Although there were some hiccups along the way, the merchant ship finally arrived in the capital smoothly.
Before getting off the ship, all the passengers thanked Lu Jing.
Lili also came with her mother to say goodbye to Lu Jing.
She has become familiar with Lu Jing during this time.
In the name of apologizing, she would always go to Lu Jing's side and ask questions. At the same time, she made no secret of her envy of Lu Jing's martial arts.
"What do you want to do with martial arts?" Lu Jing asked her.
"Be a catcher."
"Being a detective?"
"Yeah." Lili nodded his head like a chicken pecking at rice. "As a police officer, you can legitimately solve cases."
"You like solving crimes?"
"Yeah, solving a case is just like guessing lantern riddles. No, it's much more interesting than guessing lantern riddles. You have to consider all aspects."
Lili clapped her fingers, "Including the victim's personal preferences, relationships with other people, where he has been recently, what he has done...
"Especially the seemingly trivial things, my dad said the answers are often hidden in those places."
When I talk about these things, Li Li becomes energetic.
"Then do your parents agree?" Lu Jing asked again.
When Lili heard this, she was immediately discouraged, "My mother didn't allow it, saying that this was not something a girl should do, but there was clearly a female headhunter in the capital.
"My dad...he didn't explicitly forbid it, but he also told me that police officers are not that easy to do. They are often in danger, and even lose their lives if they are not careful."
After a pause, her hope rekindled, "Young Master Lu, your martial arts skills are so good. Please teach me how to defend myself with both hands. I...I can ask you to be my master."
"No." Lu Jing refused.
"Why?" Lili refused to give up, "Young Master Lu, are you afraid that my qualifications are not good enough? Then you can teach me some basics first. If you really think that I have embarrassed you, just deny me as your apprentice."
"It's not because of embarrassment," Lu Jing shook his head, "First of all, I am the only one who can practice my kung fu, and no one else can do it."
"Then how did the person who taught you this Kung Fu practice it?" Lili asked doubtfully.
The girl is indeed determined to be a detective, and her thinking and reaction are much faster than others.
"…………"
However, Lu Jing ignored her question and continued, "Secondly, learning martial arts half-heartedly is more dangerous than not learning martial arts at all."
"How could it be?" Lili didn't believe it.
"Because if you don't know martial arts, you will listen to your parents and stay at home. On the contrary, if I teach you martial arts, you will definitely join in the fun when you go out. If you are killed, I will avenge you. .
Lu Jing said calmly, "With a knife in hand, courage comes naturally. You also saw the gang of river bandits earlier. You are so good at observing, and you should be able to tell that they are not ordinary fishermen. The calluses on their hands are not from casting nets, but from casting nets." It was honed through martial arts training.
"I guess they were disciples of some small sect nearby. Seeing that the world was in chaos, they also became greedy in their hearts. They relied on their martial arts skills to engage in this worthless business. As a result, they met me and they all died cleanly."
"That's because they don't follow the right path. They have martial arts but don't use it in the right place. If they do unrighteousness, they will die." Li Li said.
"That's what they say, but in fact there are more benevolent and righteous people who have died at the hands of evil heretics," Lu Jing said.
"Then Mr. Lu, why do you still act chivalrous and righteous? First you killed that damn King Xiao, and then last month you helped the Imperial City Division get rid of the Iron-armed Flying Bear?"
"Because I'm strong enough." Lu Jing said leisurely.
"Damn it, then you should accept me as your disciple and teach me to become stronger!" Lili was anxious.
"As I said before, you can't learn my skills."
"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!"
…………
Similar conversations have happened almost every day for the past half month.
However, Lu Jing didn't feel impatient. The journey was slow and it would be nice to have someone to quarrel with.
Moreover, apart from always wanting to learn martial arts from him, Lili was quite good in other aspects.
Although it is said that women in the Chen Dynasty were already hairpinned and ready to marry at the age of fifteen, in fact most girls of this age were not yet mature mentally or physically.
Especially the eldest ladies from official families, because they were raised in a boudoir since childhood, they often don't know much about worldly affairs, just like a blank sheet of paper.
But Lu Jing found that Lili was different. Although he occasionally made childish remarks, he actually knew everything about the market and the daily life of the lower class people. He could also speak out some very obscure natural science knowledge from time to time. Come.
In her own words, her father often took her with him when he was handling cases.
Moreover, she usually likes to hang out with the policemen and servants in the yamen, listening to them bragging all day long, and filling their heads with weird and bizarre cases.
When I was a little older, I fell in love with reading the files of various cases, and tried to deduce the murderer from the files, and sometimes I hit the target.
Lili regarded this as a mental game for her own entertainment, but later her fame gradually spread.
Some detectives who encountered difficult cases would come to her with files to try their luck, and in the end, they actually caught the murderer.
As a result, Lili's reputation became even greater. Gradually, it wasn't just people who brought files to her, but also allowed her to go to the murder scene for on-the-spot investigation.
At first, everyone was a little worried that the bloody scenes would scare this little girl who looked a little weak.
But after vomiting several times, Lili quickly adapted to the bloody and cruel atmosphere of the crime scene, and then became more comfortable with it.
When Lu Jing killed Huang Ya's gang of river bandits, not only the female family members in the boat, but also the three scholars couldn't help but look away.
However, Lili watched it with great interest, but unfortunately she didn't see Lu Jing's movements clearly.
Hearing only a burst of surging water, the eight river bandits were all killed separately.
It was also at that moment that Lili made up his mind that I also had to do something about it.
It's a pity that no matter how much she begged Lu Jing, Lu Jing didn't seem to have any intention of accepting her as his disciple.
Seeing that Kyoto was right in front of him, and the merchant ship would dock soon, Lili couldn't care so much, so he found a moment when his mother wasn't paying attention and rushed to Lu Jing's side again, "Young Master Lu, you are going to stay in the capital this time. How long and where will you live?”
"It's not decided yet," Lu Jing said.
Lili became anxious again after hearing this, "How can I find you after that?"
"What are you looking for me for?"
Lili behaved this time and didn't say anything about becoming an apprentice to learn martial arts. He just said, "I'm not afraid that you, Shaoxia Lu, will be bored if you don't have many friends in the capital. Especially during the holidays, it would be pitiful for you to drink alone."
"What, you want to drink with me?" Lu Jing raised his eyebrows.
"I don't know how to drink, but I can bring some food and drinks to see you. Oh, forget it... I'll tell you where I live. When you settle down, be sure to come to me and tell me where you live. where."
As Lili spoke, he leaned close to Lu Jing's ear and said quickly, "My home is diagonally opposite Zheng's Fried Cake Shop in Laoya Lane. If you go there and ask for the new Shaoqing Xie of Dali Temple, you can find it. Ten million do not forget."
After saying that, she quickly ran back to her mother.
