"My old enemies and friends took advantage of the fall of the Qing Dynasty to expand their power. Now is naturally a good time to use them to drink."
"You mean...the Zhou family?" Xu Shengqing clearly remembered that Mr. Zhou colluded with the third brother of the Chen family to force his employer to marry away to Yongzhou at the old man's funeral.
Chen Jinjun nodded: "The young master from the Zhou family has returned to China."
"Zhou Zhaoyuan?" Xu Sheng reacted immediately.
"That's him."
"Didn't it mean that the Zhou family has plummeted since Mr. Zhou died?"
Chen Jinjun shook his head thoughtfully: "This Zhou Zhaoyuan has a few tricks and can make the Zhou family bigger in three months. He is a talented person, but it is a pity."
"The Zhou family's property was confiscated by the Republic of China government, and then Zhou Zhaoyuan ran away."
"Fourth uncle told me to be careful. Zhou Zhaoyuan is very likely to come to Yongzhou to find me to avenge Mr. Zhou."
Su Miaomiao was not happy: "Obviously it was the old guy who coveted the boss's property, and he was a treacherous villain. He died in the hands of Captain Xu, so why did he come to take revenge on his boss?"
Chen Jinjun smiled and shook his head: "You are right to say that, but there is always a wrongdoer and a debtor. On the surface, it is the Chen family who has a problem with the Zhou family, and the Zhou family has no interest relationship with Taiping Villa, so naturally
Damn, he has a grudge against me."
She had become accustomed to this kind of thing a long time ago.
But Su Miaomiao has never encountered such unreasonable people and things.
"How unreasonable! Isn't this just an unreasonable statement?"
Su Miaomiao was so angry that she paced back and forth in Chen Jinjun's study.
"Okay, it's okay. If anything happens, just ask him to come to me." Chen Jinjun comforted Su Miaomiao with a smile.
Su Miaomiao sat on the chair beside her angrily: "It's New Year's Eve the day after tomorrow. Do you plan to get married and never live in Huo Mansion, or do you want to stay up with us?"
This question can be regarded as stopping Chen Jinjun.
She hesitated: "I don't know. I'll ask Huo Tingyu later to see if the Huo family has any arrangements."
Su Miaomiao nodded and walked out with Xu Sheng.
Chen Jinjun pinched the bridge of his nose. The key now is to find Huo Tingyu.
She looked at the white snow outside the window, sighed, put on her coat and went out to look for Huo Tingyu in his yard.
This snow fell continuously for several days and nights, as if God was sending elegiac couplets to the bones of those who died in vain in the mountain fortress.
Chen Jinjun stepped on a thick layer of snow and walked slowly towards Huo Tingyu's yard.
Huo Tingyu's yard was empty, and the doors and windows were closed.
Chen Jinjun quietly reached the door of Huo Tingyu's study and knocked on the door.
No one answered the door.
Chen Jinjun frowned. Logically speaking, Huo Tingyu had no official duties on the 28th of the twelfth lunar month. Where was he now?
Calculating carefully, she hadn't seen Huo Tingyu for a long time.
It seems...since he told himself the identity of the man who died in Fule Tea House last time, he has not seen him.
Rough calculation, it's about ten days.
Chen Jinjun pursed his lips, felt inexplicably irritable in his heart, and walked straight out.
She was in Huo Tingyu's yard, and happened to bump into the master who came to deliver documents to Huo Tingyu.
"Hey, are you here to see me?" The master smiled as always, and the white snow in the yard and the red lanterns hung up early added to the joy.
Chen Jinjun nodded politely: "I have something to ask the commander-in-chief. Does the master know where he went?"
"Commander?" Master thought for a while, "The commander should be in the backyard now."
Before he finished speaking, Chen Jinjun had already said thank you and hurried to the backyard.
"Hey, boss?" Master stood there and stared blankly at Chen Jinjun's back.
But Chen Jinjun walked away happily and didn't hear what the master was saying.
There have always been very few people going to Huoford's backyard. Part of the reason is that there are few masters in the Huo family, and either the handsome man is very busy, or the second wife likes to serve her favorite flowers and plants in her own yard.
Therefore, the backyard of the Huo Mansion either became a warehouse where Huo Tingyu temporarily stored weapons, or it was a place where Huo Tingyu and his lieutenants occasionally discussed matters after discussing matters.
It is precisely because of this that the snow in Huo's backyard is much thicker than that in the seven major places.
Chen Jinjun walked one foot at a time, and the soft snow crunched under her feet.
As she walked, she heard roars one after another. The voices were very familiar. Chen Jinjun looked around curiously.
In a large open space in between, two people were fighting together.
Chen Jinjun took a closer look and saw that it was Huo Tingyu and Ji Li who were wrestling shirtless on the snow. A group of people around them watched intently and cheered from time to time.
Huo Tingyu's warm brown back looked particularly broad and majestic, and the muscle lines on it reminded her of the Western antique statues she had seen from Westerners.
She did not continue to step forward, but stood there, quietly watching the competition between Huo Tingyu and Ji Li.
It was obvious that two people were wrestling shirtless on the snow, but for some reason, Chen Jinjun could only see Huo Tingyu's warm brown skin.
As keen as Huo Tingyu, Chen Jinjun had noticed her since she arrived in the backyard.
While he was fighting with Ji Li, he subconsciously used his peripheral vision to find Chen Jinjun's location.
Originally, there was not much difference in strength between him and Ji Li, and he himself had won several times because of his longer arms and legs.
But the most feared thing in this almost evenly matched competition is distraction.
Ji Li could tell at a glance that Huo Tingyu was absent-minded. The martial arts madman frowned and accidentally looked at Chen Jinjun.
Ji Li secretly clicked his tongue in his heart. As an outsider, this was the first time he saw Huo Tingyu being attracted by a woman.
Ji Li raised his eyebrows with interest. He spotted Huo Tingyu's loophole, hugging his knees and knocking Huo Tingyu to the ground.
Huo Tingyu turned over and jumped up, ready to fight Ji Li again.
But Ji Li didn't bother discussing contracts at this time while he was distracted.
He waved his hand and said to Huo Tingyu: "Next time, I'll go back and check on those brats first, don't let them ruin the New Year's Eve dinner the day after tomorrow."
Lin Ting, who was watching with excitement, asked Ji Li curiously: "Why did you stop?"
Ji Li looked over and saw that it was Lin Ting who had returned from studying abroad. He hugged him and said, "You kid, don't interfere in the Marshal's life-long event."
After saying this, Ji Li immediately drove the onlookers to leave Huo Mansion through the back door.
He glanced at Huo Tingyu at the end, with "Brother understands you" written all over his resolute eyes.
Huo Tingyu was left alone on the snow, looking at Ji Li driving people away in confusion. Until he saw Ji Li's last look, he felt very ridiculous for a moment.
The snow was still falling, and snowflakes fell on Huo Tingyu's chest and back, and were instantly melted by the heat around him.
He looked at Chen Jinjun awkwardly, scratched his head and didn't know what to say.
Chen Jinjun looked at Huo Tingyu's helpless look, raised his eyebrows in a bad way and walked forward.
Seeing Chen Jinjun approaching step by step, Huo Tingyu hurriedly looked around for his clothes in the snow.
But the snow was really heavy, and the snow from his fight with Ji Li just covered it, so he didn't notice his clothes for a while.