Ming Dynasty man

Chapter 73

Li Jing stared at Zhang Ao for a while, then pulled Zhang Ao up and said, "Since you guessed my identity, if I don't accept you, I will kill you. How about this, I will give you a task, see Can you finish it? If you can finish it, I will take you back to the mountain. If you can't finish it, I will give you some silver taels. You can leave Lin County and live elsewhere in the future."

"Please benefactor, give me instructions!" Zhang Ao said urgently.

"I killed all the masters and young masters of the Xu family tonight. After dawn, someone will report to the police. I will give you three days to settle this matter. If you do it, I will send someone to pick you up the mountain." Li Jing Said.

Hearing this, Zhang Ao lowered his head and frowned, thinking.

Li Jing didn't bother him either, but slowly added firewood to the fire.

After a long time, Zhang Ao raised his head and said, "Engong, I don't know if this can be done, I can only do my best. If it doesn't work, I hope Engong will not be offended. Zhang Ao will have no face to see Engong again. I will find a place to live for the rest of my life, and I will never cause trouble to benefactor."

Li Jingjing nodded, closed the box, and stood up: "I'll wait for your news!"

"Benefactor, take care!" Zhang Ao hurriedly stood up to see him off.

Seeing Li Jing getting on his horse and galloping away, Zhang Ao suddenly saw the cloak next to the fire, and hurriedly called out, "Grand En, your cloak."

"Take it as an expense." Li Jing replied from afar.

Zhang Ao stared blankly at Li Jingyuan's back, and when Li Jing's back disappeared, Zhang Ao looked down at the cloak, wiped his eyes, bent over to pick it up, turned around and strode away.

The wind picked up gradually, and snowflakes suddenly fluttered from the sky, falling on the fire and making chi-chi noises from time to time.

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The 23th day of the twelfth lunar month in the sixth year of the Apocalypse.

This day is commonly known as Xiaonian.

Everywhere in Hongshanling also began to decorate with lanterns and festoons.

Although some families are happy and some are sad, but no matter what, the New Year is always over.
Looking up and looking out the window, the snow finally stopped.

The snow that fell three days ago was both timely and unsatisfactory.

Speaking of time, it was because the officers and soldiers retreated immediately because of the snowflakes.

It is not satisfactory, because Shen Zheng and others rushed back to Hongshanling in the snow.

There are still a few days before the Chinese New Year, and Shen Zheng knew that Li Jing was not going to leave these people in the valley for the New Year, so when he saw the snowflakes in the sky, he immediately brought everyone back.

Otherwise, the mountain will be blocked by heavy snow, and the mountain road will be even more difficult. It will be difficult for the old people and women in the valley of Wanbai Mountain to come out again.

Li Jing sat in the study and carefully watched the information sent by Ma Wu.

The information was about the follow-up news about the destruction of Xu's family in Lin county three days ago, as well as the news about the officers and soldiers.

According to the news from Ma Wu, someone spread the news in Lin County, saying that the Xu family had offended the gods, so the whole family was murdered by evil spirits, and the news that the evil spirits appeared in the Xu family in the middle of the night was confirmed by Xu Laifu, the manager of the Xu family's farm. .

Then someone spread the news in Lin County that the Xu family had offended the gods, and that anyone who had anything to do with the Xu family would be in trouble.The officers and soldiers took the money and food from the Xu family to help the Xu family suppress the bandits, and many were killed by the evil spirits that night, and even the tents were burned to the ground, causing the officers and soldiers to run back to the camp overnight against the cold wind.

This incident was also confirmed by officers and soldiers of the guard.

The same news also came from Weihui's mansion, saying that the grain and grass troops of the officers and soldiers encountered evil spirits and burned the grain and grass to clean.

At the same time, someone said that there were not only bandits but also evil spirits around Hongshanling. More than 200 officers and soldiers who entered the mountain to suppress the bandits were killed overnight by evil spirits, and it is said that only three escaped.

The news was confirmed by the three officers and soldiers who fled back.

Seeing that Ma Wu reported all such news, Li Jing smiled wryly and shook his head, why didn't he know how to use his brain to analyze and analyze?

Such news appeared in the two prefectures at the same time, and someone was deliberately spreading it, and then it was fueled by those who wanted to shirk responsibility, making this news come true.

So why do people who deliberately spread it do this?Who is this person, one or two?
And it actually used someone. It is said that such a word, even the person who spread it, came to report without knowing clearly.

After thinking about it, Li Jing asked the person who sent the letter to send a letter to Ma Wu, and asked Ma Wu to go back to the mountain immediately.

As soon as the messenger left, a girl brought a cup of tea to Li Jing and said, "Master, drink some tea."

"Hehe, Xiaodie, are you tired from running back and forth these days?" Li Jing took the teacup with a smile.

"The servant girl can't help the young master with anything, so I just run errands for the young master, pass some tea, I'm not tired." Xiaodie smiled sweetly.

Xiaodie used to call Li Jingda the head of the family. Li Jing felt that Xiaodie was not his subordinate, so he asked Xiaodie to change his name.

In fact, Li Jing didn't want Xiaodie to call him young master, Li Jing really liked this clever little maid very much, and from the bottom of his heart, Li Jing would rather let Xiaodie call him big brother.But Xiaodie didn't agree with anything, and finally had to call herself young master according to Xiaodie's wish.

In fact, Xiaodie would like to call Uncle Li Jing more, but this name can only be thought of now.

After taking a sip of water, Li Jing put down his teacup, picked up a few pieces of paper and handed them to Xiaodie, "Xiaodie, I have to trouble you to run down, I have something here and I need your lady to help me sort it out."

Xiaodie took the paper, glanced at it briefly, and said with a smile: "Master, your handwriting is too ugly, it is far worse than our young lady."

"Yeah, I also know that the writing is ugly and I can't get it out, so I have to ask your lady to write it again. I guess some places are not smooth, and your lady needs to polish it up." Li Jing smiled.

"Actually, young master, you don't have to be modest. I heard from the old master that the young master just learned to write from the old master, and it's already very impressive to be able to write like this." Xiaodie laughed.

"Hahaha, thank you for your compliment. I just realized now that it's amazing that I can write like this, hahaha!" Li Jing laughed loudly.

Xiaodie blushed, and suddenly said: "Master, you really should smile more. I see you frowning every day, and my heart is always sour."

Li Jing was stunned, looked at Xiaodie, and thought: "So this little girl cares about me so much."

After thinking about it, Li Jing smiled and said, "I'm happy when you talk to me every day."

Xiaodie's face turned even redder, and she hurriedly said, "Master, I'm going."

Li Jing waved his hands and smiled, "Go slowly, be careful of slippery roads, and don't fall."

Xiaodie responded and left in a hurry.

Looking at Xiaodie's back, Li Jing felt tenderness in his heart, wondering if that person who couldn't meet him would care about him, even if he cared, she wouldn't dare to say it.

Sighing lightly, Li Jing began to think about the future development direction of the cottage, thinking about it, his brows began to wrinkle.

Suddenly Li Jing remembered Xiaodie's words, young master, you should really smile more, I always feel sour when I see you frowning every day.

Li Jing stroked the center of his brows lightly, smiled wryly, and said in his heart, "I'm frowning again. Even Xiaodie, a little girl who doesn't see her often, sees me frowning every day. How can others not see it? I am a copycat. If the leader is always like this, how can he give people confidence, it seems that I should really smile more in the future."

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The back house of the Shen family in Hongshanling.

Xiaodie walked gently to Shen Ying's side, and handed over the paper in her hand: "Miss, he gave it to you."

Shen Ying nodded, took the paper, and gently placed it on the table.

"Miss! I told him." Suddenly Xiaodie said something nonsensical.

"Huh? How did he react?" A look of concern appeared on Shen Ying's face.

"He smiled happily, and then I said the next thing." Xiaodie continued.

"What did he say?" Shen Ying asked.

Xiaodie blushed, and said coyly: "He said that as long as the slaves talk to him every day, he will be happy. Miss, I'm sorry, he didn't know that you actually said these words."

Shen Ying sighed softly, shook her head and said, "Silly girl, you don't understand the meaning of what I asked you to say."

"What's the meaning of these words? Don't you just care about him?" Xiaodie asked puzzled.

Shen Ying shook her head lightly, lost her mind for a while, and then sighed softly: "He is so smart, he should understand the meaning of these words!"

"Miss, you know that this servant is a stupid girl, so don't play charades with me, okay?" Xiaodie asked anxiously.

Shen Ying smiled lightly and said: "Are you a stupid girl? He said that as long as you talk to him every day, he will be happy. He can say that, and he likes you very much."

"Miss, don't make fun of the servant, if he knows that you said those words, he might be so happy. Miss, tell me, what do those words mean?" Xiaodie begged for mercy.

"He is the leader of the cottage. He frowns every day. Those who know the truth know that he is thinking about problems. Those who don't know will think that something big happened on the mountain. If this continues, people's hearts will be unstable." Shen Ying said softly.

"Ah? That's it! I said that the lady asked me every day how he was feeling and what kind of expression he had on his face. So it was because of this!" Xiaodie suddenly said.

Then Xiaodie sighed softly: "Miss, you really know a lot. If you are a man, you must be a remarkable man."

Shen Ying shook her head lightly: "How do I know so much? These things are in books."

Xiaodie wondered: "What book? It's so powerful, I'll show it to the young master."

Shen Ying said angrily: "You, he won your heart away with one sentence, right? The book doesn't say so detailed, I understand it myself. How about it, if you see him frowning next time, Just ask him a question."

"What?" Xiaodie asked anxiously.

Shen Ying lightly tapped Xiaodie's forehead with her hand and said angrily, "What's the rush? This sentence is 'If you don't keep your body, you don't lose your country'. You ask him how to explain this secret word."

"The minister does not lose his body and the king does not lose his country, and the minister does not lose his body and the king does not lose his country. This secret word seems to mean secret." Xiaodie murmured twice.

"Hehe, Xiaodie is getting smarter and smarter! But what you said is not entirely correct. This code word has many meanings, such as being cautious in handling things, being rigorous in doing things, etc. It is not just as simple as keeping secrets. Then I will ask you now , how can we keep the secret?" Shen Ying laughed.

Xiaodie hurriedly shook her head.

(End of this chapter)