There should be no murderous enmity with him, Li Bochen should have a very good impression of him after hearing these words. But he really didn't know whether Zhu Hou's words were true or false at this time, so he could only smile and say, "I have just arrived, I am not familiar with everything, and there is also a misunderstanding with the general. Let me think about it again. ”

Zhu Hou didn't care, only smiled and said, "There is no misunderstanding." Since he is a friend of the Chang family, he is also my friend. Okay, Brother Li, think about it, Zhu is waiting for him!"

Li Bochen stopped answering, and Zhu Hou turned his face to talk to Chang Qiuwu. Li Bochen listened to their conversation and felt that although the two were not close, they should be very familiar. In this way, Zhu Hou has always been like this? No wonder Chang Xiu decided to assist him last night.

However, after hearing what Chang Qiuwu said when he was regarded as Sui Buxiu, they might also want to use Zhu Hou as a puppet.

The two talked for a while, and Zhu Hou suddenly turned his face and said: "By the way, Brother Li, last night, a dog ran up the mountain and told me that there was a martial artist in the tun at the bottom of the mountain, and it looked unfavorable to me, so it should be you!"

Li Bochen was stunned, not knowing what he meant.

Zhu Hou smiled and said, "I took this matter seriously at first. But then the dog said that the martial lady's wife was born very beautifully, and said that I could just take the house—damn it, as soon as I heard it, I knew that the boy had no good intentions. But I felt that it was also someone under my rule, so I only beat him out. ”

"Brother Li, I saw you today and resolved the misunderstanding, so I can't stop this matter. Tell me, what do you want me to do with that dog?"

He should be the Sun Cha he was talking about. Li Bochen really didn't expect that person to be so despicable and shameless - he taught him a lesson last night, and he thought that he would retreat in the face of difficulties, but he didn't expect to use such a sinister method to deal with himself. At that time, he thought that the man's sin was not worthy of death, but now he knows that he actually implicated Xiaoman, and it is really innocent of death.

He arched his hand on the horse and said, "General Zhu, since it is your account, I don't want to say much." ”

Zhu Hou nodded and sneered: "Okay." Brother Li, I'll ask someone to send you the head of that dog thing tonight!"

When he said this, he glanced at Li Bochen again. Li Bochen was stunned for a moment, and said in his heart: Is this person testing himself? Want to see if he is a person who is "decisive in killing"? Could he really intend to solicit him?

He simply smiled: "You don't have to give it to me." Lost it. ”

Zhu Hou raised his head and laughed, hit a dozen horses, and ran out.

When the group returned to Tunzhong, there were already many people in the fields and on the road. Li Bochen thought that these people would avoid Zhu Hou when they saw it, but he didn't expect them to really see it, so they put down their work one after another, and the general greeted him shortly, quite enthusiastically.

Zhu Hou listened to it, laughed, put his hand into the bag in front of him and grabbed it, raised his hand and threw out a handful of copper coins, and shouted: "Father, old folks, Zhu Hou is polite!"

The villagers immediately went to the ground to look for money, and they did not forget to be grateful to Dade. Li Bochen saw that Zhu Hou's money bag was hanging in front of the saddle, with a total of two on the left and one on the right. He doesn't need to bring money with him when he travels like this, so is this money specially used to reward people? Judging by the performance of those villagers, this should not be the first time.

Zhu Hou said loudly while riding his horse slowly: "The villagers look at this thing right away? The Zhou family is dead, so this thing is a scourge! It is a monster in the mountains, not a monster beast! Today, it was Mr. Chang and this Li brother who entered the mountain to remove this thing--everyone can rest assured in the future, with us here, we will never let the villagers suffer such a disaster again!"

The villagers applauded one after another, and some of them were bold, and they even came forward to see. For a while, people gathered around the roadside, and they seemed to be parading through the streets. Although this thing was killed by Li Bochen, he didn't have time to look at it carefully when he was fighting before, and at this moment, Zhu Hou deliberately asked someone to let the corpse go ahead, so he took a closer look. At a glance, I felt that something was not quite right—the monster still had Chang Qiuwu's sword stuck in its body, and it also had a wound on its back. But the heaviest wound was on the front of the chest - from the neck to the abdomen.

Could it be that this thing had been injured before? Was it Zhu Hou's doing?

At this time, he also arrived at the door of Chang's house, Chang Qiuwu got off the horse and said, "General Zhu, do you want to come in and talk about it?"

Zhu Hou also got off the horse and waved his hand: "Eh, don't dare, I still come back tomorrow." ”

Chang Qiuwu smiled and looked at Li Bochen again: "Brother Li, what about you?"

Li Bochen also dismounted and said: "I'm really not like this, I'll go back and change my clothes...... Let's talk about that later. ”

Chang Qiuwu seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and arched his hand: "Okay." General Zhu, Brother Li, I'll go back first. ”

Zhu Hou hurriedly said, "Please." ”

When Li Bochen saw him like this, he said in his heart, he didn't want to recognize each other at this time, Chang Qiuwu also had the same thoughts. First, when he entered the mountain just now, he regarded himself as Sui Buzhi and said a lot of things. It's time to realize that those words are inappropriate.

Second, he also has to go back to rest first, so as to confirm whether he is their "Li Bochen".

He also arched his hand to Zhu Hou and said, "General Zhu, if there is nothing to do, I will go back first." ”

Zhu Hou smiled: "Okay, Brother Li, if there is any difficulty, just look for me." ”

Li Bochen said goodbye, then pressed the handle of the knife, turned around and walked away.

In fact, when he turned his back to Zhu Hou, he was still a little uneasy in his heart, and he was on guard against him from breaking out. But after walking more than a dozen steps, I could only hear Zhu Hou laughing and greeting the villagers who gathered around, and he didn't care about himself. And those villagers only care about flattering Zhu Hou.

He sighed in his heart, thinking, if he really recognized the Chang family, he was afraid that he would be in trouble in the future.

When he walked to the door of his house, he saw that the courtyard door had opened a crack, and Lin Qiao came out with half of his face. He only felt relieved in his heart, walked over quickly, and said, "Xiaoman." ”

Lin Qiao hurriedly opened the door and let him in, first looked him up and down before saying, "What are you...... Who are those people?"

Li Bochen sighed: "It's all troublesome. ”

When he returned to the courtyard, Lin Qiao went to boil water for him, asked him to change his clothes, dipped a handkerchief in water and wiped his back, and Li Bochen slowly told her everything in the mountains. After finishing speaking, the sound outside was gone, and it was time for Zhu Hou to leave.

Lin Qiao twisted the handkerchief in the water again and handed it to him, moved a small stool to sit opposite him, and said, "He is such a person? ”

Li Bochen wiped his face and said, "I also feel weird. This man—I think he deliberately tolerated me for the sake of his family—but how could he have been just a bandit in the past?"

Lin Qiao thought for a while and said, "Actually, it's not surprising. If a person wants to become famous, he must not only have his own ability, but also have luck. Ah Chen, you haven't been famous in the world yet, haven't you encountered luck for a while?"

Li Bochen couldn't help but smile: "Ha, you are probably the only one in this world who thinks so highly of me." This is not mentioned beforehand...... I think you were right yesterday. If this Zhu Hou is so loved here, what will the Chang family do in the future?"

"Also, I haven't been able to understand why Chang Qiuwu thought I was Sui Buxiu before. ”

After he finished wiping his face, Lin Qiao took the handkerchief and put it in the water, picked up the basin and walked away, and said, "Hmm...... You should ask them about this. Ah Chen, when are you going to go and talk to them?"

Li Bochen thought about it, and said while dressing: "I don't know, I didn't think about it in the first place." Xiaoman, do you want to call me to go? We came here to see if the Chang family is okay, and now we know that they are okay. I also met with Zhu Hou, and I knew him again...... Alas, tell me to kill him instead, and I can't do it for the time being. ”

"You told me to wait last night, so what are you going to do now?"

Lin Qiao walked into the kitchen with a basin of water and said, "Then, if I don't have any opinion on what you do, then Zhu Hou is really a heinous person, will you still be embarrassed like this?"

Li Bochen put on his clothes and walked into the hall, and saw that the short brown sewn last night had been ready. He picked it up casually and touched it, thought about it again, and said, "I think what you said yesterday makes sense." With an identity like mine, I can't hide in Tibet for the rest of my life. If Zhu Hou is really a wicked person, then I have nothing to hesitate about, and naturally get rid of him. ”

"As for my grandfather...... They really want to make me a puppet, and I'm afraid it's going to be difficult. Although I am not bad-tempered, it is one thing to be forbidden in the army, and it is another thing to be a marionette. When the time comes, it will be irreconcilable, and they will be more anxious than me. ”

Lin Qiao smiled in the kitchen: "Look, you know your own mind." ”

Li Bochen put down the short brown and walked to the door of the hall, and said, "If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have to think about it for many more days-Xiaoman, do you think Zhu Hou is really not a good person?"

Lin Qiao also walked over and said, "I don't know either...... Think about it later. ”

He smiled again: "Ah Chen, I want to eat egg custard at noon, and I want to eat steamed fish." ”

Li Bochen hurriedly said: "Okay, I'll get it." ”

He walked into the kitchen and said while collecting firewood, "Don't be busy, go and rest." Steamed fish with egg custard, what else do you want to eat?"

"Oh...... You say, if I go to my house tonight, do you want to bring something?"

Lin Qiaozai stood at the door of the kitchen and watched him busy, and said, "No need." Ah Chen, you have to remember what I said—no matter what the Chang family says, you just have to agree. You don't want to be a puppet, but you have to do it before you have a chance to fight. It's really rare here, the people are simple, there are soldiers, and there are your relatives. If you really want to build a foundation, there is no better place to be. No matter what happens, for me, for Chensheng or for Nianci, you have to survive. ”

Li Bochen thought for a while and said, "Okay, I promise you." I'm a good person, I'm not afraid of hardship or tiredness. Now that I have you, ha, I'm not afraid. ”

Lin Qiao was silent for a while, then leaned against the door to watch him light the fire, and said softly: "In this world, you are the best person for me." ”

Li Bochen didn't know why she suddenly said this, but he only felt warm in his heart. He smiled and said, "Of course." It's not good for you, it's good for whom? Don't stand here, smoking you. You go back to the house and wait for me, and the meal will be served in two quarters of an hour. ”

Lin Qiao looked at him for a while and said, "Hmm." ”

When she left, Li Bochen thought again, what happened to Shanjun?

If that thing had newly won the position of Mountain King, today's performance would have been reasonable-the fusion of the beast's yin spirit and luck had magical powers, but it didn't understand personnel, it still had animal nature, and it was reasonable to hurt people. It is said that the earliest spirits born between heaven and earth are actually extremely brutal.

But the question is, what kind of beast is it like that?

Wujing Mountain Monarch was a red fox when he showed his true body, could this Mountain Monarch be a spider in his real body? He had never heard of spiders and yin spirits...... I always felt that it was a little familiar, but I couldn't remember where I saw it.

He thought about it but couldn't get any results, so he concentrated on getting food first. After two quarters of an hour, the egg custard and steamed salted fish were ready, and the leftover rice porridge from the morning was heated. He brought everything into the hall and said, "Xiaoman, let's eat first." ”

I remembered that there were still some pickles sent by Meng Niangzi, so I went to the kitchen and cut the pickles on a plate.

When he returned to the house and sat down, he greeted him again, and Lin Qiao didn't speak. Li Bochen thought, I don't know if she fell asleep - the two talked last night, and they kept talking about the rooster crowing before falling asleep. went into the east house to see, but Lin Qiao was not there.

He went to the Westinghouse again to see - the Westinghouse was originally going to be a study, but now there are only tables, chairs, bookshelves, not even a single book, and it is empty.

There was no one in Westinghouse either. He was stunned, and when he walked to the courtyard, he first went to the west ear room to look, and then went to the toilet next to the west ear room to look, but there was no one in sight.

Li Bochen frowned, and strode to the east wing and the inverted room, but there was no one. I went out to look in the vegetable garden next to the house, and saw that the flowers of the big pear tree were still blooming, but there was still no one.

Somehow, he suddenly felt a little panicked in his heart, jumped back into the courtyard, and shouted, "Xiaoman!"

I shouted a few times, but I heard my own voice echoing in the courtyard. For the first time, he felt that this house was so big and this courtyard was so empty. He began to feel hot on his body, but his legs and feet were a little weak, and then he ran back to the east room, looked under the bed, looked under the table, and still couldn't find anyone, so he shouted again: "Xiaoman, don't make trouble!"

Outside, the sun was shining brightly, hot sweat seeped from his head and back, and his temples jumped abruptly. He narrowed his eyes and said in his heart, is it Zhu Hou!? Did he quietly send someone to tie up Xiaoman!?

This thought came to him, and he immediately rushed to the middle hall to find his knife. He remembered that the magic knife was untied and placed on the case, and when he looked at it, he really saw it. He grabbed the knife and was about to rush out again, but he heard a sound - Yao Hou was crushed under the knife and fell to the ground. Falling with Yaohou was a fluttering piece of paper.

He was stunned. Holding the knife, he stared at the paper for a long time before slowly bending down to pick it up.

See that there are only four words on the paper:

Ah Chen, take care.