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Most of the townspeople were just fools and fools who had never been out of the ravine in their lives, and with the fear of doom, they had no idea of their own as long as they were encouraged by the slightest encouragement. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info plus Zhong Li's family has always been rejected by the townspeople, living outside the town, and their popularity is not ordinarily bad.

At this time, they were gossiping and pointing fingers, completely forgetting that what they were forcing was just a weak woman who had lost her last support.

Zhong Li bit his lip, his face was pale, and he refused to take a step back. Looking at the hateful faces around him, the sorrow and suffering in his heart were expressed in words, if it weren't for his brother's funeral, I really wanted to die like this.

"Da Da Da!" A rapid sound of horses' hooves suddenly sounded in the bamboo forest, and it was far away when I first heard it, but in an instant it was close to the front, but it did not mean to stop at all, and it was about to crash into the small courtyard.

The townsfolk fled in a hurry.

With a light leap, the white steed leaped over the fence and separated Zhong Li from the rest of the townspeople.

The knight jerked the reins, the horse neighed, and the man stood up, dropped his horse's hooves, and spun around in a few circles of restlessness, kicking up patches of smoke and dust.

The townsfolk pushed to the edge of the courtyard and looked at the knight with horror in their eyes.

The knight is dressed in white and has white horses, his long hair is scattered, and his tall posture complements the horses under him. The handsome face is full of solemnity at the moment, with a solemn temperament that is not angry and self-threatening.

The midday sun fell on the knight's shirt and white horse. This sudden change is like the gods of the world descending to the mortal world.

Xu Xian glanced around, as far as his eyes could see, the townspeople couldn't help but lower their heads, returned to the horse and approached Zhong Li, who was as surprised as the other townspeople, and said with a smile: "You are Zhong Kui's sister!"

Zhong Li raised her head, the dazzling sunlight made her unable to open her eyes, and she only saw a vague figure, inlaid with sunshine and gold edges. I could only hear the voice clearly, but I vaguely felt that he seemed to be smiling at himself.

As a result, the man who was still as majestic as a god was full of warmth between this smile, and even the voice had an indescribable soft feeling, which made you involuntarily believe that such a person would not have half malice towards others.

Xu Xian said: "Isn't it?" The girl in front of her is beautiful, like a natural being, not inferior to any woman she has ever seen, and Zhong Kui's appearance can be said to be two extremes. No matter who sees the two of them, they will not think that they will be brother and sister.

Zhong Li said: "I am, are you?" I don't remember seeing such a person at any time and anywhere, otherwise I will definitely not forget.

Xu Xian was slightly surprised in his heart, turned over and dismounted, and said, "I am your brother's friend, he once dragged me to take care of you, didn't he come back?" glanced around, but couldn't detect the breath of Zhong Kui. It stands to reason that Zhong Kui should have come back a long time ago, could it be that something happened on the way.

But Xu Xian was not worried in his heart, the famous people in the book like this are all Ji people's own natural appearance, and they must pick up cheats when they fall off the cliff, so they don't have to worry about it at all.

Zhong Li's originally somewhat gray eyes suddenly lit up, and he stepped forward and said, "You...... You mean, my brother is still alive?"

Xu Xian shook his head regretfully, "It's true that he is not alive, but he can't say that completely." Although he now thinks that Zhong Kui's death is a well-deserved death, the girl opposite obviously doesn't think so.

Zhong Li's body trembled, a layer of coldness formed on her face, and the trace of goodwill that Xu Xian had raised for her to relieve her suddenly disappeared. The heart is sad and resentful, "Life is life, death is death." Since my brother is no longer alive, and you are pretending to look around, even you want to come and deceive me for being a lonely and weak woman?"

"I don't need others to take care of me, so I can go back wherever my son comes from!"

Xu Xian knew that she had misunderstood her because of her inappropriate words, but this matter could not be explained clearly in a few words, let alone announced to the public in public, so she only said: "Wait a minute, I will explain it to you!"

The merchant frowned and said, "Where are you from?" He thought that he had taken Zhong Li into his pocket, and as long as the townspeople persecuted him a little more, he made an empty promise to Zhong Li that he would help her bury his brother or something, and he would take her out of this place. When the time comes, she is a weak woman who has left her hometown, and she can still turn the sky upside down, but she didn't think about it, and she was stabbed sideways.

When he saw that he was dressed extraordinarily, and that the horses he sat on were worth a lot of money, he was obviously not a common man, so he felt retreat in his heart. But seeing Zhong Li, who was standing alone behind him, as clear as clear water, and as beautiful as a peony, he was a little ruthless in his heart, such a woman, if he could sleep in his arms all night, he would be willing to die for a long time. As long as he can get out of here, the sky will be big when the time comes, and who will be able to find him.

Xu Xian glanced at the merchant, but did not answer him, but said in a loud voice: "Which one is the patriarch?"

The patriarch came out and said, "The old man is, this son, where did you come from?"

Xu Xian said: "Why are you persecuting a lonely and weak woman so much?" He usually said that he was also a "red scarf" who respected the old and loved the young, but he had just seen such a scene, and he really didn't have a good impression of the patriarch who led this group of people.

Seeing that he ignored his own questions, the patriarch obviously didn't take himself as the patriarch in his eyes, and snorted: "This is our matter in Shijing Town, and it has nothing to do with you, an outsider." ”

The merchant crossed over to Xu Xian and said to Zhong Li: "Girl, don't you want to bury your brother? How do you want to bury him if you stay here, you might as well go to Chang'an with me to find his corpse and collect it, and I will pay another hundred taels of silver, and I will definitely hold a beautiful funeral." ”

Zhong Li raised her head suddenly, she was not a fool, how could she not see the intentions of this merchant, but she was also embarrassed and powerless now.

In peacetime, Zhong Kui wants to concentrate on studying, and does not work at all in production. Ping Yueli only relied on her to weave some cloth to make a living, and all the money she saved was handed over to Zhong Kui to go to Beijing to take the exam. Now that Zhong Kui is dead, there is only some surplus food left at home. Mo said that he was going to collect Zhong Kui's body, but he couldn't even do a simple funeral.

Zhong Li looked up at Xu Xian and said secretly: "Since this person claims to be a friend of his brother, he must be fighting the same mind now." ”

Xu Xian frowned and said, "When I came back this time, I came here by order to bury Brother Zhong well." ”

Ordered?

Some people still can't figure out what these two words mean, while others have their eyes wide and they can't speak.

The merchant trembled and said, "Fengzhi, you, what evidence do you have?" I vaguely felt that I was afraid that I had hit the city wall this time. Counterfeiting the Holy Decree is a crime of killing the head, and no one dares to do it.

Xu Xian bowed his hand to the sky and said: "I am the flower selected by my emperor, the compilation of the seven products of the Hanlin Academy, will I still deceive you? This is the oracle handed down by His Majesty at the Qionglin banquet, and he gave Zhong Kui the name of "blessing the town house", a green robe, a portrait, and built a temple for sacrifice. All the Jinshi in the undergraduate can testify. ”

As soon as these words came out, the small courtyard fell silent, and the sound of the wind blowing through the bamboo forest swayed around.

The patriarch is worthy of being well-informed, and the first one reacted, fell to the ground at once, and kowtowed again and again: "It turned out to be the master of the Hanlin Academy, and the small people don't know Mount Tai with their eyes, and they don't know Mount Tai with their eyes." ”

I was remorseful and afraid in my heart, the biggest official he had ever seen in his life was the county lord in the county, but it was just a seven-grade official. The young age in front of him is also a seventh grade, isn't it the same as the county master. And what is the compilation of the Hanlin Academy, he doesn't understand the compilation, the three words of the Hanlin Academy are indeed like thunder. In his eyes, those who can enter the Hanlin Academy are all the masters of Wenqu Xing, and there is a living person standing in front of him, and he dared to speak to him like this just now. Now that he is very dissatisfied with himself, doesn't this cost people's lives?

And he never expected that Zhong Kui was not only not punished, but also rewarded, and he forced Zhong Li so much, I don't know what crime he committed. Even if you don't go to prison, you can just put a few boards on it, and you can't stand this old bone!

The patriarch knelt down, and the other townspeople all reflected it, kneeling on the ground with pressure, and only calling out "Lord Master!" in his mouth, it is the most basic common sense in this era that the people want to worship the officials. No matter how bad the Diao people are, they don't dare to disobey this rule, a crime of "rudeness and slowness" can be big or small, and the punishment can be big or small. This is the harshness of class society.

Xu Xian is now an incumbent official who is like a fake, and he doesn't seem to be a big official in the entire court, but in the eyes of the ordinary people, he is the same as the sky, and the ordinary people are just "officials".

Only the merchant was still standing a little stunned, at a loss. He very much hoped that Xu Xian was telling a lie, but at the same time, he understood that no one dared to say such a lie. His legs trembled a little when he landed, and the little color in his heart was suddenly thrown out of the clouds. But not before he could get to his knees.

The patriarch said bitterly: "Stone, the second dog still doesn't hold him down for me!" I already hated this merchant in my heart, and the merchant not only did not solve the disaster, but brought the disaster.

Two crop men with big shoulders and round waists came out of the crowd, and they rushed up and pushed the merchant to the ground.

Zhong Li's eyes widened, his mouth opened slightly, he never expected that things would develop like this. Looking at Xu Xian's back, his heart was uncertain, "He came to help his brother be buried, and he still served the holy decree." He said that he was a friend of his brother, perhaps, not fake! Could it be that my brother really entrusted me to him?"

There are thousands of questions in her heart, but the most realistic one is-do you want to bow down to him?

Xu Xian looked at the kneeling people in front of him, and felt a little unaccustomed, but thinking of their appearance, it could be regarded as a punishment!

(To be continued)