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Xu Xian suddenly felt Zhong Li's movements, turned around and helped her with his hand, and said, "You wait for a while, wait for me to ask clearly." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info”

Zhong Li only felt a warm current blowing, so he couldn't help but stand up straight, glanced at Xu Xian in some surprise, and nodded lightly.

Xu Xian had already turned his head and said, "Say, what's going on?"

There was no need for Xu Xian to ask, the patriarch had already said as if pouring beans into a bamboo tube, how clever the merchant was to deceive them, these honest villagers, and how he was "very stupid and naïve" to believe his nonsense, so that the scene just happened. The rest of the townsfolk echoed and told him how hateful the merchant was.

Only then did Zhong Li understand that it was actually her appearance that caused the disaster, after all, she had lived in the mountains for a long time, and although her mind was wise, she didn't understand the treachery of these people's hearts.

The merchant struggled to defend himself, but his head was pressed to the ground by two strong hands, one on the left and one on the right, and he only ate a mouthful of dirt without saying a word.

Xu Xian listened to it once, although he knew that there were all the untruths, but he also immediately understood the sinister intentions of this merchant, these slow and reckless townspeople just had any thoughts about Zhong Li, and they would never show it so quickly, it was obvious that this merchant provoked it, and couldn't help but be angry, if he was one step late, wouldn't it really make people succeed.

Xu Xian took the horsewhip, and whipped the merchant on the back with a "snap", and immediately torn the merchant's clothes, and the skin was open, and he said coldly: "I have a lot of things to do today, and I don't have the time to pay attention to villains like you, you should write down this whip first, if you do such a bad thing again, there will be heavenly punishment!" and then waved his hand, letting the townspeople let go of the merchant, "You go!"

The merchant kowtowed a few times and said, "Thank you, thank you, thank you." "I didn't care about dusting off the dirt on my body, so I even ran out of the courtyard with a roll. The identities are too different from each other, and they don't even dare to raise the idea of resentment and revenge, but they just consider themselves unlucky. There is a saying that "the people do not fight with officials", let alone such officials.

Xu Xian said to the townspeople, "You all get up!" He came to help Zhong Kui preside over the funeral, not to engage in criminal law.

The townspeople looked at each other, at a loss.

The patriarch got up from the ground, turned around and said, "My lord let you get up, you can get up!" The whip just now came down, and his heart was about to jump to his throat, but he was afraid that the next whip would fall on his body, and now Fang breathed a sigh of relief.

Xu Xian said to the patriarch: "I am ordered to run an errand to help Zhong Kuifa mourn and build a temple! You go and send someone to prepare a white cloth, and then go and invite the county order of this county to speak!"

The ancient funeral is a very troublesome work, turning the mantra, welcoming the material, entering the alkali, burning the bag, etc., etc., none of these steps are missing. Not only must you prepare things such as coffins, shrouds, paper money, etc., but also find monks to chant sutras, gongs and drums, and prepare banquets. With so much work, Xu Xian can't be busy, and he doesn't have to be busy. He is now on an errand, and he has to rely on local manpower and material resources, and when the county magistrate comes, he will be asked to handle it as appropriate.

Xu Xian lowered his head and thought for a while, dozens of pairs of eyes just looked at him quietly, he was really as docile as a lamb, as if he had been slaughtered and could bear it silently, the fear of the people was the same in the modern era where everyone was equal. Not to mention in this ancient era where class status was important. It must be said that it is precisely this attitude that has created many tiger and wolf officials, who regard the people as fish and meat.

And in the remote places where those barbarians are located, although they have the notoriety of "poor mountains and bad waters", none of the officials dared to do anything wrong. If you provoke your surname, no matter what county prefect you are, give you a red knife in and a white knife out, then you can only go to Lord Yama to reason. The people are slaughtered by others, and the people are arrogant and unreasonable, which is better and which is inferior, and the individual has his own division. What I am most afraid of is that if I don't want to be obedient people, I will be classified as a people.

Xu Xian raised his head, making sure that there was nothing else, and the dozens of heads quickly lowered their heads, not daring to look directly at him.

Xu Xian waved his hand and said, "You remember what I explained, well, it's all gone!"

The townspeople sparsely withdrew from the small courtyard, and the patriarch wanted to step forward to get close to Xu Xiantao, but after hesitating for a while, he still chose to retreat with the others.

The small courtyard suddenly emptied, and only Xu Xian and Zhong Li were left.

It is said to be slanted to the west, and the bamboo shadow is sparse.

Xu Xian turned around and took a step closer to say something.

Zhong Li hurriedly took a step back, his hands tightly twisted together. Lonely men and widows are always the most difficult to get along with. But thinking that this is the man in front of him, who fell from the sky and solved her predicament, and had to help Zhong Kui preside over the funeral, I am always grateful in my heart.

It's just that judging from Fang Cai's situation, he is clearly a big official, and he doesn't know what attitude to use to face him for a while, his benefactor, his brother's friend, or Lord Shangguan. What's more, the sentence "Your brother entrusted me to take care of you" still made her very concerned.

Although Zhong Li had a lot to say to Xu Xian, he instinctively harbored the reserve and vigilance of a girl when he saw a strange man, so he couldn't speak easily.

Xu Xian muttered in his heart, why is Yun Yan so slow?

Zhong Li hurriedly said: "The little woman's name is Zhong Li, dare to ask...... "She originally wanted to call Xu Xian an adult, but she really couldn't match Xu Xian's image with those Shangguan masters in her mind, so she still called her childe, and glanced at Xu Xian carefully, "Presumably he won't be angry!"

Xu Xian said: "My surname is Xu Mingxian in Chinese." ”

Zhong Li was stunned, Xu Xian Xu Hanwen, it seems that he had heard it somewhere. But her mind was so jumbled that she didn't have time to think about it. Instead, he hurriedly asked, "My brother, my brother, is he really ......?"

Xu Xian nodded heavily, went to take out a small porcelain altar from the bag on the horse's back, and said, "These are his ashes!"

He felt a little weird, because he knew that Zhong Kui was still alive in this world, although in a different way, he was probably more comfortable than people. The ashes in his hand are not much different from the composition of carbon ash, which is really not a big deal, but it has a heavy meaning for the living.

Zhong Li took the porcelain altar with trembling hands and hugged it in his arms, crystal tears kept rolling in his eyes, but he refused to fall easily. Suddenly ran into the bamboo house, and then there was an extremely suppressed sound of sobbing.

Xu Xian suddenly didn't know what to do, if Zhong Kui really just died simply. He should have let Zhong Li cry at this moment, but he knew that Zhong Kui was "not dead" at all, and crying like this was just hurting his body in vain. But the woman's boudoir, he didn't want to rush in, and looked at the path outside the courtyard for a while, but he still didn't see Yun Yan's arrival.

Xu Xian shook his head and turned into the room.

The bamboo-scented cottage is simply and neatly furnished, and the utensils are made of bamboo and wood. It's just that in this girl's boudoir, there is not even a bronze mirror. A machine was quietly placed in the corner of the room, and there was a woven cloth on it, and the delicate patterns on it showed the ingenuity of the girl.

Zhong Li threw himself on the small bed, buried his face in the quilt, his shoulders trembled, and a thin sobbing sound came.

Xu Xian called softly: "Miss Zhong, Miss Zhong!"

But Zhong Liwu was trapped in grief and lost his reaction to the things around him.

Xu Xian patted her shoulder gently, Zhong Li reacted suddenly, sat up and leaned on the bed with the quilt, looking at Xu Xian with some defensiveness.

Xu Xian touched his nose, at this time he should have said something "mourning and changing", but he could only say: "Miss Zhong, you really don't have to be too sad, although your brother seems to be dead, but in fact he can't be regarded as dead." ”

Zhong Li said: "Gongzi Xu, tell me, what happened to my brother?"

Xu Xian said: "Your brother has become a ghost. ”

Zhong Li bit his lip, tears falling again. "Xu Gongzi, it's not convenient for lonely men and widows to live in the same room, please go out!"

Xu Xian smiled bitterly in his heart, and he also blamed Zhong Kui a little, looking at you like a "good big brother", why don't you know to come back to see your sister first. can only reluctantly explain: "Your brother Zhong Kui is the reincarnation of Kui Xing, and after death, the heroic spirit will not disperse, as long as he practices a little, he can be ranked in the immortal class and be worshiped by ten thousand incense sticks." I saw his soul in the capital, and he said that he would return to Zhongnan Mountain first, but I don't know why he hasn't arrived yet!"

Zhong Li shook his head, indicating that he couldn't understand it at all, and looked at Xu Xian with a strange look.

Xu Xian could understand her mood very well, if he encountered this kind of thing, and a Shinto guy said this, he would probably have the urge to do it. But no matter how he explained, without Zhong Kui's presence, it would be difficult for her to agree with her heart.

Xu Xian put his hands on her shoulders, looked into her eyes, and said seriously: "I just want you to understand that your brother is doing well now, and there is no need to be sad for him at all." You'll understand when he comes back, do you believe me?"

Zhong Li looked at Xu Xian's sincere eyes, nodded involuntarily, and suddenly understood the meaning of what Xu Xian said, and suddenly understood that he was worried about himself.

Xu Xian was also very satisfied in his heart, sure enough, as long as he sincerely expressed his thoughts, others would definitely be able to understand.

"Xu Gongzi. ”

"Huh?"

Zhong Li didn't look over, and a hint of blush rose to his peach cheeks, "Can you please take your hand away?"

"Husband, you ...... You ......" It turned out that Yun Yan had arrived on her pony at some point, and was looking at this scene with a surprised face from the window - Zhong Li was huddled on the bed with the quilt, and Xu Xian leaned forward and put her hands on her shoulders. In this situation, how can it not make people think.

Xu Xian hurriedly let go of his hand, coughed lightly and said, "Yan'er, you misunderstood!"

Zhong Li jumped out of bed like a frightened deer and hid in the other corner of the house.

"I haven't said anything yet!"

(To be continued)