The wind in the early morning was slightly cold, Xiao Tang rode straight to the criminal department, he naturally understood who Ling Jingshen was talking about, "the child I saw in Xingze Tower last time", that was Li Huo, the son of Li Xing, Ying Lanfeng's wife's uncle.

Xiao Tang also knew that although Ling Jingshen was smiling and uninhibited in his daily life, he was never ambiguous when it came to serious things, and this time he sent someone to invite him over early in the morning, it must have been Li Huo's child who had an accident.

As soon as Ma Er turned around from Zhongzhou Avenue into the main street of the Criminal Department, a small figure appeared on the road in the direction of the East City Gate, running along the street in a panic, running for a while, as if he was lost, he stopped and looked around, his little face was full of anxiety, his eyes were red, and he was covered with tears, but this child was the Li Huo that Xiao Tang was thinking about.

Gradually, the day was getting stronger, and there were more and more pedestrians on the road, so Li Huofeng asked: "How to get to the Ying Gongfu?" ”

When those people saw that he was a child, those who were kind gave him a point or two, but most of them ignored him, and even more narrow-minded people pointed him in the wrong direction.

Li Huo ran around like a fly without a head, went around countless circles, and was exhausted until he finally groped his way to the door of the Ying Guo Mansion.

Although Li Huo came last year, but after a long time, and secondly, the group of people at the gate of the Guogong Mansion were also on duty in rotation, and none of the people present recognized him, seeing that it was a child who rushed over recklessly, he hurriedly stopped him, pushed him away, and shouted: "This is the Guogong Mansion, don't break in!" ”

Li Huo ran all morning, he was already too tired to support it, and he couldn't stand and fell to the ground, he raised his head and cried: "I want to find my aunt and uncle, I want to find Sister Huaizhen!" ”

Those little guys were talking and laughing, where would they pay attention, and in the middle of the block, an old porter came out, and when he saw this, he said: "You guys are so unpresentable!" Why is it difficult for a child? ”

The man went down the steps, stepped forward to help Li Huo up, and when he saw that his face was full of tears and he was choking with tears, he asked, "What's wrong with your child?" What are you doing here? ”

Li Huo sobbed and said, "I'm looking for my aunt and uncle, I'm looking for Sister Huaizhen......"

Everyone became more and more ignorant of what was going on, only the old porter seemed to have heard of it, and the girl who knew the second master in the house seemed to be called "Huaizhen", and hurriedly asked, "Your uncle is the second master of the wind?" Is your aunt's surname Li? ”

It's just because Li Xianshu has been helping Xu Yuan manage the backyard recently, so the name has gradually spread out, and those who have heard of it will call her "Second Grandma Li", no longer like no one knew about it when she first returned home.

Li Huo nodded hurriedly, grabbed him and said, "I have something important, I want to see them quickly!" ”

Seeing this, the old porter hurriedly ordered the little servant to enter the house, and it happened that at this time, a carriage stopped at the door, and a person jumped out of the carriage.

Ying Pei looked at the situation in front of him and shouted, "Tuwa, why are you?" Hurriedly rushed up and hugged Li Huo, and saw that he was covered in dust, and when he saw that his face was still injured, he didn't know whether his face was sweat or tears, and he was shocked for a while.

Li Huo finally saw the person he recognized, so he hugged Ying Pei and cried, "Brother Pei, my father has an accident!" ”

At this moment, Ying Lanfeng had already gone to the ministry on an errand, and as soon as the little maid inside passed the news, Li Xianshu got the news first, and hurriedly asked someone to invite Li Huo in, and he was also busy picking him up, and before he arrived in the front hall, he saw Ying Pei pulling Li Huofei and running in.

When Li Huo saw her, as if he had seen a relative, he rushed up and hugged Li Xianshu, crying: "Auntie, my father has an accident, you can save him!" ”

When Li Xianshu heard this, her heart trembled, but she had been practicing in the mansion for almost a year, and her temper and temperament were different from before, so she was not very flustered. She hugged Li Huo and said, "Tuwa, don't worry, tell your aunt what's wrong?" ”

Li Xianshu saw that there were many maids around him, and there were many people, so he pulled Li Huo back to his courtyard, and Ying Pei followed behind.

It happened that Ying Huaizhen got the news, and he was about to come out to meet, and when he met twice, Li Huo's tears became more and more unstoppable, Ying Huaizhen saw him crying so pitifully, the corners of his eyes were bruised and swollen, and his lips were also broken.

Or Ying Pei helped Li Xianshu comfort the two of them on the side, and said: "Huaizhen, don't panic, let Tuwa talk about what's going on first, we're all together, no matter if it's a big deal, there is a way to solve it." ”

Ying Huaizhen listened, and nodded as expected. Li Xianshu glanced at Ying Pei, and only then did she look at him a little "differently".

At this moment, Ruyi and Jixiang sent a basin of water up, wrung out the handkerchief, Li Xianshu took it, and gently wiped the sweat, tears, and dust on Li Huo's face, avoiding his injuries, and asked again.

Li Huo calmed down and said, "It's because of my studies in the academy......"

The Youxian county where the Li family lives is close to the foot of the Son of Heaven, although the county seat is not big, but there are many people who are related to the capital.

There are a few little bully-style children in the school where Li Huo studied, and the eldest one is thirteen years old, because the family is wealthy, and he relies on his relatives to be officials in Beijing, so he acts as a prestige and makes a gang in the school, and specializes in bullying the weak for fun.

Because everyone knows that Li Huo is the child of a merchant family, and most of them know the details of his family...... I don't see it in my eyes, and when I get free, I change my way to bully.

It's just that Li Huo is a very sensible child, and he knows that it is not easy for him to come over to study, and if something happens, it will naturally be bad, and his temperament is the kind of person who has always been silent, so he always does not say anything when he is wronged, and endures it silently.

Although he had also revealed to Li Xing that he didn't want to study anymore, but whenever this happened, Li Xing scolded him angrily, and by chance, Li Huo learned from Grandma Xu that he could read thanks to Ying Huaizhen, he listened to Grandma Xu's words, saying that Ying Huaizhen must ask him to study, so he gritted his teeth and continued to hold on.

Unexpectedly, when those people saw that Li Huo was always silent, they felt even more that they were bullied, and they even intensified their efforts, pouring water on his head today, and deliberately pushing him into a mud pit tomorrow, or beating him around...... There are many tricks.

Thanks to Li Huo, he followed Li Xing to practice his fists and feet, and he also learned some ways to protect himself, but he was bullied by those people, so he just ran away...... However, Li Xing, by chance, saw that his clothes were dirty and wounded, so he suspected that he was playing and fighting with others...... If he catches up with his bad temper, he will catch him and beat Li Huo hard.

Therefore, Li Huo saw that he hadn't started to fight with people yet, and his father was so angry, if he really fought with people, then what would he do?

On this day, those prickly heads came to provoke Li Huo again, and one of them pushed his head and said, "What are you looking at?" Pretending to be a pretend, doesn't they take us seriously? ”

Li Huo ignored it, and when he saw that the situation was not good, he packed up his books and prepared to leave, but the other kicked him, and the desk suddenly became crooked, which also tripped Li Huo and scattered the books in his hand on the ground.

Li Huo glanced at them, endured his anger, and was about to go to get the book, but someone took the first step to pick it up and said to him: "Phew! Stinky boy, what are you staring at? Your grandfather was a rotten drunkard, and the last time I saw him rolling around the streets drunk, he didn't look like a person! Your family is a merchant again, damn the low, cheap little animals, and life dare to be like a person, come here to study and learn with us! ”

When Li Huo heard this, his heart was pounding with anger, but he still endured it, and he got up to take the book, but when these people saw that the more he tolerated him, the more arrogant they became, and he glanced at Li Huo, waved his hands, and tore the book like snowflakes, and threw it hard at Li Huo's head and face, and said: "You will just be a bad gambler and drunkard in the future, get away with us as soon as possible!" ”

The pages of the book smashed on his face like snowflakes, and Li Huo's brain was hot, and it was already raging, so he suddenly jumped up, grabbed the man's clothes, and punched him a few times.

The young man was caught off guard, and was beaten to the point that his eyes were full of stars, and the fox friends and dogs next to him saw this, and hurriedly came forward to pull and beat Li Huo, Li Huo was already red-eyed, and he couldn't hold back the grievances he had suffered for many days, and he couldn't hold it back at this moment, seeing these people rushing up, he was not afraid, turned around, punched and kicked, like a mad tiger, and knocked the four or five people around him to the ground in an instant, or moaning/groaning or screaming, the wolf bèi is extraordinary!

The little overlord who led the way before came back to his senses, and when he saw this, he shouted to himself: "You bastard little woman raised a nasty embryo!" You've even done it! Good...... You're just waiting to die! Even the people in your family ......"

Li Huo looked at his book on the ground, knowing that this troubled school must not be able to read anymore, and thinking that Ying Huaizhen had told him not to fight, if he studied hard, his heart was sad and angry, he simply broke the jar and broke it, rushed forward and punched the man in the face.

The little overlord saw that he was fierce, and he was so frightened that he took a step back, Li Huo didn't stop doing anything, jumped forward and scolded while beating: "You are the bastard raised by the little woman, the embryo, and you are called a bully!" You return my books! ”

Most of the surrounding students have suffered from these evil children, so they are all elated when they see this scene, anyone? Cheer loudly, clap and cheer; There are also those who are a little scheming, and when they see that there is such a trouble, they are busy clearing it up and going out secretly, some of them go to call the husband, and some of them go to inform the servants of these evil boys...... And those who were willing to stand on Li Huo's side, although they didn't dare to come forward to help him directly, but seeing that he was going to suffer, they hurriedly ran to Li's house to report the news, so the school was like a frying pan, and it was a mess.

Li Xing was in the shop, and hurriedly rushed to the place when he heard the words, because the elementary school student didn't understand, Li Xing only thought that Li Huo was fighting with someone, and he was very angry along the way, only thinking about how to teach Li Huo a lesson, but he didn't expect that as soon as he entered the private school, he saw a few people dressed as small people grabbing Li Huo, Li Huo's nose was blue and his face was swollen, and the corners of his mouth were bleeding, obviously he was bullied and suffered a big loss.

Seeing this, Li Xing immediately became furious, no matter how stubborn Li Huo is, he is also his son, how can he teach him a lesson, but now he is caught and beaten hard, where can Li Xing endure this?

Because these little boys followed the gang of evil boys, they were all snobs who did not distinguish between black and white, and when they saw that their masters had suffered losses, they were afraid that they would be punished and punished, and because those evil boys were clamoring for revenge, they only beat and tortured Li Huo.

Although Li Huo knows a little kung fu, he is just a child after all, where can he stop these adults from rushing up? Just as the heavens should not call the earth spiritless, Li Xing arrived.

Li Xing, this person, since he was a child, he had learned some boxing and foot kung fu from a martial artist, if there was a dispute in ordinary times, four or five big men could not get close to him, and where would he put these minions in his eyes, even more under his anger, he was even more ruthless, three fists and two feet, and actually put down seven or eight small guys, some broke their legs, some broke their arms, and all hung colors.

Unexpectedly, it was because of this that he got into a big disaster.

This was originally just a trivial matter caused by a child's dispute, but these evil children who caused trouble were all like jewels in the family, and they were also spoiled by the people in the family, where had they ever suffered such a loss? These families are indeed some backers in Beijing, and they want to kill Li Xing's father and son.

Therefore, the county magistrate of Youxian County did not dare to offend, and hurriedly interrogated, because Li Huo was young, he did not deal with it, but locked Li Xing, beat him badly, and locked him in a cell.

After Li Huo finished speaking, he said with tears in his eyes: "The incident started because of me, and it has nothing to do with my father...... Auntie, save your father. As he spoke, he cried and said, "Actually, my father doesn't allow me to sue you...... The day before yesterday, my grandmother took me to the prison to see my father, and discussed what to do, and my grandmother wanted to come to Beijing to find you, but my father was unwilling, saying that he had already accepted the love of my aunt and uncle last time, and could not cause you any more trouble...... But I saw that my father was beaten like that, and I didn't care if I was going to beat them to death...... ran secretly without telling my grandmother. ”

Li Xianshu was slightly stunned and said, "Tuwa, when did you run out of the door?" ”

Li Huo cried: "It was last night that they all fell asleep, and I ran out......"

Li Xianshu felt cold all over her body and said, "The city gate is closed at night, even if you don't get lost, what if you run outside the city?" ”

Li Huo said: "I slept outside the city gate all night, and entered the city before dawn, but unfortunately I didn't know the way, so I delayed for half a day to find here." ”

Li Xianshu listened, and saw tears in her eyes, hugged Li Huo tightly, and said: "You stupid boy, it's good to come during the day, why do you do three watches in the middle of the night?" It's okay for you, but what else would you do? ”

Ying Pei and Ying Huaizhen were beside them, and seeing that the shoes on Li Huo's feet were worn out, the two of them were very uncomfortable in their hearts.

Ying Huaizhen said: "Mother, should I call my father back?" Let him take a look, and he can't let his uncle go to prison in vain. ”

Ying Pei also said: "Of course, mother, why don't I go out and call someone to call my father back?" As he spoke, he looked at Li Xianshu, and when he saw Li Xianshu nodding slightly, Ying Pei hurriedly withdrew and went out.

Ying Huaizhen comforted Li Huo and said: "Cousin, you don't have to be afraid, this matter is the fault of those people, and my uncle will be fine." ”

Li Huo heard this, and then nodded slowly.

Although Ying Huaizhen said this, he thought in his heart: "My father has only returned to Beijing not long ago, and he has no foundation, he is in the ministry, and he is just a civil official who does not care about things at a low level...... I'm afraid it's hard to exert my strength, and I don't know who the backers of those people are, if it's really huge, then what should I do......"

Ying Huaizhen thought silently, and suddenly had an idea, and thought: "This matter needs to be handled by a person who specializes in prisons, which can be regarded as justifiable, and can also bluff those bad people, but where to find such a person?" How can people help us in a hurry......"

She thought of this slowly, and suddenly a figure flashed through her mind.

Ying Huaizhen was stunned for a moment, shook his head hurriedly, and then thought again: "How could you think of him?" He's a great candidate, but ...... How to ask for no reason? Even if he really spoke rashly, how could he agree lightly? That's right...... He also made a pact with me that I could ......."

Ying Huai was really cranky, and the person he was thinking about was naturally Xiao Tang, and he didn't speak for a while.

Others didn't know what she was doing, Li Xianshu saw that Ying Pei went to pass the word, but she didn't come back for a long time, and she was faintly annoyed, so she asked the maid Ruyi to urge Ying Pei to see what Ying Pei was doing.

Unexpectedly, Ruyi came back after a moment and said, "Young Master Pei left a message, he was afraid that the little servants would not understand, so he personally rode to the criminal department." ”

When Li Xianshu heard this, it was another surprise, and she nodded slightly after a while.

After a quarter of an hour, the little guy who followed Ying Pei returned to the house first, and reported: "Young Master Pei has explained everything clearly to the second master, and the second master listened, so he simply asked for leave and immediately drove out of the city to Youxian...... The second master asked the little one to come back and tell the second grandmother: Don't worry about it, the second master will do his best to think of it! ”

Li Xianshu listened, and saw that Ying Lanfeng was so resolute, and her heart was greatly comforted, she was worried about her brother again, and she wanted to go to Youxian County immediately to take a look, and when she saw Li Huo looking at her, she hurriedly said to him: "Tuwa, did you hear it?" Your uncle has passed, and with your uncle here, they don't dare to do anything to your father! Otherwise, even if my aunt goes out, she will have to fight with them to see who is alive or dead! ”

Li Xianshu was ruthless, when she heard someone laughing outside: "Yo, who are you going to fight with?" ”

The people in the house all looked at the door, but saw Xu Yuan and the maid hosta entering the door one after the other, smiling and groaning very brightly, which made the room shine for a while.

Li Xianshu hurriedly got up and gave up her seat, seeing that Xu Yuan was coming, the matter must not be hidden, so she explained it to Xu Yuan in 1510.

When Xu Yuan heard this, he was furious, slapped the table, and said, "What kind of blind-eyed bastard king eight lambs, if you want to bully people, you don't inquire!" ”

She looked at Li Huo sharply, and asked, "Have you ever told them that your uncle is the second master of the Ying Mansion?" ”

Li Huo lowered his head and said in a low voice: "I didn't say it, my father didn't let me publicize it, saying that it was not good for my uncle......"

Xu Yuan was surprised, and was stunned before sighing: "There are such good people in the world, but good people suffer this crime again!" …… I should be, if I said that I have a relationship with the Ying Gongfu, how can anyone dare to do such nonsense? Second sister-in-law, you don't have to be afraid, since my brother has gone to this matter, he can settle it, if he can't cure the blind villain, you just have to leave this matter to me, if I can't kill them, I can't get out of this breath for you, I will pull off my head and make amends for you! ”

Li Xianshu didn't know much in her heart, but now when she heard Xu Yuan say these words categorically, she couldn't help but perk up and wet her eyes.

Xu Yuan immediately sent two more powerful servants and ordered him to go to Youxian County to check on the details, and report back immediately if there is news.

In the afternoon, one of them hurried back, entered the door, knelt down through the curtain, and said, "The second master reassures the second grandmother and the third grandmother of the family...... said that this matter has been settled, but it is not the second master's effort, when the second master arrived, someone had already solved it for us, and the uncle also returned home early, so he could recuperate! ”

When Li Xianshu and Xu Yuan heard this, they were stunned, and Xu Yuan hurriedly asked, "Can you find out who contributed the effort?" ”

The little guy said: "I don't know about this, I only heard that it is a very important adult." ”

Xu Yuan groaned slightly, but he couldn't figure out who acted so neatly and so capable, so he simply slapped the table lightly, laughed, and said, "This is really...... We are still gritting our teeth here, but we don't know which good person actually did this quietly, and told us to worry about it in vain, and even left a name and a letter to make us grateful! ”

Although Xu Yuan said this, he inevitably speculated in his heart: "I'm afraid that the person who made this move is still looking at the face of the government...... I don't know who it is? If you really want to sell favors to the house, why don't you have a name? It's just that it's probably inconvenient to disclose, so I'll just ask in detail. ”

Li Xianshu's heart was hanging in the air before, but now the dust has finally settled, she let out a long breath, and said with her hands together: "Amitabha, God Buddha Bodhisattva bless." ”

Xu Yuan stood up and said, "Since my sister-in-law doesn't have a place for me to serve here, I'll leave first, you also know that there is still a thing waiting for you......" He looked at Li Huo again and said: "Poor man, this child is so young, and he is so sensible, my sister-in-law still keeps him for a few days and lets him live in the house for a few days?" ”

Li Xianshu agreed, and said: "There is another thing, since there is such a trouble at home, I want to go back and have a look......"

Xu Yuan said: "What's so difficult about this? Do you want to make it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, you go back to your wife, and I will prepare something for you to bring. ”

Li Xianshu hurriedly excused himself and said, "You don't have to work like this. ”

Xu Yuan said: "You have been with me for so long, why are you still polite to me?" What's more, my uncle was frightened, so naturally he had to give birth to a good child, and he had to bring everything well, so I would send a few more maids to follow you, so that those things that don't open their eyes should be looked at carefully, so that they know who they have offended! ”

Li Xianshu was grateful and smiled, and said, "You can think of it, and you think it thoughtfully." ”

Xu Yuan glanced at her and said with a smile: "It's only because your family refuses to let people know that they are related to the Guogong Mansion, so they suffered this loss for no reason...... What are you afraid of? It's just that you don't just stay at home for a long time when you go back? I can't miss you here! Come back early to help, I'll be more relaxed too! After laughing, he went out with the maid.

After Xu Yuan went, Li Xianshu looked back at Li Huo and Ying Huaizhen, touched their heads, and said, "It's finally sunny after the rain!" Tuwa will stay tonight, and I'll take you home with me tomorrow! ”

Li Huo was so happy that he couldn't stop grinning, although he missed his father, but because he could stay in the house and get along with Ying Huaizhen and Ying Pei, he was naturally very happy, and he would be able to go home tomorrow, dancing for a while.

Li Xianshu sighed, pulled him and said, "Don't sneak around and scary people in the future, you know?" Seeing that he was a little dirty again, he called Jixiang to come in and asked him to prepare water for Li Huo to wash.

Li Huo was still a little shy, Ying Huaizhen smiled and said, "How old are you?" And no one will peek at you. ”

Li Huo smiled, he had to wash it, Li Xianshu took out Ying Pei's old clothes and put them on for him, it was really a person who relied on clothes and horses to rely on saddles, and the whole person looked brand new, and his temperament was different.

It's just that his face is still injured, Ying Huaizhen asked Ruyi to take the medicine box, and gave him the medicine himself, Li Huo sat cross-legged obediently, and said: "Sister, don't be sad, I didn't suffer a loss this time, I lost them all first." ”

Ying Huaizhen saw that he was worried about this, so he smiled and said, "Got it." ”

Li Huo said again: "If I grow up like my father again, no one will be able to beat me, hmph, they will bully others, and they will not be considered real heroes......"

Ying Huaizhen smiled and nodded, but he didn't speak, but he thought in his heart: "But I don't know who is the person who quietly helped and saved my uncle?" "I thought about it, but it didn't come to an end