The fat man stretched his neck and looked over, "What is it? Fatty, take a look, too."
When I saw it, I immediately exclaimed, "Oh, this is great, it's so suitable. It's a triangular pyramid with exactly four corners, which symbolizes the perseverance of the four of us brothers, working together, invincible and unstoppable majesty."
Zhang Zhu came to his senses, and his brows were visibly happy. He took out a transparent ziplock bag, carefully put the small stones in and put them away. He planned to apply a layer of transparent glue on the outside later to make a pendant. The fat man winked at the little brother and said jokingly: "I didn't expect that this little brother usually looks cold and cold, but now he has such a delicate mind that I can't even compare to the fat man."
The little brother lowered his eyelids and just drank the soup quietly without making a sound.
The fat man said some witticisms habitually, and Zhang Zhuxun chatted with him all the time. The little brother looked like he was in a daze, but also seemed to be listening carefully to the two of them.
The raindrops hanging from the edge of the tent are connected one by one to form a bead curtain, as if a barrier has been set up to isolate the warmth of the room from the continuous sound of rain outside the tent.
Not long after, a rapid sound of treading water passed through the rain curtain, breaking the happy atmosphere.
Huo Zhixing appeared at the door of the tent holding a black umbrella.
"Three of you, the old lady invites you to come over and discuss things."
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"I have discussed with several technicians. If the rain stops tomorrow, we will go up the mountain to explore the crack you found to confirm that it is the real entrance, and then blast and clean it up." Huo Xiangu took a sip.
Tea, said lightly.
Zhang Zhuxun answered, "No problem, but I have to go down the mountain tomorrow."
Huo Xiangu frowned slightly, "What are you going to do down the mountain?"
"I need to do something. I don't need to report to you what it is specifically." After Zhang Chuxun finished speaking, he stood up directly.
Huo Xiangu's eyes were a little nervous, and she immediately looked at her brother, "You want to go down the mountain too?"
The younger brother paid no attention to her, but looked at Zhang Shuxun with some confusion.
Zhang Zhuoxun nodded to him and said, "I'll talk to you later." After saying that, he directly greeted him and the fat man and left.
After the three people left, Huo Xiangu's eyes flashed with a shadow, and she murmured: "This Zhang Zhuxun is really difficult to control, and even that person's personality seems to have changed a little. I don't know if the changes in this are a bad thing or a good thing.
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A cold look flashed across Huo Zhizhi's face, standing aside, and he asked softly: "Master, since this is an uncontrollable variable, do you want to send someone -"
"No need." Huo Xiangu's expression was unpredictable, with a hint of secret danger. "Such variables will have little impact on our actions, but for some people hiding in the dark, such variables will often affect our actions."
It has a fatal effect."
Huo Zhizhi was thoughtful, although he seemed to understand but still nodded and said: "Yes, if those three people go down the mountain at the same time tomorrow, should we stop them?"
"That one can't leave, the others don't matter." Huo Xiangu put down the tea cup in her hand and said, "This tea is a little cold."
Huo Zhizhi understood, turned around and exited. When he came back, the Longjing tea in the teapot had been replaced by herbal tea with stronger medicinal properties than before.
Huo Zhizhi's expression was a little strange. He changed Huo Xiangu's clean tea cup and poured a cup into it. After hesitating for a moment, he still reported the truth: "Master, the medicinal materials in the warehouse have been tampered with."... Huo Zhizhi listed the names of the medicinal materials that were missing a small part one by one.
Huo Xiangu drank the medicinal tea in one gulp, "Have you found out who did it?"
"That Fatty Wang." Huo Zhizhi said angrily, "the few he had were all medicinal herbs for replenishing qi and blood, and he used them to stew mutton soup."
Huo Xiangu was a little curious, "To whom?"
"The two people named Zhang are said to be anemic." Huo Zhizhi said truthfully.
"No wonder." Huo Xiangu lowered her eyelids and said, "Send the two boxes of century-old ginseng in the library. Go and deliver them yourself."
On the other side, Zhang Zhuxun and three others returned to the tent holding umbrellas.
The fat man stood at the door, shaking off the rainwater accumulated on his umbrella.
Asked Zhang Shuxun, "Muyu, why do you suddenly want to go down the mountain? It has rained for so many days in a row, and the road down the mountain is not easy."
Seeing that his younger brother was also looking over, Zhang Zhuxun asked the two of them to sit next to him and said in a low voice: "Which of these people in the Huo family do you think is problematic?"
"Huh?" The fat man was very surprised, "Aren't these people all Mrs. Huo's confidants?"
Zhang Zhuxun sneered, "I don't necessarily know my confidants. There are so many Huo family members here. Who knows which one of them is a rat in the dark wearing human skin and sneaking in."
The fat man took a breath, "You mean, there are also 'it' people in the Huo family?"
"I'm not sure who it is yet." Zhang Zhuxun shook his head, "But it's still close to ten."
The fat man twisted his eyebrows and suddenly realized, "No wonder the little brother felt something was wrong last time and chased him out but didn't catch anyone. It turned out that he was hiding among the people in the Huo family."
Zhang Zhuoxun nodded, "So I have to go down the mountain to prepare early and take precautions in advance."
"That's fine." The fat man nodded, "Then I'll go down with you."
"No." Zhang Zhuxun flatly refused, "You have to stay here with me. Mrs. Huo will allow us to go down the mountain because we are not very important in her eyes, but she will never be here.
Let her go down the mountain at this time because her time is running out. This operation cannot afford any risks. If something goes wrong, her efforts over the years will be in vain."
The fat man hissed, "So, that old woman is really dying."
For Huo Xiangu, this plan to find the ancient building of the Zhang family is more like a huge gamble at the last moment of her life. If the bet wins, she can use the things she took out from the ancient building to blackmail the people hidden in the ancient building.
The person behind her back has been threatening her with the videotape and Huo Ling's whereabouts in order to take revenge.
However, once she loses, there is no turning back.
Although she looks impressive on the outside, in fact, she is already like a waning old man on the inside. Especially after suffering from the cold this time, no matter how many tonics she takes, it can only temporarily cover up the aura of ** in her body.<
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That's why I said that Huo Xiangu is not qualified to be willful.
"You have to watch my little brother, don't let Mrs. Huo fool me away." Zhang Zhu said, "The road into the Zhang family's ancient building is definitely not that easy. I guess, the mechanism inside
It's probably related to the things in the place where Tianzhen and the others went."
People like Huo Xiangu always do things to achieve their goals by any means. There is no guarantee that when the time comes, they will make a desperate move and trick the little brother into it again...
Zhang Shuxun would not dare to vouch for the guilt of such a person.
"It may take me three to five days to come back from this trip. If there is any news from Tianzhen, Huo Xiangu will definitely take action. Fatty, remember, you must delay the time. Let's wait until I come back.
Make plans." Zhang Zhuxun said in a deep voice.
"We must enter the ancient building, but how to enter is not up to her, Huo Xiangu."
The fat man also understood the pros and cons, and nodded, "Don't worry, after you come down the mountain tomorrow, the fat man will eat and live with the little brother. I will follow him wherever he goes, and I will never leave any trace for Mrs. Huo."
This is an opportunity to fool our little brother, you think so, little brother."
At the end of the sentence, the fat man even raised his eyebrows at the younger brother.
The little brother’s face was paralyzed and expressionless.
"Look, I also agree." The fat man touched the green stubble on his chin.
While they were talking, the younger brother suddenly hissed, signaling the two of them to stop talking, "Someone is coming."
As soon as he finished speaking, under the shadow of a lamp not far away, he saw Huo Zhizhi with a sullen face, holding two mahogany brocade boxes in his hands, walking around the scattered puddles on the ground, walking this way.<
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The fat man took one look at the two mahogany boxes and shouted "Broken", "That little boy Huo Zhizhi found out that the fat man had taken his medicinal materials. Judging from his posture, he must have come to settle a score with the fat man."<
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"I don't think so. Huo Xiangu doesn't have to argue with us over those medicinal materials. Don't forget that we still have a cooperative relationship with her." Zhang Zhu
Xundao said, "But Huo Xiangu must have known about you taking the medicinal materials. After all, there are many spies here, and there are several of them just looking at our tent."
When the fat man heard this, his eyebrows immediately stood up, "This damn girl is watching my brothers as suspects. It's good that the fat man didn't go to settle the score with me."
So when Huo Zhizhi walked into the tent seriously, he saw the fat man glaring at him.
Huo Zhizhi was confused immediately. What's going on? He hasn't launched an attack yet, so what kind of trouble is this fat guy going to make when he suddenly looks like this?
Thinking of the superb combat prowess this damn fat man had shown before, and looking at the two masters with big swords and golden horses sitting at attention, Huo Zhizhi subconsciously shrank his neck.
"What's your order from Mrs. Huo? You and I treat Fatty's place as a guest house. Do you think you can come and go freely with the door open or something?" Fatty took the initiative and started the yin and yang mode of ridicule.<
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Huo Zhizhi secretly muttered to himself who had offended the fat man again. It was raining outside today and there were mud puddles everywhere on the ground. He didn't want to be forced to take a mud bath.
So I quickly explained my purpose, fearing that they wouldn't believe me. After putting the brocade box on the table, I immediately opened one of the boxes and held it up for the fat man to take a closer look. "This is because our family master expresses gratitude for the hard work of the two of you, so he specially asked me to give these two plants as a gift."
Centennial ginseng comes here to say thank you."
The fat man never expected that this would be the case, and he was a little stuck for a moment, "Ahem, what, that's what it is, then leave it alone, thank your old lady for us."
It was obvious that he was here to give away good things, so how could he use it...
After Huo Zhizhi finished delivering the things and took the message to the back, while the three people's attention was not on him, he immediately rubbed oil on the soles of his feet.
After walking two miles, Huo Zhizhi recalled the situation just now and slapped his forehead in annoyance. He was so angry. Why did he slip up at the critical moment? He should fight back righteously and let that damn fat man get better day by day.
Se, I get angry just looking at it.
Huo Zhixing was holding a folder in his hand. When he saw his expression when passing by, he asked him what was going on.
Huo Zhizhi touched the back of his head in embarrassment and said, "It's nothing. Oh, by the way, what are you going to do?"
Huo Zhixing showed the information in his hand and said, "These technicians just analyzed it and I will send it to the owner of the house."
"Oh, then go quickly, the master of the house hasn't rested yet." Huo Zhizhi said quickly.
In the tent, Zhang Zhuxun and three others stared at the brocade box placed on the table with different expressions.
"What kind of medicine did Mrs. Huo buy in this gourd?" The fat man hissed, "The fat man stole the medicine from her warehouse. Not only did she not pursue it, but he even sent two boxes of better ones." p>
Zhang Chuxun was also a little confused, wondering what Huo Xiangu's purpose was, but after much thought, he couldn't think of a reasonable explanation. Is he being too conspiracy-minded?
"Perhaps we have really overthought this time. The old lady may simply want to use these two ginseng plants to show friendship." Zhang Zhuoxun said after pondering for a while.
"Oh, who cares." The fat man didn't have the patience to ponder this, so he picked up the box and turned around to pack it away. "Since they sent it and it's a time of friendly cooperation, let's just keep it and give it to you before the fight begins.
Let’s make up for each other.”
Early the next morning, the rain stopped.
The crisp chirping of birds came from the woods behind the camp, sweet and green.
Zhang Zhuxun carried the knife and backpack on his back, waved goodbye to the fat man and the little brother, and walked down the mountain in the direction in his memory.
Being alone, the journey was much faster. It only took Zhang Zhuoxun a day and a half to reach the foot of the mountain.
He did not alert Huo Xiuxiu who was still in Yao Village, but left Banai directly and headed for the capital.
He is going to find someone.
After coming out of the airport, Zhang Zhuxun took a taxi directly to Panjiayuan.
Passing through the bustling crowd, Zhang Zhuxun set his sights on a small store specializing in massage.
Seeing that the people inside were still busy, I went to the wonton stall next door
He found an empty seat next to him and sat down, and said in a loud voice: "Boss, let's have a bowl of wontons, without coriander."
"Okay, guest, wait a moment." The boss shouted, opened the lid of the wooden pot, lowered some of the white wontons on the chopping board into the pot, stirred them inside a few times with a spatula, and then closed the pot lid. After waiting for three or four minutes, the boss scooped out half a ladle of cold water, opened the lid of the pot and poured it in. The boiling noodle soup immediately subsided.
After waiting for another two minutes, when the noodle soup boiled again, the boss used a strainer to scoop all the wontons into a large bowl at once, then poured the clear soup that had been prepared nearby, sprinkled some shrimp and seaweed, and asked Zhang Chu again.
Xun Dao: "Should I put garlic sprouts and green onions?"
"Leave it a little bit." After Zhang Zhuxun answered, he turned around and saw the owner of the massage parlor sitting on a chair with his legs crossed, counting money with a smile on his face, tiptoeing little by little, and he knew it at a glance.
Pitfall...ah, no, I made a lot of money.
The customer who was just lying on the massage bed has already left, rubbing his neck, and his expression seems to be doubtful about life.
Zhang Zhuoxun smiled, then grabbed a clove of garlic from the small plate on the table and threw it over there.
The owner of the massage parlor stopped counting the money with his hands, spread his fingers, and grabbed the air. Then he raised his head and looked towards Zhang Zhuxun.
Zhang Zhuxun raised his hand and waved to him, "Long time no see."