The door of the confinement room finally opened, and Li Guolou, who had been closed for a day and a night, breathed in the air outside, stretched his body, and moved his muscles and bones a few times. Li Guolou turned to the Tianzi compound, it was already empty after work, came to his office, changed into civilian clothes and left the yamen, and happened to meet Liu Chengle in the corridor.

Li Guolou took the initiative to greet and said, "Lao Liu, we don't know each other if we don't fight, and we will still be a family in the future." ”

Liu Chengle spat on the ground and said angrily: "Little Lizi, who is a family with you, the accounts of the two of us will be settled sooner or later." ”

Li Guolou shook his head and said: "Lao Liu, since you say so, why don't we go to the practice room now and compare again, and use sticks to do whatever you want." ”

Liu Chengle said angrily: "Don't be arrogant, wait for me to recover from my injury, you wait for you to look good, damn it······"

When Li Guolou heard that Liu Lecheng began to scold his mother, his heart was full of anger, but he held back this time, one day he would ride on top of Liu Lecheng's head, and then he would clean up this person. If you want to gain a foothold in the Criminal Department, you have to have merit, and you have to step on the enemy's official rank, and a guy like Liu Lecheng is his stepping stone.

Li Guolou raised his hand, a smile appeared on his face, and said, "Goodbye Liu, we'll talk later." ”

Cultivation kung fu suddenly became very good, regardless of the gloating faces of others, Li Guolou and Liu Lecheng passed by, this time neither of them dared to make a move, the taste of confinement is really uncomfortable, there will always be a chance to retaliate in the future.

Li Guolou raised his head without looking at it, he was already a celebrity beside Lord Bao, and he had only been here for a few days, and he had a seat at the VIP banquet in the back hall. The mix was full of wind and water, swimming fish bubbling on the surface of the water, and it didn't take long for him to be promoted to one level and squeeze out Liu Lecheng's captaincy. Liu Lecheng will be in the past, staying in a corner moldy and smelly. The competition for officialdom is so cruel, Li Guolou has found the right partner, and he also has an intriguing enemy.

Shang Shubao of the Criminal Department promised to let Li Guolou's squadron be full first, and there will be an establishment of 30 people, and it will be a large team of men and horses in the future, and his squadron will be the most well-equipped team of the Criminal Department, and he really wants to raise hunting dogs.

At dusk, the gate of the criminal department was empty and bleak, and pedestrians in cotton clothes walked on the street braving the cold wind, wearing hoods, dogskin hats, and some wearing scarves. At the end of the day, Li Guolou did not call a carriage, but could only walk east along the street, and now he has become cautious, wearing a mask that makes it difficult to see his true face. After walking for half an hour, it was already dark, and there were even fewer pedestrians on the road. Li Guolou was hungry, ran into a noodle restaurant, drank a bowl of knife-cut noodles for five copper coins, and left the noodle restaurant with a mouthful. Turning a corner is Hongchang Hutong, it is still best to have a home, although this home is a rented house.

Li Guolou just stepped into the courtyard, closed the door, and looked up to see that the door of his room was half open, and someone was in his house.

Na Bazi raised his voice and said, "Porcelain, where did you get this?" ”

Li Guolou saw the gloating face of the bazi and said angrily: "You don't know where I came from, have you smeared my reputation?" Staying at my house so late and not ready to go home? ”

Nabazi laughed and said, "I'll go back later, so as to save the rumors and rumors." ”

Li Guolou took out two meat buns from his pocket and put them in the dog basin casually, and the leper dog wagged his tail happily at him.

Qian Shuiping saw it and said angrily: "Fake foreign devil, you feed the dog like this, and you have to raise the dog, is the dog for the dog to eat if you ignore the bun?" You are a wicked worker! ”

Li Guolou heard Qian Shuiping shouting loudly, and hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law Qian, it's rare and rare, and I'm also going to be unlucky." ”

Qian Shuiping asked: "Fake foreign devil, you didn't come back for a day, did you go out to prostitute and get caught, or did you die on that mother-in-law's belly?" ”

Li Guolou smiled and said, "On business, the adults above value me, and those who can work hard." ”

Na Bazi burst out laughing, of course he had great powers, and he knew that Li Guolou was locked up in a confinement room. Qian Shui was scolding Li Guolou on his lips, and took the steaming wine and food to Li Guolou's dining room in the south, which was bitter, Li Guolou was like her relatives, she had to take care of Li Guolou.

Li Guolou hurriedly said: "Sister-in-law Qian, I just ate a bowl of noodles outside, don't give me the rice." ”

Qian Shuiping said: "Hmm! There is a smell of pepper on your body, and if you say that you have eaten a big meal, I will immediately expose you. ”

Li Guolou said with a smile: "Sister-in-law Qian, you can be a detective, I just relied on a dog's nose to solve the case." Walking into the dining room, it was warm inside, the bazi had already lit the charcoal stove, and baked the room to make people itch, Li Guolou hurriedly took off his coat and hung it on the hanger.

Qian Shui put the dishes on the table, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that we don't have female officials in the Qing Empire, otherwise I would have been an official a long time ago." ”

Li Guolou sighed: "It's a pity that it's not the Great Zhou Dynasty now, and the queen mother can only listen to the government." ”

Qian Shuiping said: "That is the pride of our Qing Dynasty, without the Empress Dowager to listen to the government, the Taiping Army would have come to Beijing a long time ago, and we did not have a good life in peace." I made a wish to the Bodhisattva every day to bless the Queen Mother with a long life. ”

Li Guolou suddenly woke up and shouted: "No wonder I'm so busy, I was too busy when I came back from Huangcun, and I forgot to go to the Reclining Buddha Temple to make a vow, so I will go to the Reclining Buddha Temple to burn incense and kowtow." ”

Nabazi teased: "Xiao Lizi, don't forget to bring Xiaofang's family, so that it can be considered broken." ”

Li Guolou pursed his lips and said, "Nabazi, your foreign language has improved, and you can still be a comprador in the future." ”

Na Bazi was not ashamed, and said: "Then there is no need to say, Xiao Lizi, you follow me, you will eat fragrant and spicy food in the future, Xiaofang can also marry into the door, you can be a father without effort, and you will take advantage of all the cheap things." ”

Qian Shuiping leaned back with a smile, Li Guolou's face did not change, he had long been used to being teased. He picked up the wine jug, poured wine for Nabazi, and said, "Come to my house to drink wine and eat rice, and make fun of me, you are ruthless." ”

The two glanced at each other, Li Guolou already knew that Na Bazi must have something to find him that could not be solved, otherwise he would not have stayed at his house so late.

Qian Shuiping brought the wine and food, and left with interest, she knew that Na Bazi had something to find Li Guolou, and it was inconvenient for her to talk to the people on the side.

The two wine cups touched, and a stream of heat went straight to the head from the throat, and the strength of the wine that burned the knife was rushing, and it was necessary to drink liquor in winter to ward off the cold.

Li Guolou held a peanut in his mouth, threw it into his mouth, and asked while chewing: "Nabazi, what is so urgent, come to me at night." ”

Nabazi said: "I'm not in a hurry to discuss with you, will I blow the northwest wind at night?" The eighth master came to the Wei family to look for trouble. ”

Li Guolou said: "Are you here to extort money?" ”

Na Ba Zimi took a sip of wine, raised her head and blinked her mouth, and said, "Hmm! brought dozens of people to Wei Mansion, raised the banner of the Axe Gang to scare people, and asked the second grandmother to take out 2,000 taels of silver, saying that it was for him to recuperate and lose his reputation. ”

Li Guolou looked at the oil lamp on the table, thinking about things in his heart, he was silent for a long time, and his plan couldn't keep up with the changes. Han Yueqiu, the leader of the Axe Gang, Yao Cuo and Wu Defu, just negotiated the conditions, and everyone worked together to fight the Green Gang and divide the territory and interests. has not made progress and has begun to inch in again, and if he is not given face, this kind of person who has no faith in his words can not be left.

Li Guolou opened his mouth and said, "Give him five hundred taels of silver first, and hang his appetite." You tell the second grandmother, I will give her a thousand taels of silver. He added: "Tomorrow you go to see how Wang Wu is doing, and you must move there, otherwise no one will buy our account." ”

Nabazi said: "Don't worry, Wang Wu still wants to wear an official uniform, the militia is concerned about it, and now he is no longer going home, and he is soaking in Dongchang all day long, and the gun inside is ringing non-stop." ”

Li Guolou changed color and said, "That's okay!" Gossip to people outside, train in a different place. ”

Nabazi smiled and said, "Xiao Lizi, I am a metaphor, the field is so big, how can people outside hear the gunshots inside, I ran inside to hear it." ”

Li Guolou said angrily: "I was almost scared to death by you, there must be rules for doing things in Beijing, and don't let people catch your pigtails." Yesterday the military department killed a guard commander, who was killed by a black gun, and this account can be counted on the axe gang. You are soft now, don't talk big, people who get carried away will not end well. Do what you need to do well, and it won't be long before you can be a comprador of a foreign company. ”

When Na Bazi heard this, he sighed: "It's better to be free, I can't learn foreign language, I still honestly do Chinese business." ”

Li Guolou smiled: "That bazi, I'm also drunk nonsense, how can you take it seriously." ”

Na Bazi said angrily: "Xiao Lizi, in addition to nonsense, you dare to do it now, you deserve to be locked up by Master Wu, next time you are locked up for a year, see if you dare to kick someone's crotch?" ”

Li Guolou said: "Did Ai Hai say it? Did he want to take a bite of Xie Xiuzhu? ”

Nabazi shouted: "Little Lizi, let me tell you not to want to beat the second grandmother, this is a bad woman." A womanizer like me should stay away when he sees his second grandmother. ”

Li Guolou nodded and said, "Oh! It turns out that you are so great that you regard Pan Jinlian as a fairy, I really admire you as a person. Li Guolou didn't think that Xie Xiuzhu was a good product from the bottom of his heart, he didn't do Pan Jinlian's deeds, and he was like Pan Jinlian.

Nabazi sighed: "I'm still a little more peaceful, so I can find a little Manchu girl, as for the little wife, I will look for it when I am in my thirties, and now I still focus on my career." ”

Li Guolou drank, uncertain, missing Chen Xiangfang, and said, "I have one, and I won't look for it in the future." ”

Nabazi shook his head and said: "Fake foreign devil, this is impossible, after ten years, Xiaofang has become a yellow-faced woman." If you don't look for it, hang my head on the tower of the gate. Or let's bet on a bigger one. ”

Li Guolou hurriedly said: "I don't gamble on a gambling game like yours that wants to die or live, let's drink with our brothers." ”

In addition to talking about women, the two began to calculate the business of Baozhi Fang, and the more they chatted, the happier they became, and a bright future seemed to be within reach. After three hours of drinking, I got drunk. Knotted tongues, swaying feet, sleeping together, and ignoring the fact that the next-door neighbor treats the two of them as little husbands.

In fact, there is nothing for men to sleep together and hook their shoulders outside? It's just that the social atmosphere of the Qing Dynasty is not good, and the rich aristocrats like to raise the little minister, and there are a lot of ministers in the capital, and many of the entourages around those high-ranking officials are the little ministers. This made the neighbors make fun of the intimate action between Li Guolou and his male friend.

Li Guolou and Nabazi consider themselves to be heroes in the rivers and lakes, and after drinking in a big bowl, they do not shy away from suspicion when they are drunk and lie in the big bed. The two slept until dawn, and Qian Shuiping deliberately threw a basin and shouted loudly to wake up the two drunkards.