How to work

"Why are you here?" Lu Li was very surprised.

In the shadow of the window, Zhao Zhu's eyebrows and eyes were dyed like ink lines, as if through the clear lake water, Lu Li could see every detail of his expression clearly, but the facial features written on these expressions were a little hazy, a little distant, with a vague Bewitching taste...

Even the shallow curvature of the lips is fatally attractive, making people want to explore.

The two were too close, Zhao Zhu's tall nose could almost touch his face, Lu Li felt a little uncomfortable, and broke away from Zhao Zhu's arms, "Well, didn't you go to work?"

Zhao Zhu frowned slightly.

The next moment he opened the window, kicked his foot, jumped out of the room and stood beside Lu Li, "I'm done."

Lu Li poked his head and looked behind him. There was a small table standing against the wall inside the window. There were three dishes of side dishes and a jug of wine on the table.

Zhao Zhu was drinking just now... and it seems like he hasn't been drinking for long?

Seeing that he was curious, Zhao Zhu stretched out his hand to take out the wine glass and handed it to his mouth, "Try it?"

Lu Li carefully licked it, and his eyebrows immediately frowned, "It's so spicy!"

Zhao Zhu's chest thumped, and he laughed happily, "...you are still young."

There was a sound of voices in the distance, and Lu Li suddenly remembered that now is not the time to chat, so he grabbed Zhao Zhu's hand and was about to run, "It's dangerous, let's go!"

Zhao Zhu firmly surrounded the person, "What's the matter?" He looked so calm that he wouldn't panic even when the sky was falling.

Lu Li looked around, took a breath, and quickly explained the situation, "...Maybe I run the slowest and have the most people chasing me! Those who just passed by, they will definitely come back if they don't find them!"

"People in the Jianghu are chasing stars?" Zhao Zhu looked slightly surprised.

Lu Li nodded, "Yeah! Shen Wansha and I ran into each other by bad luck!"

"You and Shen Wansha want to save him?"

Lu Li frowned slightly, and his voice was a little low, "I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me... If he can't be saved, Shen Wansha will definitely blame himself."

Zhao Zhu was silent, and then asked Lu Li, "Have the beggars gone to Xisi Hutong?"

"Ok!"

"Go, let's go find it."

Zhao Zhu reached out with his long hand, put his arms around Lu Li's waist, and jumped onto the wall.Lu Li felt top-heavy, and subconsciously hugged Zhao Zhu's neck, his heart was beating loudly, but his thoughts didn't dare to stop, "Where to look for? Who to look for?"

"Looking for a beggar..."

Zhao Zhu's voice fell to his ears, Lu Li was itchy, so he had no choice but to put his arms around Zhao Zhu's few hands and rub them, so he leaned his head against Zhao Zhu's neck and rubbed them.

The young man's skin is as smooth as jade fat, with a slightly cool temperature, and an indescribable, extremely alluring light fragrance...

Zhao Zhu froze and almost fell off the wall.

"you……"

The warm wind blew through the hair, and Lu Li's field of vision was much wider.His ears were no longer itchy and his body was no longer uncomfortable, so he turned his head and asked Zhao Zhu curiously, "How do you know where they are?"

Zhao Zhu: ...

Things happened too fast, even though the hidden guards were placed beside Lu Li and Shen Wansha, Zhao Zhu himself hadn't received the news yet, so he hadn't seen anyone from the Beggar Gang, but he could guess.

The order he gave to the hidden guards was to protect Lu Li and Shen Wansha. The dark guards did not issue an alarm immediately, indicating that the matter was within the controllable range, so the matter should not be too big.The two teenagers wanted to save Zhai Xing, so they didn't need to rely on others, the beggars that Lu Li had already used were enough.

Like Lu Li, Zhao Zhu also had a street map in his head. Lu Li subconsciously observed because he was walking around, but Zhao Zhu was driven by instinct. Everywhere he went, he had to check out the source of danger, especially where he lived. Know it by heart.

Different from Lu Li, Zhao Zhu is proficient in the art of war, and he is best at chasing and intercepting. He also has quite accurate judgments on how different people will behave in similar incidents, but it is too difficult to explain the reasons for each, so Zhao Zhu simply does not know what to do. He said, turned three times and turned twice, and led Lu Li to find the beggars who thought the task was completed and were nestled by a wall.

Zhao Zhu stood in front of them holding Lu Li in his arms, "There is work to do."

This attitude is not at all like asking for help...

Lu Li pinched Zhao Zhu, and smiled awkwardly at the middle-aged beggar in the middle, "It's just a matter of just now, I would like to ask you all for a favor."

The middle-aged beggar didn't mind Zhao Zhu's attitude, "Speak."

Zhao Zhu stretched out his hand to count people from the pile of beggars, "You, you, your group, you, you, his group..."

Soon, more than 30 beggars were divided into eight teams.

Zhao Zhu casually took a wooden couch nearby, and simply drew a few lines on the ground to refer to the alleyway, and gave simple and horrified instructions, "The first team runs in this direction and turns right at the entrance of the second alleyway; West, do not move when you reach the entrance of the third alley, count to fifty, then turn right; the third team rushes, try to go north..."

His voice was quick and decisive, his slender eyes drooped slightly, his expression was serious and solemn, his figure stretched long under the golden sunlight... Lu Li was once again handsome by him.

"Two quarters of an hour later, you will meet here—" Zhao Zhu pointed to the location to the west of the middle of the alley map, "The people from the Jianghu will also be there, you don't need to worry about the people from the Jianghu, your own people will get together to fight and complain If the other party lies, there is no good food at all, or if the good things are stolen by the other party, that's fine."

Although Lu Li didn't understand the meaning of Zhao Zhu's instructions, he believed in Zhao Zhu and smiled brightly at the beggars, "Thank you, everyone. I will give you a thank you ceremony later."

The beggars booed and cheered, and soon dispersed in twos and threes.

After everything became quiet, Lu Li asked Zhao Zhu, "Can the arrangement just now save Zhai Xing?"

Zhao Zhu raised his eyebrows, "If he is not an idiot, he should know where to go."

Lu Li tilted his head, "Then where are we going?"

"Here." Zhao Zhu hugged him and jumped over the wall, "Wait."

"Wow..." Only then did Lu Li realize that the side of the wall turned out to be Yanjiang Street!

The two-foot-wide road used to be a wide and long embankment. The river water stretches as far as the eye can see. Under the golden sunset, it seems to be covered with surging golden sand, which is very beautiful!

"It's so beautiful!" Lu Li happily turned her head and pointed to Zhao Zhu.

The Jiangfeng brushed Zhao Zhu's hair, and the golden sunlight fell on his side face. He stood with arms crossed, broad shoulders and long legs, his own reflection reflected in his slender eyes, and a faint and indulgent smile on his lips...

Lu Li's face suddenly became hot, and his eyes slid to the ground unnaturally.

On the ground, the sunlight stretched their shadows long...

After Lu Li landed on the ground, he broke free from Zhao Zhu. They were actually not standing very close now, but the shadows cuddled together, as if they were very close.

Lu Li doesn't know what's wrong with him today, he doesn't seem to be awake, it's just a shadow, and his face is hot!He pinched himself hard in his heart, took two steps back and stood side by side with Zhao Zhu, "Thank you Brother Zhao for showing me the scenery."

Zhao Zhu nodded his head and said "En".

The scenery of the setting sun is extremely beautiful, the golden orange light changes, gradually dyeing the sky with a gorgeous red glow, the river is gurgling, the birds are returning to their nests, and the smoke from the houses in the distance is curling up...

Lu Li sighed, "It's so beautiful!"

Zhao Zhu's eyes fell on Lu Li's face, the corners of the young man's lips were slightly raised, the brows were slightly raised, and the smile lines on his face could almost warm people's hearts.

"Well, it's beautiful."

……

After an unknown amount of time, a whistle sounded behind him, and Lu Li turned around, only to see Zhai Xing holding Shen Wansha, who had a dirty cat face, falling to the top of the wall.

Shen Wansha almost cried when he saw Lu Li, "Little Lizi..." The voice was filled with grievances.

Lu Li hurried over and took Shen Wansha next.

Zhaixing Taohua squinted, looking at Zhao Zhu with a bit of ridicule and contempt, "Tsk tsk, it's not done yet?"

Zhao Zhu narrowed his eyes and said nothing.

"That sleepy array is your handwriting."

Zhao Zhu snorted coldly, but still ignored him.

Zhai Xing was bored, touched his nose, and began to flirt with Lu Li reluctantly, "Beauty, you are such a powerful man, did you kiss me?"

Lu Li shook his hand and almost dropped Shen Wansha.

Shen Wansha quickly picked up a stone and threw it at Zhaixing, "Don't bully little Lizi!"

Zhai Xing quickly dodged, "Oh, the real murderer..."

The beauty of the sunset seems to make everyone look good. Zhaixing is wearing a silver shirt, with a tall and tall figure, and there is a light and ethereal taste in his jumps. He is so handsome that people can almost ignore his blood-stained right sleeve.

But he can be so talkative, probably the crisis is really over.

Lu Li showed no mercy at all, and let Shen Wansha torture him.

I don't know why, but I should hurry up and run, but I didn't pick up the stars. I patiently played with Shen Wansha, and even exaggeratedly screamed and deliberately let him throw it twice until Shen Wansha collapsed on the ground from exhaustion. He seemed to be very distressed and sighed, "It's good to be so weak, you can't hit me..."

Seeing Shen Wansha yelling and rolling up his sleeves to fight Zhaixing for another [-] rounds, Lu Li's forehead twitched, and he stared at Zhaixing fiercely, "You should go!"

"Tsk tsk, you don't like me so much?" Zhai Xing looked at Lu Li, and then looked at Zhao Zhu with deep meaning, "That's right, I have my own heart, and I can't even look at others... What a pity."

"It's boring," Zhai Xing brushed off his sleeves, "Let's go."

"However—" He just raised his foot, then turned his head with a smile, blinked his peach eyes twice, and put on an extremely X posture, "beauty, let me remind you, don't be eaten by others too soon, follow Feel it, you will know what you think..."

Afterwards, Zhai Xing let out a very characteristic laugh that could give Lu Li the goosebumps, tapped his toes, and the figure quickly disappeared into the distance.

It's amazing!

Lu Li wanted to scold people very much.

Shen Wansha also clenched his small fists and waved, "Bah! It seems that he is the only one who understands everything in this world, and everyone else is an idiot!" He looked at Lu Li brightly, "Little Li, don't talk nonsense!"

Shen Wansha's face was black and white and dirty like a cat, no matter what expression he made, it was ridiculous, Lu Li burst out laughing, and almost immediately forgot all his troubles, "Yes, the young master is right... But it's time for us to go home."

The way back was extremely peaceful, as if everything that happened before was a dream.

Shen Wansha got out of the carriage and ran back to the room to wash, but Lu Li suddenly remembered something and asked Zhao Zhu, "During the time of Ciguang Temple, we met Zhai Xing in the ancient tomb. You fought against him...do you know him?"

I wasn't sure at first, but for a moment when the two played against each other, Zhao Zhu's eyes seemed to be wrong.

Zhao Zhu pulled Lu Li out of the carriage and walked into the garden side by side, "It doesn't matter." It doesn't matter to them whoever picks up the stars.

No bad words, no warnings... Does that mean this person is not dangerous?

"Hmm." Lu Li didn't want to get to the bottom of who Zhai Xing was, as far as he was concerned, it was good that there was no danger.

……

Two days later, Shen Wansha came over and asked Lu Li what his plans were next.

Lu Li pondered for a moment, "Except for one thing to do, I have no other plans."

Shen Wansha was curious, "What's the matter?"

Lu Li looked around and saw that there was no one around, and mysteriously took out a document from the cabinet, and handed it to Shen Wansha.

It was a document with the official seal on it. The seal was the seal of the inspector, but the document was blank.Shen Wansha didn't understand, "What...does this?"

Lu Li smiled, "Didn't I have a marriage contract with King Ping?"

He knew this, Shen Wansha nodded.

"You know, I want to break off the engagement with King Ping, but there is no news from King Ping, and the people in Prince Ping's residence seem to have nothing to say, and I don't know how to withdraw the engagement, and whether it will go smoothly, so I will make more preparations. "

Lu Li took the documents and explained, "With this, I can easily apply for road guides and identity documents. Now that I have some money in my hand, I can also buy some properties by the way. no way."

"You want to escape..." Escaping marriage!Shen Wansha covered his mouth.

"If everything goes well, there will be no such thing as a marriage contract." So he didn't admit to escaping marriage or anything.Lu Li put away the paperwork, "I thought, even if I have the paperwork of the inspector, I have to find an acquaintance to handle this matter. The magistrate of Guan County and the magistrate Huang of Shanyang in the case of Ciguang Temple are all good candidates. I read Di Bao, County Magistrate Huang has been promoted and transferred to the Chengdu Mansion, and this promotion and joy can be regarded as a credit to me, and I will ask for help with official documents, and he will not refuse."

"Besides, since this matter has to be done, we can't just do a road quotation document. King Ping is a nobleman with great power and countless capable people. What if he feels that he has no face to pursue? I need to prepare more..."

After Lu Li had reasoned and heard, Shen Wansha was stunned, "Little Lizi, you are so amazing!" What a long-term thought!

"If you need any help, just ask me, don't talk about anything else, don't be polite to me about money! I also have connections!"

Shen Wansha was forthright, Lu Li nodded in agreement, but he made up his mind not to bother Shen Wansha.Since we met, Shen Wansha has been troubled too much. The power of the emperor is death at the touch of it. It is a great fortune to be able to escape. This kind of uncertain consequences should not implicate him.

Apart from this matter, there is nothing else to do at this stage. Lu Li is considering whether to return to the county, and it is not good to live in Zhou's house all the time.

But Shen Wansha came over and asked this question...

"Are you okay?" Lu Li quietly looked at Shen Wansha.

Shen Wansha flattened his mouth, "Actually...it's like this..."

It turned out that Shen Wansha received a letter a few days ago, asking him to go to Jingzhao Mansion to see someone.

His mother, Princess Chai, made a lot of friends when she was young, and she was also very affectionate and loved to help others. A few sisters played well.In his mother's small group, there is a somewhat miserable one, Princess Duanhui.

Princess Duanhui said that the marriage was not going well, and her husband died after only a month of marriage, so there were a lot of gossip.She is the eldest daughter of Princess Rouyi. As the younger sister of the first emperor, Princess Rouyi has a high status, so she forced the emperor to act as a guarantor, so she found another husband's family for Duanhui to remarry.But the heads of remarried people are a bit low. Princess Duanhui is cautious, virtuous and virtuous, and takes care of her husband's family wholeheartedly, so she can win respect.

Princess Duanhui's new husband has a good personality, and the husband and wife get along very harmoniously. The only thing is that her husband has a childhood sweetheart cousin. This cousin was not married, but died of childbirth hemorrhage.This cousin is an only child, and there is no one in the family. Now she gave birth to a daughter, and no one takes care of her. Princess Duanhui's husband took the child home.

There are a lot of rumors in the family, and there are eclectic speculations, but Duanhui thinks that people are dead anyway, no matter whether there is an affair or not, you can't come to snatch her husband, and the younger one is just a girl, and in the future, a dowry can be used When I went out, I didn't complain at all, adopted the child, named her Zhenyue, and raised her with all my heart.When she reached her age, Duan Hui found her husband's house again, and sent her out the door in a lively manner.

The letter Shen Wansha received was related to Zhenyue.

Because the two families are good friends, Shen Wansha often went to Princess Duanhui's place during the Chinese New Year. They were no strangers to each other, so Princess Duanhui wrote him a letter, and she didn't know how to send it to him. hand.

The letter said that he had asked Lord Cheshire about his intentions, and if Shen Wansha was free, he would be invited to Jingzhao Mansion to see her married daughter Yuezhen.The reason is that Princess Hui received a letter from Yuezhen at the beginning of January. The letter was quite deadly and very scary.

She had received a similar letter half a year ago, but the atmosphere between the lines was not so serious. At that time, she sent the stewards and maids to look at it, but the news they brought back were all good and nothing happened, but she always felt that Something is wrong, and now I am even more worried when I receive it again.

She worked hard for many years to raise Yuezhen so that she could get married. At first, it was somewhat for the sake of fame, but after all these years of raising Yuezhen, her affection has grown stronger. She is really worried that something will happen to Yuezhen.But this kind of thing is not easy to say with great fanfare. Knowing that Shen Wansha was nearby, he asked him to go and have a look.

The moment Shen Wansha received the letter, he suspected that his mother knew where he was, because although the letter was not written by his mother herself, it could be delivered to him... County Lord Duanhui is not very powerful, how could he know? Where is he!

But no matter what, since the letter was sent to him, it must be his mother's intention...

So he came to look for Lu Li.

Lu Li is the smartest. He has a unique skill in autopsy to solve cases, and his ability to observe and deduce is unmatched. If you can ask him to take a look, you will know what is going on!

But he had never mentioned his identity to Lu Li before, and now he just said... a little embarrassing.

Shen Wansha was a little guilty, held back for a long time and couldn't say anything, he simply didn't say who he was, ambiguous about his identity, and only said that he was invited by Princess Duanhui to visit her adopted daughter.

The hidden meaning in his words was that he knew the princess for business reasons. Lu Li looked at his sweat and sighed softly, "I see, I will ask brother Zhao later, if he has nothing else to do, we will go Jingzhao Mansion." As for things such as road quotations and documents, just write a letter and do it.

Lu Li knew that Shen Wansha was covering up, but Shen Wansha didn't want to tell, so he didn't ask.He could actually guess that Shen Wansha's family background must be good, but he didn't use his various knowledge and skills to observe and make stereotypes.Sincerity is paramount among friends, he believes that Shen Wansha will have something to say one day.

During the meal, Lu Li asked Zhao Zhu, and Zhao Zhu glanced at Shen Wansha until Shen Wansha's scalp became numb, then he said that he was fine and could go to Jingzhao Mansion.

The next step is to deal with the things around me, organize things and prepare to go...

Lu Li went to Bai's house to say goodbye first, and told him that he was going to leave. Bai Xu was very reluctant, and dragged him to chat for a long time. Mrs. Bai also burst into tears, and asked Cheng's mother to take a bunch of things and wrap them up for him. There are 5000 taels of bank notes.

Lu Li repeatedly declined.Although Bai Mingtao was capable, he had already passed away, and the dirty Yinbai family didn't want a penny, they were all handed over to Yuan Lian. Bai Xu was still young, so no matter how much savings he had, he had to spend it steadily.

Mrs. Bai laughed, and said, don't underestimate my dowry!

In the end, Lu Li was no better than Mrs. Bai, so he had no choice but to accept it, but he made up his mind to pay more attention to the Bai family when he had time, so that if there was any difficulty, he could help him.

Mrs. Bo told Lu Li that because of Bai Mingtao's death, Bo Xu also needed a stable environment to study, and it was not interesting for them to stay in Xingyuan. They would set off soon and return to the ancestral house in Shangjing, leaving a detailed address for him to go there in time. Play……

This day's dinner was also eaten at the Bai Mansion. The Bai family is the family that Lu Li has treated him the most since he traveled here, and he is very kind in his heart.

On the second day, Lu Li helped Yuanlian's inspector to deal with some things that could be done, and Shen Wansha also came to help.

Yuan Lian kept his chin raised throughout the whole process, with a serious demeanor, especially unapproachable.Shen Wansha looked curiously, tugged at Lu Li's sleeve, "Didn't you get the blank document from him, why is he not getting close to you at all?"

Lu Li smiled. Seeing that there was no one around, he whispered to Shen Wansha, "When he was in a hurry, I quietly took the paperwork and asked him to cover it. He knows he knows, and the impression probably won't be deep..."

"Oh, you're cheating!" Shen Wansha's eyes kept rolling.

"Hush—" Lu Li covered his mouth, "Keep your voice down, no one will know!"

Shen Wansha covered his mouth in a good manner, and smiled happily, he knew that Xiao Lizi was the best with him!

Three days later, everything is ready to go at any time.

The night before his departure, Zhao Zhu received very bad news.

Guan Shan is dead.

Zhao Zhu narrowed his eyes, "What's going on!"

Yuan didn't even dare to raise his head, "He never said who Shangfeng was, he probably wanted to hold on and wait for someone to rescue him, so we didn't use the severe punishment, and we were going to catch the turtle in time. But last night he suddenly strangled him to death with his belt I lost myself, without any warning..."