Half River Autumn Moon and River Spring [Rat and Cat]

Chapter 110

The atmosphere in the room was tense. Zheng Butou, who had been watching, coughed twice. Everyone looked at him, and he patted Li Chengsi on the shoulder: "Actually, with Master Ye's body, he can't do much when he goes back to the yamen. I can't afford to make a fuss, I think it's good to rest in this village."

Li Chengsi knocked off Zheng Butou's hand, and said angrily: "Zheng Liang, do you want to commit the following crime?"

"You!" Zheng Butou widened his eyes at first, then he seemed to think of something, he let out a sigh of relief, and said with an apologetic smile: "I don't dare, listen to your lord."

"Lord Li, I'll stay and take care of Mr. Wei. In his condition, he really needs someone with medical skills to help him recuperate." Ye Hong walked out from the back room, "You don't have to worry about me, I can take care of myself."

When Li Chengsi saw Ye Hong, he lost his temper and said anxiously: "Ah Hong, the grave village is too unsafe, how can I let you stay here alone!"

"Hey, Mr. Li, I don't like to hear what you say. What is unsafe? Is it robbery in our village, or murder and arson?" Also started to contradict it.

Yan Bei beside Zhan Zhao shook his head and said softly: "Although this village is small, everyone is full of characters. I think this mighty dragon can't beat a snake! Master Li has a headache."

"Ah Hong, if you insist on staying, then I will too!"

Village head Wei said with a sneer: "Master Li, we in this remote village can't afford to entertain a big Buddha like you."

"That's right, that's right!" Lao Liu echoed, with a displeased expression on his face.

Zheng Butou couldn't help but said: "My lord, please stop making trouble. What is your status? How can you stay here? What about the yamen?"

Seeing this, Zhan Zhao whispered a few words to Yan Bei, Yan Bei nodded, then went to the front of the crowd as a peacemaker and calmed down, "Everyone, stop arguing, I think so, since Master Ye is willing to stay Take care of Mr. Wei, then we respect his wishes. Of course, Master Li’s worries are not unreasonable, but after all, Master Li is the county magistrate, and he has to go back to the Yamen, so it’s better for me to stay! First, my martial arts Okay, it’s more than enough to protect a few people; secondly, I don’t care too much, just give me some water and a steamed bun every day, and use the sky as my cover and the ground as my hut. How about it, is it okay?”

Village head Wei glanced at Yan Bei, nodded, "Okay, old man, I have no objection."

The sixth child also interjected, "Our village chief has the final say!"

Zheng Butou said: "It's very good, I just need to trouble you, brother."

After that, everyone looked at Li Chengsi, Li Chengsi was still frowning, and after a while, he said slowly: "Ah Hong, come out with me, I have something to ask you."

Ye Hong heard the words and walked over, Li Chengsi pulled Ye Hong up and walked out of the house.

When the two came outside, Li Chengsi supported Ye Hong's shoulders with both hands, looked into his eyes and asked, "Ah Hong, do you... remember something?"

Ye Hong looked puzzled: "Not really."

"Then why do you insist on staying here? It's really not safe here, can you go back with me?"

"Lord Li, you have also seen the situation of Mr. Wei. He really needs someone to take care of him, otherwise, the time is running out. Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. How can I see death without saving?"

"You managed to escape from the dead, why do you still care about him, he should have died, what's the point of lingering like this now? Why are you bothering..."

Ye Hong frowned and said, "Master Li, how can you talk about life and death so lightly? Don't tell me, in your eyes, you are not fit to live in this world if you have a handicap?"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Ah Hong, don't be angry..." Li Chengsi became anxious when he saw Ye Hong frowning, "It's because I can't speak, I just... I just found you with difficulty, I really don't want you to come back ..."

"Don't worry, my lord. I'll be fine. What's more, Brother Yanbei said he would stay. His martial arts are really really high, so you don't have to worry."

"..."

"My lord, there is one more thing. It's a bit embarrassing to say it. In fact, when I saw Mr. Wei, I don't know what happened, but a feeling of depression surged from my heart to my brain, and my eyes were all hazy. Long, I'm not afraid of your jokes. I never cried when I was escaping from death, but when I saw him, my tears kept rolling and my blood was surging... I think this is probably a sympathy for each other... I, I would rather stay and take care of..."

Before he finished speaking, Li Chengsi suddenly interrupted harshly: "Enough! Stop talking!"

Ye Hong was startled by Li Chengsi's sudden anger, just looked at him without saying a word.

Li Chengsi suddenly wiped his eyes, twitched his red nose, did not dare to look directly at Ye Hong, and said in an inaudible voice: "I'm afraid you will say it again, and I am even more reluctant to let you stay..."

"My lord? What did you... say?"

Li Chengsi shook his head, looked at Ye Hong and said, "It's okay, Ah Hong, can you call me 'San Xing' as in the past?"

"...My lord, it's just a title, why are you so rigid?"

Li Chengsi looked at Ye Hong in a daze, and suddenly tears fell down unconsciously. He hurriedly wiped away the tears with his sleeve, and said in his mouth: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I'm really a selfish rotten person... It's me I'm sorry you guys..."

Seeing Li Chengsi crying suddenly, Ye Hong didn't know how to comfort him, so he could only pat him on the shoulder.

Li Chengsi calmed down, took Ye Hong back to the house, and said calmly: "I accept what you said, and I will come to pick him up again in a few days."

Village Chief Wei nodded: "Thank you, sir."

"It's just that Mr. Ye is not in good health. Please take care of the village chief and fellow villagers. If you need anything, just tell me." After saying that, he took out his purse and stuffed it with Wei Wei. The village head, Zhan Zhao took a glance and found a big "three" character embroidered on the purse.

Village head Wei did not refuse, and directly handed the money bag to the sixth child beside him, and said, "Don't worry, we will take good care of the distinguished guests."

Li Chengsi nodded, and gave another big gift to Village Chief Wei, then turned around and came to Yan Bei: "These few days, I've been tired, so thank you for your kindness."

Yan Bei said, "My lord, don't worry."

On the way back, Li Chengsi was listless all the time, so Zhan Zhao stepped forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with him and said, "Master Li, with Yan Bei here, you can rest assured that Master Ye will never have any accidents."

Li Chengsi forced a smile and said, "Master Zhan, just now, I made you laugh..."

"It's okay, Mr. Li is also a man of temperament." Zhan Zhao comforted, "After all, it's all for my friends."

"A friend?" Li Chengsi laughed at himself, "Master Zhan, would you be interested in hearing our story?"

"Appreciate further details."

Li Chengsi calmed down his emotions, and began to slowly talk to Zhan Zhao about his past with Ye Hong.

It turned out that the Li family and the Ye family were family friends. Li Chengsi's parents and Ye Hong's parents were pregnant at almost the same time. In the future, we will marry Qin and Jin, and we will get closer and closer.As a result, both parties gave birth to sons, so they became good brothers, and the two grew up together.

Unfortunately, a distant relative of the Ye family was an official in the middle of the capital who was in charge of the school and publishing. As a result, he accidentally wrote the year of the previous dynasty for an extra year, and failed to check it out, which led to the mass publication of books and flowed to various places. It is a good thing The person involved in this matter was involved in a lot of things at the time, the person concerned was copied from the Nine Clans, and the Ye family was also among the Nine Clans. .

The Ye family couple failed to make it through in prison, and they both died violently not long after. Ye Hong became an orphan and had to live with others.Fortunately, the Li family has always treated Ye Hong as their own.Ye Hong also has a close relationship with Li Chengsi as if they were biological brothers. They have been classmates for ten years and have been together for ten years. At the age of 24, Li's father's business failed and he was heavily in debt. After selling his property, he still couldn't pay off the debt. After the whole process, he also went crazy and hanged himself to death.

The Li family broke up, and all the servants ran away, leaving only Li Chengsi, Ye Hong, and a little bookboy who had no father or mother. The three depended on each other ever since. Yinliang, when everyone abandoned them, the little book boy saved them with his own silver, and sent them to participate in the scientific examination.

Fortunately, Li Chengsi was selected as a Jinshi, and Ye Hong was selected as a Juren. After being introduced by the chief examiner, Li Chengsi was appointed as the county magistrate of Mojiao County, and Ye Hong went with him as his chief secretary.Although Mocha is located in a remote place, it has been a great kindness to these poor young people. They vowed to be good officials, be real officials, and lead the people of Mocha to live a good life!

At the age of 27, he became the county magistrate and chief bookkeeper. It was a very good time, and he was full of energy. Li Chengsi must do everything by himself.Not long after he took office, a young man in the grave village disappeared for no reason. Li Chengsi took Ye Hong and other police officers to the grave village to investigate the case. While investigating the topography of the grave village, he discovered that It is extremely complicated, and it can be regarded as the village closest to the Xixia border, and it is also adjacent to the Luojiang River. There is a cliff not far from the village, which is extremely steep.But no matter how I searched, there was still no news about the missing person...

When everyone was overwhelmed, Wei Quan came back suddenly. His hands and feet were cut off and he was thrown at the gate of the village. People in the village came to the county government to report the case. There was blood on the cliff, so I wanted to ask someone to go down to have a look, but the cliff was too dangerous, no one dared to go down, and finally Ye Hong volunteered to go down to have a look.So everyone made a big bamboo basket, let Ye Hong sit in the bamboo basket, and then hung the bamboo basket down with a rope. Everything went smoothly, but unexpectedly, a strong wind suddenly blew up, and the waves of the Luojiang River were shaken by the wind. He swallowed the bamboo basket in an instant, and when everyone pulled it up again, they found that the bamboo basket was empty!

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