Chapter 22: The Wind Rises (2)
Lu Hexi folded the handkerchief, put it in his pocket, and went out with the candy jar. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
She was walking east, but caught a glimpse of a man dragging away the little beggar, and the child flopped twice before he collapsed and was taken away by the man. The man moved very quickly, and dragged the person into the alley neatly, except for Lu Hexi, I am afraid that no one noticed this.
She shook a knife from her cuff and planned to follow to save the little beggar. This person kidnapped the little beggar, and if she really wanted to ask something, it would probably be detrimental to her and Lu Qinian. If necessary, the child would not have survived.
With a gloomy face, he was about to catch up, but someone pulled his clothes from behind.
"Don't go, that person is Zong Wei. ”
"Brother Lin Xie?"
Lu Hexi immediately withdrew the knife, hugged the sugar jar, and hurriedly followed behind Lin Xie, pretending not to see anything.
Lin Xie took her wrist and quickly walked through the crowd, only stopping at the mouth of an alley.
"Didn't you go shopping? How did you get here?"
"I always felt that someone was following me on the road, so I parted from you. Lin Xie took the sugar jar and looked at it twice, and returned it to Lu Hexi without any problems, "I followed you all the way only to find that Zong Wei was following us directly, when you just bought sugar, he was sitting on the opposite tea stall staring at you, and the little beggar was stopped by him after he went out." ”
Lu Hexi thought of the rickety body that the man deliberately pretended to be just now, and the difference between it and Zong Wei's usual tough and upright appearance was really big, what a good hand at disguise!
"What does that bastard want to do, why do you tie up the little beggar?" her teeth rattled, and the hard fruit candy had already crumbled into sugar residue, "What entanglement can he have with Lu Qi before the New Year?"
"As far as I know, there is no connection, maybe Zong Wei is simply coming for you. ”
Lu Hexi sighed and rubbed his waist that hurt a little, this trouble was not worth it.
"I don't think Zong Wei's kind of person should hurt him, let's take a look at this first. "Zong Wei is a soldier, and he still has basic ethics, and he will definitely not hurt people for no reason.
Lin Xie took the silk handkerchief, put it in the sun and looked at it, and then put it on the tip of his nose and smelled it, there was some pungent smell of onion juice.
"The white juice of green onions can be seen when it is hot. ”
"Hmm. Lu Hexi took the handkerchief, took off the lid of the sugar jar, put the white silk handkerchief on the glass lid, and used a lighter to heat the glass lid underneath. I saw gray-black handwriting slowly appearing on the clean white silk handkerchief.
"Okay, that's it. ”
Lin Xie took the handkerchief and shook it open.
"What does Lu Qi Nian mean?"
A few simple words on the handkerchief: "Pinxianglou, Tianzi No. 3, four o'clock, rob me, pay attention to safety." ”
Lin Xie raised an eyebrow.
Lu Hexi took back the handkerchief and looked at his watch: "There is still half an hour, let's go." My brother won't be okay with such an urgent request for help, I'm afraid there is something big. ”
Pinxiang Building, Tianzi No. 3 box is close to the street, there are no walls on both sides, a low railing encloses a box, and a delicate carved screen separates the hustle and bustle outside.
Everyone knows what kind of opulence is behind these screens.
The exquisiteness of Pinxianglou is well-known in Beiping, it is said that the dishes and furnishings inside are inherited from the establishment of the palace, and a bowl and chopsticks are obtained from the door of Shanggong.
Only those who have eaten here know that the exquisiteness of Pinxianglou lies not in the expensive prices and exquisite furnishings, but in the famous dishes of the Manchu and Han dynasties and the people who serve them from the imperial kitchen of the imperial court - those people come from the court, and the harsh etiquette and strict rules trained by the internal affairs government are the only one.
It's safe here, and everyone here has to be invisible, inaudible, unaware, and uninvolved.
Lu Qinian's steps were vain, he gritted his teeth, his nails were already pinching his palms, and he was holding on to not fall.
"Mr. Lu, please come here. The white waiter opened the door of Tianzi No. 3, and the bodyguard followed in with a brocade box in his hand.
"The dishes you ordered have been arranged, and if you have something to order, you tell the minions, and the minions are outside the door. The waiter had a sharp voice, low eyebrows, and a low waist.
"Well, let's go down. ”
Lu Qinian sat at the table, the bodyguard stood aside, he was not qualified to eat at the same table with Mr. Lu, in fact, he was not even qualified to follow up, but he had to follow Mr. Lu.
Brushing his hands clean, the corner of his eye swept over the wall clock. It's 3:57 a.m., and there are three minutes left.
He picked up his chopsticks and picked up a small piece of yam, the crimson mulberry juice lined with the tender white yam, which looked very tempting.
The bodyguard had been hungry for a long time, and since he had followed Mr. Lu out in the morning until now, he had not eaten water and rice, and his throat had already itched in the face of this table of exquisite food full of color and flavor.
What's more, he can always see Mr. Lu moving his chopsticks, Mr. Lu's eating appearance is very elegant, putting small pieces into his mouth one by one, pushing the cup and moving the cup never makes a sound. It's really nice to eat, but for a very hungry person, this elegance is torture.
Why can't you just take a big gulp of something delicious? I'm already hungry.
The bodyguard felt his mouth sour.
The bell on the wall struck four times.
Lu Qinian's hand trembled slightly, and his long eyelashes moved twice. He didn't dare to look up, it was already four o'clock. Before four o'clock, he was nervous every second, and when the clock rang at four o'clock, he was a little relaxed, but the loss was revealed from the bottom of his heart.
They didn't come.
Putting down the chopsticks in his hand, he already tasted like chewing wax, and he had no appetite at this time.
He was already thinking about how to get rid of the bodyguard behind him for a while, and if his injury didn't heal, he could only wait to die.
There was a sudden knock at the door.
He took a deep breath and stabilized his mind before asking, "Who, what's the matter?"
"Mr. Lu, a guest said that it was Mr. Lu's old acquaintance and wanted to come in to visit. ”
Is it coming?
Lu Qinian smiled slightly and said, "Come in." ”
He wiped the corners of his mouth and turned around, thinking that he would see a little boy who was not tall, but he didn't expect to see an old man with a white beard, the top of the old man's head was cleanly shaved in the front half, and there was a braid hanging behind him, with a smile on his old face, and that kind smile was extremely dirty and disgusting in Lu Qinian's eyes.
He looked coldly at the old man who was walking towards him with his hands behind his back, the murderous aura in his eyes flashed, and then he returned to a calm place, without waves and without showing emotions.
The bodyguards beside him had already knelt down, on all fours, and kowtowed heavily with their heads on the floor.
"Hehehe, boy Lu, it's been a long time. The old man's laughter was like that of an owl, and his hoarse voice sounded goosebumps.
Lu Qinian smiled slightly, and his bright eyes revealed a three-point enchanting taste.
He clearly saw the glint in the old man's eyes, and a disgusting and languishing shriek rang out again.
The old man's pace had apparently quickened.
I really want to chop this old man to pieces, old miscellaneous hair!
Lu Qinian leaned on the table, the dagger in his sleeve was already in the palm of his hand, he really wanted to kill this old man, he really wanted to chop up this old pervert and feed it to the dog!
"How did you get here in time?"
He asked, muffling his voice.
The old man smiled and motioned for the bodyguard to move him a chair, and after he sat down, he stared at Lu Qinian, and his dry face like orange peel actually had a playful and excited expression, which was really disgusting.
Lu Qinian avoided the old man's gaze and looked down at his watch.
It was 4:02 a.m.
Haven't come yet?