Chapter 35: Cao Qing is dead
"Knock knock knock...... There was a knock on the door, and at the same time a man's voice came: "Is Li Xianggong here?" ”
At this moment, Li Si was digging for rice in the backyard, so he shouted to Cao Meng, who was practicing calligraphy in the hall: "Cao Meng, you go and open the door." ”
After hearing this, Cao Meng wiped off the water stains on the table with his sleeve, and hurriedly walked to the door to open the door, only to see a middle-aged man in a strong suit outside, so he couldn't help shouting: "Uncle Rob, you have come to find Mr." ”
The young man standing outside is also a hunter in Fengmen County, named Luo Ye, and has a lot of dealings with his family, so Cao Meng naturally knows him.
When Luo Ye saw Cao Meng, he opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but he didn't say it in the end, looking at Cao Meng's eyes a little dodgy.
"Well, Li Xianggong can be at home?" Then Luo Ye ignored Cao Meng and looked into the door.
"Oh, sir, he's here." Cao Meng was a little stunned, he felt that Uncle Luo was a little weird today.
"Brother Luo, what are you looking for me?" Li Si wiped his still wet hands with a sweat towel, and looked at this Luo Ye with some doubts.
When Luo Ye saw Li Si, his lips squirmed, and he looked at Cao Meng on the side, and hesitated: "It's inconvenient to talk here, can we talk alone." ”
Seeing Luo Ye's posture, Li Si chuckled in his heart, and suddenly expected what would happen next.
So he smiled at Luo Ye and said, "Is it the incident I told you yesterday?" I'm going to talk to you about it too. ”
Luo Ye was stunned for a moment, then nodded in response: "Yes." ”
Seeing Luo Ye's reaction so quickly, Li Si breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and said to Cao Meng on the side: "I still lack some onions and garlic in this dish, you can buy me some." ”
Cao Meng looked at the two of them, the suspicion in his eyes gradually disappeared, and then responded: "Okay, sir." ”
With that, he went out.
"Did something happen to Brother Cao?" Seeing Cao Meng walking away, Li Si went straight to the point, and at the same time led Luo Ye towards the study.
Seeing Li Si so direct, Luo Ye got straight to the point and said: "Cao Qing is dead!" ”
Hearing Luo Ye say this, Li Si's figure was stunned, although he had expected it before, but when he heard the news of Cao Qing's death, he still felt a little unreal.
Such a living person died like this.
"What about his corpse?" Li Si took Luo Ye into the study, poured him a cup of tea, and the two sat down.
Luo Ye took a sip of tea, and his agitated mood suddenly calmed down a lot, and when he heard Li Si's question, he hesitated a little and said, "The corpse is still on the mountain." ”
"In the mountains?" Li Si frowned and hesitated: "On the mountain, why don't you bring it back?" ”
"I can't take it." Luo Ye sighed, and continued: "I heard from the hunter who brought back the news of Cao Qing's death that his body was hung by the demon tiger on a big tree on the edge of the cliff, and the demon tiger was still hovering near the corpse. None of us dared to come close. ”
"It's a pity that my brother died in peace." Saying this, Luo Ye's eyes were a little red.
Hearing Luo Ye say this, Li Sixin was concerned, such a man died like this, and he couldn't even bring the corpse back, exposing the corpse to the wilderness.
At the same time, he was also worried about Cao Meng, now that his last relative is gone, what will he do in the future.
In getting along with Cao Meng, he has fallen in love with this child, and he is very sensible, making him feel like he has seen his former self.
"I'm here to pick up Cao Meng to my house. My family is not very wealthy, but it is still possible to raise an extra person. I don't have any children, and I will raise him as my own child in the future. Luo Ye looked at Li Si seriously, it was obvious that he was serious.
"Let's put this matter aside for a while, don't talk to Cao Meng recently." Li Si took a sip of tea, pondered for a while, and said, "I'm going to get Brother Cao's body back." ”
"Li Xianggong, by all means." Hearing Li Si say this, Luo Ye suddenly became a little anxious, and hurriedly persuaded: "That demon tiger has been cultivated to the essence, and it is no longer something that ordinary people can deal with." It wandered around Cao Qing's corpse, just waiting for us to pass. ”
"Li Xianggong, although I heard that you have the means to subdue demons and subdue demons, why risk it for the sake of his corpse?"
"After all, people are dead, and we people still have to live well." Luo Ye couldn't stop persuading, and cold sweat began to break out on his forehead.
"I like Cao Meng's kid very much." Li Si took a sip of tea and sighed, "I won't let his father's body hang on the cliff and expose the corpse to the wilderness." ”
Luo Ye still wanted to persuade him, but Li Si stretched out his hand to stop him from continuing, and said seriously: "I have already decided, you don't have to persuade me." ”
"I'm going to have to make some preparations today, can you tell me how to go tomorrow?" Li Si looked at Luo Ye and asked.
Seeing that Li Si could no longer be persuaded to do so, Luo Ye said helplessly: "I'll take you over tomorrow." ”
"Thank you Brother Luo for that." Li Si said with a smile.
Luo Ye sighed, then showed a worried look, and asked, "Then Cao Meng, that kid ......?"
"Let's not tell him." Li Si paused slightly, thinking that he was going to go into the mountain during this time, and it was inconvenient to take care of him, so he said: "After eating at noon today, let him go to your house by himself." ”
At the same time, as if he had thought of something, he groped around his sleeve, took out some broken silver, and handed it to Luo Yedao: "You can take this silver." ”
"It's... How does this work? As soon as Luo Ye saw Li Si giving him money, he immediately excused himself. Although his family is not wealthy, he doesn't want to take Li Si's money for nothing.
Li Si saw his refusal, and nodded secretly in his heart.
At the same time, he forced the silver into Luo Ye's hand, and said with a smile: "How can I be regarded as Cao Meng's teacher, let's help my students." ”
Luo Ye was about to refuse, Li Si glared at him and said, "What I gave him, not for you, what do you refuse?" ”
Seeing Li Si like this, Luo Ye could only reluctantly take the silver, and sighed: "Then I will thank you for my dead brother." ”
At this point, the two made an appointment to leave tomorrow, and Li Si sent Luo Ye away.
At this time, Cao Meng, who bought green onions, ginger and garlic, came back.
"Sir, what did Uncle Rob say to you?" As soon as he saw Li Si, Cao Meng asked a little nervously.
"It's fine." Li Si smiled, and then said, "Haven't I been practicing martial arts recently?" I need some medicinal herbs as an aid, I asked him yesterday, and he came to reply to me today. ”
He had already agreed with Luo Ye that he would not tell Cao Meng about this during this time, and the reasons were all found.
"Oh." Cao Meng breathed a sigh of relief, and then asked, "Then did Uncle Rob tell me anything about my father?" ”
"Yes." Li Si nodded affirmatively, and then said, "Your Uncle said that your father came back the day before yesterday, but he rushed into the mountain to make up for what he needed. ”
Seeing Li Si say this, Cao Meng suddenly felt completely relieved, sighed and said, "I really hope my father will be fine." ”
"Your father has his own natural appearance, and he will definitely be fine." A look of pity flashed in Li Si's eyes, but he immediately returned to his normal look.
"Let's go, let's go cook." Li Si interrupted Cao Meng's thoughts and reminded.
"Yes, sir." Cao Meng responded.
Then the two went to make lunch, and after making lunch, the two put the dishes on the table and began to eat.
During the meal, Li Si said to Cao Meng: "I will go out for a few days this time, you go to your uncle's house in the afternoon, and you will live at his house in the future, and someone will take care of you there." ”
Hearing Li Si say this, Cao Meng was stunned for a moment, with a trace of reluctance in his eyes, but he still responded sensibly: "Okay, I'll listen to Mr." ”
"And." Li Si seemed to think of something, and continued to order: "You go and talk to Yu Hu and them in the afternoon, don't come from today on." I'll talk about it when I get back. ”
"Yes, yes sir."