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But after hearing Li Cong's words, Xiao Xian not only did not feel that his doubts were dispelled, but secretly thought about it.Thinking back to the last time when I asked him about tattooing on his face, I thought it was a small crime, but I didn't think it was such a case of extermination.

"Is it still possible to be rehabilitated?" Xiao Xian glanced at Li Cong cautiously.

Li Cong shook his head silently, and said: "The internal strife of seizing the throne has disturbed the imperial city for many years, and the emperor probably has no time to care about other things."

Xiao Xian interjected: "Then let's live a good life and don't think about anything else. It doesn't matter if you get tattooed! Isn't it just slavery! Tattooed cloth was tattooed, and in the end he was sealed as King of Jiujiang, although it didn't end well... Bah, Let’s not talk about this, Sima Qian, yes, Sima Qian, is he being corrupted..."

"What is the punishment of corruption?" Li Cong asked.

"It's just..." Xiao Xian was stunned for a moment, blushed, and then waved his hands impatiently: "Hey, it's not important, listen to me, he was not discouraged after being corrupted, and spent his entire life compiling a great book of historical records, which is full of songs and tears , Don’t you think so? There are also many low-class pariahs who confer kingships and ministers. Hey, let’s ignore those who are slaves, really, don’t pay attention to them..."

"Xiao Xian." Li Cong interrupted Xiao Xian, "The people you mentioned have never heard of them."

"Uh, this, ahaha..." Xiao Xian stopped talking, only to realize that this is not the ancient times in the history books, so he could only laugh dryly.

"I heard it again when I was traveling in other countries?" Since Xiao Xian always popped up some weird things out of nowhere in the past, and every time he used this sentence to prevaricate, this time Xiao Xian didn't need to say it himself. Chuan simply answered for him.

"Yes, yes, of course..." Xiao Xian scratched his head and almost slipped his mouth again.

Li Cong brought a bowl of freshly fried melon seeds on the table in front of him, and said to Xiao Xian, "Tell me about it."

"Ah?" Xiao Xian broke down, his face full of sadness.

Li Cong was in high spirits: "It seems quite interesting."

"Hey..." Xiao Xian exhaled, sat down and began to tell a story.Li Cong sat on the side and listened to the story leisurely, and found it quite fresh, but it was just three sentences about being disabled, making contributions, and so on. Li Cong looked at Xiao Xian intently, knowing that he was comforting himself, but he couldn't help but find it funny. .Afterwards, Xiao Xian said that he was tired and went out to pour tea, and when he came back, he saw Li Cong gnawing half of the melon seeds fried in the sea bowl in the morning, and then he put down the conversation and started to grab the melon seeds with Li Cong to eat.

"Hey, let me tell you, when the heavens will send a great mission to the people, they must first suffer their minds and wills, work their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, and empty their bodies... This is the experience descended from heaven. , I will definitely make a difference in the future!" Xiao Xian chattered endlessly while eating melon seeds while holding on to the truth he had plagiarized.

Li Cong clapped his hands, he was no stranger to Xiao Xian saying surprising things from time to time, he only thought about it carefully, and after a long silence he asked: "Longchang in a flourishing age, what is your responsibility?"

Xiao Xian nonchalantly said: "Leave the far away to the heroes and heros to consider, let's take the immediate ones and solve the food and clothing to live in a well-off life, isn't it a big responsibility!"

"Well-off?" Li Cong was puzzled.

"Yeah," Xiao Xian said with a playful smile, "Just eat well, dress warmly, live happily every day."

Li Cong sighed: "I just lost my job, and I have to find another job tomorrow."

Xiao Xian was stunned, lowered his head to touch his belly, and murmured with his mouth flattened: "Then I will eat less in the future, just save a little..."

"Stupid!" Li Cong raised his arm and knocked on Xiao Xian's head, agreeing: "If you have a bite to eat, you will never be missing!"

The two laughed and made noise, but completely forgot about the predicament before.

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Li Cong stopped working at the wharf the next day after being disturbed by the second elder brother and the second sister-in-law of the Wang family that day. As he planned before, he went to work in the Tianxiang Building smoothly.

Tianxianglou's job is a lucrative job, that restaurant earns a lot of money every month, and the waiters are not too thin. It was impossible for Li Cong to go there, and it was all thanks to Zhao Ruqiu's help.

When Zhao Ruqiu first came to Qingliu County, he couldn't see Li Cong working so hard, so he wanted to find a better job for him. However, although he had a lot of skills, he didn't have a firm foothold when he first came to a foreign country, so he gave up. idea.Afterwards, An'an went back to her old job of treating patients, and after half a year, she gradually gained some fame in the town, and her contacts expanded a lot. After all, no one would have a bad relationship with a doctor who saves lives and has good medical skills.

A few days ago, Zhao Ruqiu came to visit Li Cong and told him about the shortage of Tianxianglou. In this way, the wages are more, the work is easier, and there are two working days per month, which is much better than working as a coolie in the past.

The working hours are longer.I have to work from morning until curfew at night, plus three meals a day in the restaurant, I am very busy.However, Xiao Xian no longer needs Li Cong's cooking for his three meals a day, so he can save a lot of worry. Li Cong will have a big pot meal with everyone in the restaurant at noon. The food is good, and he can bring some leftovers from the kitchen and snacks Go back and save a lot of money and food.

Li Cong was very satisfied with this job, but Xiao Xian was bored to death.Li Cong came back every day after dark, and went out before dawn. His home was worse than an inn.Xiao Xian didn't leave the gate during the day, he looked more and more like a girl's house.So when Li Cong said that he would take him to Dongqiao Mountain for hunting for the first time on his work leave, Xiao Xian was so happy that he almost jumped up.

On the morning of hunting, Xiao Xian rarely woke up earlier than Li Cong.Li Cong said he would go up the mountain after lunch, Xiao Xian moaned and begged for a long time, but Li Cong didn't let go, so he had to wait until noon.Before going out, Li Cong grabbed some melon seeds and snacks and packed them up, and asked Xiao Xian to carry them on his back. He dragged out a bow from under the bed in the back room, wiped it clean, put it on the table, and went to prepare other things.

Xiao Xian stared at the bow on the table, the bow was strange to say the least, the whole body of the bow was wrapped in linen, and one couldn't see the inside at all.Xiao Xian was curious, and when Li Cong was not paying attention, he secretly tore off the linen cloth to have a look, but was caught by Li Cong, and simply pulled off the linen cloth from the bow to show him enough.

Xiao Xian held the bow in his hand and looked at it. The line of the bow was smooth, the body of the bow was light and strong, and the string was tightly stretched, as if it would bleed if he touched it with his hand.Xiao Xian didn't know much about ancient weapons, so he couldn't see the good or the bad. If he knew, he would definitely give a thumbs up for its ingenuity.In addition, he also found that the center of the bow was engraved with the same pattern of auspicious clouds as on the wooden comb that Li Cong helped him make. Xiao Xian was a little curious, but before he could ask, Li Cong took the bow and wrapped the linen cloth back, but this time It was only wrapped halfway, just enough to cover the pattern of auspicious clouds, and then returned to Xiao Xian for him to continue playing.

"This horn bow only has six stones. It's for immediate use. It's enough for ordinary hunting." Seeing Xiao Xian stretching out his fingers to play with the bowstring, Li Cong said so.

"Immediately? Is it for war?" Xiao Xian asked.

Li Cong smiled, noncommittal.He took out two daggers, one long and one short, and a quiver, handed over a dagger to Xiao Xian for self-defense, put a few feathered arrows in the quiver, and got ready to go out.

Shanqiao Village is not far from Dongqiao Mountain. After leaving the village entrance and crossing the fields, after walking for a while, the place where the trees are verdant is at the foot of the mountain.The purpose of the two of them going into the mountains this time was not only to hunt, but also entrusted by Zhao Ruqiu to help pick some herbs, and of course the grass file that Xiao Xian never forgets.

Li Cong and Xiao Xian walked side by side on the narrow path up the mountain stepped by their predecessors. Li Cong held the branches to explore the way, brushing away vines and thorns on the side of the road from time to time, and occasionally stopped to pick herbs.Xiao Xian also followed Li Cong's example and picked up branches from the ground, but they didn't use them to clear the road, but held them in his hands and waved them around for fun.

On the way, Li Cong's eyes fell on Xiao Xian's side, seeing the wooden comb tied around his waist playfully swaying with his steps, he couldn't help but curl his mouth.Before, I thought what he was going to do with the hole in the comb, but later I realized that I found a red string to wear the comb and tied it around my waist as a pendant. The wood color is simple and the red silk sash is chic .At night, I said I was afraid of losing it, so I never forgot to take it off and hang it around my neck, and I was so uncomfortable that I was not willing to take it off.

Li Cong was naturally happy to see Xiao Xian liked him so much.It would be even better if he could save the step of getting up early in the morning to comb his hair, but at present, as long as the comb is not lost for a day, this is a trouble that cannot be shaken off.

In the forest, the birds chirped and the breeze blew.In the beginning of spring, I had already taken off my cotton-padded jacket, and the sun was quite bright at noon, but the trees in the forest were surrounded by lush trees, blocking out the sunlight, and only scattered mottled shadows on the ground, which was indescribably cool.Xiao Xian ate melon seeds and snacks while walking, as if he was not here for hunting but for an outing, and he was very comfortable.

Li Cong is not so idle. He pays close attention to the movement in the forest, squatting down from time to time to identify the grass blades at his feet. The trip will be in vain.

About halfway up the mountain, the slope gradually slowed down. Li Cong glanced casually, and seemed to see a fluffy rabbit's tail protruding from a short tree in the distance, so he stopped and said to Xiao Xian: " There are rabbits."

"Where?!" Xiao Xian spat out the melon seed shells in his mouth, and asked probingly.

"Hush! Don't make a sound." Li Cong waved Xiao Xian back, warning in a low voice.

Xiao Xian covered his mouth obediently, and focused on where Li Cong was staring.

Li Cong took a step back on one foot and stood firm. He drew his bow and set the arrow, and the bowstring opened under stress. There was only a "shua" sound, and the feather arrow shot straight into the distance, and the tail feathers instantly disappeared in the forest.

Li Cong took the second arrow, stared at the place far away and stopped, Xiao Xian saw that he was no longer moving, so he let go of his hand covering his mouth, and couldn't wait to ask: "Did you hit it? "

"Stay here and don't move, I'll go and have a look." Li Cong retracted his bow and asked Xiao Xian to stay where he was and not to go away. He went to pick up a rabbit in the distance and found a clump of files growing by his feet, so he picked it up. After a few handfuls, I came back and saw that no one was there.