Chapter 43: Running Away from Marriage
Waiting for Xiao Jiu to come out of the Lingshui County Ya, Zhang Ben, Jin Zi and the others who were waiting outside all breathed a sigh of relief, if they couldn't wait for another half an hour, the more than 20 brothers who were traveling with them would really go directly to the county government if they couldn't figure it out.
Later, Xiao Jiu went to a mansion in the city to visit the county lieutenant Zhang, who had gone to Hare Mountain before, but after arriving, he found that the county lieutenant had guests at home.
The guest was a wealthy man in a rural village, and his face was full of surprise when he learned that Xiao Jiu had come to visit Zhang Countywei, and he could put down an egg with his open mouth.
Especially when he saw that he needed to flatter Zhang County Lieutenant and Xiao Jiu talking happily, his heart was as aggrieved as if he had eaten a fly, and he was full of jealousy and hatred for the posture of a military bandit like County Lieutenant Zhang.
Xiao Jiu didn't stay with Zhang County Lieutenant for too long, and the landlord had already fled before Xiao Jiu left, and the thought of Xiao Jiu's cold eyes when he looked at him made him shiver.
When Xiao Jiu left the county governor's mansion, the group prepared to return to Hare Mountain with the New Year's goods they bought.
During this period, when Xiao Jiu and his entourage passed by the Golan in the city, the members of Hare Mountain looked at the warblers and Yanyan who were dressed up in flowers and branches at the door of the store, and their saliva was about to flow out.
Xiao Jiu frowned slightly when he saw this, and just wanted to reprimand them a few words, but then thought that the brothers who came with him this time were basically the elders of Hare Mountain, and they didn't even have a wife to fight and kill him, so he could only wave his hand helplessly and let them indulge once.
"Give you two hours, and then you will meet at the gates."
After that, he was about to go to the city gate with Li Hao, the youngest son of Li Gui who accompanied him, but when he turned his head, he saw that Li Hao was also swallowing saliva at the women who were scratching their heads.
Seeing this, Xiao Jiu was speechless and held his forehead, and quipped: "Why, your father is about to become the richest man in Lingshui, and he didn't mention your family affairs?" ”
When Li Hao heard this, he looked at Xiao Jiu's playful eyes, his face turned red instantly, he looked at Xiao Jiu, and said twistedly: "My father said that he would follow you to do great things, and getting married early is a drag." ”
When Xiao Jiu heard Li Hao say this, he couldn't help but smile slightly, and walked to the city gate by himself, and Li Hao, who was teased, also quickly followed when he saw Xiao Jiu leaving, trying not to think about the woman just now.
Xiao Jiu, who was bored, walked to the gate of the city, looked at the endless stream of people entering and leaving the city, and thought about how good it would be if it were all such a peaceful life.
Going around like this, Xiao Jiu walked to a bulletin board set up at the city gate, and saw the notices posted under the canopy.
Suddenly, a mottled notice came into Xiao Jiu's eyes, and Xiao Jiu, who was thick and inky, instantly recognized his name, thinking that it was a wanted notice issued by the government before the bandits.
It's just that this portrait is really a bit abstract, and the characters painted on the notice are full of pockmarks, and there are a few handfuls of non-mainstream pigtails on their heads, which cannot be said to be different from themselves, but can only be said to have no common characteristics.
If you really catch people based on portraits, I'm afraid that you won't find such a distinctive character in the whole world.
Looking at himself on the notice, Xiao Jiu couldn't help but sneer, and asked Li Hao on the side, "Do you say this Xiao Jiu is really so ugly?" ”
But before Li Hao beside him could answer, an angry voice came from behind him.
"Who are you, dare to say that the lord of Hare Mountain is ugly, and if you say one more word believe it or not, I will beat you."
Xiao Jiu turned to look, but it was a man dressed as an old farmer carrying a few bundles of dry firewood and happened to pass by the bulletin booth, and he was looking at Xiao Jiu with angry eyes at this time.
He is a hired farmer in Xiaowang Village, Lingshui County, who killed his son when the bandits from Wild Wolf Mountain came down to sweep the mountain, and also snatched his family's few grains, causing his family to be ruined but unable to do anything.
After that, Xiao Jiu of Hare Mountain flattened Wolf Mountain, killed the bandit leader Scarface, indirectly avenged him, and also sent life-saving food to his family when passing by his village.
So although this old farmer has never seen Xiao Jiu, he has already regarded Xiao Jiu as his noble living bodhisattva, and when he heard someone say bad things about Xiao Jiu, he was angry and just wanted to beat the young man in front of him.
Xiao Jiu looked at the angry old farmer, a little confused, and asked out loud: "Old man, who is this Xiao Jiu in your family?" ”
When the old farmer saw Xiao Jiu asking, he said without thinking: "Xiao Jiu is my benefactor, and he is also the benefactor of thousands of poor people in Lingshui County. ”
"Young man, listen to my advice, don't talk nonsense in Lingshui County, otherwise whoever gives you a stone from behind won't know who smashed it."
Listening to the old farmer's serious lesson, Xiao Jiu put down his body and chatted with him without a match, and he didn't reveal his identity until the end, and Li Hao on the side was dumbfounded.
Seeing off the old farmer, just as Xiao Jiu just wanted to leave here and find a place to sit and rest, a crisp voice came into his ears.
"Lord Xiao has such a clever mouth, did you lie to me like this before?"
Xiao Jiu followed the prestige, and saw a familiar figure standing not far from the bulletin booth looking at him, followed by a strong man with a frown.
"Li Luoyao?"
Looking at the old acquaintance in front of him, Xiao Jiu couldn't help but smile.
Just now, he was only talking to the old farmer, and he didn't notice Li Luoyao who was wrapped like a dumpling on the side, and Li Hao next to him also woke up instantly.
"No wonder the boss didn't behave close to women in front of the hook bar just now, it turns out that there are such beautiful women."
Xiao Jiu didn't care about Li Hao, who was surprised, and was about to step forward to talk to Li Luoyao, but halfway through, he happened to bump into the unkind eyes of the strong man next to Li Luoyao, and then asked, "Who is this?" ”
As soon as Li Luoyao wanted to speak, he heard the strong man say coldly: "Zhu Cong, the general of the Qingzhou Xiao Cavalry Battalion." ”
Hearing this cold tone, Xiao Jiu didn't say anything more, but Li Luoyao, who was robbed of the conversation, muttered: "You have to follow you when you go out of the city, and you are annoyed to death." ”
When Xiao Jiu heard this, he felt funny when he looked at Li Luoyao who pouted in front of him, thinking that this girl was afraid that she had forgotten the embarrassment when she was chased and killed before.
Subsequently, under Li Luoyao's initiative to "torture", the communication between the two gradually became warm, and they learned that their father Li Li had gone to Kyoto to take up his post, leaving the family in Qingzhou.
What Xiao Jiuwan didn't expect was that Li Luoyao came to Lingshui County at this time to escape from marriage.
Under Xiao Jiu's side knock, he learned that Li Luoyao should not have been able to run out, but the other party who proposed his marriage was the son of Jianghu, the uncle of the Chaoguo Dynasty.
Li Li himself represents the officials of the Qingzhou Group, and he doesn't want to be too involved with the Marquis of Zhenwu, and he also doesn't want to use his daughter as a political bargaining chip to negotiate terms with the other party.
But if Jiang Hu is rejected directly, he will undoubtedly be damaging the other party's face, so he chose to turn a blind eye to Li Luoyao's "escape from marriage", and when he returns to Qingzhou in a few days, this matter will naturally be over.
However, Li Yaoliang, the governor of Qingzhou, was worried about the safety of this Miss Li, so he directly transferred his confidant general Zhu Cong, and came to Lingshui City with twenty guards.