thief, don't run

"You, why are you here?" For some reason, An Lingxue put her hands on the cushion and instinctively stepped back.

It must be because Zhong Liyun came in wrapped in the wind, and the wind was a bit cold, and her face was a little... no, it was very cold!

Ignoring the village chief's call, Zhong Liyun closed the door, walked quickly to An Lingxue, pressed one hand on the side of the low table, telling her that there was nowhere to escape, moved his lips, and said angrily, "Come here What are you doing?"

For some reason, although Zhong Liyun asked, An Lingxue didn't tell her what the girl said, and she also kept the matter of her plan to stay behind. I can't help it, it doesn't matter if I just say it.

"I want to stay." An Lingxue supported Zhong Liyun's shoulders, asked her to sit down, looked at her, and said seriously.

"Stay here?" Zhong Liyun snorted, "You mean to stay here from now on, and you don't care about outside affairs? Including family members, official positions, and friends?"

An Lingxue nodded, bit her lip again, and said in a low voice, "It's not completely isolated. If I can, I can go out and visit them."

"Reason." Zhong Liyun looked at her, clenched his palms hanging by his side into fists, and suddenly asked, "Is it for me?"

Yesterday, she noticed something was wrong, whether it was the girl who sent her away on purpose, or the village chief's unreliable but meaningful words, even if she didn't know what happened, she still felt something.

Fortunately, she is used to light sleep, and she also woke up when A Xue got up, and wanted to take him back to sleep for a while, but she didn't open her eyes, and A Xue thought she was still asleep, so she just relied on her intuition, followed here.

In the end, when he heard the words to stay, Zhong Liyun was stunned for a moment, but after instantly understanding the cause and effect, he was helplessly distressed and angry.

At this moment, she had to confirm what she thought.

An Lingxue looked at her for a while, and then replied: "No, it's not just for you, it's for us."

it is as expected.

Zhong Liyun was speechless and knelt on the spot, lost in thought.

The next step in determining the mind is how to stay together, this is the problem.

Their identities, including women's identities and official robber identities, her family, her past.These, are known conditions that must be overcome.

Then the answer is——

An Lingxue figured it out, she wanted to stay here and be with her.

It seems that the problem has been solved perfectly, and all difficulties have been solved.

But this is not right.

The answer obtained by sacrificing one person must be wrong.

She doesn't want the answer of "we" at the expense of her.

"No." Zhong Liyun stared at her, "No, you can't stay here."

"why?"

"Before that, let me ask you first." Zhong Liyun moved closer to her, "You really don't want to be a county captain anymore?"

An Lingxue didn't expect her to ask this, and was taken aback for a moment, this naturally did not escape Zhong Liyun's eyes.

Because they were too close, although there was no retreat, An Lingxue still tried her best to rub her back, turned her head and asked, "What does this matter?"

"Of course." Zhong Liyun let go of her because he had the bottom line in his heart, and said, "I like the county that never knows the heights of the heavens and the earth, and is self-sufficient. Mr. Wei, moreover, according to his own will in advance, regardless of the consequences and recklessness, he treats people unexpectedly gentle and understanding, although he is duplicity and irritable, he can be coaxed easily, she is a bold and shy cute girl."

"What I like the most is that no matter how many times you fail, you can still smile with confidence next time. Even if you know you will not succeed, you will never give up and chase forward forever. No, now this is not so easy Give up your own mistress."

"Girl...resentment..." A series of words came crashing down, An Lingxue's head was dizzy, and she only grasped the last few words.

Could it be that she thought for a long time before making up her mind to stay, and in her eyes, she just looked like a resentful woman?

The timidity that had arisen out of nowhere before, now completely receded, An Lingxue reached out and grabbed the collar, pulled the person over, and said viciously: "What do you mean! I did this for the sake of Who!"

"I know you are for me, for us, that's why I don't allow you to stay. What are you going to do here? Fishing and planting flowers every day? Or cooking and raising a baby? I want you to go out and be a good mother to me. Officer, catch the thief well, and smile heartlessly!"

After the two yelled, they were both panting, their eyes were full of each other, but they seemed to be able to spew fire, and neither of them would give in.It's a weird balance.

"That..." the village head interrupted suddenly, "Although I think you all have forgotten about me, I still want to say a few words..."

"To shut up!"

"To shut up!"

"I……!"

Turning her gaze back, An Lingxue closed her eyes, as if she had no strength, and said, "I understand what you mean, but this is the best answer I can think of. If you want to get it, you must lose it. Do you want me to give up on you?"

She seemed to know why she felt guilty at the beginning, because she knew that she didn't think so. If she could, she still wanted to be with her family and friends, and she still wanted to wear that official robe, even though it didn't look like that at all. Not good looking.

But to choose one of the two, Zhong Liyun is more important.

"Of course not!" Zhong Liyun went one step further, touching her forehead, and said, "I haven't fought for it yet, how do you know there is no way to have both?"

That would be very tiring.

"Take a step back, the sky is brighter." An Lingxue shook her head.

"It can go further, maybe the will will be dark and the flowers will be bright. What's more, now, it's far from the end of the mountain, isn't it?"

"You..." What An Lingxue said was obviously nonsense, but she actually felt that there was some truth to it. Up to now, she couldn't say anything to refute it.However, the question has not been answered, and the question remains.

"You are too greedy, you want everything, maybe you will get nothing in the end." That is the most tragic ending.

Knowing that she had been shaken, Zhong Liyun breathed a sigh of relief, withdrew his body slightly, and responded with a smile: "Because I'm a thief, haven't you heard that a thief doesn't leave empty space, I'm just so greedy."

Asue is an official, so she will weigh the pros and cons, but she is not like this. She wants everything and gets everything!

"Besides, I have never missed a hand." Zhong Liyun said with a smile.

"What nonsense..."

Question, still unanswered.

"Ah, the quarrel is finally over." The village chief rested his head on one hand and glanced lazily, "So, are you finally willing to listen to the old man?"

The two turned around and sat back, turned their heads and pretended not to know anything.

"There's no manners at all." The village chief shook his head, sighed again, flicked the tea stem in the teacup in boredom, and said lightly: "The old man never said that he would keep you."

"..." The village head's tone was so casual that An Lingxue thought she had heard it wrong, and turned her head to look at Zhong Liyun with the same shocked and puzzled expression, only then was she sure that her ears were not damaged.

"What?! So far, what does this mean?"

If she was not allowed to stay, what did the girl say?He also emphasized her status as a county lieutenant, and said that he would drink tea again... Apart from persuading her to stay, is there any other meaning?

"What do you mean, it's not interesting at all." The village head raised his eyes, his half-drooped eyelids seemed to be mocking her, "It doesn't cost money to raise one more person, you don't work and only eat, why keep you?" ah!"

"I..." An Lingxue felt a lot of threads spinning in her head, and she couldn't figure it out. For An Lingxue who had just experienced ups and downs, it was incredible that she could still listen to him. Now, look at Zhong Liyun next to him——

Dozing off!

Shaking this person awake first, An Lingxue straightened his mind and asked, "You mean, you didn't intend to ask me to stay here in the first place, so what did your granddaughter mean earlier? She made it clear That's it."

"Is it?"

With a perfunctory tone, An Lingxue felt that he was guilty.

"Well, aside from talking about her, what do you want to do, village chief? You don't want to torture us back and forth, just to see the joke now?" An Lingxue finally turned his head, and his tone was not kind.

This old man is too unreliable!In addition, An Lingxue has a hunch that he may know everything, but he just refuses to talk to you, and wants to play tricks on you, just like that annoying teacher, waiting for you to scratch your head and make up your mind to cut off your wrists. After that, Fang will tell you the correct answer.

"How can this old man be that incomprehensible person!" The village chief spoke righteously, but seeing the two men staring at him, he coughed in disguise, and said, "The old man's thoughts have always been very simple. , or you are too young to understand the pros and cons of it."

It's playing tricks and showing off again.At this time, An Lingxue had completely lost respect for him, so she pushed the snack plate in front of the village head to Zhong Liyun, and picked up his teapot and poured a cup for each of them.

Listen to him with one ear.The village chief pulled back the snack plate on the table and said, "I think the county captain knows where this is."

"A den of thieves." But even though it is a den of thieves, it is more like an ordinary village.An Lingxue brought back the dim sum plate and picked up a piece of steamed cake.

"Speaking too badly!" The village chief took the opportunity to snatch the dim sum plate back, only to find that it was empty, and said angrily, "You juniors are too ignorant! There are no thieves, and you officials will pack up sooner or later!"

"what……"

The village chief was angry and didn't give her time to speak, and continued: "It's like this, officials and robbers have always been opposed, but it's also a relationship of mutual growth. In other words, officials exist because of thieves. The post of lieutenant!"

"No!" Regarding herself, An Lingxue also became serious, "Your words are correct, but you can't turn a blind eye to the thieves just because you want to keep your official position. I don't know that the medical center has the same relationship with patients. For the sake of itself, the museum has to use medicines that are ineffective, causing people to die in dire straits!"

"You're wrong again." The village chief stood up, with his hands behind his back, condescending, "The old man said earlier that officials and thieves are not in opposition, but co-exist. If thieves are rampant, the world will be chaotic. If there are few thieves in the world, there will be officials." Those who are negligent, deceive the superiors and conceal the inferiors, and cause more troubles."

"Ridiculous! If there were no thieves in the world, it would be Haiyan Heqing. If you don't pick up the lost things on the road, this is the great harmony of the world!"

"Then let me ask you, if you are an official who takes money and breaks the law, what can you do as a small county captain! The people are poor, and the superiors are dead, and even cheat the people, what can you do?" The village chief closed his eyes. Eye, said: "And we are outside the king's law, so we have no scruples. Those who are officials can't do it, but it is beneficial to the people, we can only do it!"

For example, punishing corrupt officials, punishing dirty officials, opening granaries, helping victims of disasters...

What they did was for the good of the people!

An Lingxue lowered her head, was silent for a while, then suddenly sneered, and said: "Don't be self-righteous, there are indeed corrupt officials in today's world, but there are kings and heavens! You claim to be the common people and the people, but you are also People, if there is an unfaithful and unrighteous person among you, who will punish you!"

"You finally got to the point." Hearing her scolding, the village chief laughed instead of anger, "So, this is the meaning of your existence. The balance between officials and robbers is restriction. Thief is an official. What cannot be done, the officials will punish the unrighteous among the thieves."

It sounds right and "justice".

"Then what you think is pretty good." An Lingxue smiled, and looked at him, "I don't care about those, I will catch any thieves!"

The village chief raised his eyebrows and raised his chin towards Zhong Liyun.

The provocative meaning of the demonstration was obvious, An Lingxue turned his head and glanced at Zhong Liyun, the man was still asleep, no wonder he hadn't moved for so long.But what the village chief said made her think about something, this old man, everything was premeditated!

Since she entered here, he specially arranged her in a room with pottery statues, and gave Zhong Liyun a map to make a fool of himself, and then let them meet through the bonfire meeting, and joined his granddaughter to make the early stage... The old man not only from a From the very beginning, he knew her identity, the purpose of coming here, and she, Zhong Liyun, and their relationship, including the changes in their relationship, were all clear!

Fortunately, the old man's ultimate goal... Wait, what is his goal?

Having said everything, An Lingxue asked directly without beating around the bush.After hearing this, the village chief sat down with a tired expression on his face, and shook his head, "What can I do, I am also very helpless. For the development of this place, government restrictions are necessary."

So, even if the village chief didn't say it clearly, An Lingxue guessed a little bit, presumably there was some trouble in Yunshuijian before that, which forced the village chief to come up with such a solution.It's just... An Lingxue still doesn't understand one thing.

"When did the village chief make the plan?" An Lingxue came here purely by accident, how did the village chief figure it out?

"Do you think this old man is very powerful?" The village head smiled incongruously, and turned his head, "Whether it is accidental or inevitable, there is really no one more suitable than you."

An Lingxue wanted to ask again, where is she suitable? Now Zhong Liyun woke up and rubbed his eyes, "Ah... you guys are finally done talking, it's nothing... it's a big deal..."

Yawning, Zhong Liyun was still unconscious, but grabbed An Lingxue's sleeve, "Then let's go back to sleep."

"I……"

"Ah! What are you talking about!" Before An Lingxue could respond, the village head called out first, "It's really hard to see, what are you talking about in front of me, an old man! Ouch, quickly switch back, it's really big Girl, are you ashamed!"

Zhong Liyun woke up, squinted at him, An Lingxue understood, and clenched his palm into a fist.

"Really..." An Lingxue sighed helplessly, if it wasn't for the village chief's exaggerated reaction, she really wouldn't have thought of anything.

The village chief was still chattering, but Zhong Liyun had already picked up with him, the tea in the cup was cold, An Lingxue changed it to a cup.

What a rare tranquility.

But that question still has no answer, but the road to the final answer has already been opened.

With a "click", the door opened.

"Hey, I've received a letter." Another gust of wind blew in, and the girl stood outside the door, raising the seal in her hand.

Zhong Liyun rushed over immediately, took it, opened it, and his face gradually became gloomy.

An Lingxue had some guesses in her heart, she leaned forward, but still didn't move her legs, she stood on the spot and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong?"

"I sent the pottery statue to that person through the wooden bird this morning, and now I have received a reply. This is the next goal." Zhong Liyun walked back and explained to her the letter.

An Lingxue took it and glanced at it roughly, frowning, "Why is it there?"

The author has something to say: the writing power is still not enough, this kind of control