When Cheng Jiu returned to the county government office, it was already the end of the Xu period.
The yamen officer on duty, who was awakened by the knock on the door, was a little annoyed at first, but when he saw that the person was Cheng Jiu, his anger dissipated instantly.
"It's you, Brother Jiu, why did you come back so late?" The officer on duty hurriedly welcomed Cheng Jiu in.
Cheng Jiu said perfunctorily: "I went out to do some errands, so I came back a little late..."
After chatting with the officer on duty, Cheng Jiu walked towards the county jail.
After the yamen officer locked the door again, he picked up a lantern from the house and trotted away toward the inner courtyard.
Walking near his residence, Cheng Jiu saw that the lights were still on in Ge Hong's house, so he went over and knocked on the door: "Brother, it's me, have you gone to bed?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ge Hong's voice came from the room: "Fourth brother? Where were you just now? Why didn't you say anything?"
Then there were footsteps approaching from inside the door, and Ge Hong opened the door the next moment.
"Come in." Ge Hong said and stepped aside.
As soon as Cheng Jiu walked into the room, Yu Tie sat up on the bed and looked at Cheng Jiu with concern.
"I'm fine, second brother, don't worry." Cheng Jiu replied.
At this time, Ge Hong closed the door and walked over. He said to Tie Dao: "You sleep in your own bed. I'll have a few words with the fourth child. It won't take long..."
Yu Tie nodded, lay down and turned sideways, continuing to sleep.
Ge Hong and Cheng Jiu sat at the table, and they talked in a low voice under the oil lamp.
"Fourth brother, have you gone to drink?" Ge Hong had already smelled the alcohol on Cheng Jiu's body.
Cheng Jiudao: "I was a little annoyed, so I drank a little..."
"Did you get into a fight with someone?" Ge Hong asked again.
Cheng Jiu immediately denied: "No! How could it be..."
Ge Hong stared at Cheng Jiu's chest and asked: "Since there was no fight, can you explain where the big footprints on the chest came from?"
Cheng Jiu looked down and saw a big footprint on his chest and clothes that was so obvious that even a blind man could see it!
This footprint was left by Lando kicking Cheng Jiushi during the fight at Qujia Restaurant just now.
Cheng Jiu was immediately speechless.
"Fourth brother, why did you go out to cause trouble again?" Ge Hong was slightly annoyed.
"No big brother, I didn't cause any trouble..."
Cheng Jiu didn't want to get entangled with Ge Hong on this topic now, so he changed the subject and said, "By the way, brother, I just met Mr. Chai, and he said that we will escort a batch of mining gold to Yaozhou in a few days, right?"
Ge Hong nodded and said: "Yes! We will set off at Chenshi in five days, but your injuries are not fully healed yet, so why don't you go and stay at home to recuperate."
Cheng Jiu suddenly became anxious and immediately shouted: "No! I have to go, I have to go with you!"
Ge Hong was a little surprised by Cheng Jiu's reaction, so he asked: "Fourth, what did Mr. Chai tell you? Why are you suddenly so concerned about the tasks he arranged?"
Cheng Jiu then said: "Brother, Mr. Chai has told me that as long as we successfully complete this mission, the government will not arrest us anymore, so I... I have to go!"
Ge Hong frowned gradually and stared at Cheng Jiu's face with a confused expression.
After a moment, Ge Hong suddenly asked: "It's because of Miss Situ, right?"
Cheng Jiu's face obviously froze, then he nodded vigorously and said: "Yes!"
Ge Hong took a deep breath and suppressed the dissatisfaction in his heart and said: "Fourth brother, why are you so stubborn? Even if we become innocent, after all... you and Miss Situ are not the same family, Situ
The adults will not agree!"
Cheng Jiu immediately retorted: "Brother, how do you know that Master Situ will not agree? Have you asked him?"
The next moment, Cheng Jiu repeated Chai Yan's words so much that Ge Hong didn't know how to respond.
After a while, Ge Hong took a breath and asked: "Fourth, have you thought clearly? Do you really plan to tell Miss Situ everything?"
"Yes, I have thought it through! When I come back from Yaozhou, I will tell her everything. I will bear all the consequences myself!" Cheng Jiu said resolutely.
Ge Hong sighed secretly, lowered his head slightly and thought for a moment before saying, "Well, big brother respects your decision. No matter what the result is, big brother will definitely be on your side!"
"Brother!" Cheng Jiu looked at Ge Hong gratefully.
Ge Hong stood up, patted Cheng Jiu on the shoulder, smiled and said: "It's getting late, go back to the house and rest."
Soon, Cheng Jiu came out of Ge Hong's room.
Just as he was about to go into his room, Cheng Jiu suddenly noticed a bright spot in the distance approaching.
Out of curiosity, I took a closer look and saw that it seemed that Xiao Huan was walking this way with a lantern.
When the bright spot got closer, Cheng Jiu confirmed that it was indeed Xiao Huan, and immediately walked towards her.
Xiaohuan suddenly saw someone approaching in front of him, so he raised the lantern to illuminate it. When he saw the person clearly, he immediately called out: "Brother Cheng!"
"Xiaohuan, it's so late, why are you still running here?" Cheng Jiu asked.
Xiaohuan felt that Cheng Jiu was caring about her, and she couldn't help but be secretly happy in her heart.
"Brother Cheng, where were you just now? Why did you come back so late? Miss is worried..."
As Xiaohuan spoke, he suddenly covered his nose and frowned: "Brother Cheng, how much wine have you drunk?"
Cheng Jiu was afraid of mentioning this matter, so he felt nervous and quickly lied: "Oh, I... I was just with Mr. Chai, and I drank a little...
"
"With Master Chai?" Xiaohuan asked with confusion on her face, "But that's not what Mrs. Chai said..."
"Well... I went shopping and happened to meet Mr. Chai, so we had some drinks together." Cheng Jiu quickly lied.
Xiao Huan didn't quite believe it, so he looked up and down at Cheng Jiulai. Suddenly the lantern illuminated the big footprints on his chest, and Xiao Huan immediately understood what was going on.
The next moment, Xiao Huan said angrily with a sullen face: "Brother Cheng, you lied to me, you got into a fight with me!"
The big footprints on his chest immediately exposed Cheng Jiu's lie. Cheng Jiuyi didn't know what to say, so he kept saying that he was fine and urged Xiaohuan to go back and rest.
Xiaohuan refused and went around Cheng Jiu's back with a lantern, wanting to take care of the wound on his back.
After taking a closer look, Xiaohuan covered her mouth and exclaimed in a low voice: "Ah..."
Cheng Jiu was startled and quickly turned around and asked, "What's wrong, Xiao Huan?"
Xiaohuan said nervously: "Brother Cheng, your wound is bleeding. You can see blood on your coat..."
The fight just now caused Cheng Jiu's wound to burst open. Although the blood didn't flow much, it still soaked through his coat a little, and Xiao Huan discovered it.
"It's okay, just ask Lao Wu to wrap it up for me again later!" Cheng Jiu didn't take it seriously.
Xiaohuan shook his head and disagreed, and said seriously: "No, his hands and feet are too rough. If it doesn't work well in a while, it will be worse!"
"No, Lao Wu's hands are very thin, and every time... Oh, Xiaohuan, what are you doing, where are you dragging me to?"
Cheng Jiuzheng was talking when Xiaohuan suddenly grabbed his sleeve and pulled him back without any explanation.
In fact, with Cheng Jiu's strength, he could easily get rid of Xiao Huan, but he knew that the other party cared about him, so he didn't do that.
"Xiaohuan, where are you taking me?" Cheng Jiu asked.
Xiaohuan held a lantern in one hand and pulled Cheng Jiu with the other. He turned back with a serious expression and said, "You'll know when you get there!"
Cheng Jiu had no choice but to say: "Okay, okay, I'll go, I'll go. Let me go. Can I walk by myself?"
Xiaohuan hesitated and reminded: "Then you promise me not to run away suddenly!"
Cheng Jiu was happy when he heard this and promised: "I promise you, I won't run away!"
"That's pretty much it!" Xiao Huan felt relieved at this moment, let go of the hand holding Cheng Jiu's sleeve, and continued walking forward with the lantern in hand.