blenderwars #113 - Chapter 113 Xiao He's Background
#113 - Chapter 113 Xiao He's Background
The army left Qingzhou for two days and entered the territory of Xinzhou.
This place was closer to the heart of Da Liang.
Compared to the various prefectures of Beichuan Road located on the border, it was obviously more prosperous.
There were also more vehicles and pedestrians on the road.
However, when they saw the Longxiang Army marching from the north, they were also frightened and hid everywhere.
Fortunately, the military discipline of the Longxiang Army was very strict, and no soldiers disturbed the people.
The passing people then cautiously came out to watch.
After another half day, the army could vaguely see the city of Xinzhou.
The general of Xinzhou, Pang Ruhai, was a fat man with a rich figure.
This man inherited the title of Earl of Changxin and was also considered a member of the noble party.
Pang Ruhai was very enthusiastic about Marquis Longxiang.
He led the civil and military officials of Xinzhou to greet him five miles outside the city.
It could be considered giving Marquis Longxiang enough face.
The Xinzhou post house was also cleaned spotlessly, and Marquis Longxiang and his party were invited to stay.
Pang Ruhai also invited Marquis Longxiang with a smile.
Tomorrow, a banquet will be held at Shengwei Restaurant, the largest restaurant in the city, to welcome Marquis Longxiang and wash away the dust of the journey.
The female Marquis could not refuse the warm invitation and had to agree.
The army was still stationed outside the city in the training field.
The general's mansion in the city transported a lot of wine and meat to reward the army, and the Longxiang Army was very satisfied.
Xinzhou City was more prosperous and wealthier than Qingzhou.
However, having learned from the previous lesson, the female Marquis and Bai Yuxuan did not go out in order to avoid trouble.
They just rested in the post house.
Li Yuan, as the female Marquis's personal attendant, also got a separate bedroom in the post house.
In Li Yuan's room, there was a person dressed as a young boy, laboriously carrying a bucket of hot water back to the room.
This person was Xiao He, the book boy Li Yuan had recently taken in Qingzhou.
That was the little thief who stole the female Marquis's jade pendant in front of Jingyue Pavilion.
In the process of saving Bai Yuxuan, Xiao He could be considered to have made a contribution.
Li Yuan kept his promise and took him as his book boy.
However, at this time, Li Yuan realized.
That his book boy was not a boy but a girl.
And this Miss Xiao He was able to mingle with the beggars in Qingzhou for so long without revealing that she was a woman.
This made Li Yuan feel quite admiration.
Xiao He poured the hot water into the basin, then helped Li Yuan take off his shoes and socks.
Revealing lotus root-like white arms, helping Li Yuan wash his feet.
Li Yuan comfortably soaked his feet in the warm water, and then asked softly.
"Have those beggars been settled?"
Li Yuan was asking about the little beggars who helped track down people when saving Bai Yuxuan.
Xiao He rubbed Li Yuan's feet while answering.
"The twenty taels of silver that Young Master rewarded have all been left to them."
"At least enough for these children to get through a year."
Through Xiao He's narration, Li Yuan knew her arrangements.
In Nihe Lane in the east of Qingzhou City, there was a kind-hearted fish woman.
Li Yuan felt that Xiao He's arrangement was relatively stable.
If the silver was really left directly to those beggars, it would be a disaster rather than a blessing for them.
Although Xiao He treated those beggars as relatives, all she could do now was this much.
Under Xiao He's service, Li Yuan washed up well, sweeping away the fatigue of the journey.
Looking at Xiao He busy in the room, Li Yuan felt that this book boy, or rather, maid, was a very satisfactory acquisition.
Li Yuan had also inquired about Xiao He's background.
Xiao He's real name was Yao Yuhe, and her parents died when she was young.
Later, she was adopted by a friend of her father's.
Her adoptive father was a Jianghu person named Cheng San, nicknamed [Ascending Cloud Swallow], who was very skilled in qinggong.
This person was both a knight and a thief, doing business in both black and white.
So Xiao He had been practicing this high-flying kung fu with her adoptive father since she was a child.
Xiao He's life with her adoptive father was considered passable.
But who knew that good times would not last long, and her adoptive father Cheng San did not know which force he had offended.
One night, a group of men in black broke into her home, and her adoptive father was killed by those people before he could escape.
These men in black seemed to be searching for something in her house, but they did not find it.
At that time, Xiao He was hiding in a bamboo basket in the attic and escaped by luck.
Her adoptive father died unexpectedly, and Xiao He did not know the identity of these men in black. Fearing that it would bring disaster, she did not dare to live at home.
She just found an opportunity to use the remaining wealth in her family to secretly bury her adoptive father. The 14-year-old girl became a homeless wanderer in Qingzhou City.
At first, Xiao He was still keeping her original intention, wanting to find a job to support herself.
But where would anyone hire a half-grown girl like her?
Several times, she almost fell into the hands of human traffickers.
Later, she caught a cold, and was both hungry and thirsty, so she wanted to find a place to wait for death.
Unexpectedly, a few beggars in the dilapidated temple in the east of the city saved her life with half a bowl of leftover rice and a dark cake.
In order to repay the life-saving grace of these beggars, Xiao He used the kung fu taught by her adoptive father to steal half a tael of silver from a local ruffian.
Let these poor beggars eat a fragrant meat pie.
Looking at the beggars who shed tears of happiness for half a meat pie, Xiao He simply joined them.
From then on, she became the leader of the beggar gang in the dilapidated temple.
In the days that followed, Xiao He also secretly investigated the cause of her adoptive father's death.
She finally learned that her adoptive father's death was vaguely related to the Red Lotus Sect in Qingzhou.
But she was just a half-grown girl, small and weak, and had no ability to avenge her adoptive father.
She could only interfere with and disrupt the activities of the Red Lotus Sect within her capabilities.
This is why she often operated near Jingyue Pavilion.
Li Yuan knew through observation that Xiao He was not lying to him, and that she really wanted to find a proper background by following him.
After washing her face, this girl had a beautiful and handsome appearance.
Moreover, she had a good heart, knew how to repay kindness, and worked diligently.
In the past few days, Li Yuan had been using her as a personal maid, and Xiao He was also very obedient and obedient.
Li Yuan felt that if this girl was well-trained, she could become a good assistant to him, which was considered a treasure to be found.
At this time, Xiao He was tidying up the bed and bedding in the room.
Perhaps the room in this post house had been uninhabited for a long time, and there was some floating dust on the furniture and bedding.
While working, Xiao He would often peek at her Young Master Li.
To be honest, when she was captured by Li Yuan in the back hall of the dilapidated temple, she was very desperate.
She even thought that if she was found to be a woman, would she be humiliated in every possible way.
However, the subsequent development was beyond Xiao He's expectations.
Not only did this Captain Li keep his promise and really give her a background.
He also took out silver and asked her to settle those beggars.
Another reason that made her believe in Li Yuan was that this Young Master Li had almost wiped out the Qingzhou branch of the Red Lotus Sect.
To some extent, it was considered to have avenged her adoptive father.
Serving by Young Master Li's side can also be regarded as repaying his kindness with her body.
Although Xiao He was not very old, she had seen through the hearts of the world.
In her heart, she was even prepared to pay the price.
Even if this Young Master Li wanted her to warm the bed and serve him, she was willing to endure it.
After all, in this Da Liang, it was not new for young maids to be taken by their masters.
It was common for Li Yuan, a young and strong man with no wives or concubines around, to take in a concubine maid.
However, after spending a few days together, this Young Master Li was not the same as she thought.