In the courtyard, Mei Youqian had just stepped out of the door, and outside the courtyard, Mei Xinyan came back from the market.

Mei Xinyan is in an excellent mood today, maybe she feels that there is a little hope for this day, even her sickly pale face because of long-term malnutrition faintly reveals a trace of undetectable ruddyness, the corners of her mouth are even higher upturned, she is holding two catties of sauced beef in her right hand, a roast chicken, and a pot of soju in her left hand, running and jumping all the way, humming a song in her mouth, until she saw a large group of people standing in front of her house.

Mei Xinyan was obviously stunned for a moment, her footsteps stopped, remembering her actions just now, she was shy and wanted to cover her face with her sleeves, and subconsciously raised her hands, only to feel that this was simply unnecessary, others were standing at the door of their own house, and they couldn't hide, so it was better to be calm.

Mei Xinyan cleared her throat in embarrassment, took three steps and made two steps, stepped forward, and after glancing at everyone, she asked Wang Zhenlong if he was the matter.

Mei Xinyan's question made Wang Zhenlong not know how to answer, and turned his head to look at Li Tao who turned around.

It's no wonder that in this group of people, Wang Zhenlong looks the most like the leader, and as for Li Tao, who is knocking on the door in a miscellaneous suit, he is naturally ignored as a small person.

Li Tao heard a woman's voice behind him, turned around, and met Wang Zhenlong's eyes, but he didn't say anything at the time, but first glanced at Mei Xinyan standing in front of Wang Zhenlong, and had a general judgment on the current situation in his heart, so he nodded slightly and motioned Wang Zhenlong to solve it himself.

Who knew that after Wang Zhenlong got Li Tao's signal, he blurted out in a very serious tone with his not very bright brain: "Hello, we are the escort team of the Li Mansion, and we suspect that Mei Youqian is related to the robbery that happened last night, may I ask who you are." ”

Li Tao's scalp was numb when he heard this, and he couldn't wait to go up and slap Wang Zhenlong, did he ask him to say this.

Looking at Mei Xinyan again, she was already so frightened that her hands and feet became weak, and the small wine jar in her hand fell to the ground, shattered into several large pieces, and the rich aroma of wine scattered away.

Li Tao was about to explain, when he heard a creak in his ears, and the courtyard door opened.

Mei Youqian still had a trace of luck in his heart, after all, it was no big deal for the people from the government to arrest him, as long as he could carry all the charges off, Mei Xinyan would not suffer anything.

And now, when he heard behind the door that it was actually someone from the Li Mansion, he was so shocked that his heartbeat was about to stop, he couldn't have imagined that what happened to him last night actually alarmed the guards of the Li Mansion.

Mei Youqian has lived in Lijiazhuang for a long time, and knows that the Li family is powerful, if this matter is taken by the Li family, not only will his husband and wife not have a good end, but I am afraid that his two sworn brothers and the landlady will also be implicated.

The matter has come to this, it is useless to think about it, Mei Youqian simply gritted his teeth, stretched out his hand to open the courtyard door, and then knelt on his knees, kowtowed like a chicken running into broken rice, and said in a trembling voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, everything is done by the villain alone, and it has nothing to do with others!

"???" Li Tao looked at Mei Youqian, who was kowtowing like pounding garlic at his feet, although he was a little confused, he still quickly stretched out his hand to stop him, otherwise Mei Youqian's blood would be splashed on him later.

Mei Youqian was held by Li Tao, raised his head and looked, and was making eye contact with Li Tao.

"You said that you are a person, you don't listen to anyone, don't do this next time. Li Tao looked at Mei Youqian, who had a broken skin on his forehead, shook his head and said.

Mei Xinyan was also panicked when she saw Mei Youqian's appearance, what Mei Youqian had done, she knew it clearly, any one of them was a major case of head killing, if she was really caught, it would be the result of ten deaths.

"Childe, I'm sorry, Childe, villain, I shouldn't have robbed you of your silver. Mei Youqian was so anxious that he began to talk nonsense.

"Oh, if it's not mine, it's time to rob it?" Li Tao is also a bastard, and he has to say a word at this time.

"No, no, no, no one's money should be robbed. Mei Youqian said, and started kowtowing again.

Seeing this, Li Tao hurriedly stretched out his hand again to stop him, "Okay, okay, what's the matter, scared like this, Ben Shao is not here to arrest you, there is something to ask you, you get up first." ”

Mei Youqian was stunned when he heard Li Tao say that he was not here to arrest him, and his body knelt straight like this, motionless, until Li Tao kicked him, and he slowly got up.

When Li Tao saw Mei Youqian standing up, he turned his head and asked Wang Zhenlong, "Do you know that there is good wine nearby?"

Wang Zhenlong buckled his head, first made a thoughtful expression, and after a long time, he shook his head with regret, saying that he didn't know, as if he really wanted to.

Li Tao asked Wang Zhenlong's subordinates again one by one, and they all said that because they stayed in the Li Mansion all the year round, they didn't know where there was good wine outside, and as for the bookstore guy who was given high hopes, he was actually a workaholic, except for the bookstore, he didn't know anything else, which made the atmosphere very embarrassing.

"I, I know. Just when everyone in the depressed atmosphere was about to run out of breath, Mei Youqian quietly raised his hand and said in a low voice.

Li Tao was also a little surprised when he heard Mei Youqian speak, in his imagination, the family was about to be unable to live, so naturally they would not have the leisure to find out where there was good wine nearby, but since Mei Youqian said that he knew, Li Tao still motioned for him to continue, it is better to talk nonsense than no one to speak.

Seeing Li Tao nodding, Mei Youqian also became a little bolder, and said that there is a Tujia restaurant near here, and the wine in the store is extremely delicious, and it is the best wine in Lijiazhuang.

As soon as Mei Youqian said this, he found that the people around him, including his daughter-in-law Mei Xinyan, were looking at him with a stupid expression, you said that it was the best in the neighborhood, you have to say that it was the best in Lijiazhuang, which meant that even the wine of the Li family could not compare to his family.

Mei Youqian also knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he silently lowered his head and stepped aside.

Li Tao is too lazy to care about this kind of trivial matter, after all, you are better than breaking the sky, and it has nothing to do with Li Dashao, who poured three glasses.

Li Tao nodded, and instructed Wang Zhenlong to take the second child from the bookstore to buy some wine, and fry two more side dishes to come back.

"Don't!" Although Mei Youqian didn't know what Li Tao was buying wine for, since Li Tao ordered the dishes of Tujia Restaurant, he couldn't stand by and quickly stopped it.

"What's wrong again?" Li Tao didn't understand, why did this person have so many things, did he just poison his brain.

Mei Youqian looked at Li Tao with a displeased face, but he still had the courage to tell Li Tao that the dishes in Tujia Restaurant were unpalatable.

Who knew that this sentence aroused Li Tao's interest, and he directly waved his hand, ignored Mei Youqian's warning, and instructed Wang Zhenlong to come and fry a few more dishes for him, and at the same time put down his arrogance.

"I'm going to try it today, how bad it can be!"

When Mei Youqian heard this, he directly covered his face with his hands, and couldn't bear to look at Li Tao, who was full of confidence.

Wang Zhenlong got the order, and left with Xiao Er and a few people with a smile.

Li Tao watched Wang Zhenlong leave, and didn't say hello to Mei Youqian, he went directly into the courtyard and walked towards the largest room, Mei Youqian and Mei Xinyan were also carried by the people on the left and right, and went over together.

Li Tao stretched out his hand to push open the door, fanned the floating dust in front of him with his hand, glanced at it, and found that there was really nothing in this room, even a stool, or a particularly tall one, placed in the middle of the room, and there were things on it.

Li Tao walked over, looked at it, pinched it with his hand again, and found that it was silver, which should be the one he was robbed last night, so he didn't bother to clean it up, so he swept it to the ground, supported the edge with his hand, sat up, and shook his legs outside the "stool".

After Wang Zhenlong's men put Mei Youqian and Mei Xinyan into the house, they let go and retreated to the door to stare at them.

Li Tao looked at Mei Youqian's embarrassed look, stretched out his hand and patted the "stool", pretending to be dissatisfied, and teased: "Lao You, how do you live, there is only one stool at home, and the guests at home are all sitting on the ground." ”

Mei Youqian, who heard this, was almost out of breath, laughed, bent down and took out two small wooden stools from under the "stool" where Li Tao was sitting, and put them on the ground in front of Li Tao's eyes.

"......" Li Tao was stunned for a moment, and Mei Youqian looked at each other awkwardly before he reacted, no wonder he felt that this "stool" was too high, it turned out that this was someone's table.

Li Tao touched his nose awkwardly, buried his head, got down from the table in silence, and sat down on the small wooden bench again.

Li Tao felt that the embarrassing things he had encountered in the past few years were no more than today.

"Ahem. Li Tao cleared his throat and motioned for Mei Youqian to sit down, while his eyes were wandering around, thinking about how to divert the topic in his mind.

In the end, the hard work paid off, although Li Tao had already guessed that the silver was his own, he still pointed to the small bags on the ground and asked Mei Youqian if this was his own silver.

When Mei Youqian saw Li Tao asking about the silver, he pounced directly, knelt on the ground, and said yes.

Li Tao asked why he wanted to divide it into several small packages, and Mei Youqian also explained them one by one.

After Mei Youqian finished speaking, Mei Xinyan was already crying next to her, if Li Tao wasn't still there, I was afraid that she would have to pounce on him and ask him how she could be so ruthless and let her leave alone, while he went to die.

After listening to it, Li Tao also nodded secretly, the idle books he used to read used to write were all stories about the ruthlessness of the play, the unrighteousness of the table, and the ruthlessness and unrighteousness of the scholars.

"Okay, okay, I'm not looking for you for this bit of silver, I need you to tell me a story, if you can satisfy me, let alone a hundred taels, it's not a problem to give you another hundred taels!"

"What does that son want to hear?" Mei Youqian heard Li Tao's words, his spirit was also lifted, although he vaguely guessed something, he still asked.

"I want to hear about Project 911, and the night of 129. Li Tao was not polite, and brought it up directly.

When Mei Youqian heard Li Tao's words, he also sighed, and he really wanted to ask himself this.

"Before speaking, can the villain dare to ask the son's name and surname?" Mei Youqian knelt on the ground, staring at the tips of Li Tao's shoes, and asked respectfully.

"It doesn't hurt to tell you, Ben Shao's surname is Li, his name is Tao, and he is the only son of Li Yuan, the current head of the Li family. ”

"Lee... Li Shaohao" Hearing Li Tao say that he was the young head of the Li family, Mei Youqian shuddered in shock, felt soft all over, and stammered in his mouth.

"Okay, okay, you don't have to be so restrained, you sit up first, and we'll talk about it when they come back from buying wine and food. "Li Tao

Mei Youqian got Li Tao's signal, supported his body with his hands, and moved his butt to the stool, because his legs were already scared and weak.

At this time, it was just after noon, and there were not many guests in the Tujia restaurant, and it was someone from the Li family who came to order the meal, and the people in the restaurant were quickly ready.

Wang Zhenlong and the guys from the bookstore led the way in front, followed by his men carrying food boxes and wine jars.

Wang Zhenlong has not been idle along the way, and has been pondering with his not very bright brain, what is the strange smile that Xiao Er of Tujia Restaurant showed when he handed him the food box.

After thinking about it for a long time, I still couldn't figure it out, and finally I had to convince myself that maybe the little second child felt that the Li Mansion had to order food from them, which was a little strange.

Well, it must be so.

The road from Tujia Restaurant to Mei Youqian's house was not too far, and Wang Zhenlong and the others were hurrying and arrived soon.

When Wang Zhenlong entered the house, he also looked for a table for a long time, and finally under the guidance of Li Tao, he reached out and moved the small table that Li Tao used as a stool just now between Mei Youqian and Li Tao, and stacked the dishes in the food box on the table, and poured a glass of wine for each of them.

When Li Tao saw that everything was ready, he stretched out his hand and pulled Wang Zhenlong and his men out, and ordered them to bring the door and guard the courtyard well, and no one was allowed to approach.

After Wang Zhenlong and the others went out, Li Tao picked up the wine glass and didn't drink it, but just sniffed the wine gently.

Well, good wine indeed.

I just don't know how the food tastes, but I'm not in a hurry, I'll eat it later.

"Lao Mei, there is a saying I don't know if you have heard it. Li Tao picked up the chopsticks, took a large mouthful of food and handed it to his mouth, and said to Mei Youqian, "You have a story, I have wine." ”

And Mei Youqian, at this time, he didn't have time to pay attention to what Li Tao said, but silently recited the Buddhist scriptures in his heart, watching Li Tao put the 'lethal amount' of the big chopsticks into his mouth.