Kowloon wins

Chapter 672 When the conspiracy is in progress ([-])

"Quick, hurry up!"

In a large, empty room at the post station, the general who had earlier clashed with the flag guards guarding the storehouse in the banner camp led a few profuse Khans dressed in royal guards' costumes into the room, and immediately He took off the top hat on his head with his backhand, revealing Zhang Gangyi's face. It was the "sharp knife" Shanxi sub-rudder leader He Tao, but his face was solemnly waving at the "guards" following him. He started, and gave the order in an urgent tone.

"Yes!"

Hearing He Tao's order, the "guards" who followed him dared not be negligent, they agreed in unison, rushed into the room one after another, each found a couple of Zhangs, and ended up here. Sitting down, he quickly picked up the paintbrush he had prepared, and quickly drew the portrait with his hands and feet.

"Everyone stay here, no order, no leave!"

Not to mention, the portraits of those "guards" are quite outstanding, but in about half an hour, a large stack of portraits has been drawn, and they are quickly compared with each other to eliminate those duplicates. Afterwards, one of them handed over [-] paintings to He Tao's hands, but even though He Tao took the paintings, he never even took a look at them, and just said something solemnly, Then he quickly walked out of the house and hurried to the study in the backyard.

In the study, Hong Qing had already changed out of her casual clothes, and just happened to be sitting in front of the table in leisure time, drinking tea with a smile, while chatting with the old watchman who was sitting across from him, who was dressed in the clothes of a servant of the palace, He talked about some interesting stories about his parents, and his demeanor was very relaxed. Even if he saw He Tao coming in, he didn't show anything special, just a flash of light in his eyes.

"My subordinates kowtow to the prince!"

Even though it was inconvenient to move around with a lot of paintings in his hands, He Tao still didn't dare to forget the etiquette, but seeing him rushing to the side, he was paying homage to Hongqing incessantly.

"Why don't you do this, come on, let's sit together."

The reason why Hong Qing went to reward the officers and soldiers of the banner battalion in such a big way today was not to bond with each other, but to take this opportunity to find out the reality of the banner battalion. For this reason, the old watchman was specially disguised as The servants of the Wangfu took them to Qiying together and arranged them beside him. They wanted the old watchman to recognize him, but they never thought that the old watchman followed Hong Qing around the Qiying for a long time and did not recognize him. It was those so-called acquaintances who escorted the warehouse silver in the middle of the night, but now, the last hope can only fall on the portraits brought by He Tao—how many of the royal guards He Tao brought to the warehouse area The special existence is a good painter specially selected by He Tao from the many relationships of the "sharp knife". He is good at painting portraits of people. There is only one purpose, and that is to look like soldiers on duty in various places in the banner camp. All appearances will be drawn so that the old watchman can recognize them, in other words, whether the mysterious silver soldiers can be found, the last hope lies in these portraits, Hong Qing cannot be nervous But, he didn't show it, but raised his hand with a smile, and called out warmly.

"Thank you for your seat, my lord, all the portraits you want are here, please take a look."

He Tao thanked respectfully, but did not sit down, but bowed and handed the painting in his hand to Hong Qing.

"Old man Geng, the portrait has arrived, so please take the trouble to identify one or two of them?"

Hong Qing didn't go to pick up those paintings, but just nodded with a smile on her face, then turned her gaze to the old watchman, and suggested with a smile.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will do my best!"

It can be said that the old watchman has been treated with great courtesy these days, and he has long wanted to repay Hong Qing's kindness. Now that he heard Hong Qing's request, he would not have any excuses, so he patted his chest and agreed .

"Well, that's good, please."

Hearing that the old watchman had already agreed, Hong Qing didn't say any more. After a polite sentence, he waved his hand and signaled He Tao to place the portraits in front of the old watchman.

The old watchman looked very carefully, pondering over each portrait for a long time, but he had seen more than a dozen portraits, but he never saw the old watchman's brows relax. Needless to say, the anxiety in my heart gradually increased, but fortunately the city was deep, it didn't bring it to my face.

"It's him, it's him, the wing leader that night is him!"

Just when Hong Qing's heart was sinking, the old watchman suddenly yelled excitedly, held up a portrait high up, and yelled incomparably excitedly.

"Old man Geng, have you ever looked carefully?"

Seeing that the old watchman was so excited, Hong Qing's heart felt relieved for a while, but he didn't say anything, but smiled at He Tao, and immediately saw He Tao raised his eyebrows, With a face full of disbelief, he asked a question.

"What do you mean by that, the little old man has never told a lie at such an age, what are you doing to lie to you, if this person is not the wing leader that night, the little old man's eyes are up to you! "

Hearing that He Tao had doubts about his identification, the old watchman immediately became angry, blowing his beard and staring at him, and began to swear.

"Old man, don't worry, come on, look down slowly, and see who else showed up that night?"

The old watchman's outburst like this was really disrespectful, but instead of being angry, Hong Qing laughed and comforted him very warmly.

"Humph!"

When Hong Qing opened his mouth like this, the old watchman didn't have any more attacks. However, he obviously still had great dissatisfaction with He Tao. After he snorted at He Tao angrily, he looked down at the rest of the portraits. , it doesn't matter if it doesn't matter, it really made him recognize the two of them again.

"Thank you, old man. Please go and rest first. Xiao Wang will send someone to accompany you to record the events of that night. I will chat with my old man later."

Although the matter had been settled, Hong Qing didn't have the slightest intention of crossing the river and demolishing the bridge, she got up with a smile, and gave the old watchman a very polite order.

"In the middle, the little old man went to take care of this matter first. Your lord, what else do you want the little old man to do? Even if the little old man risked his life, he has to do it for you."

Hearing Hong Qing's gentle words of encouragement, the old watchman's heart was sweeter than drinking honey, and he professed his loyalty, but Hong Qing didn't say any more, just nodded with a smile , the guards who were waiting on the side came forward, very politely but firmly invited the old watchman to another courtyard.

"Old He, go and check the background of these three people, give me two days!"

As soon as the old watchman left, Hong Qing's face suddenly darkened, she bit her lip, and gave the order in a gloomy tone.

"Yes, your subordinates obey!"

Since the matter definitely involved Qiying, it meant that the situation was extremely serious. He Tao didn't dare to be negligent, so he hurriedly agreed, turned around and was about to go out.

"Wait, this matter must be hidden, don't startle the snake, and go to secretly check that there is something wrong in the warehouse, if there is a shortage of manpower, the king will transfer Minxing to you to arrange, go."

Before He Tao could turn around completely, Hong Qing raised her hand and called for a stop. After pondering for a moment, she finally spoke carefully.

"Yes!"

He Tao knew how well guarded the reservoir area was, and it would be very difficult to find out the strangeness inside without anyone noticing, but He Tao was not afraid of difficulties. He didn't say much about bargaining, so he simply agreed, and then he left the study, and went to arrange related matters without mentioning it.

"Um……"

After all the people retreated, the study became quiet. However, Hong Qing's heart became turbulent, and she paced back and forth in the study restlessly. After a while, she suddenly Standing still, with a breath of air, he walked to the back of the copywriting in a few strides, lifted the hem of his robe, sat down on it, stretched out his hand, took off the wolf hair resting on the pen holder, dipped it in the ink , and pulled out another blank booklet, frowning for a moment, pondering for a moment, then swiped a pen and started to write quickly...

Youshi is the real brand, and the sky is not yet completely dark, but Xiao Lufeng, the shopkeeper of the "Huicun Bank", is already brightly lit, and there is a lot of traffic outside the house, and there is a lot of people coming and going. Today, Xiao's house is spreading invitations, saying It was to celebrate the full moon for his No. 12 son. With Xiao Lufeng's extensive network, there were countless people who came to the meeting, from the governor Su Keji to the people of the three religions and nine streams. One after another, the whole house was noisy, but the study in the backyard was dead silent, but it wasn't that no one was there, on the contrary, although there were not many people in the room, there were only three people in total. That's all, but all of them are the top figures in Shanxi - the governor Su Keji, the chief envoy Ku Xi, and the other one is the owner Xiao Lufeng!

It was very quiet in the study room, the three of them obviously had no intention of chatting, all of them were sipping tea in silence, their expressions were exactly the same calm, at first glance, they seemed to be very relaxed, but if you really need to study it carefully, It can be found that the eyes of the three people are actually wandering from time to time, and when they occasionally glance at the screen at the door, they all have a vague sense of anxiety and impatience. The atmosphere in the room is naturally strange. breath.

"My lord, General Quiningham has arrived outside the gate of the residence."

In the dead silence, but amid the sound of footsteps, a housekeeper of Xiao's mansion hastily turned out from behind the screen, rushed to Xiao Lufeng's body in three steps at a time, and rushed to report said a word.

"Hey, my lords, please sit down for a while, and I will meet General Kui right here."

Hearing that Quiningan had arrived, all three people in the study were refreshed. The difference was that both Su and Ku were calm-minded people, and apart from exchanging glances with each other, there was not much to say. He said that as for Xiao Lufeng, the master, he didn't dare to sit still, but when he saw that he was in a hurry, he got up, bowed to Su and Ku with a smile on his face, and apologized. Then he left the study in a hurry and rushed all the way to the gate of the mansion...

(End of this chapter)