Chapter 32: Harmony
Liu Xiu was sixteen years old, and this was the first time she was alone in a room with a boy of the same age.
In addition, Li Ji was in his prime, masculine and handsome, so it was inevitable that he had some wild thoughts in his mind.
She tossed and turned until half an hour later, when she gradually fell asleep.
She had just fallen asleep when she heard Li Ji calling her and she got out of bed.
She felt nervous, wondering if Lord Li had something important to tell her at this time.
Can't we talk about it tomorrow? It's so urgent.
Liu Xiu's heart moved, and his brain went blank. Or did he suddenly want to be with me...
Liu Xiu couldn't help but feel his ears hot and his face flushed, and his heartbeat suddenly accelerated.
She slipped into Li Ji's room and there seemed to be no big movement.
When she lit the lamp, she screamed:
"You have a nosebleed!"
Li Ji snorted and said, "Quick, bring a cold towel to wipe it."
Liu Xiu took a cold towel from the bedside table and wiped away the blood with a few strokes.
Then he dipped a towel in water and placed it on his forehead.
"Why did you have a nosebleed when you were fine all night?" Liu Xiu asked.
"I don't know either. I just feel my throat is dry."
"Then I'll go get you a glass of water."
Liu Xiu came to the outer room, poured a cup of warm water and handed it to Li Ji.
Li Ji drank it all in one breath.
"Master Li, please drink slowly."
Liu Xiu spoke softly and Li Ji's whole body trembled, as if he was roasted by scorching heat.
"It seems that we should eat less hot pot." Liu Xiu said in a low voice.
When Li Ji heard the word "hot pot", he thought:
"That's not right. How can this system be so fucking tricky? The ingredients it rewards can make people bleed from the nose?"
"What's in here?" he blurted out.
Liu Xiu thought Li Ji was asking her, and she said:
“I didn’t put anything else in it, just half a bowl of ginseng soup.”
When Li Ji heard this, he cried out in amazement.
"Miss, why did you put that thing in there? My body is so hot, how can my nose not bleed?"
Liu Xiu was speechless for a moment. She often saw her mother making ginseng soup for her father, and she thought ginseng was a good thing.
Alas, good intentions led to bad consequences.
Liu Xiu was like a little girl who had done something wrong, and under the dim yellow light, she looked even more pitiful .
She lowered her eyebrows and looked pleasant, her long eyelashes fluttering.
For a moment, Li Ji felt very sorry. Was his attitude a little stiff?
He reached out and took her little hand, then said gently:
"Okay, don't put that thing next time. It's a rip-off!"
At some point, a crystal teardrop appeared on Liu Xiu's long eyelashes.
"Oh, don't, don't be sad."
When Li Ji said this, Liu Xiu felt a lump in his throat and big tears flowed down his face.
As the old saying goes: Look at the scenery under the moon and look at people under the lamp.
Liu Xiu was originally a leader among women, and with her graceful and charming figure, she looked even more charming and elegant at this moment.
"Don't cry, ah! I won't say anything, oh!"
Li Ji coaxed her softly while reaching out to wipe the tears from her cheek.
When Liu Xiu saw Li Ji leaning forward, she thought he was going to hug her.
She shuddered all over and leaned forward.
A scent of sweet osmanthus wafted into Li Ji's nose, and he suddenly felt his eyes go dark.
Liu Xiu was also familiar with classics, history, poetry, Chu Ci and Han Fu since childhood.
She understood the meanings of “A beautiful lady is a gentleman’s dream”, “If one cannot get her, he will think about her day and night” and “He is so leisurely that he can’t sleep well”.
Especially since she was in her prime, she had already had a vague dream of love at first sight, harmonious marriage, and mountains and rivers flowing.
She thought of her heartfelt confessions and her desperate cries.
Deep down in her heart, she had already entrusted her life to him.
The moment Li Ji hugged her, she undressed and leaned forward.
Just then, footsteps were heard outside the door.
"Bang, bang! Lord Li! There's a gangster on West Market Old Street!"
Ye Fan banged on the door and shouted outside, and Li Ji suddenly let go.
He quickly put on his coat and walked out the door with a knife.
"Sir, Ye Chen has already gone there with the soldiers of the Ye Camp."
Li Ji saw that Ye Fan had already gathered his personal guards.
"Okay, stop dithering and get going!"
The case review office is not far from the West Market Old Street, only half an hour away.
As the pace was faster at night, Li Ji and his team arrived at the scene quickly.
Ye Chen, with more than sixty former soldiers under Luo Xiao, was fighting with the bandits.
A lot of people gathered in front of a tall building in the old street.
From time to time, there were cries coming from inside.
Li Ji went forward and saw two big characters "Xiao Mansion" on the door.
After a while, the bandits fled when they saw Ye Fan's personal guards arriving.
Ye Chen came over and reported: "There are about thirty bandits, all wearing black veils."
Li Ji ordered: "Take the thieves back to the case investigation office."
In the Pingyuan County Case Trial Bureau, a low, spacious earthen house was already brightly lit.
Li Ji sat down behind an old locust wood desk.
Ye Chen knelt down and reported: "A total of 17 bandits were captured this time."
Li Ji shouted fiercely: "Take the bandits and conduct the trial overnight."
"yes!"
Ye Chen took the order and left.
Soon, seventeen gangsters were brought in.
"Remove their veils."
Li Ji was surprised when he saw it.
Among the seventeen bandits, five were female.
"It must be Lisa Liu and her gang. Damn it, the day of revenge has finally come."
Li Ji shouted, "Take the five female bandits out and behead them first!"
A female bandit shouted, "You murderous devil, Wild Rose will eat you alive!"
Li Ji smiled and said, "According to public security regulations, anyone caught must be executed. I can't let you go just because I'm afraid of Wild Rose."
Outside the door, law enforcement officer Ye Chen supervised the execution on the spot.
The executioner beheaded the five female bandits as easily as chopping melons and vegetables. In half an hour, he had already beheaded them.
Their heads were hung at the crossroads of the Xiguan old street district for public display.
Ye Chen returned to the hearing room.
Li Ji is interrogating twelve male bandits.
A male bandit with a sturdy build, thick eyebrows and big eyes looked ferocious.
He clenched his teeth and spat violently onto the ground.
"Little Li Ji, aren't you your mother's child? Killing people is like mowing the grass. Five lives were gone in the blink of an eye."
Li Ji shouted angrily:
"Don't lie. Thieves and bandits are hated by everyone. How many families have been destroyed by you overnight?"
He suddenly shouted angrily: "You are a bandit, yet you still claim to be a good man in front of me. Come on! Take him out and behead him."
The man screamed:
"Li Ji, you living devil, Chief Hao Xiaode will definitely avenge us. Just wait!"
Li Ji was very surprised that they were actually bandits from Hao Xiaode's group.
"Damn it, as people from the plains, these bandits actually robbed the local wealthy people."
All twelve male bandits were beheaded in public.
Before I knew it, the east was turning white.
Li Ji returned to the yamen with a tired body.
Liu Xiu was no longer sleepy. She was wearing a lilac coat and sitting on the edge of the bed reading a book.
The morning light was dim, and a ray of sunlight sprinkled on Liu Xiu's hair, making it look particularly bright.
Li Ji looked up and shouted in surprise:
"your……"
