Chapter Ninety-Eight: Ding Li Returns to the City
Ran wildly for several hours, until the end of the Yin period, Ding Li and Yang Hongwen rushed to the city of Guangzhou, although the city gate has not yet opened, but after a simple exchange between Yang Hongwen and the generals on duty on the city wall, he took his subordinates to personally go down to the city to open the door to greet them.
Yang Hongwen didn't talk to the other party much, and after chatting politely, he and Ding Li quickly rushed to Jiedu Mansion.
A moment later, outside the Jiedu Mansion, after Yang Hongwen threw his mount to the soldiers on duty outside the mansion, he walked up to Ding Li with a sincere face, stretched out his hand and patted Ding Li's shoulder, and repeatedly told with a solemn face: "Remember what I said!" What can be done and what cannot be done, I believe you should be very clear! Don't let me down, and don't let me regret helping Shouyi save you in the first place! ”
"Don't worry! Brother Yang, I understand! Ding Li smiled slightly, shrugged his shoulders, and didn't think so, for smuggling, there was no need for Yang Hongwen to say that Ding Li would never touch it, or he didn't think about smuggling at all.
"Jingyi, I'm back!" While speaking, two people walked out of the gate of Jiedu Mansion, smiled at Yang Hongwen's back and said hello, Yang Hongwen turned around when he heard this, and hurriedly bowed his hand to the two: "Uncle Zhang, Uncle Xiang!" ”
Seeing this, Ding Li immediately understood, the two people in front of him turned out to be Zhang Kuang, the father of his young owner Zhang Mingzhi, and Zhang Xiang, the chief housekeeper of the Zhang Chamber of Commerce, but the two sides had never met before, and for a while Ding Li didn't know whether to step forward and salute and say hello.
But in an instant, Ding Li didn't have to worry about it anymore, when Zhang Kuang and Zhang Xiang saw the bandaged injuries on Yang Hongwen's body, the two of them were stunned, and Zhang Kuang, who was the first to react, stepped forward, pulled Yang Hongwen's arm and looked up and down, frowning with concern and asking: "Respect!" What's going on? How did you get a wound and come back? ”
"Uncle Zhang don't worry, there was a little accident halfway, but it's okay!" Yang Hongwen explained in a low voice with a somewhat guilty face, but he had to let Zhang Kuang pull his body to take a closer look, and then Zhang Kuangtie's face was blue, his face was angry, and his tone suddenly became cold: "Tell Uncle Zhang!" What kind of person is so bold! Eat the bear's heart and leopard gall! Dare to go wild in the territory of Guangzhou Prefecture! ”
"It's really okay, uncle, don't be angry!" Yang Hongwen hurriedly smiled and waved his hand, and then saw that Zhang Kuang was still unrelenting, and even Zhang Xiang on the side seemed to come forward to help, so he had to tell the truth to the two, and then added in a low voice: "Uncle Zhang, Uncle Xiang, I'd better go back to the house to see Uncle Li first, I should have come back yesterday, presumably Uncle Li is also in a hurry!" ”
"It's okay, it's okay, you're okay! Regarding the matter of the thief army, Brother Li has already obtained some information in advance! Zhang Kuangman waved his hand indifferently, shook his head and said with a smile: "Your Uncle Li told me last night, I'm afraid you went to Fuxu Town, and Shouyi dragged you to not let you come back, so it was delayed!" Although things are a little urgent, there is no hurry for this night! ”
"Thank you two uncles for your concern!" Yang Hongwen smiled a little embarrassedly, and then said goodbye to Zhang Kuang and Zhang Xiang: "Uncle Zhang, Uncle Xiang, if there is nothing to do, I will go and report to Uncle Li first!" ”
"Okay, let's go, after the report, hurry up and deal with the wound, not everyone can invite the doctor in Uncle Li's mansion!" Zhang Kuang smiled and patted Yang Hongwen's shoulder, and made a joke to the other party before leaving.
"Hmm!" Yang Hongwen nodded, then turned his head and said goodbye to Ding Li: "Ali, thank you last night!" Say goodbye for now! ”
"Brother Yang is polite, pay attention to recuperation!" Ding Li shook his head with a smile, hugged his fists and returned the salute, thought about it for a while, and decided to say goodbye to his big boss, but the moment he turned his head, Ding Li was stunned.
The expressions of Zhang Kuang and Zhang Xiang in front of them were extremely complicated, especially Zhang Kuang, a pair of thick eyebrows were tightly twisted together, as if they wanted to intertwine and fight, and Zhang Xiang on the side, although not so exaggerated, was also full of doubts and dazedness, as if he had seen something incredible.
Ding Li, who reacted, didn't care about the expressions of the two, but he didn't know how to call the two, and after thinking about it for a while, he still learned Yang Hongwen's title, and at the same time gave the two of them a salute with a serious face, it seemed that the person in front of him was his big boss and the head housekeeper, and the tone of his voice was also extraordinarily respectful: "Zhang, Uncle Zhang, Uncle Xiang, the juniors say goodbye!" ”
After that, Ding Li didn't wait for the two to respond, he bowed straight and took a few steps back, pulled up the reins with his hand, and led the mount away quickly.
"Ah, Ah Xiang, just now, just now?" It wasn't until the news of Ding Li's figure that Zhang Kuang, who was still stunned outside the Jiedu Mansion, suddenly woke up, but the thoughts in his mind were still a little messy, so he had to turn his complicated gaze to his right-hand man.
"Sir, this, this..." Zhang Xiang also didn't know how to answer, stammered a few times with a hesitant face, and finally flicked his sleeves, but first turned his head to look around, and then leaned in front of Zhang Kuang, lowered his voice and said, "Master! That's too much of a coincidence, isn't it?! It's so similar! How is this possible? ”
"It's too similar, it's too similar." Zhang Kuang still seemed to have Ding Li's face in front of him, but his thoughts had already drifted on a face more than twenty years ago, and the two faces were too similar, especially the look of perseverance at all times.
"Sir? Do you want to check it? Seeing that his master was so distracted, Uncle Xiang hesitated on the side and asked in a low voice with scruples.
"Check, must check! This is no small matter! Zhang Kuangdang nodded heavily, his eyes flashed, and then he turned his head and deliberately told Uncle Xiang: "Ah Xiang, I want all the information about the young man just now, all, understand?" ”
"Understood, sir! Including what he will do in the future, as long as you want to know, it is never a problem! Uncle Xiang immediately nodded with a serious face and made a guarantee, he also knew in his heart that this matter was definitely not trivial, and it was not impossible to even affect the entire Guangzhou Mansion, and even affect Lingnan Dongdao!
Ding Li didn't know that he had been remembered by others, and returned to Zhang's Mansion with exhaustion, but was told by Zhang's subordinates that Liu Sheng moved to a new house yesterday, which is now Ding Li's mansion, and left from Zhang's Mansion together with Wang Ling, one of the three heroes of Duanzhou that Ding Li had rescued before, and Xu Hong, a scholar who had just received his command, and it is said that Saidigade returned to his home in Fanfang District because of something last night.
Although the new house Ding Mansion is only half a street away from Zhang's Mansion, Ding Li still entered Zhang's Mansion after thinking about it, even he didn't know why, and the reason he gave himself in his heart was that he was too tired, and he was still unwilling to go back to the house suddenly to disturb Liu Sheng and the others.
The people of Zhang's Mansion naturally didn't dare to snub Ding Li, and arranged the room and breakfast very quickly, and Ding Li, who had eaten briefly, decided to sleep first, and it was not too late to go back to the house before noon. It seems that because of the temporary completion of the matter at hand, or because of the fatigue of the past few days, Ding Li, who was still a little cranky before going to bed, just lay down on the soft bed, and his whole mind suddenly blurred, and he fell asleep in a blink of an eye.
It didn't take long for the morning sun to rise, and the comfortable morning light fell on the city of Guangzhou, and Ding's mansion was already a sensation, but it was not because of the news that Ding Li returned to Guangzhou, but today there will be furniture and other things that Ding Li and Liu Sheng ordered before entering the mansion, and Liu Sheng still has to go out of the house today to buy more things.
After Zhang Mingzhi went to Fuxu Town, the royal coachman Lao Zhang became Ding Li's personal coachman, and now he has naturally become Liu Sheng's special coachman, it seems that because only the scholar Xu Hong looks more pleasing to the eye in the entire mansion, plus Sai Yigade is not around, Liu Sheng had to let the idle Xu Hong follow, and at the same time, this is also Ding Li's previous entrustment, since he wants to use Xu Hong, it is natural to improve the identity of the other party in front of everyone.
In recent days, Liu Sheng has not run to the city, and Lao Zhang, who is familiar with the road, has rushed to the most prosperous North City in a short time, but Liu Sheng did not get out of the car, but went out from the window, handed over two pieces of paper densely written with handwriting to a few maids, and smiled and repeatedly told each other a few words, and the body retracted into the car again, whispered to Lao Zhang, and continued to move forward, directly to today's goal, the time-honored musical instrument shop, Liu Sheng was invited to try musical instruments.
Near Beishi, the eyes of a young man with an evil smile on a pure white mount lit up, looking at the carriage that Liu Sheng was riding, and then looking at the poor number of subordinates who accompanied him, his brows furrowed, and his face immediately showed a trace of puzzlement, and he looked at the henchman on the side of the horse's head, the corners of his mouth hooked, his face was ill-willed, and his vulgar opening was completely inconsistent with the gorgeous outfit: "Hey! Who was that girl just now? The face looks really good, this is for Young Master Ben to go back to the house, young master, can't I stay in the house for a few months? ”
"Hey, hey, hey. Master, you're only right! The henchman on the side seemed to be deeply influenced by his own young master, his eyes were full of debauchery, and the expression on his face was even more exaggerated than that of the young man on horseback, as if he was afraid that the young man would not understand what he meant, and his squinting eyes kept glancing towards the carriage that was gradually moving away, and he attached a commentary with a wicked smile: "Young master, all you saw just now was a face, isn't it too early to say this?" Why not catch up and see enough? I don't believe it, that girl can still hide in the car and not come out? As long as the young master likes it, then he will find a way to get it back, wouldn't he look at it however he wants? ”
"Wonderful! Wonderful! Or you kid thinks it through! It's just a worm in the stomach of this young master! The young man spoke very rudely, but if he didn't look at the outfit and only looked at the obscenity of that face, it wouldn't surprise people, but it was a confidant, and after listening to his young master's analogy, not only did he not have the slightest disgust, but his face smiled even brighter, as if he had been praised and praised by the sky.
"However, my father has already agreed with the Cao family, if I don't go, the Cao family is afraid that I will pick my thorn in front of my father again!" The young man suddenly remembered his father's instructions when he left the house in the morning, and he couldn't help frowning, and his face was a little embarrassed.
"No, no, this kind of thing, at most, it's just a delay for a while, and after the thing is done, it's still too late to rush to the dock!" Seeing that his young master was embarrassed, he hurriedly smiled on the side and came up with an idea, he could understand his young master's thoughts, so it was just a gesture, as long as there was a step, the other party would immediately borrow the slope to get off the donkey.
As expected, the young man groaned in embarrassment, and finally nodded with an embarrassed face, as if a piece of flesh had been cut off from his heart, and his face was even a little resolute, as if he wanted him to go to the battlefield to die: "Then, then okay!" Just listen to you kid! Let's follow first, and then go to the docks! ”
"But, Tian Luo! You send someone to the dock to inform you first, and say that Young Master Ben is in a bit of a hurry and can't get out, and then he will arrive! In the end, the young man whispered to his henchmen with some unease, and then leaned over on the horse, beckoned to the other party, lowered his voice and added: "Tell everyone, don't make a noise about my identity, if you dare to mess around without my order, I will cut off his tongue when I turn around!" ”
Tian Luo immediately showed a smile that I understood, and nodded with a flattering smile: "Don't worry, young master, I'll arrange it!" ”
After that, Tian Luo began to gather the accompanying people, he knew his young master's trick to cover his ears and steal the bell, such a large team, the entire Guangzhou Mansion could not find a few, especially his face that thought he was the most graceful and suave enough to show his identity, even the three-year-old boy in the city knew that he was the eldest son Tian Xiangwen.
But despite this, every time he does something bad, Tian Xiangwen still likes to tell everyone to hide his identity, although Tian Luo is very annoyed, but he still has to do everything with a smiling face.