Chapter 4: Falling off a cliff
"What then?" Ivan's whole body was shaking.
Lu Mingxi gently patted Ivan on the shoulder: "Don't be afraid, if he dies, it can be regarded as self-inflicted, and he will eliminate harm for the people, don't be afraid."
The man also comforted: "You go first, we will deal with it here."
"......"
"But what? Why are you so inked? Lu Mingxi pushed Ivan: "Hurry up!"
"Uh-huh!" Ivan nodded and rushed out the door.
Seeing Ivan run out of the door, the man instructed his subordinates: "Clean up this place and dispose of the corpse!"
"Yes!" The subordinates quickly began to act.
Lu Mingxi looked sideways and said, "Huh? You're a pretty good man! I don't know what Brother Tai does for a living? ”
The man looked directly at Lu Mingxi: "In comparison, the one who secretly hides on the beam of the house is the most suspicious, right?" What does this brother do? can hide on the beam silently, the ability is not bad! ”
Lu Mingxi nodded approvingly: "The vision is not bad!" Judging by your demeanor, you are from Fujian, right? ”
The man's face suddenly changed: "How do you know?"
"You just said that I have a lot of skills, and you still can't hide it from me with this little disguise." Lu Mingxi said calmly.
"Really?" The corner of the man's mouth showed a hint of sarcasm: "Then since you are so capable, I will leave it to you here." Turning around and calling his subordinates: "You don't have to deal with it anymore, let's go."
"Wait!" Lu Mingxi suddenly stood in front of the man with a serious face, no longer smiling: "Say!" What are you doing when you come to Weiguo! ”
The man spread his hands: "Isn't it true that Min and Wei are not trading with each other now?"
"Oh, merchant? This is usually a common routine of Assassin spies, right? ”
The man pushed Lu Mingxi away: "If you say no, it's not, I don't break the law, and I don't mess with discipline, as for what to do, you don't seem to care, right?"
"It's better that you don't let me find out what you're doing to be unseemly, or ......"
"Humph!" The man glanced at Lu Mingxi and walked out of the door with his subordinates.
Lu Mingxi looked at the man's back and looked angry: "Hmph!" Don't fall into my hands! ”
Ivan trotted all the way to the river, and slapped his face with water desperately: "What should I do?" I killed, I killed ......"
Sitting by the river in frustration for half an hour, the sun was slowly setting in the west, Ivan calmed down: "No, I want to go back to see my parents, maybe I won't see them in the future!" He got up and ran home.
Said to be home, but it was just two thatched houses, and before he reached the door, he smelled a strong smell of medicinal herbs, and his mother's cough came from the house, Ivan hesitated at the door for a while, and slowly walked in.
"Sister......" The younger brother Yihang was overjoyed when he saw Ivan and rushed over from the small stool. Obviously he was eight years old, but his body was light and thin, and Ivan picked him up effortlessly.
Wiping the ashes off his brother's face, Ivan forced a smile: "Hanghang, are you obedient at home?"
"Obedient! Hanghang is very obedient! Yi Hang tweeted a bite on Ivan's cheek, and Ivan's eyes suddenly reddened.
"Fanfan, are you back?" As soon as he turned around, his father Yirende came back from outside with a handful of wild vegetables in his hand and limped into the yard.
"Dad, you're out again?" Ivan put down Yihang and hurriedly stepped forward to help.
Yi Rende beat his back and sighed repeatedly: "This body, I can't even pick wild vegetables." He looked at Ivan again: "Where did you get these clothes?"
"Hmm...... This dress was given to me by a big sister," Ivan's words flickered, helped his father sit down, and took the wild vegetables from his father's hand: "Dad, leave it to me, I'll go see my mother."
When I walked into the house, there was nothing but a grass collapse, a table, and a can for cooking. Mother Liu was lying on the bed, coughing and wheezing from time to time, Ivan sat on the edge of the collapse, holding his mother's hand, and suddenly his nose was sore, and he couldn't stop crying.
The mother looked at Ivan with half-open eyes: "Fan'er, you ...... Are you ...... today? Go...... Ahem...... Where did it go? ”
"I ...... Mother ......" Ivan hurriedly tilted his head and wiped his tears.
"Ahem......" Suddenly there was a violent cough, Ivan hurriedly helped his mother up, who knew that Liu coughed even more violently, a mouthful of blood spit on the collapse, and passed out.
"Mother!" Ivan was frightened, helped his mother to lie down, and hurriedly ran to the yard: "Dad! My mother she ......."
Yirende hurriedly walked into the house, followed by Yihang.
"What's wrong with you, old woman? Wake up, ......! Yi Rende shook Liu's body, there was no reaction for a long time, Yi Hang sensibly brought a bowl of water, Yi Rende slowly fed it, and Liu woke up leisurely.
Seeing Liu wake up, the three of them were overjoyed, and Yi Rende hurriedly helped Liu to lie on the bed: "Old woman, you wait a minute, I'll boil medicine for you."
"I'll come," Ivan hurriedly took out a packet of herbs from a small bag on the table, put it in the cooking jar, and added water to make a fire.
Yi Rende sat in front of the bed and looked at Liu worriedly, Ivan was busy boiling herbs, and Yi Hang was small, but he was also very obedient and sat there quietly. After a long time, the medicine finally boiled up, and Liu drank the medicine, so he finally stopped coughing and fell asleep peacefully.
"Alas, your mother's illness, I'm afraid it won't get better." Erende's old face was filled with sorrow.
Ivan hugged Yi Hang in his arms: "It's okay Dad, don't think about it."
"But what if there are no herbs!" Yi Rende looked at the empty bag on the table: "I have no money at home, I don't even have food, I can only eat wild vegetables, where can I have the money to see a doctor and buy medicine?"
"This ......" Ivan opened his mouth, he really couldn't think of anything to comfort, so he had to look down at the shadow of the sun shining on the ground in the house, the day was almost over, and when the incident happened in the east window, he might not even be able to live this day, so he might as well do something.
"Dad, while it's still dark, I'll go up the mountain to see if I can pick some herbs for my mother, and pick some mushrooms by the way."
"The road up the mountain is steep and difficult, don't go."
"It's fine." Ivan touched Yi Hang's head: "Hang Hang is obedient at home, do you know?" So saying, he went to change into coarse cloth clothes and went out.
In the county office, Zhou Guang was fiddling with the antique tea set, and a servant hurriedly ran in: "Master, it's not good!" Something is wrong! ”
Zhou Guang glanced at the servant, and said impatiently: "Look at you, none of you are steady, say, what's the matter?"
"Incense...... Xiangmenglou, Master Lu...... Killed! ”
"What!" With a snap, the antique in Zhou Guang's hand fell to the ground and shattered, "Who killed him?" ”
"I don't know, it's said that it's the girl that Master Lu brought back in the morning."
"Is that her?" Zhou Guang was surprised and slapped the table: "It's really the opposite!" Go! Arrest her! ”
"Yes!" The official received the order and hurried out.
Zhou Guang fidgeted in the room, thought twice, and picked up the hat on the table: "No, I still have to take a look."
"What are you going to see Master Zhou?" Lu Mingxi stood silently in front of Zhou Guang.
"What the hell!" Zhou Guang screamed and hid under the table.
"Come out, I'm not a ghost!"
Zhou Guang poked his head out from under the table, rubbed his eyes, looked at Lu Mingxi again and again, and confirmed again and again before coming out from under the table. Since it is not a ghost, there is nothing to be afraid of, Zhou Guang regained his vigor and looked at Lu Mingxi with disdain: "Who are you?" Dare to break into the county office, are you impatient? ”
Lu Mingxi found a chair and sat down: "I'm here for the matter of Xiangmenglou."
"Oh? Could it be that you are an accomplice of the woman? ”
"Well, you can be considered an accomplice, right?" Lu Mingxi nodded: "I'm looking for you to tell you not to pursue this case anymore."
"What!" Zhou Guang looked at the man in surprise: "What a big breath!" This county is honest and fair, how can a murder not be investigated? ”
"Hahaha......" Lu Mingxi got up from the chair: "Incorruptible? Not only did you deduct the money for disaster relief, but you also took the opportunity to deceive the little girl, sold it to Xiangmenglou to make a lot of money, and talked about honesty? ”
"You! Who are you! How dare you come to teach this official a lesson? "Zhou Guang is angry.
"No matter who I am, I'm just warning you, that master is simply innocent, and if you really want to investigate, then I don't mind exposing your ugly things."
Zhou Guang stepped forward and grabbed Lu Mingxi's collar fiercely: "Boy, who are you?"
Lu Mingxi pushed Zhou Guang away, took out a gold medal from his waist, and showed it in front of Zhou Guang: "See it clearly now?"
Seeing the gold medal clearly, Zhou Guang suddenly lost his ruthlessness, a layer of sweat appeared on his forehead, and he hurriedly knelt down: "Xiaguan...... Official: See Qi ...... Wang Shizi, I don't know how the prince is driving...... It's a lot of offense, and please atone for your sins! ”
Looking at Zhou Guang who was kneeling on the ground, a trace of ridicule appeared on Lu Mingxi's face: "Zhou County Order, what I just said to you, be sure to remember it, as for your sins, it's not my turn to cure, you can do it yourself!"
"Good, good! The lower officials must keep it in mind! Zhou Guang responded in a panic, and as soon as he looked up, Lu Mingxi had already disappeared without a trace.
As the sun set, the light in the mountains was dim and filled with a faint mist, and Ivan climbed up the mountain path, with many herbs and mushrooms in the small basket behind him. Seeing that it was getting late, Ivan was anxious: "Why can't I find a Ganoderma lucidum?"
Unconsciously climbed to the top of the mountain and came to the edge of the cliff, Ivan wiped the sweat from his face, and looked into the distance, all the mountains were connected, and under the cliff, there was a lush forest. Will there be reishi in the woods? Thinking like this, Ivan looked carefully at the bottom of the cliff, and suddenly his eyes lit up: Isn't there a Ganoderma lucidum growing on the cliff wall?
Ivan found a vine, braided a vine rope, tied it to a tree on the edge of the cliff, grabbed the vine rope, and carefully went down the cliff, and it took a lot of effort to come to the Lingzhi.
Finally got it! Ivan plucked the Ganoderma lucidum, put it in the basket, and grabbed the rope and climbed the rock.
"Hiss~hiss~" Suddenly a long snake popped out of nowhere, according to Ivan's neck, Ivan was startled, and he was in pain, and he couldn't help but let go of the hand holding the rattan rope and fell off the cliff.