Chapter 15o humble sneer

"Zhu Daneng, have you heard of Yan Bukai before?" In the military tent, Hu Wei asked Zhu Daneng. The full-text and ad-free novels are all biquge.info on Aishang Novel Network

Zhu Daneng shook his head and said: "Although this Dongwang City is close to the Chihe Empire, it is separated from the Qinling Mountains, which cannot be crossed, the land is barren, the available resources are too few, there is no strategic value, it belongs to the dead land, and it has always been unnoticed. Before I came, I had consulted the information of this Dongwang City, and except for knowing that the city lord here was called Yan Bukai, there was nothing else related to this. ‘

"Hmm. Hu Wei nodded, he knew that what Zhu Daneng said was the truth, and with an environment like Dongwang City, it was really difficult to attract the attention of others.

People's eyes are always looking forward, and who will take a second look at this kind of place where there is nothing to ask for. To be honest, if it weren't for the Blizzard Legion to defend Dongwang City, I am afraid that I would not know for the rest of my life that there is such a place as Dongwang City in the territory of the empire.

"Okay, I got it. You go to that Yan Bukai first and find out about the robbers. If we don't come, forget it, and since we do, we can't let them run rampant anymore. The whole city abandoned the city to hide from the robbers, what is that called? ”

"No need to go. Hongye opened the military tent and walked in, taught an invitation to Hu Wei's hand and said: "This is sent by Yan Bukai, he has already teamed up and is taking people back to the city." ”

Hu Wei glanced at the invitation card in his hand, the invitation should have been bright red, but the one sent by Yan Bukai has become light red, and many places have obviously been polished, especially those places where the writing is written in the middle, and it feels much thinner than the side.

"Even the invitations are second-hand, this Yan Bukai is really a wonderful person. Hu Wei patted the invitation card in his hand and smiled a little helplessly. If this Yan Bukai is not really poor, then he must be a genius in acting, a master of thick black, otherwise how could he have thought of it and do such a thing. If you change a person who wants to save face, let him do such a thing, it will be even more uncomfortable than killing him.

Momiji couldn't help but laugh when he heard Hu Wei's words. When she received this invitation just now, she thought that the child was joking. I really didn't expect that a city lord could do such a thing.

"Then do you want to go to his banquet?" Momiji asked with a smile.

Hu Wei's face also showed an indescribable smile and said, "Go, why don't you go." Let's see what new ideas our city lord has. I don't know what his feast will be. ”

Momiji rolled his eyes angrily and said, "It's not good, he invited you to eat the noodles that you didn't finish last night." ”

The camp of the independent regiment was set up outside the city, and Hu Wei saw that the time was almost up, so he took Hongye and Zhu Daneng into the city together to go to the banquet that was not open.

Hu Wei entered the city from the east gate, and this dilapidated city gate had nothing except the three stone characters of 'Dongwang City' that had been beaten by the wind and rain for many years, and there were not even guards guarding the gate.

Dongwang City is not big, even if it is a few more times, he is still so big. Regardless of whether you are wearing leather shoes or straw sandals, you can cross the entire Dongwang Fortress from the East Gate to the West Gate in less than 10 minutes. It's not even enough to drink water here, and the moat doesn't even have to think about it. Just a few broken bricks and a piece of land is enclosed, and it is a city. It's a little easier, too. I don't know what the city wall, which is less than five meters high, can be used for.

66 And some of the people returned to the city, and the city of Dongwang began to gain some popularity, but no laughter could be heard. There is very little dialogue between people, and it seems that the people here are very cold, and even the strangers Hu Wei walked by, they just glanced at it, and some of them didn't look at it.

According to the address on the invitation, Hu Wei and the three found Yan Bukai's home. Yan Bukai did not live in the City Lord's Mansion, but lived on Dongmen Street.

"This is it. Hu Wei looked at the house in front of him and sighed.

It's not bad, it's better than I imagined, Hu Wei thought it was a thatched house, although the house in front of me was old, but it was also a tiled house.

"I guess so. Zhu Daneng was a little uncertain. The courtyard door of this house is wide open, and there is not even a gatekeeper, which is too different from the city lord's mansion in Zhu Daneng's forgetfulness. A housekeeper in his house outside is better than this.

Hu Wei pouted at Momiji Nunu and motioned for Momiye to call the door. Hongye hesitantly glanced at the wide open courtyard door, and shouted in a coquettish voice: "Yan Cheng Shou, Yan Cheng Shou is at home?"

"Alas, here it is, here it is. "This courtyard doesn't seem to be big, and the red leaves only scream once, and there is an echo inside. As the voice sounded, Yan Bukai ran out of the courtyard.

"General Hu Wei is here, yo, the girl with red leaves is also here, and this general, hurry, please inside, please inside, please inside, the humble house is simple, I hope don't be surprised. Yan Bukai enthusiastically let the three of them into the courtyard.

"Yan Chengshou is busy?" asked politely as Hu Wei walked inside.

Yan Bukai said: "Don't be busy, don't be busy, make two drinks and dishes, you can get it in a while, and you can get it in a while."

The red leaves only appeared at this time, and Yan Bukai's clothes were covered with an apron, and on the sleeves, there were some vegetable leaves: "Yan Chengshou, do you still cook?"

Yan Bukai replied: "Let the red leaf girl laugh, just do it blindly, just do it blindly." It's definitely not as good as the Momiji girl. ”

Momiji laughed and said, "I don't know how to cook." ”

Yan Bu smiled and said: "That's nothing, the red leaf girl is a person who does big things at a glance, how can she be as unproductive as me, and go around the stove all day long." ”

Hongye glanced at Hu You, rolled his eyes and said: "I also want to learn, but unfortunately I don't have any talent, so General Hu Wei is more good at cooking." ”

Hongye is deliberately bad, Yan Bukai just said that cooking is not productive, she came to a worry about cooking well, and she wanted to see Yan Bukai's reaction.

Yan Bukai seemed to have completely forgotten the remarks he had just said that cooking was unproductive, and he opened his mouth and boasted: "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect that General Hu Wei, a character who can write and write to calm the world, and martial arts can be used to determine the world, even has a unique cooking skill." It's amazing, it's amazing."

Don't look at Yan Bukai, this person doesn't look good, the job in his mouth is not bad, not only can he chew words, pat his ass, but also talk endlessly, just like that, he will walk into the yard, and he will praise the three of Hu Wei on the front and back.

Hu Wei looked at Yan Bukai speechlessly, and for a while, he had the urge to worship him as a teacher. No wonder the walls of this cave city are so thin, and the love is all on the face of this lord.

This is not strict, and it is definitely a character. Not only did he not put on the shelf of his city lord, but he was even more humble than Hu Wei, who was a few levels below him. I don't know if he knows that he is stronger than others, or if he is by nature. If it is the former, then his city is much deeper than this cave city.

You see that his face is full of smiles, and he can even nod his head to Zhu Daneng, an ordinary person, who can do this.

The house was not as splendid as the other city lords, nor did it have beautiful maids, and if you look up, there was a fist-sized hole in the roof. If this qiē is true, then he should be the most incorruptible official in the Mandala Empire.

But no matter how Hu Wei looked at it, he felt that there was a lot of problem here. Don't say anything else, let's take the position of the city guard of Dongwang City, how to say that there is also a city guard on the ground, although Dongwang City is poor, but it is the seventy-two cities of the empire that can be obtained without opening it, which shows that behind him, there is also a force that is not weak. No matter what, you don't have to be so miserable. Besides, the city guard's salary is not low, even if he is not greedy at all, it is enough for him to live a good life.

Hu Wei thought about it, and definitely tried this Yan Bukai: "Lord City Guard, why don't you see Madame, isn't she at home?"

Yan Bukai obviously didn't expect Hu Wei to ask about her wife, and was slightly stunned. You must know that the imperial generals are indifferent, and they generally don't ask about their families.

"In, in, Uchiko is choosing a dish in the back. Yan Bukai replied.

"Well, then I'll have to go and see my wife. Hu Wei stood up as he spoke, turned around and was about to walk inside. He can see that this Yan Bukai does not reveal a drop of water no matter what he says or does. It seems that it is not so easy to show something in him. Hu Wei plans to start with his strict wife, women, sometimes, there are some things that can't be hidden.

Hu Wei's actions made Yan Bukai's face instantly become a little ugly. But it was only an instant, and a smile immediately returned to his face: "General, don't worry, you sit down for a while, there is a lot of smoke in the back, and you are afraid of staining your clothes." I'd better go get her out. ”

Hu Wei said reluctantly: "I'm afraid of oil smoke or something, I haven't seen anything on the battlefield, besides, I don't see Mrs. in person, I'm uneasy in my heart." ”

Momiji looked at Hu Wei and Yan Bukai a little strangely. Hu Wei is going to meet Yan Bukai's wife, and Yan Bukai obviously doesn't want Hu Wei to go to the back, why is this?

Although Hu Wei did this, it was a bit rude. But according to the table he had been doing all along, he shouldn't mind it. It is normal for guests to go to the host's house for dinner and meet the hostess, which is nothing

Yan Bukai didn't let Hu Wei go to the kitchen in the end, he pressed Hu Wei back to his seat and sat down, without waiting for Hu Wei to speak again, he ran to the back as soon as he slipped away. threw down a sentence and said that he would bring his wife out immediately.

Yan didn't open this 'right away', it was a little longer, and he went for a full twenty minutes before he walked out with a woman.

I saw that this woman was also dressed in coarse linen, and there was some pot ash on her face, she said that she was beautiful, but she was not very beautiful, she looked like she was in her thirties and almost forty years old.

"The last general has seen the castle warden's wife. Hu Wei didn't wait for Yan Bu to speak, so he walked up with an arrow step and saluted the woman first. He was taking the opportunity to gather the information he needed at close range.

"Don't dare, don't dare, General Hu Wei doesn't need to be polite. The woman was frightened by Hu Wei's sudden movement and took a step back, only then did she react and said politely.

"Thank you, ma'am, for the interruption today. Hu Wei straightened up with words. This act of saluting made him gain a little bit. Hu Wei can judge that this lady could not have been in the kitchen just now. First, because this lady does not smell of oil smoke, but smells of perfume. Second, the back of her hand was a little rouge, and her horns were a little wet, obviously she should have washed her face just now.

It's not that you can't have rouge when you go into the kitchen, it's reasonable that she may have applied it before. But if she has always had rouge on her face, why did she wash it off before she came out to meet guests?

Why is this the case, Hu Wei has too few clues on hand now, and he can't reason about it. But it's certain that this Yan Bukai is deliberately hiding something.

"Giggles, don't bother, don't bother, this is Uchiko Lee. The food is ready, General Hu Wei, Red Leaf Girl, please take a seat. ”

The wine and food are the same as Hu Wei expected, and they are not at the banquet with this light, a fried rape, a tofu, and a duck rack with cabbage. A pot of water and wine, that's all.

Yan Bukai is a very warm hospitality, and for such a banquet, there is no sense of not going away. has always been talking and laughing, and he also toasted Hu Wei from time to time.

Hu Wei ate while paying attention to Li's movements. Soon he realized that this Li was ostensibly eating with everyone, but in fact, from beginning to end, she didn't have a bite of what she ate, and she took the opportunity to spit out the bones, and she spit out half of the mouthful.

After eating a meal, Hu Wei's heart has a bottom, it seems that this cave Wang City is so deep

After the meal, as soon as Hu Wei left Yan Bukai's house, he immediately sent Zhu Daneng to arrange for someone to secretly go to the people of the city to secretly investigate Yan Bukai's usual character.

"Hu You, are you suspicious of Yan Bukai? Are you showing something?" Hongye waited for Zhu Daneng to leave, and then gently leaned against Hu You's side and asked.

Hu Wei shook his head and said: "Yan Bukai, this person is an old fox, he does things without leakage, I am on him, nothing appears."

When it comes to her wife, it's a little weird. ”

Momiji asked, "What's weird?"

Hu Wei told him what he had seen in Yan Bukai's house before, and added a sentence: "When I was about to go out, I saw that there was a red gold silk belly pocket on the Li family's body. ”

Hongye said angrily: "I know that you don't study well and peek at other women's belly pockets." ”

Hu Wei smiled, pulled Hongye over, kissed it, and said, "Do you remember the belly pocket you wore to me last time?"

Momiji's face turned red all at once. When she was still in the imperial capital, she bought a belly pocket in Jingxiu Building, so that Hu Wei could see it inadvertently, and she had to wear it for him. That night, Hu Wei was very leaky, how could she not remember.

"Don't talk about these daughters' families. Momiji said shyly.

Hu Wei couldn't help but pinch Hongye's buttocks and said: "What I said is exact, I remember that I said that that kind of belly pocket can only be sold in Jingxiulou in the imperial capital, and only a hundred pieces are made every year, and the price is not expensive, right?"

"Hmm. Momiji hid his head in Hu Wei's arms, and said, "Three hundred gold coins for each piece." ”

"What a rich woman. Hu Wei took a handful of Hongye's body, causing Hongye to gasp for a while, and then said: "Do you know, the belly pocket on that lady is exactly the same as the one you worn."

"Really?" Hongye sat up straight, turned his head to look at Hu Wei and asked, "You're not mistaken, right?"

Hu smiled evilly: "Something else, I may be wrong, this thing, I will never be wrong." You know. ”

Hongye listened to Hu Wei's words, gave him a blank look, and said with a serious face: "If this is the case, then it means that Yan Bukai has been lying to us, and he is not as embarrassed as Ben and Ben appear to be." ”

Hu Wei also put away his smile and said, "That's why I asked Zhu Daneng to investigate this strict question." Let's see if we can find a clue. ”

"Why, you said that Yan Bukai has always lived this simple life?" After listening to Zhu Daneng's return, Hu Wei asked with a look of disbelief. It is said that the eyes of the masses are clear, but is there no problem that the masses cannot be opened to the public?

Zhu Daneng said with a stern expression: "Yes, my lord." Not only that, listening to the people, Yan Bukai also donated most of his annual salary to help those who were in difficulty.

My lord, it's not easy to be strict. ”

"Do you see it too?" Hu Wei looked at Zhu Daneng: "Tell me your opinion." ”

Zhu Daneng nodded and said: "Yan Bukai This person looks very easy-going on the table, and even has the meaning of a bad person." But from the look in his eyes, I could feel that he was secretly laughing stupidly."

Zhu Daneng's statement immediately aroused Hu Wei's interest. He has also been thinking in his heart, how to describe Yan Bukai, Zhu Daneng's description is very appropriate.

Yes, Yan Bukai is a person, but he is really very humble, even a little excessively humble. But that's just the surface, and if you think about it, it's really hard for you to really feel that humble.

He is like a high Satan, looking at the world's appearances with a cold eye. He'll make the occasional move, and that's just to play with you.

"Let me find a way to check him, I want to know what kind of sneer is hidden behind his humility. Hu Wei clenched his fists and said.

Zhu Daneng reminded: "My lord, after Yan Bukai and Qi Yuanjie are handed over, he will leave Dongwang City, and it is likely that he will not have anything to do with us in the future, is it necessary for us to move him?"

Qi Yuanjie in Zhu Daneng's mouth is the current Blizzard Legion, and the two city guards are temporarily pushed by everyone to be the acting legion leader, and he has not yet arrived in Dongwang City.

What Zhu Daneng said is not unreasonable, the so-called good gathering and dispersion. Since Yan Bukai is leaving, it doesn't seem to matter so much whether he is really poor or pretending to be poor.

But Hu Wei has his own ideas. In his opinion, no matter how Yan doesn't pretend, he can't run away from fame and fortune. Fame is false, profit is real, and the latter is more likely. If you can find out what Yan Bukai has covered up, maybe, it will be a way to make money.