Chapter 69 Life and Death
Huali looked down on Li Mai, and from the beginning, so even when he pretended to be a businessman before and needed to meet Li Mai in a lower attitude, he would unconsciously show his contempt for Li Mai.
Even if he himself did not notice this contempt, he actually did not notice it. After all, such unconsciously revealed emotions from the inner world have always been uncontrollable.
But Li Mai could feel it, and it was very clear that as the group of people with the lowest status in the entire county government, he had seen too much like the contempt and disdain that Huali showed in the past.
Li Mai didn't care at that time. As long as he could get the white money from Huali, not to mention the slightest contempt he unconsciously showed, even pointing at his nose and cursing, Li Mai wouldn't care.
But when Hua Li finally found out that he revealed his identity to Li Mai, and used this as a threat to Li Mai to do things according to his orders, Li Mai obviously could not ignore it.
After all, if Huali was just a businessman, then his contempt would not pose any threat to Li Mai. However, as a member of the Tianyan Sect who killed people without blinking and even dared to have a head-on conflict with the government, it would be a huge threat to Li Mai that could take his life away at any time.
Although he has no culture and can't even write his own name, Li Mai has been in the county government for many years and has been influenced by his eyes and eyes, but his mind is not blocked.
He may have never heard of the idiom "Seeking a Skin with a Tiger", and he doesn't know what "the cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook".
But he knew these principles. Therefore, after agreeing to Huali, he had already begun to plan in his heart how to deal with it when Huali broke his promise and became rich.
If Hua Li could hand over fifty taels of silver as promised and let him go, then everything would naturally be fine, and the backup plan he planned would not need to be revealed. But if Hua Li had no such plan, then he would have to break the way to death.
Although he wanted to use his prepared backhand to make Huali avoid attacks, after thinking about it, he still gave up on this day.
Although he was despised by Huali and could not even write his own name, he was self-aware and knew his abilities.
Therefore, he knew in his heart that with his thin body and his own body, even if he spoke up, he would only get two results.
First, Huali responded in time, resolved his backup plan, and then used him to vent his anger and contempt.
Second, Huali was unable to resolve his backup plan for the time being. In order to raid the county government, he could only temporarily endure humiliation and threaten him and let him go.
But will Hua Li, who had a murderous intention towards him, let him go after that?
No matter how optimistic Li Mai is, he will not think so.
By then, if Huali's raid succeeded and stirred up chaos in the city, he would definitely find him and then use all his cruel means to torture him to vent his anger.
If Hua Li's raid ultimately fails and is unfortunately caught, his name will be revealed whether it is out of anger in his heart or torture.
So no matter what, as long as Hua Li had the intention of killing him from the beginning, what was left to him would be a dead end.
Such inference is undoubtedly very desperate, but Li Mai knew in his heart that he had come to this desperate situation now, and all this was destined from the day when he accepted Huali silver because of his greed.
Perhaps all he could do was to go to Huangquan together.
In addition, we are using our lives as bargaining chips to seek a brighter future for our future generations.
And this lucky guy is a little beggar he likes very much on weekdays.
Because of his slutty and poverty in this life, he has not yet married, so he naturally doesn't think about having a child.
So like many other craftsmen in the same situation, he accepted a disciple who said he was a disciple, but he was actually an orphan of his adopted son. While inheriting his craft, he was also to give him a gift for his death in the future a hundred years later.
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Tonight, he prepared wine and food to the county jail to drink with the prison guards, and he found his adopted son Li Sui.
He told Li Sui that if he heard the movement in the prison around the third update and he had not come back for a long time, or if he heard him laughing loudly, he would immediately stay away from the prison.
Then he ran quietly to the Houya. When he was about to reach the Houya, he rang the prepared gong and ran to the wing room where the eight Jianghu people who lived in the county yamen a few days ago were located.
As an "old man" who has been guarding the gate in the county government for many years, Li Mai obviously saw it very clearly and guessed in advance what Huang Xiangfu, the county magistrate, had moved after hearing the sound of the gong.
However, although he had made the worst plan in his heart and made plans based on this worst situation, when Huali really appeared, his desire to survive still made him unable to help but ask Huali first. But after finally recognizing the reality, Li Mai finally gave up his life and paved the way for his adopted son.
At the same time, it also allows him to laugh proudly before he dies and laughs happily.
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Li Sui ran quickly as she beat the gong as she adopted father Li Mai.
He is only twelve years old this year. Before meeting Li Mai, his adoptive father, and being taken care of by him, he had been a little beggar in Hongdu Prefecture for three years.
During those three years, he begged, stole, and fought for food with wild dogs and wild cats every day, and was in danger.
Not only that, he also needs to be guarded against the enslavement and looting of adult beggars.
But even so, three years ago, he unfortunately fell into the hands of a group of beggars, and was about to be interrupted to control and sell miserable things to attract the money of those "kind" people.
At this time, it was Li Mai's timely appearance and with the power of the county government, he forced the beggars to escape and save him.
It was from that day that he finally had a barely reliance, even if Li Mai's reliance seemed unreliable at all.
It is precisely because he has experienced so many sufferings and dangers that he is only twelve years old now, and he has a faint worry in his heart.
If Li Mai had not warned him with a harsh tone he had never seen before leaving, he would not have been too close to the prison, and would have to go to the Houya immediately after hearing the signal, and told him that only when he ran fast and could he let the eight martial arts people know the situation as soon as possible and go to the prison for rescue, so that he could have a glimmer of life, I am afraid that Li Sui would have already run into the prison after ringing the gong as required.
Chapter completed!