Immortality is above

Chapter 22 22: Something Happened
  After the New Year, comes the Lantern Festival; after the Lantern Festival, the spring breeze blows, the vegetation sprouts, and there is a prosperous scene.

In the vast fields, farmers cultivate; in the mountains and forests, hunters hunt...

The daily atmosphere in Chenjiaji gradually became busy and fulfilling.

The talk of "strange shadows" a while ago was ignored because it did not cause any actual trouble. It was just regarded as a wild beast that came down the mountain to look for food. After winter came and spring came, it never appeared again, and it was just a false alarm.

"Third brother, something happened at your second sister's house."

On this day, Chen Liushan hurried to the thatched cottage in a donkey cart.

Chen Liubai asked: "What happened?"

"It's not clear yet. It may be that Ji Yi had a problem while selling cloth."

Li Jiyi is Chen Liubai's second brother-in-law.

In Pan County, the Li family is a wealthy businessman with a good family background, and they are engaged in the fabric business.

Chen Liushan added: "I'm going to rush to Pan County to see what's going on and whether I can be of any help."

"I'm also going to see the second sister."

Chen Liubai said.

The two brothers tidied up a little and quickly set off in the car.

As a capital city, Jiangzhou has three counties under its jurisdiction. Among them, Mao County and Pan County are adjacent to each other and not far apart. The geographical location of Chenjiaji is right between the two counties. No matter which county you go to, the distance is almost the same.

When Chen Liubai returned home, he took the road from Maoxian County and did not pass through Panxian County.

The second sister, Chen Qiao, got married earlier and married into the Li family at the age of eighteen.

In that year, Chen Liubai went to Pan County to get married, and then met a mysterious Taoist on the street. Soon after, he left a letter and ran away, following the Taoist up the mountain.

In the dark, every drink and every peck seems to be pulled by an invisible thread.

There was no conversation all the way, and towards dusk, the donkey cart arrived at Pan County.

Similar to Maoxian County, this is also a small county with low walls, but there are no fees for entering and exiting the city.

The county magistrate of Pan County is surnamed Zhu. He is nearly sixty years old. He is considered an old magistrate. He is a mediocre person and does not want to be in charge. He has a mantra: "Turn big things into small things; make small things into small things. It is best to quit when there is nothing." .”

Things in the world are ridiculous. Sometimes officials don't do anything and don't care about things. This is actually a good thing. At least it doesn't have to be so troublesome, right?

After entering the city, just wait and see what the streets look like.

Chen Liubai suddenly thought of Maoxian County where the demon was sitting in court. He didn't know how to deal with the aftermath. It was probably to send a new official to take office and then say that the demon was nonsense, and so on.

I've been here before, so I know the way.

After a while, the donkey cart arrived outside the Li Mansion. Seeing that the door was closed, Chen Liushan stepped forward to call the door.

"who are you?"

The old man looked up and down.

Chen Liushan said hurriedly: "My name is Chen Liushan. I come from Chenjiaji. I am the brother of your young mistress."

The old man said "Oh": "Wait a moment, I will go and report."

After waiting for a while, the door opened, and the second sister Chen Qiao came out with a maid. She was overjoyed to see Chen Liubai.

It's rare for siblings to meet again, which makes them sad.

There was no place to talk outside the door, so Chen Qiao led them inside and sat down in a side courtyard to have tea.

She looked at Chen Liubai and sighed: "Lao San, you look almost unchanged. You haven't aged at all. You're just a lot taller."

Chen Liubai smiled and said: "Second sister, I am still a young man."

"Yes, my third child is handsome, how can he have an old appearance?"

Chen Qiao praised.

Chen Liushan said: "Second sister, I received a message from you saying that I couldn't go back to my parents' home because of something. I knew something had happened, so I came with my third son to have a look." Chen Qiao's eyes were red with tears glistening: "It's Ji On the third day of the Lunar New Year, he went to deliver an urgent shipment. Unexpectedly, when he passed by Aolai Island, he was detained by the strongman on the island, including both the people and the goods, and demanded a ransom of five thousand taels. "

"Five thousand taels?"

Chen Liushan was shocked. This was an astronomical figure. Even if the Li family was wealthy, it would be impossible for them to get so much cash.

Chen Qiao choked up and said: "The other party has a one-month deadline. If it is overdue, the vote will be broken. Now the family is in a mess, and I am worried to death."

"Don't Mr. Li have a wide network of contacts and know a lot of people?"

"Well, my father-in-law has already come forward and invited several respected seniors in the world to come and prepare to go to Aolai Island for negotiations, hoping to rescue the person."

Chen Liushan comforted him: "Second sister, don't worry, Ji Yiji is a good person and will be fine."

"I hope so."

Chen Qiao forced a smile on his face and said, "By the way, you must be hungry after traveling all day. I'll ask someone to prepare dinner."

Just as he was talking, his father-in-law Li Kuan arrived.

He is about fifty years old, tall, with gray hair and deep bags under his eyes.

Li Kuan was not only a businessman, but also a martial arts practitioner. When he was young, he traveled around the world and had a name called "Cloud-Piercing Palm". However, after he got married and started a business, he quit his job and became a cloth merchant, and his business was booming.

In recent years, as he got older, he gradually handed over the business to his son Li Jiyi, but unexpectedly something happened.

"Liu Bai, you are indeed back."

As soon as Li Kuan walked in, his eyes were on Chen Liubai.

Chen Liubai cupped his hands and saluted: "I've met Uncle Li."

"No need to be polite, yes, there is a banquet at home tonight. You are just in time. Please come to the banquet."

"Row."

Li Kuan didn't say much, turned around and left quickly, and sighed secretly when he got outside.

When she agreed to marry her son to Chen Qiao, most of the reasons were actually due to Chen Liubai. He was mainly optimistic about his future, and that he would obtain fame and become an official in high school.

At that time, as the in-laws, the Li family will naturally benefit from it.

Who would have expected that Chen Liubai would run away from home not long after, and there would be no news from him.

Li Kuan was also depressed when such an incident happened, but the deal was done, and after Chen Qiao married, he was a virtuous and virtuous man. He and Li Jiyi had a very good relationship, and they were inseparable. The next year, they gave birth to a fat son.

Gradually, Li Kuan recognized his daughter-in-law.

Now he suddenly heard that Chen Liubai was back and was coming home. Li Kuan was curious, so he came over to talk and invited him to a banquet in the evening, which was equivalent to accompanying him with wine and filling the scene.

After all, Chen Liubai was also a scholar and had a certain status.

He went to the banquet, while Chen Liushan stayed in the side courtyard, and Chen Qiao arranged another meal for him.

Chen Qiao was very concerned about the dinner. He specifically called Chen Liubai to the side and told him: "Lao San, the guests tonight are all martial arts people. They may use vulgar language, so don't worry about it."

Chen Liubai smiled and said: "I have traveled around the world and learned martial arts over the years. In fact, I am also a martial artist."

"Have you learned martial arts?"

Chen Qiao was surprised. It was really difficult to associate his gentle brother with those men who were fighting and killing in the world.

However, after close contact, I found that apart from Chen Liubai's appearance, other aspects, such as temperament and posture, were very different, and there was an invisible sense of strangeness.

Not seeing each other for so many years is a normal feeling.

At this time, a servant came to send a message that the dinner was about to begin and asked Chen Liubai to come over.

　Without vote support, something went wrong...

　　
  　
  (End of this chapter)