Chapter 217: Summoned Alone
The plane passed through the clouds and arrived at the Beijing Airport on time after more than two hours of flight.
Just like when they came, the four of them also walked through the VIP channel.
At the gate, there was a lengthened red flag car parked with a military license plate, and a tall middle-aged man strode forward with a smile.
Gu Hongyan recognized it at a glance, greeted the man and asked, "Ding Yuan, why are you here alone?" What about the rest of the family? ”
The man named Ding Yuan said, "Gu Lao and his family are waiting at home, and they will send me alone to pick you up." ”
Gu Hongyan's face suddenly became gloomy and unsightly, and he muttered: "I don't take us seriously, I am also the daughter of the Gu family, so I sent a guard captain to pick us up, I look down on people." ”
Li Yuanlang understood that this Ding Yuan was the captain of the guard of the old man of the Gu family. I can't complain that Gu Hongyan is angry, how can the Gu family have to send someone over, even if it is a junior. It's a bit overdone.
As soon as Gu Hongyan spoke, Ding Yuan was very embarrassed. It was Shui Qingzhang who persuaded Gu Hongyan in a round: "Forget it, whoever will pick it up is the same." Don't let the old man wait for them, it's important to hurry. ”
Shui Qingzhang introduced Li Yuanlang to Ding Yuan again. Ding Yuan must have known Li Yuanlong's name, and when he saw him for the first time, he couldn't help but look at it a few more times, and said politely: "Comrade Li looks like a talent, Miss Yue is really blessed." ”
Li Yuanlang replied humbly: "Captain Ding is also handsome and chic, you are a beautiful man." ”
"Haha, Comrade Li praised it falsely, compared to you, I am far behind. Don't you know, our young lady has a high vision. Gu Lao introduced her to many excellent men, but she didn't like them. Comrade Li is still charming and can capture the heart of our eldest lady. ”
Gu Hongyan interjected impatiently: "Don't make these sour words, hurry up and get in the car, I'm hungry and want to eat at home." ”
So everyone got into the Hongqi car, Ding Yuan sat in the passenger seat, and the four of them sat in the back seat.
The extended part of this Hongqi sedan is all used in the back row, and entering the back row is like entering a five-star hotel room, which is high-end and elegantly furnished. Equipped with satellite phone, bar, TV, computer, refrigerator, fax machine, just like a small room.
Li Yuen Long really broadened his horizons, is there such a car in reality? Wouldn't it be an RV if it could accommodate the next bed? It's like an RV in a sedan.
He didn't look at the image of a mountain man who had never seen the world like Grandma Liu did when she entered the Grand View Garden, but sat calmly on the chair and observed silently. Obviously, Shui Qingzhang's family is used to seeing it, and they didn't show any surprises, and it is estimated that they have not sat down less before.
As soon as she got in the car, Gu Hongyan's mouth was not idle and muttered, and the central topic was still that her mother's family did not come to pick her up. Shui Qingzhang was tired of hearing this, glared at her, and couldn't hold back and said, "If you don't come to pick it up, you won't come to pick it up, and it's nothing less." I can warn you, when I see your old man for a while, don't tell him these nonsense words, and don't bring out your emotions, if you really make him angry, you will regret it for the rest of your life. ”
"I also want you to remind me that I have my own measure." Gu Hongyan glanced at her husband unconvinced, opened the curtain and looked out of the car, and finally stopped squeaking.
Shui Tingyue was tired, grabbed Li Yuanlang's arm, leaned her head sideways on his shoulder, and closed her eyes.
This is the first time Li Yuenlong has come to the capital. Looking out the window at the endless flow of traffic and the towering skyscrapers, he felt a strong sense of modernity.
At the feet of the Son of Heaven, the provincial city of Yunyang is prosperous enough, but compared with the capital, it is nothing to be compared.
The lengthened red flag is racing all the way, constantly changing lanes and traveling in an S-shaped route in the traffic, seeing the seams. Even if you encounter traffic jams, you can always shorten the time on the road as much as possible, but you still have no intention of stopping after walking for more than an hour.
Li Yuanlang was curious, where did Old Man Gu live? With his status and identity, does he live in a deep house compound or a single-family small western-style building?
really let Li Yuanlang guess correctly. The Hongqi sedan got off the viaduct, crossed many traffic lights, turned left and right on the street, and turned people dizzy, and finally slowed down.
Li Yuenlong looked out the car window and saw a bungalow area in front of him. The blue bricks and gray tiles, the high courtyard wall, and the fact that you can't see the inside, give people a solemn and mysterious feeling.
The Hongqi sedan finally stopped, and a soldier in military uniform negotiated a few words with Ding Yuan, who was sitting in the co-pilot, checked his documents, and walked over to look at the four members of Shui Qingzhang's family in the back seat, carefully observed a few times, and then let him go directly with a swing of white gloves.
When the car passed by, Li Yuenlong saw that there were sentry boxes and sentries guarding the entrance of the alley. And set up a man-made barricade, four heavily armed soldiers, their right hands will be * on the ground, and the left arm will be raised in unison, flat on the chest. As the cars passed by, they collectively saluted with guns.
This is not the end, the Hongqi sedan went all the way, and after two strict inspections of the guards, it finally stopped at a red paint gate.
Ding Yuan got down first, opened the back door and said, "It's home, please get out of the car." ”
The four men came down in turn. Gu Hongyan walked in the front, followed by Shui Qingzhang, and Shui Tingyue still held Li Yuanlang's arm tightly and did not let go for a moment.
Shui Tingyue was not energetic, listless, and didn't talk much along the way. Fortunately, with Li Yuenlang by her side, it has become the pillar she relies on, and it is reasonable to always entangle Li Yuenlang.
There were no soldiers at the gate. A group of five people led the way in front of Ding Yuan's head and knocked on the red lacquered door. The door was opened by a dry and thin old man in his fifties, and Gu Hongyan Shui Qingzhang and his wife nodded to the old man and said hello.
Then I passed through a large courtyard, and then through a small corner gate, and came in a large courtyard. I went out through the side door and finally entered a large courtyard.
Good guy, if it weren't for someone to lead the way, he would have to turn around, Li Yuanlang had a taste of what a deep house compound was for the first time.
Along the way, I occasionally met a few people dressed as soldiers and nannies, and everyone invariably bowed down to greet Gu Hongyan Shui Qingzhang and his wife, and bowed sideways to let them pass first.
The last courtyard to enter, the east and west sides are side rooms, and a middle-aged man is standing at the door of the north and south main houses, smiling and staring at the four members of the Shui family under the steps.
This person is none other than Gu Zhenggang.
"You're finally here, the old man is in a hurry, come in." Gu Zhenggang leaned to the side and stretched out his hand to signal the four of them to enter the house.
"Second brother, we came all the way here, and none of you went to the airport to greet you, what do you mean?" Gu Hongyan repeated the old words, and his face was full of displeasure.
"As soon as you guess, you have to find fault with it, let me tell you, it's the old man who won't let you."
Gu Hongyan was stunned: "Our dad won't let me?" Why? ”
"You go and ask the old man, I don't know." While Gu Zhenggang was talking, he shook hands with Shui Qingzhang Li Yuanlang respectively, and then walked into the house with everyone.
The main room is very large and spacious, divided into three rooms, the middle is the living room, and the rooms on both sides should be bedrooms or something, because I didn't go in, it's hard to guess.
There was no one in the living room, Gu Zhenggang called Gu Hongyan aside and whispered a few words, Gu Hongyan looked startled, but quickly regained his composure, and deliberately looked at Li Yuanlong.
Afterwards, Gu Hongyan said to Shui Qingzhang and Shui Tingyue: "Let's go to that house for a while, your uncle and your cousin are waiting for us." The house that Gu Hongyan said refers to the room on the left.
Gu Zhenggang pointed to the door on the right side of the house at Yuen Long, and said mysteriously: "Yuen Long, you go to the old man's house, he wants to see you alone." ”
When Shui Qingzhang heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, and he seemed to have guessed Old Man Gu's intention to summon Li Yuanlang alone, and he couldn't help but sweat for him.
His father-in-law, Lao Taishan, has a strange personality, thinking that he could marry Gu Hongyan at the beginning, and it was very difficult to cross the threshold of Lao Taishan, and it was all because of his enthusiasm and eloquence that he was recognized by Old Man Gu.
Unexpectedly, today, it will be his son-in-law's turn again, but I don't know if Li Yuenlong can pass this hurdle.
Shui Tingyue responded unhappily: "Mom, I want to be with Yuen Long, let's go see grandpa together." ”
"Obedient, Xiaoyue, I didn't hear what my second uncle said, your grandfather wants to see Li Yuenlang alone, let's go, let's go to that house." Gu Hongyan came over and grabbed his daughter's arm.
Li Yuanlang also persuaded Shui Tingyue, "Go ahead, I'm fine." And send a relaxed look.
"You have to be careful, my grandfather is not easy to deal with, don't talk back to him and make him angry." Shui Tingyue showed a worried look on her face, and was forced into the room by her mother step by step.
When everyone else walked into the room on the left, Li Yuanlang was the only one left in the living room, and he let out a sigh of relief, to be honest, he was more nervous than anyone else. It is an honor and a challenge for this long-lived old man, once a powerful figure, to see him in person and talk to him.
He straightened his clothes, walked calmly to the door of the right room, and raised his hand to gently knock on the door.
After a few rings, I heard an old man's voice like a bell inside: "Come in." ”
Squeak, the door shaft made a sound, Li Yuanlang pushed the door in, and saw that there were forty or fifty square meters in it, antique, and the air was filled with a good smell of flowers, definitely not a pungent perfume smell, but refreshing, smelling very comfortable.
On the chaise longue facing the door, sat an old man with a white beard, his face full of red light, and his eyes were stellar. Dressed in a military uniform without an epaulette and collar badge, with his hair combed behind his back, he sat on a chair and stared at Li Yuanlang with a serious expression.
From the moment he walked into this room, Li Yuanlang felt the powerful aura around the old man, and he was not angry. As long as he stood in front of him, no matter who he was, he naturally couldn't let go, and even gasping for breath came to a standstill.
Even if Li Yuanlang has seen a big scene, even if he meets the provincial leaders, it is estimated that he will not be so nervous. For a moment, the palms of my hands were sweating, and my heart was pounding.