felt pricked by the small thorn on the handle of the dagger, "Are you afraid that I will be hurt? Well, that's right. With my current martial arts, I really don't know if I can gain a foothold in the world."
There was a knock on the door. Li Yu put away the Lanxin dagger, walked over and asked, "Who is it?"
"it's me."
Li Yu recognized Mu Lan's voice, opened the door, and said, "Sister Mu Lan, you haven't rested so late."
"You have to finish your work before taking a break." Mu Lan brought a basin of water into the house and put it on the shelf, "Fortunately, the owner of the village will come back later than you. If the owner of the village catches you running out, what should he do? I scolded you."
Li Yu was a little unconvinced and said, "If my father reprimands me, I will reprimand him. After all, he is my father. What can I, a son, say?"
Mu Lan said earnestly: "Second Young Master, I know that Madam's incident has hit you hard. But you can't give up on yourself. You should work harder to live so that you can comfort Madam's spirit in heaven."
"Hmph! I think the best thing to do to comfort my mother is to find her murderer. But what about my father? Apart from taking care of his business, has he done anything for my mother?"
"Then you should work harder. Only if you are promising and capable in the future can you find the murderer of my wife."
"I'm afraid that before I can make a difference, I will be gone."
"Master, what do you mean by this?"
Li Yu suddenly felt that he had said too much, "It's nothing. Sister Mu Lan, what are you doing here?"
"What else can I do? I'll freshen you up and let you rest. By the way, have you done the homework you assigned me?"
"Um." Li Yu had to study in school during the day, but he didn't take it to heart at all. After class, Li Yu would go to a place where no one was around to practice martial arts secretly, and then go to a brothel or a restaurant to continue playing the role of a playboy.
When Mu Lan saw Li Yu like this, she guessed that he definitely didn't know, and said, "I have already asked my husband. This assignment is the Ancestor of the Great Ancestor in "Historical Records", which requires previewing in advance. And "The Doctrine of the Mean" has been When it comes to Chapter 10, it is required to be recited, and sir may ask questions tomorrow."
Li Yu scratched his head and said, "Sister Mu Lan, I really think you study more seriously than me."
"It's a person who is more serious than you, okay. You don't know how to cherish such a rare opportunity. Many people want to go to school but can't. Also, Master Zhao said that you have relaxed a lot in your practice now. Sometimes Don’t even go. What’s going on?”
"I'm...that...too tired from studying."
"Okay. You don't even know the homework assigned by your husband. You tell me that you are too tired to study? You are just lazy now!" Mu Lan pinched her waist and said to Li Yu, "Today I want you to finish your homework." , and then rest again.”
"ah?"
"Ah what? Before that, take off your clothes." Mu Lan said.
