Xia Chen looked up and saw a girl in a blue shirt walking towards him with a serious face.
This girl is about two years older than Li Qitong. The two girls look quite similar, but she looks much more mature. She has a pair of autumn eyes with an indifferent look, plain eyebrows and a light makeup, giving her a cold and glamorous aura.
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"Sister, I'm fine, and I also brought a friend back, who is my guest!" Li Qitong said with a smile.
She turned around and greeted: "Xiao Chenzi, come here quickly. This is my sister. Her maiden name is Li Yatong. How about she? She looks good-looking, right?"
Xia Chen cupped his fists and said, "Xia Chen, I have met the eldest lady!"
"Keeper?" Li Yatong glanced at Xia Chen indifferently and said with a frown, "Now is an extraordinary period. Why do you bring people of unknown origin to your home? What if they are spies of the Yang family?"
Li Qitong pouted her lips: "Sister, Xiao Chenzi is not a spy. He is a casual cultivator from outside. He happened to pass by Maplewood City and was bullied by the Yang family's servants. I rescued him and brought him back!"
She did not tell Xia Chen about killing Yang Quan and others. This was something the two of them had discussed on the road.
"Rogue cultivator from outside? How did you meet him by chance? And he happened to be bullied by the Yang family's servants?" Li Yatong looked suspicious, looked at Xia Chen and sneered, "Are you playing a trick? You want to deceive me.
My sister, who are you? What do you want to do by sneaking into the Li family?"
As she spoke, a murderous look suddenly appeared on her pretty face.
Xia Chen said calmly: "Since the eldest lady doesn't believe me, then I'll just leave right now." After saying that, he walked out the door without hesitation.
Li Yatong was stunned. She was just deliberately threatening. If Xia Chen was really a spy, she would definitely try her best to explain, which would inevitably reveal loopholes in her language. She didn't expect that this young man would be so arrogant and leave without saying a word.
"Hey, Xiao Chenzi, don't leave!" Li Qitong immediately became anxious, stopped in front of Xia Chen, and said loudly, "Sister, are you being unreasonable? Accusing others for no reason? You are allowed to find retainers, but I am not allowed.
Looking for it?"
Li Yatong said calmly: "Qitong, you are too young and do not have enough eyesight, so you can easily be taken advantage of by people with ulterior motives. This is for your own good. Even if this person is not a spy, he is just a piece of grass who leaves so easily. He is not reliable at all, let alone you."
As I said just now, it was you who rescued him from the Yang family's servants. He is not even as good as a servant. What is the use of my Li family to raise such a retainer? Are they free rice? "
"Sister, you are going too far." Li Qitong said angrily, "I don't care, I want Xiao Chenzi to be my guest. If you don't agree, I will go find dad!"
She picked up Xia Chen and walked towards the hall.
Li Yatong's expression changed: "Qitong, can you please stop being so willful?"
The three of them walked into the hall and saw a middle-aged man with a ruddy complexion sitting in the middle of the hall, looking very worried.
Seeing Li Qitong come in, surprise appeared on the middle-aged man's face: "Qitong, you're back! Dad is really worried about you, so don't run around anymore in the future!"
Li Qitong ran over like a little bird, nestled next to the middle-aged man, and said aggrievedly: "Dad, my sister bullied me. I finally found a friend from outside who was willing to be my guest. She insisted on saying that she was a spy.
I also want to drive away the person I am looking for. Dad, can you let me keep Xiao Chenzi?"
"Keeper? Xiao Chenzi?" The middle-aged man was startled, glanced at Xia Chen, and then at Li Yatong, "Yatong, what's going on?"
Li Yatong glared at her sister fiercely: "Dad, this person's origin is unknown, so we can't keep him here." Then he told her what just happened.
The middle-aged man laughed and said: "What do I think? Yatong, you don't want to be a soldier. It's not easy for spies from the Yang family to sneak in. Since Qitong likes it, just accept this kid as a retainer. Let's
The Li family is not short of food."
Li Qitong was overjoyed. She made a face towards Li Yatong and said with a smile: "I knew that dad is the best! Xiao Chenzi, dad agreed to keep you, and I will meet the master of the family soon!"
Xia Chen thought to himself, it seems that this is Li Dongkui. He seemed to be a good person. He cupped his fists slightly and said, "Xia Chen, I have met the head of the Li family."
His expression was indifferent and he only gave a slight salute. Although he spoke politely, it was just ordinary politeness without any respect or awe.
Li Yatong was blocked by her father and came back. She was angry and shouted: "You are so presumptuous. My father agreed to take you in, which is already a great favor. You don't kneel down to thank me? How uncultured are you?"
Xia Chen didn't even look at her, as if he hadn't heard anything.
"You!" Li Yatong's face turned red with anger. As the eldest lady of the Li family, she was just like a princess in Maplewood City. She was everywhere without being praised by stars, but she was ignored by this ordinary young man. She was so angry.
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Li Dongkui was also stunned, but seeing Xia Chen's neither humble nor arrogant appearance, he couldn't help but secretly marvel, thinking that this young man looks ordinary, but he is not as servile as others, which is really rare.
Then he said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, my little boy is brave enough to brave Maplewood City alone! Qitong, please take Xiaochenzi down. You found him. From now on, he will only listen to you. Do you think it's okay?"
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He heard Li Qitong call Xia Chen Xiaochenzi, so he did the same.
Xia Chen was speechless, thinking that I was in conflict with the person who entered the palace.
Li Qitong was overjoyed. She hugged Li Dongkui's neck and kissed him on the face: "Dad, you are so kind!"
She let go of Li Dongkui, grabbed Xia Chen's arm, and gave Li Yatong a proud look: "Xiao Chenzi, let's go! I'll arrange a place for you. What room do you want?"
With that said, the two of them walked side by side towards the door.
Li Yatong said angrily: "Dad, you are too spoiled to Qitong, when will she grow up like this?"
Li Dongkui smiled slightly: "She is still young. When she grows up, she will naturally become sensible! Yatong, don't always be worried. It's so tiring. For some things, it's better to let nature take its course."
Li Yatong was about to speak when suddenly, a servant ran in in a panic: "Master, eldest lady, great news! Yang Quan, the second son of the Yang family, as well as retainers Xu He, Xu Bing and several servants were all killed.
Kill him, now the Yang family is collecting the body and looking for the murderer!"
"What? Yang Quan was killed?" Li Dongkui and Li Yatong were shocked.
"What's going on? Please explain clearly." Li Dongkui's face was solemn.
Xia Chen and Li Qitong looked at each other and stood at the door. They didn't expect that the incident would spread so quickly.
The servant said: "Master, I don't know the specific reason. I just heard that Yang Quan, along with two retainers and several servants, seemed to be looking for trouble with someone. It turned out that they were all killed in one place.
It's in front of a secluded alley, and it's not too far from our Li family. Now this matter has become a big deal."
"How did you die?" Li Yatong asked.
"He was beaten to death with a large amount of money. Before the Yang family collected the body, there were still many people looting the money." The servant said with a look of disbelief on his face.
I'm afraid anyone who sees someone being beaten to death by money will find it incredible.
Li Dongkui and his daughter looked at each other, and they could see the surprise in each other's eyes. They actually used money to kill people. This method is really strange.
"How did the Yang family react?" Li Dongkui suddenly lowered his gaze and asked.
The servant shook his head and said: "There was no reaction. All the bodies were taken away. In addition, some of their servants were posting notices offering a reward for the murderer."
"Okay, I understand, go down." Li Dongkui said.
The servant bowed and then left.
"Dad, that's really good news. The Yang family was just about to attack us, but it got off to a bad start." Li Yatong looked excited, "That Yang Quan did all kinds of evil, relying on the power of the Yang family to dominate, and those people under him are not good people either.
You deserve to die!"
Li Dongkui did not speak, he thought for a moment, and then suddenly said: "Yatong, please go down immediately and get the guests and servants ready. From now on, patrol day and night, increase the security range, and check Yang every other time."
There is movement at home, and you are always ready to fight."
Li Yatong was startled: "Dad, why are you so nervous? It's not like we killed Yang Quan? Even if the Yang family comes to visit us, we won't be held responsible."
Li Dongkui shook his head and said: "It has nothing to do with whether there is evidence or not. The question is who has the courage and strength to kill Yang Quan in Maplewood City. If you were a member of the Yang family, what would you think?"
Li Yatong opened her eyes wide and said in surprise: "Does the Yang family think it was our Li family who did it?"
"That's right!" Li Dongkui nodded, "The only people in Maplewood City who have the strength to kill Yang Quan are our Li family, Yang family, Yu family, and your fiancé Qin Luo's Qin family, so there is no need for any evidence. Everyone will do it.
They thought it was us. Now the Yang family and the Yu family have formed an alliance and threatened us to hand over the treasure key. However, because the Qin family and we are in-laws, they have not yet broken up. But even so, the situation is tense. At this time, Yang
If Quan is suddenly killed, the Yang family will definitely point the finger at us, and may start a war immediately, so we must respond with all our strength."
Xia Chen glanced at Li Dongkui with some surprise. He didn't expect that this head of the family who only had the third level of acquired cultivation was quite shrewd, much better than some of the disciples of the Zhengxuan sect who had the third level of acquired cultivation.
"Dad, could it be that someone deliberately framed me?" Li Yatong thought deeply, "Just to provoke a war between the Yang family and our Li family so that he can benefit from it."
"It's not necessary." Li Dongkui said without thinking, "In order to seize the treasure key, the Yang family is already at odds with us. Sooner or later, they will start a war, so why provoke it? The Yu and Qin families are also allies of the Yang family and us.
Who else could benefit from this? I guess it was Yang Quan who was domineering and provoked people he shouldn't have provoked, and ended up causing a serious disaster, but he was just a small person and not important."
In a few words, he analyzed the matter close to the truth.
"Then I will make arrangements now." Li Yatong said.