The old beggar nodded and said, "We've all been begging in this area. Is Lijia Village the small village at the end of this path?"

Liu Zhong nodded and said, "Later, have the little beggar deliver a letter to the second house at the entrance of the village, telling Li Xiaomei to hurry into the city because her brothers are waiting for her at the academy!"

This is not a difficult thing, the old beggar agreed after hearing it.

After explaining the business, Lieutenant General Liu handed the small wine jar he had been holding to the old beggar. "This is for you. It's to give you courage!"

The old beggar happily took the small jar of wine, and drank it down in one gulp without caring that Liu Zhong was present. He sighed with satisfaction, wondering how long it had been since he had tasted wine.

Liu Zhong looked at the old beggar's drunken appearance and warned him, "Don't delay what I ordered, or I won't forgive you!"

The old beggar bowed repeatedly to make a promise. The two stood on the hillside until the sun was high in the sky. They saw a group of people coming from afar. This group of people was none other than the old Li family.

Liu Zhong made a silencing gesture to the old beggar, and the two hid behind the bushes until the Li family disappeared at the end of the road.

When he could no longer see anyone, Liu Zhong said to the old beggar, "See the road ahead? There's a dock over there. When I show up there, have the little beggar pass a message to Li Xiaomei! Don't miss the opportunity!"

The old beggar looked in the direction Liu Zhong pointed and saw a pier. “Sir, it’s too hard to see people clearly at this distance. You can only see the color of their clothes!”

"Then you should remember the color of my clothes first. I will find an opportunity to wave my hand with a handkerchief later." This way you won't see it wrong, right?

The old beggar nodded to indicate that he had taken note of it.

Lieutenant General Liu gave all the food he had to the old beggar and hurried back to prepare.

Time was running out and Liu Zhong had no time to change his appearance. He simply wiped his face and went to the clan leader's house. He took the clan leader to Lijia Village. When they reached the pier, Liu Zhong said, "Clan leader, please wait for me. I want to ask the boatman in the lake if he has any fish for sale. I'm here to apologize, but it's not good for me to come empty-handed!" After that, he took out a handkerchief and waved to the boat.

Patriarch Liu looked at this rational young man and felt satisfied, nodding in agreement.

The old beggar over there saw the signal from afar and waved to the young beggar to go to Lijia Village to report the news.

When there was a knock on the Li family's door, Li Xiaomei was sitting in the yard in a daze. She was awakened by the knock on the door and looked outside the door to see a little beggar.

As he ran all the way, he saw a little beggar sitting in the courtyard. He gasped and asked, "Excuse me, are you Li Xiaomei? Your brother asked me to tell you to go to the town quickly. He said there was some academy!"

Li Xiaomei was flustered when she heard the beggar say this. She had been in a trance all day, and now she heard her brother's message. Without thinking too much, she stood up and walked out.

As the little beggar watched her walk away, his legs felt weak and he sat down on the ground.

He didn't understand why the old beggar asked him to tell him this! At this moment, he felt his heart beating like a drum. Only after calming down did he get up and slowly walk towards the dilapidated temple.

Li Xiaomei trotted all the way to the town, as she was afraid that something might happen to her brothers because of her.

The old beggar was standing on the hillside at this time. He saw a well-proportioned woman rushing towards him from a distance. As the woman ran, the towering mass in front of her became more and more obvious. The old beggar couldn't help swallowing.

The old beggar took a deep breath, drank the last sip of wine in the jug, and jumped from the hillside to the middle of the path, blocking Li Xiaomei's way.

The sudden appearance of the person startled Li Xiaomei. Looking at the beggar who was blocking her way, Li Xiaomei asked in a panic: "What do you want to do? Why are you stopping me?"

The old beggar showed his yellow teeth and laughed lewdly: "Young lady, where are you in such a hurry to go? Look at you running so hard that you are sweating all over! Let me wipe it for you."