Li Yi only found out about this after Fang and the others returned from the prefectural city.
Li Yi could only mourn for the fool who wanted to block Li Xuan's carriage.
He had originally thought that when the shop operated by Ning Wang Fu opened, those who were eyeing Ruyi's Lu would naturally give up on their evil thoughts. After being stirred up by that foppish son, everyone had probably gotten wind of it and no longer dared to have any thoughts about Ruyi's Lu.
After calming down and thinking carefully, the conclusion Li Yi arrived at made him sigh endlessly.
If he didn't know Li Xuan and didn't cooperate with Ning Wang Fu on Ruyi's Lu, even a small county officer would have brought him a lot of trouble.
After all, one was a commoner and the other was an official. The people who came to frame them and the constables who colluded with them were most likely instructed by the county officer.
In this day and age, it was better to be an official. If he was a county officer, wouldn't there be none of these things?
Of course, if he really wanted to be a county officer, Li Yi was also unwilling. It wasn't worth it to do so many things with such a small salary.
Wouldn't it be better to hold onto the thigh of Ning Wang Fu? Wouldn't it be better than being some county magistrate?
Of course, distant water couldn't quench immediate thirst. Not every time something happened, Li Xuan would appear at the right time. If he could hold onto one more thigh, he would have one more choice when the time came.
Therefore, when the patrolling female arrester passed by the entrance of the shop, Li Yi greeted her politely, "Arrester Li, you're patrolling the streets again. Do you want to come in and have a cup of water?"
"Do you have wine?"
The girl in light blue looked at him and raised her eyebrows as she asked.
"Yes!" Li Yi replied with a smile.
The wine was a strong liquor made using the distillation method. Before the wine shop that cooperated with Ning Wang Fu opened, it was the only one in Qing 'an prefectural city.
If there was wine, there would naturally be dishes.
Things were different now compared to when he first came here. With money, he didn't have to live a life without much money. Two cold dishes and two hot dishes were made by Li Yi himself. They were perfect to go with wine.
"Constable Li, please."
MIngzhu Li looked at the dishes on the table as a look of astonishment flashed across her face.
Didn't you say that you only came in for a glass of water?
No matter how he looked at it, the scene in front of him seemed to have been prepared.
He glanced at Li Yi and sat down.
Regardless of what he was thinking, at least the dishes and wine looked good. It could be seen that he had put some effort into it.
He picked up his chopsticks and took a bite of the side dish that smelled pretty good. He was very satisfied with this unique taste.
"What's the matter? Say it." He took another sip of wine and looked at Li Yi indifferently.
She actually admired this scholar's ability. For the sake of this table of dishes and wine, if his request was not too excessive, she would consider it.
"Constable Li, you misunderstood. If it wasn't for you, I'm afraid that the lawsuit at Ruyi Restaurant would have been unavoidable. This is just a small dish and wine to express my gratitude." Li Yi smiled and looked at her calmly.
He really didn't have anything to ask of this female constable at the moment.
Even if he did, he couldn't say it out loud.
As the saying goes, "If you take something from someone, you'll have to bear the consequences." The Anxi County Government was not far from the shop. If this princess dined and drank here for a few times, how could she stand by and watch when something really happened in the future?
He was only building a good relationship now. Of course, he couldn't casually ask for anything.
"It's my duty. No need to thank me." MIngzhu Li glanced at him and continued to eat and drink. Needless to say, these dishes and wine were very much to her taste.
"I heard that you've cooperated with Prince Ning Mansion in the business of Ruyi Nectar?"
Li Yi nodded. The news had spread pretty fast. Today was only the second day.
"You're smart." The wine that Old Fang had secretly hidden was almost finished by her, but her expression did not change. She looked at Li Yi with a rare hint of approval in her eyes.
It was undeniable that Ruyi Nectar was a good thing. It contained a huge profit. Few people could resist the temptation. If one didn't have enough power, he couldn't protect such a treasure. It wouldn't be long before he was devoured by those people.
The smartest way was to climb up a higher tree and give up a part of the profit to protect himself.
But she didn't expect him to have the ability to climb up to Prince Ning Mansion. It seemed that his relationship with her cousin was not ordinary.
When MIngzhu Li thought of this, someone walked in from the door. The next moment, Li Xuan looked at her in surprise and asked, "MIngzhu, why are you here?"
After saying this, he suddenly sniffed and asked, "What's so fragrant?"
Following the fragrance, he looked at the wine and dishes on the table.
After a while, there was another pair of chopsticks on the table.
Li Xuan looked at his cousin who was drinking by herself on the side with some confusion. He was a little confused about why she would appear here, but his attention was soon attracted by the wine and dishes in front of him.
He poured a cup of wine and just picked it up, thinking that he came here for official business today, he hesitated and put it down. He looked at Li Yi and asked, "You said that the ground under our feet is round. Do you have any proof?"
"No." Li Yi took a sip of tea and said straightforwardly.
With Li Xuan's curious baby personality, if he explained, the other would definitely ask questions endlessly. It was better not to give him any chance.
"Then what you said last time, why do leaves fall to the ground, why do mirrors appear in the water, and …" Li Xuan didn't dwell on the question just now. Anyway, he still had a lot of questions and there would be opportunities to ask.
The expression on Li Yi's face froze. Then he looked at him and said seriously, "Let's talk about the problem of the ground being round."
Li Xuan looked up at him, waiting for him to explain.
"Actually, to be accurate, it should be a ball, and not so round …"
This problem was actually not difficult to explain. The curved sea surface, the ships that came from the sea would always see the mast first, and when they looked up at the sky, the two sides were low and the middle was high … these common phenomena in daily life could all be explained.
Even using an analogy, it could be easily explained. The moon and the sun were both round, but the ground under their feet was square. Wasn't it a little weird and unsociable?
However, Li Xuan had never seen the sea before. He ran to the courtyard to look at the sky, but he couldn't see the difference between the height of the sky and the height of the moon, nor could he understand the relationship between the moon and the ground under their feet. Li Yi began to feel a headache.
"I'm going to patrol the streets."
MIngzhu finally understood why the two of them had such a close relationship. It was very normal for two people who were suffering from hysteria to feel like they understood each other …
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