Three days later, Li Xia sent someone to Xuzhou to pick up Li Xiling's wife and children. He met with them before letting them see Li Xiling.
Li Xiling's wife, Du Shi, was less than forty years old and looked dignified and virtuous; his son Li Zhaocheng, who was nineteen years old, looked a bit frail and frail. Although he was a man, he gave people a sense of "beautiful face".
Li Xia felt that Li Zhao didn't look like Li Xiling as he grew up, his appearance was too soft, and he lacked the free and easy spirit of Li Xiling.
After a few words of greeting, the mother and son responded appropriately, and what they said was the same as what Li Xiling said. He said that Li Xiling was originally in the palace of Uncle Xie Fang, and then returned to Sichuan and went to Hao Xiuyang to learn Taoism in order to support himself in the Taoism and avoid corvee labor.
, taxes, and the family plans to settle down in southern Shu in the future.
Seeing that he couldn't ask too many questions, Li Xia arranged a house for Li Xiling's family near the workshop.
This house is not in the city, but on the east bank of Fujiang River, close to Qingfu Camp. Because there are many military families and workers, it has formed a large square, and life is considered convenient.
After the family settled down, Mrs. Du's expression became lively when she met Li Xiling. She was no longer as dull as she had been along the way, and her temperament was completely different.
"..."
"You didn't recognize him?"
"No, I felt strange when I came out of Xuzhou." Du said: "According to what the officials said, if you call me 'Du', it means that you are using the identity of a staff member of the Xie Mansion. I was thinking about the officials along the way.
Why is this so? I dare not be careless; when I arrived at Qingfu, I felt even more strange if I didn’t see the officials first..."
"And after that?"
"When I met Mr. Young, I was pleasantly surprised at the first sight. But...it was different. Apart from his appearance, he felt like a completely different person. I thought the wall had ears, so he didn't dare to recognize me. But when he opened his mouth...
…”
Li Xiling said: "As soon as you open your mouth, people will think it's not him?"
Du lowered his head and said nothing, with worry and doubt in his eyes, and asked, "What do the officials think?"
"I wanted to see if you recognized him, but even you felt it, so it wasn't my illusion."
Li Xiling added: "He is very smart and insightful. I just showed a few glances when I saw him, and he kept probing. I had to change my identity and lie down to find out first."
"The officials haven't asked him?"
Li Xiling said lightly: "If it's not my son, what's the point of asking? Why don't you let him find an excuse to deceive me?"
"I heard that Li Feiyu has an additional staff member."
"Yes, this person's behavior is somewhat different. Li County Lieutenant, Han Jingzhi and his son usually act as they please and don't pay much attention to the court's laws. However, this Li Xiling is very familiar with this, and no one can fault him."
When Jiang Yan said this, he took a few official documents and handed them to Fang Yankai, saying: "Just looking at this little thing, you can tell that County Lieutenant Li wants to go to Dali. He gave many reasons, but he didn't even show off.
Yes. On the contrary, after Li Xiling came, he made up for the paperwork."
Fang Yankai took it and looked at it, and saw that there was a letter in it from Dali's ministers requesting to send envoys to enter the country. He read it for a long time, but could not see any trace of forgery.
There were no signs of forgery, but he could tell that Li Xiling was familiar with officialdom, which was exactly what Li Xia and the Han family were not good at.
Presumably, when Li Xia is away, having such a person in charge of Qingfu County can ensure the stability of the situation...
"He really found such a staff member." Fang Yankai murmured, "How come so many ghosts and monsters come to this small border county?"
Because Han Chengxu and his son were survivors of the Jin Kingdom, Fang Yankai never compared their talents with his own.
But Li Xiling was different. He was obviously a more powerful person in the officialdom, but he was willing to serve as Li Xia's staff.
This made Fang Yankai suddenly feel that the pride in his heart was a bit ridiculous...
At night.
The woman dressed in black slowly walked through the alley again and walked towards the back door of the county government office.
Beside the door, a doorman yawned and turned his head.
Asha was about to raise her hand when she heard him say something.
"I...I'll go...ask the county captain to come out. He told me, if you...you come again, I'll ask him to come out...please wait a moment...can you understand me?"
Menzi said, running towards the yard, his steps a little panicked.
Asha did not react much, she just lowered her hand slowly.
The lantern under the eaves suddenly went out, making the atmosphere strange.
After a while, Li Xia walked out, stood in the alley and glanced left and right, but Asha was nowhere to be seen.
There was a cool breeze blowing on his neck. He turned around suddenly and saw the woman standing behind him.
This scene was a bit scary, but Li Xia was not afraid and said: "You are quite flexible. It seems that Xiong Chun didn't catch you?"
"Did you see him in the underworld?" Asha asked to herself.
"Let's talk outside here." Li Xia also said to himself, "I won't invite you to sit in. It will scare County Magistrate Jiang and his family."
Asha murmured: "You are from Wangchuan... have you seen him?"
"People say you are crazy, but I think you are still sane, and you know how to do it in the middle of the night."
"Have you seen him? When will he come back?"
Ashayu didn't want to chat with him, and still only asked faint questions.
"Okay." Li Xia said, "I have met Qu Liang, but he has forgotten you."
"You're talking nonsense!" Asha suddenly shouted: "Don't even think about lying to me!"
"Why did I lie to you? I saw Meng Po holding him down and feeding him Meng Po soup. He didn't remember you, not at all."
"No, you lied to me...lyed to me..."
"I'm not lying to you. No one can forget their previous life after death, including Qu Liang."
"Your soul has already told me, and you haven't forgotten..."
Li Xia said seriously: "Because I am different. I am the Ming King who was born to see the world in chaos and save the common people..."
Asha shook her head, ignored Li Xia, turned and left.
"Qu Liang has not forgotten me, he will not."
She muttered something to herself, and then hummed something softly.
Li Xia followed her, walked side by side with her, looked down at her veil, and said with a tone of inquiry: "I don't look like that?"
He was very serious, as if he was learning how to pretend to be a ghost.
Asha did not answer, but sang an unknown ancient Miao ballad softly, like a spell, which was a bit scary.
Li Xia said sincerely: "I am really reborn, aren't you curious?"
"Fake...he won't forget me..."
"Really, I died once..."
Asha looked a little annoyed. Suddenly she waved her sleeves and a cloud of smoke came out, covering Li Xia's face.
She didn't even look at Li Xia and continued walking forward.
The scene in my memory is like that day in the Miao village, when Akui was making trouble around Li Xia.
She and Qu Liang were like that when they were young.
"You have been poisoned by my love, and you are never allowed to leave the mountains again."
"Okay." Qu Liang smiled slightly, with loving eyes and a peaceful face.
…
"Hey." The boy behind him shouted again, interrupting Asha's memory.
She is unhappy.
Li Xia is the person she has met the most like Qu Liang in more than ten years. But he is not like him at all. His mind is full of worldly power, and he has none of Qu Liang's otherworldly temperament.
She couldn't describe this feeling, but she knew...he was a liar who was pretending to be a ghost.
"I am truly reborn..."
Ashayu still turned a deaf ear.
At first, she sensed Li Xia's mystery. He had secrets and fears that she couldn't help but want to uncover. She longed to uncover the secrets of the Yin and Yang realms.
But now, Li Xia's sense of mystery has disappeared.
She just thought he was noisy and just wanted to go away immediately.
Li Xia suddenly took two steps forward and asked, "Do you want to find Qu Liang? I can help you..."