Empress Dowager Guide

Chapter 125

Xia Yuhuai nodded appreciatively. Although the young man in front of him was from an ordinary background, he didn't have the slightest aura of a philistine, and his clothes were plain and it was hard to hide his bearing. Presumably, he came from a wealthy family and had never suffered any hard work.

Suddenly, the pain from the wound on Xia Yuhuai's body became more and more intense, and his complexion suddenly turned pale. Seeing that something was wrong, Li Xiaobao hurried forward to support Xia Yuhuai, who was on the verge of falling, and said, "What's wrong with your body?"

While supporting Xia Yuhuai, Li Xiaobao winked at Li Shisan. Li Shisan understood, and hurriedly polished the big stone pier behind him with his sleeve, and asked Xia Yuhuai to sit down.

Xia Yuhuai waved his hands with difficulty and sat down, "It's okay, it's okay, I guess the wound was pushed and shoved just now, the wound is a little cracked, but it shouldn't be a big deal."

Li Xiaobao frowned and said, "My house is not far ahead, why don't you rest here first, I will go find someone to find a sedan chair, and my lord can go to my house to treat the wound."

Xia Yuhuai looked down at the blood smearing from his chest, and nodded helplessly, "That's fine."

"Uncle, then you stay here with your lord."

Li Shisan, who was clearly arranged, frantically gave his grandnephew winks: Don't, don't leave him here!

Li Xiaobao turned around and left, ignoring his uncle's eyes at all. Xia Yuhuai looked at Li Shisan who was winking and said with a smile, "Uncle Shisan, why don't you want to talk to me like that? I'm not a cannibal monster."

"Hi, hi," Li Shisan nodded and smiled apologetically, "How dare, how dare."

"Then let me ask you, Master Li didn't believe in the God of Stone before, how did the God of Stone make Master Li submit?"

Li Shisan made a bitter face, shook his head and said, "We farmers are just gossiping in the fields, how do we really know about you big men?"

"However, the villain still has one thing to remind the lord. Master Li has repeatedly disobeyed the stone god, which has caused disasters. Although ye is the county magistrate, ye is still in the boundary of Fengchun. It is better to respect the envoy of the stone."

"It's like Yee said, this stone god made Master Li submit."

"Master Li won't eat, Stone God won't care, let alone use any method."

Xia Yuhuai: .
"Uncle Thirteen, what I'm talking about is submission, not that submission."

Li Shisan wondered, "Then what did you say?"

Xia Yuhuai racked his brains and thought hard for a long time before he figured out how to explain it, "Submission means obedience."

Li Shisan nodded understandingly. The words of these high officials are really different.

"Master Li obeys Stone God? If he had obeyed, he wouldn't have ended up like this today."

"Back then, the Tianshi envoy came to visit Mr. Li many times, but he was so lucky that someone actually drove the envoy out, and said that the envoy was bewitching the crowd, really."

"So, Master Xia, if you want to stay in Fengchun for a long time, you'd better respect the God of Stone and the envoy."

Xia Yuhuai immediately said angrily, "I haven't heard that the magistrate of a majestic county has to respect the so-called envoy?! It's ridiculous!"

Li Shisan was taken aback by Xia Yuhuai's sudden anger, and muttered, "I'm just looking at your kindness and reminding you. If you don't listen, forget it. Why bother?"

"What are you muttering about?"

Li Shisan smiled and said, "My lord, I mean, why hasn't my nephew come here yet?"

Xia Yuhuai has been able to come from a poor family until now, in addition to some advantages that everyone has, he also has a special skill, that is: excellent hearing.

Whether it's the chief or the subordinate, he can hear everything he mutters clearly, so he is very handy in guessing the upper meaning and observing the lower situation, and has never made a mistake in this regard.

"Hmph," Xia Yuhuai sneered, "So what if I don't listen to your reminder?"

Li Shisan was so frightened that he knelt down in an instant, shaking like a sieve, and said, "Villain -- it was the villain's offense, and the villain also saw Master Li suffer a disaster. I would like to kindly remind you that this is the land of the Stone God after all."

"Is it the land of the king in the whole world, where is the land of the stone god?!"

"Huh!" Li Shisan said excitedly, "You don't dare to talk nonsense! At the beginning, Mr. Li said the same thing as Mr. Mr. Li, even his tone and demeanor were similar, but now? My lord Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. You should be more careful. ye good"

"Uncle, be careful!" Li Xiaobao, who came in a hurry, stopped his uncle from courting death, and saluted Xia Yuhuai, "This uncle is really ignorant, please be more considerate if your words offend adults."

Xia Yuhuai waved his hand not wanting to argue with him, so Li Xiaobao continued, "My lord, please get into the sedan chair."

Li Xiaobao helped Xia Yuhuai up, "The conditions in the countryside are poor, I hope you don't dislike him."

"It's not bad to have such a sedan chair, and I'm still very contented and happy."

Li Xiaobao led the bearers along the path, and Li Shisan muttered a few words in a low voice before following quickly.

Before Xia Yuhuai came, no guards were allowed to follow him. Lu Qingfeng thought about it for a long time in the county government office and was still worried, so he also disguised himself and followed Xia Yuhuai from a distance.

When Xia Yuhuai's identity was exposed just now, he almost rushed in with a knife in his hand. Fortunately, Xia Yuhuai saw him in the chaos and gave him a reassuring gesture, and he put the dagger back into its sheath.

Now seeing Xia Yuhuai enjoying leisurely in the sedan chair, Lu Qingfeng also lowered the brim of his hat and hid himself in the crowd.

Going around all the way, Xia Yuhuai finally entered the town, but as soon as he entered the town, he saw a gray ribbon tied around the arm of everyone walking in the town.

Looking at Li Xiaobao and Li Shisan again in a blink of an eye, there was such a ribbon on their arms at some point.

"You are this?"

Li Xiaobao replied, "My lord, this is a status symbol that only members of the Tiancai Club can have. Without this ribbon, it is impossible to walk in the town."

"That official"

Li Xiaobao smiled and said, "Master Xia came here not long ago, and he will not be held accountable."

Xia Yuhuai just wanted to refute, but seeing the strange eyes of the people around him, he swallowed his saliva and swallowed his words back.

"Then can I have a look at this ribbon?"

Li Xiaobao carefully took off the ribbon and handed it to Xia Yuhuai. Xia Yuhuai looked at Li Shisan, and Li Shisan obediently took it off.

Li Xiaobao explained from the side, "The red line on this ribbon represents the level of the member. The more red lines, the higher the level, and the darker the red, the more noble the status. Only envoys in the world can use red."

Xia Yuhuai was so shocked that he couldn't recover for a long time. Thinking about it, he underestimated the enemy in the past. This is no longer a simple liar. He is organized and disciplined, and has formed a hierarchical system. If he doesn't stop it, I'm afraid they will really become popular ah!

"My lord, we are here!"

Li Shisan followed behind Li Xiaobao, tugged at the corner of his grandnephew's clothes and said in a low voice, "I sent the people there too, can you let me go back first? Just now, the water in the canal didn't reach our land, so I just followed People are talking a few idle words, guessing that the water will be here soon, if I don't go to release the water, I'm afraid it will be late!"

Li Xiaobao had no choice but to nod and agree that uncle slipped openly, thinking that uncle has never found a good reason to lie to others, today is not the day to let the water go, do you really think he is stupid?
However, Li Xiaobao only turned around and said in a low voice, "Today my father and elder brother are not at home, so you are not allowed to tell them about me bringing Master Xia home!"

Xia Yuhuai heard the whispers between the two of them clearly, thinking that Li Xiaobao's father is the nephew of the yamen servant who Li Shisan said was drunk and passed the news, right?

Xia Yuhuai secretly kept this in mind, thinking about going back, she found out this servant Li, he must know a lot of inside information!

Li Shisan grinned when he heard this, good grandson, just now you asked Ye to take care of me, but Ye didn't, and now he's asking me again, that's not so easy!

Rubbing the index finger and thumb lightly, pouted his mouth to let Li Xiaobao see his gestures, meaning, do you know how to cut?
Li Xiaobao gritted his teeth, and took out a small money bag from his sleeve. Just as he was about to count a few copper coins, Li Shisan snatched it over and said in a low voice, "My dear grandson, you are honoring your uncle and me with these!"

"you!"

Li Shisan waved his hands at Xia Yuhuai and Li Xiaobao's distant backs, then turned his head and happily weighed the money bag, thinking that he would lose it now!
Just as Li Shisan took a big stride, he saw a mountain-like figure suddenly appearing in front of him, "Ouch!"

As soon as he arrived at the gate of the Li family's house, Xia Yuhuai said that his judgment was true, the Li family must be a rich family in this town.

The stone lions in the town house at Guangmenkou are even more imposing than the stone lions at the gate of Fengchun County Yamen he is now.

"Sir, please!"

Xia Yuhuai paused, "Then the official will be bothering me a lot."

Li Xiaobao led Xia Yuhuai all the way into his small courtyard, only to see that there was already a doctor waiting in the courtyard, Xia Yuhuai asked Xiaobao in surprise, "I thought it was a simple bandage, but I didn't expect you to invite a doctor!"

Li Xiaobao patted his head with a shy smile and said, "Master Xia is the official of one of the parents. Since he came to our Tiancai Town, how can he wrong him?"

"My kitchen has already prepared food. Please don't be disgusted with it. After you ask the doctor to treat you, you can eat at my house before leaving."

Xia Yuhuai hastily declined, "How can this be done?"

Li Xiaobao said with a smile, "Master Xia came here for the matter of Tiancaishi. Your lord disguised himself as a private visit. It is a blessing to have parents like you. What can we do with a simple meal?"

Xia Yuhuai pushed back several times but failed to disobey Li Xiaobao's insistence, so he had no choice but to agree.

The doctor got up and left after treating Xia Yuhuai's wound. Xia Yuhuai sighed as he clutched the wound that had been torn open again. He never thought that this job would be so difficult before he stopped the Queen Mother's car.

At that time, he thought that it was Li Lingfeng who refused to act in Fengchun, so that the people from Tiancaihui took advantage of the vacancy and emptied Li Lingfeng, but judging from the current situation, it was not that Li Lingfeng refused to act, but was suppressed after he acted. The people of Tiancai Club had no good intentions from the very beginning.

Thinking that this matter was getting more and more complicated, and that the pool of water in front of him was getting deeper and more turbid, Xia Yuhuai sighed involuntarily.

Li Xiaobao, who had sent the doctor out, just turned back and heard Xia Yuhuai's repeated sighs and asked, "Why are you sighing again and again, my lord?"

Xia Yuhuai put away his melancholy expression, and smiled, "I'm sorry for my injury, which I accidentally tore open every time when it was just about to heal. It's been a while and it still hasn't healed."

Li Xiaobao asked suspiciously, "Master Xia is an official ordered by the imperial court, why did he suffer such a serious injury?"

After speaking, Li Xiaobao hurriedly added, "The villain didn't inquire about these on purpose, the doctor told me just now that the injury of the adult doesn't look serious, but there are a few injuries in the vital parts, if you don't take good care of them, there may be some left. The sequelae, the villain only knows about it."

Xia Yuhuai shook his head with a smile and said, "It's okay, it's not a secret either."

"Do you know how that Master Li died in the past?"

Li Xiaobao said in a low voice, "They all said that the stone god sent disaster and took Master Li's life. But"

"The villain knows the inside story!"

Seeing Li Xiaobao's mysterious and expectant expression, Xia Yuhuai was a little lost. He hadn't seen such a lively young man for a long time.

He couldn't help laughing, "What's the inside story?"

"Master Li, Master Li, he was hacked to death by random knives!"

"The imperial court does not allow rumors, but many people in the county saw it. That night, the county government was full of flames, and there were shouts of beating and killing. Master Li was killed by an assassin!"

Xia Yuhuai nodded, "That's true."

Li Xiaobao was a little proud, but Xia Yuhuai continued, "I was there that night."

Li Xiaobao lost his voice, he was stunned for a moment, pointed at Xia Yuhuai's wound and said, "Could it be that my lord is."

Xia Yuhuai nodded again, "I just arrived in Fengchun that day, and I happened to meet assassins assassinating Master Li, so I brought my guards to fight them, but it's a pity, Master Li..."

Li Xiaobao smiled and said, "The lord is really auspicious."

"However, you don't seem to believe the rumors outside?"

"what?"

Seeing that Li Xiaobao didn't understand what he meant, Xia Yuhuai looked directly at the ribbon in Li Xiaobao's hand.

Li Xiaobao reacted, laughed at himself, tore off the ribbon and said, "Why do you believe this?"

"This is just something to prevent yourself from becoming a different kind, just to save your life."

"Life insurance?"

"Well," Li Xiaobao murmured, "Your Excellency probably still doesn't know that the new town regulations of Tiancai Town require townspeople not to be members of the Tiancai Club. There are only two ways to go. One is to join the Tiancai Club; the other is to be conscious Move out of Tiancai Town."

"Then there is no third way to go?"

"Have."

Xia Yuhuai breathed a sigh of relief, and Li Xiaobao continued, "I was burned to death."

Xia Yuhuai frowned, "What kind of bullshit rule is this?"

"Hush!" Li Xiaobao looked around in panic and said, "Your Excellency, be careful what you say, be careful that walls have ears!"

Xia Yuhuai couldn't help being stunned, "This is in your home, and someone will eavesdrop?!"

Li Xiaobao smiled wryly, "Even in the family, there will be loyal disciples of Tiancai Hui. Once you hear this, and expose your sinful words to the messenger, you will be killed!"

(End of this chapter)