If you keep making noise, I won’t stand it anymore!

Soon, Chen San and Xiao Ba helped two middle-aged men in their thirties into the main door of the hall.

The younger man was thin and his long gown was covered in mud. There were several holes on the hem of the gown. His pale face did not detract from his elegant demeanor at all.

The other one gave people a much rougher feeling. He was taller than the previous one, more than a head taller than the previous one. He was dressed in shorts and his beard covered half of his face. When his eyes swept over, it was like a gust of cold air blowing in his face.

What puzzled Meixiang and others was that, visually, why did the man in the long gown look more embarrassed than the man in shorts?

Everyone's eyes moved back and forth between the two men again, especially lingering for a few moments on the cut on the man in the long gown's clothes and face that was still bleeding.

Perhaps it was because the gazes of Meixiang and others were too naked that the two men felt a little embarrassed, especially the man with short hair, whose face, which was not covered by his beard, turned pink.

"Ahem," the short-slapped face coughed softly, and slightly pushed away Xiao San's right hand that was supporting him. He wanted to kneel but couldn't, so he had to bow and said, "Li Kui, the Lord of Lizhou City, greets the Princess, gentlemen, and sirs."

The man in long gown standing not far from him also bowed and said, "Lizhou Commandant Li Wu greets the Princess and all the gentlemen, sir."

Meixiang's eyes widened. Li Kui and Li Wu? "Two brothers?"

"Yes, they are twin brothers, and I am the younger one." City Lord Li scratched his head embarrassedly.

Ha, interesting. The one in shorts and sturdy figure is a civil official, while the one in Confucian clothes is actually a military general.

"Do you know martial arts?" Meixiang couldn't help but ask Li Kui out of curiosity.

Li Wu, the commander of Lizhou Prefecture and the elder brother of Li Chengzhu, couldn't help laughing when he heard this. He had experienced such scenes countless times since he was a child. But every time he saw it, he couldn't help laughing.

Who made this younger brother rebellious? As a civil official, he was not good at martial arts, but he liked to grow a beard and wear short clothes. In order to distinguish himself, he had to wear a long gown.

City Lord Li scratched his hair again in embarrassment, "My Lord, no, I won't."

Plum fragrance...

Everyone...

Fortunately, Doctor Dou came into the main room with his little medicine boy, breaking the embarrassment of the Li Kui brothers and allowing Meixiang and others to come back to their senses.

Sure enough, people’s gossip factor is regardless of age or gender; it is human nature.

"City Lord Li, please sit down and let Doctor Dou check your injuries first." Mei Xiang restrained her somewhat amused look and said, "I'll go to the kitchen to check."

After saying that, she took Xiao San out of the main room, leaving the space for Doctor Dou. Although in her and Xiao San's eyes, at this time there was only a distinction between doctors and patients, and no distinction between men and women, but it was better to avoid the embarrassment that could be avoided.

Thinking of the weird pair of brothers in the house, Meixiang couldn't help laughing out loud. She wondered if the twins in Chu Zeming's family were also so interesting with their contrast.

Hearing Meixiang's laughter from afar, Li Kui couldn't help but shudder his left leg. The tweezers in Doctor Dou's hand inevitably pierced his wound, causing him to gasp.

After Li Kui and his brother finished washing and bandaging themselves, and each ate two bowls of hand-rolled noodles, it was half an hour later when everyone sat down again.

After learning that the two people's injuries were only some scratches, everyone in the Liu Mansion breathed a sigh of relief. City Lord Wang and his four companions had served in this area for a long time and had some friendship with each other, so they found an opportunity to talk to each other at this time.

"Brother Li, what happened today?" City Lord Sang looked around at the two brothers and then turned his gaze to City Lord Li.

"Damn it, don't mention it!" City Lord Li opened his mouth and a bandit aura that matched his face and figure very well came towards him.

"Brother, be polite..." Captain Li glanced at Meixiang who was sitting opposite him and reminded his brother in a low voice.

Meixiang, who was about to bring the tea to her mouth, burst out laughing when she heard this. "No need to be so reserved. You can do whatever you normally do. There are no outsiders here."

City Lord Li made two tut-tut sounds and looked at his brother with a rather smug look, his eyes clearly mocking his chicken feathers. However, he turned around and spoke more politely, "The fruits in Lizhou Prefecture are about to mature. Didn't our caravan buy a lot of them in the past few months?"

"Hehe, this time I wanted to find Prince Chu and Prince Feng to discuss whether we could borrow Fengdong from the people of Lizhou. Who would have thought that we would be blocked by a few bastards just as we were about to enter the territory of Liuzhou Prefecture. In a panic, the car overturned..."

Everyone in the house...

"Luckily we were rescued by the patrol team from Guizhou, otherwise we would have suffered more."

Since he had already lost face, he didn't care if he lost it more completely. City Lord Li told the whole story without even looking up.

Everyone frowned upon hearing this, and Chu Zeming asked, "Where are your followers? Who intercepted you? How many of them were there?"

"About ten people, I don't know where they are from. They don't sound like locals, and they seem to be looking for someone in a hurry." Captain Li glanced at his brother who was unwilling to speak again, so he had to pinch his nose and continue answering.

"We received some news, so we left without any followers and traveled light to avoid attracting attention. We didn't expect this to happen."

"Damn it, let me know which bastard did it, and then I'll skin him alive! Humph!" City Lord Li grinned with his full beard and snorted in dissatisfaction.

His face looked funny no matter how you looked at it. I wondered if he looked like this when he was handling official business in the government office. Meixiang's thoughts began to wander again.

"What news?" Situ Yidong glanced at City Lord Sang and Wang Cheng who were also sitting opposite him. Could it be...

Captain Li glanced cautiously at the person opposite him, then looked at Meixiang who was sitting on the far right.

Seeing this, Meixiang said calmly, "Speak, there are no outsiders here."

Captain Li turned to look at his brother, and after getting his approval, he continued the previous topic, "We brothers have noticed that Liuzhou Prefecture's actions recently seem a little unusual. So we have been more cautious and have increased the number of soldiers patrolling near the prefecture, especially at the border with distant states."

Yuanzhou? These two words made the other people in the room change their expressions slightly, and they couldn't help but concentrate more and listen more.

The side away from the provincial capital is backed by the western edge of the mountains, so it shares a part of its border with the distant provincial capital. If one intentionally puts more eyes on that side, isn't it natural to discover problems?

Thinking of this, Chu Zeming and others looked at each other at the same time, and it was obvious that they all thought of the same thing.