Chapter 186: A Sword to the Throat
Hu Fenghua froze and looked at Li Runrun in disbelief.
"You, you are married?"
"Yeah. I'm already old enough, married, and my child is almost two years old."
Li Runrun looked at Hu Fenghua's running back and laughed.
It's not like she hasn't been pursued by someone before since she came here, but now she's used to it, so she just needs to explain it clearly.
To avoid unnecessary misunderstandings.
Some stopped when they knew she had children, and some didn't mind her having children, but since she didn't like any of them, they still refused.
Fortunately, the people she met were all good. None of them were persistent and they all knew what she meant and ended the relationship tactfully.
Li Runrun doesn't feel lonely, she likes her current life very much.
Maybe she will find someone else to live with in the future, but that is a matter for the future, and she has no such intention at the moment.
Li Runrun kept the pheasants in a cage for a few days and developed some feelings for them.
The snow was falling deeper and deeper, and the winter weather was cold. Li Ruanruan said to the pheasants, "After this winter, I will let you go."
Li Mutou, who was chopping wood nearby, laughed when he heard this: "Sister, you raised them for the entire winter, and when they were at their plumpest, you let them go?"
"What's wrong with that? That's just the right time to release it."
Li Mutou really thought it was funny, and after laughing for a while, he said, "I'm afraid they can't fly anymore."
These pheasants are a pair, a male and a female. Every day you see them being affectionate and close to each other.
Li Runrun really didn't have the intention to kill them anymore, so why bother breaking up this star-crossed couple?
So he said, "Then I will give them less food so that they can fly high and far away in the spring."
"Then someone shot me with an arrow and I became a snack in someone else's bowl. While eating, I held the bowl and said, 'It smells so good! Thank you for the gift from the mountain god.'"
Li Ruanruan: “........”
How come this brother has no romantic sense at all? Why is he so rough? How can he find a wife?
Li Ruanruan had already left, but Li Mu Tou was still angry and came back to hit Li Mu Tou again.
Li Mutou pretended to be in great pain and screamed: "Ah~~~"
Li Ruanruan hit him again. He really deserved a beating.
His arms were full of muscles, and he hit her hands so hard that they hurt.
Li Ruanruan was so funny that she felt both amused and helpless.
Li Da said, "Wood, stop talking nonsense! If your sister says to release him, then let him go. At worst, you can release him in the deep mountains. No one can catch him."
Over there, a little arm hugged Li Mu's legs, and the baby said in a baby voice: "Chirp~"
The pear is sweet.
Limutou quickly put down the axe for fear of scaring the child.
He picked up the thickly dressed Li Tian and said, "Okay, okay, uncle will listen to your mother and release this fat chicken when spring comes."
Li Da came over and took Li Tian away: "Let's go, Tiantian, if you don't play with your uncle, you will learn bad things."
Li Mutou was at a loss for words: "I just told you a few truths, why did it become a problem?"
The child was taken away, and Li Mutou continued to chop wood with grunts.
Just then, the waiter came running over and knocked on the door, saying that there was a disturbance in the restaurant.
Li Mutou walked over with an axe.
Li Ruanruan saw this and quickly followed: "Don't be impulsive, Wood."
Then she said to Li Da, "Dad, you and Li Bai, don't come. Mu Tou and I can handle it."
Li Ruanruan closed the door to the courtyard and asked the waiter, "Who is causing trouble?"
The waiter was also sweating and speaking anxiously.
Li Runrun's heart skipped a beat, and she could tell there was a conspiracy.
I'm afraid it's related to the government.
They lived in Longhu City, a frontier capital.
Because her restaurant had good business, it had been harassed by the government before. She spent money and gave up two percent of the profit from selling wine to solve the problem.
She thought she was buying herself protection by spending money, and that she was spending money to ward off disaster.
However, she didn't expect that the prefect here was a greedy person and might have set his eyes on her wine-making recipe.
Li Runrun arrived at the restaurant with a calm heart, and saw that the entrance was in chaos, with soldiers and troublemakers gathered there.
Li Ruanruan pushed her way through the crowd.
The troublemakers were lying on the ground, clutching their stomachs and groaning, "I drank from this restaurant and had diarrhea all night. I almost died."
"That's right, you black-hearted shopkeeper, pay me back."
"You must give an explanation!"
The troublemaker was yelling, and Li Ruanruan frowned: "I've never heard of drinking alcohol causing diarrhea."
The troublemaker ignored him and said, "Why not? Did you brew your wine with moldy grains, you black-hearted person."
The officer came forward and said, "Come with us."
Li Mutou stepped forward and pushed the officer away: "Don't go too far. They said their stomachache was caused by drinking our wine. But we have evidence."
"We had a feast here yesterday, and many people saw it and can testify to it."
The officer said fiercely: "Did you hear that? Take them away together."
With a wave of his hand, the officers and soldiers surrounded him.
Li Mutou was unable to struggle and was knocked to the ground by several punches, unable to get up. Finally, Li Ruanruan yelled, "Stop it, I'll go with you."
If you want the wine-making recipe, she will give it to you. But don't blame her if it brings you death.
The prefect was already a fourth-rank official. It was impossible for him to have no connections with the capital. Once he got the wine-making recipe, he would have sent it to his superiors.
When the time comes, if you dare to compete with the prince for business, you will be dead.
If I push her out to take the blame, will the prince find out?
But it has been two years, and the prince and Xu Wan should be a loving couple, and they have long forgotten about her.
Therefore, Li Runrun was very calm and wanted to follow the officers and soldiers.
Li Runrun gave Li Mutou a reassuring look.
But Li Runrun was not thrown into jail, but was sent to the prefect's residence, where she realized that something was wrong.
Li Runrun was tied up and locked in a room, only to find out that the prefect was over sixty years old and still a lecher, and actually wanted to take her as a concubine.
Li Runrun's hands and feet were tied, but she still jumped to the edge of the bed and used the wood beside the bed to rub the ropes on her hands.
When the rope was finally worn to the point of breaking, the door was pushed open.
The prefect, dressed in his official uniform, was sixty years old, with a white beard and a greasy complexion. He walked towards Li Ruanruan and said, "You, the cook, are so beautiful. I've been thinking about you. If you were to become my 30th concubine, I would love you dearly."
He pounced on Li Runruan, who broke free from the rope and dodged. The next moment, he took off the rope on her body, strangled the prefect's neck, and used force on his finger bones.
The greasy prefect rolled his eyes due to being strangled, and his face turned red due to suffocation.
Li Ruanruan loosened her grip again. "Even if I strangle you to death, you'll find a way to escape. You know the two most profitable businesses in the current Crown Prince's private treasury are the recipes I gave you. If you mess with me, you'll lose several lives."
The prefect took a breath and said, "I have failed to recognize the great man. Please spare my life, aunt, and let me go."
Li Runrun was not someone who could be easily fooled. She could tell from his pretense that the prefect was indeed a sly old shrew.
She tightened her grip around his neck again: "Let me go, or I'll kill you."
Li Runrun kidnapped him and took him out of the house.
I'm still thinking of a solution, but I haven't figured it out yet.
A figure suddenly appeared in front of him, and the next moment blood splashed on his face.
Looking down, she saw the prefect's throat cut by a sword. She was so scared that she let go and looked up at the person who came.
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