Sheng thought for a moment, and then said slowly, "That day, the four of us had already found an opportunity to surround the Jiang family and the rest...
This is what happened. We never expected that the young man was actually from Qingcheng Mountain, and that he was so powerful, plus the old man with strange strength, and... and the pig!
There was something very wrong with the old man and the pig. Judging from the demonic techniques used and their powerful bodies, they were definitely demons.
But none of them could feel a trace of evil spirit on their bodies!
We were already very cautious, but we were caught off guard and were restrained by them.
It wasn't until later that the iceberg also took action against us, severely injuring us, and we had to retreat.
Later, when we traced their traces again, they had already reached the border of Yongzhou..."
At this point, Sheng coughed heavily again and spit out a large mouthful of blood.
In fact, when Jiang Zhiyuan and his party arrived at the border of Yongzhou, they still had the opportunity to try another assassination attempt, but Li Muzhi suddenly called them all back.
Sheng said with difficulty, "It is our incompetence that has delayed your master's plan!"
"It's over now. Let's forget it. People have already reached the border, so there's no need to kill them. If they die on my territory, it's better not to kill them." Li Muzhi put down his teacup and said calmly. Smiled and said.
In fact, the reason why the Jiang siblings provoked him to send people to kill them was because they were now really on the opposite side of Zhou Ruoxiao. Only Yuzhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou were actually seeking independence, and the other three states were still waiting and watching.
The entire Jiuzhou is like a nine-square grid. The three squares on the left are the powerful Zhou Ruoxiao, and the three squares in the middle are Yu, Jing, and Yang, which are used as shields to buffer the pressure from Zhou Ruoxiao, so that Yan, Qing, and Xu Sanzhou can still be leisurely at this time. Think about whether to rebel or not.
The Jiang siblings are undoubtedly very important to Qingzhou Prefect Liu Jingxing. They are his grandchildren and granddaughters.
Now that the two of them are living outside, it's a good time to do something evil.
If they can be killed in Yongzhou, no matter how the explanation is given, Zhou Ruoxiao will have to bear part of the responsibility, and Liu Jingxing will inevitably get involved.
And when the four states are all in an alliance, even if the remaining two states do not join, they must show their attitude.
But if this person had a problem on their Yongzhou territory, it would be troublesome.
He, Li Muzhi, was not like Zhou Ruoxiao, who could do anything but refuse to pay attention to these two people, and allowed a group of people to make a fuss in Chang'an City.
Whether he was beating or scolding, even if Jiang Zhiyuan was about to flood the entire city of Chang'an, he would not raise his hand. Even if Jiang Xianfeng was about to be killed at the gate of the city, he would not care.
For such a Zhou Ruoxiao, I don't know whether to call him ruthless or affectionate.
But anyway, Li Muzhi thought that he would not cause such a mess.
If the Jiang siblings stepped into his territory of Yuzhou, he would immediately send thousands of people to personally send them to Qingzhou.
At this time, we can't let them have problems under their noses.
It's not that he, Li Muzhi, is afraid of Liu Jingxing, but that it's far less valuable for them to die in Yuzhou at this time than to return alive.
After all, if these siblings died here, Liu Jingxing would definitely be hostile to him.
Maybe Liu Jingxing wouldn't take action against him at this time, but if one day when Li Muzhi was still fighting Zhou Ruoxiao's army, Liu Jingxing suddenly led the army to stab him in the back, that would be troublesome.
It would be better to send the siblings back safely and let Liu Jingxing owe him a favor.
"Monster clan...Qingcheng Mountain..." Li Muzhi pondered for a moment, then picked up the teapot on the table and threw it into the air.
The tea that should have flowed directly to the ground split into four streams at this moment, flowing towards the four actors like a snake.
The scalding tea emitted a large amount of steam and was finally poured on the heads of the four of them.
The student could clearly feel that when the tea was poured on his head, it not only melted the thick layer of snow on his head, but also soaked into his head, making him feel refreshed and refreshed. The severe pain in my heart was dissipated a lot.
"You four, please retreat first. I'll spare your lives today." Li Muzhi waved his hand and put the teapot on the small stove.
The four actors disappeared instantly as if they had been granted amnesty.
The world returned to calm again, leaving only Li Mu still holding a tea cup and quietly sipping it.
The snow was still falling, black covered the sky, and white flooded the earth. The blood in the courtyard was soon covered by the white snow, and the original appearance could no longer be seen.
"The Chinese New Year is almost here..." Li Muzhi's eyes showed a rare hint of sadness.
People in Kyushu have had the custom of getting together during the New Year since ancient times. Maybe the New Year's Eve dinner can be simple, but the family always has to sit together and enjoy the excitement.
On this day of the Chinese New Year, family ties become particularly important. The warmth of family members makes even simple cabbage and radishes delicious.
As long as Li Muzhi wanted to, what delicacies could he not get? But where are the family members who can eat with him?
A small town on the border of Yuzhou.
Heavy snow lay thickly on the road, almost blocking the movement of carriages, making people's travel particularly inconvenient. There were almost no people visible in the ice and snow.
The sky is overcast and gloomy, making it almost impossible to see the road ahead clearly. The only thing that can identify the direction may be the red lights on every house in Ping'an Town!
Bang, bang...
The sound of firecrackers set off by children playing loudly spread everywhere, seeming to ask people how many days until the New Year is coming, whether the New Year's goods are ready, and whether the people working outside have gone home?
Outside Ping An Restaurant.
A ladder was set up on the door of the restaurant, and the cripple was holding on to it. He Yiqi was standing on the ladder, holding a big red lantern and about to hang it on a piece of wood protruding from the wall.
After a while, a lantern was hung on both sides of the door of Ping An Restaurant. He Yiqi clapped his hands with satisfaction and slowly climbed down the ladder.
"Haha, it's not in vain, young master. I spent a lot of effort to achieve such a grand and great undertaking that shocked the world and weeping ghosts and gods!" He Yiqi said proudly.
"Who taught you how to choose words and sentences like this? Have you ever spoken like this?" Lan Yu, standing in the room, said displeasedly.
Although he had only taught He Yiqi for a few days, Lan Yu was surprised by the learning talent and enthusiasm shown by He Yiqi, who was extremely intelligent.
It's just that He Yiqi, who is very happy with his achievements, always likes to pretend to be fine. He has to forcefully use several words that he doesn't even understand when speaking an ordinary sentence, which often makes Lan Yu dumbfounded.
"I also want to practice. Don't tell me, I finished reading the book you showed me the day before yesterday! I feel that my strength no longer allows me to keep a low profile. Ordinary books are already suitable for me. I don’t have any more challenges, can you give me an inscrutable book?”
The lame man carried the stairs into the house and was about to put the ladder back into the backyard. He Yiqi followed him into the house and walked up to Lan Yu with a proud smile on his face.
"You've finished reading, right? OK, I'll test you with a few simple questions. If you can answer them correctly, I'll give you a new book to read." Gu Yu straightened his sleeves and said.
"As a gentleman says, a horse is hard to catch! Don't try to cheat!" He Yiqi's confident tone made people feel that he was very confident.
However, Lan Yu obviously knew the details of why he gave up, so he shook his head and said. "Just tell me how to write the sentence "It's hard to catch up with the horse" in the sentence you just said!"
As soon as these words came out, He Yiqi was stunned. He opened his mouth blankly, as if he wanted to say something, but ended up speechless.
Seeing this scene, Lan Yu also sighed and said, "You, you, you are too ambitious, and you haven't learned to walk yet. You want to go to heaven. Go back and read the book I gave you from beginning to end. Read it once and come back to me in two days for a new book to read."
He Yiqi muttered, but in the end he could only say "oh" in agreement.
Lan Yu had a headache when she saw this, and glanced at the sky outside. It was still only afternoon, and it was almost completely dark.
Therefore, Lan Yu could only end today's class in a hurry and come back to teach tomorrow.
He Yiqi had no choice but to go into the house, hold the storybook in his arms again, and start reading from the beginning.
The man at the counter, who was presbyopic, usually sat by the stove and took a nap, while the industrious Aunt Biao was already busy preparing dinner in the backyard kitchen. She asked the cripple who was carrying the ladder back to help light the fire.
He Yiqi sat on the armchair wrapped in bearskin, and his whole body seemed to be shrinking into the chair.
The proprietress spent a lot of money to have this chair custom-made by a carpenter in the town.
Because the hunter hunted a big bear before, the boss's wife bought this complete bear skin from him. After thinking about it, the boss's wife decided to use this bear skin to make a chair.
Sitting on this soft and warm chair, I felt very comfortable. Although he has read all the stories in this book.
However, the second time he read it, he discovered many things that he had not paid attention to when reading the book before.
Perhaps it was because there were several oil lamps lighting the room, and the warm and comfortable environment meant that He Yiqi, who was immersed in the book, did not feel the passage of time at all.
There was a sound of footsteps on the stairs. It turned out that the landlady who had slept all afternoon came downstairs.
However, He Yiqi, who was reading a book seriously, did not notice her arrival at all.
Seeing this, the landlady slowed down her steps without saying a word, then walked behind He Yiqi, leaned down, and leaned her head towards his shoulder, trying to see what he was looking at.
He Yiqi, who was immersed in one wonderful story after another in the book, suddenly felt a fragrance coming from him. What kind of fragrance was it?
Books often use various floral fragrances to describe the fragrance, but He Yiqi has rarely played with flowers and has no great interest in them.
So at this moment, when he wanted to use some metaphor to summarize this fragrance, he couldn't think of it for a long time.
"Maybe this fragrance... is the smell of the warm sun..." He Yiqi thought for a long time, and suddenly his eyes caught the word "sun" on the book, and he suddenly wondered if this fragrance was the same as the warm sun in the cold winter.
"What are you thinking about?" the landlady suddenly asked, pulling He Yiqi out of his deep thoughts.
Only then did He Yiqi realize that the source of the fragrance was the boss lady next to him.
"I...I'm reading a book!" He Yiqi was in a rare panic. He was incoherent for a moment and didn't know what he was panicking about.
The landlady withdrew her head and stood up. Suddenly, He Yiqi felt that the fragrance around her had disappeared.
"You, you, you don't even read a book seriously. You must know that some people who are obsessed with reading can devote themselves wholeheartedly even on the streets of the bustling city or even on the battlefield, without being moved by external objects." The landlady slowly said He said, "You are like this. When you are reading, you are still thinking wildly and don't even move your eyes. How can you learn!"
He Yiqi secretly cursed, "It's not because you suddenly appeared behind me and startled me that I was distracted..."
"What are you thinking about in your heart? Do you think I disturbed you?" The landlady sat at the table, lifted the tablecloth on the table, and sat over to warm herself by the fire.
He Yiqi suddenly felt strange and asked puzzledly, "How do you know what I am thinking? Is it possible that you can read the mind as mentioned in the book?"
"Haha, I don't know that kind of magic. Maybe only the legendary immortals can do it. But speaking of it, it's easy to guess the thoughts of a kid like you. Whatever is on your mind, you know how to do it. It’s written directly on your face, and I can understand it right away,” the proprietress said with a smile.
I don't know why, sitting next to the warm fire at this moment, listening to the gentle words of the landlady, and looking at the smile of the landlady, He Yiqi feels a warm current flowing slowly in his heart.
"Maybe this is the feeling of home mentioned in the book..." He Yiqi thought to himself.
The landlady looked at He Yiqi staring at her face and giggling in a daze, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.
This laughter woke up the presbyopia on the side. The sleepy presbyopia rubbed his eyes, yawned, and said, "Huh? Why is the boss lady down? What time is it? It should be time for dinner soon, right?" It looks like I’ve been sleeping all afternoon!”
He Yiqi frowned and said, "You did sleep all afternoon, and the snoring in this room hasn't stopped..."
The presbyopic man scratched his head and said with some embarrassment, "No way, no way, that's what people are like when they get old. They can't sleep at night and can't wake up during the day."
With a creak, the door to the backyard opened.
Aunt Biao walked in carrying a large bowl of rice and feeling cold all over.
"You old man is really lying on the table sleeping when you have nothing to do. Why don't you come to the backyard to help me chop wood and carry water? You just want to sleep and sleep. Sooner or later, you will not be able to wake up after a nap!"
While complaining about her presbyopia, Mrs. Biao put the rice bowl on the table aside and closed the door to the backyard.
The presbyopic man was scolded by Aunt Biao and could not say anything to defend himself, so he could only nod his head repeatedly.
At this time, the lame man used the chopping board to bring all the dishes up.
"Haha, it's time to eat, it's time to eat! Everyone is here to eat!" the lame man said cheerfully.
While placing the bowls and chopsticks, Mrs. Biao glanced at the lame man and said, "You have to talk so much just to eat, but you can't stop eating, right?"
The lame man smiled coquettishly, put all the dishes on the table, said nothing more, and sat calmly at the table.
Seeing that the presbyopic and lame man were being treated obediently by Mrs. Biao, He Yiqi couldn't help but smile knowingly. After closing the book and putting it aside, he also sat at the table and waited for his meal.
Aunt Biao served everyone food and said, "The day after tomorrow is the Chinese New Year. I think there won't be any business these days. Let's just stop the business of this restaurant and wait until next spring. Open again. In the next few days, I will go out to buy some new clothes, buy some melons, fruits, meats and vegetables. Remember to buy two more roast ducks. The abandoned child said he wanted to eat them before. Waiting for the Chinese New Year, let him have a good meal Pause. By the way, after the Chinese New Year, I have to take the abandoned child to Mr. Lanyu’s house to wish him a happy New Year. He has gone to great lengths to teach the abandoned child to study, so you can’t neglect him. This is the etiquette that you should have..."
Aunt Biao was still chattering here, while the lame man and the presbyopic man who brought the rice bowl were already moving their chopsticks towards the fragrant bowl of chili-fried beef on the table.
Seeing this scene, He Yiqi couldn't help it anymore, and the three of them quickly ate half the bowl of beef.
This made the lady boss, who had not yet moved her chopsticks, cover her mouth and chuckle, and said, "You should eat slowly. What are you doing eating so fast? No one is trying to compete with you."
The three of them calmed down a little at this time and stopped eating so fiercely.
bang bang bang
A knock on the door interrupted everyone's laughter.
"is the boss around?"
The voice sounded like that of a young man, and his words were quite polite.
Aunt Biao hesitated for a moment and looked at the landlady with questioning eyes.
The proprietress gently picked up a piece of braised crucian carp meat with chopsticks, put it in her mouth and chewed it without saying anything.
Apparently, he wanted Aunt Biao to decide whether to accept this order or not.
Although Aunt Biao complained, "Why do these people come here in the middle of the night? We have no place to stay in the restaurant. It's really outrageous."
However, she still put down the dishes she had just picked up and walked over to open the door.
As soon as the door opened, a cold wind and snow greeted them. Several shrinking figures immediately swarmed up and squeezed in. It was Ling Meng and his party.
"It's so cold, but it's freezing me to death!"
"I feel like my ears are turning to ice, why is it so cold!"
Jiang Xianfeng and Yiniao were at the front again. As soon as they entered the door, they stared at the table of hot meals in the room.
"Huh? Shopkeeper, why are your hands and feet so nimble? We just knocked on the door and you already had the meal ready!" Jiang Xianfeng said happily.
Yi Niao's eyes were shining at this time and he said, "It smells so good! It's so warm! It's so comfortable!"
After saying that, the two began to move stools, preparing to sit at the same table with He Yi abandoning them.
Jiang Zhiyuan was helpless as he followed them. After looking around, he was about to say something to the landlady when the landlady said, "You haven't eaten yet? If you want to eat, bring a pair of bowls and chopsticks and eat together." Well, it’s Chinese New Year, just have fun!”
The boss lady's unpretentious words made Jiang Zhiyuan feel warm in this cold winter month.
For some reason, after walking outside for so long, Jiang Zhiyuan and his party were cautious when meeting people. However, when they met the people in this restaurant, Jiang Zhiyuan was not suspicious at all.
