The Red Mansion: From a Small Pawn to a Leader
Chapter 229 What soup to drink? ! Let’s go to Zhang’s house for dinner.
Chapter 229 What soup to drink? ! Go home and eat.
Bai Hongzhi is not a very good person, but he has a very good vision. He has a restaurant in a good location. Anyone entering or leaving the city from Yongding Gate must pass through here.
There was heavy snow outside the window, but the windows facing the street were open, and the cold wind blew in many snowflakes.
At this time, Li Hu and Kong Qingxiang stood in front of the window, letting the snow wind blow outside the window, looking towards the direction of Yongdingmen and the bustling crowds on the street.
Kong Qingxiang looked at the street, his eyes sparkling. “With the teachings of the Lord, I will personally carry out the execution. I won’t worry about the second son telling the truth! By then, I will let the whole capital know that Duke Yansheng is participating in the fight for the throne and seeking undeserved favors and honors! I will peel off his hypocritical face!”
At this point, he turned to look at Li Hu, “That old guy would never have thought that I have seen through his conspiracy!”
Looking at his self-righteous and foolish look, Li Hu really wanted to tell him that I already know everything you want to know.
Li Hu looked at him, and there seemed to be a voice ringing in his ear: “How lonely it is to be invincible. How empty it is to be invincible.”
A gust of snow wind blew in, and the cloaks on the two men fluttered backwards.
Kong Qingxiang smiled and took out a pot of wine from his arms and handed it to Li Hu: “Uncle, have a drink to warm yourself up.”
Li Hu smiled: “I’m afraid you’ll drug me.”
Kong Qingxiang was stunned at first, then he started laughing.
Li Hu: “Revenge is revenge, but don’t forget to ask for instructions from the palace first.”
Kong Qingxiang nodded and said, “I understand.”
Li Hu thought for a moment and said, “We are all family after all. It would not be a good idea for you to execute the sentence yourself. Let the people below do it.”
Kong Qingxiang sipped from the spout of the kettle for a long time, wiped his mouth, and said, “I want to get back what I have paid for so many years from his son!”
It is true that the deeper the love, the deeper the hatred.
Li Hu reminded: “Don’t cause any casualties, otherwise it will end badly.”
Just at this moment, there was a burst of horse hoof sounds.
In the wind and snow, a young man wearing a cloth hat with a brim pulled back and a coarse cotton robe came galloping on horseback, leading several followers.
Kong Qingxiang’s eyes flashed: “Here they come!” and waved to the opposite side.
“You can recognize it like this?”
“Yes! I can recognize the second son of the second wife even if he is burned to ashes! He is the second son of Kong Lao Er!”
Li Hu smiled and looked at Kong Xiaoer who had been stopped by the Southern Pacification Division. This kid really had no life experience at all. He only wanted to keep a low profile, but forgot about the horse under his crotch and the followers behind him. None of them matched the coarse cotton robe he was wearing. He was simply making things worse.
At this time, there was a commotion downstairs.
Li Hu shook his head. These Kong family members have been in Qufu for too long. Do they really think that they are the first in the world and the third in the Kong family? It is true that the Southern Pacification Office is a waste, but it depends on who they are facing! What will happen if you act tough with them? !
As expected, the two guards skillfully hit Kong Xiaoer with one palm each, causing his hat to fall to the ground and his cheeks to become red and swollen. The followers were even beaten with the handles of their knives by the guards, and screams were heard one after another.
Kong Qingxiang laughed, and his laughter was so wanton and arrogant, and then he said to the leader of the foreign troops behind him: “Tie up those dog slaves! Tie them behind the horses and drag them back to the government office!”
The leader of the militia answered loudly, “Yes,” and strode out.
Li Hu smiled, and his arrogance was fully demonstrated in Kong Qingxiang. Although there was snow on the ground, it was so far away that these servants of the second branch of the Kong family would be useless if they didn’t die.
Kong Qingxiang put the wine jug to his mouth, watched the group of people disappear in the snow, listened to the screams of the servant of the second branch of the Kong family, and drank the jug of wine happily.
Kong Qingxiang: “It’s still early. After we deal with that brat, I’ll treat you to a drink.”
Li Hu shook his head: “I won’t go to the Southern Pacification Office.”
Kong Qingxiang: “That’s fine. As soon as the confession comes out, I will personally deliver it to the uncle.”
Li Hu looked at him and said, “It’s enough that you have this intention.”
Kong Qingxiang: “Then I’ll have someone send a copy to Lord Bo.”
Li Hu: “Go ahead.”
Kong Qingxiang replied, “Yes.” He turned around and walked out. Li Hu also walked out, and Wang Daniu, who was waiting at the door, quickly followed.
When I walked out of the restaurant, the snow was still falling.
Seeing Li Hu coming out, the personal soldiers immediately drove the carriage to greet him.
“Second Master!” A familiar voice stopped Li Hu and he looked in the direction of the voice.
A young man in a sheepskin coat jumped down from the carriage and ran towards Li Hufei, shouting, “Second Master!”
It was Xue Ke! Li Hu was quite surprised.
While he was shouting, Xue Ke had already run to Li Hu and knelt down: “Second Master, may you live in peace and happiness! Xue Ke kowtows to you, Second Master.”
Li Hu: “Get up quickly, there is snow on the ground!”
Xue Ke kowtowed respectfully and then stood up.
Li Hu looked at him with a smile and said, “You have become thinner and darker.”
Xue Ke smiled: “I feel that my body has become stronger.”
Li Hu smiled and nodded: “Exerting one’s muscles and bones can actually strengthen one’s body and mind.”
Xue Ke: “Yes.”
Li Hu: “How did you enter the city from Yongding Gate?”
Xue Ke: “Send furs to the fur shop at home.”
Li Hu was curious. Did the Xue family have a fur shop on Qianmen Street?
Xue Ke seemed to have realized what was going on. He raised his hand and slapped himself in the face, then said with an apologetic smile, “It’s my fault that I didn’t explain clearly. I received a letter from Miss Lin in Shaanxi, asking me to deliver some furs to the newly opened fur shop in Yongdingmen. I said the wrong thing.”
Li Hu looked at him and smiled, saying, “You’re right, it’s our family’s shop.”
After hearing this, Xue Ke was surprised and happy, and was about to kneel down.
Li Hu stretched out his hand to stop him: “This is not the place to greet, let’s talk about it later.”
Xue Ke nodded vigorously.
Li Hu: “Your mother and sister have both gone to Beijing. Go back and reunite with your family as soon as possible.”
“Yes.”
Xue Ke hesitated for a moment and said, “Mother and the others brought a few jars of good wine from the south. If Second Master is not busy, why don’t we go to their house for a simple meal?”
Good wine?
Li Hu’s eyes lit up. How about going to Xue’s house for a meal and a bowl of soup? Thinking of this, he turned his gaze to Wang Daniu and his personal soldiers.
Wang Daniu grinned: “I don’t know anything.”
There’s hope! Xue Ke widened his eyes and looked at Li Hu expectantly.
Li Hu thought about it and said, “Forget it, maybe next time.”
Xue Ke nodded somewhat disappointedly, bowed deeply to Li Hu, and turned to walk towards the carriage.
Wang Daniu blinked and said, “If you want to go, go ahead. We won’t tell anyone.”
The soldiers nodded.
Li Hu glared at him unhappily. He was not afraid of Lin Daiyu finding out, but he remembered Lin Daiyu standing at the window, looking at the moon gate in the courtyard, waiting for him to come back.
What soup?! Let’s go home and eat.
Li Hu waved his hand and said, “Go home!”
Wang Daniu smiled and opened the carriage door
(End of this chapter)