"...concerned and worried, without a hint of curiosity or excitement."

  Li Wenlin arrived in Hangzhou a day before Ming Shaoping, and Qin Qing found his brother to talk about Li Wenlin's arrival. After that, his brother was protected by the king of Qin, and Li Wenlin left without achieving anything. His brother didn't even come back on the Double Ninth Festival, and instead spent the day touring West Lake and drinking tea with Qin Qing, showing how carefree he was.

  The girl, however, had been frowning and worrying all along. The capital's Bo Mansion and Li Zuo's residence were now attached to Ming Shangshu, which was extremely unwise. Moreover, there might be crises one after another, the girl saw it, so she worried about it.

  Li Xia let out a soft sigh.

  A bright light burst out of Guo Sheng's eyes, he raised his head and stared intensely at Li Xia who had taken another bite of the cake. Just as he was about to speak, County Magistrate Li's voice came from behind, "Huh? What is Mr. Guo doing?"

  "County Magistrate." Guo Sheng hastily stood up, while making a bow to Li County Magistrate, and smiled: "I was just talking to Ninth Maiden, Ninth Maiden is intelligent and clever, the children of County Magistrate are all excellent like this, it's really enviable."

  Magistrate Li burst out laughing, "What can you say to a five-year-old child? What does she understand?"

  "Zheng He and the nine daughters told the story of Cai Yan distinguishing sounds at the age of six." Guo Sheng smiled slightly, bowing his head.

  Magistrate Li burst out laughing again, and while laughing, he bowed to Guo Sheng with his hands clasped together, "Mr. Guo is this praising Ah Xia? Ah Xia is quite sensible, although not as good as Cai Yan's six-year-old sound discrimination... Hahaha, it makes Mr. laugh, I, this father, looking at my own child, only see the good, and am blinded by a single leaf."

  "Looking down, the ninth girl is not inferior to Cai Yan, and County Master is not a leaf blocking his eyes." Guo Sheng was chatting with Li County Magistrate while secretly glancing at Li Xia.

  She stood up, held Li County Magistrate's hand, gazed at him with big shining eyes, put the remaining little victory cake in her mouth, and scratched his hand.

  He said Ah Die is not a single leaf blocking the view, then it must be two leaves blocking the view...

  Guo Sheng involuntarily bowed his head and made a deep bow.

  Li Xia took Li Xian's hand and returned to the inner courtyard, for seven or eight days, Guo Sheng didn't see Li Xia again, she was in the inner courtyard, not even coming out once.

  At the end of the month, Li Wenshan returned and stayed for a day. The next day, County Magistrate Li sought out Guo Sheng and politely asked him if he could be the tutor for his youngest son, Li Wenlan, and also teach his young daughter, Li Xia, a few characters and read a few books.

  Guo Sheng agreed at once.

  Mrs. Xü prepared gifts, set up a banquet, and invited Guo Sheng to sit at the top, received Li Wenlan's courtesy as a teacher, and cleaned up an empty room to use as a classroom. She chose an auspicious day, paid respects to the saints, and the lessons formally began.

  Kuo Sheng was on tenterhooks throughout the lesson, his heart in his throat.

  A lesson of one time, in the middle of a two-quarter break, Guo Sheng lectured for half a time, just started writing, Li Wenlan pressed a palm into the inkstone, with ink dripping everywhere, and tears welling up in her eyes, ran to find her sister to wash her hands and change clothes.

  Li Xiaoduan sat in his own seat, concentrating on writing.

  Guo Sheng walked over and sat down on the small chair beside Li Wenlan, while picking up the ink spills that Li Wenlan had dripped all over the place, and spoke softly to Li Xia.

  "I don't know the young lady's background or what she wants, and I don't want to know. I only want to devote myself to her, not seeking wealth, honor, immortality, or supernatural powers. I only hope to follow this extraordinary... anomaly, just like Wang Zhi chopping wood and encountering a fairy, where his axe handle rotted instantly. I often think that if I had such great fortune, such an encounter, this life would be enough."

  "After traveling the world for nearly ten years, at first I was muddled and confused. Later on, I had only one thought in mind: to hope that someday I could have the same good fortune as Wang Zhi, to experience strange things that ordinary people cannot experience. If I can do so, then this life of mine will be completely satisfying, with no other desires or thoughts."

  Li Xia turned her head to look at him, looked for a while, lowered her head, and continued writing.

  Guo Sheng sat beside him, stunned for a moment, stood up, walked to the door, stopped and turned back, looking at Li Xia who was sitting upright at the table, carefully tracing characters.

  Is she going to take another look? What is she looking at?

  No matter what he sees, she asks him to be this blind master, and this is the opportunity she gives him.

  ………………

  November 20th was the birthday of Empress Jiang, and the academy would be closed for three days. Li Xia had already told Li Wenshan that he wanted to take advantage of these three days to find an excuse to go to Xikou Town near Zixi Saltworks.

  Li Xia wants to go see the family of the wife who was killed in the previous life, and also that younger sister.

  Now, she no longer dares to fully believe in things from before that she hasn't seen with her own eyes.

  What's more, this case of murdering one's wife was suspicious at the time, and now it seems even more suspicious, with the mastermind behind the scenes appearing and disappearing, as if it wasn't just her previous assumption, but someone who coveted silver...

  Even if it's just someone who covets the silver, she and Fifth Brother must go through with it, take a look at this family, see if they can dissolve this matter ahead of time.

  Killing one's wife or torturing her to death are both heinous crimes that harm social morals and corrupt the social atmosphere.

  If such a case occurs in Ah Die's territory, regardless of whether Ah Die is innocent or not, it is a big mistake. If this really happens, Ah Die's term will only be considered a failure. As for the next term, his family will probably end up in some remote and poor mountain village.

  The day before, school was let out in the academy, and Li Wenshan hurriedly mounted his horse at the gate of the academy, just as Gu Liu rushed towards him waving his arm.

  Li Wenshan didn't dismount, and with a wave of his hand to Gu Liu, he said, "I've already told General Lu and Prince Wang that I won't be able to make it tonight. I need to hurry back home, it's getting late..."

  "Come down! Come down quickly, I have something to say." Gu Liu ran a few steps in front of Li Wenshan's horse and looked up at him, waving his hand repeatedly.

  "What's going on? Just say it." Li Wenshan didn't want to get off his horse, so he reined in the horse and made a circle where they stood.

  "Get down!" Gu Liu stretched out his hand to pull Li Wenshan, who was almost pulled off the horse. "Okay, okay, let go! What's going on? I'm in a hurry..."

  "The day after tomorrow at noon, I'm hosting a banquet at Qingfeng Building, you must come." Gu Liu pulled down Li Wenshan and solemnly invited him: "I won't send you an invitation letter, no matter what, you have to come, best if you can arrive before noon."

  "I won't be able to go." Li Wenshan bowed repeatedly, "It'll be midnight by the time I get home tonight, and tomorrow or the day after, I promised Xiaxia that I'd take her out to play. Really can't make it, I owe you one, let me treat you to dinner next time, this time I really can't make it, I already promised Xiaxia."

  "The day after tomorrow is Xiao Liu's birthday, aren't you coming?" Jin Zheyen and Qin Wang had already strolled out of the academy, Jin Zheyen tapping Li Wenshan's shoulder with the folding fan in his hand.

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