Chapter 56: People will always be involuntarily
After Xiao Muqiu left, Li Si lay alone for a while, and the water and sky in the distance were colorful, but he didn't feel much sleep.
He doesn't like to meddle in other people's housework so much, but listening to what Xiao Muqiu said, there should be a lot of contradictions between Banjuxian and him, and maybe he owes them a lot of money to their mother and son.
Hey, this bastard is really, knowing that he is a Jianghu person, why bother to delay other women.
Li Si clasped his hands behind his head, one leg hanging on the side of the mast, raised his head, and watched the clouds fly by in the sky.
However, in fact, he was still a little envious of the half-cut immortal.
Because he can at least go back and have a look, and he can't.
The river is quiet, and the sound of the waves is soft. On the mast, Li Si hummed a little song softly. said that it was a song, but in fact it was just a minor key, not a ballad. He didn't know what the name of the minor key was or where it came from, but he had only heard it many times from a person, and gradually he would hum it.
Under the mast, a boatman was working in the bow of the ship, heard the humming of the mast, looked up, and saw the man in white half-lying there, and waved his hand and shouted.
"Hey, the guy above, be careful, don't fall off!"
Li Si glanced down and replied with a light smile.
"Got it!"
With that, he stood up and took off into the air.
It's time for him to go and find someone, lest someone have any regrets.
The boatman watched Li Si fly away, with some envious expressions on his face, it turned out to be a Jianghu person, at ease, and really happy.
After thinking about it, he lowered his head again and started his own work, it was best to earn more today, and when he went back, he had to buy candy for his daughter to eat.
But are the people in the rivers and lakes really enviable, in this river and lake, whether they are free or involuntarily, no one can say.
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Indeed, as Xiao Muqiu thought, Li Si could find half an immortal. Of course, his method was not to find him one by one, but that Banjuxian had left Li Si with the means to find him.
Although the half-cut immortal has been adrift on the rivers and lakes all year round, it is not completely without a place to stay.
What almost no one knows is that he has a restaurant, and when he has nothing to do, he often stays in that restaurant, sometimes as an accountkeeper, sometimes as a running hall, sometimes as a handyman, sometimes as a cook.
Because he changes his face every time he goes, no one knows that the restaurant is his.
Even the people in the restaurant don't know.
They were just hired to work and couldn't ask about the building.
And the person in charge only knows that this restaurant belongs to a mysterious strange rich merchant, who has never appeared, but every year he will send some strange people to work in the building, one at a time, and each will leave for no reason after doing it for a while.
He didn't know why, and he didn't dare ask.
Thinking about it, he couldn't have guessed that those who were sent by the "rich businessmen" to do things every year were actually the same people, and they were the so-called "rich businessmen" themselves.
This restaurant is called Qianjialou.
The person who runs the building is a man with a thousand faces.
When Li Si came to this Qianjialou, it was already October.
He didn't know if the time would be here, but he could wait, because for an idler like him, the most important thing was time.
When you enter the building, it is a lively and noisy atmosphere, just like every restaurant, the guests here are also a thousand faces, just like a small microcosm of this world, everything should be in it.
Li Si found a seat in the corner and sat down, ordered a pot of cheapest wine, and sat in the corner while drinking, while listening to the sounds in the building silently.
Suddenly, he heard a peculiar footstep coming towards him.
Li Si raised his eyebrows, it seems that his luck is good, he hasn't gone to find someone yet, this person has already found it himself.
He raised his gaze and saw a woman standing in front of him.
This woman has a graceful posture, wearing a red dress with loose straps, and her white neck and shoulders are exposed, which makes the surrounding drinkers unconsciously peek sideways.
Looking at Li Si, the woman covered her mouth and smiled, sat down and said.
"I said who would be so picky, I only ordered a pot of wine when I came to the restaurant, it turned out to be you. ”
As she spoke, she leaned against the table, stretched out her white fingers, pressed them against Li Si's wine jug, and gently fiddled with them.
Li Si ignored the woman's teasing and took the flask back from "her".
"Don't blame me, who let your wine sell so expensive, this small pot will cost me three taels of silver, it's really black-hearted. ”
"Hey. The woman held up her finger and shook it, smiling.
"You are wrong, what about this business, what is particular about being willing to fight and being willing to suffer, I sell expensively, and others are willing to buy, how can it be considered black-hearted?"
"Strong words. Li Si shook his head and poured wine for himself.
The woman proudly straightened the hairpin on her head.
"Hehe, no matter what word it is, if you can say a reason, it's a good word. However, it's rare for you to come to me, is there something wrong? Let's talk about it first, the small news is 300 taels, the big news is 3,000 taels, for the sake of our relationship, I will give you a bargain. ”
Li Si didn't directly say what he meant, but finished filling himself with wine first.
He waited until he put the flask back on the table before he asked.
"Do you know Xiao Muqiu?"
The woman's hand to arrange the hairpin paused slightly, and the expression on her face became a little stiffer.
She didn't expect Li Si to suddenly mention this name.
"Did he ask you to come to me?" the woman asked.
"Hmm. Li Si took the wine glass and took a shallow sip.
"He said his mother was dead, so let you go back and take a look. ”
There was no sound at the table in the corner, and the contrast was stark to the noise in the hall.
Li Si didn't look at the look of the woman in front of her, only knew that she was sitting there and was silent for a long time.
When she put down her hand, she said distractedly.
"That's ······"
Also, it's been all over the years.
Li Si glanced at her sideways, took the wine glass, and sighed.
"I think you should go back and see. ”
The woman's head bowed, nodded feebly, and whispered.
"I know, I know. ”
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This "woman" is naturally a half-cut immortal.
He really knows a lot of things.
He knew that people like him weren't supposed to involve anyone else. He also knew that because of his relationship, a woman was lonely all her life. He also knew that he was a bastard, and it was reasonable for Xiao Muqiu to hate him all his life.
But he had to do that, because he couldn't help himself.
When he and Xiao Muqiu's mother met, they were in a small county town.
He was temporarily living there collecting news, but he met the girl for no reason.
And then after getting drunk again, he and the girl had a karma.
He was ashamed and told the girl everything about himself, but the girl said that she didn't care and was willing to live with him.
During that time, Banjuan really wanted to live in seclusion in that small county town and spend the rest of his life.
It's a pity that it didn't take too long, because some of the traces he left behind before were discovered, and some people in the rivers and lakes who wanted to find him found near the county seat.
He ducked, but he knew it wasn't the first time, and it wouldn't be the last.
He couldn't change his fake face every day when he lived with his wife and children, but if he didn't, he wouldn't be able to hide for long.
He has too many people's news in his hands, and too many people want to find him.
There are still many tracking masters on the rivers and lakes, and he has seen all kinds of tracking methods, and once he is seen by someone who sees his true face, it will be difficult for him to hide.
And what he was most afraid of was that Mu Qiu, who was just born at that time, and his mother were implicated because of this.
He woke up from his dreams several times in the night, because he dreamed of the enemy coming to his door. He didn't dare to take this risk, not at all.
So, he left.
Left a sum of money and some martial arts, and on a snowy night, he left the county seat at night.
But it's not that he hasn't gone back, it's just that every time he goes back, he looks like a stranger.
Standing far away, looking at the people in the hut.
watched the children practice martial arts in the courtyard, watched the women sit by the door or weave cloth, or make shoes, and then left a sum of money and returned silently.
Later, Xiao Muqiu established Fengyulou, and he has been secretly supporting, and he has sent a lot of secret affairs to help him establish a reputation.
It wasn't until Xiao Muqiu's wind and rain building became bigger that he relieved himself and stopped disturbing their lives.
He thought that this would be fine, and after a little longer, he would be able to let go of these things with his character.
But it wasn't until he heard the news of the man's death that he realized that he hadn't let go at all.