Sword: Li Yunlong advised me to be civilized

Chapter 21 Impossible! Absolutely impossible!

Heiwa, leaning on his stick, watched Li Yunlong leave. Oh no! His little brain couldn't fathom why his elder brother and the regiment commander would argue whenever they met. These two were truly...

Li Yunlong left very decisively. As soon as he went out, he gathered the people he brought with him and moved the two bodies in the backyard away. "I never owe favors to others, especially not to Xu Zhenhua. I should repay a favor. You saved Heiwa, so I will help you too!"

Outside the village, Zhuzi, who had finished his work, came up to Li Yunlong with his eyes shining.

"Captain, I heard Heiwa give you cigarettes! Don't hide it, I can smell it!"

Previously, only Li Yunlong entered Uncle Laogui's house. The other soldiers were on guard around, and Zhuzi happened to be hiding outside the backyard.

"Hey! You have a pretty good nose, kid! Let me take a look, is this a cigarette? Hey! I've never seen this kind of cigarette before! This looks like food, give it to the seriously injured later!"

After a while, several people gathered together...

Including Li Yunlong, everyone was stunned. This cigarette was absolutely amazing! It was simply indescribable. We smoked it silently, taking puffs...

"Hey! Captain, you already have a whole pack, why do you want everyone to share one?"

"You know shit. This is called living, understand? Zhuzi, you idiot, leave me a bite!"

"Hehe! Even though my butt is on fire, I can still take three big sips. Ahem... cough... cough..."

"Captain, there seems to be cotton behind this cigarette butt..."

Cigarettes in that era did not have filters. Li Yunlong was careless and lost his master, but this time Li Yunlong did not curse anyone. He was very grateful in his heart. Fortunately, the kid did not see it, otherwise he would definitely laugh at me!

Eh? Why should I care what that guy thinks?

From then on, Li Yunlong changed his habit, and the soldiers never heard the catchphrase of "sucking three times" again...

In the woodshed of Uncle Laogui's house, Heiwa limped back, his face full of hesitation, but he finally spoke.

"Brother, I want to ask you a favor!"

"Huh! Do you want me to help you get some food?"

"Ah? Brother, how did you know?" Heiwa showed a surprised expression.

"You haven't eaten for three days, and your commander has been staring at the table with his eyes wide open! Your entire army probably hasn't eaten for three days either, right?"

There was a table full of leftovers, and there was no time to clean up. Li Yunlong was concerned about his identity as the head of the regiment and did not eat anything directly. In fact, there was nothing left on the table!

"Then! Big brother!" Heiwa showed a pleading expression.

"No problem, I have enough food here!"

"Ah?" Heiwa originally wanted to say a few more nice words, but he didn't expect Xu Zhenhua to agree so readily.

"What's so surprising? I have no problem with you guys, nor with your shitty leader, but I just want to scold him, is that okay? Besides, that guy disposed of the bodies in the yard, and I don't like owing favors to others, especially him!"

"..."

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and pack up quickly, we have to go into the mountains!"

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A loud slap was heard in the woodshed, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense, and the air seemed to freeze a little.

Xu Zhenhua was beaten, and was slapped hard. The one who beat him was Shen Zhaodi.

"Mom, why did you hit my brother?" Heiwa has no mother. Shen Zhaodi made Heiwa feel the precious maternal love, and he changed his words long ago!

"Shut up! It's only natural for me to beat my son!" Xu Zhenhua held his breath, not knowing why Aunt Zhaodi suddenly hit him.

The cause of the incident was still because Uncle Laogui patiently persuaded Xu Zhenhua to ask Li Yunlong to take action to deal with the bandits.

Tired of talking, Xu Zhenhua had no choice but to tell Uncle Lao Gui and Uncle Lao Gui everything that had happened at the Xu residence, and explained why they had to seek refuge in the mountains.

He said one more thing at the end.

"From now on, my father is Uncle Laogui, and my mother is Shen Zhaodi. I don't know anyone named Xu Boxing!"

Unexpectedly, Shen Zhaodi reacted violently to this and actually started to attack...

Shen Zhaodi came back to her senses and stared at her hands blankly, her eyes full of guilt. She stroked Xu Zhenhua's cheek with a look of heartache.

"Master, does it hurt? It's all my fault. I broke the rules and shouldn't have done anything!"

Xu Zhenhua grabbed Shen Zhaodi's hand. Her hands were rough and hard, but very warm!

"Mom! It's okay. Don't call me Master, just like when we were little. Call me Boy, or Zhenhua. We have to leave here quickly, otherwise we might be in danger!"

"No! I won't leave! Young master, you can't leave either! The Xu family can't survive the bandits." Shen Zhaodi's attitude was very firm!

"Mom! Why are you doing this? I've been kicked out of the family tree. The Xu family and the bandits have nothing to do with me anymore."

"My dear boy! We know you are suffering, but you can blame the heavens, you can blame the earth, but you absolutely cannot blame the master! He has his own difficulties!"

Shen Zhaodi's words were sincere and moving, which made Xu Zhenhua very puzzled. Could there be a past here that he didn't know about?

"Mom! Were you deceived by Xu Boxing? He is the head of the Xu family. Even if he has his own reasons, he won't just stand by and watch you get bullied and do nothing!"

From Xu Jizu, we learned that Uncle Laogui and Uncle Laogui had suffered a lot in recent years. However, being bullied was secondary. The key issue was the persecution from Ma San, which Xu Zhenhua could not tolerate.

"Alas! My dear child! Master has no other choice. Your mother passed away early, leaving Master and you, who were less than a month old. Many people urged Master to remarry, but Master refused. Until one day, when you were three years old, you disappeared. Master and his men searched for you for days and nights, but they couldn't find you!"

When Shen Zhaodi recalled the past, her eyes unconsciously turned red.

"Uh? What happened next?" Xu Zhenhua listened quietly, but he couldn't remember this scene in his mind.

"A few days later, the master returned with the second wife. The next day, you returned too. Your uncle and I privately asked the master where you had been during those days. But the master refused to tell us. We could guess that the second wife had used some dirty tricks to marry into the Xu family..."

What? Xu Zhenhua was stunned. What was this? Shen Zhaodi's explanation was unclear, but Xu Zhenhua understood it.

That cheap old man refused to remarry, so someone kidnapped me, no, they kidnapped my original self and threatened him to marry him.

That old man, Xu Zhenhua remembered the long gown...

Liu Peijun's appearance seemed to reappear in front of him. She changed her face several times and acted very cunningly. She had Xu Boxing under her control. This nominal second wife was also very outstanding in appearance. Would she use all means to marry into the Xu family?

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! The Xu family's strength is not yet enough to warrant painstaking calculations!" Xu Zhenhua shook his head.

As far as I can remember, the Xu family had nothing to envy except for some wealth. Their status and power were limited to Baiyun Town, and their influence did not even reach the county town.

Suddenly, Shen Zhaodi spoke.

"Master, the second wife's brother is Liu Peifu!"

"I know that!" I still remember the relatives of the Xu family. Many people said that this 'uncle' was a gangster.

"Now his name is Liu Changqing! Second Madam spent a lot of money on him! This was four years ago. I accidentally heard it when I ran into Second Madam talking to someone. Master might know about it too!"

What?

Xu Zhenhua just couldn't believe that the uncle Liu Changqing he made up was really an 'uncle', but he was just Xu Jizu's biological uncle.