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On the day Lu San Egg found the murder weapon, the old man even touched his head with a kind face.
Lu San Egg stuttered as he recounted the ins and outs of the matter.
Li Yue had goosebumps all over her body when she heard Lu San Egg finish speaking.
She couldn't help but hug her arm and shake it. "Then what are you going to do now?"
"I... don't know... I feel that even if the dead Long Dragon Gang Leader was not a good person, the truth should not be hidden."
However, the truth shouldn't be covered in dust like this. "Third Egg Lu spread his hands in the air, and hesitation and difficulty appeared in his eyes.
"But... that old man is not a bad person.
He's not a bad person. I … What should I do? "
Zhu Er and Lu San Egg were both children. Zhu Er could not answer Lu San Egg's question. The only psychological adult, Li Yue, touched her chin.
She 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 tone was full of vicissitudes that did not match her age.
"Don't think too much about everything.
As long as it's not murder or arson, it's not a heinous thing.
Don't care about the consequences. Follow your heart.
Do it first.
It's that simple. "
Lu San Egg looked at Li Yue.
It was as if he was meeting her for the first time.
After a long time, he let out a sigh that was beyond his age.
"Yes, I understand."
A few days later, Li Yue heard the news of the murder case being solved from the students' chatter in the school. She patted the chest of the depressed Lu San Egg and gave him a thumbs up. Lu San Egg gave her a dry smile.
It was also from that day onwards that Shuo Zhou City, which had always been safe and sound, had at least one murder case every month.
In every murder case, Lu San Egg would more or less appear. He was either a witness or the first person to discover the victim.
At the end of the investigation, the murderer was usually Lu San Egg's close neighbor or distant relative. Later on, it even extended to the school's sweeping aunty.
Li Yue, who knew the cause and effect, felt that she was not living in a martial arts world, but in a metaphysical disaster drama.
Lu San Egg definitely had some kind of indescribable relationship with Kim Eryi and Edo Chuan Ernan!
The suspense murder drama continued until the New Year. Lu Sandan was so obsessed with the belief that there was only one truth that he could not extricate himself from. During the New Year holidays, he did not even see him. 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 during the winter was completely ruined. She had no choice but to sit on her desk with a stack of copybooks that was taller than her.
No matter how depressed she was, she still had to celebrate the New Year.
Because Li Xunhuan was obviously not in the right state when he first arrived in Shuo Zhou, Li Yue's first New Year after transmigrating was incomparably dull. Don't talk about receiving New Year's money, she didn't even hear a "Happy New Year" or anything like that.
This winter, Tanhua Lang had more or less gained some popularity. Uncle Fu was also able to buy New Year's goods normally. The house in Shuo Zhou City wasn't big enough, so everyone went to a house in the suburbs to celebrate the New Year.
Li Yue originally wanted to tinker with some new food, but it was close to the New Year and Uncle Fu gave most of the servants in the house a holiday, so she didn't want to bother them.
After pondering for a while, she had no choice but to seek the help of Tie Chuanjia, who was an all-rounder at home. Tie Chuanjia followed the blueprint she gave him and used his inner strength to create a hot pot. He even sliced some thin beef and mutton rolls for emergencies.
In this era, chili hadn't spread to the Central Plains, so naturally, there weren't any outside the Great Wall. Li Yue pulled Tie Chuanjia out of the kitchen and dug out a lot of pepper, ginger, and dogwood to prepare the seasoning for the hot pot.
On New Year's Eve, it snowed heavily. Li Yue was able to eat the spicy hot pot as she wished. Li Xunhuan unexpectedly liked the taste very much and even drank a few cups of wine. When the hot 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, the two of them forgot that they were the type of people who were delicate and had never eaten such spicy and spicy food before. Therefore, on the first day of the New Year, the two of them had problems with their digestive systems and directly laid down.
They directly laid down until the fifth day of the New Year. During this time, there were several heavy snowfalls. Fortunately, the two of them didn't have any relatives or elders in Shuo Zhou City. They also didn't have a deep relationship with the neighbors, so they didn't need to go to each other's houses to pay New Year's greetings.
On the fifth day of the 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 of them were bored to death. One of them 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. Both of them didn't want 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 snowfalls, but this year's winter was especially cold. The northwest wind blew in the wilderness, and Li Yue felt that it was scary just by listening to it.
Until now, she still didn't have any internal energy. Before leaving, she wrapped a few layers of clothes around her, but she still felt cold. Fortunately, Tie Chuanjia carefully prepared a hand warmer for her. Otherwise, Li Yue wouldn't have had the courage to go out.
Even with the cotton clothes and hand warmer to protect her body, when Li Yue sat in the carriage, she couldn't help but lean towards Tanhua Lang.
Li Xunhuan looked at the little girl who was wrapped up like a New Year's doll and couldn't help but laugh in his heart.
The road from the suburbs to Shuo Zhou City was especially bumpy because of the snow and ice. The carriage's curtains shook, revealing a few gaps. Li Yue looked through the gaps and saw a piece of silver between heaven and earth. In that piece of silver, there was a small moving black dot.
Because it was too far away, she couldn't tell whether the black dot was a person or an animal. The cold wind blew and she didn't have the energy to think about it. She hugged the hand warmer and squeezed closer to Li Xunhuan. Tanhua Lang reached out and patted her head.
The five Gods of Wealth at the beginning of the year meant that 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. 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. Her mouth twitched and she completely extinguished the thought of going to find her friends.
It was probably because the murders that happened every few days had trained the people of Shuo Zhou City. When the customers talked about the murderer's method of killing, there was quite a bit of exultation. There was no trace of the fear that they had a few months ago when they were talking about the death of the Long Dragon Gang Leader.
Tie Chuanjia was worried that Li Yue would be scared when she heard about the 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 eyes and glanced at a young boy on the street. She couldn't help but be slightly startled.
The young boy was an acquaintance that she had met once before. He was the boy who set up a stall in Xi City. He was a bit taller than he was 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 was expressionlessly walking forward with a hairball in his hand.
Li Yue instinctively felt that the young boy might need help. She greeted Tie Chuanjia and ran out of the tavern with her short legs. Before her hand could pat the young boy's back, she was caught by him. His palm was hot to the point of burning.
The young boy's brows furrowed and then loosened. He seemed to have recognized who the girl in front of him was, but he didn't let go of her hand.
Li Yue didn't feel embarrassed at all. She smiled and said to the young 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 young 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 young boy let go of her hand and explained in a serious tone:
"I only know that snow is detestable. Not only does it make people cold, but it also causes 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. That's why 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. She had no choice but to change the topic. "What's that 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 young boy held the little fox in his hands. Something flashed across 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 her purse after she finished speaking. The young boy shook his head and didn't agree.
"It's useless for you to buy it. Besides, you won't be able to raise it."
Glancing at Tie Chuanjia in the tavern, Li Yue answered confidently.
"I won't be able to raise it, but my family can."
Along the way, the trio stayed in about twenty inns of various sizes. More than half of them were rumored to be unscrupulous inns. A few of them were prepared to rob them on the night they checked in. Unfortunately, most of them were silenced by Tie Chuanjia. The rest of them decisively put down their weapons the moment Tie Chuanjia rolled up his sleeves and obediently did business in the inn.
The rest of the innkeepers who weren't so clean recognized Li Xunhuan at a glance. Intimidated by the name "Li Fei Dao Has Never Missed", they all tucked their tails between their legs and behaved themselves.
The fake child Li Yue looked at the gang leaders who eagerly poured tea for Tanhua Lang. Their exposed skin was full of scars and tattoos. She couldn't help but twitch her mouth.
Even if the gang leaders were addicted to alcohol and didn't care about worldly affairs, they were still famous.
When the first snow fell, the trio finally arrived at their destination, Shuo Zhou City. Tie Chuanjia didn't drive the carriage into the city. Instead, he drove the carriage to a courtyard on the outskirts of Shuo Zhou City.
This courtyard was originally bought by the Li family when they were doing business in the early years. When the head of the family gave up business and entered politics, the courtyard was left to the management of the caravan. Now that the owner wanted to live at the border, the courtyard was naturally taken back.
Almost at the same time as the carriage stopped in front of the courtyard, the courtyard door suddenly opened. The steward of the Li family's caravan who had been waiting for a long time came over with an old servant.
The first to rush out of the carriage was Li Yue who was wrapped up like a ball. Before the steward could sigh that the young master's child was so big, Li Xunhuan shakily opened the curtain and walked out. The cold wind blew, and a whiff of alcohol directly entered the steward's nose.
The steward stretched his neck to look into the carriage, but didn't see the young mistress of the Li family. He wanted to persuade his young master, but when he saw Tie Chuanjia who was supporting Li Xunhuan, he felt a little scared. He could only lower his head and obediently follow behind Li Yue who looked the most normal.
The courtyard had long been planned to be cleaned. Tie Chuanjia directly supported Li Xunhuan into the master bedroom. Li Xunhuan was like a drunk cat sitting on a chair, constantly muttering to Tie Chuanjia to bring wine. Tie Chuanjia and the steward who was standing at the side looked at each other, sighed, and obediently did as they were told.
The atmosphere in the master bedroom was really strange. The steward didn't have the courage to ask the muscular Tie Chuanjia the reason, so he could only ask Li Yue in a roundabout way.
Li Yue was still wearing the boy's clothes that Tie Chuanjia bought, but the outer layer was covered with Li Xunhuan's cloak. She didn't know how to comb her hair, so she simply tied it into a ponytail. Because of her extroverted personality, there was a heroic spirit between her eyebrows that was different from the original owner's. Overall, there was a somewhat androgynous flavor, which made the steward, who was full of questions, unable to call her.
The old man and the young girl stood at the door of Li Xunhuan's bedroom and stared at each other. Both of them were silent for a long time. Li Yue first introduced herself.
"Hello old grandpa, I'm a little errand boy that Tanhua Lang picked up on the way out of his closed door training. My surname is Li, and my name is Li Yue. How should I address you?"
The steward couldn't figure out whether the child in front of him was telling the truth or joking. He folded his hands into his sleeves and smiled kindly at Li Yue. "I'm Uncle Fu, and I'm just taking advantage of my age. You can call me Uncle Fu for the time being.
This … Brother Yue, do you know what happened to the young master? Why didn't the young mistress accompany him? "
"Oh, the young mistress got married. The groom wasn't Tanhua Lang, but Tanhua Lang's sworn elder brother."
Li Yue's simple and crude answer almost made Uncle Fu unable to breathe. The old man patted his chest with great effort, and with great difficulty, he managed to calm himself down. Li Yue coldly revealed another big news.
"Then Tanhua Lang gave all his assets to the young mistress as her dowry. That's why he brought Uncle Tie out of his closed door training."
Hearing that Li Yuan was given away, Uncle Fu's vision darkened and he sucked in a breath of cold air. Even though the doors and windows in the room were tightly shut and the heater was still burning, his entire body shivered as if he was enveloped in a cold wind.
To be honest, Li Yue could understand this old man. He had worked hard for his boss outside the borders for many years. When he got older, he found out that his boss's only heir had given away the headquarters to someone else. He couldn't even scold the heir as a wastrel. No one could accept this.
Li Yue's previous friend had analyzed Li Xunhuan with her. This childhood idol's saintly personality was very good to outsiders, but to his close relatives, especially those who weren't strong enough and couldn't be independent, it was no different from being unclean.
Li Yue actually didn't quite agree with her friend's conclusion, but when she thought of Lin Shiyin who had been cheated so miserably, she couldn't refute. Because of this, the two of them almost parted on bad terms.
Now that she had met the original Li Xunhuan, Li Yue was especially glad that he had a kind heart. After all, if she hadn't met him and Tie Chuanjia, she would have been either booked in a brothel or lying dead in the wild. Because of this, she had an idea. That was, no matter what, she couldn't let Li Xunhuan become the sickly, miserable, middle-aged drunkard who was suspected to have tuberculosis ten years later.
Having motivation was a good thing, but the body's external constitution couldn't keep up. After half a month of being outside, the child's body couldn't take it anymore. Li Yue slept in the servant's room for almost an entire day before she really recovered. When she woke up, she immediately thought about how to make Li Xunhuan stop drinking.
In order to ensure that her plan could be carried out, Li Yue first found charcoal and wood from the kitchen. She drew some simple strokes and labeled them with simplified Chinese characters. Then she went to find Tie Chuanjia, who was most concerned about Li Xunhuan's physical and mental health, to help her.
Although Tie Chuanjia didn't believe that a little girl could achieve anything, because Li Yue had always been very obedient, he cared for the young (?)
In his heart, he still found a porcelain craftsman for Li Yue and treated it as a way to play with a child.
Li Yue naturally wasn't fooling around. Because the alcohol content of the alcohol circulating in the market was generally not high, she came up with a method of "fighting poison with poison" to stop drinking. That was, she would replace the alcohol content that she distilled herself and give it to Li Xunhuan.
Whether Li Xunhuan was really drowning his sorrows in alcohol or using alcohol as an excuse to escape, after drinking the pure alcohol content, he naturally wouldn't put the low-alcohol content alcohol in his eyes. When the time came, it would naturally be convenient for Li Yue to carry out the next step of her alcohol abstinence activities.
The idea was very good, but the difficulty of carrying it out wasn't small. Just making a suitable wine-steaming utensil had almost exhausted all of Li Yue's private savings. When the later stage of the experiment on how to purify the alcohol, Li Yue definitely wouldn't be able to do it herself with her small arms and legs. She looked at the bottle of alcohol outside Li Xunhuan's house for a long time and had no choice but to ask Uncle Fu for help.
Uncle Fu was experienced and knowledgeable. After seeing Li Yue's intention, his thoughts also spread to a broader area. He first asked Li Yue the reason why she was steaming the alcohol. After getting the answer that "this skill in my hometown is terrible", he specially found a few old and careful helpers to slowly accompany Li Yue to study how to make the alcohol.
Because they couldn't find a suitable thermometer, if they wanted to purify the alcohol, they could only slowly test it step by step. At first, Li Yue was worried that she would have to spend too much money, but Uncle Fu waved his hand and said that it wasn't a problem. Li Yue felt at ease and continued to watch the helpers purify the alcohol.
Three months later, the first batch of distilled alcohol was successfully produced. Along with it, there was also something suspected of being a modern medical alcohol. Li Yue couldn't help but sigh that the ancient working people were far better than she had imagined.
The first batch of distilled alcohol was naturally supplied internally. Li Xunhuan drank the distilled alcohol and got drunk. It seemed that because he had thoroughly vented, when he woke up, he didn't have such a heavy aura of depression.
It was rare for Li Xunhuan to be sober and pruning the flowers in the courtyard. Tie Chuanjia, like a foolish parent, praised Li Yue. In the end, he took out a wooden board with the distilled alcohol utensils and notes on it to prove that he wasn't lying.
At first, Li Yue was like an ordinary child with a silly smile on her face. When the wooden board was in front of Li Xunhuan, she saw with her own eyes that the expression of the person who came in third place changed several times, and his face became darker and darker.
Instinctively, Li Yue felt that something bad was going to happen. She smiled and took a few steps back. She turned around and prepared to sneak out of the courtyard. Li Xunhuan stretched out his arm and steadily pulled the little girl in front of him. He seriously pointed at the simplified Chinese characters on the wooden board and asked:
"Did you write this?"
"Yes, yes."
Li Yue looked at the extremely ugly simplified Chinese characters on the wooden board and didn't feel that there was anything wrong with it. After all, in modern society, there were many people whose characters were uglier than hers. In any case, her handwriting could be considered clean.
Unfortunately, she forgot that Li Xunhuan was a Tanhua Lang who passed the imperial examinations under the ancient education system. He had a special respect for words, so …
"From tomorrow onwards, you will practice calligraphy for four hours every day. After you're done, I will check … No, this stroke is so incomplete … Let's start practicing calligraphy today. Chuanjia, watch over her."
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Xunhuan stretched out his long legs and stepped out of the courtyard. It was obvious that he was going to drink the newly released distilled alcohol. Li Yue was stunned for a moment and wanted to rush out, but she was stopped by Tie Chuanjia's large hand.
"Hey … Hey?
Uncle Tie, let me out, I don't want to practice calligraphy!
I've worked hard for the distilled alcohol, I've made contributions to our family, you can't treat me like this, I want to see Tanhua Lang! "
The trafficker and the brothel madam flirted with each other while discussing the price of the little girls who were being sold as goods. They didn't care at all that the little girls who were huddled together in the cold wind were shivering because of the long period of travel and hunger.
Among the little girls, the one who was worth the most, although her clothes were shabby and her face was covered in dirt like the others, it still couldn't hide her beauty. It was a pity that she was still young, and her eyes were dull and her expression was dull. She lived like a fool standing alone in the cold outside of the crowd. It was inevitable that people would sigh and sigh.
The brothel madam and the trafficker discussed the price for a long time before settling on the price. The other little girls were all taken away by the ugly women in the brothel. Only the most beautiful little girl was brought to the brothel madam's boudoir to personally wash up and dress up.
After the little girl changed into a new set of clothes, the brothel madam's eyes lit up as she patted the little girl's head. It was as if she saw a mountain of gold and a sea of silver.
"Jiaojiao ah, you were born with such a beautiful face, it's okay even if you're a little foolish.
The people at the border are all rough people, they don't care about poetry and talent, it's best if they can serve their customers well.
You eat well, Mama has the best chef in the brothel to teach you.
In a few years, when I give you a bath, Mama will pick a good tempered one for you ~ "
The little girl sat on the bed motionlessly, letting the brothel madam talk to herself as she imagined her future life of earning a lot of money. When the brothel madam couldn't see her, she rolled her eyes and cursed the brothel madam's family in her heart.