After Li Yu sown the rice seeds, he set off back to Kyoto the day before Qingming Festival.

The next day after returning to Beijing, I went to worship my ancestors outside the city, and then went to Wangjia'ao to have a look around.

Han San caught dozens of chickens raised in the bamboo forest and put them into bamboo baskets. Ruyi took the chickens to Liangjiacun.

Li Yu's family came back from Wangjia'ao and went to the hot spring village for two days before returning to the city.

As soon as she got home, Nanny Yang came over with a greeting card and said to Li Yu: "Madam, that Mrs. Lin brought two boxes of gifts and a greeting card yesterday, begging to see you."

Li Yu glanced at the greeting card and said, "Send the things back and tell her that there is no need to send the message."

"Yes." Nanny Yang stepped back and left.

Zhou Jia said to Li Yu: "Her family's Mr. Su wanted to stay in Beijing and take up a position as the magistrate of Shanyang County. I heard that he even went to his uncle to apologize and accompany him as a gift, but was kicked out by his uncle."

Li Yu asked in confusion: "I heard that the Su family is a wealthy family. How come they are still a seventh-rank official after so many years?"

Zhou Jia laughed and said: "Although he has not committed corruption or perverted the law, he has not made any achievements during his tenure. After the last official doctor was confiscated and exiled, who would dare to blatantly accept bribes and promote him?"

Li Yu thought of Qi Zhanpeng, whom Mr. Wen mentioned last time, "Is the Qi Jinshi you said you were optimistic about last time still living in Mr. Wen's hospital?"

"He has been helping in the hospital since you left. Even Qijin said he is a good person. I have also recommended him to the Ministry of Personnel. Maybe he will be appointed in the next few days."

"Oh!" Li Yu thought that Chu Sihai and Yang Mu had been gone for more than ten days. "I wonder how the big shopkeeper and the others are doing in the mountains? Have they found any traces of the gangsters? And Chu Qing and the others, have they found any traces of them in the mountains?" The gangsters hiding in Jianshan Ao."

Zhou Jia did some math and said, "It takes less than half a month to get to Jianshan Ao from here on horseback, and it takes more than half a month to walk on the mountain road at the fastest. Based on this calculation, they can reach Jianshan Ao at most."

"A Qing will arrive in Le County in a few days." Li Yu turned to look at Zhou Jia, "Xiao Xi, why do I feel a little uneasy when I think of A Qing these days?"

Zhou Jia looked at her and said with a smile: "Aqing has already established himself as a county official. You should be happy and don't worry about them. Besides, when we were in Yunzhou, he came to Kyoto alone!"

Li Yu felt that he had never felt this way before. He always felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't explain the reason, so he had to say: "Maybe I'm overthinking it!"

Looking at Li Yu's expression, Zhou Jia knew that she still couldn't let go. He comforted her softly: "Yu'er, Le County is not far away. It's only about half a month away. If you are still worried after a few days, let's go to the escort agency to hire someone." The escort will go take a look."

Li Yu nodded, "I'm going to take a rest for a while. The children are in the garden, so let me keep an eye on them."

Zhou Jia smiled and said: "Yes! You can rest peacefully for a while."

****

Chu Sihai and Yang Mu traveled day and night and arrived at Liangjiacun after noon that day.

The two men with black eyes and unshaven beards appeared at the door of Liangjia Village and knocked on the courtyard door.

Zhaocai hurriedly welcomed the two people in. When Zhaocai saw that there was no one behind them, his heart skipped a beat, "How come it's just you two and where are the other heroes?"

"They're fine." Chu Sihai breathed heavily.

When Yang Mu entered the yard, he was so tired that he collapsed on the ground. Uncle Zhou and Little Loach quickly picked him up and took him into the house and helped him sit down on a chair.

Chu Sihai took a breath and said to Zhaocai: "Hurry up and prepare your horses. I will go to Beijing immediately."

Looking at his exhausted look, Zhaocai nodded and said, "It's still half a day's journey from here. You'd better eat something first and I'll hitch the horse."

Chu Sihai nodded, slumped down on the bamboo chair under the verandah, and started snoring after a while.

Mrs. Zhang cooked a large bowl of noodle soup and woke them up. Chu Sihai and Yang Mu had a warm meal.

Chu Sihai finished his last sip of soup and said, "Oh! I'm finally alive." He wiped his mouth and said to Yang Mu: "Brother Yang, rest here and go home. I'll find you later."

Yang Mu nodded, "Mr. Chu, please walk slowly."

Chu Sihai waved his hand and followed Zhaocai outside the courtyard gate. Zhaocai untied the reins and handed it to Chu Sihai, "Master, be careful along the way."

Chu Sihai bowed his hands to Zhaocai, jumped on his horse and galloped towards Kyoto.

****

After Chu Sihai and Yang Mu left, Ding Si and the three brothers hid in a tree for the night.

The next day, at dawn, I saw two gangsters, one tall and one short, emerging from behind the waterfall. I saw two people carrying a machete, walking through the woods where Ding Si and the others were hiding, and hurriedly walking towards the mountain.

Ding Si glanced at Ding Jiu, and the two of them slid down from the tree and followed. The two people were walking struttingly in front, not expecting anyone to follow them behind.

The tall gangster in front said grumblingly: "His grandma just came back with his head yesterday, and the soles of his feet are still hurting. Today he wants us to go to Jianshan Ao again."

Jianshan concave! Ding Si and Ding Jiu's eyes lit up after hearing this. It seemed that Shopkeeper Chu had taken people to the right place. They continued to listen attentively.

"Brother He, judging from what you said, everyone knows that the boss values ​​you the most and will take you with him wherever he goes." There was a flattering tone in the short gangster's voice, "Brother He, are we still here? How long will we stay here in the mountains? Life is a bit difficult for a group of old men!"

Brother He showed a proud smile, "How can I know these things? Only the people above know these things. Just endure it! If you endure it, you will be popular and drink spicy food."

The short man nodded, "I think many brothers can't stand it anymore, especially those from Liangjia Village."

"Bah," Brother He spat, "these people are nothing like fucking things. They have enjoyed a few years of happiness in Liangjia Village. We are the ones who have suffered here. After coming here, let's let them do more work, one by one. Just blowing my beard and staring."

Ding Si and Ding Jiu stayed behind. Two hours later, the two people in front climbed to the top of the mountain, sat on a rock and ate some dry food.

Watching the two of them nibbling two pancakes, they got up and patted their butts, walked to a large locust tree, pushed aside the vines under the tree, and got into the vines.

Ding Si and Ding Jiu hid in the bushes and waited for about half a quarter of an hour. They didn't see the two people coming up. They came out of the bushes and walked to the poplar tree and pushed aside the clump of vines. A narrow path appeared in front of them. There was no trace of those two people.

"Hurry up and chase." Ding Si waved his hand.

The two hurriedly climbed through the vines and onto the path. The path was steep and straight, and they would fall off the cliff if they were not careful. The two chased for a while, turned a corner, and saw two gangsters walking in front with knives on their shoulders.

Ding Jiu looked around and asked in Ding Si's ear: "Fourth, what should we do?"

Ding Si whispered: "Follow us to the valley and then take action."

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