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"The master is so bad that he actually deceived Ajiao. The master collected so many portraits of those gods! He doesn't love Ajiao at all!" The man made a gesture to stand up.

He Xinlin pulled him back and held him in his arms, "Master is just a little curious about this person."

"Really?" A Jiao stared at his face. "It's not fair for the master to only collect his portraits. Master, please draw a picture for A Jiao!"

"If the master draws a picture for Ajiao, I will be very happy!" Ajiao said excitedly and stood up, ready to get the pen and ink.

The man behind him had a fallen expression. "Li Jiao."

The man's voice seemed to come from hell.

Li Jiao's excited figure froze and he didn't dare to look back at all.

He Xinlin stood up and hugged him from behind. "You've been following me for so long, even a dog knows how to wag its tail. I hate trouble, don't you know?"

A shrill scream suddenly rang out, and the shopkeeper who was napping downstairs was so scared that he shrank under the table.

After a while, a handsome man opened the door and walked out. He had just taken a shower and his clothes were loose.

The man stroked his wet hair, leaned on the railing and smoked a thick cigarette. The smoke was hazy. The man glanced around the empty first floor and his eyes fell on the exposed hem of the shopkeeper's clothes.

Several subordinates came over and carried Li Jiao, who was covered in wounds and bleeding, out of the room.

One of them probed the tip of Li Jiao's nose, then turned to look at He Xinlin without any respect, "Hey, he's not dead yet."

He Xinlin glanced at the man, threw away the cigarette in his hand, and leaned over to take a bite of the subordinate's mouth. "Li Jian, don't think that just because you saved me, you can treat me equally."

Li Jian wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, expressionless, "Do you need me to help you kill it?"

He Xinlin shook his head. "A Jiao is good in every way, except that he's troublesome. Just throw him to feed your wolves!"

Li Jian nodded, and his subordinates carried Li Jiao away.

The huge inn returned to calm. Li lit a new cigarette for He Xinlin and said, "He told us to retreat. What do you want to do?"

He Xinlin exhaled a puff of smoke. "Maybe he reached some agreement with Prince Yong'an. There's going to be a war in the north, and he just doesn't want to dirty his hands."

"I'm very curious about that fairy princess. This is my business. He has no right to interfere with what I do."

Li Jian: "Aren't you afraid that person will be angry with you?"

"As long as he doesn't kill me, it'll be fine. The Yuan family's relationship with the imperial court is strained right now. If he still wants to deal with this major threat, he'll still need me. He won't do anything to me."

"What are you going to do?"

"Don't you think today's hide-and-seek game is fun?"

Li Jian looked at the playful smile on He Xinlin's face calmly, "I see, I will make arrangements for the Lantern Festival in advance."

After saying this, Li Jian turned and left.

He Xinlin looked at Li Jian's leaving back with a smile on his face. Suddenly, his eyebrows raised, he pulled out the cigarette from his mouth, pressed it hard against the railing, and crushed it into powder.

The broken cigarette fell to the ground. He Xinling stretched out his hands and scratched his face fiercely, with a horrified expression of madness on his face. After putting his hands down, he looked half dead.

So annoying! So annoying!

He Xinlin watched the corner of the shopkeeper's clothes exposed under the counter kicking the railing fiercely. He was as anxious as a headless but living tiger. The endless brutal animal nature in his body made him unable to help but want to destroy everything!

After a few hard kicks, the railing cracked. He Xinlin broke off a piece of wood with his bare hands and threw it towards the front desk.

"Get out here! You baldy bastard! Get out here!" He Xinlin roared like a lion while gasping for breath.

The shopkeeper was so frightened that he was trembling. He stuck his head out and was about to ask the customer what he wanted, but before he could open his mouth, he was knocked unconscious by a flying sharp piece of wood.

Seeing the bald man lying on the ground with blood flowing out, He Xinlin finally felt that the blockage in his chest was cleared and a hole was made. He breathed a sigh of relief and returned to his room.

The news of the little god spread overnight and spread throughout the streets and alleys.

In less than half a day on the second day, all the Fule biscuits in Fule Shop were sold out.

The people were very enthusiastic. Luo Yao and his two assistants hurriedly made two batches of Fortune cookies and managed to make it to the afternoon.

After the people left, a boy about thirteen or fourteen years old appeared in the store.

Luo Yao slumped in the chair, watching the young man being ordered around by Li Er.

The boy was called to clean the mold of the Fo Le Cookies before Luo Yao spoke to Li Er, "Is this the new employee hired by Second Brother?"

Li Er: "He wants to be the shopkeeper. We're busy today, so he came to help. He seems smart and quick-witted. We can hand over the shop to him after we leave."

With the magical effect, the Fortune Cookie will soon become a huge hit...

Luo Yao, who had inexplicably gained a lot more money, stretched lazily.

After Li Er went in and out and explained the things in the shop, the two of them rushed to the streets again.

They were going to secretly investigate the situation around Luo Mansion tonight. In order to avoid being recognized by the people, Luo Yao and Li Er wore masks.

"How about it?"

"The number of people has not changed, the same as before, but they seem to be just watching..." Li Er stopped in front of a small stall, and used the brim of his hat to cover his head while talking to Luo Yao in a low voice.

"Of course! We made such a big fuss, do they really want to kill me in public?!" Luo Yao was picking and choosing at the purse stall and didn't take his words to heart.

"no the same……"

Three days ago, I felt something strange. These people suddenly seemed to have no intention of killing them...

Li Er said this and walked towards the stall selling masks in the corner.

Hey...where are you going! Seeing Li Er walking towards the mask stall, Luo Yao was anxious, but he followed Li Er naturally.

The owner of this stall was one of the murderous people a few days ago!

Seeing them approach, the stall owner's eyes flickered, then he looked away and shouted, "Pick any mask you want, take a look—take a look!"

The two stopped in front of a mask stall.

Li Er picked up a fox mask and handed it to Luo Yao, "Sir, this fox mask is nice."

After more than two months of life-and-death cooperation in the south, Luo Yao understood what Li Er meant as soon as he opened his mouth.

He reached out to take the mask handed to him by Li Er, took a look at it, and put it back on the stall. Luo Yao picked up a smiley mask and took off his original eye-covering mask with ease.

The stall owner subconsciously stared at Luo Yao's face. Luo Yao tried on the mask and asked, "How much is the smiley mask, boss?"

The stall owner looked at Luo Yao's face, which they had been looking for for several months, and was unable to react for a moment.

"boss?"

"Five copper coins." The middle-aged man came to his senses.

Luo Yao took out five copper coins from his purse and handed them to him, then put on a smiling mask and left.

"Little Lord?"

Luo Yao nodded, indicating that he understood.

The two walked forward along the crowd, Luo Yao's heart was in turmoil.

His causing trouble in Lin'an County shouldn't have had such a big impact. What happened...

The dog emperor is not planning to kill him but to monitor him instead?

"It was like this three days ago." Li Er glanced at the ordinary people around him who were secretly watching them and whispered.

Three days ago? That meant it had nothing to do with him distributing leaflets. Could something have happened in the capital? Did the old emperor not want to kill him for the time being?

With doubts in their hearts, Luo Yao and Li Er hid in the dark alley.

At the Luo Mansion, the elderly Zhou Jiu shook his head and closed the door.

Zhou was over 50 when he was nine years old, and he started guarding the gate of Luo Mansion when he was thirteen or fourteen years old, and he guarded it for half his life.

The master had been missing for more than half a year, and many of the maids and servants had run away. Now, the only ones left in the entire Luo Mansion were him, the maid he had bought years ago, two guards, and a fire-stoker.

In the past two days, the streets have been filled with the news that the princess has returned to Lin'an County. The old man is looking forward to the princess's return, but at the same time he is afraid that she will be targeted when she returns.

It's not that he hadn't thought about looking for the princess, but the palace had been under surveillance for half a year, so he didn't dare to take the risk of looking for her. He could only pray in his heart that the princess was safe and would return home soon.

Luo Yao and Li Xian lay on the roof and watched Zhou Jiu, who was holding a lantern, close the door and go into the house, then quietly jump into the backyard.

The yard is clean and tidy, and it looks like someone has been cleaning it all the time.

After walking around, he came to a pear tree. Looking at the tree with several pears hanging on it, Luo Yao felt something.

Things have really changed. The last time I saw Uncle Jiu, he was not yet forty, and the pear tree was still full of fruits... I guess the people in the mansion didn't know how to take care of it. They gave the pear tree too much fertilizer, and the excess nutrition led to the over-nutrition without pruning the branches, resulting in only branches growing but no fruits.

Looking at the tall branches of the pear tree, Luo Yao suddenly felt an inexplicable sadness rising in his heart, and patted his forehead.

It's not his memory! It's not his emotion! What is he sad about?

The old man named Zhou Jiu, this is the first time I meet him, okay!

And this tree, he has never eaten the fruit from this tree!

Under the moonlight, Luo Yao's face showed a thousand changing emotions, which made Li Er terrified.

"I'm fine. I'll go to my room and you stay outside." Luo Yao returned to his original appearance and instructed Li Er.

Li Er nodded and watched Luo Yao leave with some concern.

Why should I go back to my home quietly?

Luo Yao walked through the pavilion like a drunkard. He originally wanted to investigate the situation around Luo Mansion, but he ended up entering Luo Mansion while searching.

This isn't his home, it's the original owner's home! If anything could be considered his home, it would probably only be a Duke's Mansion. After all, he had lived there for a few days after traveling through time.

As for this place, this is his first time here!

Luo Yao's mind was in a mess, and he muttered to himself viciously: "I was controlled by you without even realizing it. You're already dead. Now I'm Luo Yao. Be honest and stop struggling!"

The door creaked open and Luo Yao entered his "own" room.

Not long after entering the room, Luo Yao realized that his action was not intentional and turned and ran out. He walked back to Li Er in a daze and said, "Let's go back."

Li Er nodded hesitantly.

Back at Fule Shop, Luo Yao tossed and turned, unable to sleep. Not only did feelings that did not belong to him reappear, but also because of the results they had discovered around Luo Mansion.

Putting aside the matter of traveling through time and space and having a split personality, Luo Yao frowned and thought about the possible reasons why the Dog Emperor gave up on killing him.

It has nothing to do with them distributing "leaflets" in Lin'an County...

Luo Yao remembered the news that Li Xianqian had sent back earlier.

The complete evacuation of Qi State disaster victims from the border...

It's impossible for the disaster victims to evacuate without organization. It could only be an internal accident within Qi...

Could it be that there is going to be a war in the North?

So that’s how it is. No wonder the dog emperor has no time to take care of him!

But this isn't right... Even if there's a war... it doesn't make sense... His business is incredibly successful, he's popular, and he knows the royal military secrets. The dog emperor should be dying to kill him, especially now that his identity and whereabouts have been exposed...

Feeling sleepy, Luo Yao yawned.

Forget it... No matter what the dog emperor wants to do, he doesn't believe that the dog emperor dares to attack him in Lin'an County!