"Brother Peach!"
"We're going back first!"
"be safe."
"only!!"
The door of Taozi's room was wide open, and he was sitting on the bed. A student came in and said goodbye to him.
Lu Qubing sat aside timidly, watching this scene helplessly.
One holiday in ten days.
Taozi ushered in her second holiday.
"I came here to say goodbye to you during the holiday. I didn't know you were here, but I thought you were offering a drink to the county school."
Lu Qubing murmured.
The last person to come and say goodbye was Kou Liu.
On such a hot day, he wrapped himself tightly and was not as disheveled as others. Taozi's eyes wandered around his body.
"Brother, I'll take my leave then!"
Kou Liu saluted him very respectfully.
Lu Qubing sneered, "Don't be pretentious, go back and see your master quickly!"
Kou Liu said solemnly: "I have nothing to do with that Fei Zongxian. Instead, I am Cui Jijiu, whom Lu Jun highly admires - he is Fei Zongxian's brother-in-law."
"The things Fei Zongxian robbed during these days are all hung in the wine-sacrifice room."
"Although Mr. Lu is pedantic and stupid, his character is not too evil, so I am informing you, please respect yourself!"
After he finished speaking, he nodded towards Taozi again and was about to leave.
Liu Taozi suddenly spoke.
"The government officials are chasing the murderer everywhere. If someone in the county school goes missing, he may be suspected and arrested."
Kou Liu paused for a moment, seemed to say something, and left quickly.
But Lu Qubing wanted to step forward and catch him, "Don't talk nonsense, just give it to me"
Kou Liu walked away very fast without stopping. Looking at Kou Liu walking away, Lu Qubing looked a little irritable.
"How is this possible? Cui Gong comes from a famous family, has a good reputation, is diligent and thrifty and loves people. What's more, Cui Gong's wife is not fat at all."
"As for calligraphy and painting, he."
The difference from last time was that his tone became weaker and weaker, and his voice became smaller and smaller.
Kou Liu's serious look, vowed tone, and even many things that were easily ignored began to connect in his mind.
Taozi watched Lu Qubing's expression keep changing, and fell into some kind of struggle and hesitation. Finally, he finally sat on the bed in despair.
He raised his head with a look of despair.
He looked at Tao Zi blankly.
"Cui Gong colluded with Fei Zongxian and wanted to kill me? Was what he said that day true?"
"It's true."
"Even a famous family is like this."
Lu Qubing smiled miserably.
"Can't we find a kind and upright person in Daqi?"
Liu Taozi looked at him and said slowly: "I can find it."
Kou Liu walked quickly on the road. He was undoubtedly a seasoned Cheng'an man. He walked very quickly. While rushing, he would pay attention to his surroundings and would not get close to anyone.
Once a stranger is discovered, he immediately changes direction and quickly distances himself.
He regained the feeling of climbing over walls and climbing over walls. His steps were flexible and fast, and he shuttled back and forth in the alleyways.
He didn't know how long he walked before he finally stopped and looked behind him panting.
After making sure that no one was following him, he circled twice more and came to a courtyard in the north of the city.
This courtyard is really grand, with tall walls and something vaguely engraved on the door.
However, the courtyard wall has probably not been repaired for a long time, and there are already gaps, and there are also several huge cracks in the gate.
As soon as he knocked on the door, an old voice came from inside.
"Who?"
"Mom, it's me!"
With a rustling sound, the courtyard door was slowly opened.
The person who opened the door was an old woman with a stooped waist and gray hair. She held a cane in one hand and looked forward dully.
"mom!"
Kou Liu hugged his mother excitedly, his face pressed tightly against his mother's hair, and his eyes became a little moist.
The old woman stretched out her hand and touched Kou Liu's face.
Kou Liu entered the courtyard with his mother and closed the door.
The courtyard was empty. Looking around, there was not a single ornament to be found. Not even weeds could be found on the gray-white soil.
"Son, aren't you studying at the county school? Why are you back now?"
The old woman was quite nervous.
"Ten days and one day off!"
The old woman nodded. When she spoke, her eyes were looking straight ahead. Obviously, she couldn't see anything.
Kou Liu took her hand and followed her back into the house.
The house was also dilapidated and old, and the smell of decay could not be dissipated for a long time.
"How are you at the county school? Do the lecturers like you? How are your classmates?"
"Well, it's okay. The lecturer doesn't like me very much, but my classmates are pretty good and they helped me a lot."
"That's great, that's great. Where's your studies? Can you make it?"
"Mom, don't talk about this yet!"
Kou Liu interrupted his mother, took off his clothes and took out two pieces of paper from his arms.
"You touch it and see! What is this?!"
The old woman stretched out her hand tremblingly, grabbed the yellowed paper, and groped for it repeatedly.
"This is."
"The treasure left behind by my father!"
"I got it back for you!"
"Never again"
"hiss!"
Kou Liu had just finished speaking when the old woman tore the paper in her hand.
"mom!!!"
"What are you doing?!"
Kou Liu quickly snatched the calligraphy back, his face full of heartache, "This is true! It's true!"
"Why are you doing this?"
Kou Liu was extremely excited, and just as he was about to question, he saw two traces of tears appearing on his old mother's cheeks.
"Do you think I'm old, blind, and useless, so you deceive me like this?"
"I'm not lying to you. This is true."
"You said you wanted to go to the county school, study hard, and start a new life and stop stealing. But you went to the county school just to get these pieces of paper?"
"I"
Kou Liu didn't know how to reply for a while.
He could only wipe his mother's tears, "I can't bear to see your heartache. This is the treasure my father left for you."
"So you lied to me?"
"I'm not lying. What's the use of the law school?!"
"Do you know what kind of place that is? Anyone can go as long as they can prove their identity and can read. They are not taught anything. They are paid and locked up in a house!"
"You may not be able to pass the exam until you are over a month old. If you pass the exam, you will be bullied by others and work as a slave to the official. You cannot leave and you will never get ahead."
Kou Liu gritted his teeth, "Is this what you want me to do?"
"It's the right way after all. How does it compare to stealing other people's property?"
The old mother asked back.
"This is not theft, I just took it for use."
"Crack!"
Kou Liu didn't even finish his words before he received a slap in the face.
"It's me, a useless old woman. After your father passed away, I cried my eyes out and couldn't control you, so you turned into a thief!"
"Even if you are an official, you have to earn your own living and be worthy of yourself. Do you want to be a thief for the rest of your life and never look back?"
Kou Liu tore his hair and sat on the ground in pain.
When he looked up, his eyes were filled with tears.
"Am I willing to be a thief?"
"Don't I want to inherit my father's legacy and revitalize the family? Don't I want to become a respected person?"
"Mother wants me to take the right path."
"But in this world!!! In this world where there is no distinction between black and white!! Is there a right path for him to take?"
Listening to the hoarseness and grief in her son's voice, the old woman took a few trembling steps closer to him, gropingly found his face, and gently wiped away his tears.
"My son, you have been filial and intelligent since childhood. Your father has high hopes for you."
"We don't ask you to get ahead, nor do we ask you to revitalize the clan. Your father and I are the same. We just ask you to be a good person and not do evil things."
"I have never accepted anything you have brought me over the years."
"I would rather starve to death than eat what you stole."
"The world is not good, but we ourselves must live well and live with conscience."
Kou Liu cried silently, did not speak, and just looked ahead aggrievedly.
A smile appeared on the old woman's face, "My son, study hard. Even if being an official is a bit harder, it is better than being a thief."
She gently stroked Kou Liu's face and hugged her son into her arms.
"The treasure your father left me is not the rags of paper but a filial, kind and good son."
Kou Liu cried bitterly in his mother's arms.
Liu Taozi walked quickly on the road, and Lu Qubing followed him panting, carrying large and small bags.
When Tao Zi went home this time, she still brought her chatty brother with her.
Liu Taozi walked so fast that Lu Qubing almost ran in order to keep up with him. His whole body was covered with sweat. The sweat flowed from his hair and became a wet ball.
There were still no pedestrians on the road, but there were many soldiers and knights.
Liu Taozi and Lu Qubing both had badges hanging on their waists, academic badges and official badges.
This effectively prevents harassment from those people.
When they walked all the way to the east city gate, one person stood up excitedly.
"Brother Peach!!"
Chapter completed!