Jiaohua

Chapter 644 Before the Storm (Part [-])
The wooden stairs were creaked by the middle-aged man.

When he came down, he paused slightly, turned his head uncontrollably and looked quietly at the side hall behind.

The side hall is spacious, with several candles lit, and a tall and strong man sits at the table.

The man was handsome and mature, with a deep profile and a black gown with tight sleeves and tight waist. The chili animal pattern with gold on the black background reflected slightly under the candlelight, making him appear more restrained and calm, with a bit of coldness.

Several burly and tall young guards stood near the man, and one of them was looking up and meeting the eyes of the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man was so frightened that he quickly looked away, hurried to the backyard, and left the inn.

"Who is it?" Nie Huimo said, raising his hand to turn another page, the sound of the pages being folded was soft and sweet.

"Mr. Zhang took a fancy to two strong men on the way to Hengxiang, and wanted to recruit them. That man was used for some errands just now." Jin Wei replied.

Nie Huimo nodded and said nothing.

The entourage upstairs took the bloody coat and the booklet to another wing to find someone. The locals from Pinghe must have heard of such a big case.

It is now the 28th year of Emperor Xuanyan, and the case happened in October 17th, which lasted ten years.

The guard in Pinghe's hometown was about to fall asleep, and was woken up from the bed by his attendants. Because he was not very literate, the attendants read to him word by word by candlelight on the table.

There were three people sleeping in this room, and the other two were woken up and surrounded them.

After listening to the entourage's reading, one of them said: "So, the two strong men we met on the road are still knights from the green forest?"

"It's true to act on behalf of the heavens, but it kills a lot of people, even a three-year-old child, what kind of knight?" Another person said.

"If you kill a person, you should kill the whole family. What's the use of keeping the children? It's stupid to cut the weeds but not the roots."

"It's too ruthless and poisonous! I don't think these two are bad!"

The attendant ignored their conversation and looked at the guard from Pinghe's hometown: "Is this case true or false?"

The guard of Pinghe's hometown looked dignified, checked the bloody clothes, and said, "It's true."

"Is there really such a case?"

"really."

The entourage nodded, suddenly felt relieved, and said with a sigh of relief: "It's easy to handle this."

With weaknesses and strengths, He Chou couldn't recruit these two people.

"Are you really going to recruit these two?" a guard asked.

"Well," the entourage responded, clearing up the things on the table, "You guys continue to sleep, I will go to discuss with the husband."

The guard of Pinghe's hometown suddenly said: "I remembered something again."

"What's the matter?" The follower looked at him.

"The governor of Huang," said Jinwei, who is Pinghe's native place, "he served as county magistrate in Pinghe Shizhu County for 15 years, and was promoted to governor of Hengxiang only in Xuanyan for 21 years. He handled it."

The entourage raised his brows lightly, feeling a little surprised, but soon, he remembered that the middle-aged man mentioned that the inn clerk said that they inquired about the government office, as well as the capital city south of the city and the Hengxiang guard house.

At that time, the entourage wondered why these two strong men wanted to inquire about this. It turned out... Could it be that they came here to seek revenge? !

"I'm going to find sir." The attendant said quickly, packed up his things and left.

Three more carriages filled with silk and satin passed by the wide long street in front of Guiyuan Inn, and rushed towards Ning'an Tower.

In addition to paying attention to the movement of Ning'an Building, Dongping Academy is also the center of attention of all parties. The news of Mr. Dahan's death in the afternoon is temporarily blocked, and only a few people know it. When the obituary is released tomorrow, it will definitely hit Hengxiang's head thunder.

Zhao Ning half leaned on the soft couch, looking up at the bright moon outside the window.

The stars are sparse, the sky is full of floating clouds, the bright moon is sometimes covered, and sometimes it shines brightly.

There are all kinds of jewelry and jade around her, those pearls and agates seem to be piled up for free, as well as first-class silk cloth and exquisite ready-made clothes.

In addition to the serving maids, there is another person in the room, Mrs. Qu, who is full of jewels, leaning on the toffee chair opposite her with a smile and said: "You didn't want to meddle in the affairs of Dongping Academy, but now you are doing it because of Miss Ali. This Ali Girl, it's only my first day in Hengxiang today, tomorrow there will be a storm because of her, she is really a wonderful person."

"You'd better not be sarcastic and sarcasm." Zhao Ning said softly.

"How dare you," said Mrs. Qu with a smile, "I love her from the bottom of my heart. This girl is beautiful, with a clear and cold temperament. Although she is not as bright and beautiful as the girl with red eyebrows, but Miss Ali It makes people feel good and wants to get closer. Thinking about it, it's strange, obviously Miss Ali is more alienated and indifferent, and she doesn't eat the fireworks of the world."

Zhao Ning's expression was slightly gentle, and he said "um", but did not answer.

A piece of dark cloud was blown by the high wind at this moment, covering the moon, Zhao Ning looked at it with raised eyebrows, and suddenly sighed faintly, which was rare.

"Why are you sighing?" Mrs. Qu asked.

"Sighing with joy," Zhao Ning said calmly, "Ali has grown up." After a pause, she glanced at Mrs. Qu, "What do you mean by tomorrow's wind and rain?"

"Huh?" Mrs. Qu was puzzled, "What do you mean?"

"Even if all the famous mountains in the world collapse in front of Ah Li, it's not a storm to her." Zhao Ning looked back at the moon, "Tomorrow? It's just a small scene."

The night is getting darker and darker, and when it reaches the extreme, it turns brighter.

The eastern sky faded to a subtle light, gradually spreading over, led by the morning glow, gorgeous and wonderful.

Xia Zhaoyi didn't sleep well, she opened her eyes and looked at the mottled tree shadows in front of the window. She was confused for a while, put away the voices of her father and elder brother in her dream, and got off the bed.

The climate was hot in June, Xia Zhaoyi washed up behind the seat screen with the fresh water specially asked for by the staff before going to bed last night, put on the refreshing and simple clothes that were taken out last night, and opened the door.

Lao Tong and Zhi Changle got up early, fought a few sets of punches downstairs, tried their hands and feet, and were sweating profusely from exhaustion.

Seeing Xia Zhaoyi come down, they stopped their efforts and went to the bathroom to take a bath.

Xia Zhaoyi ordered many breakfasts in the downstairs lobby. She sat by the window, and there were many breakfast shops and carts outside the window.

Lao Tong and Zhi Changle came out after washing, and sat down opposite her to eat. As they ate, the three of them began to talk in a very low voice.

Old Tong suddenly sneered, and Zhi Changle's face became gloomy, which turned into anger.

As he spoke, Zhi Changle's fingers made a stab at his neck.

Old Tong nodded and sneered again.

Xia Zhaoyi swallowed the food in his mouth, and said in a low voice: "...It's over, the acting is a little exaggerated."

Old Tong's expression was stiff: "Uh, then I..."

"It's better to speak in a low voice," Xia Zhaoyi said.

"Ali, are they here?" Zhi Changle asked.

Xia Zhaoyi nodded: "At least three people are staring at us."

　Thank you Huaa Li for your reward, thank you~~(^^*)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)