Jiaohua

Chapter 1510: Beside the Shen Family’s Ancestral Grave

The soldiers and horses that Shen Lie left in Yunliang usually wore plain clothes. The chief general was named Liu, and his name was Yijian. He was a squad leader among the thousand soldiers in Tanzhou. He followed Shen Lie from Tanzhou to the six states in the northwest, and trained along the way. Later, when he helped the villagers of Buzuxiang fight against the horse bandits of Wanrong and Xiyichang in Panyu Zhengwei Town, he killed ten enemies and was promoted by Chang Zhicheng.

After two years, Liu Jijian no longer had any of the ruffian and slickness he had when he was the captain of Tanzhou. The identity of this army in Yunliang was well hidden under his leadership.

Shen Lie did not return to the Shen Mansion immediately, but went to find him first.

The largest vegetable market outside the city was packed with people, so crowded that it was difficult to walk and there was almost nowhere to stay.

There were not many vegetable stalls actually, and most of them were refugees coming from Muye. The skinny people were crowded together, begging everywhere.

Liu Yijian was holding a grass leaf in his mouth and a butcher knife in his hand. He chopped the big bone stick into two pieces on the chopping board.

A mocking voice suddenly sounded: "Okay, brother, other people can't even afford to eat vegetable leaves, but you can still sell meat here, can you sell it?"

Liu Jijian frowned, raised his head irritably, and saw that it was Ye Zheng. Liu Jijian's eyes lit up and he said happily: "Brother Ye!"

Ye Zheng sighed and said with a smile: "You're calling me old! I'm younger than you!"

Liu Jijian whispered: "Why are you here!"

"It's not just me," Ye Zheng pointed to a teahouse in the south, "The young master is here too."

"Ah! The general is here in person?" Liu Jijian was shocked. "What happened in Yunliang?"

"Clear up the stall first, I'll wait for you!"

There are shops on both sides of the teahouse. The entire long street is full of people, but business is not good in every shop.

Shen Lie and Liang Jun were in a private room upstairs in the teahouse. There was a map of Yunliang on the table. Based on what he had learned from the waiter downstairs, Liang Jun added a new building symbol on the map with charcoal and wrote three words next to it: Rushanguan.

Shen Lie said in a deep voice: "Why are you here?"

Liang Jun looked at the location of the Taoist temple on the map. There was only a place name marked nearby, which was the Zifeng Mountain that the teahouse waiter had just told him about.

"General, are you referring to this Purple Peak Mountain?"

"The Shen family's ancestral tombs are all in Zifeng Mountain, and my mother's tomb is also there."

Liang Jun was slightly stunned: "So, is this a coincidence, or is it intentional?"

Shen Lie shook his head, he didn't know.

Liang Jun looked back at the map: "Compared to the distance, we are very close to Zifeng Mountain and Rushan Temple, closer than the Shen Mansion in the city."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. Miao Zhonghai went to open the door, and Ye Zheng came in with Liu Jijian.

"General!" Liu Ji was overjoyed when he saw her coming in. "General, you are here in person!"

Shen Lie said: "How long will it take you to gather all the people?"

Liu Jijian paused, then his expression turned serious, and he clasped his fists and said, "General, it will only take an hour! Although we are scattered all over the place, we can all leave at any time, and no one is a long-term worker. However, some of the roads are far away, so we need to send someone to call them."

"There's no need to be so anxious. Let's do it at the hour of Xu."

"Yes!" Liu Yijian responded, "Then I will go now."

"Miao Zhonghai," Shen Lie tilted his head slightly, "You go with us to help."

"Yes!" said Miao Zhonghai.

The two of them left quickly, and Liang Jun looked at Shen Lie: "General, are we going to leave too?"

As he spoke, his finger pointed towards "Rushan Temple" on the map.

Shen Lie's eyes swept across Zifeng Mountain and he said calmly, "Let's go."

……

Because he was worried about Shen An, Li An ran to Rushan Temple to ask Zou Zhan about the progress of his alchemy, and then hurried back to Shen's Mansion.

Because the two places were fifteen miles apart, it was already dusk when Li An returned to Shen's Mansion.

His legs were not in good condition to begin with, and he was in unbearable pain. After entering the mansion, he stretched out his hands to support himself under a nearby eaves, his knees shaking with pain.

"Tsk tsk," a hissing voice came from behind, "How miserable." Li An frowned and turned his head away.

Liao Jicai was holding a small black cat in his arms. He stretched out his hand to rub the cat's head and looked at Li An with contempt: "I thought you were a fake cripple so that you could be lazy when working on weekdays. I didn't expect you were really crippled."

Li An stood up straight: "Liao Jicai, don't make trouble for no reason and make yourself unhappy!"

"You are so arrogant! Who do you think you are? You are a cripple! And you are not smart, just like a pig! You didn't ride a horse to Zifeng Mountain, but ran on your own! Can't you see that the eldest young master is anxious? You are crippled and can't get on a horse, but you let others ride over? People will laugh at us for not having a horse in our huge Shen Mansion!"

Li An was so angry that he was shaking and gritting his teeth.

Of course he knew how to ride a horse, and of course he knew to send someone on horseback.

But he refused to do so. This was the first time in such a long time that the eldest master had asked him to do something, so he wanted to do it, and he wanted to do it on his own.

Li An knew this was stupid, but he didn't want to be a waste.

After holding his breath for a long time, Li An said, "Zou Zhan has a horse, and he is a first-rate horseman! If the medicine works, he will ride it back, and if it doesn't work, he will stay there!"

Liao Jicai sneered: "You mean, you are content to be a cripple, unable to ride a horse and not knowing how to adapt. I think you should find a doctor to check your two crippled legs! Otherwise, you will be kicked out of the Shen family!"

The cat in his arms suddenly struggled hard, but Liao Jicai held it down.

This cat is to be used for bleeding, and the blood will be splashed in front of Old Master Shen's door.

As for the corpse, he planned to cut it into several large pieces and throw them to Old Lady Cui.

Seeing that the cat was becoming more and more ferocious, Liao Ji didn't want to waste any more time talking to Li An and turned away.

The veins on Li An's forehead bulged out and he glared at Liao Jicai's back.

Seeing a stone under the flower bed in front of him, Li An walked over quickly, picked it up and smashed it on the back of Liao Jicai's head.

Liao Jicai vaguely heard the noise, and quickly turned around and raised his arm to block it, but it only alleviated the force of the fall. His forehead was still hit and bleeding.

"Meow!" The black cat screamed sharply, broke free from his hand, and scratched him in the face very rudely.

Liao Jicai's eyes were almost blinded, and all his anger was directed at Li An.

"You dare to hit me!" Liao Jicai rushed forward and grabbed Li An's neck. "I had people look for that black cat for a long time before I caught it! And now you let it run away!!"

Li An was pinned down by him, and he pried his fingers apart with force, his face flushed red from being pinched: "When I was traveling around the country with the young master, serving and taking care of him, you son of a bitch didn't even know where you were!"

"Go to hell, you cripple!" Liao Jicai increased his strength.

The servants nearby had already heard their argument, and they immediately moved away, not wanting to get involved.

Now seeing Liao Jicai pinching Li An's neck hard, no one dared to come up.

Li An tried to push Liao Jicai away with his legs, but after walking so long and his legs were not in good condition to begin with, he couldn't exert any strength at all.

His face became redder and redder, and bloodshot appeared in his eyes.

"Let go..." Li An shouted with difficulty, "Quick, let go!"

"I asked you to hit me!" Liao Jicai shouted viciously.

Li An's eyes widened, and suddenly, all his strength to struggle disappeared.

Liao Jicai was stunned and stared at Li An blankly. Suddenly, Liao Jicai let go of his hand, and his whole body fell backwards with a look of fear.

Li An didn't react at all.

Liao Jicai swallowed his saliva and turned to look at the servants and servants on both sides.

Everyone was also dumbfounded.

After thinking for a while, Liao Ji quickly got up from the ground, wiped the blood that had been flowing down his forehead, and shouted at them: "Aren't you going to work? Get out of here, I was just joking with him, he's not dead! Just pretend you didn't see anything!!"

These words are really self-deception and so stupid that even Liao Jicai himself feels disgusted.

  Liao Jicai looked at Li An's body. He couldn't stay here for long. He had to run away!

But before running away, he needs to have money, lots and lots of money!

Liao Jicai looked up in the direction of Lan Fanyuan. The old woman had a lot of jewelry!