These days, Luo San always feels a little unsteady. My heart went up and down, as if something was going to happen. He felt like he had a pair of eyes that were always on his mind, but he didn't know where those eyes were coming from.

He looked up and stared at the painting on the wall. The painting is Guanyin Niangniang, but this Guanyin Niangniang looks a little different from other portraits. Her face, half like a woman, the other half like a man.

It's a very quirky painting.

Luo San stared at the painting and thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't remember when the painting appeared in his house and when it was hung on the wall.

This painting was not invited by Luo San, and it cannot be Luo San's deceased father. His father and mother don't believe in Buddhism, and if they don't believe in Buddhism, they naturally won't worship Guanyin, but there is a portrait of Guanyin hanging at home, which makes Luo San feel a little inexplicable.

Luo San's eyes that looked at Guanyin had no compassion, but mockery. He snorted, stepped forward quickly, and ripped the portrait off the wall.

When he started to tear it, he seemed to hear a sneer.

The next day, when Luo San came out of the yamen, he habitually glanced under the big locust tree. Under the big locust tree, the place where the porridge was sold was empty.

Luo San raised his eyes to look at the sky, and actually asked himself in his heart. What's wrong with her? Normally, at this time, she should have already pulled the porridge cart over.

"Master Luo, morning!"

The aunt at the steamed bun shop greeted Luo San with a smile.

Luo San nodded, and when he raised his feet to leave, he stopped again and asked, "The porridge seller didn't come today?" ”

"Luo Ye is asking about Tian He, right?" The aunt shook her head as she spoke: "Tian He, she has moved to a place, and she won't sell porridge here." ”

"Why?"

"Not the bastards who take protection money yet." The aunt spat at the place: "Yesterday, the porridge was sold just right, and I don't know where those bastards came from, so I pointed at Tian He and asked her to pay the protection fee." As soon as Tian He wanted to shake his head, one of those bastards went directly to grab the copper plate from which Tian He sold porridge. Tian He is also a stupid girl, knowing that she is not the opponent of those bastard things, but she still wants to take the copper plate back. The result was good, the money was gone, the car overturned, and even Tian He himself was beaten by those bastards. I don't know if the injury is serious, and whether I can continue to cook porridge and sell it for money. Alas, these days, life is sad. ”

"She's hurt?" Luo San muttered, not knowing if he was asking himself, or if he was asking the aunt who sold steamed buns.

"It's hurt!" The aunt replied: "If it weren't for the noble couple who drank porridge at the stall, Tian He, the girl, might not have been beaten." Our place can barely be regarded as the foot of the Son of Heaven, how can there be so many bastards who don't care about and bully people. Master Luo, you can be regarded as a person in the government. Can you talk to the old man about this, take care of these bullying things.

Luo San frowned, his eyes wandered to the clearing, and he didn't answer.

He had never drunk porridge at her stall, but he knew that the porridge she made was delicious.

He never spoke to her, most of the time she looked up at him and called him in a soft voice: "Luo Ye." ”

Luo Ye, there are many people in this city who call him that, but only the two words she called out are different.

I turned around, but my feet couldn't help but walk in the direction that was completely different from home. Luo San remembered that she lived in the remote inn at the gate of the city.

The innkeeper's surname is Yu, and she is an old woman who is blind in one eye. When Luo San knocked on the door, Granny Yu happened to open the door from the inside, and the blind one-eye happened to meet his eyes.

Luo San was startled, and felt a layer of coolness on his entire back.

"Master Luo."

Granny Yu was not only blind in one eye, but even her vocal cords were burned by oil smoke, and when she spoke, her voice was as harsh and unpleasant as coarse sand. Because of this, many guests are reluctant to stay in this inn, for fear of being frightened by Granny Yu when they get up in the middle of the night.

"Is Tian He here?"

"Tian He?"

"It's the girl who sells porridge."

"Miss Tian." Granny Yu sighed: "She has lived with me for many days, but I don't know that her name is Tian He." ”

"Is she there?" Luo San asked, glancing towards the inn.

Faintly, his nose seemed to smell the familiar smell of porridge made from wild vegetables.

"Yes, I just don't know what Luo Ye came to do with Miss Tian."

"Does it have anything to do with you?"

"Look at what you asked, Master Luo. I am the owner of this inn, and Miss Tian is a guest of my inn. Who are you, Luo Ye? You are the poor master of the government office, and you are in charge of guarding the prison. You come to find Miss Tian, I don't have to ask more, in case it's a bad thing, I have to hide and clean myself up. ”

"I'm here for porridge." Luo San glanced at Granny Yu and sat down.

"Drinking porridge? Luo Ye drank porridge and came to my small inn. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, call Tian He out."

Granny Yu glanced at Luo San and went to the backyard on crutches. After a while, Tian He came out. As usual, she was still wearing the same coarse cloth clothes as when she sold porridge, but there were a few more clear bruises on her face.

Seeing Luo San, Tian He was a little surprised, but he still stepped forward and asked in a low voice: "I heard that Mother-in-law Yu said that Master Luo, you are here to drink porridge." ”

"Can't you?"

"It's not that it can't be, it's just that I haven't been out of the stall today."

"If you don't go out of the stall, you can't make porridge?" Luo San asked, seeing Tian He pinching the corner of his clothes nervously.

"The pot is broken, and the things for making porridge are gone, if Luo Ye is not in a hurry, just wait."

Luo San frowned, looked at Tian He for a while and said, "Don't worry, I have time during the day." ”

"Oh, good."

Tian He bowed his head in response, turned back to his mother-in-law and said, "Can I borrow your mother-in-law's kitchen?" ”

"Go ahead, don't let Luo Ye wait." Granny Yu nodded, glancing at Luo San out of the corner of her eye: "Everyone in this city knows that Luo San Ye in the yamen is the most impatient. ”

Luo San frowned, and did not speak with a cold face.

There are indeed rumors in the city that he Luo San has a bad temper. He did have a bad temper, especially with the prisoners.

In the backyard, in the kitchen of the inn, Tian He carefully cleaned up the usable ingredients that he picked up yesterday.

On the stovetop, the black pot was steaming.

Granny Yu walked in on crutches and stood behind Tian He, watching her busy.

"This Luo Ye is not something that ordinary people can provoke."

"Mother-in-law misunderstood, I ......" Tian He lowered his eyes and threw the cleaned wild vegetables in his hand into the pot: "When I set up a stall before, Luo Ye never patronized it. ”

"Haven't been there, that's the best. To put it mildly, this is more or less contaminated with bad luck in the yamen begging for a living. This Luo Ye is even more untouchable, he is in prison, even if his hands are not stained with blood, he will have a little on his body. ”

"Thank you, mother-in-law, Tian He knows."

"It's good to know. It's strange to say, this early in the morning, why did Luo Ye think of drinking the porridge you cooked. ”

Tian He shook his head and continued to add other ingredients to the pot.

The porridge is boiled, and the aroma fills the dreaded inn.

Tian He put the porridge in front of Luo San along with the side dishes.

"Master Luo, it's okay."

"Hmm." Luo San nodded his chin, but did not move to take the chopsticks placed on the table, but raised his head and looked at Tian He coldly: "Is the injury on your face beaten?" ”

Tian He touched his face and did not answer.

"Who hit it?"

"I don't know." Tian He whispered back, and saw that Luo San had been staring at her and refused to take his eyes away, so he added: "They only said that they collected protection money." ”

"What else did they do besides collecting protection money?" Luo San looked at Tian He's face: "What else did they do to you?" ”

Tian He's face suddenly became ugly, she turned sideways and replied softly: "No...... Nothing. ”

Luo San had a gloomy face and did not speak.

Tian He bit his lip and continued: "At the beginning of the month, they had already received it once. I sell porridge, and I can't earn a few copper plates, so I don't have extra money for them to rob. ”

"They're not just stealing money, are they?"

Tian He bit his lip tightly, and only let go after a while, and said calmly: "Yes, they said they could take care of me so that I don't have to sell porridge anymore." ”

"I see." Luo Sanhuo got up, "From tomorrow onwards, they won't bother you anymore." ”