After leaving the Dianqian Division, Zhang Shixun did not return home immediately, nor did he go to the Tianwu Army. Instead, he took Hei Wuchang with him to inquire around and found Yanzhi Lane.
Li Kui's home is easy to find. Just ask anyone about Li Laoshi's home and you will find Li Kui.
"Sir." When Li Kui opened the gate and saw him, his knees went weak and he was about to kneel down and kowtow.
Zhang Shixun grabbed him and said with a smile, "Don't kowtow to me next time. It's not good to be seen by others."
"Well... okay!" Li Kui bowed respectfully.
Zhang Shixun walked into the yard and asked, "Where are the gourds? I bought him a few strings of candied haws on the way."
Once you have promised something, you must keep your word, especially to your children.
"He just went to play in the alley." Li Kui respectfully made way for him into the house.
"Oh! This child is quite clever and likable."
"The neighbors like him very much, too." When Li Kui mentioned his son, his expression immediately changed, becoming beaming with joy: "Wherever he goes, they treat him like their own child."
"Well! Such a good child, as a father, you must raise him well, don't let him grow up to be as useless as you."
Li Kui's face froze, and he said awkwardly, "Sir, I've been wanting to find you, but I don't know where you live."
"Looking for me?"
"Huang San evaded the imperial court's search and sneaked back with a few people. He's now very rude to me and doesn't take me, the cave master, seriously at all. He gets angry at me at the slightest provocation and says that of all the cave masters in Wuyou Cave, I'm the most cowardly and incompetent."
Zhang Shixun thought to himself: Huang San is right, you, the cave master, are really incompetent and can't even hold the top position.
I thought so in my heart, but I couldn’t say it out loud because this person would be of great use in the future.
"Li Kui, how many people are under Huang San?" Zhang Shixun asked.
"He used to have around twenty men under his command, but after the government's last crackdown, there are only seven or eight left."
"How many men do you have now?"
Li Kui lowered his head and said, "Only three or two."
"Are they all hidden in the Worry-Free Cave?"
"Well! They have nowhere else to go except Worry-Free Cave."
"What about Huang San and the others? Are they also living in Wuyou Cave?"
“Most of the time it’s in the cave.”
Zhang Shixun asked again, "How many leaders of Wuyou Cave are left?"
"Last time, the soldiers came back and forth several times to clear out the group. Only Huang San and I were left among the leaders. The others were all dead."
Zhang Shixun thought for a moment and asked him, "If I help you get rid of Huang San, can you completely control Wuyou Cave and sit firmly on the top spot?"
"I can definitely sit still." Li Kui answered immediately without even thinking.
"Well, take me in now and I'll help you get rid of this thorn in your side."
"Ah!" Li Kui shuddered and looked at Zhang Shixun nervously, thinking he was joking.
"Oh shit! Take me down here!"
"But his minions are tough and difficult to deal with. There's no way we can handle them with just the two of us."
"The two of us? You think too highly of yourself. I'm not talking about the two of us. I'm talking about me handling them myself, and you just have to watch from the side."
Li Kui said with a sad face, "Master, I know you are powerful, but one punch cannot defeat four hands. You can't handle them alone."
"Stop talking nonsense! Once you're inside, just find a reason to call Huang San over, and I'll take care of the rest."
"Okay...okay." Having said that, Li Kui had no choice but to agree.
Li Kui took out a wrist-cutting knife from under the low eaves and put it into his sleeve. "Sir, I will take you downstairs. Follow me."
Zhang Shixun saw him walking out of the yard and hurriedly grabbed him and said, "The cave entrance is clearly inside the house, why are you going outside?"
Li Kui realized that he had misunderstood him, and hurriedly explained, "Sir, I remember you told me to keep this tunnel well hidden. So, since then, I have never used this tunnel again. When I go to Wuyou Cave, I always take the longer route and take the main road."
"Highway?"
"It's the passage that everyone in Wuyou Cave knows about."
Zhang Shixun thought about it and realized that he had indeed said such words. He didn't expect that this guy was so obedient for the safety of himself and his family.
"Okay, you lead the way." Zhang Shixun said.
Li Kui led him out of the courtyard. Suddenly, he thought of something and said to Zhang Shixun, "The great master asked me to draw a map of Wuyou Cave. I have already done it. Should I give it to you now or when I get back?"
"Wait until I get back."
Li Kui turned around, closed the courtyard door ajar, and walked out of Yanzhi Lane with Zhang Shixun.
"Find the child first, and I'll give him the candied haws." Zhang Shixun shook the candied haws in his hand and said very seriously.
Li Kui was completely baffled. How could this high-ranking official be so kind to a little kid? Furthermore, the child was the child of a Wuyou Cave convict.
Although he couldn't see through it, Li Kui was still a little touched. The official was a good person.
When he found the gourd, he was wearing open-crotch pants and squatting on a tree peeing. Several children under the tree were screaming and hiding to the side.
"Hulu, you peed on me, you are a bad boy." A child wiped the flowing urine and cursed at Hulu, and several other children followed suit.
"Hehe! Adults said that boys' urine can reduce internal heat." After Hulu finished peeing, he reached out and grabbed his penis and shook it, then stood up while hugging the tree branch.
"Hulu, you've been naughty again, haven't you?" Li Kui hurried to the tree, raised his neck and roared, "What did I tell you when we left? Have you forgotten everything?"
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