MTL - Perfect Encounter-Chapter 44

Liu seemed to be in a difficult situation. He hesitated for a while before he said, "To be honest, I think Miss An's words are true. This is the truth. If it's up to me to decide, I hope that Miss An can help me ease my wife's heart. But my wife has always paid attention to appearance and manners. She was ill yesterday, sometimes talking nonsense, sometimes pulling her hair and tearing her clothes, her whole person is disfigured and haggard. If I agree to the girl to see her, she will be rude to the girl. Or blame me for being inconsiderate and respectful, and I feel uneasy. After I finish my work later, I will go back to the house to accompany her. If her condition improves and she is in the mood to entertain guests, I will send someone to invite the girl, how about it?"

These words were dripping and polite, An Ruochen naturally couldn't say "no", so he had to leave.

An Ruochen walked out of the gate of Zhaofu Restaurant, walked slowly around the restaurant twice, feeling very unwilling. I just looked and looked at the restaurant seriously, thought and thought, but found nothing, and couldn't think of a good way, so I had to go back to Ziyunlou to talk to Long Da for advice.

During the visits to Zhaofu Restaurant, An Ruochen passed by a man in a blue shirt when he left. There was nothing special about the man's appearance and expression. An Ruochen didn't pay attention to him at all, and didn't know that she had heard his voice or seen his back.

An Ruochen's lack of response made the blue-shirted man smile, he walked into the restaurant, and greeted Liu Ze politely: "Boss Liu, I booked the Furu Hai Ya Room."

"Mr. Min." Liu Ze courteously made a gesture of invitation, and beckoned to a waiter: "Lead Mr. Min to Furuhai."

Xiaoer raised his voice and responded: "Okay, blessings are like the sea, please come here, young master."

The male guest in a blue-grey coat entered Furu Haiya's room, and without waiting for the waiter to give the menu, the familiar man ordered three dishes, the waiter poured tea, took the menu, and went down. After a while, Liu Ze opened the door and came in, leading a waiter to serve the food. Xiao Er finished serving the food and went down, but Liu Ze didn't leave, and asked, "Mr. Min, do you think the food suits your taste?"

Mr. Min poked the vegetables with his chopsticks, and said in a low voice, "How did you provoke An Ruochen?"

Liu Ze replied softly: "She is looking for trouble on purpose, I will deal with it well."

Mr. Min glanced at him: "How to deal with it?"

"Everything is according to the master's order. She just pretends to be nothing. She is looking for nothing, and she can't find any clues. After a long time, she will naturally pay attention to other places."

"Really?" Mr. Min took a bite of food and asked again: "You lost your daughter?"

Liu Ze froze for a moment, and replied as if nothing had happened, "Yes. I'm looking for it."

"It's not unusual to lose it."

Liu Ze pursed his lips. He knew that Mr. Min was well-informed and that there were people in the yamen, so he didn't dare to lie and hide it, so he said, "Master, you are here for this matter? Don't worry, Mr., I will take care of it. Yesterday I When going out to socialize, my wife will only report to the official when she is in a panic, I have already arranged it, and there will be no big trouble."

"It's all gone to the prefect, and An Ruochen was recruited, isn't it big enough?" Mr. Min said: "If your daughter is not found, and the case cannot be closed, there will be endless troubles." He put down his chopsticks heavily , staring at Liu Ze: "What happened?"

"It is true that my daughter is lost. Someone has been sent to look for it. It will be dealt with properly."

"What did you provoke without telling me?"

Liu Ze responded respectfully: "My lord is very observant, I know the seriousness of the matter. Which of the things you told me, have I not done it properly?"

"Where is your lady, but she is also honest and content, and doesn't cause trouble?"

"Of course she does."

Liu Ze answered in the affirmative, but Mr. Min was not satisfied. "An Ruochen has already set his sights on you, and Long Teng ordered to go to Feng'an County to check on your wife and Pinxiang Building, and of course you. This is called not causing trouble? For no reason, why did your daughter disappear inexplicably? Sleeping well at home, can you still disappear out of thin air like that An Ruofang? Your wife is so powerful that she even ran to report to the police, do you want to be the second An Ruochen?"

Liu Ze froze, he really didn't expect Long Dahui to think of going to check the old accounts. "My lord, calm down. This must be An Ruochen's method. On the street that day, she abducted Yin'er, and then pretended to be a good person and sent her back to make friends. I will find out what happened. Besides, The other side of the Pinxiang Tower has nothing to do with us, and it will be useless for them to go ten times."

"An Ruochen's method? How do you plan to investigate?" Mr. Min snorted coldly.

"I'm just an ordinary commoner. I will investigate how ordinary people lost their daughters. Now that they have reported to the government, it is natural for the officials to make decisions for the people. As for An Ruochen, it has nothing to do with my Liu family. My wife is Xijing, and after her daughter disappeared, she became depressed and became ill, and she never saw outsiders. If there are really kidnappers who ask my daughter for any conditions, I will not give in."

In other words, they will live like ordinary people, and others will not be able to catch them. They also didn't provoke An Ruochen, and they didn't give her a chance to find clues. His daughter will not be a bargaining chip to threaten him, he would rather sacrifice the child and take care of the overall situation.

Mr. Min did not speak.

Liu Ze also stopped talking, and stood quietly waiting.

After a while, Mr. Min asked, "Is there any news about An Ruofang?"

"No. I haven't heard any clues of a similar girl in this city or outside the city. I'm afraid she really died in an accident, but the body has not been found yet."

At this time, a waiter called from outside the door: "The food is served." Following the voice, a waiter opened the door and came in, holding dishes in a tray.

Liu Ze said to Mr. Min: "Okay, then I will iron the pot of flower carvings for you." After speaking, he turned to Xiaoer: "Young master wants another pot of flower carvings, hurry up."

"Okay." Xiao Er put down the plate.

Mr. Min said: "Okay, that's enough."

Liu Ze responded, and retreated with Xiaoer.

An Ruochen went back to Ziyun Building and looked through the case file of Liu Yin's disappearance, but didn't see anything new. Annoyed and frustrated, she blamed herself strongly for making the wrong decision. I want to ask Long Da to admit his mistake, but the general is not here. I want to ask Xie Gang for advice, but Xie Gang has already gone out.

An Ruochen waited until nightfall, couldn't sit still, took the short sword and went to the school grounds to practice.

I danced wildly for a while, but my mood didn't improve. She was sitting on the edge of the school field, looking at the target not far away, she was alone in the moonlight, looking a little lonely, remembering that she had a big embarrassment in front of the general, and the target was holding the target with tears and nose flying, I couldn't help but sighed: "Pigs, dogs, cows, sheep, chickens, ducks, and geese." I really hope that the general will lose his memory and forget all about that part.

"Hungry?" A voice suddenly came from behind.

An Ruochen turned her head in surprise, but found that it was not Long Da.

Zong Zeqing came over and sat next to her: "Didn't it be a long time since I had dinner?"

An Ruochen's face was broken, how did she establish the image of a worthless person? "Why is General Zong here?"

"Sort up and check the horse team. I'm going to the front line tomorrow to do business. I just saw you here, so I came over to talk."

"Is there going to be a war?"

"It's hard to say. But defense must always be done well, and you can't wait for the enemy to attack." Zong Zeqing spoke loudly and energetically. "Don't worry, each of our Long family's army is worth one to a hundred. If we really fight, we will definitely not let those Southern Qin soldiers have good fruit to eat, and they will definitely make them cry. But Zhonglan City is far away. Are you No chance of hearing it."

"General Zong is brave and resourceful. I believe General Zong will keep Pingnan County safe."

Zong Zeqing laughed loudly, and said, "That's that." He looked up at the moon, "The moonlight is pretty good tonight, just wait for me."

Before An Ruochen came back to his senses, Zong Zeqing ran away in a flash. After a while, he brought over a jar of wine, two bowls and a bulging oil paper wrapper, sat down beside An Ruochen again with a happy smile, and spread the things out. A jar of wine and two roast chickens.

"Come, let's eat. If it's not enough, I'll get it later."

An Ruochen stared at the food in a daze, didn't she, really thought she was hungry so she went to steal food? Two roasted chickens of this size are not enough?

Zong Zeqing saw her expression and smiled: "It's not that you are greedy. This person, if you are hungry, you have to eat, if you are sad, you have to eat, and when you are troubled, you have to eat."

All in all, just eat. An Ruochen was infected by him and also laughed. General Zong is really a good person, he can see that she is troubled and cares about her.

So An Ruochen was no longer reserved, Zong Zeqing tore a big chicken leg for her, and she gnawed it, handed her a bowl of wine, and she drank it. On the small grassy **** beside the school field, two people raised a bowl and drank together and ate meat.

An Ruochen took two sips of wine, her face turned pink, and she felt like she was going to float up, it felt really good. "I've never tried eating like this before."

"Eat it in a bad manner, it tastes better, right?" Zong Zeqing's eyes were shining brightly, and he was very convincing.

An Ruochen laughed loudly and nodded.

"Are you feeling better?"

An Ruochen nodded again.

"What's bothering you?"

"It's hard to explain." An Ruochen shook his head, "The case I handled was not going well, and I thought I had gained a lot, but it suddenly disappeared." An Ruochen roughly talked about the matter, mainly saying that he was The hesitation and regret in the matter of arresting or not arresting people.

"It's nothing." Zong Zeqing followed her and shook his head, "Once I went out to fight with General Long. In that battle, both armies sent out strong generals, and our side was well prepared. Killing Spear Wall..." He looked at An Ruochen's expression, waved his chicken wings and said, "You just need to know that it's a pretty powerful formation."

An Ruochen nodded vigorously. Zong Zeqing lifted the chicken wing and took a bite, and An Ruochen also took a bite of the chicken leg.

Zong Zeqing was very happy to see An Ruochen cheering like a good brother. So he took a sip of wine and said: "It is said that there is a famous general in the opponent's army, and he fought with General Long for three hundred rounds. I led the soldiers to protect the left wing of General Long, and was responsible for charging and blocking their formation. Later, General Long struck He cut and wounded the general, and the fellow retreated when he saw that the situation was not good. Is this plausible? With so many soldiers and horses watching, he retreated, and his two lieutenants rushed up to kill General Long. Hengdao then went to intercept the thief."

"The thief means the famous general you said was chopped up, right?" An Ruochen listened with gusto, but first make sure who is who.

"Yes." Zong Zeqing said with joy, "I have to tell you, fighting is not like fighting on the street with dozens of people and tens of thousands of people fighting together. If the army is in chaos, wow, It was horrible. There was a vast sea of ​​people, full of blood, corpses, heads, arms and so on, and those who were standing couldn't tell who was who."

An Ruochen almost vomited, wanted to throw away the chicken legs, held back, and asked quickly, "What if I can't see clearly?"

"There is a flag order! There are also drums!" Zong Zeqing met a curious and chatty person, who was "before the flowers and the moon is under", paired with chicken and wine, and talked very vigorously. "There is a lot of attention here. The sound of the drum, how many times it is struck, which formation enters, which formation retreats, different flags, what color, how many times to wave, and where to wave, all have meaning. On the battlefield, Everyone looks at the flag orders and listens to the drums and trumpets. These flag soldiers and drum soldiers cannot be competent by just picking them out. They must be strong, tall, and eye-catching, with short legs like you, to raise the flag Even the soldiers who are going to fight can't see it."

An Ruochen looked embarrassed, did anyone ask her to raise the flag?

"Not only must you be tall, but you must also have good hearing and eyesight, and strong martial arts skills. You know, when the flag is in the army, the flag falls down and dies. The military order flag represents the soul of the army. The big guys look at the direction it points to and fight for their lives. Even if the last soldier falls, the flag cannot fall." Zong Zeqing became serious, as if thinking of some past events, and then he came to his senses and shouted: "Oh, it's getting too far. I just want to say, at that time, General Long When he was entangled, he gave an order to let me take down the enemy's chief general."

"It's the injured one."

"Yes." Zong Zeqing said: "At that time, I was fighting with that guy, but that guy actually let the soldiers protect him and escaped. He ran so neatly. I hurriedly led the soldiers to chase him, but I chased him halfway. Grandma's bear, there is an ambush!"

An Ruochen was so nervous that he held his breath.

"At that time, I saw that there seemed to be a flag flashing in the forest, and I knew something was wrong. The defeated general rushed into the forest with his soldiers, and suddenly rushed up to ambush us from the side slope, and surrounded us back and forth. Only then did I realize that I begged I was eager to win, and I chased a little far, because I chased and killed all the way, and the brothers also lost a lot. At that time, I also hesitated for a moment. If I led the big guys to concentrate my troops and retreat, it would be too late, but the defeated general was injured. They are more brave, and the ambush soldiers are not elite soldiers. It seems that they saw the main general in trouble, and the remaining soldiers hurriedly mobilized to support them. In short, whether they retreat or kill, they always feel that there is still a chance."

An Ruochen swallowed, nervously waiting for the next sentence. As a result, Zong Zeqing stopped talking, lost his wing bones, and tore a large piece of chicken breast to chew on.

An Ruochen couldn't bear it, and asked urgently, "What happened next?"

Zong Zeqing smiled, just waiting for her to ask, this is the effect that storytelling needs. Just as he was about to speak, a cool voice behind him said: "Later, General Zong won the battle, and the story is over."

Zong Zeqing and An Ruochen slumped at the same time, and when they turned their heads, Long's big face was stuck there.

Zong Zeqing was more reactive than An Ruochen, he jumped up and protested: "General, how can you spoil the atmosphere."

"What kind of atmosphere do you want?"

Zong Zeqing choked, and said, "The atmosphere of storytelling."

"What's the use?"

Zong Zeqing choked again, and said, "Use it to tell stories."

So Long Dabang continued: "General Zong decided to fight ten against one at that time, and he would never retreat unless he took the opponent's head. He used his troops to break up the opponent's outflank, and the others pretended to retreat to attract the opponent's pursuit, but Zong The general led another fierce general into the forest alone, first killed the flag commander, and then used the false flag to lure the opponent's leader to deviate from the direction of the brigade's soldiers and horses. Then he joined with the remaining troops who pretended to retreat, and fought the opponent's leader to the death. He disappeared for three days, and on the third day General Zong returned with two soldiers carrying the head of the enemy general."