Sun Damao was very enthusiastic and spoke politely at the dinner table. His attitude was extremely respectful and he worked very hard to please the governor of Shandong. In these days, being rich is not a big deal. The most powerful people are those who hold the barrel of a gun in their hands.

Especially Li Xiao, who has a good reputation and is known for being able to fight. Even the Liaodong Tatars are no match for him, and there is no force in Shandong that can be hostile to him.

Just looking at the cavalry brought by Li Xiao, we know that the Liao army is far from being comparable to those thousands of families in Shandong.

People are polite, but there is no need for Li Xiao to be polite. He just opens his cheeks and eats it, not to mention that this dish has a taste of traditional Shandong cuisine. Especially this elbow, it tastes very similar to Dongpo elbow. It is fat but not greasy, and thin.

Bu Chai. Eat it in your mouth, it is really the ultimate enjoyment.

Man Gui held an elbow in one hand and a wine pot in the other. He took a bite of the elbow and a sip of wine, and was all messed up. Sun Damao was still holding it with all his strength, saying that he had the style of Fan Kuai, and the Mandarin must be a general. Come on.

If the day breaks the bandit army, he will surely be granted the title of wife and son.

Sun Damao, this old bastard, really dares to say anything when he picks people up. Fan Kuai is the brother-in-law who followed Liu Bang in rebellion, but I am not the brother-in-law with Man Gui.

What the old bastard said was so disgusting that Li Xiao escaped to take a breather by peeing. Rich families are different, there are maids waiting for them when they leave. Walking in front is a little maid, she must not be more than thirteen years old.

. Carefully introduce Li Xiao into the wing room. There is a copper bucket behind the screen.

So particular! Although Li Xiao is not used to cleaning buckets, he still knows how to do as the Romans do. However, it would be a bit embarrassing for the little maid to linger on. Li Xiao does not have a habit of letting others watch him going to the toilet. Shunzi's

Several bastards were waiting outside. Li Xiao waved his hand, indicating that the little maid could go out. She was in urgent need of urination, so don't take it as a mistake.

The little maid had no intention of leaving at all. She rubbed the corners of her clothes nervously with both hands. There were many beads of sweat on her forehead, and her cheeks were bulging. It looked like she must have gritted her teeth very tightly.

"Get out quickly, I can't hold it in any longer!" Li Xiao was so angry that he pushed the little maid. I'm not an evil landlord or rich man. Nor am I a patient with Parkinson's disease. I don't need anyone to serve me when I go to the toilet. He's such a little kid.

The girl is waiting beside me, can I still pee?

"Sir, please save my brother and sister." Li Xiao didn't expect that she just pushed. The little maid fell to her knees on the ground, holding Li Xiao's thigh and not letting go.

"Uh...! You go outside and wait for a moment. I will definitely save your brother and sister." He was in urgent need of urination. He had no choice but to use a delaying tactic. Pee out first!

"No!" The little maid still looked at her and retreated outside the screen.

The process of freeing up memory is so refreshing, you feel refreshed and all your worries are gone.

Turning around and walking out of the screen, he found the little maid kneeling on the ground blocking his way out.

"If you have anything to say, just tell me! As long as it's not too much, I promise you." Li Xiao tied his belt with both hands. If someone came in at this time, the scene would definitely be very embarrassing.

"Sir! The women know that you are redressing the grievances of the women in Jinan. Please save my younger brothers and sisters. They... they will be filled with mercury and buried with the old man." The little maid rushed over and said

I hugged Li Xiao’s thigh. My head was still rubbing against Li Xiao’s thigh, which would kill me. You were rubbing it in the wrong place!

"Tell me, why were you buried?" Li Xiao quickly held down the little maid's head, unable to let her rub against her like this anymore.

The cruel system of burial was very popular before the Qin Dynasty. Since the Qin Dynasty, the imperial court has legislated to depose human beings to die for sacrifice. Even the first emperor, who was so arrogant, only used pottery figurines to replace living people for burial.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, the practice of sacrificial burials has not been eliminated. Although it is explicitly prohibited in the "Da Ming Law", the royal family has set a very bad example here. Every time the emperor dies, a large number of palace maids and chamberlains will be buried as sacrificial victims.

The royal family has set a precedent for this, and others will naturally follow suit. Although it is against the rules, local powerful people do it secretly and spend some money to manage it. Most officials are still willing to turn a blind eye.

Officials are not punished. If the people are promoted, officials may not be punished. Fortunately, during the reign of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty, the system of sacrifice and burial was abolished. However, it is still quietly popular among the people.

Officials naturally like to make friends with rich people. Common people who don't even have a piece of land are nothing. How can you prove that your child didn't die of illness and was buried in someone else's cemetery to frame him? Or do you want to use someone else's good Feng Shui to make your own family better?

thriving?

In this case, when an elderly person in a wealthy family dies of illness, they like to find a few children. After drinking mercury, they will be buried with them in the grave. It is said that after drinking mercury, the body will not rot. Two children will live forever.

They all have to serve their buried master.

Li Xiao once saw a similar description in the famous novel "Ghost Blowing the Lamp". However, he did not expect that he would encounter the real thing here.

"Back to the eldest man! My father is a gambler, and he sold me to the Sun family since I was a child. This year, my father lost money gambling again, and he actually sold all my younger brothers and sisters to the Sun family. The old man of the Sun family has been seriously ill for a long time.

, lying on the bed all day gasping for breath. My younger brother and sister are responsible for serving the old man.

Two days ago, I heard... I heard from the master that if the master goes, let my younger brother and sister accompany him. Master, they are five years old and four years old! Please make the decision, save them two.

, they are still so young." The little maid said, and started to hug Li Xiao's thighs with both hands, and even pulled her down!

"This...!" Li Xiao was helpless.

People say they want to bury your younger brothers and sisters, but this is just an idea and has not yet become a fact. It is obviously unrealistic to use this idea to convict people. After all, martyrdom is against the "Laws of the Ming Dynasty". As long as you are sane, you will not do it.

Do it in public.

"Master Qingtian, I heard the doctor who treated the old man say that my old man has only been here for a few days! If he dies, my younger brother and sister will have to accompany him. Master Qingtian, please save me.

Save them. As long as you are willing to save them, I will give you any slaves and maids you want. I will make cows and horses for you in this life, and I will make cows and horses for you in the next life. Please, Master Qingtian."

The little person didn't know where there were so many tears. While crying, he was still rubbing his pants on Li Xiao. You damn thing, just look at the place. If you didn't know, you thought I peed my pants.

"Well... okay, I promise you. You get up first!" She had to let her go, otherwise she would have to go back and change her pants.

This matter is very difficult. Li Xiao believes that Sun Damao's power can do this kind of thing. It's just buying one or two children, which is nothing to the Sun family.

But how to save these two children? Get these children out directly? Sun Damao will definitely give the governor this face, but what can he do if he comes here? Sun Damao will still find someone else. Could it be that these two children

Life is life, but the lives of other children are not life? If Sun Damao really finds another child to bury, how should Li Xiao deal with himself?

If someone is buried alive under his nose, then Li Xiao will definitely be condemned by his conscience. From the bottom of his heart, Li Xiao rejects this extremely cruel and contemptuous behavior of human life.

"You said it only happened in the past two days, old man?" Li Xiao asked after thinking for a while.

"Yes! It just happened in the past two days. The old man has not eaten anything for four days. He was lying on the bed with only one breath left. Even the shroud and coffin have been prepared in the other courtyard."

"What's your name?"

"My slave's name is Xing'er!"

"Okay! Myolie, listen to me. You want to do this, this, and this now!" Li Xiao gave instructions to Myolie.

This prompted Li Xiao to make up his mind to take care of this matter, because King Lu was dead. An old rich man in a place could find two children to be buried. What would the vassal king, who is a descendant of the Zhu family, do? He must take good care of the Sun family.

The thing is that the King Lu's palace should be afraid of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger. In this way, some lives may be saved. According to etiquette, the prince's coffin has to be lain in state for a month. Li Xiao hopes that he can still make it in time!

Li Xiao stretched out his clothes vigorously and tried to cover the wet marks on his pants. Li Xiao took Myolie out of the house!

After a kick, this kid looked at Li Xiao with a weird look on his face. His ambiguous eyes were still scanning Xing'er's body like an X-ray, his grandma's. He didn't even look at how old this girl was. You, boss, should I?

Is it such a heavy taste? Thinking about it, I felt a little annoyed and kicked me again.

Back in the front hall, Sun Damao was toasting Man Gui. Man Gui's temper was rising, and the wine was dry. Sun Damao's family was attracted to flattery, and Man Gui was obviously dizzy from being photographed. It was definitely not the actual effect.

Sometimes flattery is more intoxicating than alcohol.

"Brother Xiao, you are back. Sit down quickly!" Man Ye stood up and pulled Li Xiao to sit next to him.

Li Xiao sat down, drank two glasses of wine, peeled a crab, and listened to Sun Damao tell interesting things about the countryside.

The crabs in the Yellow River are not very tasty, and have a strong earthy smell. This smell is not much different from that of the Yellow River carp! In comparison, the crabs in the sea are much more delicious. Especially the swimming crabs, and the inside of the crab roe.

It’s a delicacy. Li Xiao, who was even tired of eating the big flying crab, put the crab down after just two bites.

"Mr. Sun, I am traveling this time to attend the funeral of His Royal Highness King Lu. After passing by Guibao Land, the soldiers are also tired. I want to stay at your village for two days. Is it possible to rest?"

"The governor is willing to live in the little old man's house. It is an honor for the little old man's family. You only need to live in this house, and it doesn't matter how long you stay." Sun Damao was overjoyed. This was such a good opportunity to curry favor with the governor.

As long as you climb up to this great man, you will be considered a strong person in Shandong. With the support of the governor of Shandong, he is much more powerful than the son of the Hanlin Academy.

"I am traveling with two thousand men and horses this time. I am afraid that your village cannot accommodate them. I heard that you have a manor ten miles away. How about placing them on your manor? Anyway, they are cavalry, and they are not going to be able to live in it for more than ten miles.

It doesn't matter." Li Xiao put down his wine glass and looked at Sun Damao.

"Uh...!" Sun Damao hesitated.

"What? No?" Li Xiao frowned.

"Returning to the Governor, it would be okay for your troops to be stationed at Zhuangzi. Coincidentally, I am critically ill. I asked the doctor to come over yesterday, and the doctor said that it was just a matter of the past two days. Your troops are stationed at Zhuangzi...

!I am afraid……!"

"Oh! So that's it. Master Sun, you can rest assured. The military discipline of my soldiers is still guaranteed. Even if they are stationed in your village, they will never disturb your home. Besides, I will only stay for a day or two.

King Lu's funeral is a big event, and I must go there in person, so I can't delay for too long."

"Since the governor said so, there is no problem. The young man is afraid of the governor and thinks it is unlucky. Since the governor said so, I will invite the officers and soldiers to stay in my manor tonight." Sun Damao saw Li

Xiao didn't relent, so he had no choice but to agree.

This is the governor of Shandong and he cannot afford to offend him.

"I said, Old Man Sun, your wine is pretty good. Get dozens of bottles for me, Old Man, and I won't ask for your stuff for free. There is a big front door here, you can keep it." Man, who was drunk, shouted loudly.

Yell.

What a grand man! There is a big front door just behind you!

A rich man of this caliber like Old Man Sun had never seen cigarettes before. Man Ye took out a cigarette and handed it to Sun Damao. Seeing that he couldn't smoke, he struck a match and lit it for Sun Damao.

"Old man Sun, smoking and drinking are not separate things. A cigarette after a meal is better than a living god." Mr. Man lit the cigarette, took a long puff, and puffed out smoke rings happily.

The county magistrate and the county prime minister were so greedy that their eyes gleamed green. This was a treatment that only big leaders in the capital could enjoy. They had heard of cigarettes and had never smoked them. Mr. Man had such an interesting atmosphere that he handed one to each of them and started smoking.

For a moment, the hall was filled with smoke-smoking people. Smoke and flattery flew together, and the sound of smoking and coughing resonated.

Since he was not in a hurry the next day, Li Xiao did not stop Man Gui. During this meal, both parties enjoyed the wine. When sending Li Xiao back to his room, Sun Damao walked to the door of the bedroom and waved to call the two maids.

, smiled and held up his hands to Li Xiao: "In the countryside, you can only find these two vulgar maidservants to serve the Lord. I hope that the Lord will show his kindness."

Li Xiao took a look and realized what a coincidence! One of them was Myolie!

Myolie bravely raised her head and glanced at Li Xiao, then quickly lowered her head. Her legs were shaking slightly and she looked very nervous.

Nowadays, these old bastards are so fond of this. I don’t know what they think. Why are they interested in a girl whose breasts and back are the same? The taste is so damn strong! The aesthetics are so damn good.

Poor!

"Thank you, Mr. Sun. You will be rewarded for your hospitality today." Li Xiao bowed his hand to Sun Damao.

"How dare you! How dare you! The governor has a good rest, little old man, please retire." Seeing Li Xiao's satisfied look, Sun Damao happily resigned.
Chapter completed!