Chapter 69: Taking in the Mother and Daughter
"Sugar gourd, freshly made sugar gourd."
"Autumn pear hurts, specializes in treating sore throat and hoarseness."
"Prune, sharpen the kitchen knife."
"Steamed buns, freshly baked steamed buns."
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The shouts of market vendors in the streets made Li Xian seem to return to his past life.
In his right hand, he holds a rock sugar gourd, and in his left hand, he holds a bamboo tube full of autumn pear soup.
This feeling.
It's beautiful.
Unconsciously, Li Xian walked to the door of the inn, thought for a moment and walked in.
The shopkeeper who was immersed in knocking on the plate heard the footsteps, thinking that a guest had come to the door, and raised his head with a smile, and his smile froze instantly.
Damn, the dead eunuch is really haunted.
How come it again.
It's okay to wander around!
I complained again and again, my face smiled more, and I nodded and walked out of the counter.
"Father-in-law, you're here."
"Well, how about them."
"It's good, the villain just bought new clothes and sent them up, as well as food."
With a few simple words, Li Xian stopped caring with the shopkeeper and walked up the stairs alone.
The woman and the girl are eating.
Suddenly.
The door was pushed open suddenly, and the frightened mother and daughter hugged each other.
Seeing that it was Li Xian, the woman hurriedly pulled the girl to kneel, "The slave family has seen an adult." ”
Li Xian snorted with his nose, walked straight to the table and sat down, glancing at the food on the table.
There is fish and meat.
The shopkeeper is quite dedicated.
His gaze fell on the woman's face.
After washing off the stains and putting on new clothes, the woman was about 20 years old, with a melon seed face, delicate facial features, and a kind of beautiful and refined beauty.
"Get up and speak, what's your name?"
The woman pulled the girl up and stood up, "Slave Tian Yi, this is the little girl Qian'er." ”
With this action, the girl stared at the food on the table, swallowed and foamed weakly and pulled the hem of Tian Yi's clothes, "Mother, hungry." ”
Tian Yi was just about to speak, but Li Xian waved his hand, "Don't be afraid, come over for dinner." ”
The girl looked up at her mother, her daughter's thin face made Tian Yi's heart sour, if it weren't for the family's suffering, how could her daughter be hungry like this.
"Go ahead."
The girl timidly moved to the table, picked up the bowl and ate with her head down.
"Eat slowly, don't choke." Li Xian picked up a piece of fish meat and put it in the girl's bowl, and said intimately.
"Thanks... Thank... My lord. ”
Li Xian looked at Tian Yi and asked coldly.
"What happened in Tianjia Village?"
Tian Yi shuddered, recalled that scene, and said in a trembling voice with fear on his face.
"Slave... The family took Qian'er into the mountains to pick mountain goods before dawn, and after returning to the village at noon, he saw that the village was shrouded in white fog, and the slave family saw that the people in the village were nowhere to be seen, and then found them in the rice field, see... See them... By... By a... A strange red tree... Eat it, and there will be it inside... The husband of the slave family. ”
Cannibalism.
Red Monster Tree.
Li Xian's expression tightened, and he asked again, "Does that tree have no leaves, and its branches are like vines, and the people in the village are dragged into the soil by the roots." ”
"It's... Yes. Tian Yi nodded frantically.
It is the sacred tree of the Eternal Life Gate.
No wonder the detective division changed his face when he heard the three words Tianjiacun.
The Immortal Sect is so bold.
First infiltrated the Imperial Palace, and then slaughtered civilians on the outskirts of the Imperial City.
What do they want to do?
Li Xian shook his head, "What about your husband's family?" What about your mother's family? Let your mother and daughter live on the streets. ”
Tian Yi was in tears and knelt on the ground, and the girl who was eating on the side threw down the bowl when she saw this and fell into Tian Yi's arms in fright.
"The slave husband is a foreigner, and his mother's family is Tianjia Village, no one survived that day, and the investigation department said that it was a plague outbreak, and no one dared to take in the slave family after entering the city."
Speaking of the sore spot, Tian Yi dragged her daughter to kowtow and begged.
"My lord, the slave family can do laundry and cooking, and can do anything, please accept the slave family."
"Get up and speak."
Li Xian looked at the mother and daughter indifferently, if they were in the cold palace, it would be easy to accept the mother and daughter as servants, but the imperial city was not familiar with the place of life, and the mother and daughter were a burden.
Suddenly.
When I think of one thing, I remember that not only did I find silver from Aunt Rong, but also a house deed, which seemed to be a house on the bank of the Weishui River.
It is just right for Tian Yi's mother and daughter to look at the house.
"You guys stay at the inn first, and wait for our family to arrange it."
"Master Xie."
Bang bang bang!
Tian Yi's mother's family thanked the runny kowtow.
Righteous Qi light points gushed out from the top of his head, and all of them flew into the Righteous Qi Monument.
Leave the inn.
Li Xian walked lonely on the street, recalling the inseparable family affection of Tian Yi and his mother, and was full of emotion.
In his previous life, he was an orphan, and he grew up in a welfare home, and when he got rich, he registered his information on Xunjia.com, hoping to reunite with his family one day.
It's a pity that the information is lost in the sea, I don't know if it's because their relatives are not alive, or if they don't want to see themselves at all, since then Li Xian has given up.
Reborn in the Great Qin Dynasty, although his predecessor entered the palace as a eunuch at the age of ten, Li Xian knew that it was a last resort, since he was already a palm seal eunuch, he had money and power, and he should take care of his relatives in his hometown, which could be regarded as filial piety for his predecessor.
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Lei Cang, who had just finished handling the case, walked on the street with a tired look, and he was reluctant to go home, and was about to go to the tavern to drink some wine, when he suddenly saw the familiar back of the endless crowd.
"Virtuous father-in-law."
"Virtuous father-in-law."
After shouting a few times and not answering, Lei Cang chased after him and reached out to pat his father-in-law's shoulder, just when his palm was a little closer.
Suddenly there was a flower in front of me.
The figure of the virtuous grandfather vanished, but a thin needle appeared on his neck.
An eerie and cold voice sounded behind him.
"Who are you and why did you attack our house?"
What a weird way to behave.
Lei Cang didn't dare to act rashly, as long as he made a slight movement, the needle would instantly pierce his neck.
"Father-in-law, I'm Lei Cang, the chief banner of the Detective Division, you forgot that we only met in the morning."
Li Xian withdrew the star needle, looking dissatisfied, "Our family doesn't like someone to sneak attack from behind. ”
Lei Cang smiled bitterly, and said with an innocent face, "Virtuous father-in-law, the lower official called you a few times, but you didn't respond, that's why I slapped you." ”
Damn it.
Hear here.
Li Xian was dissatisfied with his carelessness, and when he was distracted, fortunately it was Lei Cang who saw that if he was a thief in Taiping Dao and Changshengmen, he would have to shed his skin even if he didn't die.
"Lei Zongqi, are you going to handle the case?"
Lei Cang shook his head, "I don't want to go home after work, go to the tavern for a drink or two, and the virtuous father-in-law together?" ”
A sign of a middle-aged man.
Not wanting to go home from work is one of them.
I'd rather go out with a beer and order a few barbecues than go home and face the tireless chores of life.
"Let's go." Li Xian gladly accepted.
The two walked into a tavern, and when the guy who ran the hall saw Lei Cang, he smiled and shook the rag in his hand.
"Lei Zongqi, or is it the same as the old three?"
"I don't have any eyesight, let Lao He cut the pig's head meat, and come to the pot to serve a good daughter." Lei Cang scolded the guy with a smile, turned back to Li Xian and said, "The pig's head meat of the Lao He family is a must-have in Beicheng. ”
"Okay!" The man shook the rag, led the two to the table and sat down, turned around and shouted, "A plate of pig's head meat, a pot of good daughter's red." ”
Soon.
Peanuts, spiced broad beans, dried tofu, pig's head meat, and my daughter red served them on the table.
Lei Cang was not polite, picked up the flask and poured the bowl full, drank it all, and wiped the wine off his beard with satisfaction.
A long thumbs up.
"Comfortable."
After finishing his alcohol addiction, he found that he was patronizing himself and snubbed Li Xian, and hurriedly apologized.
"Don't mind, Gonggong Xian, there have been murders in the imperial city every day recently, and the soles of his feet are smoking, and his throat is breathing fire."
Li Xian picked up the wine bowl, took a shallow sip, and said with a smile.
"It's okay, our family likes Lei Zongqi's bold and free man."
"Hahaha, I love to hear what my virtuous father-in-law says, toast."
Just two of you have a bowl, I have a bowl, and you can drink wine.
An anxious-looking catcher ran in from outside the tavern, and after entering the door and looking around, he ran straight towards Li Xian's table and ran to Lei Cang's side.
"Lei Tou, something has happened to the Hong family!"
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