The first volume of pearl curtains rolls up the western mountain rain at dusk Chapter 58: Taking an Unconventional Path
Xiahou Zhuo stopped in his tracks. This was something he absolutely should not be involved in. Even if he was a person who did not want to be a member of the royal family, he was still the son of Prince Yu. No matter how clear he tried to deny himself, he could not do so because that was a blood inheritance.
Whether it is Tang Pidi’s case or Mr. Yuming’s current case, he doesn’t want to touch it. This matter has nothing to do with him, and he doesn’t want to have anything to do with it.
But Li Diudiu stopped and stood beside his master, Taoist Changmei.
Xiahou Zhuo was furious, looked at Li Diudiu and roared: "You are just a little fool!"
Then he looked at the Taoist priest with long eyebrows: "You are just an old fool!"
That's very rude.
Li Diudiu and Taoist Changmei just looked at him calmly without any rebuttal. It was not easy for them to refute since Xiahou Zhuo was right after all.
Xiahou Zhuo let out a long breath and pointed at himself: "You fucking fool."
Then he quietly walked to stand beside Li Diudiu, and after a moment he nudged Li Diudiu with his elbow and asked, "Since you have chosen to stay, warrior, do you have any plans?"
Li Diudiu looked at Changmei, and Changmei said, "I'm asking you."
Li Diudiu thought for a moment and said, "It's not like we don't have a chance. It's just that the people chasing us are not a large group of people..."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Mr. Yuming and asked, "How many people are chasing you?"
Mr. Yuming shook his head in confusion: "I...I don't know."
The injured young man stood up and said, "There are about thirty or forty of them. They should all be Liu Chongxin's thugs in his old manor in Laihu County. Most of them were recruited from the underworld and they all have martial arts skills."
"Thirty or forty?"
Li Diudiu said, "They didn't dare to publicly kill Mr. Yuming, so they disguised themselves as bandits and broke into Gui'an Villa. If this matter spread to the world, Liu Chongxin would not be able to bear it, so... let's go out."
"Shall we go out?"
Xiahou Zhuo looked at Li Diudiu in surprise and said, "Are you going to go out and reason with them?"
Li Diudiu said: "Let's go to Tang County Government Office."
Xiahou Zhuo was silent for a moment, and suddenly understood what Li Diudiu meant, but he didn't think Li Diudiu's idea was very reliable.
"Do you want to bet that those people dare not kill people in the county government? They are extremely vicious and may not dare to do so."
"I think we can give it a try."
Li Diudiu said, "We passed by the county government office during the day. I know how to get there. It won't take even a moment to run there. But we don't have to run there. We can just walk there, but not too fast."
Yan Qing said: "They were so blatant in the county town chasing people, but they didn't even encounter a night patrol constable. It's obvious that they have already informed the people in the county government, and the county government will definitely not do anything."
"Mr. Yuming."
Li Diudiu looked at Mr. Yuming, who also had a puzzled look on his face, and asked, "Were you shouting too loudly?"
"call?"
Mr. Yuming looked puzzled: "We don't even have time to hide, why are you shouting?"
Xiahou Zhuo was thinking of something else. He asked Li Diudiu, "When we passed by the county government office, I remember you were talking to the Taoist priest about the food in the restaurant. I don't even remember you looking over there. How did you remember the location?"
Li Diudiu said: "I just took a casual look, what's so strange about this?"
Xiahou Zhuo seemed to be thinking about something, but didn't say anything else.
"Just walk over there like this?"
The young man named Cai Sanxin asked.
Although he didn't quite trust the judgment made by a child, but at the moment, the old man who seemed to be very experienced in the world said nothing, the young man who looked like an older brother said nothing, and the gentleman from the Four Pages Academy also said nothing, so he felt that he could only rely on this half-grown child.
"Yes, just walk out like that."
Li Diudiu walked over and opened the gate: "Even if a fight breaks out, we can easily beat ten of them together."
Cai Sanxin asked: "There are thirty or forty of them, and what we saw may not be all of their men. There may be other pursuers in the city."
Li Diudiu looked at Ye Zhangzhu who was guarding the door: "It won't be a problem for him to beat twenty or thirty people."
Ye Zhangzhu: “Hmm?”
Li Diudiu smiled, and as soon as he went out, he shouted loudly outside: "Is there anyone here? Help me! Someone come and save me!"
The little voice was so crisp that it suddenly broke the quiet night.
"Everyone shout together."
Xiahou Zhuo thought that since it had already come to this, he might as well just follow that silly boy one step at a time. At worst he could just ask Ye Zhangzhu to show the badge of Prince Yu's Palace, although that was something he was extremely reluctant to do.
But if things really come to that point, there is only this one choice. No matter how arrogant Liu Chongxin's men are, they dare not do anything to the people in Prince Yu's Mansion.
He followed Li Diudiu and shouted loudly: "Help, help!"
He shouted, and the Taoist with long eyebrows also shouted. Yan Qingzhi felt that this was very unreasonable and a bit embarrassing, but he honestly followed suit and shouted in a very loud voice.
The shouting became louder and louder, and gradually people came out of their homes to see what was happening.
Li Diudiu said to Mr. Yuming, "Now it's your turn, sir. Just tell us who you are and why you are here. Ask the people to escort you to the county government office. We can talk about it after we get there."
Mr. Yuming still hesitated for a moment. He really felt that this would not only be meaningless, but would also attract those who were chasing him.
"Sir, shout, maybe it will help."
Cai San thought: "This may be the only way."
Mr. Yuming shook his head and smiled bitterly. After gathering his courage, he said loudly to the onlookers, "My name is Guo Songming . I live in Gui'an Villa in Yuntuo Mountain. I was chased here by bandits. Does anyone know which way to the county government office? Can you lead the way for me?"
Cai Sanxin shouted loudly: "This is my mentor Mr. Yuming, please lend a hand!"
Mr. Yuming's real name was Guo Songming. He gave himself the nickname Yuming Jushi, so many people respectfully called him Mr. Yuming.
Of course, the people had all heard of this name. At first, they were still waiting and watching, but finally someone came over and said, "I know where the county government is. I'll take you there!"
The first person moved, and the others followed suit. Of course, they were not there to lead the way, they were there to watch the fun.
Xiahou Zhuo looked at Li Diudiu with admiration and said, "You know that the common people will definitely follow and watch when there is something exciting."
Li Diudiu smiled and said, "Of course, and it's going to be a big event. They may not all have the courage to meddle in other people's business, but they all have the courage to watch other people's business. All they need to do is follow along. The more people, the better."
After hearing what Li Diudiu said, Cai Sanxin had more respect for this half-grown child. He continued to shout hard, and his companions followed suit. Soon, more and more people gathered to watch.
In an alley, many black-clad killers were hiding in the shadows and watching Li Diudiu and his group. Some of them wanted to rush over but were stopped by the leader.
"Are you stupid?"
The leader said, "There are so many people watching, and they know he is Guo Songming. Why would he attack in front of so many people?"
One of the men said, "But Master Liu, if you don't take action now, they will really go to the county government office."
"It's just right to go to the county government office."
The man called Master Liu said, "I hope they can get into the county government office quickly. Once the gate is closed, the people won't be able to see them. Who would care whether they are dead or alive? But we can't do anything now. Those idiots will think we are real bandits..."
He waved his hand and said, "Just follow them in secret and take action after they enter the county government office."
"yes!"
A group of people responded in a low voice.
Li Diudiu and his companions walked and shouted as they headed towards the county government office. More and more people gathered, and there were already hundreds of people. Li Diudiu looked at Xiahou Zhuo and said in a low voice, "There shouldn't be any problems on the way to the county government office. Those people don't dare to commit crimes in public."
Xiahou Zhuo tapped Li Diudiu on the head and said, "Where did you learn these skills?"
Li Diudiu replied: "You should be able to see that this method is definitely not taught by my master..."
Taoist Changmei knocked on his head, but not as lightly as Xiahou Zhuo had knocked.
"Are you still proud after hearing a few compliments?"
Taoist Long Eyebrows asked, "We are almost at the county government office. What do you think we should do next?"
Li Diudiu looked at Mr. Yuming and said, "When we get to the county government gate and they beat the drum, if someone from the government comes out and invites you in to talk, you must not agree, and don't even try to get in."
Mr. Yuming was startled and asked in confusion: "Why don't you go in?"
"You can't go in."
Li Diudiu said, "Tell the people in the county government office not to come in and just rest at the gate of the county government office. Please don't leave the people either."
Mr. Yuming said: "People just watch the excitement, they will always feel sleepy, and when they feel sleepy they will go back to sleep. How can anyone hold on until dawn?"
"Tell them what happened, and embellish it."
Li Diudiu said: "Just start from when the bandits broke into your house. The more details the better, but don't mention the name Liu Chongxin. You can't tell the people that those people are Liu Chongxin's men and insist that they are bandits."
Mr. Yuming finally reacted: "I understand. I'll try my best."
Li Diudiu asked Xiahou Zhuo: "How much money do you have on you?"
Xiahou Zhuo asked: "There are still quite a few, what's the matter?"
Li Diudiu said, "If Mr. Yuming really has nothing to say, when you see the people are about to leave, you can come forward and say you are willing to spend money to buy some food. You are willing to pay a high price, but there is one thing. For safety reasons, you have to cook at the gate of the county government office. You don't need too much. If you offer ten taels of silver, people will fight over it."
Xiahou Zhuo laughed and said, "If I put a tail on your butt, you would be a vixen."
Li Diudiu curled his lips.
They were escorted to the outside of the county government office without the knowledge of a large group of people. Mr. Yuming stepped forward and struck the drum. The 'dong dong dong' sound was like sudden thunder in the summer night.
Li Diudiu felt a little sleepy, so he sat down on the steps and looked at the people who were still gathered around him, all of whom looked very energetic. He did not feel proud, but rather a little sad.
I don’t know if there will be a day in the future when people encounter injustice on the road and instead of helping in this way, they will take the initiative to help.
I don’t know if there will be a day in the future when officials of the imperial court and local officials will no longer be as dirty as the officials of the Great Chu.
I don’t know if there will be a day in the future when great scholars like Mr. Yuming only need to teach the younger generations in the academy instead of risking their lives like this.
I don’t know if there will be a day in the future when…
Thinking of this, Li Diudiu was a little confused. Why should a little kid like me think about these things? Saving the world is the job of the big guys.
