Putting on the lantern and putting on the saber, Xu Zhiqiong embarked on the long-lost road of night patrol.
Meng Shizhen was still watching Chen Jiuer in the small room. Qu Jinshan had other important matters. The person leading the night patrol tonight was a new Qingdeng, Wang Zhennan.
That's right, it's the martial arts scholar Wang Zhennan, the same Wang Zhennan who had eight wives.
Xu Zhiqiong has been following Wu Xu around these days, but he doesn't know that a big event has happened in their small team in Beiyuan.
Wang Zhennan, who has eight wives, was successfully promoted to the eighth rank of Killing Dao. According to the rules of the Lantern Yamen, he was promoted to the eighth rank of cultivation and was immediately promoted to Qing Deng Lang. However, he was not yet the flag leader Qing Deng Lang, because the flag leader was temporarily
There is no vacancy. Wang Zhennan is a Qing Deng Lang who has a rank, a salary, but no position.
Xu Zhiqiong took out a piece of silver from his arms, weighed it, weighed about five taels, gave it to Wang Zhennan and said, "Congratulations, brother."
Wang Zhennan pushed it back to Xu Zhiqiong: "Silly boy, you are still polite to me. You keep this money. My brother knows that you have a hard life, so I can't ask for your money no matter what."
Xu Zhiqiong sniffed: "Brother, do you look down on me?"
"What are you talking about? That's all. I'll accept it. After a while, I'll take my brother to the Zhu Skull Teahouse to have fun."
Li Pu'an said sourly from the side: "Don't live a bad life, tonight is a good day."
Wang Zhennan shook his head: "It won't work tonight. A dozen women were lost in the city yesterday. The commander's eyes were red and he almost demoted General Shi. Don't let this happen today. It's a matter of duty.
At least nothing can go wrong."
Li Pu'an snorted coldly: "You are a smart person, what can you do wrong? Eight women have not slowed down your cultivation."
This may seem unexpected, but it is actually reasonable.
Cultivation in the Way of Killing depends not only on talent, but also on nourishment.
If you eat glutinous rice every day, even if you have first-class talent, you may not be able to find a way to get promoted.
Although Wang Zhennan has many wives and concubines, his body is a little weak, but he is not bad in talent, and his family is well-off. He can't say delicacies, but his diet is much more exquisite than that of his colleagues. In addition, he takes elixirs for supplements all the time, so his promotion will be a matter of time.
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Since Wang Zhennan was promoted, Li Pu'an has been feeling unhappy. He had to go home to repair the house before he even took two steps.
Wang Zhennan was angry: "I asked you to go back to repair the house last night, why are you going back tonight? Do you think we still have manpower here?"
It is true that no one is available. Ma Guangli had diarrhea tonight. Wang Zhennan went to the toilet and checked, and it was true.
Two people took a break, one person was on sick leave, Meng Shizhen was away, and after Wang Shijie's death, the vacant manpower has not been filled. Beiyuan's team is really running out of people.
Li Pu'an pouted and said, "Aren't there two newcomers?"
Wu Xu transferred two new people to them tonight, one is Chu He and the other is Yang Wu. This is actually Xu Zhiqiong's arrangement.
Wu Xu asked Xu Zhiqiong to recommend three people. This was a rare opportunity.
Meng Shizhen counts as one, but Wu Xu overdid it.
Niu Yuxian must be one of them, Wu Xu and Xu Zhiqiong both admire him.
Xu Zhiqiong was going to leave a place for Chu He, but Chu He acted recklessly. Xu Zhiqiong had to use this time to help Chu He hone his temperament. If he couldn't hone his temperament, then he wouldn't let Chu He go.
This was originally a dangerous mission.
As for Yang Wu, Xu Zhiqiong could not leave this opportunity to him. With his temperament, if he participated in this matter, he would be irresponsible to Wu Xu and Yang Wu himself. This time he called him
I came here to provide Chu He with a cover to avoid suspicion.
Wang Zhennan said to Li Pu'an: "These two newcomers are not familiar with each other yet. They must be led by an old man. You are not allowed to take leave tonight!"
Li Pu'an pouted and said, "What airs are you putting on!"
Walking on the road, Yang Wu was unhappy and pulled Xu Zhiqiong and whispered: "Zhiqiong, you are a popular person in the eyes of thousands of households. Please intercede for me. I still want to go back to Anhe. If I can't go back,
, it would be good to go to the west of the city, Beiyuan is really too desolate, and the road is still far away..."
Look at your potential.
Xu Zhiqiong agreed: "Qianhu has been busy recently. When he has some free time, I will go and talk to him."
When they arrived at Beiyuan, Wang Zhennan divided the people into three teams. Chu He and Yang Wu were handed over to Xu Zhiqiong, and they went on patrol at night.
When they arrived at the city gate, they met Wu Shanxing again. Xu Zhiqiong came forward and greeted him: "Brother, didn't you say it was worth a month's night? Why are you still here tonight?"
Wu Shanxing smiled bitterly and said: "I'm afraid I've been here on night watch this year, and it's rare for all of you brothers to get together. Not to mention these worries, I'll go ask someone to prepare some food and drink."
Xu Zhiqiong said: "I usually eat your food, but tonight I will buy some food and wine."
Wu Shanxing stopped Xu Zhiqiong: "If you can come and see me, I will feel happy. Why do you care about this?"
Not long after, the city guards had prepared wine and food, and the brothers were drinking happily when they suddenly saw Yang Wu standing up and walking towards the street as if he had lost his soul.
Chu He said angrily: "What are you doing? Are you rushing to Huangquan?"
Yang Wu murmured: "I saw Junior Sister Han."
Chu He laughed and said, "I've only had two drinks and I haven't seen you fall asleep. Why did you dream about junior sister?"
Yang Wu didn't know how he sensed it, maybe it was the dog's unique sense of smell, and he smelled Han Di's tea from afar.
Han Di wore a green robe and carried a sword. He came in front of everyone, cupped his fists and saluted: "Brothers, it's been a long time."
Han Di smiled slightly, and Yang Wu's bones went numb and he almost fell to the ground.
Wu Shanxing asked someone to add an extra seat for Han Di, and Han Di deliberately sat next to Xu Zhiqiong.
Xu Zhiqiong ate the mutton and ignored her.
Yang Wu poured a glass of wine for Han Di: "Junior sister, have a drink to warm yourself up."
"I have important things to do tonight, so I can't drink," Han Di said perfunctorily to Yang Wu, looked at Xu Zhiqiong and said with a smile: "Brother, I have something to ask you."
Xu Zhiqiong ate a piece of mutton, licked his fingers, took out a handful of coins and said to Yang Wudi: "Junior brother, Junior Sister Han doesn't drink. You go to the White Peony Tea Shop and buy a bowl of green tea for Junior Sister!"
Yang Wu looked unhappy and said, "Why do you want me to run errands?"
Xu Zhiqiong said: "You are not running errands for me, you are running errands for junior sister. Junior sister likes to drink green tea the most. Green tea is good!"
"It's so good! Green soup is not considered superior!"
In Daxuan, only when you order tea with white tea soup is it considered top-notch.
Yang Wu smiled and said to Han Di: "Junior sister, I will buy you a bowl of high-quality tea soup!"
Han Di didn't even bother to look at Yang Wu: "Thank you, Senior Brother Yang."
Yang Wu was stunned, and Han Di approached Xu Zhiqiong again: "Brother, I have something to ask you."
Xu Zhiqiong turned around and said: "Junior sister, in fact, green soup may not necessarily be inferior. It depends on the sincerity of the tea."
This fool is still so stupid. When did I choose tea soup?
"Senior brother, as long as it's made by you, I like to drink it."
Xu Zhiqiong nodded and said: "Junior sister made it. I also like to drink it. Can junior sister make green tea?"
"What's so difficult about that? As long as senior brother likes it, my little sister is willing to order tea for him every day!"
With the green tea skill activated, Han Di first closed the distance, then lowered his volume and whispered to Xu Zhiqiong.
Xu Zhiqiong also whispered to Han Di: "Junior sister, do you think it is better to grind tea with a tea grinder or a pestle?"
Han Di said: "Of course, if the tea grinder is better, the tea powder will be more even."
"Junior sister is really an expert. Thank you for the advice. It's getting late. Let's go on night patrol first."
After saying that, Xu Zhiqiong and Chu He left.
Han Di looked at Xu Zhiqiong's retreating back and blinked.
I haven’t asked my question yet…
Wu Shanxing blushed and said, "Junior sister, please eat some mutton."
He also has a crush on his junior sister.
"Thank you, senior brother, for your thoughtfulness." Han Di hurriedly stood up and chased Xu Zhiqiong again.
Xu Zhiqiong is not that easy to chase. Han Di is only at the lower level of the ninth rank, and even Chu He cannot catch up with her.
Yang Wu bought a bowl of fine tea soup, ran back to the city gate, and saw Wu Shanxing clearing the table.
"Where has my little junior sister gone?"
Wu Shanxing shook his head and said: "He left in a hurry, but he didn't say where he was going."
"Then this tea..."
Wu Shanxing took it, drank it down in one gulp, and took a long breath and said, "Thank you, senior brother, for your thoughtfulness."
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Yang Wu was angry and annoyed. He followed the night patrol route to find Xu Zhiqiong. Halfway there, he saw Han Di sitting on the side of the road. He hurriedly caught up and said, "Junior sister, why did you leave just like that?"
Han Di felt annoyed when she saw Yang Wu, but she couldn't walk now. Beiyuan was too big, Xu Zhiqiong and Chu He were walking too fast, and she couldn't catch up because of her leg cramps.
Han Di lowered his head, biting his lip, with a look of exhaustion and grievance: "Senior Brother Yang, I have a few words to ask Senior Brother Xu, but I don't know why, he always avoids me."
Upon hearing this, Yang Wu hated Xu Zhiqiong to death.
Just say whatever I ask you, why hide?
Yang Wu sat next to his junior sister, patted his chest and said, "Junior sister, if you have anything to say, tell me, I'll just ask him!"
Han Di blinked his eyes and whispered softly: "My little sister heard that Senior Brother Xu is Wu Qianhu's favorite general, is this true?"
Yang Wu felt a little uncomfortable after hearing this: "Zhi Qiong, as you know, is stupid. This fool is indeed very popular with Qianhu."
Han Di came closer and asked: "Little sister, I would like to ask Senior Brother Xu, is Qianhu free recently?"
Yang Wu was surprised: "Why do you ask this?"
Han Di sighed softly: "It's not for our Qingyi Pavilion Jiang Shaoshi. Shaoshi likes Wu Qianhu wholeheartedly. As you know, she wants to ask Wu Qianhu out for a drink, but she doesn't know that Qianhu has no time to spare."
Yang Wu smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be better if Shaoshi sent someone to ask Qianhu?"
Han Di rolled his eyes at Yang Wu: "How come you don't know what your daughter's family is thinking? How could Jiang Shaoshi be so embarrassed as to ask him?"
Yang Wu patted his chest again: "You don't need to ask Zhiqiong about this. I already know that Qianhu is in Mingdengxuan every day and doesn't go out. It's very busy these days!"
Han Di asked again: "Senior brother, do you know what Wu Qianhu is doing in Mingdengxuan? If he concentrates on investigating the case, my young master is not easy to disturb."
Yang Wu was in trouble: "I have to ask Zhiqiong about this matter. If you wait a little longer, I can ask him in a day or two."
"Thank you, senior brother," Han Di moved closer, "but please don't say it was me who asked."