Chapter 24: Deal!
"Brother An, you can eat something, I want the master to be an old man, and I don't want you to be like this."
"Yes, An'er, you haven't touched the water and rice since yesterday, how can your body stand it? If you fall ill, who will give your master a spirit and bury him? ”
Outside the county.
Du Xiaoyue, who was wearing a white veil, held a bowl of porridge and looked at Li An distressedly.
The second aunt who accompanied her on the side also persuaded her again and again.
Next to the master's corpse, Li An, who was burning paper money for the master, looked up at the two people he cared about, nodded slightly, took the rice porridge and drank it in one gulp.
Li An ate, and Du Xiaoyue and the second aunt were also relieved.
Why did Ang Lee's master die, the two heard Du Yuan talk about it.
They knew in their hearts that Li Ang didn't have much affection for his master, after all, the two had been in contact for less than half a month, and it was a bit of an exaggeration to say that the master-apprentice relationship was deep.
If Master Ang Lee dies of old age and illness, Ang Lee will at most feel the impermanence of life and will not have any sad actions.
But now, this old man died in place of Li An, and Li Anxin will definitely be full of guilt and self-blame.
The truth is just as they thought.
Li An did not have any master-apprentice affection for this master, and his respect for this master was mainly because of his teaching that evening.
In ancient languages, master and apprentice are like father and son.
The old man really regarded Li An as an apprentice, if he didn't treat Li An as his own, he wouldn't have said those heart-wrenching words that night.
"Brother An, Tianlingwei is here, there are a lot of people."
Just when Li An just drank the rice porridge and picked up the pu fan to drive away the flies that came around, Du Xiaoyue, who was cleaning up the dishes and chopsticks, noticed a large number of people wearing brocade clothes pouring out of the city gate, and hurriedly whispered to remind Li An.
"Did you come here to find trouble with An'er, do you want me to call your second uncle over?"
I also noticed that at the gate of the city, a large group of second aunts in brocade clothes poured over.
I was worried that I was looking for trouble, so I nervously stood up and was about to go to the second uncle.
"The second aunt doesn't need it, the second uncle is also among them."
Li An, who saw the person who came clearly, knew that it must be Dongfang Yu's body that had been discovered, and the other party came to ask about him.
After all, Dongfang Yu's death is too similar to Master Ang Li's death, which has to be reminiscent of each other.
"Boom la la ......"
Soon, more than a dozen brocade-clothed people ran over and surrounded Li An and the others.
"Get out of here."
The hundred households in Tai'an County, who were at the forefront, drove away the relatives of the other corpses with a cold face.
The people of the three families didn't dare to say much, and they couldn't take care of packing up their things, so they even ran away with a roll.
Looking at the brocade-clothed man who surrounded himself and his second aunt Du Xiaoyue, Li An raised his eyes and glanced at the horizontal knife and the ghost head knife inserted next to him, and the dragon elephant was slowly transported and ready for battle.
Although he had ample alibi last night, this thing was just talking.
If the other party really arrests people directly without reason, Ang Lee has no second choice but to do it.
They are all people in the yamen, and who doesn't know the procedures of the other party.
Once caught, it's yellow mud falling off the crotch, and it's not but.
"This lord, I didn't touch my master's corpse, so I don't need to move the people so much!"
Li An took a step forward, protected the second aunt and Du Xiaoyue behind him, and faced the hundred households in Tai'an County.
Baihu in Tai'an County didn't speak, but just glanced at Li An coldly and stepped aside.
Looking at Li An, who was tall and without fear in his eyes, Zhang Hu stepped forward with a hint of appreciation in his eyes and stood in front of Li An.
The second uncle, who was following Zhang Hu, quietly gave Li An a look, and slowly moved to Li An's side, protecting the second aunt and Du Xiaoyue.
Without looking at the second uncle, Li An raised his hands and saluted Zhang Hu.
"Li An, the official of Tai'an County, has seen a thousand households!"
"Bold, in front of a thousand households, don't kneel and salute."
As soon as Li An's body bowed, a brocade-clothed man stepped forward and shouted angrily.
Li An stood up and looked at the man in brocade with the eyes of a fool.
"I'm dressed in linen and wearing filial piety, but I am dressed as a filial son, you asked me to kneel down, I was going to send away the thousands of households, you are really vicious!"
After speaking, regardless of the other party's ugly face, Li An arched his hand at Zhang Hu and said: "Lord Qianhu, this kind of person has a vicious mind, if I were you, I would never tolerate such a person by my side." This kind of person can't tell which day, he will stab him in the back, you have to take more precautions! ”
"!"
Li An provoked right and wrong for a while, and the angry man's face was pale, and he scolded angrily, and he was about to cut Li An when he drew his knife.
"Stand down!"
Zhang Hu, who watched Ang Lee's performance, stretched out his hand to stop his subordinates who were about to do it.
Standing in front of Li An, Zhang Hu looked at Li An with forced eyes.
Li An also stared at Zhang Hu without fear.
"You... It's very daring! ”
Li An smiled faintly and replied: "Master Xie praised, the country boy saw more things when he was a child, and he was naturally bolder." ”
Zhang Hu nodded approvingly.
"When I was a child, I also grew up in the countryside, and then my family couldn't take the pot anymore, so I boldly ran to the army to become a soldier."
As he spoke, Zhang Hu intimately reached out and hugged Li An's shoulder, with a smile on his face, he looked at Li An and said, "One of my deputy Qianhu was killed last night. ”
Li An showed a look of surprise on his face, and then said with righteous indignation: "Who is so bold as to dare to kill the officials of the imperial court, don't you know that killing officials is like rebellion, this is a big crime of the Nine Clans!" I really don't know whether to live or die. ”
After speaking, Li An looked at Zhang Hu with a serious face, "Is there any use for me?" Although I have little experience in handling cases, I am willing to do my part for the sake of this deceased colleague. ”
Looking at Li An's indignant appearance, Zhang Hu was like looking at his own nephew, his face was full of relief.
When Li An finished speaking, Zhang Hu applauded even more and shouted three times in a row.
Such a scene confused the people around him.
When the adults came, their faces were still cold, and they wanted to tear them alive when they saw them.
But what the hell is in front of you?
How to look at this kid, just like looking at his own son, a face of pride and relief.
Similarly, Li Anxin also raised his vigilance to the highest level.
This kind of person who obviously wants to strangle you, but after meeting, he talks and laughs with you with a smile is the most dangerous.
Because you can never guess what this kind of person is thinking.
The person who always puts his mind on his face, as long as he finds out the context of the other party, he is very easy to deal with.
But this kind of person can't figure out what he's thinking, it's basically like a tiger biting a hedgehog and nowhere to go.
The second uncle Du Yuan, who was standing on the side, clenched his fists tightly, and looked at Li An and Zhang Hu with dead eyes.
I was afraid that Li An would be careless, and he would fall into the other party's way.
Zhang Hu, who was smiling and relieved, waved his hand to the subordinates around him.
Then looked at the second uncle and second aunt Du Xiaoyue and the three of them: "You guys go to the side first, I have something to talk to Li Anxian's nephew." ”
The second uncle glanced at Li An when he heard this.
After Li An returned a reassuring look, the second uncle pulled the second aunt and Du Xiaoyue and walked aside.
Waiting for everyone to leave, Zhang Hu kindly pulled Li An to sit down cross-legged.
"Boy, I know that Dongfang Yu was killed by you."
As soon as Li An was about to deny it, he was stopped by Zhang Hu reaching out.
"At first, I wanted to kill you and bury my brother, but after seeing you, I changed my mind."
Li An frowned and didn't speak, looking at Zhang Hu, wanting to see what tricks the other party played.
"Fucheng is in a hurry, I can't stay here longer, my nephew I wanted to take away, but he didn't want to leave, saying that there are people he cares about."
After a pause, Zhang Hu picked up an apple from the offering in front of Master Li An's corpse, wiped it on his body, and took a bite.
While chewing, he said, "Wen'er is my only relative, and I respect his opinion, so I don't plan to take him away." ”
"I wanted to put him in the Heavenly Spirit Guard, but he has no martial arts background. Tianlingwei does all deadly errands, and if there is no martial arts, it is to send him to death. ”
Li An looked at Zhang Hu thoughtfully, "You want to arrange him in the yamen, let him practice martial arts, and at the same time make some merits, so that he can be used for promotion in the future." ”
"It's just different when you talk to smart people."
Zhang Hu glanced at Li An appreciatively, and reached out to put his arm around Li An's shoulder: "You are now going to be promoted to a catcher, and your subordinates will definitely take the followers, I plan to arrange Wen'er by your side, and you take him." ”
As he spoke, Zhang Hu stretched out three fingers and looked at Li An and said: "For three years, you take him for three years, to ensure that he will not die or be injured within three years, and there is a certain amount of credit, our grievances will be written off."
As long as you agree to this condition, if I leave today, I will take away the hundred households in Tai'an County, and recommend your second uncle to the above, and officially take over the position of one hundred households in Tai'an County. ”
After listening to Zhang Hu's conditions, Li An fell into deep thought.
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In the afternoon, a group of brocade-clothed people left Tai'an County, led by Zhang Hu.
A few miles out of the county seat, Zhang Hula stopped his horse and glanced back in the direction of Tai'an County.
The hundred households who followed him also looked at the direction of the county seat, and said unwillingly:
"My lord, it's too cheap to let that kid go like this."
Zhang Hu smiled slightly and looked in the direction of the county seat.
"Hehe, which eye did you see that I let him go."
After that, under the puzzled face of Baihu, he galloped away with a wave of his horsewhip.