Lanqiao Township, under Lantian County, Jingzhao Prefecture, Datang Guannei Road, faces the Qinling Mountains, carries Lishan Mountain, and tightly chokes the Lanwu Road leading to Shangluo in Shannan.

On the Blue River of Yushan, a stone bridge spans the Qingqing stream.

Although it is already the land of Weinan in Guanzhong, it is in the belly of the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains, but because Lanwu Road is the main road out of the customs after Tongguan Road, there is not only Lanqiao Station but also a very lively Lanqiao market town.

Along the Blue Creek, there is a long street several miles long, and there are houses and shops on both sides of the street.

On the long street, there are many business travelers passing by, and pedestrians are weaving.

"It's finally here!"

A young man in a blue shirt stood on the blue bridge, "It's finally here." ”

"San Lang, this is your hometown?"

The cloth-clothed young man had a long sword hanging from his waist and an old yellow horse, tall with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his appearance was also handsome. Hearing the words of the person next to him, he fell into deep thought for a moment.

This is Li Xiao's hometown, but it is not his hometown.

His hometown is in the distant future, and there is no going back. Now, he is Li Xiao, and this will also be his home.

"This guest officer, are you a top or a hotel, the small shop has a good guest room, not far in front, and the room rate is cheap." A teenager dressed in a short shirt came up to solicit business with a smile.

Li Xiao turned his head to look at the young man a few times, but found that he did not have this person in his memory. Come to think of it, Li Xiao has been away from the Blue Bridge for five years, and Li Xiao was sixteen years old when he left the Blue Bridge five years ago. At that time, this guy was probably only five or six years old.

It's normal that he doesn't know himself.

Five years ago, Li Xiao was young and high-spirited, and at that time, the Li family was also one of the largest landlords in Lanqiao Township, with thousands of acres of fertile land and several shops on the street, including an inn. At that time, he was in this small town eighty miles away from Chang'an, and there were a few people he didn't know.

It's just that five years ago, after a hero saved the beauty and evil, he was forced to leave the country, and since then he has traveled the world for five years.

He left home at the age of sixteen and returned to his hometown at the age of twenty-one.

When I came back, things were no longer people.

The blue bridge is still the same blue bridge, the blue stream under the bridge is still so clear, and even the signs of many shops on the street are still so familiar, but the Li Xiao standing here is no longer the Li Xiao of the past.

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"Little brother, I'm this Blue Bridge person, I don't need to live in the store, thank you."

The young man glanced at Li Xiao a few times, although this person was dressed relatively simply, he could lead the horse with a sword and have an extraordinary bearing. Although the Blue Bridge is a small town in the mountains, but because it is an important road leading to Guanzhong outside the Guanzhong, those who go to Shannan and Jiangnan go to this place more, those who go out of the customs to take up their posts, and those who go to Beijing from the local government to report on their jobs and promotions, as well as those who have traveled in the past, etc., are also considered to be well-informed, and there are still some visions.

The bearing of this young man in blue is indeed extraordinary.

"You're from our Blue Bridge? No way, I've been apprenticed on this street for years, how come I've never seen you? ”

Li Xiao smiled, "How many years have you been a buddy?" ”

"It's been five years this year."

"Five years, time flies like a white horse, and it flies in a flash. I left here five years ago and just came back today. ”

"Oh, that's right." The boy nodded.

"Where are you?" He asked again.

"Lanxi Li Jiapo."

"Ah, Li Jiapo?" The young man was surprised, he looked Li Xiao up and down, "Are you the Li family's loser Li Sanlang?" ”

Li Xiao was a little surprised, although Li Xiao was a little arrogant when he was young, he said that the loser was a little too much.

"If you're talking about Li Sanlang of Li Jiapo, it's really me." Li Xiao touched his nose and smiled.

"It's really you, why are you only coming back now, the people on the street say that you died outside." The guy was a little excited, after all, this Li Xiao is also a very legendary figure on the street. Although he came to the town to work as a timekeeper, this Li Xiao has already left his hometown. But I have been listening to his various stories, and even after Li Xiao left, Li Xiao's story did not end.

Li Xiao listened to the young man's words and didn't answer, if it weren't for him, I was afraid that Li Xiao would not go home until now. Even, if it weren't for him, the real Li Xiao would indeed have died outside.

The big man behind Li Xiao glared at the little guy, "You little rabbit cub can't speak, your Li Sanlang of Lanqiao is back again, why don't you hurry up and report the good news to the old owner of Li Laozhuang, the old man is happy, and he will reward you with a few happy money." ”

The guy pouted, "How can there be any Li Jiapo, and there is no old owner Li, Li Dashan is a good person, but unfortunately the good man is not rewarded, he has been gone for several years, don't you know?" ”

Li Xiaosheng frowned when he heard this.

Old Man Li is gone?

He really didn't know this, he came inexplicably, although it fused Li Xiao's memory, but in his memory, everything about Lanqiao and Li Jiapo was still stuck five years ago. After running away from home, he had no news about his hometown and relatives, although he also wanted to come back several times, but he always wanted to make a name for himself and return to his hometown.

"What the hell is going on, you can make it clear!" Li Xiao asked the guy urgently. Although he is not the real Li Xiao, he also integrates Li Xiao's memory, and now he is not Li Xiao but Li Xiao. In Li Xiao's memory, there is too much attachment and reluctance to Lanqiao, here, there are his guilty parents, his favorite little sister, and the childhood sweetheart he misses day and night outside.

It is precisely because of this memory that Li Xiao decided to return to the Blue Bridge when he was just in good health half a month ago.

Replace Li Xiao and return to the Blue Bridge.

All the way to the west, when he stepped on the land of the Blue Bridge, he felt extra kindness, where the mountains and green mountains are beautiful, like a paradise.

He was still thinking about how to greet them after meeting, but he didn't expect to hear such words from the guy.

"I heard that after the little overlord who injured Zhangjiaping escaped back then, the Zhang family reported to the official ·······"

The man told the legend of Lanqiao about the changes of the Li family in recent years, Li Xiao was injured at the beginning of the injury was the son of a large landlord in Zhangjiaping, Lanqiao Township, and the power of the Zhang family was no worse than the Li family in Lanqiao Township, especially the Zhang family has always liked to bully people, collude with yamen officials, and do many things such as usury and robbery.

That time, Zhang Chao, the son of the rich man, came back from the county after getting drunk, and met a girl who came back from collecting medicine on the way. Li Xiao and Zhang Chao are of the same age, and they are usually not used to seeing Zhang Chao's behavior, but it was Li Xiao's neighbor who he molested that day, and he was still a childhood sweetheart.

In a fit of rage, he directly broke Zhang Chao's leg and almost died. How can the Zhang family get along well, Zhang Laocai directly reported to the official and threatened to take Li Xiao's life.

Li Xiao's father, Li Dashanren, invited someone to come forward to make peace and apologize, and arranged for his son to go out to avoid the limelight. Li Xiao's departure is five years.

Li Dashan originally said that he would let his son go out to avoid the limelight, but he asked someone to make peace, and then pay more money to the Zhang family, this matter should be resolved. After Li Xiao left home, he felt guilty, thinking that he would make a name for himself and then go home, and it would be five years in the blink of an eye.

Li Xiao thought that nothing had changed.

"The rich man Zhang Da refused to give up back then, and he had to ask the government to arrest you and bring you to the case, which made a big fuss, and then Li Dashan found many people to come forward to reconcile, and took out a lot of money to make amends, so he finally let the rich man Zhang give up."

It is rumored that Li Dashan not only took out 500 acres of land for this matter, but also compensated the Zhang family for an inn and a grain store on the street, and also lost 800 yuan.

This can be regarded as losing half of the family's wealth to the Zhang family.

Originally, the matter ended here, but not long after, someone came back with a piece of jade pendant that Li Xiao carried, it is said that Li Xiao met the robber in Shannan and was killed, this jade is the robber was exterminated by the government. This news made Li's mother fall ill and died soon after.

Li Dashan was also heartbroken and sick, but at this time, the Zhang family also deliberately set traps in the business, so that the Zhang family lost a lot of money, and the old man was full of grief and anger, and soon he also left the west.

"In the past few years, the Zhang family has not let go of the Li family, and they are pressing step by step. Now that Li Jiapo has become Zhangjiapo, the Li family's thousand acres of fertile land have long been taken away by the Zhang family. Even the real estate shops of the Li family in the past on the street have now all become the Zhang family. ”

"Not only that, but now the Li family still owes the Zhang family several debts, and the land, money, shops, and houses are gone, so the Zhang family forced the Li family to pay off the ancestral grave field, and even let the little lady of the Li family be a concubine for the little overlord."

When the guy said this, he also sighed. Li Jiapo Li Dashan's reputation is excellent, and the real great benevolent people have done a lot of things like building bridges and paving roads and even relieving orphans and widows. As for the Zhang family, the reputation is extremely stinky, but now the bad people are proud, but the good people are suffering.

"Are you really Li Sanlang?" The guy asked, "If you are really Li Sanlang, then hurry up and go home, I heard that the little overlord said that he will bring someone to pick up people tomorrow." At that time, the Li family's ancestral grave and Ling Mei will be his. ”

When Li Xiao heard this, he couldn't help but grit his teeth, and his two hands were tightly clenched into fists.

Unexpectedly, Lanqiao Township has become like this.

Li Xiao, you're coming back late.

Thankfully, I'm back.

Now that I'm back, I can't sit idly by.

Zhang Da Cai, Zhang Da Cai's cub Xiao Bawang, who took the Li family, spit it out, and those who owed the Li family had to pay it back.

Guo Biao, who was following Li Xiao, was also furious when he heard it, "Phew, there are such shameless people in the world, man, tell me, how to get to this Zhangjiaping, see if grandpa doesn't screw off the heads of the black-hearted father and son as a night pot." ”

The next few companions also responded indignantly, "How can it be reasonable to dare to bully the third brother." ”

"I can't help it, the Zhang family can't be provoked, now the relationship between the Zhang family and the yamen is good, even the records of the county government are the son-in-law of the rich man Zhang, and his arms can't twist his thighs, but don't fold himself into it anymore."

Li Xiao arched his hand at the young man, "Thank you for this little brother's advice, Li Sanyou is in a hurry to take a step in advance, and thank you again in the future." ”

Turning his head to the person behind him, "Let's go, go back to Lijiapo!" ”