Ni Chu

The two flickering oil lamps in the room turned on and off, reflecting their shadows on the wall. Chi Xue'e looked around the room, then turned around and smiled sweetly at Li You: "Your Majesty is sleeping alone on the couch, Don't you feel lonely in this long night?"

Li You smiled awkwardly, and said to Chi Xue'e: "Mrs. Yan was just joking. As a minister, Li will naturally stand up and bring his family with him when the court needs it. Not only can't you defend against the enemy with peace of mind, but you have to be distracted to take care of your family, this is a big taboo for generals."

"It's really a great fortune for us and the common people to have such a good official who is dedicated to the country like Lord Magistrate." Chi Xue'e slightly shortened her body to salute Li You, pursed her lips and said, "Ministers visit late at night, except Sir, there is one more thing I would like to ask for your help."

"Madam Yan, just talk about things, but if you can do it, you will do your best! If Madam Yan is talking about Wuyue Jianzhong's robbing of the caravan, I'm afraid you will have to push it back. Wait for the officials to deal with the current situation." After the matter is settled, we will worry about it!" Hearing that Chi Xue'e asked for help, Li You immediately thought of Wuyue Jianzhong.

Chi Xue'e smiled slightly, and said: "Your Excellency, you are worrying too much, and the women are not in a hurry. As long as they are not eradicated for a day, this debt will always be recovered. I have no intention of leaving Xingyang this time. Going on the same journey with my brother, Minnv would like to ask the Lord to take good care of him for me, and don't let him suffer such a serious injury like today again."

Li You was taken aback after hearing Chi Xue'e's words. He originally planned to take Meng Su away when Chi Xue'e and Xiang Ye left, but he didn't expect Chi Xue'e to leave early. I had no choice but to beg Xiang Ye to take Mengsu away alone.

As for letting Chi Xue'e take Mengsu away alone, Li You didn't dare to think about it. Although Chi Xue'e is relatively strong, she is a woman after all. After returning to the Yan family, she can't completely decide many things. Moreover, in Li You's mind, Chi Xue'e has always believed that Chi Xue'e must be profitable as a businessman, and Li You really can't guarantee whether he will sell Mengsu to Xianyang just because he wants to make a deal.

However, during the two days of contact with Xiang Ye, Li You also discovered that although Xiang Ye is a righteous person and a trustworthy person, he is completely a stupid boy who has no experience in walking in the world. If there is no Chi Xue'e to restrain him , leaving Mengsu to him alone, Li You was not very relieved.

The best way is for Chi Xue'e and Xiang Ye to leave Xingyang with Mengsu.

"Why did Mrs. Yan leave first?" Li You pondered for a while and said to Chi Xue'e: "Now that the bandits are rampant, the lady leaves alone, which really makes the lower officials feel a little worried. If you don't wait a little longer, the injury of Xiang Zhuang After you get better, you can go on the road together, so there will be someone to take care of you on the way!"

Chi Xue'e smiled wryly, and instead of answering Li You's question directly, she said to him: "The girl has one more important matter to attend to, so it's inconvenient to go with him."

"Oh!" Li You nodded, and didn't ask any more questions. He has been a sheriff for so long, and he has some understanding of the affairs between merchants. He knows very well that not everyone should know many things about merchants. In modern terms, these things that cannot be known to outsiders are "commercial secrets".

"If the magistrate is fine, the girl will leave first!" Having finished speaking, Chi Xue'e told Li You to leave, turned around and walked towards the door.

Li You looked at her back and wanted to call her back, but in the end he didn't call out and watched her leave silently.

The next day, at dawn, Chi Xue'e hurriedly packed her bags and left Xingyang.

Xiang Ye woke up slowly after being in a coma all night. When he opened his eyes and saw that the scenery in the room was completely different from the torture hall where Zhao Tong tortured him, he was still a little uncomfortable.

Struggling to get up, when he raised his arms, he found that both arms were wrapped in thick sackcloth, and if he wanted to bend his elbows, he would feel a heart-piercing pain in his arms.

He closed his eyes slightly, lay on his back on the couch, and the scene after being caught by Zhao Tong came to his mind like a disc.He remembered that Zhao Tong wanted to force him to give false testimony that Li You had liaised with the rebel army, and he also remembered that his arm was broken because he refused to testify.

The muscles on his face twitched slightly, and he wanted to smile wryly, but before he could let go, the smile froze again in an instant.The severe pain from his arm invaded his cerebellum, and he almost passed out from the pain again.

"You're awake." Xiang Ye, who was covered in cold sweat, was struggling desperately with the pain, when an extremely sweet voice came into his ears.

He forcefully opened his eyes and looked towards the place where the sound came from, wanting to see who could have such a beautiful voice.When he saw the person talking to him clearly, he couldn't help being a little disappointed, the analgesic effect of the sweet voice dissipated immediately because he saw the image of the other person clearly, and the severe pain struck again.

Standing at the door was a young man in a white dark coat. The boy was wearing a high bun, which was straight up to the sky, showing his noble status, but it was different from the white dark coat that only ordinary people wore. The mismatch makes him look weird.

The young man's appearance made Xiang Ye feel inexplicable. Apart from his big bright eyes, his entire facial features were small, such as small ingot ears, small but full nose, tall and straight. With a raised nose bridge and a cherry-like ruddy and small mouth, the young man with these small facial features has a slender height, but these two seemingly incongruous features converge on the young man, which makes people have a kind of If you don't match it like this, it will feel a little uncoordinated.

No matter what Xiang Ye thought, the young man standing at the door didn't look like a man, but he just stood there casually, which made Xiang Ye feel that there was a sense of boldness in his bones, a power that many men don't have. masculinity.

"Are you in pain?" Seeing that Xiang Ye closed his eyes again with a face full of pain, the young man walked into the room. He stood by the couch, his eyes could not help showing some concern, and his sweet voice like a nightingale was almost It was close to Xiang Ye's ear and passed into his ear.

Xiang Ye ignored him, he couldn't find any reason to talk to a stranger he had never met, not to mention that this boy had a sweet voice that didn't match his gender at all, which made him feel a little contemptuous.

He closed his eyes tightly, but he was thinking in his heart: "A man who speaks so effeminately, if he is gay, he is also the type of 'shou'. It's a hard life to meet such a man as soon as he wakes up! Bah! Bah! Bah!"

When he despised the boy in his heart, there was another sharp pain in his arms. He closed his eyes, frowned in pain, and clenched his upper and lower teeth tightly.He really wanted to howl loudly, but he was afraid that the howling would draw Zhao Tong over to start a new round of torture for him.

"Are you in pain?" The boy took two steps closer to Xiang Ye, repeated the question just now, seeing Xiang Ye's painful expression, he actually had a bit of uneasiness in his expression.

Xiang Ye didn't open his eyes, his lips were tightly pursed, as if he didn't say a word no matter how much you questioned me.Seeing that he didn't speak, the young man smiled awkwardly, and then said: "Since you don't want to talk, then take good care of it, your arms are broken, if you don't take good care of them, I'm afraid those arms will be useless in the future. "

After all, he turned around to leave, and just as he turned around, Xiang Ye suddenly opened his eyes and shouted at his back: "What kind of trick are you trying to play? Say it again, Junshou Li has nothing to do with you." None, so don't dream that you can get anything unfavorable from me! If you want to kill him or cut him, you can greet him casually!"

When Xiang Ye yelled these words, the young man's body shook slightly, he turned his head and asked Xiang Ye in astonishment: "What did you say? Could it be that Zhao Tong wants to use you to disadvantage the Lord Sheriff?"

Xiang Ye curled his lips, and replied with a contemptuous smile: "Don't pretend to be ignorant here, I have watched this kind of tricks on TV too much, and if you play this trick with me, you still don't know what to do. Tender!"

The young man frowned, and gave Xiang Ye a dissatisfied look, which was so resentful that Xiang Ye felt goosebumps all over his body.

After gouging out Xiang Ye's eyes, the boy said with his sweet nightingale voice: "You are a real person. I am kind enough to come to see your injury. Why do you open and shut your mouth and bark like 'Master'? Let me ask you a question, is Zhao Tong trying to use you against the Sheriff?"

Xiang Ye glanced at the boy contemptuously, then closed his eyes and did not answer.

The young man took two steps forward, stretched out his hand to grab Xiang Ye by the collar and pulled him up, shouting loudly: "It took a lot of trouble for the county sheriff to rescue you. What's the point of being silent?"

Xiang Ye didn't even open his eyes, and let the young man grab his collar, but when he was picked up, he was also secretly surprised. Although the young man was not short in stature, his figure was not strong. A bit weak, but when he grabbed Xiang Ye's collar, Xiang Ye could still feel the infinite power contained in his thin and small torso.

"Mengsu, Xiang Zhuangshi is seriously injured, how can you treat him like this?" Just as Xiang Ye closed his eyes and resisted the young man, a voice came from the door. He seemed to have heard this voice before, but for a moment he thought Sorry where I heard that.

Xiang Ye opened his eyes, and together with Meng Su who was holding onto his collar, he turned his head and looked towards the door, only to see Li Youzheng standing outside the door with his brows furrowed.

When he came to Xingyang, Xiang Ye didn't meet Li You many times, so he was not very impressed with Li You's voice, so he didn't immediately recognize that it was Li You who spoke just now.

Seeing Li You standing at the door, Meng Su quickly let go of the hand holding Xiang Ye's collar. The helpless Xiang Ye only felt his collar loosen, and suddenly lost his balance and fell back on the couch heavily, hitting the back of his head on the hard wooden board , straight fall of all kinds of meat and eight vegetables, eyes turned white.