Chapter 213
When Qin Yuandao and Liang Lian were braving the wind and snow to go out of the city to Jingzhou City, Zhao Zhao didn't dare to be idle, they were afraid that Lu Chen's subordinates would do the opposite, hide the body in the downtown area, and walk the streets and alleys in the cold storm and snow to search.
Fortunately, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, even if they don't want to make a big deal and don't put on military uniforms, the people are still cooperative, seeing their busy work walking the streets and alleys, they naturally know in their hearts that it may be plainclothes from the government, and they feel warm in their hearts at the moment.
It's Chinese New Year's Eve, and there are people who sacrifice family reunions to achieve thousands of lights, they feel protected and safe.
"General Zhao!" After a team of searchers finished searching, they hurried to Zhao Zhao's side to meet him.
Zhao Zhao had already finished searching the Fang Market he was in charge of, and when he saw that someone had finished searching, he hurriedly asked, "How are you over there?" ”
The captain of the team that had already searched was called Deng Xin, he shook his head, frowned and said, "I haven't found anything here, how about General Zhao's side?" ”
Zhao Zhao also choked his lips and shook his head, Deng Xin saw it, and naturally knew that the situation was not very good, seeing that the heavy snow covered the entire Shangjing City, the difficulty of searching was even greater.
"It's okay, I've just searched Fang City at this time, and there are still many places that haven't been searched, and when they all come back, we will search them one by one, maybe it's in the wrong direction." Despite this, Deng Xin was unwilling to hit his own self-confidence, and when he saw Zhao Zhao's lost look, he said with relief.
The soldiers behind Deng Xin also nodded and agreed: "Yes, I'll make plans when Cheng Liang and them come back." ”
Before leaving, they were originally majestic and high-spirited, and they were sure that Lu Chen and they would not go far, and they would have to rush back to the palace to participate in the feast, so they would not throw the corpse too far, maybe it was in the city, but at the moment, Zhao Zhao's idea was wrong, it was very likely that someone else would respond to Lu Chen and throw the corpse farther away.
Deng Xin and the others didn't know that there was nothing to look for this corpse, but soldiers were born to obey orders, but despite this, they were also surprised in their hearts, they were able to search for a corpse that was transported from the palace today, thinking that something big had happened.
Looking at the previous general Liang Lin with a group of men and horses into the palace, it is very likely that something happened that threatened the imperial power.
Thinking about it this way, Deng Xin and the others naturally felt that the responsibility on their shoulders became more important, and their expressions became more and more resolute, they were not selected to follow General Liang to the front line to kill the enemy, but now they can be stationed in the capital and defend the heart of the Celestial Empire, and they also feel extremely honored.
Deng Xin and the others have their own sense of mission in their hearts, but Zhao Zhao understands the seriousness of this matter.
Finding the body of the palace maid is related to directly pointing to Lu Huiling, the mastermind behind this feast, the princess and the general handed over such an important matter to themselves, if they didn't do it well, wouldn't it be a betrayal of their trust in themselves?
Moreover, General Liang is Zhao Zhao's adoptive father, if it weren't for General Liang, where would he and Wei Shen, Deng Xin, Cheng Liang, these battlefield orphans still grow so big, and now they have no worries about food and clothing, and they have a high status, all of which are given by General Liang.
Zhao Zhao stood from the perspective of the Jianwei General's Mansion, the Lu Xiangfu was simply an unforgivable crime, and he provoked them again and again, this time he wanted the Lu Xiangfu to see, the people in the General's Mansion were not soft eggs who let them knead and flatten!
The snow seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, and Zhao Zhao and they stood on the street for a while, their noses, cheeks and exposed fingers were red from the cold, and the hats on their shoulders were all covered with a thin layer of snowflakes.
They looked up at the heavy snow in the sky, and felt the smoke and fire wafting out on both sides of the street, Deng Xin and they naturally felt hungry, and the young man who was half his age was easily hungry, and he hadn't eaten for a long time.
Deng Xin stepped forward and said to Zhao Zhao: "General Zhao, why don't we go to the noodle restaurant to eat a bowl of noodles before leaving, Cheng Liang hasn't come back at this time, we brothers... I haven't eaten yet. ”
Zhao Zhao was originally looking up at the imperial city in the distance and was stunned, he was thinking about what was happening in the palace at this time, would the wind and snow inside be colder than the outside of the palace?
Suddenly hearing Deng Xin call him, he came back to his senses, looked around at his brothers, and could vaguely hear the sound of their stomachs rumbling, which showed that their expressions were very solemn.
Zhao Zhao was amused by their expressions, and felt angry and funny: "Don't you know what to say when you're hungry?" It's a big cold day, and it's a big holiday, you say you want to eat, can I still starve you? ”
I originally thought that Zhao Zhao was in a bad mood because he couldn't find the body and couldn't complete the task, and it would be good to endure it when he was hungry, but now he has a good life and has no worries about food and clothing in the capital, but when he was a child and wandered, when he was a teenager and trained with General Liang, he didn't suffer anything, and his patience passed.
But when Zhao Zhao said this, they all laughed along, and then said: "The general will eat with us!" ”
Saying that, Deng Xin pulled Zhao Zhao and walked into a steaming noodle restaurant on the side of the road.
This noodle shop seems to be opened by a family, Ben and his family are sitting together, sipping melon seeds while not knowing what to say, the smiling proprietress saw them come in, and hurriedly pushed the work that was sitting aside: "What are you doing in a daze, the guests are here." ”
Although she said this, she herself stood up and greeted her: "The guest officer is safe and healthy on Chinese New Year's Eve, what do you want to eat?" ”
Zhao Zhao sat down, he lowered his head and pondered, after all, the capital is so big, and it is impossible to investigate it on a large scale and comprehensively, just relying on the three teams of them, it needs an accurate general direction.
Deng Xin saw Zhao Zhao bowing his head and thinking about something, so he stepped forward and said to the proprietress with a smile: "What do we have in our family?" ”
"Ouch, guest officer, look at what you said, Yongxing Noodle Restaurant is naturally selling noodles." Although the proprietress is old, she still has charm, the young man lowered her head behind her to wipe the table, beckoned them to sit down, and she said to Deng Xin, "But we have buns and noodles in our store, as well as mutton soup, my family got up early this morning to boil, two or three hours, it is the most delicious time." What do you want to do? ”
Deng Xin didn't have a good idea, they made do with the barracks on weekdays, and they didn't often fight outside, listening to the proprietress so warmly greeting, he turned to look at these brothers, and then smiled at the proprietress and said: "Look at it, each person has a bowl of your best hot sheep noodle soup, and a few hot buns that can fill their stomachs, just be full of heat, and others, we still have important things to do, so we don't pay attention to that much!" ”
"Guest officer, look at you, I'm afraid you don't often eat out on weekdays, right?" When the proprietress heard this, her eyes smiled into two crooked crescents, beckoned her to go to the back kitchen to spread the word, sat down behind the counter by herself, and looked up and said with a smile while writing down something on the paper, "Our Yongxing noodle restaurant has always been high-quality and cheap, delicious and affordable, and you have to pay attention to it." Our shopkeeper is not at home, but the slave family can't deceive customers, you say. ”
Deng Xin listened and smiled, the job served a few bowls of hot mutton soup, the soup was still piping hot and had just come out of the pot, and after a few brothers drank the mutton soup, they felt a trace of warmth and gasped comfortably.
When the proprietress saw it, she smiled again, waved the handkerchief in her hand, and said, "Seeing that you are rare guests, the slave family will send you a few plates of big dumplings, which are wrapped and eaten at home, and not sold to the public!" ”
As he spoke, he waved his hand at the work again.
Deng Xin hurriedly stood up and stopped: "The boss can't help it, I'll eat these noodle soup buns enough, I really don't need it!" ”
"Hey~ The noodle soup buns are full of heat, but today on Chinese New Year's Eve, it is snowing heavily, and you have to eat some dumplings." The proprietress said, and she had to roll up her sleeves and go to the back kitchen to personally order dumplings for them, "The slave family saw that a few guest officials were kind, and you chose our Yongxing noodle restaurant for the New Year, so you can't treat you badly." Wait, soon! ”
Seeing this, Deng Xin had no choice but to give up and thank him again and again.
This made a few half-sized young men embarrassed, touched the back of their heads, and couldn't stop thanking this chubby and amiable proprietress .
There was a little girl with big eyes sitting behind the counter, and in the small bowl were a few dumplings that were eating, Deng Xin turned around and saw her, she looked up at Deng Xin with wide eyes, and put the dumplings in her mouth.
Deng Xin felt cute, so he saw his god at once, and the proprietress who was busy in the kitchen saw it, smiled and said, "Heyang, call uncle." ”
Deng Xin turned his head and smiled at the proprietress and said, "Is her name Heyang, it's very cute." ”
The proprietress didn't mean to be modest at all, she only nodded, looked at Xiao Heyang and said: "It's more than two years old, cute and tight, but I'm also afraid of life, I love to pester her father on weekdays hahahaha, but she has no conscience." ”
The proprietress looked at the boiling dumplings in the pot, and kept looking at Xiao Heyang, the angle of the kitchen just enough to see the counter, I think I look at the store like this on weekdays.
Deng Xin couldn't help but ask, "What about the shopkeeper?" Heyang's father... Where did it go? ”
The action of scooping dumplings in the hands of the proprietress stopped, her smile suddenly froze on her face, and her eyes looked vacantly ahead.
The job also glanced back at Deng Xin, thinking that this question was a confinement that could not be said on weekdays.
Deng Xin suddenly felt that he shouldn't ask this, and Zhao Zhao and the others also looked over when they heard it, wondering what was going on.
The proprietress was optimistic and cheerful, and only smiled and said with relief: "This is not a war!" Went out with Prince Jing and General Liang! ”
Saying that, just as the dumplings were cooked, the proprietress served them one by one, brought out the errands, wiped the water on her hands, walked to the counter and hugged Xiao Heyang, looked up and said to Deng Xin with a smile: "Heyang misses her father, but she will come back soon, isn't it, Xiao Heyang." ”
This scene made Zhao Zhao and Deng Xin feel bad in their hearts, so they didn't continue to ask, and lowered their heads to eat soup noodles and dumplings.