Zhurou

Chapter 80
The two staggered a little from the crowds entering and leaving the city, and before they had time to let their horses go, they only walked half a mile when they saw a carriage parked on the side of the road not far away.

The door of the carriage was open, except for more than a dozen guards and a few maidservants, there was another person standing on crutches with one hand and holding the cart with the other——

It was Mrs. Xu.

Seeing Li Xun and Zhao Mingzhi, she didn't need to be supported by the nuns beside her, she walked forward a few steps tremblingly, and when they got closer, she called out: "Li Er."

After waiting for a while, he turned to Zhao Mingzhi and called again, "Miss Zhao."

Zhao Mingzhi looked from a distance, but saw that her hair was gray, and under the bright daylight, she had many wrinkles and old spots on her face.

In addition, his back is half rickety, and the veins on the back of his hand are protruding when he is on crutches. He looks very old.

They are completely different from when they first met last night.

Zhao Mingzhi hesitated for a while, subconsciously took the rein back slightly, and was half a horse behind Li Xun, waiting to see what he did.

But Li Xun slowed down, and when he got a foot away from Mrs. Xu, he didn't dismount, but bowed on the horse's back and said: "Madam Duolao will see you off, so please go back."

But Mrs. Xu said: "Three years and two years, I have written many times. It is rare that I have invited you this time, but I only stayed for one night and then left. Let the old man know and scold me for some reason."

He said again: "I have reached my age, and I live every day. I don't know if I will see you next time. I can't say it. It's really the same as the last letter said, and I want you to come to collect the corpse and die."

As he spoke, he pointed to the roadside tea shop and said, "I heard that someone came to report, so I served the banquet. You might as well have a glass of wine, just to see you off with the girl from the Zhao family."

Li Xun sat on the horse and said: "I have other arrangements ahead, the old lady just accepts this kindness..."

"Are you really prejudiced?"

Mrs. Xu leaned on crutches, stepped forward again, and sighed: "The matter this morning really has nothing to do with me, let alone Wan Niang, only that Fu Da... don't you have some contacts with that Xie Min? If you don't believe me , Wait for the Yamen to interrogate, and ask him, won't he know?"

He said again: "I don't have any other excessive demands. I just want to have a glass of wine with you, and I don't want to?"

While talking, he said to Zhao Mingzhi: "Miss Zhao, I heard Miss Wan said that she had a good conversation with you last night, and she is planning to have a good relationship with you in the future. You two are so speculative, it's hard to see Li Er having a baby with my family." Divide up?"

Zhao Mingzhi frowned for a moment, but did not answer.

But Li Xun said: "I don't take the initiative to pursue today's matter, but the old lady still catches up. What does it mean?"

Mrs. Xu was taken aback.

Li Xun said again: "You know that I miss the old love, and you won't easily blame the Xu family, but you come to stop me halfway, just stop me, and even use words to block irrelevant people, are you here to plead for that Fu Da?" ?”

"He... he is also suddenly obsessed with ghosts..."

"He framed me in the morning and took me away from Xu's house together with the traitors. As for this time, it's been half a day. Does the old lady know nothing about it?"

Mrs. Xu wanted to shake her head, but her neck seemed to be stiff.

What's the use of denying it now?
How could she really not know?I can tell, I don't even believe it.

After being silent for a long time, Mrs. Xu could only say: "Although I heard about it a little bit, I just thought there was some misunderstanding, so I asked someone to inquire about it before making a decision. I really know that you have always been strong, and nothing really went wrong—" —Isn’t it coming out early?”

She forced a smile and said: "With your ability, you can go to the mountains of swords and seas of fire. How can you get caught in a small misunderstanding? However, Fu Dayong is a fool. After all, he has helped the escort agency for many years. Taking it away by the yamen will always give the Escort a bad reputation."

"When he comes out, I will definitely punish him severely, so that he won't dare to commit another crime!"

"Li Xun, what do you think?"

Li Xun said coldly: "I was detained and taken away. The old lady just didn't know it. Now Fu Da was only invited to the yamen for a little questioning, but the old lady was so nervous that she chased him out of the outer city in person. Such a comparison is called How can I not think about it—this matter, really has nothing to do with you?"

"That Fu Da made his own decision!"

Mrs. Xu quickly argued.

"Then teach him a lesson." Li Xun sat on his horse and said bluntly, "Last night, I said that I would give the old lady face once, twice, but only three times."

"I only want to save face for the Xu family. Is the one entering the yamen right now surnamed Xu?"

Mrs. Xu gritted her teeth, and said, "Ms. Wan wants to recruit him as her husband, isn't he considered Xu's family..."

Li Xun said: "Then you have to wait until you come out before you can be your son-in-law."

This sentence was clearly a threat, and Mrs. Xu's complexion changed drastically when she heard it, she shouted: "Li Er, what are you going to do?!"

Li Xun said: "You might as well ask Fu Da what he was going to do today."

He said coldly: "I don't care about the private affairs of the Xu family. If the old lady wants to marry a daughter, she has nothing to do with me. According to the previous contract, the Li's bodyguard agency is all under my name. I am willing to share the income every year." Li, it is my own choice, if the future son-in-law wants to intervene in advance and get his claws chopped off, don't blame me for being hot."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and said to Zhao Mingzhi, "Let's go."

Sure enough, as soon as the horse's belly was clamped, he was about to set off.

Mrs. Xu saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly shouted: "Miss Zhao, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Last night, Mr. Fu specially invited you to eat fruit. Could it be that you really don't want to save someone's life... ..."

Zhao Mingzhi couldn't help frowning.

What does this have to do with me?
She was about to answer, but Li Xun said beside her: "Don't bother with her."

After Li Xun finished speaking, he turned the horse's head, leaned forward a little, took a bundle from the horse's back, threw it on the ground in front of Mrs. Xu, and said, "If you have time to save Fu, why don't you save it first?" Let’s go and save the person surnamed Xu—if you really marry such a person, even if you are not your own child, what is the difference between raising him yourself and sending him to the fire pit yourself?"

After finishing speaking, he beat the horse for a few steps, looked back again, and said to Zhao Mingzhi in a calm tone: "Let's go."

Mrs. Xu saw the bundle and heard Li Xun's words, she felt that it was very inappropriate, she didn't even dare to call others, but picked up the bundle with her own hands, put it in her bosom, secretly opened a corner and wanted to to see.

On the contrary, Zhao Mingzhi hesitated for a while before setting off, and went up to Mrs. Xu and said: "Since the old lady said that saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda, I will say it--I smelled the fragrance and medicine on Mr. Fu last night." , extraordinary, I don’t know where it came from, such a person, do you really want to marry? It’s better to go to the place where the fragrance and medicinal smell come from, and get a body in addition to the character, which is worse than entrusting someone else.”

He added: "Another sentence, I didn't eat the fruit. Even if I ate it, according to the current situation, the money for buying the fruit may be shared by Li's bodyguard every year. Thank you...do you also want to thank Li Er Brother, is this the righteous master?"

After speaking, regardless of Mrs. Xu's face turning green and pale for a while, she looked up at Li Xun, smiled at him, and then galloped to catch up.

(End of this chapter)