After dark, no one could be seen on Diyuanfang Street. From time to time, there would be a few officers and soldiers walking through the street carrying torches.

Li Qi hid in a small alley, his stomach growling with hunger.

Before I had no money to eat, now I have money and I have no food to eat.

What is this day called?

It's so cold outside, where to spend the night is a problem.

After watching the officers and soldiers walk away, Li Qi quietly slipped out of the street and went into another alley.

The only place he knew now was the place where Gopher lived before.

The ground mouse ran away before, and I don't know if anyone lives in that place now. Now I can only try my luck.

Arriving at the small earthen house, Li Qi stood at the door and pushed it, but found that the door would not open.

When he came to the earth wall next to him, he jumped and climbed over it.

This wall is not high, less than two meters, so it doesn't take much effort to climb into the yard.

Then under the faint moonlight, he moved toward the inner room and found that there was some light inside.

Could it be that the ground mice haven’t left yet?

Thinking about it, he knocked on the door and whispered: "Is Brother Wang here?"

After a while, the wooden door was opened, revealing a half-grown boy.

When he saw the person standing outside the door, he was stunned for a moment, and then his face lit up: "My benefactor!"

Li Qi was a little confused when he was called like that. Looking at the young man in patchwork clothes in front of him, he felt a little familiar.

"It's you!"

He remembered, isn't this the kid who sold himself to save his mother before?

"Xiao Yi, who is it?" A woman's voice came from inside the house.

The child pulled Li Qi into the house and quickly bolted the door.

The house is not big and has no windows. There is a small hall outside and an inner room.

The woman's voice came from the inner room.

"My dear friend, please sit down for a while. I'll go in and talk to my mother," the child said.

Li Qi nodded, sat on a long chair, and saw a pot of water on the table, so he poured a bowl of it and drank it.

After a while, the curtain in the inner room opened, and a woman in her thirties walked out.

The woman has dark skin, wears a very thin cloth, her hair is wrapped in a scarf, and she has a smile on her face.

As soon as she came out, she knelt down directly towards Li Qi.

"Thank you so much for saving my life..."

Li Qi was startled and quickly stepped forward to help the mother and son up: "Don't be like this, get up quickly."

After the woman got up, she wiped the tears from her eyes, while the child beside her looked happy.

After getting to know her, Li Qi found out that the woman's name was Yang Cui, and she had been living with her son Liu Yi since her husband died.

The reason why they are in the house of the gopher Wang Sanduo is because Wang Sanduo gave this place to them when he left Jincheng, so they are here.

Without saying a few words, Yang Cui returned to the inner room.

Liu Yi made some steamed buns and baked them with an oil lamp for Li Qi to satisfy his hunger.

Li Qi, who had not eaten for a day, was not picky. He ate four steamed buns in one go before stopping, and then drank two bowls of water.

After eating and drinking, Li Qi said that he wanted to stay here for a few days.

Naturally, the mother and son did not refuse. Liu Yi found some hay and spread it in the corner of the hall, and Li Qi spent the night there.

When he got up early the next morning, Yang Cui had already gone out, leaving Liu Yi alone in the yard chopping firewood.

Li Qi found him, gave him a banknote, and asked him to go out and buy some food and some bedding.

After eating at noon, Li Qi tidied up the hall, found a few wooden boards to make a simple bed, and laid out the bedding he bought.

Before he could lie down on it to try to feel comfortable, a burst of crying from a child came from the inner room.

Li Qi was a little confused. He opened the curtain and looked inside. He saw a child wearing a bellyband on a wooden bed, sitting on it looking pitiful.

Liu Yi obviously heard the crying. When he ran in, he smiled at Li Qi and said, "This is my brother. He must be hungry."

Li Qi nodded and said nothing more.

Liu Yi made a bowl of hot soup, put the steamed buns in it to soak for a while, and then went to feed the child.

Liu Yi is only eleven or twelve years old, but he is very sensible.

For several days, Li Qi didn't go out. Every day, he asked Liu Yi to go out to buy food for him and ask him to inquire about what was going on outside.

Yang Cui goes out before dawn every day and doesn't come back until it's almost dark at night. She is obviously working somewhere outside.

On this day, after Yang Cui went out, Liu Yi and Li Qi sat in the house.

"My dear friend, is your name Li Qi?" Liu Yi asked.

He has never told them his name, how did he know it?

Before Li Qi could speak, Liu Yi continued: "When I went out today, I heard someone saying that the government officials were chasing a person. That person's name is Li Qi and he is the owner of Cuihonglou."

Having said this, he stared straight at Li Qi with both eyes.

"Actually, when my benefactor came over in the middle of the night that day, I guessed that my benefactor must have encountered some trouble. I also told my mother. She said that you are our benefactor and nothing will happen to you no matter what." Liu Yi.

Be firm and honest.

Hearing this, Li Qi was moved.

Unexpectedly, in my most difficult time, it would be such a mother and son who helped me.

"My dear benefactor, don't worry. If you stay here, no one from the government will find you here," Liu Yidao said.

Li Qi nodded and took out some banknotes from his body: "You can give these money to your mother when she comes back."

Liu Yi shook his head: "Mother said, you have already spent enough money to buy things for me, and there is still a lot of money that has not been used up. Moreover, in the past few days, the food at home has been made with the money spent by my benefactor. We can't

I want your money again..."

Li Qi touched his head: "Xiaoyi, don't call me any benefactor from now on, call me brother."

Liu Yi's face lit up: "Brother Li!"

"Be obedient. You can take the money first. Later, you can ask your mother to buy some delicious food for your brother." Li Qi said.

Liu Yi hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.

In the end, Li Qi had no choice but to forget it.

Originally, Li Qi thought that by hiding here for a few days, he would be able to find a chance to escape while the people from the imperial court and Feiyan Village started to fight each other.

But who would have known that not only was there no movement at all outside, but according to Liu Yi, many more officers and soldiers came.

"Those officers and soldiers are different from the previous officers and soldiers. They are all very impressive, and everyone is wearing a tall hat..." Liu Yi described, "I heard people say that they seem to be from a certain family.

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"What door?" Li Qi wondered.

Liu Yi recalled it carefully, and after a moment his eyes lit up and he said: "I remembered it. Uncle Ma, who sells sesame cakes, said they are from Liumen!"

Six doors?!
Chapter completed!