If there was no grudge against him for killing his son, Li Bochen would have had a very good impression of him after hearing these words. But at this time, he really didn't know whether Zhu Hou's words were true or false, so he could only smile and said: "I'm new here, I'm not familiar with everything, and I have misunderstandings with the general. Please allow me to think about this matter." Think about it.”
Zhu Hou didn't take it seriously, just smiled and said: "There is no misunderstanding. Since you are a friend of the Chang family, you are also a friend of mine. Okay, brother Li, think about it carefully, Zhu is waiting for you!"
Li Bochen stopped answering, and Zhu Hou turned to talk to Chang Qiuwu. Li Bochen listened to their conversation and felt that although the two were not close, they should be very familiar. So, has Zhu Hou always been like this? No wonder Chang Xiu decided to assist him last night.
But after hearing what Chang Qiuwu said before when he thought he was Sui Bujiu, they might also want to use Zhu Hou as a puppet.
The two talked for a while, and Zhu Hou suddenly turned around and said, "By the way, Brother Li, last night, a dog ran up the mountain and told me that a warrior came from the village at the foot of the mountain, and he looked like he was going to do something bad for me. That's right. It’s you!”
Li Bochen was stunned, not knowing what he meant.
Zhu Hou smiled and said: "I took it seriously at first. But then the dog said that the warrior's wife was very beautiful, and said that I could take it in to fill the house - damn, when I heard , I knew that boy didn’t have any good intentions. But I felt that he was also a person under my rule, so I just beat him out."
"Brother Li, I met you today and resolved the misunderstanding again. I can't let this matter go. Tell me, what should I do with that dog?"
He should be the Sun Cha he was talking about. Li Bochen really didn't expect that man to be so despicable and shameless - he had taught him a lesson last night, and he thought he would retreat in spite of the difficulties, but he didn't expect that he would use such a sinister method to deal with him. At that time, he felt that the man's crime was not worthy of death, but now that he knew that he had actually implicated Xiaoman, he really deserved to die.
Then he cupped his hands on his horse and said, "General Zhu, since it's a matter under your account, I can't say much."
Zhu Hou nodded and sneered: "Okay. Brother Li, I will ask someone to send you the dog's head tonight!"
After saying this, he glanced at Li Bochen again. Li Bochen was startled and wondered, was this person testing him? Want to see if you are a "decisive and decisive" person? Did he really intend to recruit?
He simply smiled and said, "There's no need to give it to me. Just lose it."
Zhu Hou raised his head and laughed, hit the horse and ran out quickly.
When the group returned to the village, there were already many people in the fields and on the road. Li Bochen originally thought that these people would avoid Zhu Hou when they saw him, but he didn't expect that when they saw him, they all put down their work, and the general and the general greeted him briefly and enthusiastically.
Zhu Hou was impressed by what he heard and laughed loudly. He put his hand into the bag in front of him and grabbed it. He threw out a handful of copper coins and shouted: "Father and fellow villagers, Zhu Hou is polite!"
The villagers immediately went to the ground to look for money, and they did not forget to express their gratitude. Li Bochen saw that Zhu Hou's money bags were hung in front of the saddle, two on the left and one on the right. He doesn't need to bring any money when he travels in this capacity, so is this money specially used to reward people? Judging from the behavior of the villagers, this must not be the first time.
Zhu Hou rode his horse slowly and said loudly: "Folks, are you looking at this thing on the horse? The death of someone in the Zhou family is caused by this thing! It's a monster in the mountains, not a monster! Today, Mr. Chang is We went into the mountains with Brother Li to get rid of this thing - everyone can rest assured that with people like us here, we will never let the villagers suffer such a disaster again!"
The villagers applauded one after another, and those who were brave even came forward to take a look. For a while, people gathered around the roadside, and they seemed to be parading in the street. Although Li Boxen killed this thing, he had no time to take a closer look during the fight. Now that Zhu Hou wanted to ask someone to move the body to the front, he took a closer look. Looking at it this way, I felt something was wrong - Chang Qiuwu's sword was still stuck in the monster's body, and there were wounds made by himself on its back. But the most serious wound was on the chest - extending from the neck to the abdomen.
Could it be that this thing had suffered other injuries before? Was it done by Zhu Hou?
At this time, he arrived in front of Chang's house. Chang Qiuwu got off his horse and said, "General Zhu, do you want to come in and talk?"
Zhu Hou also dismounted and waved his hand: "Hey, don't you dare! I'd better come back tomorrow."
Chang Qiuwu smiled and looked at Li Bochen: "Brother Li, what about you?"
Li Bochen also dismounted and said, "I'm really not dressed like this. I'll go back and change my clothes... Let's talk about it later."
Chang Qiuwu seemed to be relieved and said, "Okay. General Zhu, Brother Li, I'll go back first."
Zhu Hou said hurriedly: "Please."
Seeing him like this, Li Bochen thought to himself that he didn't want to recognize each other at this time, and Chang Qiuwu probably had the same thought. For one thing, when he entered the mountain just now, he thought he was Sui Buqi and said a lot of things. It’s time to realize how wrong those words are.
Secondly, he had to report back to Chang Xiu first, so as to confirm again whether he was their "Li Boxen".
He also bowed his hand to Zhu Hou and said, "General Zhu, if nothing happens, I will go back first."
Zhu Hou smiled and said: "Okay, Brother Li, if you have any difficulties, just come to me."
Li Boxen said goodbye, pressed the handle of the knife, turned and walked away.
In fact, when he turned his back to Zhu Hou, he still felt a little uneasy, because he was wary of him making an outburst. But after walking more than a dozen steps, I heard Zhu Hou laughing again and greeting the villagers who gathered around him, without paying any attention to him. And those villagers only care about flattering Zhu Hou.
He sighed inwardly, thinking that if he really recognized the Chang family, he might be in trouble in the future.
When he walked to the door of his house, he saw that the courtyard door was opened a crack, and Lin Qiao poked half of her face out. He felt relieved, walked over quickly, and said, "Xiao Man."
Lin Qiao hurriedly opened the door and let him in. She looked him up and down first and then said, "Are you... fighting someone? Who are those people?"
Li Bochen sighed: "It's all trouble."
After returning to the courtyard, Lin Qiao boiled water for him, asked him to change his clothes, dipped a handkerchief in the water and wiped his back. Li Bochen slowly told her everything about the mountain. After he finished speaking, the sounds outside disappeared, and it was time for Zhu Hou to leave.
Lin Qiao twisted the handkerchief in the water again and handed it to him. She moved a small stool and sat across from him, saying, "Is he such a person? I really didn't expect it."
Li Bochen wiped his face and said: "I also find it strange. This man - I think he deliberately tolerated me for the sake of the Chang family - but he can do this, how could he be just a bandit in the past?"
Lin Qiao thought for a while and said: "Actually, it's not surprising. To be successful, one must not only have the ability, but also have the luck. Ah Chen, you are not famous in the world yet, haven't you also been lucky for a while? "
Li Bochen couldn't help but smile: "Ha, you are probably the only one in the world who thinks so highly of me. I won't mention this in advance... I think you were right yesterday. If Zhu Hou is so loved here, he will be so popular in the future." What will the family do?"
"Also, I have never understood why Chang Qiuwu thought I was Sui Buqiu before."
After he finished wiping his face, Lin Qiao took the handkerchief and put it in the water, picked up the basin and walked away, saying: "Well... you should ask them about this. Ah Chen, when do you plan to go over and talk to them?"
Li Bochen thought for a while and said while putting on his clothes: "I don't know either, I didn't think about it in the first place. Xiaoman, do you want me to go? We came here to see if the Chang family is okay. Now we know They are fine. I also met Zhu Hou, and I know who he is... Well, he asked me to kill him and replace him, but I can't do it for the time being. "
"You told me to wait last night, so what should I do now?"
Lin Qiao walked into the kitchen with a basin and said, "Well, if I don't have any objection to what you do, then Zhu Hou is really a heinous person, will you still be in such trouble?"
Li Bochen put on his clothes and walked into the hall. He saw that the short brown shorts he had sewn last night had been finished. He picked it up and touched it, thought about it again, and said, "I think what you said yesterday makes sense. With an identity like my own, I can't hide in Tibet for the rest of my life. If Zhu Hou is really a villain, then I'm nothing. He’s so hesitant, so naturally get rid of him.”
"As for my grandpa... they really want to make me a puppet, but I'm afraid it will be difficult. Although I am not a bad-tempered person, it is one thing to give orders and prohibitions in the army, but it is another thing to be a puppet. . It will be irreconcilable by then. At worst, we will break up, and they will be more anxious than me."
Lin Qiao smiled in the kitchen: "Look, you know what you want."
Li Bochen put down the short brown and walked to the door of the main room and said, "If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have to think about it for many more days - Xiaoman, do you think Zhu Houguo is really not a good person?"
Lin Qiao also came over and said, "I don't know either... I'll think about it later."
Then he smiled and said: "Ah Chen, I want to eat egg custard and steamed fish at noon."
Li Bochen said hurriedly: "Okay, I'll get it right now."
He walked into the kitchen and while collecting firewood said: "Don't be busy, go and have a rest. Steamed fish with egg custard, what else do you want to eat?"
"Oh... tell me, if I go to Chang's house tonight, should I bring something with me?"
Lin Qiao stood at the door of the kitchen and watched him busy, and said: "No need. Ah Chen, you have to remember what I said - no matter what the Chang family says, you just agree. You don't want to be a puppet, but you also You have to do it first before you have a chance to fight for it. It is really rare here, the people are simple, there are soldiers, and your relatives. If you really want to build a foundation, there is no more suitable place than here. No matter what happens For me, for Chen Sheng or for Nian Ci, you have to endure it."
Li Bochen thought for a while and said, "Okay, I promise you. I am a good person, I am not afraid of hardship or tiredness. Now that I have you, ha, I am not afraid anymore."
Lin Qiao was silent for a while, then leaned against the door to watch him light the fire, and said softly: "You are the best person to me in this world."
Li Boxen didn't know why she suddenly said this, but he just felt warm in his heart. Then he smiled and said: "Of course. If it's not good for you, who is good for you? Don't stand here with the smoke burning you. Go back to the house and wait for me. Dinner will be served in two-quarters of an hour."
Lin Qiao looked at him for a while and said, "Yeah."
After she left, Li Boxen thought again, what happened to the tiger?
If that thing had gained the position of a tiger, its performance today would be reasonable - the beast's Yin spirit and luck have merged to have magical powers, but it doesn't understand human affairs, still has animal nature, and it is reasonable to hurt people. It is said that the earliest spiritual gods born between heaven and earth were actually extremely cruel.
But the question is, what kind of beast does it look like?
When the unsuspecting tiger appears in his true form, he is a red fox. Could it be that this tiger's true form is a spider? He had never heard that spiders also have ghost spirits... and he always thought it looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.
He thought about it but came up with no result, so he concentrated on eating first. Two-quarters of an hour later, the egg custard and steamed salted fish were ready, and the remaining rice porridge from the morning was heated. He brought everything into the main room and said, "Xiaoman, come and eat first."
Remembering that there were still some pickles given by Mrs. Meng, she ran to the kitchen and chopped a plate of pickles carefully.
When he returned to the room and sat down, he said hello again, but Lin Qiao didn't say anything. Li Bochen wondered if she had fallen asleep—the two of them talked last night until the rooster crowed. Then he went into the east room to take a look, but Lin Qiao was not there.
He went to the West Room to look at it again - the West Room was originally intended to be a study room, but now it only had tables, chairs and bookshelves, not even a book, and was empty.
There was no one in the west room either. He was stunned, walked into the courtyard, first went to the west wing to look, and then went to the toilet next to the west wing to look, but there was no one there.
Li Bochen frowned and strode to the east wing and the back room, but there was no one there. I went out to the vegetable garden next to the house and saw that the flowers of the big pear tree were still in bloom, but there was still no one there.
For some reason, he suddenly felt a little panicked and jumped back into the courtyard, shouting: "Xiao Man!"
After shouting several times, I could only hear my own voice echoing in the courtyard. For the first time, he felt that the house was so big and the yard so empty. He began to feel hot, but his legs and feet were a little weak. He ran back to the east room, looked under the bed and under the table, but still couldn't find anyone, so he shouted again: "Xiao Man, stop making trouble!"
The sun was shining brightly outside the house, hot sweat seeped out from my forehead and back, and my temples were beating. He stared and thought to himself, is it Zhu Hou! ? He secretly sent someone to tie up Xiaoman! ?
As soon as this thought came to his mind, he immediately rushed to the central hall to find his knife. He remembered taking off the magic knife and putting it on the desk. He took a look and saw it. He grabbed the knife and was about to rush out again when he heard a loud sound - Yaohou was pressed under the knife and fell to the ground. What fell with Yaohou was a piece of paper fluttering.
He was stunned for a moment. Holding the knife, he stared at the paper for a while, then slowly bent down and picked it up.
There are only four words on the paper:
Ah Chen, take care.
