Life in siheyuan era

Lou Xiaoning and Lou Xiao'e saw Zhou Zhiyuan off and returned. Seeing Lou Cheng intently examining the jade ruyi, the two didn't dare speak and sat on the sofas on either side, waiting.

After a while, Lou Cheng sighed softly, looked up at the two siblings, and said in a low voice, "Zhou Zhiyuan's appraisal skills are so high, they can be called divine."

Hearing Lou Cheng speak, Lou Xiaoning asked in a low voice, "Dad, did Zhou Zhiyuan see everything correctly?"

Lou Cheng nodded lightly and said slowly, "He showed extremely high knowledge from the 'Proud Snow Cold Plum,' extraordinary appraisal skills from the Chuanxiang Pot, and that he is a cultivator from this jade ruyi."

"This jade ruyi was given to me by a Taoist priest, who said to me at the time: 'What is the value of this thing? Only those who can see it are fellow Daoists.'"

Lou Cheng revealed the origin of the jade ruyi, and Lou Xiao'e asked, "Why did that Taoist priest give you the jade ruyi?"

Lou Cheng smiled and said, "A good karmic connection. Back then, Dad funded the renovation of the Xuan Yi Temple, and it happened that a wandering Taoist lived in the temple. Everyone called him Taoist Li. Seeing Dad respectfully worship the Three Pure Ones, he gave this ruyi as a gift."

"To be honest, Dad didn't really care about this jade ruyi at the time. He only collected it out of respect for the Taoist and reverence for the Three Pure Ones."

"A few days ago, I suddenly thought of this thing and took it out to play with. At first, I didn't feel anything, but in the past two days, I felt a warm current entering my body, and I immediately felt that this thing was definitely not ordinary. After Zhou Zhiyuan's appraisal, I can be sure of it."

"Xiaoning, Zhou Zhiyuan being able to see this thing at a glance not only shows that his appraisal skills are extremely high, but also shows that his wisdom is extremely deep. You should befriend him."

Lou Cheng felt that Zhou Zhiyuan had great value and instructed Lou Xiaoning to befriend Zhou Zhiyuan.

Lou Xiaoning nodded and said, "Last time we met, although Zhou Zhiyuan didn't accept my invitation, he left a chance to make friends over drinks. This time, he didn't charge an appraisal fee, which shows that he also intends to befriend me. I will seize this opportunity."

Hearing him say this, Lou Xiao'e was unhappy and retorted, "I introduced him to you, so I should be the one to befriend him."

"Nonsense..." Lou Xiaoning said angrily, "He is a young man, how can you befriend him?"

Seeing that the siblings disagreed, Lou Cheng said, "Zhou Zhiyuan gave me a pot of LY red peonies. Do you two know the deep meaning?"

Hearing Lou Cheng's question, Lou Xiaoning and Lou Xiao'e shook their heads lightly.

Lou Cheng continued, "Peonies represent wealth. Zhou Zhiyuan wishes my Lou family wealth, but why doesn't he want wealth himself?"

"Zhou Zhiyuan once talked to Xiao'e about investment. This is a very good opportunity for cooperation. As investment partners, you two can both get involved."

Lou Cheng revealed the way to approach each other, and he was also curious in his heart, how would Zhou Zhiyuan invest in the current environment?

Not to mention him, even Lou Xiaoning and Lou Xiao'e were curious. They both wanted to know how Zhou Zhiyuan would invest.

As far as Zhou Zhiyuan was concerned, making money through investment was only a long-term goal, while the immediate goal was to complete the two tasks, public and private.

After coming out of the Lou family, Zhou Zhiyuan first found a pager phone and dialed a number. When no one answered, he determined that Zhang Limin had not returned.

The Skeleton Incident aroused great attention from above. After he reported to Section Chief Luo in person, Section Chief Luo asked him to prepare to report to the higher-ups. Before he reported, Zhang Limin should report the situation first.

So he dialed the second phone. After connecting, Shen Lanbo's voice came, "I'm waiting for Political Commissar's call. Lanyin is on duty today. Shouldn't you go see her?"

Zhou Zhiyuan objected to this arrangement, "Isn't it too frequent?"

Shen Lanbo reminded him, "Lovers can't wait to be together every day. You two meet too infrequently, which is abnormal."

"That madam may take action next week. Before that, you two should do your homework."

His analysis was very likely. Zhou Zhiyuan could only accept the arrangement and drove to the military hospital. When he reached the entrance of the fourth floor, he was stopped by two soldiers on duty.

Faced with this situation, he had experience. He showed his work permit and explained his intention. One of the soldiers went into the room and used the internal line to call, and then came out and said, "You can go up."

Looking at the serious expressions of the two soldiers, Zhou Zhiyuan stepped up the stairs. He hesitated for a moment at the entrance of the fifth floor, looked up, and quickly walked up the stairs to the fifth floor. He entered the corridor and saw two young soldiers walking towards him one after the other.

He walked to the side. When he passed the young soldier behind him, the young soldier suddenly reached out and grabbed his left arm, while the young soldier behind him turned around and pounced at the same time.

The cooperation between the two was flawless. The sudden change left Zhou Zhiyuan with no time to react. He quickly twisted his body and slipped behind the soldier, tightly strangling his neck with his right arm.

At the same time, his left arm rotated half a circle to break free from a pair of big hands, and he took out his gun. As his arm stretched and contracted, there was a soft "click" sound, and the dark muzzle pointed at the other young soldier.

The young soldier pounced from behind. After missing, he immediately turned around and reached out. Just as his hand grabbed the gun at his waist, he heard a "click" sound from the opposite side, and saw the dark muzzle pointing at him. He immediately stopped the action of drawing the gun and exclaimed in surprise, "One-handed loading."

Faced with the young soldier's surprise, Zhou Zhiyuan replied coldly, "I can also load bullets with one hand while shooting."

"Impossible."

The young soldier shouted, and then said, "Let him go." His voice was very loud.

Zhou Zhiyuan said coldly, "It seems you still have accomplices. You are bold enough to attack the military hospital and assassinate our chief. Put down your weapons immediately and let your accomplices surrender, otherwise I will strangle him to death and then kill you, and eliminate you all."

He tightly strangled the young soldier with his right arm, making him weak all over, and he could only make desperate breathing movements.

He pointed his gun at the young soldier, then put a big hat on the other party, treating them as enemy agents. His long eyes shot out a fierce murderous aura.

Seeing these long eyes, the young soldier knew that he would shoot at any time, and shouted, "We are not..."

At this moment, a dignified female voice came, "Put down the gun."

The fourth and fifth floors of this hospital building are military wards, and the patients are all soldiers. No matter how old or young, none of them are afraid of spies.

The appearance of this scene was Zhou Zhiyuan's purpose. He stirred up the old and young soldiers in the ward, putting the middle-aged woman who came out into the encirclement.

The middle-aged woman knew the violent temper of these soldiers. It didn't matter if they had guns or not. Starting to fight was only a moment, and once they started, shouting anything would be useless.

The middle-aged woman reacted quickly and immediately shouted, "We are staff members of the L Office." At the same time, she raised her work permit high.

Everyone was slightly stunned, and Zhou Zhiyuan shouted, "Please have the chief verify their work permits. L Office staff must have a letter of introduction or the chief's warrant to the outside world. Please have the chief verify them as well."

As soon as this shout landed, the heroic voice came, "Young man is very clear. I'll take a look."

With the voice, a burly figure walked over, bent down and crawled under Zhou Zhiyuan's gun, came to the middle-aged woman, reached out and took her work permit to look at, and then asked in a deep voice, "Letter of introduction or chief's warrant?"

The middle-aged woman replied awkwardly, "I forgot to bring it in a hurry when I left."

The burly figure looked at her, turned around and walked over, and said in a low voice, "They are indeed staff members of the L Office, but they don't have a letter of introduction or the chief's warrant. What should we do?"

Hearing this, Zhou Zhiyuan immediately released his arm, his left arm quickly slid down, and the gun swiped into the young soldier's holster. Then he pushed him away and waved his hands, shouting loudly, "It was just an illusion, nothing happened. Everyone, eat if you want to eat, sleep if you want to sleep. I'm leaving." Then he turned around and left.

Seeing his attitude, the burly figure laughed and shouted, "Young man reacts really quickly."

The middle-aged woman shouted sharply, "Zhou Zhiyuan, stop."

But he didn't stop, and shouted loudly, "My name is not Zhou Zhiyuan. My parents just changed my name for me last night. My name is Lin Guigui."

This name was really joyful, and there was a burst of laughter.

But the laughter couldn't cover up the middle-aged woman's sharp shout, "Zhou Zhiyuan, I'm going to find your parents to verify."

This made him unable to leave. He stopped and turned around, shouting loudly, "My name is really Lin Guigui."

He was still denying it, and the middle-aged woman shouted, "Show your work permit."

He refused, "What if you call a deer a horse?"

The middle-aged woman shouted, "You..." Suddenly she didn't know what to say.

She stalled, and the burly figure sighed and said, "Let me do it." Then he came to Zhou Zhiyuan and stretched out a big hand.

Zhou Zhiyuan looked at these tiger eyes, hesitated slightly, took out a work permit from his coat pocket, and also brought out a red certificate.

Zhou Zhiyuan quickly stuffed the red certificate into his pocket and handed the other certificate to the burly figure, but the burly figure stared at him closely and said in a deep voice, "Take out the other certificate."

"Just one certificate."

He flatly denied it, but the burly figure shouted in a low voice, "Take it out, don't make me search your pocket."

Hearing his low shout, Zhou Zhiyuan looked at these tiger eyes again, turned his eyes and glanced around, saw everyone was looking at him, and slowly took out the red certificate from his coat pocket.