Xiaoliu has only been in Qixia Town for less than half a month, and he wanders around the town every day. It is almost impossible to say that he has been to Lijiagou.
But what Xiaoliu just said was clear and clear, even for a few miles away.
Hearing Shopkeeper Tong's question, Xiao Liu smiled and explained. "Because I've seen the map of the surrounding counties."
The conversation between several people last night was not just about recruiting manpower. Xiaoliu and Lao Xing also proposed building a defense line with Cuiwei Mountain as the center. They planned to build three lines of defense in total.
Naturally, if you want to talk about this kind of thing, you must have a detailed map, so the master took out the map of Qixia Town and surrounding towns from the warehouse and talked with everyone in detail.
With Xiaoliu's photographic memory, he took the opportunity to copy these maps in his mind.
Thinking about his terrible memory of remembering everything he saw, Xiao Liu couldn't help but sigh and shook his head. He was really worried that one day his mind would not be enough and it would explode.
"Oh." Seeing Xiao Liu say this, shopkeeper Tong nodded. She didn't know Xiao Liu's terrible memory, but attributed all this to Xiao Liu's diligence and studiousness.
"Haha, it's done!" At this time, Xiao Guo on the side happily jumped over with the written letter.
"Bring it here and show it to me." When the shopkeeper heard this, she immediately wanted to see what Xiao Guo had written. She wanted to see if Xiao Guo had anything to say against her in the letter.
"Hey, this letter can't be read to anyone casually." Xiao Guo turned around and deftly avoided the shopkeeper's hand.
The shopkeeper was a little helpless when Xiao Guo refused to give it to her, but she didn't force it. "Really, is there anything to hide? Isn't it just a letter?"
"Hey, you can't say that. This is a family letter. Of course, it can't be read by outsiders." Xiao Guo said with a smile, but she turned around and gave the letter to Xiao Liu.
"Xiao Liu, look at how this letter is written. Is there anything missing?"
Xiaoliu read the letter carefully. It was written in regular script and traditional Chinese characters. The words were all common words. Half of the letter expressed his longing for his parents and home, and the other half stated the current situation in the town.
She didn't mention that she was trapped here, but she vaguely mentioned that she was in some financial constraints now and wanted her family to send some money so that she could compensate those who she had accidentally hurt before.
Xiao Liu nodded. Xiao Guo seemed impulsive and thoughtless, but he was actually very smart.
"Do you need me to write in more detail so that they can send people directly to deal with these bandits?" Xiao Guo was afraid that what he wrote would not satisfy Xiao Liu.
But what Xiao Liu wants is not the content of the letter, what he wants is Xiao Guo's handwriting.
Xiao Liu shook his head and said. "No, this letter is enough. Thank you, Miss Guo."
Xiaoliu cupped his fists and thanked him. At the same time, he nodded to the shopkeeper, indicating that there was nothing wrong with the letter.
"Well, you two, since the letter has been written, time is urgent. I will go back and send it now."
"Okay, okay!" Xiao Guo was also very happy when he heard this.
"Hey, wait a minute, don't worry, the food will be ready soon. Let's go after eating." The shopkeeper said with a smile.
After hearing what the shopkeeper said, Xiao Liu remembered that he was also here to eat.
At this moment, Xiaoliu's rice was also ready, and Lao Bai brought it out.
"I'm sorry, Brother Bai." When Xiao Liu saw Lao Bai, he quickly clasped his fists and apologized.
"Hey, it's okay. It's because I was in a bad mood just now. Don't take it personally." Lao Bai had already heard Da Zui say it in the kitchen, and he felt that he had gone a little too far.
The two looked at each other and smiled, which resolved the unpleasantness just now.
Then Xiao Liu had lunch quickly, asked for the address of Xiao Guo's house, and then took the letter back to the county office to find the master.
Xiao Liu asked his master to help him write another letter explaining the details, then put the two letters together and sent them to Guo Juxia.
When signing this second letter, Xiaoliu originally wanted to sign the name of the county government, but the master refused because these six gates were not the same type of organization as the county government, and such cross-level reporting was also taboo in officialdom. Lao Xing was not here at this time, so Xiao Liu's name was finally signed.
In this way, the unknown name Yan Xiaoliu appeared in Guo Juxia's eyes for the first time.
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Two flowers bloomed, one on each branch. After Xiao Liu left, the shopkeeper became even more crazy. Under her coercion and inducement, not only Xiao Guo became Xiao Bei's maid, but even the scholar became Xiao Bei's book boy.
Looking at the newly dressed scholar, Xiao Guo looked around the scholar as if he had found someone of his own kind.
The scholar now had two buns on his head and bangs in front of his forehead. He was wearing a brown cloth and looked very feminine, just like Nezha and Red Boy in Journey to the West.
Xiaobei looked back and complained. "monster!"
Xiao Guo kindly handed the mirror in his hand to Xiucai.
"My dear! Who is this? This can't be me!" The scholar was shocked and said quickly.
"Take it away, take it away, this is not me."
Lao Bai in the hall couldn't help but laugh when he saw Xiucai's new outfit. "This is indeed not you!"
It happened that the shopkeeper came down the stairs at this time, and Lao Bai gave a grand introduction to the shopkeeper.
"Look, shopkeeper, this is the golden boy and this is the jade girl. Now everything is ready but one Guanyin is missing."
As he said that, Lao Bai looked at Xiao Bei, who was sitting on the table looking unhappy.
"What did you say?" Seeing Lao Bai looking at him like this, Xiao Bei, who was already a little unhappy, said angrily.
"Come on, Guanyin has spoken, should we stay away?" Seeing Xiaobei getting angry, Lao Bai quickly walked away with a teasing smile.
Seeing Lao Bai like this, Xiao Bei couldn't help but angrily complained to the shopkeeper. "Sister-in-law, look at him."
After hearing what Xiaobei said, the shopkeeper answered naturally. "Am I not watching right now?"
The shopkeeper looked directly at Lao Bai. Different from the past secret glances, this time her eyes were hot and malicious, which made Lao Bai feel very nervous.
Lao Bai asked in a panic. "What do you see me doing?"
Seeing Lao Bai's scared look, the shopkeeper quickly comforted him with a smile.
"Don't be nervous, I won't eat you. I'm just wondering, if we have the maid and the book boy, do we also need a bodyguard?"
Although the shopkeeper's words were inquiring, the meaning expressed in his tone was clear.
Xiao Guo and Xiucai, who had just been laughed at by Lao Bai, saw this and quickly responded.
"You have to have it. There are many difficulties and dangers along the way, and monsters are rampant. How can I have a bodyguard like this?"
When Xiao Bei heard this, before Lao Bai could refute, she spoke first. "I'm not Tang Monk, why do I need bodyguards? No need!"
After saying that, Xiaobei left angrily and returned to his room, wanting to be quiet.
When Lao Bai saw that Xiao Bei had said this, he quickly answered.
"Did you see that? The real owner has spoken. Besides, it's only a little over two miles from the store to the academy, so there's no danger." (One mile is equal to five hundred meters.)
Although Lao Bai made it very clear, how could Xiao Guo and Xiucai let him go at this time? Who told him to laugh at them just now? How could this not drag him down?
"The road is not far, but there are so many businesses and households we have to pass along the way!" Exaggeration has always been Xiao Guo's specialty.
"That's right! What if Cheng Yaojin shows up on the way? There's a bandit attack going on right now!" Xiucai also answered quickly.
Lao Bai said angrily as he watched the two people singing along. "The bandit is being watched by Xiao Liu and Lao Xing. Are ordinary little bandits her opponent?"
After all, Xiaobei is also the sister of the head of Hengshan. Although she is still young and Hengshan disappeared two years ago, she still learned a thing or two when she was a child.
But this scholar is so eloquent that Ji Wuming can talk you to death. "The little thief is not afraid, but what if he meets a top master?"
Xiao Guo also added. "That's right. Let's not say it's far away. Let's just say Heimu Cliff is six hundred miles away from us. Do you know who is where?"
When Lao Bai heard this, he was angry. "You know, Dongfang Bubai? But the leader of the demon sect has traveled six hundred miles day and night just to have trouble with a little girl who has just entered school?"
Listening to everyone's quarrel, the shopkeeper's head almost exploded, so she asked directly.
"That's enough! Just tell me whether you want to do it or not?"
"No!" Lao Bai was also very single and refused directly. After saying that, he turned around and prepared to leave.
But the shopkeeper is not Xiao Liu. Did she really think that she didn’t see something fishy about Ji Wuming’s incident back then? One brother shouted at a time.
The shopkeeper turned around and said to the scholar Xiao Guo. "I went to the Yamen to talk about the glorious history of the exhibition hall."
"Oops!" Hearing this, Lao Bai quickly turned around and stopped in front of the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper looked at Lao Bai.
Lao Bai shook his hair helplessly. "Fuck, aren't you just a bodyguard?"
Seeing Lao Bai's 180-degree change in attitude, the shopkeeper asked with a smile. "What should I do with this monster?"
"Understood! I understand!" Lao Bai, whose vitality was grasped, could only nod with tears in his eyes.
After a while, Lao Bai appeared in front of everyone dressed as Sun Wukong.
"Da, da, da,,, does it look like, doesn't it look like, Monkey King!" I saw Lao Bai covered in monkey hair, holding a stick, and doing the monkey posture. I don't know where Lao Bai borrowed it from. This outfit.
Seeing Lao Bai's more exaggerated appearance, Xiao Guo and Xiucai both suppressed smiles, while Da Zui, who was passing by, laughed directly when he saw Lao Bai like this.
"Hey, I don't think you look like Wukong. You look more like a six-eared macaque."
Listening to Big Mouth's ridicule, Lao Bai's expression also changed. "Hey, Daring Bajie, you betrayed me yesterday and I haven't settled the score with you yet?"
"Forget it, who is afraid of whom!" Big Mouth was also very courageous and not afraid of Lao Bai at all. He put down the water spinach in his hand, picked up the rake beside him and started shouting with Lao Bai.
Lao Bai was not polite at all when he saw Dazui like this. "It's from the shopkeeper! It's from the shopkeeper!"
At Lao Bai's call, the shopkeeper came immediately with a broom and a rag.
Then, under Lao Bai's instigation, the last waiter at Tongfu Inn also fell, and Dazui became a bearer of the sedan chair gloriously.
And when everyone left, Xiao Bei, who had been eavesdropping in the room just now, also walked out of the room.
Xiaobei felt inexplicably melancholy. She came to the ancient Zhengde well, looked at the empty well, and looked at her own reflection in the well. She felt as if something was moving away from her at this moment. . .
