Uncle Nine, where are you running to?

July 18th is approaching, and both of them have their own thoughts.

Jingzhi stayed with him for a day and went back in the evening.

While Lin Jiu was detoxifying, he also started to do his own things.

Xiaoguai was eventually detained in the Taoist temple.

He said he wanted to give it to her, but he still couldn't bear to see her get too close to it.

The reason given to Jingzhi was that she couldn't touch the dog until her stomach healed.

Xiaoguai protested strongly against this, saying that his fur was all ruffled after being washed, and there was absolutely no flea at all.

At this time, its two soft front paws were constantly digging at the wall between them, and it was howling like a wolf.

Lin Jiu just took a look and closed the window.

Then he came out from the door and asked, "Where is your senior brother?"

Xiao Hai, who was holding up his face to look at the dog, suddenly felt his hand slip and he quickly turned his head to answer:

"Oh, he was very busy. After beheading Mr. Shi, he handed him over to the government office. Boss Zhu is under Xiaozhu's watch, so it's okay. He was worried about the people in the government office, so he secretly went over to watch the interrogation."

Hearing this, Lin Jiu's eyebrows gradually wrinkled into a "川" shape.

The Shi family has a large family and a great fortune, and is exactly the type of person that Lord Wei likes to curry favor with.

Lin Jiu felt that Mr. Shi might not be punished.

His eldest disciple is a bit impulsive. What if he sees his enemy being acquitted? What good will that do?

No, he had to go and see.

Before I even stepped out of the yard, I heard Abao's voice.

"Master, Master!"

Abao walked towards them with a cheerful look on his face and a big grin on his face.

Lin Jiu was puzzled.

What else is there to be happy about now?

The next second, Abao, who couldn't keep his mouth shut, immediately told him everything.

"Master, Master Shi has been sentenced! Several families have come to the yamen to report him for raping women and committing all sorts of evil. Lord Wei has sentenced him to be beheaded in public in three days."

"Oh?"

Seeing Lin Jiu's doubtful expression, he gestured and talked about the grand scene that had just happened in the yamen.

"It was the group that Brother Lin summoned. It turns out that while she was on patrol a few days ago, she secretly visited the families that were harmed by Master Shi."

"The girl from the family at the East Street entrance died two years ago. It turns out she was raped by Mr. Shi, and she was so depressed that she jumped into the river. Her mother was the only one left at home, and she couldn't read. Her appeal was written by Brother Lin!"

"Mr. Shi even broke into the village office last night and stole my birth date and horoscope. It turns out he often uses this tactic against women who don't obey him. This time, he's been punished for multiple crimes, and there's also murder involved. I don't think he can escape."

Brother Lin is truly righteous.

He shouldn't have had such dirty thoughts about her when she was doing practical things.

Lin Jiu felt admiration and guilt in his heart, but he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Mr. Shi is now a useless person, so it is only natural for the Shi family to give up on him.

However, broken bones are still connected to the tendons.

Although Jingzhi did this with good intentions, would he be retaliated against by the desperate historians?

……

However, a series of events that happened next dispelled his worries.

The Shi family's main business, a porcelain shop, was suddenly exposed for selling inferior goods as high-quality ones, and their side business, an antique shop, was complained about for selling fake goods as genuine ones.

Many customers in the town came to the door of Shi's house, some threw vegetable leaves, some threw feces.

For a while, everyone wanted to punish the Shi family.

Their other businesses in the town were suddenly acquired by unknown persons, causing the Shi family's financial resources to shrink significantly and many of their retainers to leave.

The historian who was once the most powerful person in the town has fallen into complete decline.

……

The yard next door at this time.

"Well, well done! You bought those shops at the lowest price. You made a fortune again this time, didn't you?"

Liang En took a sip of tea slowly, and with a crisp click, he put down the teacup.

Then he smiled at Jingzhi, who was rubbing his face and grinning, and said:

"Thanks to my grandmother for providing evidence of their accounting fraud, otherwise Liang En would not have been able to swallow up the store on East Street so easily."

Jingzhi touched her face, then carefully touched the back of her neck, which was burning, and sighed, "To catch a thief, you have to catch the stolen goods. If they hadn't done something bad, I wouldn't have been able to get the evidence."

"Stop talking about that. Do you have any sunburn medicine? My face is almost burnt, and so is the back of my neck."

"...Yes, let me apply the medicine for you?" Liang En opened his medicine box and took out a brown jar.

"Hey, don't! He won't let anyone touch my things. Put it down, I'll go find him." Jingzhi knocked on the table.

"In that case, please accept this silver, as well as half of the shop title deed." Liang En opened a wooden box and pushed the things to her.

Jingzhi held her head and pushed the things back, "Oh, what do I need these for... Wait."

Jingzhi suddenly had an idea and took out two ingots of silver from inside, then met Liang En's sincere eyes:

"Can we exchange the deeds for the Liang family's shop deeds for the deeds for these shop deeds?"

"On this street, the space doesn't need to be too big, just enough for a small business."

Liang En closed the medicine box with a click and said doubtfully, "Yes, I do. What kind of business do you want to start?"

"By the way, didn't you say last time that you were going to come to the clan's school to study medicine? Why haven't you come yet? If you were doing business, how would you have the time?"

"Wait a minute! Why do you, an old man, have so many questions? If you have any, just send the deed over and make room for me. I can use it."

"I'll tell you about studying medicine after July 18th."

"Okay." Jingyi picked up the plaster on the table and winked at him mischievously, "Go back quickly and don't let your family worry. I'm going to chase your grandfather~"

Her voice gradually faded away, "Remember to lock the door for me~"

Liang En touched the back of his head, unable to understand.

"Why wait until after July 18th? Isn't that tomorrow?"

Suddenly a gust of wind rushed in again.

Jingzhi picked up the gift box on the table and ran out again.

Looking at Jingzhi who was rushing back and forth, he pretended to be serious, turned to Liang Ji who was as quiet as a chicken and said:

"Look, this is your ancestor. He kept his identity secret, was indifferent to fame and fortune, and was lively and lovable. You should learn from him."

Liang Ji (′?_?`): "Dad, I'm fine with being indifferent to fame and fortune, but I'm afraid I can't be anonymous and lively and cute like your son."

Their Liang family is a big family in this town.

Now that he has the Shi family as his cake, he can walk around the town with ease. His reputation has spread far and wide, so how could he possibly hide his identity?

And he is lively and cute, but he is already at the age of knowing the destiny, so how can he be lively?

……

On the other side, Jingzhi had already rushed into the Taoist temple, captured the panicked Lin Jiu, and pushed him down on the couch in the study.

"You, what are you doing?"

Lin Jiu was preparing a gift for her when Jingzhi rushed in.

At this moment, Lin Jiu's eyes flashed, and he held something tightly in his right hand, hiding it behind his back, causing him to feel uncomfortable.

There were tools and powder scattered all over the desk.

He hoped she would be more careful and not find out.

"What...were you doing just now?"

Lin Jiu turned his head away, looked at the two magpies jumping on the branches outside the window, and said:

"...I didn't do anything. Brother Lin, get up! How dare you suppress me in broad daylight?!"

Jingzhi raised her eyebrows slightly, let him go, and smoothed his collar, but in fact she was secretly taking advantage of him.

"If you can't suppress it in broad daylight, is it possible at night?"

Lin Jiu sat up suddenly, his face flushed red.

He glared at Jingzhi in anger and said, "Don't talk nonsense."

Jingzhi shrugged, opened her palm, and presented the ointment in front of him, blinking pitifully with her glimmering eyes:

"It's all your fault. You told me to stay in the sun for three hours every day. Now that I'm sunburned, you're responsible for applying the medicine for me."

Only then did Lin Jiu dare to focus his gaze on her blushing face.

"We were all sunburned together, so why did you get sunburned?"

Before, Jingzhi felt unhappy when she saw him enjoying the cool air, so she pulled him out to fry salted fish together in the sun.

As a result, Lin Jiu has become much darker in the past two days.

She poked his face lightly with her finger.

His elastic and bronze skin looks more lustrous and makes him look more manly.

"Humph, you're thick-skinned!"

Lin Jiu laughed, "Okay, okay, I'm thick-skinned. Sit down. I'll go wash my hands and come back to apply the medicine for you."

"it is good!"

Jingzhi sat obediently on the other side of the couch, dangling her feet.

When Lin Jiu came back, the thing in his hand was gone. His big hands with distinct joints were washed clean and exuded a faint scent of soapberry.

He opened the lid, gently scooped out a little translucent ointment, came to Jingzhi, and gently applied the ointment to her.

"You, you could have applied the medicine in front of the mirror, so why did you make this extra trip?"

The slightly cool ointment was applied to the face, which actually caused some pain, but Jingzhi did not react at all.

She raised her head and stared at Lin Jiu, who was only twenty centimeters away from her.

"I haven't seen you for two days. I wanted to come and see you."

She told it honestly.

Sincerity is the sure winner.

The blush on Lin Jiu's face slowly spread.

Jingzhi, who was staring at him, suddenly teased:

"Heh, were you burned by my love words? Do you want me to apply some medicine on you as well?"

"……you shut up."

Jingzhi's lips curled slightly, "Speaking of which, every time you say this, don't you feel familiar?"

Lin Jiu's fingertips, which were covered with plasters, paused slightly.

It really is.

Maybe he scolds his apprentices too much.

Lin Jiu didn't think about anything else. After applying the ointment on her face and wiping his fingers, he wanted to return the ointment to her.

But he saw Jingzhi taking off her shoes, sitting cross-legged on the couch, with her back to him, her hair tied up, revealing her red, slender neck.

"Apply medicine here too."

"...You didn't tell me earlier."

He wiped his fingers clean.

Straight man Lin Jiu glared at the back of her head, then opened the medicine jar and applied medicine on the back of her neck.

"Hee, you're too close, your breath hits my neck, it's so itchy."

Jingyi thrust the stick straight back and hit him directly on the waist.

Unexpectedly, Lin Jiu was bent over, and he lost his balance and fell backwards.

Jingzhi exclaimed "Ah" and quickly reached out to grab his wrist and pull him forward.

But the great people are so strong.

Lin Jiu was pulled directly onto her.

The couch was placed by the window.

At this time, Lin Jiu held the ointment in one hand, with his wrist supporting the window, and the other hand was pinching her hand.

He blocked the sunlight coming in from the window, leaving her in his shadow.

Her eyes were as bright as ever, staring at him intently.

"Let go... ugh!"

Staggered breathing.