The door slowly opened, and it was Zhao Tian.

"Shh. Don't make any noise. Brother Ye, come out quickly." Zhao Tian moved very lightly for fear of making any noise and waking up his father and mother.

Zhao Ye quickly stood up and carefully followed Zhao Tian out of the house. After walking a long distance, he dared to say, "Brother, thank you so much for letting me go."

Zhao Ye didn't expect that his elder brother, who had never disobeyed his parents, would actually let him go. His parents would definitely not forgive him if they knew about it. If he didn't get married, he would not have the money for the bride price, and he would not be able to pass the examination for the scholar of Xiuwen.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but burst into tears. I didn't know what to say, so I could only keep repeating thank you.

Zhao Tian looked at his younger brother who was crying in front of him, touched Zhao Ye's head, and said, "Brother is useless. He only knows how to farm and can't earn much money. But I can't watch my parents marry you to a man in his fifties as a concubine just for Xiu Wen's future."

Although he was too honest, almost foolishly filial to his parents, and his family worked hard to support his younger brother to take the imperial examination, he never felt it was unfair, because he was the eldest brother and should bear the responsibilities of the eldest brother.

But this time he couldn't do as his parents wanted and push his brother into the fire.

"Brother Ye, now that you have escaped, where are you going next? Are you going to find Li Shao?" Zhao Tian asked.

"What if he doesn't want you? There's no turning back."

Zhao Ye raised his head and said firmly: "Brother Li won't do that. He won't lie to me. He said he would treat me well for the rest of my life."

Zhao Tian looked at his brother and just hoped that Li Shao would not let him down. "Where are you going now? It's not safe for a little brother like you to be outside. And if your parents wake up tomorrow and find you missing, they will definitely look for you."

Zhao Ye thought for a moment and said, "Brother, I'll go to Brother Li's house and wait for him. You should go back soon. I can do it alone."

In the end, Zhao Tian sent Zhao Ye to Li Shao's house before returning home. Thinking about facing his parents tomorrow, he also had a headache.

Watching Zhao Tian walking away, Zhao Ye turned and walked towards the mountain. He planned to wait for him in the small house where Li Shao had recuperated before. He was afraid that his parents would guess that he was here if he stayed in the village.

The next morning, the Zhao family was in an uproar. Zhao's father chased Zhao Tian and forced him to tell him where Zhao Ye had gone. Zhao Tian avoided his father's pursuit without saying a word.

Mother Zhao was also very anxious. "Big brother, how could you let Brother Ye go? You are trying to kill our parents. The Liu family will come to pick them up soon. They have already received the betrothal gifts and money. What can we do if there is no one?"

Sun Jiao snorted coldly and said, "Mom, don't blame me for being the head of the family. This Ye brother wants to run away, even if we tie him up and take him to the Liu family, he will run away."

"Shut up! You have no right to speak here. Boss, I'm so disappointed in you. Without this money, your brother won't be able to pass the exam to become a scholar. You are going to ruin our entire family. Tell me where Ye Ge'er has gone and bring him back immediately." Father Zhao said angrily.

Zhao Tian couldn't help himself and said, "Mom and Dad, if there is no such test, Xiuwen can't pass the exam to become a scholar. It's because he is incompetent. You can't sell Ye Ge'er for this."

After saying that, he stopped running and let Zhao's father beat him without saying a word.

Zhao's mother was so anxious that she could only cry. Zhao's father was so angry that he said loudly, "Okay, this is my good son. I know where Ye Ge'er went without you telling me. He went to find that Li Shao."

After saying that, Zhao's father went out to find a group of men in the village and told them that their little brother had been abducted. The group went to Li Shao's house to find Zhao Ye.

Zhao Tian followed anxiously. Fortunately, Zhao Ye was not there, but it was only a matter of time before such a large group of people found Zhao Ye.

After Li Shao killed the black bear, he couldn't wait to go down the mountain.

"Brother Li, wuwuwu, Brother Li, I thought I would never see you again." When Zhao Ye saw Li Shao dragging the dead body of the black bear, he didn't care about anything else and threw himself into Li Shao's arms, hugged him tightly and cried, as if he wanted to cry out all the worries, fears and grievances he had experienced in the past few days.

Li Shao was pleasantly surprised to see Zhao Ye suddenly appear in front of him, but the person in his arms was crying, which made him wonder if Zhao Ye was bullied by someone.

While hugging Zhao Ye back, he hurriedly asked: "Brother Ye, what's wrong? Tell Brother Li who bullied you."

"Brother Li, my parents wanted to marry me to a man in his fifties in town as a concubine. They locked me up because I didn't want to pay them fifteen taels of silver." Zhao Ye sobbed, "I thought I would never see you again. The Liu family came to pick me up today. Fortunately, my brother secretly released me last night."

Listening to Zhao Ye's description, Li Shao could hardly control his desire to rush to the Zhao family and kill them. How could they treat Ye Ge'er like this? How could parents want to marry their 18-year-old son to an old man who could be his grandfather as a concubine?

He knew that Ye Ge'er was not valued at home, but he didn't expect that his life would be so difficult.

He felt even more distressed for the person in his arms, "Brother Ye, don't be afraid. It's all my fault. I should have proposed marriage earlier. I should have let you leave that family earlier. I'll give them fifteen taels of silver, and Brother Li will take you down the mountain later."

"I will propose to your parents today and ask them to marry you to me. I will give you the money if you want. Stop crying, it hurts my heart to see you crying." Li Shao wiped Zhao Ye's tears gently.

Then he took out the ginseng wrapped in his arms and showed it to Zhao Ye, "Brother Ye, look, this is what I found in the mountains. One ginseng can be sold for about 100 taels of silver."

Looking at Zhao Ye's wide eyes, he pointed at the black bear's corpse on the ground and said, "And this black bear can be sold for a hundred taels of silver if it is sold to Zhenxiu Tower. I promise that I will let you live a good life and treat you well for the rest of your life."

Just now he was just focused on diving into Li Shao's arms. Now that his emotions have calmed down, he couldn't help but feel a little scared when he saw such a big black bear.

"Brother Li, let me take a quick look. Are you injured anywhere?" As he said this, he began to check Li Shao's body.

But Li Shao was in trouble. His whole body was hot from being touched by Zhao Ye's two little hands. He quickly held down the little hands that were making trouble everywhere and said, "Brother Ye, I'm fine. A little bear can't hurt me. But if you keep touching me, something might happen."

Zhao Ye was stunned for a moment, looking at Li Shao's dark red face, he understood something instantly, his face flushed as he whispered: "Brother Li, please don't go into the mountains to hunt anymore, okay? I know you are very capable, but I am still worried. Now that you have these, you won't be short of money in the future. Please."

Seeing that Zhao Ye was really worried about him, Li Shao smiled and said, "Of course, I'm just trying to make some quick money. I promise I won't go there anymore so you don't have to worry."

He originally wanted to make money quickly so that he could marry Ye Ge'er. Since Ye Ge'er was worried, he would not go into the mountain.

Li Shao thought that he almost lost Ye Ge'er during these few days in the mountains. From now on, he must stay close to Ye Ge'er and no one can take him away.

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