Ye Xiaotian brought his family of three to a snack bar at the foot of the mountain, followed by Li Yuncong and another yamen servant.
The shopkeeper is reprimanding a clerk: "Be diligent in doing things. When there are no customers, wipe the table, set the benches, and sweep the floor in time. When you see that the guests are short of food and drinks, ask in time. If you move your mouth, you may sell more." Altar wine, fry a few more dishes.
You should be sweeter when talking to guests. If you are a poor laborer, calling someone an uncle will not make you short. By the way, you can speak the local dialect of Miao dialect and Yi dialect, right? Yesterday there was an idiot who could only speak Mandarin with a Beijing accent and wanted to work as a waiter in my shop..."
Ye Xiaotian hurriedly turned around: "This house doesn't look very clean, let's go, let's go to that house."
After hearing this, the shopkeeper immediately pointed to the new guy and said, "Look, it's annoying the customers. Hurry up and wipe the table!"
After reprimanding the clerk, the shopkeeper quickly chased out the door, and Ye Xiaotian had strode to the door of another snack bar. The old shopkeeper of this store wore a suit of dark blue coarse cloth and short brown, a green headscarf, and a sweat scarf on his shoulders. He bowed his waist and greeted him with a humble face. The shopkeeper who had just caught up walked back resentfully.
Ye Xiaotian said to the shopkeeper: "Three servings early."
The shopkeeper hurriedly responded, and rushed to the kitchen to order.
Li Yuncong frowned, and said to himself: "Where did he get the money? He committed a crime, or hid it on his body before."
The yamen officer next to him said: "Official Dian, in my opinion, he must have stolen it. If he had money yesterday, why should the whole family go hungry?"
"Stolen?" Li Yuncong's eyes lit up, and he looked at the street in a blink of an eye.
There were a lot of pedestrians on the street, and two young men walked slowly on the street, their eyes wandering around from time to time, and when they saw someone wearing gorgeous clothes or shopping richly, they would approach them quietly. At this time, they were following a middle-aged man in a robe with a copper coin pattern.
Li Yuncong's eyes lit up, he immediately greeted him, cupped his hands and said, "Mr. Hong, good morning."
"Ah! Good morning, Mr. Li."
That member Hong was counting his rosary beads, when he saw Li Yuncong, he quickly returned the salute with a smile on his face. The two stopped, chatting and joking, when suddenly a monk passed by begging for alms bowl, Officer Hong hurriedly took out some money, respectfully put it into the monk's bowl, clasped his hands together, and called him "Amitabha".
Li Yuncong said with a smile: "The heart of the member is so devout toward the Buddha."
Officer Hong watched the monk away respectfully, and then smiled at Li Yuncong: "Master Huineng of Qianchuan Temple said that Hong has the root of wisdom, which is a good root for cultivating Buddhism. It's a pity that there is still a worthless monk in Hong's family." Son, when he can establish a career and start a family, Hong can feel relieved to become a monk."
Li Yuncong hurriedly said: "Hey, my son has a family and a career. Hong Yuanwai should wait to hold his grandson to enjoy the family happiness. Now as a lay Buddhist, you can also cultivate Buddha nature, so why do you have to become a monk?"
Seeing Li Lidian and Hong Yuanwai talking, the two young men who followed Hong Yuanwai frowned slightly, and wanted to walk away after wandering around. Li Yuncong and Hong Yuanwai struck up a few more words and said goodbye. Then he caught up with the two young men, and said coldly, "You two are so courageous, Hong Baichuan is a well-known benevolent person in this county, and you dare to think of him."
The two young men hurriedly smiled and bowed: "Master Li, you are magnanimous, and the little one has no eyes, so I dare not do it again."
Li Yuncong said with a cold face: "Stop talking nonsense! There is now a matter for you to handle. If it is done well, it will be fine. If it is not done well, you will be arrested and punished in the yamen."
The two thieves hurriedly said, "Yes, yes, Master Li, please tell me."
Li Yuncong went to the store where Ye Xiaotian and the others were located, and said: "The family sitting in the store, did you see it?"
The two thieves took a look and said, "I see, Mr. Li, do you want to..."
Li Yuncong said: "Go and steal all their money. If there is even a penny left, you won't have to spend time in Hu County anymore!"
"ah?"
The two thieves never expected that the county clerk actually asked them to steal things. They looked at each other and said cautiously: "Master Li, do you really want to steal?"
Li Yuncong glared at them and scolded, "Nonsense! Would you guys do anything else?"
A thief sneaked a look and followed Li Yuncong. Although he was dressed in casual clothes, he could tell at a glance that he was a follower of a member of the public family. Be respectful, don't set up a trap to catch us."
Li Yuncong let out a snort, and said, "Why are you being arrested? Even my master, I'm almost out of pay. Do you think the county government has free prison meals for you? Don't talk nonsense, go!"
Another thief said: "Yes, yes, this is what you ordered, master. The little ones stole the money and returned, and immediately gave it to Master Li."
Li Yuncong waved his hand, and said calmly: "The stolen money will be rewarded to you. As long as you do one thing, let him have nothing left."
The two thieves agreed and quietly followed Ye Xiaotian and his party. Ye Xiaotian didn't realize it at all, after the family had breakfast, they went to buy a basket full of bamboo shoots for Fuwa who hadn't eaten yet, and the happy Fuwa followed behind Ye Xiaotian, it also knew what it wanted to eat Only this person can solve the problem.
Then the whole family went to buy food, Ye Xiaotian planned to take the land temple as his home temporarily, the others didn't need it, food was always bought. Ye Xiaotian came to the grain shop, negotiated the price of a bucket of rice with the shopkeeper, put his hand into his arms, his expression changed suddenly.
Shui Wu asked: "Brother Ye, what's wrong?"
The shopkeeper understood Ye Xiaotian's expression, and couldn't help but said: "Guest officer, don't be careless on the way, the money was stolen by the thief, right?"
There was a flash in Ye Xiaotian's mind, and he suddenly remembered that he was hit by a man who came out of the alley just now, could it be...
Ye Xiaotian immediately said to Shui Wu: "You guys wait here, don't run around!"
After saying that, Ye Xiaotian rushed out of the grain store. The place where he collided with that person was not far away. It was at the entrance of the alley. Walking side by side with another man, talking and laughing.
Ye Xiaotian shouted, "Stop!"
The two heard footsteps and looked back and saw him. Ye Xiaotian yelled at the same time, they had spread their legs and ran wildly. After they ran, Ye Xiaotian became more convinced that they stole the money bag, and immediately chased after them desperately.
A pair of beautiful pink thighs appeared on the side of the road, and it was another girl in a short skirt, but Ye Xiaotian had no time to look at it at this time. Now, in his eyes, the two guys with sly eyebrows and mouse eyes in front of him are more attractive than this girl in a short skirt. too much.
Ye Xiaotian had to be in a hurry, if the money was stolen, they would really have nowhere to go. In the eyes of Xue Shuiwu and Le Yao, he is the sky, the pillar they rely on for survival, and he doesn't want them to follow him everywhere, suffer hardships, and let them be disappointed in him.
Ye Xiaotian thinks this way not because of vanity, when necessary, he can show weakness to the enemy without hesitation. A child who has been in the market and grew up in a sky prison will not take his face seriously.
But he cares about Xue Shuiwu and Le Yao, and he even cares about that Fuwa who eats endlessly all day long. He is a man who cares about his family. In fact, he has regarded them as his family.
This kind of feeling is not even purely for wanting to marry a beautiful, literate and good woman as a wife, but a kind of family affection that naturally arises along the way. Even if Shui Wu is married now, it is impossible to marry him again, and he can no longer regard her and Yaoyao as passers-by.
After chasing and chasing, a short and fat man wearing purple satin and a purple Liuhe scarf suddenly appeared at the intersection in front of him. The man twisted his water snake waist and held a handkerchief in his hand. Slowly coming.
Ye Xiaotian's expression changed drastically when he saw this person, the road to Yuanjia is narrow, why is Brother Fengling here
If Ye Xiaotian walked by the street calmly, Feng Ling might not have recognized him, but he came chasing after two thieves, how could Feng Ling not see him. Feng Ling took a closer look, and immediately glared at the panda eyes, and Lan Hua pointed forward vigorously: "Okay, you, you still dare to show up, let me catch him!"
A group of teenagers following Fengling immediately rushed up and rushed towards Ye Xiaotian. Ye Xiaotian slammed on the brakes, with one leg hanging in the air, and slid more than a foot on the bluestone road, then turned sharply in the air, and fled in the wind.
Ye Xiaotian fled across Wutiao Street in a hurry, and the group of people behind still pursued them relentlessly. They were physically strong, and as for Li Yuncong and the yamen servant, they were thrown away somewhere. When Ye Xiaotian was running so weak, a group of people suddenly came out of the inn in front of him.
"Huh? It's you!" Like the stars holding the moon, there stood a woman among the crowd, with silver ornaments all over her body, pretty and watery, it was the big girl Zhan Ning'er Zhan. Zhan Ning'er looked at Ye Xiaotian curiously and said, "You came looking for me so soon? You don't need to run in such a hurry."
At this moment, a group of people from behind had already chased after him, seeing the group of people in front stopped Ye Xiaotian, they immediately shouted: "Stop him quickly, he is a thief! He is the thief who sneaked into my 'Toad Palace' last night to steal money and clothes!"
"What?"
When Zhan Ning'er heard this, her face suddenly changed!
Steal money and clothes? This explains from another angle why he was dressed in the "Toad Palace" yesterday. Zhan Ning'er was already a little suspicious of him giving in to the status quo so quickly and engaging in such a lowly career with peace of mind. After hearing these words, she immediately realized that she was deceived by him again. The reason for the sensationalism last night was probably all fake of.
Zhan Ning'er was furious: "What a boy! You lied to me again!"
As soon as the tigress showed its power, the precious sword came out of its sheath with a sound of "choking and clanging", and the precious sword pointed forward, and Ye Xiaotian was already ten feet away, swinging his arms and striding his legs, and going away in the dust.
"Catch me!" Miss Zhan gave an order, and a dozen Miao family men immediately joined the camp to hunt down Ye Xiaotian...
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Meng Xiancheng and Wang Zhubo came out of the yamen side by side, and the petty officials who were going in and out of the Yimen hurriedly came to the side of the road and stood still when they saw it.
County Prime Minister Meng said with a smile: "Qi Mu celebrates his birthday today, and your lord must show face no matter what. Meng personally invites you, you can't shirk it."
Master Wang said with a fake smile: "Lord County Prime Minister, you are too polite. Just let people know, why bother you, County Prime Minister."
The two of them reached the gate of the yamen while they were talking, and suddenly a figure rushed in outside the gate, panting heavily like a dog that had been chased away. Meng Xiancheng and Wang Zhubo were stunned when they saw this person, and said in surprise: "You... you are running in such a hurry, what do you want to do?"
Ye Xiaotian supported his lower back with one hand, stroked his chest with the other, breathlessly said: "I... I'm here to be an official!"