Lao Li only felt a chill down his spine, smiled at Liu He, and hurriedly ran to the backyard, even if he didn't understand the world, he could hear a trace of chill hidden in his master's seemingly flat tone.

After more than ten years of getting along, Lao Li always has one thing that he can't understand, why his own master, who is no different from an ordinary little old man when he takes off his official uniform, always gives him a cold feeling.

This kind of coldness is not an attitude towards people, on the contrary, the lord is really good to him, but every word the lord says gives people a feeling of not being angry and arrogant, which makes people unable to disobey.

Is it because of the high power of his own master? The only reason that Lao Li could think of with his knowledge could not even convince himself.

Seeing Lao Li go away, Liu He retracted his gaze and said slowly: "Today in the palace, thank you ......"

"Wait!" The old man waved his hand and interrupted Liu He's words, "Needless to say, it's useless to say it, now I'm a cloth cloth, and you are Lord Taiwei, thank me again for this bad old man who has half cut into the ground, I can't stand it." ”

Liu He smiled, as if he had anticipated the old man's reaction, and said, "I want to know, why are you helping me?" ”

"Help?" The old man put down the wine jar that he originally loved, and looked at Liu He as if he had heard a big joke, "This kind of thing is not like what a person of your identity said, I have been an official for decades, and I have only seen deceit, intrigue, and help once, and I don't feel that I am helping you." ”

"But that's how it turned out, no matter what your intentions were." Liu He calmed his breath and said.

A hint of gloom flashed in Meng Xi's eyes, he sighed, and said softly: "You are a smart person, but you don't know how to be an official. As long as you save your life, you will have the capital to climb up. I wasn't the best of my generation, but I lived longer than all of them, so my officials were bigger than all of them. This may be the only chance I will be able to get out of officialdom, I'm not helping you, I'm just helping myself. ”

Liu He narrowed his eyes, looked at Meng Xi for a long time, and said with a smile: "I want to hear the truth." ”

The old man, who had never blushed with anyone for many years, suddenly stood up, pointed at Liu He's nose and said angrily: "Do you really want me to die?" ”

Liu He nodded with a smile and said softly: "Yes, you have to die." ”

After a moment of silence, Meng Xi's expression regained his calmness, sat back in his place, slowly poured a glass of wine, took a sip, and said unhurriedly: "If you want me to die, there must be a reasonable charge." ”

Liu He didn't rush to respond, but stood up, walked to the old locust tree, looked up at the bare branches, and said inexplicably, "Such a big tree, and after so many years of death, it is said that the roots of the trees under the ground should have rotted thoroughly, why didn't they fall?" ”

Meng Xi's hand holding the wine glass suddenly stopped in mid-air, and it was not difficult to find a slight tremor when he looked closely, which was very small, but it made the cup of good wine that had been delivered to his mouth unable to eat.

He put down the wine glass, his face was as dead as ashes, and his voice was hoarse, "How do you know?" ”

Liu He turned around, with a smile on his face that had nothing to speak of, more like a child who won a bet with others, and said with a smile: "It was your daughter-in-law who said it herself." ”

The old man who has experienced several changes of ownership in Yizhou showed a look of consternation, decades of husband and wife, he knows his wife's temper better than anyone else, that dad is the old woman who was the leader of the largest gang in Yizhou back then, but it is not just a few cruel words to be scared, and it is no less difficult to make her spit than to challenge a whole gang with bare hands.

She ...... Are you still alive? Meng Xi lowered his posture for the first time and asked in an almost humble tone.

Liu He smiled unabated, and said in a calm tone: "I am a grand captain, how can I embarrass an old woman who goes to the temple to burn incense and worship the Buddha?" Don't worry, she's with your son, and they're both fine. ”

Meng Xi heard that he had been struck by lightning, and looked at Liu He in a daze, and after a while, a vicious and resentful look flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly: "Can you not do such a desperate thing?" ”

Liu He smiled but did not speak.

"If you want to kill, you will kill, why should you have trouble with them!" Meng Xi, who has been showing a kind face for decades, showed a hideous face and roared hoarsely.

Lao Li, who rushed to hear the news, saw this scene, immediately ran to the corner of the courtyard and picked up a broom and rushed up, seeing that he was about to stage a scene of loyal protection, but was stopped by his own master, when he saw his master kneeling in front of the young man without saying a word, the broom held high in the air fell to the ground, stunned in place.

"I will bear all the sins alone, I just ask Lord Taiwei to raise his noble hand and give their mother and son a way to live, Meng Xi begs you!" Meng Xi, who was an important minister of the Three Dynasties and a loyal minister in the eyes of the people, knelt in front of Liu He, and after kowtowing three times in a row, he did not raise his head again.

Lao Li looked at his old man who was almost touching his face to the ground, and wanted to step forward to help, but he felt that the young man in white had a burning eye, which made him unable to move.

The smile on Liu He's face gradually disappeared, pointed to Lao Li on the side, and said indifferently: "Among the people who have a relationship with you, except for him, they all have to die." ”

As soon as the words fell, not far away, two courtyard doors that had been eroded by the years and had long been mottled collapsed, and Wei Xiao, who had just been promoted to the rank of court captain, broke into the door with a team of court captains, and in a blink of an eye, he surrounded the team of masters and servants in the middle.

Wei Xiao saluted Liu He, and then said loudly to Meng Xi, who was kneeling on the ground: "Sinner Meng Xi, during his time as an official, he scavenged countless amounts of money, and after he was promoted to the rank of Great Si Nong, he became more and more rampant. ”

With that, the two armorers rushed forward and were about to pull Meng Xi's sleeves.

"I'll go to your uncle's court! Whoever dares to touch my master, Lao Tzu will fight with him! Lao Li yelled and rushed up.

Under Wei Xiao's eyes, the two armor soldiers standing beside Meng Xi did not hesitate to press Lao Li's shoulders, one by one, and kicked on his calf, Lao Li, who didn't know martial arts at all, was in pain, and immediately knelt on Meng Xi's side.

The master and servant looked at each other, Lao Li burst into tears, and said softly: "Master, you have something to say, you can't let them wronged you in vain!" ”

Meng Xi smiled bitterly, but was speechless.

Lao Li, who still didn't give up, turned his head and glared angrily at the guy dressed in white under the big locust tree, and said angrily: "There are so many corrupt officials in the world, why don't you get along with my master!" ”