Chapter 117: Temporary Lieutenant
Lu Kai was laughing at her again, it was not the first time he had laughed at her, how many men in Bei'an wanted to have such a blessing, and others didn't have such a good life.
Cheng Qingwan was not angry, glanced at Lu Kaiyingying, and said, "Who has the time to send you food every day, I came to thank you for cutting the paintings."
Cheng Qingwan's hairstyle is a little different today, it seems that she came to see him after carefully dressing up, and her hairstyle is knotted on weekdays, that is, she is on the top of her head or on both sides, and today she is a coiled and single-screw look.
This kind of stacking style is more suitable for Cheng Qingwan, Lu Kai smiled lightly, "You don't need to be so polite, you give me a birthday bag, and I send you to cut the painting."
"Flat?" Cheng Qingwan didn't like this kind of rhetoric very much, and asked rhetorically with a blank face, "Why did the cut painting be given to me as a friendship between officialdom?" Even so, someone will send it back to you later, but I don't have the ability to help you move up."
Dealing too much with the people in the DPRK and China, you will be infected with some bad habits of you coming and going, Lu Kai said the wrong thing and sighed and said, "The cutting of the painting is for you, it is definitely not for anything else, there is more contact in the officialdom, and it will be taken for granted some communication, but this time it is very clear, it is definitely not polite"
There are some things that Cheng Qingwan understands, if she is too careful, then not many people like to be close, Cheng Qingwan glanced at the layout of Lu Kai's house, "This used to be a subordinate house, and living here is also a grievance"
The residence of the envoy should be Cheng Weilian's subordinate courtyard, but it is a pity that the subordinate courtyard is occupied by Cheng Weilian, Lu Kai does not care about this, "The house is big and the table is big, and the house is small, this is thanks to the order, if it is not for the order to occupy the big house, presumably the eldest lady will be far away from me now"
Lu Kai refers to the distance between them sitting opposite each other, compared to the big tea table in Cheng Wei's subordinate courtyard, now this table is indeed shortening the distance, this sound a little flirtatious, Cheng Qingwan is not like Lu Kai, he can say anything embarrassing, they sit opposite each other, Cheng Qingwan originally felt that there was nothing wrong with it.
After Lu Kai mentioned this, this tea table is indeed smaller in Cheng Qingwan's eyes, and if the two of them stretch out their arms at the same time, they can indeed hold hands together.
Cheng Qingwan's face was a little hot, and she said shamefully, "What is far and near, you will pay attention to those things that no one cares about"
With her hands in her hand, Cheng Qingwan took out the pastry from the box, "This is" Baihua Cake, eat it to see if there is a taste of Southern Wei
There are four potpourri cakes on the plate, the potpourri cakes are boxy, the color of this potpourri cake is light orange, Lu Kai got up and ate a piece and praised it "sweet but not greasy, delicious"
Lu Kai likes to eat, and Cheng Qingwan is also happy, "Does it have the taste of Southern Wei?" ”
Lu Kai was eating a piece and said, "No, but I like the taste of the eldest lady's cooking."
Cheng Qingwan was a little embarrassed and lowered her head slightly, "If you like it, eat more, it's not enough for people to send it."
Lu Kai has an uninvited beauty, and the beauty also sent him delicious food, Zhu Xingkong and other unlucky men in Bei'an did not have such a mouthful, Lu Kai's mouth was sweet, Zhu Xingkong's mouth was a little thirsty, today's sun finally gave some face is not too strong, Peng Shaozhang's mansion is not too far from Bei'an, and he will not feel thirsty after walking such a distance.
Thirst has nothing to do with temperature and mentality, Zhu Xingkong is very nervous, and of course he is very nervous to go back to Bei'an.
The closer Zhu Xingkong got to Bei'an, the more thirsty he became, and let himself fall into such a situation, but it was not the purpose of investigating Cheng Minghu at the beginning, the situation was already like this, even if Zhu Xingkong waved the white flag at Cheng Minghu, Cheng Minghu would not give up with him.
Zhu Xingkong's private investigation of Cheng Minghu at the beginning was just out of curiosity, Cheng Minghu went to see someone in the middle of the night, of course, it will make people curious, curiosity can not only kill the cat, but also kill himself, curiosity gradually evolved into seeking answers, and some things to seek answers are often associated with the life of the family.
Zhu Xingkong doesn't want to die now, escaping is not a way to face it, he has to go back to Bei'an, and he has to face Cheng Minghu not only to face Cheng Minghu, but also to face Zhao Zong, Zhu Xingkong originally didn't want to tear his face with Cheng Minghu, Xu Guangheng intended to kill people and kill people, which is also equivalent to forcing Zhu Xingkong to choose Zhao Houli.
Zhu Xingkong had to choose Zhao Houli if he wanted to save his life, this was Cheng Minghu forcing him, not that he was willing to do so.
According to Peng Shaozhang's meaning, Zhao Zong also intended to deal with Cheng Minghu, but there was no good excuse, Zhu Xingkong knew that he had to create a good excuse to save himself, but people's hearts were unpredictable, Zhao Zong was also a human being, and his heart was more difficult to guess than anyone else.
What Zhu Xingkong has to do now is not only to deal with Cheng Minghu, but also to guess Zhao Zong's mind and accurately guess Zhao Zong's mind.
If you want to slip away alive, it is the best choice, as long as you stay away from Bei'an, as long as Zhu Xing wants to hide, no one will be able to find him, no matter how much power Cheng Minghu or Zhao Zong has.
But it's better to live like that than to die, Zhu Xingkong doesn't want to live like that, so he can only fight to see if he can escape with his whole body.
There is still half a mile away from the Bei'an City Gate, there are no pedestrians on this mountain road, and the pedestrian is Zhu Xingkong, no pedestrians does not mean that there is only one person on this road, and there is a dead man, it should be a dead man, because the person is lying on the ground, and the mountain wind is blowing in the forest, and the mountain wind is very cold, Zhu Xingkong doesn't know if the person is also cold.
Zhu Xingkong saw that the dead man was about half a foot away from him, and he stopped hesitating and thinking about whether to take a look, it would be good to take a look, he had already made many decisions in his heart, saving people's lives is better than building a seventh-level floating slaughter, and now he needs this the most.
Okay, maybe God will open his eyes and protect him.
There are many times when God does not open his eyes, but there are times when he opens his eyes, but not now.
Zhu Xingkong didn't have that life to let God take care of him, God was blind many times, but he didn't really hurt people, only people hurt people, and only people can harm people.
Zhu Xingkong meets people who like to hurt people now.
The dead will not harm people, only the living will harm people, Zhu Xingkong thought that the dead people were still angry now, the person lying on the ground was lying on the ground with his back facing the sky, Zhu Xingkong put the person back, and probed his nose and breathed.
This person has a wound on his face, and his clothes are also sticky with a lot of dust and dead leaves because he is lying on the ground, and it is initially estimated that this person looks like he was robbed by someone, Zhu Xingkong is convinced that there will be no bandits and grass robbers near Bei'an, but those hungry people may also become bandits and grass robbers if they are too hungry to do so.
Zhu Xingkong didn't recognize this person, but if Xu Guangheng was there, he would definitely know this person, and this person was the child in Xu Guangheng's eyes.
Chen Tang is a child in Xu Guangheng's eyes, but he is not a child in Cheng Minghu's mouth, this child who is not a child takes the initiative to approach Zhu Xingkong, Zhu Xingkong may be in big trouble, but he doesn't know it yet.
What trouble will Zhu Xingkong have, Lu Kai doesn't know and doesn't want to know, Cheng Qingwan went to see Cheng Weilian in the subordinate courtyard after seeing Lu Kai, Lu Kai ate two plates of pastries, and his stomach was also very swollen, thinking about walking around the Pawn Office.
At present, it is the time of the change of guard at noon, and the guards are doing the handover, Hua Mingtong shouted from the outside with an angry face, "Qi Ying!" Qi Ying, tell Qi Ying to come out! ”
Hua Mingtong is also Yang Gongtian's nephew, a good brother from childhood to adulthood, the last time the hungry people made trouble, Hua Mingtong wanted to escape, so Yang Gongtian persuaded him to stay in Bei'an, and as soon as Yang Gongtian left, Hua Mingtong naturally had no one to protect him.
Hua Mingtong has followed Yang Gongtian for several years, and has developed some thick tempers that do not know the sky, and the brothers who changed the guard at the gate saw Hua Mingtong hurriedly entering, shouting and persuading.
Yang Gongtian is not there, the main hall of the front yard is naturally Qi Ying's resting place, Qi Ying deliberately entered the main hall to rest, and he was also telling others that now he is the head of the City Defense Division, of course, the order did not come down, but he has to take the lead in expressing a attitude, and everyone knows what this attitude means when he is clear-eyed.
Qi Ying knew that it was impossible for Cheng Minghu and Chang Yue to make him obediently become the captain of the city defense, but no matter what he said before the order came down, he could get over the addiction of the captain.
If Qi Ying really wants Cheng Minghu or Chang Yue to come to see him, as long as they can come to see him, then it means that they want to win him over, and no one has come yet, which shows that Qi Ying is not worth mentioning in the eyes of Cheng Minghu or Chang Yue.
Qi Ying knew that he had a few catties and taels, and Cheng Minghu would most likely recommend Cheng Wei to be re-elected as the lieutenant of the city defense department, while Chang Yue intended to let Fang Wenhou take over by taking charge of security.
Qi Ying saw someone shouting outside in the hall, and was about to go out to see what was going on, but the door had not yet come out, and seeing Hua Mingtong break in, Hua Mingtong was followed by four guards, and forced Hua Mingtong to drag him into the hall.