Chen Si was frightened half to death by Jiang Li at first, fell to the ground and crawled backwards with all four limbs together, trying to escape, when he crawled half a meter away, he suddenly felt something was wrong, so he dared to look back!
He saw that Jiang Li was wearing the clothes of his own village, his face was clean, except for some inconspicuous bruises, where was there any trace of blood, he was clearly a living person!
Realizing that he had been cheated, he felt annoyed, and the fear just now was gone. He reached out to pick up the saber that had fallen aside, got up from the ground vigorously, and pointed at Jiang Li fiercely: "Okay, so It was you, a short-lived ghost scholar, who did it last night, let me see if I don’t chop you up today!!”
Jiang Li didn't expect that Chen Si's reaction was so fast. Seeing that he was going forward to kill him with anger, he changed his face in a second, left the half-tied bandit in his hand, and rushed to Xuan Qing's side, grabbing his hand. hand, and said in an anxious tone: "Little master, help me!!"
Xuan Qing: "..."
Xuan Qing was amazed at his speed in seconds, watching him hold her hand tightly, the corners of his eyes twitched slightly, and he still said the words that he had endured for two days: "... benefactor, don't do anything Move your feet."
"Eh?" Jiang Li was taken aback for a moment, then let go of his hand, walked around behind him, "Little master, please protect me."
Xuan Qing: "..."
Seeing that the two of them didn't take him seriously, Chen Si shouted loudly and rushed towards them with a knife in hand.
Jiang Li yelled: "Wow!! Be careful, little master!!"
"Shut up." Xuan Qing got a headache from his shouting, dropped this sentence, and rushed towards Chen Si. When the two passed by, Chen Si hadn't realized what happened, and the whole person fell down. on the ground.
Xuan Qing withdrew her hand, looked down at Chen Si who was lying limp on the ground, and heard applause from behind, accompanied by Jiang Li's exaggerated voice: "Little master, you are so powerful, you really are with you!" Together is the safest!!!”
For his exaggerated admiration, Xuan Qing didn't take it seriously, just bent down to pick up the rope on the ground, threw it to him, and signaled him to work quickly.
"Here we come!" Jiang Li didn't hesitate, and started to tie up the rest of the bandits.
After tying up all the people, while Xuan Qing was not paying attention, he silently took the lives of several bandits who killed Yuan Shen, including Chen Si.
In this way, it can be regarded as avenging the original body, and I hope he can rest in peace.
After taking care of the guards at the gate, Jiang Li and Xuan Qing stayed in the cottage for one night.
The medicine given by Jiang Li has a long effect, there is no need for the two of them to rush down the mountain at night to report to the officials, everything will be discussed at dawn tomorrow.
…
The next day, when Jiang Li got up, the bandits outside were still in a state of fainting.
He got up early, and Xuan Qing, who was in the opposite room, hadn't woken up yet, felt his empty stomach, and turned to the kitchen.
He didn't eat well these days, and Jiang Li felt like his mouth was going to fade away. Seeing that there were a lot of ingredients in the kitchen of the cottage, he rolled up his sleeves and started to light a fire to make breakfast.
Xuanqing doesn't eat meat, and he didn't touch the meat for Xuanqing's breakfast, he used bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, tofu and other ingredients; of course, he doesn't need to think so much about his own words.
When Xuan Qing got up, as soon as she went out, she saw white smoke coming from the roof over the kitchen. He and Jiang Li were the only two sober people in this cottage at the moment, so he guessed that Jiang Li was there without thinking, so he went to the kitchen.
As soon as he arrived at the door of the kitchen, Xuan Qing smelled a very strong aroma of vegetables coming from inside.
Jiang Li was putting the soup on the table, when he heard footsteps, he looked up and saw him walking in, and unconsciously smiled at him, and said, "Good morning, little master."
Xuan Qing's gaze was fixed on his smile, and his heart suddenly seemed to be hit by something unsuspecting, which made him feel an unspeakable touch.
This strange feeling made him slightly stunned, and he paused unconsciously.
Seeing him stop suddenly, Jiang Li was about to ask him what's the matter, when the system reminded him in his mind: "Congratulations to the host, the male protagonist's favorability has increased by 5%, and the current favorability is 15%."
After finishing speaking, it said in a low voice: "Master Host, cooking is a good assist, keep working hard!"
Hearing this, Jiang Li laughed inwardly: "Okay, cutie."
In fact, he felt strange that the favorability would increase. What he was more curious about was why Xuanqing's favorability in this world would rise so slowly after five worlds, much slower than the previous few worlds.
Is it because of the temporary suspension of game data before? What went wrong
These Jiang Li are unknown, including the system can not query.
Why does this strategy game exist, who is the creator, what is the ultimate purpose of the game, and how long will he survive in this virtual space? These questions have always troubled Jiang Li.
But it doesn't matter, after experiencing so many worlds, for him now, every world in the game, every rebirth, is no different from the real world.
More importantly, he is very sure of one thing, that is, as long as his lover still exists in this virtual space, he will not stop his pursuit.
Thinking of this, Jiang Li put all these troubles to the back of his mind, and said to Xuan Qing: "Come and have breakfast, you have solved my food and clothing problems these few days, let me repay you today."
Xuan Qing ignored the subtle and almost non-existent strangeness in her heart, walked up to Jiang Li, and looked down at the dishes on the table.
There were a lot of dishes on the table, including several vegetarian dishes, such as tofu with shallots, stir-fried vegetables with vegetables, and boiled bamboo shoots. It looked like they were prepared for him.
Xuan Qing doesn't know how to cook, and what Jiang Li ate in the ruined temple for the past few days was boiled wild vegetables and roasted sweet potatoes, which had no taste. The breakfast I specially prepared for myself felt that Jiang Li had eaten too poorly in the past few days. After all, Jiang Li was still an injured person.
Thinking of this, Xuan Qing's heart that had just calmed down felt a sense of guilt that he had never felt before. He looked at Jiang Li: "You..."
"What about me?" Jiang Li pulled the stool away, motioning him to sit down and eat quickly, "I'm good at cooking, although the cooking for you is vegetarian, but it must be delicious, eat quickly, I'm almost hungry died."
Listening to his urging words, Xuan Qing inexplicably felt that there was more life around him, not as deserted as when he woke up early in the morning, so he sat down and picked up the meal that Jiang Li had prepared for him.
As soon as a mouthful of rice was put into her mouth, Xuan Qing's movements stopped for a moment.
The white rice is moderately soft and hard, with a hint of stickiness in the soft glutinousness. It can taste very high-quality rice. Rice is not cheap now. It seems that these bandits live a fine life.
But what made Xuan Qing more concerned is that, as Jiang Li said, his cooking skills are really good, because to cook such delicious rice, the amount of water and the heat are very important.
After watching Xuan Qing eat a few mouthfuls of food, Jiang Li asked, "How is it? Is it delicious?"
Xuan Qing met the anticipation in his eyes and nodded: "Yeah."
Although it is a vegetarian dish, it can be seen that Jiang Li really put his heart into cooking it.
The shallot tofu is stewed with chopped shiitake mushrooms. The flavor of the shiitake mushrooms is integrated into the tofu, and it is very delicious with the seasoning he prepared. Although the boiled bamboo shoots are only boiled in water, they can be dipped in sauce It is also specially adjusted by him, with a hint of spicy and sour taste, which is extremely appetizing.
As for the stir-fried vegetables, they are also very smooth and delicious.
Seeing him nodding, Jiang Li laughed: "I'm running out of time, so I just made some casually. When I get back to our inn, I'll make you something else. I'll make a lot of vegetarian dishes."
Before today, Xuan Qing did not agree to leave Qingshui Town with Jiang Li, and even yesterday he was thinking about finishing off the bandits today and parting ways with Jiang Li, continuing his journey of experience.
However, at this moment, he couldn't say a word of rejection. He always felt that if he said a negative word, the light in Jiang Li's eyes would dim, and the smile on his lips would disappear.
Xuan Qing didn't want this.
After the meal, Jiang Li and Xuan Qing tidied up and left the village.
It was already Chen time, and it took the two of them half an hour to go down the mountain. At the foot of the mountain, he happened to meet an old man in his fifties driving an ox cart, and Jiang Li went up to stop the cart without saying a word.
The appearance of the original body is similar to Jiang Li's original appearance as usual. A good-looking person can always arouse the favor of others, so he stepped forward to stop the car, but the uncle was not angry, and pulled the rope in his hand to make the cow stop. .
Jiang Li imitated the way the original body usually greeted the elders and saluted the old man, and then asked with a smile on his face: "Hello, old man, where are you going?"
The uncle was fat and very kind. Seeing that Jiang Li was wearing shabby clothes, but his behavior was very polite, he said, "Go to Xincheng County, little brother, what are you doing here?"
Jiang Li asked the question knowingly. The place where this road leads is Xincheng County. After the uncle answered, he immediately said: "Hello, sir, I am a student of Puzhou University College, and I am on the way home from the academy with my friends. Unfortunately, I was robbed by bandits, and all my valuables were taken away, can you give us a ride? We will also go to Xincheng."
In this era, scholars are very respected, and Puzhou University Academy is also a very well-known college. As soon as the uncle heard that Jiang Li was a student of the University Academy, his eyes immediately changed, and he greeted him very warmly: "Of course, as long as you don't dislike it, it's fine, come up!"
"Thank you, sir!" Jiang Li saluted the other party again, then turned around and waved to Xuan Qing who was standing beside him: "Little master, come here quickly!"
Xuan Qing stepped forward, saluted the uncle with clasped hands together, and then got into the car with Jiang Li.
There is still some distance to the next county seat, and it must be very time-consuming to just walk, so it is much more convenient, and the bullock cart is covered with a thick layer of dry grass, which is quite soft to sit on.
"Two little brothers, sit down!" the uncle yelled, and drove the ox cart forward quickly.
Jiang Li lay on the withered grass, with his hands behind his head and one foot resting on the knee of the other, enjoying the comfort of the warm sunshine on his body.
Xuan Qing sat beside her, cross-legged, and chanted sutras with her eyes closed.
When he was halfway through the reading, he suddenly heard Jiang Li's muffled laughter, and he didn't want to pay attention to it, but his laughter got bigger and bigger, so he could only stop and open his eyes to look at him.
Jiang Li was trembling with laughter, and when he opened his eyes, he laughed even harder.
Xuan Qing: "...what are you laughing at?"
"I'm sorry, little master." Jiang Li covered his stomach, pointed to the top of his head and said, "You are sitting in this direction, your head is facing the sun, and the top of your head looks like it's glowing hahahahaha!"
Xuan Qing: "..."
He looked back, and sure enough, he found that the sun was facing him, and he was speechless for a while, but fortunately, the uncle turned a corner and separated him from the sun.
With the ox cart, the two arrived at the gate of Xincheng County in only a quarter of an hour.
Jiang Li and Xuan Qing got out of the car, thanked the old man and entered the city. Before leaving, Jiang Li secretly stuffed silver into the car for the fare when the old man was not paying attention.
When they arrived in the county seat, the two first found a place to write letters on behalf of others. Jiang Li wrote a letter to explain the situation of the bandits, and asked someone to send it to the county government office. Then Jiang Li wrote a letter to his family and sent it to The father in his hometown told him that he would go back a few days later, so that he didn't have to worry.
Xuan Qing watched him take out the silver to the shopkeeper, and after leaving the shop door, asked suspiciously: "Where did you get the money?"
"Oh, I took some from the cottage." After Jiang Li finished speaking, afraid that he would misunderstand that he was greedy for money, he explained, "Although we say that we don't ask for anything in return for doing good deeds, it's really inconvenient for the two of us to save money in an emergency. .”
But he was overthinking, Xuan Qing didn't say anything, just nodded.
The follow-up work of the bandits was handled by the yamen, and there was nothing left for them to do. Jiang Li proposed to stay in Xincheng for a day, get a feel for the local customs here, and leave tomorrow.
Xuan Qing had no objection, and the two went to a nearby clothing store to buy clean clothes, and then found an inn to have lunch and then stay there.
When they arrived at the inn, a waiter came up to greet the two of them: "You two guest officers, do you want to stay at the top or stay at the inn?"
Jiang Li said: "Let's stay in the hotel together."
"I'm really sorry, guest officer. Recently, there are a lot of students going to Puzhou University College to rush for the exam. There is only one room left in our store. Can you squeeze in?" Xiaoer said apologetically.
His words reminded Jiang Li that this time is the time for students to take the entrance exam of Puzhou University Academy every year. Based on his experience in previous years, it is presumed that not only this inn is crowded, but other inns are also the same.
After discussing with Xuan Qing, Jiang Li settled the room. After the two of them had lunch, Xiao Er led them upstairs.
Although there is only one guest room, the room is not small. The decoration is very antique and the cleaning is very clean. Jiang Li is very satisfied.
The clothes on Jiang Li's body were still the ones he wore when he crossed into this world. Although he bought new clothes just now, he was still wearing dirty clothes, so he had to take a shower first.
So he ordered Xiaoer to prepare hot water, and after Xiaoer left, he asked Xuan Qing with a smile: "Little master, are you tired after driving for half a day?"
Xuan Qing looked at him and motioned him to speak up if he had something to say.
Jiang Li was gearing up, looking eager to try; "Anyway, we're going to sleep together at night, do you want to take a bath together later? I'll rub your back for you!"
Xuan Qing: "..."
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