The shopkeeper returned to the counter to continue settling the accounts, the abacus beads crackled, and he suddenly slapped his head while calculating, and called a guy angrily: "Hurry up and see if Old Man Li has gone away, the house money has not been calculated in the past two days!" ”

Old money fans! The guy went out in a sneer, saw a group of women standing at the gate of the inn, followed their line of sight, and just saw that Old Man Li had just turned the corner, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly chased after him.

He was a little fat, he couldn't run fast, and he ran to the corner of the street out of breath, but found that Old Man Li had turned into the alley in front of him, and he couldn't help but be a little strange, and said that the alley was very remote, and Mr. Li was not familiar with the place, how did he run into there?

He gasped a few times in surprise, anyway, the alley was dead, he was no longer in a hurry, walked over slowly, and immediately understood the reason why Old Man Li came in.

It turned out that seven or eight people in the alley gathered together and didn't know what they were watching, and Old Man Li stood next to him and watched the excitement.

The guy stepped forward with a wry smile: "Mr. Li is so fast, I almost can't catch up with you......"

Hearing the voice, Old Man Li turned around and saw that it was the innkeeper, he was not surprised, and said with a smile: "You're here to ask for money, right?" Your shopkeeper really lowered his face, okay, it's not difficult for me to ...... for you."

The voice of the voice alarmed the people gathered together, and they all looked back, and one of the young men dressed as a scholar interrupted Old Man Li in surprise: "Ah, isn't this Mr. Li?" How did you get here? ”

"Are you ......?"

"Student Ye Xianggao, I listened to Mr. give a lecture at Yongping's house a few days ago......"

"You say Guo Shi? I think about it, but you don't seem to talk much, I remember that there is a surname Zhou, what is it? ”

"Zhou Yingbin, the epigraph Jiafu, he argued with you for a few words, but the student thinks what you said is quite reasonable, saints are also people, what 'heaven does not give birth to Zhongni, eternity is like a long night', Zhu Zi is indeed too exaggerated......"

Ye Xianggao, who has served as the first assistant twice, is still a nerd at the moment, and when it comes to learning, he has a posture that he can't contain, and Old Man Li saw everyone's surprised gaze, and hurriedly interrupted him:

"Let's talk about this later, what are you doing here? What is written on the strip of cloth? ”

He pointed to the strip of cloth that an old man was holding in his hand, and there were words written on it, black and red, as if they were written in blood.

"Who knows whose doll is playing around?" When the old man asked, he casually handed the strip of cloth in his hand to Old Man Li as he spoke.

Ye Xianggao said: "Sir, don't look at it, the writing is like a spider, it's nothing to look at, it's just a prank." ”

The guy couldn't help but be curious, looked over, and saw a few words written crookedly on the strip of cloth: "Send all the heavy thanks", I couldn't help but be a little disappointed, it turned out to be a rag strip, really sent to the Gewu Institute, not to mention thank you, it's a good thing not to be blasted out.

Old man Li casually returned the strip of cloth to the old man, and the old man threw it on the ground.

They all felt that it was boring and foolish, so the crowd gradually dispersed, and Old Man Li also paid for the room and turned around and walked out of the alley.

After he left, Ye Xianggaocai walked a few steps quickly to catch up with Old Man Li, looked at the burden on his shoulders, and asked, "Sir, ...... are you?" ”

"There are always shocking words, and the shopkeeper is afraid of looking for trouble, so he kicked me out......"

"It's so unbelievable, where does the gentleman live? Students look for him to theorize! Ye Xianggao said angrily.

Old man Li shook his head with a smile: "Forget it, there are many people in the world who tend to be inflammatory, and it is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. ”

"The gentleman is broad-minded, and the students admire him...... So where do you go next? If you don't have a place to go, go to Yongping's house with the students, Yongping is hospitable, and has invited you to give a lecture, and admires your learning. ”

Old man Li shook his head: "Don't go, I still want to stay in the capital for a few more days, it's inconvenient to live in someone else's house." ”

Ye Xianggao's face flushed, showing embarrassment, Old Man Li looked funny, and said with a smile: "I didn't mean you, don't worry about you...... Alright, I won't tell you, I'll have to find a place to stay. ”

"Then, sir, if the student wants to see you, where can he find you?"

"Don't you live in Guo Shi's house, as long as I don't leave Beijing, there will always be a time to meet."

Bidding farewell to Ye Xianggao, Old Man Li walked aimlessly and casually, walking, and suddenly saw a pretty young woman with a cloak walking towards him, holding a horn in her hand, shouting as she walked: "Ergou, where are you?" Don't scare my mother, come out quickly, my mother won't scold you again......"

The young woman's voice was hoarse, her steps staggered, and there were a few people behind her who were calling Hanako, and there were many people around who pointed and whispered about something, but the young woman turned a deaf ear and kept repeating those words, looking a little demonic.

"This brother, what's the matter with that lady?" Old man Li grabbed a man named Hanako and asked, and Hanako had three colorful cloth bags hanging on her shoulders.

"The old gentleman asked, the lady was cooking for Gewu, and the son was lost, no, I'm going crazy."

"My son is my mother's heart, no wonder." Old man Li suddenly remembered his son who died young, and suddenly sighed a little. He believes that the lady who has gone over, as long as she can let her son return safely, will definitely not blink even if she wants her life, just like when his son died early, he longed to exchange his life.

"It's so pitiful, at the feet of the Son of Heaven, how can you ......" Old Man Li sighed, halfway through the words, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he suddenly remembered the bloody strip of cloth he saw not long ago, and the crooked handwriting on it was not exactly what the child did?

His heartbeat suddenly accelerated, three steps and two steps, and he caught up with Geng Sun: "This lady, maybe, I know where your son is." ”

Called Huazi was actually ordered to secretly protect the Geng Sun clan, and was startled when she saw Old Man Li catch her, and she was about to do it as soon as she rushed up, not wanting to hear this sentence from his mouth, she immediately looked at each other and became suspicious.

At this moment, Geng Sun also came back to his senses from surprise, and eagerly grabbed Old Man Li's arm with his backhand: "Does the old gentleman really know where my son is?" I beg you to tell the slave family quickly, as long as you can find him, the slave family is willing to be a cow and a horse, and repay the great kindness of the gentleman. ”

As she spoke, she fell to her knees, kowtowed like a chick pecking rice, and the old man Li hurriedly bent down to support her: "Don't worry, don't worry, get up quickly...... Actually, I don't dare to be sure, but I feel that it should be your son......"

"What's going on? Sir, speak slowly. Hanako interjected for the three-bag disciple, and at the same time nodded at the other two-bag disciple, signaling him to hurry up and report the news.

"...... you guys?" Old man Li didn't know what the situation was, and he suddenly became alert.