After a while, Lin Qiao came over with the support of the steward, and everyone separated to make way for her.
She walked up to Li Bochen, her eyes were red, and she just called out "Brother Li" before bowing down and saluting. Li Bochen didn't know whether she was thanking him for saving her life or for redeeming her body. He hurriedly threw the Sumeru fetus to the monk, stepped forward and held her arm, saying: "Miss Lin, I can't bear your courtesy. "
He was strong, but Lin Qiao was weak. With his help, Lin Qiao softened and fell into his arms. I couldn't feel anything like "warm fragrant nephrite" through the armor, but my heart still skipped a beat and almost pushed her away.
When others saw his posture, they thought he was holding Lin Qiao in his arms. I don't know what several women in the crowd thought of, but their eyes also turned red, and one of them burst into tears.
Seeing this scene, the boss also wiped his eyes and said: "Qiao'er, you have a good life, you can be considered successful - by the way, your deed... oh, it's in the building... it's better Those who went to the government to settle accounts—"
Li Boxen didn't know much about these things, but he knew it was probably a matter of changing registration or household registration. But these things will probably have to wait until dawn before we can deal with them. However, there was so much commotion here, and officials would come at any time, so he said, "There's no need to go to such trouble. Let's talk about these things later."
"Miss Lin, I'm leaving right away. Can you come with me now?"
Lin Qiao grabbed his arm and stood up straight, saying: "...Yes, Brother Li, let me say a few more words."
At this time, the sky began to brighten slightly, and some voices and shouts could be vaguely heard from several places in the city. I wonder if the soldiers from the city are coming. But Li Bochen thought for a moment and said, "You say it."
Lin Qiao bowed to the people in front of him, and then said to the manager: "Mom, there is still some money in my room. All the bills and the like should be burned. You can ask the Qin family to clear the treasury another day. If you want to get it, If you don't come back, the gold and silver collars in the room still have more than 900,000 yuan. Shui'er, Sui'er and I have had a hard time over the years. If they want to leave, you can keep the money and tell them to leave. "
Li Boxen was startled when he heard "more than nine hundred thousand dollars". No wonder the boss hesitated for a moment before - Lin Qiao had saved more than nine hundred thousand dollars, couldn't she redeem herself? No, more than 900,000? She said there are still some in the library, there should be more!
The manager quickly agreed and said, "Okay, okay, I'll listen to you. I'll ask them later."
Lin Qiao turned around and said, "Brother Li, let's go."
At this time, the monk said: "Li Yingxiong, it is impossible to go through the front door. Listen to the noise outside, it is the soldiers from the city. Come with me and go through the back door. I have a horse there!"
Li Boxen said: "Okay, thank you!"
The servants' quarters, water and fire rooms, stables, etc. were not affected by the fire when they entered later. The monk found a three-year-old bay mare for Lin Qiao, and wanted to find a horse for Li Bochen, so he declined.
His horse is at the inn, and there is some money, iron gloves, and a long knife in the bag. The long knife and the horse are not really important, but the iron gloves are part of the armor and must not be lost. There is still money - he currently has more than 3,700 Li Qian, which is nothing compared to Lin Qiao's private money, but in the next few days, the two of them will probably have to rely on this for food and drink.
He asked Lin Qiao if she could ride a horse, and Lin Qiao said yes. I thought she was going to be a boudoir lady, but she didn't ask anyone to help her. She stepped on the stirrup and turned over to sit firmly, which was beyond Li Bochen's expectation.
He led the horse and was about to leave, but the monk stopped him and stood in the shadow of the stable and whispered: "Hero, you are now a figure in the sea arrest document. Many people in the courtyard saw you tonight. I say it in vain." If you are a villain - if someone gets upset after you leave and goes to the government to sue you..."
This person met me by chance, and now that he said these words, it really warmed my heart. Li Boxen hugged him and said, "I understand what you mean, brother. Thank you!"
The monk breathed a sigh of relief: "Before I started to practice, I was also a Jianghu person, and I was somewhat famous in Anzhou and Yingzhou. When a hero encounters difficulties in the future, he will give me the name of the Arrow God of Guyingling - I am not bragging - maybe You can ask people to sell some thin noodles."
His name sounded quite impressive, but Li Boxen was in a hurry to leave and really didn't have the time to say any more, so he just said: "Okay, thank you!"
Then he pulled the reins of the maroon horse and led it out of the backyard.
Before, I heard the faint voices and shouts of killing in the distance, and thought it was the soldiers coming. But when he walked out the door, he realized that this was not the case - it turned out that there were fires in several places in the city, and four or five plumes of thick smoke rose up. Looking towards the street entrance, I saw a group of government soldiers passing by in a hurry, equipped with swords and guns. The officer leading the team shouted something like "thief" and "bandit".
Li Bochen was stunned, and suddenly thought of what he heard from Jiu San before - Ye Lu had scattered a lot of money to nearby gangs and gangs a few days ago. Could tonight's incident be related to that incident? What does he want to do?
But this was not the time to think about this. Li Boxen saw an alley across the street, shrouded in shadow, so he led the horse over, raised his face and said to Lin Qiao: "Miss Lin, wait for me here for a while, I'll go there." Come back."
Lin Qiao hurriedly asked: "Where are you going?"
There was a hint of panic in her voice, maybe she was afraid. Li Boxen lowered his voice: "I used to stay at the inn across from Jinghui Building, and I need to get some things back - just be quiet and count fifty in your mind, and I will take you away." "
Even though the light in the alley was dim, you could still see that her face was pale. But he just pursed his lips and said, "Okay, Brother Li, I'll wait for you here."
Li Boxen jumped out of the alley and walked quickly along the wall. The inn where he stayed was opposite Jinghui Tower. When he walked around to the street in front, he saw a group of soldiers coming in front of Jinghui Tower. He was now wearing armor, and his cloak had fallen into the building and was burned by the fire. He stopped by the wall at the street corner and saw the steward and the monk coming out to talk to the ten generals leading the team.
After listening to a few words, I realized that the city was indeed invaded by bandits. Last night, several bandits from the nearby area who were kings of the mountains deceived the north city gate and broke in. There were more than 300 people involved, and they burned, killed, and looted all the way. We are almost arriving in Nancheng. The government troops in the city split up to suppress it, but there were not many troops. The bandits also rushed into the city. For a while, people were panicked and it was difficult to eradicate them.
Now that I saw the fire in Jinghui Building, I thought there were bandits and came to see it. However, the manager explained that someone accidentally knocked over the carbon fire, and the soldiers left quickly.
Li Bochen felt more and more strange that things were strange - these thieves breaking into the city must be related to Ye Lu, and maybe also to himself. What did Ye Lu originally ask them to come to the city for?
He was puzzled as he crossed the street and entered the backyard of the inn. He went into the house to get his own baggage, found his white horse in the stable, unbolted the door and galloped onto the street.
