Of course Ji Qingyue refused the county magistrate's proposal to return to the county with Qu Ning. He did not want to be forced to perform a magic trick in which a living person disappeared halfway.

Ji Qingyue decided to let Li's father give him a ride. Li's father would eventually become a coachman. This was the result of Li Erlang specially asking his father. Li Erlang asked his father to personally take Ji Qingyue back and forth between the county and the village. .

Li Erlang not only asked his father, but also asked Sanlang and the two bean sprouts. Because Ji Qing had to farm more, there would often be big changes in the painting, so try not to let outsiders get close to the scroll, and don't show the scroll outside to avoid causing trouble. Outsiders are suspicious.

It's not that Li Erlang was overly concerned. When he recalled the outsiders who had seen the scroll, the two sisters Yang Huang and Lu Xu were not rough-minded people, and the pictures they saw were not exactly the same. Both of them were Chang'an nobles, and they might have known each other more or less. There were some intersections, and Li Erlang couldn't imagine what would happen if Ji Qingyue's secret was exposed to everyone because of a certain detail.

That day, Uncle Li took Ji Qingyue and entered Shandan before the city gate closed. When he returned to the gate, he found that the gate was locked from the inside - Li Sanlang and the others had already returned home from school.

Ji Qingyue did not set up a "door" position, so when someone knocked on the door, the people living in the room deep in the yard could not hear the sound at the door. The gatekeepers, Soy Milk Youtiao, have received strict training from Li Aweng and will never bark when not allowed. Therefore, when someone knocks on the door, they will just stay vigilant behind the door. As long as outsiders do not break in without permission, they will not bark. bark and attack.

In order to solve the problem of no one answering the door, Ji Qingyue asked someone to connect a piece of iron wire to the door knocker. The iron wire was extended through a small hole drilled in the door and connected to a long twine. The twine extended to the eaves of the main roof. , holding a copper tongue in a bell.

When someone knocks on the door knocker, the copper tongue will hit the bell and make a clear sound. In this way, people staying in the house will know that there is someone outside the door.

Dad Li patted the door knocker, and soon Li Sanlang's voice came from inside the door: "Who is knocking on the door?"

Dad Li carried a bamboo tube on his back and said in a loud voice, "It's me!!"

When Li Sanlang heard his father's voice, he quickly pulled the bolt and opened the door: "Dad, why are you here?!" Brother Ji also came with the painting on his back. Could something have happened?

"It's a long story. Brother Ji, you have to come to the county for something important. You carry the bamboo tube inside and I'll drive the donkey cart to the backyard." Dad Li handed the bamboo tube to Sanlang and drove the cart around to the back door. .

When I came back, I was already behind a stick of incense. At this time, there were three figures, one tall and two short, standing by the gate. The leader, Li Sanlang, was holding a lantern, which reflected a little light under his feet.

"Daddy!" Li Silang rushed towards his father, and walked into the house holding his big hand with his little one.

After locking the door again, the four of them walked to the main room. While waiting, Li Sanlang had already gone inside and hung the painting on the wall of the main room.

Ji Qingyue came back suddenly, and Li Sanlang didn't plan to continue studying. He reheated the leftover dinner and brought two portions to Ji Qingyue and his father.

Li Sanlang sat next to his father and asked anxiously: "Dad, what happened?!"

The two little ones sat quietly next to them, quietly brewing two bowls of sweet tea for themselves, and prepared to enter melon-eating mode in a tacit understanding.

Dad Li was just about to open his mouth to eat, but his third son was so impatient. How could he learn from Erlang's impatience?

Ji Qingyue couldn't see outside and answered first: "If anything happens at home, it's my business, because I promised Magistrate Hong to repair a bridge within ten days."

what? !

Li Silang and Li Yu, who wanted to eat melon quietly, were so frightened that they almost couldn't hold the sweet tea in their hands. They stared blankly at the paintings on the wall, not knowing what to think.

Surprised, just surprised at the moment when I heard it. Worried, if others did this, they would definitely worry about whether they could complete it, but this person is Brother Ji. Since Brother Ji dares to say this, it means that He must be absolutely sure.

Yes, they are Ji Qingyue’s “brainless” fans!

Li Sanlang wasn't too worried, he just wondered what Ji Qingyue would do to repair a bridge within ten days.

Since bridge repair was mentioned, Ji Qingyue had to ask Li Sanlang for a favor: "Sanlang, can I delay your ten days of schoolwork?"

"Huh?" Li Sanlang tilted his head.

Ji Qingyue sat on the bridge, holding a bowl in his hand. In the bowl was minced meat soup, sprinkled with coarse salt and drizzled with sesame oil. It was simple and easy to make, and delicious.

"Tonight, the magistrate's men will hand over some data to me. I must draw the bridge drawings before tomorrow morning. As the designer of the drawings, it is impossible for me not to go to the site. You know that I have a lot of inconveniences, so I want to ask you to be the A supervisor assistant helped me understand various conditions at the construction site."

After hearing this, Li Sanlang did not hesitate and immediately nodded in agreement: "I will go to the academy to ask the mountain chief for instructions early tomorrow morning."

Ji Qingyue added: "I have a power of attorney written by the county magistrate here. Please take it with me. It will make more sense when you explain it to the mountain chief."

Li Sanlang took the letter and asked, "What does Brother Ji want me to do? I don't know anything about craftsman work, so I'm afraid it will delay the construction progress."

"Don't worry. After drawing the drawings, it will take some time to prepare materials and recruit people. During this time, I will teach you how to read the drawings. If I can't go to the site in person, just do as I say." Ji Qingyue's words greatly comforted Li Sanlang's anxious heart.

At this time, Father Li raised his head and drank a large bowl of porridge, scraping all the rice grains from the bottom of the bowl. He put down the bowl and wiped his mouth with the back of his hand: "Yue Lang, I will go to Tai'an Tower to borrow a sedan tomorrow morning." With the four bearers, you can see if you want to find a seal for me."

"Sedan? Sedan bearer?"

Ji Qing drank the porridge faster and faster: "It is inconvenient for me to appear at the scene in person, but I have to go to the scene in person. I can only plead with the county magistrate to agree to my request: go to the scene in a sedan chair."

ah……?

"County, did the magistrate agree?"

"I agreed. I said that I had seen a Taoist priest. The Taoist said that I should not go out these days. If I must go out, it must be at certain times. At other times, I must sit in a sedan chair, and the sedan chair must be well covered." Ji Qingyue's excuses came at his fingertips, making people feel strange but unable to refute them.

Not allowed to believe in Buddhism, but I didn’t say not allowed to believe in Taoism!

Li Sanlang understood Ji Qingyue's request.

As long as it is inconvenient for Brother Ji to come out, he has to act as Ji Qingyue's eyes.

"Brother Ji, I understand."

Before the data was sent, Ji Qingyue handed the seal to Dad Li and had nothing to do with him for the time being. He went back to take a shower and prepare to stay up all night to draw pictures tonight.

Aunt Li collected the seal, sat in the room with several men, and asked them about their studies. After thinking about it, he still asked: "Sanlang, the three members of the Ma family who live in the backyard are in the county." Do you have any relatives?"

"What kind of relatives are dad talking about?" Li Sanlang was puzzled. He didn't know as much as Li Yu about the three members of the Ma family in the backyard.

Dad Li recalled that when he went to the backyard to put the donkey cart in the backyard, he saw the Ma family's grandson talking to a tall young man. After the two noticed him, the young man hurriedly gave the little horse a bag. , then hurriedly turned around and left, disappearing into the night.

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