Li Xi just returned from inspecting the city gate defense when he heard the news that Yu Dechen had been captured.
"You caught him in less than two days?"
Jiang Fan said: "The villain has been with my benefactor for a few days, and has become more familiar with his figure and appearance."
"Don't worry, I promise you not to kill him." Li Xia nodded and walked to the county jail.
After entering the cell and looking at the dim and dirty scene, he felt that Yu Dechen and he were really the other way around. He first became a spy and then entered the cell. He wondered whether he would travel to the next generation...
Yu Dechen stayed in a single room with his hands and feet shackled, and a doctor was about to treat his injuries.
"Li Xia, you set the Chongyang Temple on fire, angered the head master to death, and ruined my luck, I will kill you."
"I haven't asked you yet." Li Xia said, "Treat the injury first and talk about it later."
Yu Dechen said: "Now that I have been captured, I will kill or behead you. I will obey your will. Should I be treated or treated?"
"If I were you, I wouldn't have stayed at Granny Ruan's house for so long... but I still stayed there. This is because of my lack of experience."
Yu Dechen was stunned.
Li Xia said: "Treat the injury first. When you are healed, I will give you another chance to escape."
After waiting for a while, the doctor re-dressed Yu Deshen's wound, took his pulse and prescribed a prescription.
Li Xia then asked: "Why are you beating people on the street?"
Yu Dechen didn't expect that he would ask about it first, so he responded generously: "That private salt dealer was rude to me, so I strangled him to death."
"Oh?" Li Xia was a little surprised and said, "That's not what I'm asking about. I'm asking why you hit people on the street a few days ago."
Yu Dechen thought for a while, then recalled it and said: "Those evil servants were chasing a weak woman and they just came to help."
"You are here to assassinate me, why bother adding to the trouble? If it hadn't been for this, I wouldn't have noticed you."
"Have you noticed me?" Yu Dechen said, "No wonder Liu Da Fool would ambush me at the county government office."
"There was a murder case in Luchuan County that was also committed by you?"
Yu Dechen shook his head and said: "I have never killed anyone in Luchuan."
"Did you do the fire in Fushun County?"
"Li Xia, don't blame me for everything." Yu Dechen said angrily: "I went all the way south and only killed one person in Qingfu County."
"Well, you went south along the Tuojiang River and crossed the Yangtze River in Luchuan County? Are you from Lizhou? Did Wang Dechen arrange the identity for you?"
"you!"
Yu Deshen's eyes widened and he turned his head.
Li Xia had already seen many things from his expression, and asked again: "What happens after you kill me? Are you going back from Lizhou?"
Yu Dechen sat cross-legged and began to meditate. He closed his eyes and stopped talking.
"Is your head coach really mad at me? Li Zhichang? He is not in good health?"
Yu Dechen didn't answer.
Li Xia stopped asking and called over Jiang Fan, saying, "Come and see him more when you have time, and ask Fei from the fast class to come over and ask him to sign and sign it... Don't torture him, wait until he recovers."
Let’s talk to me again.”
"yes."
Jiang Fan watched Li Xia leave, then turned to Yu Dechen in the prison and said, "My benefactor, we are all Han Chinese, why don't we work together to fight against the Mongols? Why come to assassinate the county captain?"
Yu Dechen did not answer and closed his eyes to meditate.
"Hey, it's Chinese New Year. I'll give you some glutinous rice balls and rice cakes later..."
At the county government office, Jiang Chun said with a smile: "This is a Chinese New Year, Mr. Han must not be too polite. I have adopted Qiao'er as my adopted daughter, and then we are one family."
This night is the "Reunion Year". All kinds of gatherings during the Chinese New Year here are called "Reunion Year", and the New Year's Eve dinner on New Year's Eve is the most important.
The fire was blazing in the hall, and Jiang Chun and Han Chengxu were talking. When he turned around and saw Yan Yunyun behind him, his eyes lit up again.
Yan Yunyun wears a colorful feather mask on the left side of her face. She looks like she is holding a pipa and half-covering her face. Especially since she has become less frivolous recently and has more charm than before.
She was a smart person. When Han Chengxu introduced her to Li, and felt the displeased gaze of the county magistrate's wife Mou, she took off her mask when she had the opportunity.
"Ah, this..."
"The county magistrate and his wife were shocked." Yan Yunyun quickly put on his mask again to show respect.
Jiang Chun said "It's a pity" several times, and finally his eyes were no longer blurry. He stroked his beard and said, "We will all be relatives from now on."
Although Mou Zhu still doesn't like spending time with these remnants of the Jin Kingdom and prostitutes, she also understands her husband's intentions...
Lieutenant Li was young, had made great achievements, and had an unlimited future, so of course he had to make friends. But Li Xia had a distant and indifferent personality, and it was not easy to make friends, so he had to condescend to make friends with people around him.
What's more, accepting Han Qiao'er as an adopted daughter was also a critical time when the county was surrounded. Han Qiao'er was the closest to Li Xia, which anyone with a discerning eye could see.
Mou Zhu knew in her heart that if it weren't for this relationship, Li Xia would have brought the Han family's grandparents and grandchildren to the camp for a reunion tonight, and would not have been with the Jiang family.
But what was clear was that the addition of Yan Yunyun made her feel extremely uncomfortable. Seeing that her husband didn't seem to mind, she became even more angry for no reason.
"Mom, how about I guess a riddle for you?"
Although Jiang Cang was young, he was a man of spirit. Seeing that his mother was unhappy, he deliberately interrupted her and immediately revealed his business riddle.
"One side is red, the other side is green, one side is afraid of wind, and the other side is afraid of rain. Type one word."
"One side is the other." Mou Qiu was angry, and with a straight face, he casually slapped Jiang Cang and shouted: "Go to the side!"
"You woman, you scold your son if you can't guess." Jiang Chun was in a good mood, stroking his beard and smiling. He could guess it, but he didn't show off in the face of children, and said, "Di'er and Qiaoer, let's guess."
Han Qiaoer shook his head and said, "Father, I can't guess."
She remembered things very well, but she was too lazy to use her brain. She kept looking outside the hall and wondering why Brother Li hadn't come back yet.
"Where's Di'er?"
Jiang Di glanced at Jiang Cang with disdain and said, "It's too simple and boring."
Jiang Chun indeed found the mystery boring.
People in the Song Dynasty liked to play Shang riddles, especially literati and famous prostitutes, but the Shang riddles they played were all of a different kind, such as "A beautiful lady pretended to be drunk and asked for help, revealing her fair chest."
Name the poet and the answer is "Jia Dao Li Bai".
Without some such sentiment, Jiang Chun was too lazy to play.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at Yan Yunyun.
Yan Yunyun smiled, recalling the time spent with literati poetry and wine in the past, feeling suddenly like a dream...
Not long after, Li Xia came back from outside. Han Qiaoer came up to meet him and said with a smile: "Brother Li is back. We are guessing riddles. It's so difficult."
It was rare that Li Xia was willing to play with them for a while and guessed a few business riddles.
It's strange to say that, regardless of whether the daughter is real or fake, she is still a relative in name at least, and he is the only outsider. But once he came back, the atmosphere really became harmonious.
Jiang Chun pretended to rack his brains several times and couldn't guess, which made Jiang Cang very proud. When Jiang Cang was happy, the hall became more and more lively. Yan Yunyun was the best at this, and would say a few witty words from time to time, making Han Qiaoer giggle.
This really made Li Xia feel happy.
"Okay, okay, the banquet will start in a moment. Cang'er, please stop and let Feiyu change into his official robe first."
"That's fine..."
Li Xia got up and went back to the main room in the west wing. After changing her clothes, she was about to go out when she saw Han Qiaoer running in and went straight back to her small room.
"Huh? What's wrong?" he asked through the door.
"Brother Li, I'll get something and I'll be there in a minute."
"good."
Li Xia arrived at the hall and waited until the banquet was about to start, but Han Qiaoer still didn't come.
He then turned back to the west wing, knocked on the door, and said, "Qiao'er, we're here for the New Year's Eve dinner."
"Brother Li..."
Li Xia heard something was wrong in her voice and said, "I'm coming in?"
"Um."
Li Xia entered the room and saw Han Qiaoer sitting there with a pale face, and couldn't help but ask: "Are you sick?"
He touched her forehead and found that it was not hot.
"I'm fine." Han Qiao'er said, "It's great to celebrate the New Year, it's so lively. It would be great if daddy was here and sister Mingyue was here too."
"Well, are you feeling uncomfortable? I'll go ask the doctor..."
"Brother Li." Han Qiaoer pulled his hand and whispered, "Can you give me a pen and paper?"
"What's wrong?"
"I have to write down a lot of things for you, otherwise you will forget..." When Han Qiaoer said this, she suddenly cried, "Because I might die."
Li Xia was stunned.
"I need to find pen and paper." Han Qiaoer murmured.
"Tell me, what happened? Where is it hurt?"
"Brother Li, I really can't bear to leave you... Wuwu... I will be fourteen after the Chinese New Year. I only need two more years to... I can be with you... Wuwu... But I am going to die.
I finally met you..."
Han Qiaoer was crying, and Li Xia was suddenly stunned again. He saw the blood on her pants and realized what was going on.
"Stop crying, it's okay, you won't die."
"Brother Li, there's no need to coax me. I'm not afraid. I just can't let it go... I really can't let it go..."
"It's okay. I'll get you some hot water. Don't be afraid. Just wait for a while."
Han Qiaoer held his shirt tightly and murmured: "Don't leave, can you give me a pen and paper?"
"It's really okay." Li Xia patted her head, comforted her a few more words, stood up and walked out.
When he saw Mou Zhu on the road, he stepped forward and whispered: "Mrs. Jiang, Qiao'er..."
The lower the sound.
Mou Zhu was slightly stunned, sighed, and said: "The poor child who has lost his mother since he was a child, just teach me about the affairs of his daughter's family. Feiyu should go back to class first."
"Thank you for your hard work, Mrs. Jiang."
"You're welcome, Qiao'er is also my daughter..."
Li Xia turned back to the lobby, and after a while, he saw Mou Zhu coming back with Han Qiaoer.
Han Qiaoer's face was still pale, but her eyes had regained their luster, probably because she knew she would not die.
She glanced at Li Xia and quickly lowered her head. She was no longer as innocent as before, but had a hint of daughter's shyness.
Of course, she is still young, including Li Xia, who is just shy...
Li Xia turned around and saw Han Chengxu still chatting and laughing with Jiang Chun; Jiang Di and Jiang Cang were fighting for a peach charm; Mou Zhu said a few words to Yan Yunyun and no longer kept a straight face.
…
"Come, come, let's have a party, it's the reunion year."
Jiang Chun raised his wine glass and said with a smile: "This year, all of you have relatives and friends who are thousands of miles apart. It's just that Mr. Han and I each have an adopted daughter, so we can reunite as a family in this foreign land. It's also a happy thing."
Having said this, he did not forget that he was an official and a parent in the county.
"With this first glass of wine, I first offer my respects to the gods of heaven and earth, and pray for peace and prosperity for the Song Dynasty and for good weather..."
…
The two words Li Xia heard most recently were "New Year". The New Year of the Song Dynasty indeed brought him a very different feeling.
On this New Year's Eve, nothing thrilling happened, but his relationship with the Jiang family changed a lot.
Li Xia also remembered how when Han Qiaoer thought he was going to die, all he wanted to do was do more for him...