As soon as Li Xin helped the little girl up, he saw the goatee kneeling for no reason, and was almost startled. After all, he hasn't gotten used to this world where he kneels and knees at every turn.

Qin Huaiyu could almost guess Goatee's mental activities, and smiled from ear to ear.

Goat Hu cried: "His Royal Highness Chu, it was the old slave who was so disrespectful to His Highness just now. Your Highness must not care about this old slave. Your Highness likes this slave girl, just give it to His Highness, what money is not worth it?" Money, don't spoil the villain!" As he spoke, he quickly picked up the two silver pancakes at his feet, and held them in front of Li Xin with both hands.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Li Xin felt a little silly. In his cognition, since the little girl broke the goatee vase, if he wants to take the little girl away, he must not only pay enough money to redeem the little girl, but of course he should also compensate for the loss of the goatee Drop, isn't this justified?

"What are you doing? Are you insane?" Li Xin looked at the goatee kneeling on the ground, cursed with a puzzled expression, and had no intention of reaching out to take back the silver pancakes.

The goatee lowered his head humbly, even if he didn't understand what "crazy" was, he didn't raise his head or ask questions. He only asked Li Xin to quickly take back the hot money. As for this clumsy little servant, Li Xin could take it away if he wanted to, and he didn't want to stop him at all. Five doesn't matter.

Li Xin didn't understand Goatee's psychology at all, and didn't want to understand. He took the little girl's dirty little hand, and said coldly to the goatee who was kneeling down: "I will send the girl's documents to the palace at noon tomorrow at the latest. Don't open it."

After finishing speaking, he took the little girl and Qin Huaiyu and strode out of the gate of Dongshi together.

Goatee held the silver pancakes and watched the three go away, not knowing what to do for a while. For the first time, he felt a little regretful: this broken vase is too unlucky, if he knew it earlier, he should have listened to his mother-in-law, and it would be nice not to spend money on this thing, but he actually provoked people like the King of Chu because of it. What should I do?

After Li Xin and Qin Huaiyu left Dongshi with the little girl, they walked towards Chongyifang. Qin Huaiyu looked down at the little girl who was walking obediently between the two of them. She walked with her head down all the time, not daring to say a word. I don't know if she was frightened just now, or she still hasn't fully understood what happened to her.

"There are too many things like this, you can't handle it." Qin Huaiyu sighed. He understood Li Xin's mood very well, but he also knew that it didn't make much sense for Li Xin to do so.

Li Xin looked at the bleak road ahead calmly, and said: "I know. But I really can't see it, I can only see it once." After speaking, he suddenly laughed, and said: "No wonder Confucius said that a gentleman is far away. Cook, it seems that his old man's words are very reasonable. I will stay in the palace if I have nothing to do in the future, and don't come out to hang around."

Qin Huaiyu shook his head with a smile when he heard this.

Li Xin never thought of letting others uphold his attitude of valuing life. But at least for him, he didn't want to accept the common sense of Tang people as his own. He also wanted to leave a clean enough place in his heart. No matter how many times this kind of thing happens again, he will definitely make the same choice, because he at least wants to be worthy of his conscience.

The time to return to Chongyifang was a quarter of an hour later than the official curfew time. Marquis Wu, who patrolled the streets, saw Qin Huaiyu and Li Xin still walking slowly on the street, and complained incessantly: These two masters are still on the street after the curfew Akira, isn't this embarrassing for me? Do I care or not?

No matter, it is possible to gain a reputation of "defying tyranny", but it is very likely to pay a huge price for this reputation; no matter, nothing will happen, and everything will become beautiful. Which side to choose, the answer is obvious.

In the end, the Marquis Wu silently looked up at the dark moonless night sky, pretending to count the stars, and passed by Li Xin, as if he hadn't noticed the three living criminals passing by beside him.

Saying goodbye to Qin Huaiyu, Li Xin took the little girl back to his Chu Palace. As soon as he entered the door, a maid came up with a basin to let Li Xin wash his hands. But Li Xin was not in a hurry to wash his hands, but took a cloth towel from the maid and wiped the little girl's face. After the dust on her face was cleaned off, a juicy little face appeared in front of Li Xin. Unfortunately, due to malnutrition, this complexion was a bit unsightly, otherwise it should have been more cute.

Those twinkling eyes stared at Li Xin's face quietly, not knowing what he was thinking. Perhaps, this is the first time someone other than her parents wiped her face.

"What's your name?" Li Xin asked.

"Runniang." The little girl replied timidly.

Li Xin nodded and comforted him: "It's okay, you will work in the house from now on. Don't worry, no one will beat you."

When Wang Gui heard that his lord was back, he hurried over to pay his respects. Seeing that Li Xin was bringing a little girl with him, he asked, "My lord, where did this little girl come from?"

Li Xin didn't bother to talk much, he waved his hand casually and said, "I picked it up on the road. From now on, I'll stay in the mansion to serve tea and water. You can find someone to take her to have a meal first. Then come to me in the study." Said After finishing, he stroked Runniang's little hairy head, and strode into the house.

Runniang was obviously a little uneasy about Li Xin's departure, but she didn't dare to open her mouth to ask Li Xin to stay. The life of being beaten and scolded for many years made her understand a truth: in most cases, the less you say and do, the less you make mistakes, and the less you make mistakes, the less you get beaten.

Wang Gui glanced at Runniang and smiled gently, which made Runniang feel more at ease.

The people in that kind-hearted big brother's family seem to be as kind-hearted as him. Run Niang thought silently in her heart.

After setting up Runniang, Wang Gui came to the door of the study and knocked on the door. He didn't go in until Li Xin's voice said "Come in".

"My lord, what are your orders?" Wang Gui asked with a salute.

Li Xin was silent for a while, and said: "Tell me honestly, how many servants our family kills every year?" As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly waved his hand again, and said: "Forget it, I don't want to hear it, so stop talking. "

Wang Gui looked at the conflicted expression on Li Xin's face, and a smile gradually appeared on his face.

"Do you think I'm crazy?" Li Xin asked with a wry smile.

Wang Gui shook his head, and said in a very gratifying tone: "My lord is kind-hearted and considerate of his servants, just like the old lord. I am too happy for the old slave. Please rest assured, the old lord told me when he was still alive, I will never abuse my subordinates. If you don’t believe me, you can ask the prince. Over the years, the most severe punishment for the people in the mansion is just to beat a few boards to improve their memory. There has never been a case of beating to death or maiming. Compared with any family in Chang’an , our Chu Palace treats our servants very kindly."

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