Chapter 419: Crooked Tricks
Orchid Courtyard ......
The sky gradually darkened, and Fang Ying was taking care of Nini in the backyard, while worrying about Canglong, who had not yet returned home. Huang Ji suddenly appeared beside Fang Ying, squatted down to take care of Nini together, and said with concern: "Sister Ying, I took the medicine just now, and now my health is much better, right?"
Fang Ying nodded lightly, and replied shyly: "Well, now that my body is basically recovered, thank you, Brother Huang Ji......"
Huang Ji looked at Fang Ying with a hesitant look in her eyes, thinking that she must still be worried about Canglong's situation. Thinking of this, Huang Ji also comforted: "Sister Ying, you don't have to worry too much about Brother Canglong, his martial arts are so high, even if he meets someone from the Ghost King Division, no one can do anything to him......"
"I'm not worried about this ......" Before Huang Ji finished speaking, Fang Ying continued, "I care about him and Hu Yidi...... Hu Yidi said that thieves in the Juming City area are rampant, and it is very likely that officials and thieves colluded, which is the same as what Gang Leader Ge said to Brother Huang Ji. The people of the Ghost King Division are not afraid, but Brother Canglong has to face it, but the people of the Mengyuan Imperial Court, if they offend the imperial court......"
Huang Ji thought about it, seemed to see Fang Ying's thoughts, and then said: "I know, do you want Brother Canglong to face such a dangerous thing alone, and you want to share it for him...... But Brother Canglong has also explained before, he won't let Sister Ying get involved in this matter, so he will rush back and put you by my side. ”
Fang Ying paused, and then complained secretly: "I know that Brother Canglong is for my good, but ...... But I don't want to be a fool all day. Every day I am protected by you. I also want to be like you, to see the diversity of rivers and lakes, and to share with you. Even if these can be dangerous......"
"Yes, yes, so I didn't discuss the countermeasures with you before?" Huang Ji changed his expression and said, "My father-in-law is the same with me, he agreed on the surface, but in fact, he still doesn't want me to take care of this matter." But I didn't listen to him, he didn't want me to take care of it, I still took care of it -- who wouldn't investigate the collusion between officials and thieves? I, Huang Ji, have my own way to figure it out......"
"But Brother Huang Ji, the method you thought of before was too ...... It's too ...... Puff-" Fang Ying thought of the idea that Huang Ji gave herself at lunch. I couldn't bear to laugh out loud.
"What are you laughing at, this is not what I learned from a friend before-" Huang Ji also laughed.
"What friend?" Fang Ying asked curiously.
"It's a friend I met when I was in Bianliang...... Huang Ji recalled, "her name is Lu Jing." It's the eldest lady of the Lu Mansion. Although she is a beautiful girl, she is a quirky one, and she often comes up with some ghost ideas for the whole person. has been with her for a long time, and sometimes her personality occasionally becomes the same as her......" thought of some of Lu Jing's ghost ideas that used to be a person. Huang Ji couldn't help laughing.
"Okay. It turns out that you have mixed so well with other girls before......" Fang Ying listened and said with a little jealousy.
"Okay, okay, Uncle Xue and they will come later, and we will act according to the plan-" Huang Ji said, and helped Fang Ying up, ready to implement the plan......
It's getting dark, it's time to eat, and it's time for dinner. But because of Huang Ji's family, things are constantly going on these days. There are not many dishes at home, even if there is a red cloud who is good at cooking. There is no way around it. Hongyun thought about it and decided to go out and buy ingredients for cooking and come back.
However, as soon as I got out of the kitchen, I saw the "Three Hip-Hop Brothers" tiptoeing at the door. Hongyun seemed to know their intentions, so he said with a straight face: "You guys, are you going to the kitchen to steal food again?"
The "Three Hip-Hop Brothers" saw that the behavior of the three of them was caught by Hongyun again, and stood in place and pretended to smile stupidly. Hippie scratched the back of his head and said, "Where......'s it?"
"What are you looking at?" Hongyun asked with a straight face.
"Look at ......" Hippie's eyes were stunned for a long time, and finally highlighted the words, "Look at what can help Miss Red Cloud with your ......"
Hongyun smiled softly, closed his eyes, and said, "I still need your help? I need to prepare the ingredients for dinner now, do you know how to cook?"
The "Three Hip Hop Brothers" stood aside and didn't know what to say, Hongyun knew that they were "speechless", sighed and shook his head, and then said: "I'm going to go out to buy vegetables later, before that, I have to see if everything in the kitchen is in place......" After speaking, Hongyun walked past the three brothers and prepared to go to other rooms.
At this moment, two acquaintances came in at the door of the courtyard - looking at it, it was Xue Feiji, Senior Xue and the Changfeng Elder of the Beggar Gang.
"Senior Xue and Elder Chang, what are they doing here at this time......" Hongyun looked at the two of them suspiciously, and said secretly in his heart.
Xue Feichen and Chang Feng looked very strict, as if there was something important. Moreover, they were still holding something that was suspected to be an important letter in their hands, and it seemed that this letter looked like some top-secret document, and they didn't want outsiders to know, so the two of them would choose this hidden orchid courtyard to discuss affairs.
At this time, Huang Ji also rushed over from the backyard, but he didn't see Fang Ying. Huang Ji saw Xue Feichen and Chang Feng, and greeted them with a smile: "Eh, Uncle Xue and Elder Chang, is there anything wrong with the two of you coming here at this time?"
"Oh, it's Ji'er, your stepfather has a new situation, and Elder Chang and I have come here to discuss secretly-" Xue Feichen said seriously.
"Is there something important?" Huang Ji asked again.
"No, it's nothing...... Xue Feichen casually agreed.
Xue Feichen clenched the letter in his hand, and said secretly in his heart: "This time there has been a new development in the discovery of the collusion between officials and thieves, and Brother Ge specially emphasized that I should not tell Sù Ji'er about this matter......"
Huang Ji didn't continue to ask, and his eyes inadvertently glanced at the letter in Xue Feiji's hand.
Xue Feichen thought for a moment, looked at the room next to the door, and then said to Huang Ji: "Ji'er, that room is empty, right? I and Elder Chang are there to discuss affairs, you don't let the idlers wait in, you know?"
"Got it-" Huang Ji nodded with a smile, with a hint of "weirdness" in his smile......
Xue Feichen and Chang Feng quickly entered the room. The room was not big, except for the main door, only a slightly worn window. There is a table in the room. Xue Feichen and Chang Feng sat at the table, looking at the letter in their hands with stern expressions.
Xue Feichen glanced at it, and after making sure that there was nothing abnormal in the room, he opened the letter and spread it on the table, looking at it with Chang Feng and the others......
"Elder Chang, look—" After reading the contents of the letter. Xue Feichen said with a stern expression, "This afternoon, the two disciples of Yang Jinkang and Lu Gongsheng, who infiltrated the dungeon, have already found out the situation. Juming City does have a secret transaction of collusion between officials and thieves. At one o'clock today, on the Tiangong Mountain outside the city, the people of the government and those robbers met again, and it will be the place where they hide the stolen money. ”
"Hmph. This dog official Song Lianxun, who lives in Ming City, is bold. In order to make war profits, he colluded with robbers, made the people's livelihood miserable, and kept our beggars in the dark......" Chang Feng first vented his anger, and then slapped the table and said, "Today is a moment...... It's already unitary time, and if there is any action, maybe the people from the government have already begun to send people to Tiangong Mountain-"
Inside the room was talking. Suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside the door. Xue Feichen and Chang Feng thought that someone was eavesdropping, and immediately shut up. Go and open the door.
However, no one was eavesdropping outside the door, and the reason why there was footsteps was because Huang Ji happened to enter a room next to this room.
"Ji'er—what are you doing here?" Xue Feichen couldn't help but ask when he saw that it was Huang Ji.
Huang Ji seemed to be moving something, he looked sideways at Xue Feijian, and pretended to be stupid and said, "It's nothing, it's just to help Sister Ying make an antidote." This is the pharmacy, right next to your room, what can I do?"
Xue Feichen saw that it was just Huang Ji who went to the next room to refine medicine, so he rolled his eyes and said, "Really, I thought it was ...... Okay, you're refining medicine next to you, and the movement can be smaller-"
"Hmm-" Huang Ji nodded with a dumb expression, and then carried his things into the next room.
Xue Feichen and Chang Feng saw that they were fine, and immediately went back to the room and closed the door again. The letter just now was still on the table, and Xue Feichen continued to discuss with Chang Feng: "Elder Chang, look at what Brother Ge will do next?"
Chang Feng thought for a while and said categorically: "Without further ado, I must immediately report this matter to the helper." If nothing else, with the character of the helper, I will definitely send many disciples tonight to ambush Tiangong Mountain before the time, and I am going to tell the helper-"
"Well, it's not far from the time of the day, we need to move quickly-" Xue Feichen nodded.
While they were discussing, suddenly, a strange smell wafted from out of nowhere in the room. Soon, the smell filled the room.
It's weird, but the smell is a bit ...... Some - they stink. Xue Feichen and Chang Feng didn't react yet, and immediately covered their noses.
"Wow-" Xue Feichen covered his nose and said, "What, so stinky?"
Chang Feng also covered his nose with one hand, waved the air in the room with the other, and then pointed to the room next door and said, "It can't be your righteous nephew doing something, right?"
Xue Feichen thought about it, because the house was too smelly, the two of them didn't have time to pack up their things, so they immediately opened the door of the room and ran to the house next door.
Sure enough, bursts of smoke came out of the house where Huang Ji was refining medicine, and he thought it was a fire in the house without asking clearly.
"Bang bang-" Xue Feichen covered his nose, knocked on Huang Ji's door, and shouted loudly: "Ji'er, what are you doing inside?"
Huang Ji heard a knock on the door and immediately opened the door. "Squeak-" As soon as the door opened, a foul-smelling smell came to the nostrils, hitting Xue Feiji and Chang Feng.
Although Xue Feichen and Chang Feng are both dignified martial arts masters, they are helpless in the face of the stinking smell. Sure enough, Huang Ji also came out with his nose covered, and appeared in front of Xue Feijian and Chang Feng with a mournful look.
"What the hell are you doing?" Xue Feichen asked, covering his nose again.
Huang Ji said slowly in a miserable tone: "I'm refining medicine, but I don't know what went wrong, it became stinky, I don't believe you come in and see-"
Xue Feichen listened, and he really had the courage to go in and take a look, and Chang Feng also followed behind. However, as soon as they entered the house, the stench became even more smoky, and Xue Feichen and Chang Feng were almost fainted by the stink when they were old......
However, at the same time, the room where Xue Feichen and Chang Feng were discussing just now. There was a strange movement......
On the dilapidated window of that room, a head suddenly popped out - it was Fang Ying, it turned out that Fang Ying had been hiding behind the window of this house. Through the window, Fang Ying saw the top-secret letter that was still on the table.
"Brother Huang Ji really expected that the beggar gang usually uses letters as the mediator, saying that it is to prevent ......leakage," Fang Ying said secretly, "But now it seems that it is easier to be leaked...... I have to hurry up and read the contents of the letter, if I let Senior Xue and Elder Chang react, it will be too late......"
Thereupon. Fang Ying didn't say a word, and climbed in. "Ouch-" However, carelessly, Fang Ying's head lightly knocked on the top of the window. I accidentally made a small noise......
"What sound?" Xue Feichen was next door, as if he heard Fang Ying's scream, and couldn't help asking. However, due to the constant sound of smoke refining in the pharmacy, Xue Feichen could not hear it very clearly.
Huang Ji heard it. He was sure it was Fang Ying's voice. Afraid that Xue Feichen and Chang Feng would go back again, Huang Ji immediately pulled up the topic and said, "Huh...... Look at Uncle Xue, isn't my refining medicine quite good?"
Xue Feichen still believed it, and looked back at the white smoke medicine pot in Huang Ji's room. It's just that the gas spewing out of the medicine pot stinks so badly that Xue Feichen doesn't want to take a second look.
Xue Feichen waved his hand, and suddenly noticed a pile of firewood next to the room, and dozens of night clothes were placed on top of the firewood.
Xue Feichen thought it was strange, and asked again, "Ji'er." What's that in those clothes of yours?"
"That's the clothes of those black-clothed people who attacked Ji'er last night...... Huang Ji explained, "Uncle Xue, don't you remember? Ji'er took off their clothes for his ......"
"Oh, that's it......" Xue Feichen nodded again......
And on Fang Ying's side, she also knew that she was almost discovered just now. This time, she was neat, and when she jumped into the room, she did not move the letter on the table, but just swept it quickly with her eyes, and got a general idea of its contents......
"It turns out that tonight, there is an action ...... on Tiangong Mountain," Fang Ying said silently in her heart......
Xue Feichen and Chang Feng really couldn't stand the stench in the house, so they didn't say anything in the end, and came out quickly. According to what was said before, after discussing the countermeasures, they will leave immediately.
Huang Ji was afraid that Fang Ying hadn't finished it yet, so he followed behind the two of them with trepidation.
However, when Xue Feichen pushed open the door and found that the room was empty, only the letters on the table, Huang Ji finally breathed a sigh of relief—Fang Ying was sure that he had left safely......
"Okay, Ji'er, Elder Chang and I left first, there may be some things tonight, you have to take care of yourself at night, especially be careful of the Ghost King Master's people coming to sneak attack again-" Xue Feichen reminded Huang Ji when he was about to leave.
Huang Ji replied with a smile on his face, "I know, Uncle Xue, and Elder Chang, you two walk slowly-"
After sending the two away, seeing that they didn't notice anything wrong, Huang Ji breathed a sigh of relief......
"Ahh......h
"You're embarrassed to say it, it's almost exposed-" Huang Ji pulled out a few pills on his body and said with a smile, "This is the 'Black Yellow Pill', burning it with fire will produce a lot of odor, which is difficult to smell, and I almost can't stand it myself...... By the way, have you read all the contents of the letter?"
"See clearly, Brother Huang Ji, you are so powerful, I knew early on that they would have letters-" Fang Ying praised with a smile.
"Needless to say, I have been with the beggars for eighteen years, and I still don't know how the beggars report important news? When I was in Bianliang before, Elder Chang gave me the news, and when the people arrived, they also gave me letters--this is the constant habit of the beggars...... Huang Ji said with a smile.
"Then the Lu Jing and Lu girl you talked about before, do you usually like to use such a whole person?" Fang Ying thought of the Lu Jing mentioned earlier, and asked again.
"Yes, it's funny to think about Jingmei, if I have a chance in the future, I will definitely take you to meet ......" Huang Ji said with a smile again.
"Hmph, it's so kind to call people 'Sister Jing'?" Fang Ying turned her head and said with some jealousy.
When Huang Ji heard this, he seemed to have something in his heart, and inadvertently smiled slightly......
"Oops, it stinks, what's in this room?" At this moment, at the door of the alchemy pharmacy just now, the voice of "Three Hip Hop Brothers" suddenly sounded.
Huang Ji and Fang Ying looked back, it turned out that the "Three Hip-Hop Brothers" didn't know what they were going to do in this room, but as soon as they opened the door, the stench that had not yet dissipated hit the sky, and they were stunned to make the "Three Hip-Hop Brothers" feel bored.
When Huang Ji and Fang Ying saw it, they both laughed happily...... (To be continued......)