(To be honest, the magical existence of fat people is always very interesting, especially the obscene fat people, hahahahaha)

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"When you go to the Qinglou in the future, can you not let those good-looking scholars accompany you?"

Thinking of the weird smiles that those housekeepers and servants couldn't stop when they were respectful when they came all the way just now, Xu Zi'an felt uncomfortable

"Are you questioning the lord of this city?"

Perhaps because he was dissatisfied with Xu Zi'an's very disrespectful attitude at this time, the lord of Bocheng supported his jaw with one hand at this time, leaned back slightly, and his face full of fat was tightly tensed, not angry but mighty

For the foolish village woman in the remote countryside, the position of the city lord is undoubtedly the supreme authority, and it is very dangerous to provoke such a big man, but Xu Zi'an looked normal at this time, and even had a trace of unknown disdain and helplessness, and did not anger the restraint and fear of the big man at all, just like seeing a black-hearted shopkeeper of a second-hand antique shop, who was holding his own broken bowl and pretending to fool the foreign disciples, this is a rare thing that the queen used back then

Shaking his head a little helplessly, Xu Zi'an pointed to a delicately framed portrait hanging in the center of the study, glanced at the other party's fat face that was tight and full of empty meat, and sneered

"Zhu Xiaoyu, we are all acquaintances, don't pretend, okay? To be honest, you just really cut off a few catties of the fat on your face and give me wine, I don't believe you were so dignified before you were fat."

It seems that a name like Zhu Xiaoyu, who is as gentle as the breeze and the moon, should not appear in such a fat man who is known for his sleek and sophisticated, but there are always some things in this world that just don't make sense, just like people in Bocheng think that Zhu Dacheng Lord is sleek and sophisticated, but in fact, Xu Zi'an knows very well that he is sleek? This is clearly shameless

Shen Li's shamelessness is those vulgar likes and dislikes, and Zhu Xiaoyu's shamelessness is just shamelessness, the kind of shamelessness that has no lower limit, but no matter what, shamelessness itself is the same

The portrait in the study depicts a man in a green shirt, but the painting is very blurry, and many lines and corners are scribbled very roughly, perhaps the painter who painted for this man at that time was distracted by the green cry by the window, or the man in the painting is an unrestrained person, so this portrait can only see his person but not his appearance

But even so, it can still be seen that the man in the green shirt in the painting is definitely the kind of proud person who can easily write the whole romance no matter when

Being able to hang such a portrait in the study so secretly, and it is such an important position in the middle, thinking that the person in this portrait must be of great significance to the city lord of Zhu, Xu Zi'an had asked Zhu Xiaoyu curiously a few times who the man in this portrait was, but then he really couldn't stand the shameless strength of the other party and had to give up

Zhu Xiaoyu once used the names of countless ancestors, saints, deceased and other people to swear, and the portrait was him

But no matter how many ancestors and saints Zhu Xiaoyu swore in the name of the saints, Xu Zi'an would never believe that the person in the portrait was Zhu Xiaoyu himself

The reason is very simple, how can a guy like Zhu Xiaoyu, who is so shameless that he has to fight with Shen Li, get involved with such an elegant word as romance?

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When the cup of Concubine Lan on the precious wood case was the most suitable, Zhu Chengzhu, who had never been ashamed of Xu Zi'an's ridicule from beginning to end, drank it all, and did not forget to pretend to taste the fragrance after the bitterness

While carrying the residual tea between his teeth, he sat down on the circle chair and Zhu Xiaoyu said after looking at the young man and coughing a few times

"The old rule, talk about business first"

"Uh......" Xu Zi'an, who was about to refill Zhu Xiaoyu with a new cup of tea, said embarrassed after hesitating for a moment

"Can we skip this link?"

"What do you say?" Zhu Xiaoyu asked rhetorically and said again

"With the official's money, you can jump over if you say jump? This official is also the lord of a city, where is the authority of the official?"

"This ..............."

Xu Zi'an, who didn't know what to respond to for a while, had to refill the empty cup first, but after it was full, he found that he still didn't know how to talk about this so-called business

Official business, official business, the affairs of the court are official affairs, and having a job is also called official business, but what is your own situation?

What's more, someone doesn't seem to have much to do and be able to do anything except eat, sleep, and visit brothel gambling houses every day, and he can't report to the other party that that person has a bad appetite these days, and can eat several bowls of green onion noodles in one meal?

Rubbing his eyebrows in frustration, Xu Zi'an suddenly remembered the scene of turning over the cabinet this morning, his brows lit up, and he hurriedly said tentatively

"He seems to have become very rich lately"

"Very rich, can you be richer than the official?" Zhu Xiaoyu said as he unexpectedly found two balls made of gold from there, rolling them back and forth in his hand

"That's not it," Xu Zi'an hurriedly took a step back, fearing to be dazzled by the two golden round balls, and said again after a while

"I haven't given him any money lately, but he can still stay up all night and go to the brothel and enter the gambling house, don't you think it's strange?"

Because of the shyness in the pocket and the laziness of Shen Li, although the mountain boy has seen those old bustard with fat powder on their faces from afar, he really hasn't gone in and squandered it, so the rich guy he said can only be Shen Li

A year ago, because he couldn't stand Zhu Xiaoyu's dead face, Xu Zi'an had no choice but to agree to the other party's secret guard's request

As a secret guard, his task is actually very simple, which is to routinely report to Zhu Xiaoyu every month about Shen Li's recent situation and any anomalies that may be worth reporting

But what is an anomaly worth reporting? This very vague statement really made the simple boy entangled and distressed for a long time

What can a lazy guy like Shen Li, who can lie down and never sit, have anything to do, and how can he bother to do it?

But anyway, since he promised the other party, he always had to fulfill the responsibilities that a so-called secret guard should fulfill, such as going to the City Lord's Mansion once a month to report to the Tao, and then saying something about Shen Li's trivial matters and nonsense that were not fun in his opinion, but which were very interesting to Zhu Xiaoyu, and finally received the thirty taels of silver as usual

This incident seems to be very absurd and miraculous, one is the highest authority in Bocheng, and the other is an ordinary poor boy, and the two people who are undoubtedly in the quagmire of the clouds have not only been in contact, but also know each other and even joke with each other

But if there is a man named Shen Li between them, it will become normal

Because no one can know Shen Li's preferences and habits better than Xu Zi'an, and no one can know Shen Li's whereabouts better than the young man, if you want to find out about Shen Li, it is undoubtedly the most appropriate to start from Xu Zi'an

Zhu Xiaoyu knew this truth very well, so a year ago, on a clear night in a certain month, he relied on the pestering of Sap Lai Pifei's good words for a whole night, and finally developed Xu Zi'an into a secret guard under him

And it's the kind of dark guard that is above board

Because Shen Li was present at the time

Even said that if it weren't for Shen Li's repeated encouragement by his side, it would be a full thirty silver income, don't be a pity, he would never do this kind of inexplicable errand, although this errand gave him an extra piece of waist card with a dark body and a printed outline that looks extremely exquisite, and he also studied what kind of pattern the print notch on the waist card is, but he had no choice but to give up because the lines were too cumbersome and messy

The young man of the secret guard did a very boring job, but Shen Li, who was the object of surveillance, felt very interested, because in his opinion, in addition to someone giving money like an idiot every month, it could also be the best proof that he told Xu Zi'an that he was awesome back then

If Lao Tzu is not awesome, why can the lord of a city be so bothered to inquire about Lao Tzu?

It's just that every time Xu Zi'an complains to him that the thirty taels of silver are really shabby, he feels a little embarrassed, but this is the rule of the courtyard, no matter how good I am with those old guys, I can't break the rules

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Shen Li was really awesome back then, otherwise he wouldn't have let Zhu Xiaoyu come from thousands of miles away

But often the more sturdy people are, the easier it is for people to feel desolate and sad after they are down, but fortunately, Zhu Xiaoyu's sympathy has always been as little as pitiful as his sense of justice, and he will not be surprised that such a legendary person back then has more spare money to drink flowers and wine

What's more, where does Shen Li look like a down-and-out person now? Compared to before, this guy has gained a lot of meat now

Of course, this is all due to the teenagers

"Say, since it's not about Shen Li, then when and what are you here for? I don't believe you're just here to see me."

"It's really just stopping by to see you" After a pause, Xu Zi'an took out the dark waist card from his arms and put it in front of Zhu Xiaoyu, and said again

"By the way, I would like to tell you goodbye, you know that I just got the poster for the entrance examination in Beijing a few days ago, and I will leave in a few days, so I thought I would tell you before leaving."

Zhu Xiaoyu didn't accept it, but stretched out his hand and pushed the waist card in front of Xu Zi'an, and said, "You can take this waist card first, and you may be able to use it when you go to Kyoto in the future."

There are many unfinished meanings in Zhu Xiaoyu's words, but Xu Zi'an's mind was all on other things at this time, and he didn't think too much about it.

The young man said in a loud voice

"Shen Li...... Maybe come with me this time."

Zhu Xiaoyu first hesitated when he heard this, and his eyes suddenly widened, as if he was shocked by the news, but then he frowned and lowered his head to think about it, and asked in a deep voice after a long time

"This is what Shen Li told you?"

Looking at the other party's serious expression, Xu Zi'an realized that there might be some things more complicated than he imagined, and nodded seriously

"Did he say anything else?"

"Is this too much?"

Zhu Xiaoyu raised his head and asked again, "Then have you seen anything suspicious or faceless in the past few days?"

"You know, I've been pretty busy these days......"

After an awkward silence, Zhu Xiaoyu scolded the young man loudly

"Then you came here to tell the official that you can even find out that Shen Li has a few taels of spare money to visit the brothel and drink flowers, but you don't even know anything important like what he has seen in the past few days and said those things?"

Xu Zi'an bowed his head shyly, saying that although he didn't want to admit it, it was true

Zhu Xiaoyu, who lost his temper for a while, had no choice but to watch the young man fall silent again

There are some things he hasn't said, it's not that the immature young man in front of him is not worth talking about in his heart, in fact, the young man in front of him can be said to be supported by Shen Li, and in some sense, he is Shen Li's only heir in this world

It's just that the boy doesn't seem to know what a big gift he will inherit, or how big a burden he will be

Shen Li has never made it clear, so he naturally won't talk much

Waving his hand to signal the young man to retreat first, Zhu Xiaoyu pondered again, Shen Li's entry into Beijing is a good thing for him, which means that he can also enter Beijing with Shen Li, and leave Kyoto for four years, and occasionally miss it

His original mission here was to take Shen Li back to Beijing, because there were many people who needed him to go back, and of course many more people didn't want him to leave here, or disappear into this world forever

Shen Li has disappeared for more than ten years, and the world has also looked for him for more than ten years

Shen Li has not been found for more than ten years, not because this place is remote and difficult to find, but because someone remembers the original love and doesn't want the world to find him, but this kind of thing is very dangerous and easy to forget

If Shen Li is willing to be trapped in the mountains all the time, it would be fine, but if he wanted to take the initiative to get out of here, everything would be different

Especially now that His Majesty is getting older, the friction and struggle between various forces are becoming more and more intense

Thinking of the recent series of undercurrents in the dynasty and some strangeness in this small mountain town, this fat man who did not dare to call out his name loudly in the dreams of many people grinned, looking particularly gloomy, just like some perverted executioners in purgatory, using a knife to cut off the flesh of the prisoner's body piece by piece of enjoyment and hideousness

Since the mountain rain is coming, why not let the wind and rain come more crazy