Chapter 676: When the Conspiracy Is Going on (1)
"Hurry, hurry up!"
In a large empty room in the post station, the general who had clashed with the flagmen guarding the treasury in the flag camp earlier led several big sweaters dressed in the clothes of the palace guards into the house, and immediately took off the top on his head with his backhand, revealing a resolute face, which was He Tao, the helmsman of the Shanxi branch of the "sharp knife", but seeing that his face was solemn and waved at the "guards" who followed him, he gave an order urgently.
"Yes!"
Hearing He Tao's order, the "guards" who followed closely behind did not dare to slack off a little, responded in unison, and rushed into the room quickly, each found a few zhangzi, sat down, quickly picked up the paintbrush that had been prepared, and drew the portrait with his hands and feet.
"Everybody stay here, no one is allowed to leave without an order!"
Not to mention, the ability of the portraits of those "guards" is quite outstanding, but in about half an hour, a large stack of portraits has been painted, and they are quickly compared with each other, eliminating those repetitive works, and then one of them handed over more than 30 paintings to He Tao's hands, but although He Tao took the paintings, he never looked at them, just dropped a sentence of explanation with a solemn face, and then walked out of the room quickly, and hurried to the study in the backyard.
In the study, Hongqing had already changed into casual clothes, and just sat in front of a few sons, sipping tea with a smile, while chatting with the old man who was sitting opposite, dressed in the clothes of the palace and not removed, talking about some interesting things in the family, and his demeanor was very relaxed, even if he saw He Tao coming in, he didn't say anything special, just a flash of light in his eyes.
"Subordinates knock on the prince!"
Although he was holding a large number of paintings in his hand, it was very inconvenient to move, but He Tao still didn't dare to forget the number of courtesies, but when he saw that he hurriedly grabbed a few sons, it was a big gift to Hongqing.
"Why don't you be like this, come, just sit together."
The reason why Hongqing went to reward the officers and soldiers of the flag camp in such a big battle today is naturally not to contact feelings, but to take this opportunity to find out the reality of the flag camp, for this reason, he also specially disguised the old man as a member of the palace, and brought him to the flag camp, and arranged it beside him, just to let the old man recognize people, but he never thought that the old man followed Hongqing around the flag camp for most of the day, and he didn't recognize the so-called acquaintances who escorted the treasury silver late at night, and now, the last hope can only fall on the portraits brought by He Tao- He Tao brought to the reservoir area of those palace guards there are a few special existences, but He Tao specially selected from the "sharp knife" many relationships of the painting master, good at portraits, the purpose, there is only one, that is, to make sure that the appearance of the soldiers on duty everywhere in the flag camp will be painted, so that the old man can recognize people, in other words, can you find those mysterious silver soldiers, the last hope falls in these portraits, Hongqing's heart is impossible not to be nervous, but it, but it is not expressed, Instead, he raised his hand with a smile and called out kindly.
"Thank you for the seat, Lord Wang, the portrait you want is already here, please take a look."
He Tao thanked him respectfully, but instead of sitting down, he bowed down and handed the painting he was holding in front of Hongqing.
"Uncle Geng, the portrait has arrived, please bother to identify one or two?"
Hongqing didn't pick up the paintings, just nodded with a smile, then turned his gaze to the old man, and smiled and proposed.
"Don't worry, the little old man should do his best!"
The old husband has been courteous these days, and he has long had the intention to repay Hongqing's kindness, and at this time, he heard Hongqing's request, and he would not have any excuses, so he patted his chest and agreed.
"Well, that's good, please."
Hearing that the old husband had agreed, Hongqing didn't say any more, and after a polite word, he waved his hand and motioned He Tao to put those portraits in front of the old husband.
The old husband looked very carefully, and each portrait was carefully pondered for a long time, but more than a dozen portraits have been seen, but he never saw the old husband's brows stretched.
"It's him, it's him, that's him, that's the winged commander that night!"
Just when Hongqing's heart was sinking, the old husband suddenly shouted excitedly, held a portrait high, and shouted excitedly.
"Has Uncle Geng taken a closer look?"
Seeing that the old husband was so excited, Hongqing's heart also rolled through a burst of relief, but he didn't ask a question, but smiled and glanced at He Tao, and then saw He Tao raise his eyebrows, and asked with a disbelieving face.
"What do you mean by this, the little old man has lived to such an age, and he has never lied, what to lie to you, if this person is not the wing commander that night, the little old man's eyes are at your disposal!"
As soon as he heard that He Tao was suspicious of his own identification, the old man was angry, and he blew his beard and glared at him.
"Don't worry, come on, look down slowly, and see who else appeared that night?"
It was really rude for the old husband to have such an attack, but Hongqing was not only not angry, but laughed, and comforted him very kindly.
"Humph!"
As soon as Hongqing opened his mouth like this, the old husband didn't have another seizure, but obviously he still had great dissatisfaction with He Tao, and after snorting angrily at He Tao, he looked down at the rest of the portraits.
"There is Lao Lao, please go and rest first, Xiao Wang will send someone to accompany you to record the events of that night, and then the king will talk to the old man again."
Although the matter has been decided, Hongqing has no intention of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, so he got up with a smile and politely instructed the old man.
"In that, the little old man went to do this first, what else do you want the little old man to do, the little old man just gave up this old life, and he has to do it for you."
Hearing Hongqing's gentle words of encouragement, the old gentleman's heart was really sweeter than drinking honey, and he was full of money, and Hongqing didn't say anything more, just nodded with a smile, and the guards who were waiting on the side stepped forward and invited the old gentleman to the other courtyard very politely and resolutely.
"Lao He, go and check the bottom of these three people, and give you two days!"
As soon as the old husband left, Hongqing's face suddenly became gloomy, biting her lip, and she gave an order in a gloomy tone.
"Yes, my subordinates obey!"
Since the matter is ironclad and involves the flag camp, it means that the situation is already extremely serious, He Tao did not dare to have the slightest negligence, and hurriedly agreed to the promise, turned around and was about to go outside.
"Slow, this matter must be paid attention to concealment, don't startle the snake, and in addition, go and secretly check that there is something in the treasury, if there is a shortage of manpower, this king will transfer Min Xing to Yuer to arrange, go."
Before He Tao could turn around completely, Hongqing had already raised his hand to stop, and after a moment of silence, he spoke cautiously and explained.
"Yes!"
The reservoir area is strictly guarded, He Tao knows it very well, if you want to find out the mystery in it unconsciously, it is not small, but He Tao is not very afraid of difficulties, and there is no bargaining words, so he simply responded neatly, and then withdrew from the study, and went to arrange related matters without mentioning it.
"Hmmm......"
As everyone retreated, the study was quiet, but Hongqing's heart was turbulent, and he paced back and forth in the study uncertainly, and after a while, he suddenly stood on his feet, grew out of his mouth, and walked to the back of the copywriter in a few strides, and pulled the hem of the robe, and sat down, stretched out his hand, took off the wolf that was resting on the pen stand, dipped it in ink, and pulled over a blank fold, frowned slightly and groaned for a moment, and then waved the pen and quickly started the book......
When the time is genuine, the sky is not completely dark, but the house of Xiao Lufeng, the shopkeeper of the "Hui Deposit Bank", is already brightly lit, and the door of the house is full of traffic, and the back and forth are covered with canopy, no side, today a Xiao Mansion is widely spreading, saying that it is to celebrate the full moon for its twelfth son, with Xiao Lufeng's wide network, there are countless people who come to the meeting, up to the governor Su Keji, down to the three religions and nine streams, all of them are moved by the wind, this day is just dark, the guests have come one after another, and the whole house is noisy, but the study in the backyard is a group of dead silence, but it's not, but it's not that no one is there, on the contrary, although there are not many people in the house, there are only three people in total, but all of them are the top people in Shanxi - Governor Su Keji, political envoy Kuxi, and one is the owner Xiao Lufeng!
The study is very quiet, the three of them obviously don't have much to talk about, they all drink tea silently, their expressions are exactly the same calm, at first glance, it seems to be very relaxed, but if you really want to study it carefully, you can find that the eyes of the three people are actually wandering away from time to time, occasionally glancing at the screen at the door, they are faintly revealing a sense of anxiety, the atmosphere in the room, it is inevitable that there is a strange atmosphere.
"Master, General Quiningan has arrived outside the mansion."
In the dead silence, but in the midst of a loud sound of footsteps, a Xiao Mansion housekeeper had hurriedly turned out from behind the screen, grabbed Xiao Lufeng's body in three steps and two steps, and hurriedly said a word.
"Yo, please sit down for a while, and go to meet General Kui here."
As soon as they heard that Qui Ning An had arrived, the three of them in the study were all in good spirits, the difference was that Su and Ku were both calm people, except for exchanging glances with each other, there was nothing to say, as for Xiao Lufeng, the master, he didn't dare to sit still, but when he saw him hurrying up, he got up, saluted Su and Ku with a smile on his face, apologized, and then hurried out of the study, and hurried all the way to the door of the mansion......