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Most men couldn't stand other people's provocation.
They especially couldn't listen to others say that they couldn't do it, or admit that they couldn't do it in disguise. Before Li Yue could say anything, a few young gang members had already rolled up their sleeves and stood out.
Li Yue definitely couldn't hand over the job to a rash youth. She knocked on her folding fan and looked at Wang Sanqian, who was pretending to be a quail in the crowd.
Then, she smiled happily at the other party.
Wang Sanqian glanced at Tie Chuanjia, whose arms were thicker than his thighs. He silently and took the initiative to step forward.
He took on the responsibility of "Publicity."
On the surface, it was to promote the safety premium.
In the dark,
Li Yue was prepared to catch all the swindlers and thieves in her territory in one fell swoop. This required a full understanding of the enemy's and her own forces.
Shuo Zhou City was considered the largest city outside the pass. There were several towns and villages of various sizes outside the city.
Naturally, there were many residents.
Not to mention the traveling merchants and herdsmen who often came to the city to buy and sell goods.
With more people, the underground forces became even more complicated.
The government had limited energy. As long as there were no murders,
Very few people would notice the changes in the West City.
It was more or less convenient for Li Yue to tamper with things.
Speaking of swindling and stealing,
There weren't many swindlers and charlatans in the West City.
The last time the swindlers were cleaned up by the government.
Now, there was basically no one to be seen.
On the contrary, there were a lot of thieves.
However, because the residents were generally poor, they couldn't steal anything valuable. Most of them put their eyes on the peddlers.
Although the peddlers weren't miserable, they weren't having an easy time.
There was a unified bandit leader above the thieves. Every month, he had to collect "filial piety" from them. The bandit leader then filial piety to the people above him.
Everyone in the underworld knew the identity of this person. Not to mention the bandit leader, even some gangs had to pay tribute to him.
The Long Dragon's offering was not this person, but because of the deaths of the previous leaders, they had lost contact with the previous leaders. The ordinary members were not very clear about the situation in the gang.
For the time being, Li Yue didn't want to contact this person. She was busy cleaning up the gang's business and didn't want to get involved in the past.
Since they wanted to change their appearance and go out to do publicity, then the people in the gang couldn't be as indecent as before.
Li Yue made dark brown robes for the gang members. She had Tie Chuanjia supervise them as they went to the bathhouse one by one. She also gave them smiling training, trying to make the gang members not look so wretched and ferocious.
The specific effects of the transformation were not particularly obvious for a while, but Li Yue, who had satisfied her wicked taste, was very happy anyway. She was in a good mood as she watched the courtyard door being pushed open again.
He Lao Er was crestfallen when he went out. When Wang Sanqian came in to report his work, he was also very nervous.
They followed Li Yue's request and maintained an amiable attitude. However, when their attitude was good, others thought that they were scared. The other gangs who heard their movements were a little restless and wanted to snatch the territory.
When they mentioned the security fee, which was slightly more expensive than the protection fee, many vendors directly rolled their eyes. Wang Sanqian had a belly full of anger, but he still had to keep a smile on his face. It was simply adding to his anger.
The new leader was not angry. In other words, the reaction of the residents of West City was within her expectations. She asked the accountant to give Wang Sanqian and the others some compensation for their hard work. She also comforted them with a few words and let them continue to inquire for information. She summarized all the information she knew and drew a detailed map.
After the matter of Changlong was settled, Li Yue turned around and went to the alley to look for Zhu Er.
The day after tomorrow was the Lantern Festival. Every family would light up their lanterns. She had discussed with Zhu Er early on that they were going to make a big news. This time, she was going to check on the results of her little friend's trouble.
Zhu Er's house was not far from the Changlong Gang Headquarters. When Li Yue arrived in front of her little friend's house, the door was ajar. She knocked a few times and opened the door. She was surprised to see Lu San Egg, whom she had not seen for more than ten days.
He was talking to Zhu Er about something. When he saw Li Yue come in, he smiled and greeted Li Yue.
"Oh, speak of the devil.
Isn't this Young Master Li? What a coincidence. Since you're here, I don't have to specially look for you. "
"Why didn't you come to school recently?
Teacher is still counting on you to study at the Shuozhou Academy. "
"I'm not the top scorer in the exam. What's the point of going to the Shuozhou Academy? To listen to those old pedants recite scriptures? Or to be a scholar?
Young Master Li, you didn't go either. Besides, I've already discovered what I really want to do.
Isn't it said that reading ten thousand books is not as good as traveling ten thousand li? I want to wander the Jianghu!
After the Lantern Festival, I'll go to the Central Plains with my master! "
Li Yue walked around Lu San Egg and gestured that there was less than a palm's height difference between them. Her face was full of undisguised disdain. "Usually, when we were just teasing you, we would praise your talent. You didn't take it seriously, did you?
With your thin arms and legs, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. Dan Dan, I'm really afraid that one day I'll hear the news of your failure. "
"It's the same thing. Why does it sound so weird when it comes from your mouth?"
Lu San Egg felt a dull pain in a certain part of his body. He stealthily closed his legs and quickly changed the topic. "What Dan Dan? Young Master Li, let me tell you. Zhu Er and I are famous now.
Zhu Er's name is Zhu Ting, and my name is Lu Xiaofeng. "
"Hahahaha, Xiao Feng?
More like a chicken. In the end, you can't get around an egg. Hahaha ~ "
Li Yue pointed at the gloomy Lu San Egg and couldn't stop laughing. When Zhu Er finished fixing a joint with a click, it was as if two threads in her head suddenly connected. The smile on her face froze.
"No, wait. You said your name is Lu Xiaofeng?"
Lu San Egg nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
"Then he's Zhu Ting?"
Zhu Er didn't say anything. When he sensed the strange atmosphere, he slightly nodded in response.
Li Yue was stunned for a while. She held her head and squatted down.
Lu Xiaofeng, Zhu Ting? Li Yue originally thought that the world of Li Fei Dao was dangerous enough. This time, reality slapped her twice, telling her that she thought too simply.
Things had already come to this, but Li Yue still didn't give up. She asked again.
"Then the future Hero Lu, have you heard of the Bandit Commander?"
Probably because the words "Hero Lu" pleased Lu San Egg very much, he rubbed his nose and coughed lightly. He tried to pretend to be serious. His eyes were full of smiles, and his voice was clear and full of vitality.
"'The young master lost his beauty with the flower, the Bandit Commander left a fragrance on the moon'. This sentence is known by everyone in Jianghu, including me.
But my master said that with my talent, as long as I roam Jianghu for a few years, I will definitely have a reputation that won't lose to the Bandit Commander.
And there's a place that I can go openly. The Bandit Commander definitely won't go there so brazenly. "
"What place?"
"The capital.
The Bandit Commander is a 'bandit', and the capital is the territory of the Divine Marquis Residence.
My master said that Zhuge Shenhou is fine, but if the constables in the Divine Marquis Residence weren't restricted by the yamen, their reputation would definitely be more prominent than today … "
Li Yue looked at Lu San Egg, oh no, Lu Xiaofeng, talking about the matters of Jianghu clearly and logically. She couldn't help but feel the corner of her mouth twitch.
The danger level of this world was increasing exponentially in her mind. Li Yue was a little worried that she might not be able to earn enough money to spend with her little tricks. After making a simple plan for the future, she looked back at Zhu Ting, who was as calm as ever, and Lu Xiaofeng, who was still gossiping endlessly. She patted the latter's shoulder meaningfully.
"Hero Lu, let's make a deal. In the future, if you … forget it, before you leave Shuo Province, remember to apologize to the old man. He's already so old, and he's worried so much for you. Even if you don't take the imperial examinations, you still have to properly say goodbye to the old man.
The Jianghu is very dangerous, so don't rely on your life to commit suicide.
Speaking of which, it's quite troublesome for you to leave Shuo Province … "
"Young Master Li, so you don't want me to leave!"
Li Yue's face was expressionless as she looked at Lu Xiao Feng, who was winking at her. Zhu Er coldly spat out the truth.
"Wake up, Dan Dan. Li Yue is just worried that if something happens in the future, there won't be a suitable person to take the blame."
"No, wake up. Zhu Ting, Dan Dan is going to the Central Plains. It'll be more convenient for him to take the blame for us."
Lu Xiaofeng: "…"
On the day Lu San Egg found the murder weapon, the old man had kindly patted his head.
Lu San Egg stuttered as he explained the ins and outs of the matter. Li Yue listened to him and felt goosebumps all over her body. When Lu San Egg finished, she couldn't help but hug her arms and tremble. "Then what do you plan to do now?"
"I … don't know … I think that even if the dead leader of the Long Dragon Gang wasn't a good person, the truth shouldn't be covered in dust."
Lu San Egg spread his arms in the air. His eyes were filled with hesitation and difficulty. "But … that old man, he's not a bad person. I … what should I do?"
Of the trio, Zhu Er and Lu San Egg were real children. Zhu Er obviously couldn't answer Lu San Egg's question. The only psychological adult, Li Yue, touched her chin and asked Lu San Egg a question.
"San Egg, what do you want to do the most now?"
"… Restore the truth."
"Then it's over."
Li Yue patted Lu San Egg's shoulder. Her voice was filled with the vicissitudes of life that didn't match her age. "Don't think too much about everything. As long as it's not a crime like murder or arson, don't worry about it. Just follow your heart and do it first. It's that simple."
Lu San Egg looked at Li Yue as if he was seeing her for the first time. After a long time, he let out a sigh that was beyond his age.
"Okay, I understand."
After a few days, Li Yue heard the news of the murder case being solved from the students in the school. She patted Lu San Egg's chest and gave him a thumbs up. Lu San Egg replied with a dry smile.
From that day onwards, there was at least one murder case every month in Shuo Zhou City, which had always been safe.
In every murder case, Lu San Egg's figure would more or less appear. If he wasn't a witness to the murder, he would be the first person to find the deceased.
At the end of the murder case, the murderer was usually Lu San Egg's close neighbor or distant relative. Later, it even extended to the school's sweeping aunty.
Li Yue, who knew the cause and effect, felt that she wasn't living in a martial arts world, but in a metaphysical disaster drama.
Lu San Egg definitely had some kind of wonderful relationship with Kim Boyi and Edogawa Minan!
Murder mysteries were played one after another until the New Year. Third Dan Lu was addicted to the creed that "there is only one truth" and could not extricate himself from it. During the New Year holidays, he did not even see his shadow. Zhu Er had collected a pile of old books on ancient mechanisms from somewhere and was unwilling to go out every day.
Li Yue's plan to have a snowball fight with her friends in winter was completely ruined. She had no choice but to stay with the taller copybook on her desk.
No matter how depressed she was, she still had to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
Because Li Xunhuan was obviously not in the right state when he first arrived in Shuo Zhou, Li Yue's first Chinese New Year after transmigrating was incomparably dull. Don't talk about receiving red packets, she didn't even hear a "Happy Chinese New Year" or anything like that.
This winter, Tanhua Lang was more or less popular. Uncle Fu was also able to buy Chinese New Year goods normally. The house in Shuo Zhou City wasn't big enough, so everyone went to a house in the suburbs to celebrate the Chinese New Year.
Li Yue originally wanted to tinker with some new food, but as it was nearing the Chinese New Year, Uncle Fu gave most of the servants in the house a holiday, so she didn't want to bother them.
After thinking about it, she could only ask for help from the omnipotent housekeeper, Tie Chuanjia. He followed the blueprint she gave him and used his internal strength to create a hot pot. He also sliced a lot of thin beef and mutton rolls in case of emergency.
In this era, chili hadn't spread to the Central Plains, so naturally, there wasn't any outside the Great Wall. Li Yue pulled Tie Chuanjia from the kitchen and found a lot of pepper, ginger, and dogwood. She prepared the hot pot seasoning by herself.
On the night of the Chinese New Year, it snowed heavily. Li Yue got to eat the spicy hot pot as she wished. Li Xunhuan unexpectedly liked the taste of the hot pot. He even drank a few cups of wine. When the hot pot was served, the two ate until they were full before they put down their chopsticks.
When people are full, it's easy to feel sleepy. Li Yue gritted her teeth and stayed up with Uncle Tie and Uncle Fu until dawn.
Big Li And Little Li was happy, but unfortunately, they forgot that they were essentially the type of people who were delicate and had never eaten such spicy and spicy food before. Therefore, on the first day of the Chinese New Year, the two had problems with their stomachs and directly lay down.
They lay down until the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, and there were a few heavy snowfalls. Fortunately, the two didn't have any relatives or elders in Shuo Zhou City, and they didn't have a deep relationship with their neighbors, so they didn't need to visit their neighbors.
On the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, the snow stopped. Li Yue and Li Xunhuan were also allowed to get out of bed and walk around by Tie Chuanjia. The two were bored to death. One wanted to go to Shuo Zhou City to play with her friends, while the other wanted to go to the tavern in the city to drink. Neither of them wanted to stay in the house.
Tie Chuanjia was worried, so he personally drove Big Li And Little Li to Shuo Zhou City.
Perhaps it was because of the heavy snowfall, but this year's winter was particularly cold. The northwest wind blew in the wilderness, and Li Yue felt scared just by hearing the wind.
She still didn't have any internal energy, so before leaving, she wrapped herself in a few layers of clothes, but she still felt cold. Fortunately, Tie Chuanjia carefully prepared a hand warmer for her. Otherwise, Li Yue wouldn't have the courage to go out.
Even with the cotton clothes and hand warmer to protect her, Li Yue still couldn't help but move closer to Tanhua Lang when she sat in the carriage.
Li Xunhuan looked at the little girl who was wrapped up like a New Year's doll, and couldn't help but secretly laugh.
The road from the suburban house to Shuo Zhou City was particularly bumpy because of the snow and ice. The carriage's curtains shook, revealing a small gap. Li Yue could see through the gap, and she could see that between the sky and the earth, there was a small moving black dot.
Because the distance was too far, she couldn't tell whether the black dot was a person or an animal. The cold wind blew and she didn't have the time to think. She hugged the hand warmer and moved closer to Li Xunhuan. Tanhua Lang reached out and touched her head.
On the fifth day of the Chinese New Year, all the shops in Shuo Zhou City opened on time. Li Xunhuan didn't have to worry about not being able to find a tavern to drink.
The one who was worried was Li Yue. She didn't make an appointment with her friends in advance, so she didn't know if she should go find Lu San Egg and Zhu Er to play. She could only follow Li Xunhuan and Tie Chuanjia into the tavern.
In the end, she didn't sit in the tavern for long before she heard the customers talking about something in twos and threes. The center of the conversation was the murder in the secret room that happened on the first night of the new year in Shuo Zhou City. The corner of her mouth twitched and she completely extinguished the thought of looking for her friends.
It was probably because the murders that happened every few days had trained the tolerance of the people of Shuo Zhou City. When the drinkers discussed the murderer's method of killing, they were quite enraptured. There was no trace of the fear they had when discussing the death of the Changlong Gang's leader a few months ago.
Tie Chuanjia was worried that Li Yue would be scared when she heard about such a horrible murder at such a young age. He was about to stand up and stop the customers when Li Yue pulled on his sleeve and shook her head. She turned her gaze and glanced at a young boy on the street. She couldn't help but be slightly startled.
The young boy was someone she had met once before. He was the boy who set up a stall in Xi City. He was a little taller than a few months ago, and he had also lost a lot of weight. He was wearing thin clothes that were too thin for this season, and he walked forward expressionlessly with a furry ball in his hand.
Li Yue instinctively felt that the other party might need help. She greeted Tie Chuanjia and ran out of the tavern with her short legs. Before her hand could touch the young man's back, it was grabbed by the other party. The other party's palm was burning hot.
The young boy's brows furrowed and relaxed. He seemed to have recognized who the girl in front of him was, but he didn't let go.
Li Yue didn't feel awkward at all. She smiled and said to the boy:
"Happy New Year ~"
"There's nothing to be happy about. I don't like New Year's."
"Eh?
But New Year's will freeze and snow. "
Li Yue regretted her words as soon as they left her mouth. Based on the boy's attire and behavior, her words were equivalent to "why not eat minced meat". Just as she was about to apologize for her slip of the tongue, the boy let go of her hand and explained seriously:
"I only know that snow is detestable. Not only does it make people cold, but it also causes all plants and fruits to wither, birds and animals to go extinct, and it makes people hungry.
In the wilderness, wind, rain, frost, and snow are all my enemies. So, I don't like winter, and I don't like New Year's when it snows and freezes. "
"… I'm sorry."
"It's not your fault. Why are you apologizing?"
"Uh," Li Yue was at a loss for words and had to change the topic. "What's in your hand?"
"It's a fox cub. It's hard to find food in winter. Wild animals will abandon their smallest and weakest cubs."
The boy held the little fox in his hands and something flashed in his eyes. "I want to sell it, but it doesn't look like it will live for long. No one is willing to buy it."
"I, I have money. I'll buy it."
Li Yue began to take out money from her purse. The boy shook his head and didn't agree.
"You have no use for it, and you can't raise it."
Glancing at Tie Chuanjia in the tavern, Li Yue answered confidently.
"I can't raise it, but my family can."
Li Yue silently repeated the boy's self-address. She looked at the stubborn little boy in front of her and sighed silently in her heart.
She originally thought that she had just made a simple new friend. Who knew that he would be Tanhua Lang's younger brother in the future, the famous flying swordsman who was miserably tricked by women.
However, it was fate that brought them together. Since he was such a pure and cute boy, she would educate him. She wouldn't let him soar into the grasslands in the future.
Secretly making up her mind, Li Yue quickly gathered her emotions and said goodbye to the Hoodlum normally.
At the same time, with Tie Chuanjia's help, she didn't have to worry about there being no one to transport the baskets, buckets, and other miscellaneous items. Li Yue easily sent Zhu Er to the west side of the city. Then she and the Bearded Man went to the tavern to pick up Li Xunhuan.
In the tavern, Tanhua Lang unexpectedly didn't get drunk. He didn't even drink like Li Yue had imagined. Instead, he was staring at the fox cub on the table.
Seeing this scene, Li Yue couldn't help but laugh. Tanhua Lang unconsciously turned his head away. Seeing that it was Li Yue and Tie Chuanjia, he sighed helplessly and put down the wine cup in his hand.
The three people and one fox calmly returned to the large residence in the suburbs. Uncle Fu saw that there was an extra fox cub in the house and didn't say anything. He laughed and made a little nest for the fox with Tie Chuanjia.
Because other than Tie Chuanjia, no one else had any experience in taking care of a fox cub. The nest and the fox were placed in Tie Chuanjia's room.
Li Yue was actually quite ashamed. She had accepted the fox on a whim, but in the end, she had caused trouble for Tie Chuanjia. However, thinking about how she still had to meet the group of hooligans tomorrow, Li Yue could only thicken her skin and continue to pester Tie Chuanjia.