Lu Ning also paid tribute to Ye Guming and said with a smile: "Uncle Ye, thank you for your thoughtful preparation. Let me toast you!" After saying that, he also raised his glass and drank.
Ye Guming was a little stunned and sighed: "I'm not afraid of your jokes! I'm a rough guy and never know how to socialize. It was Elder Yun who received Mr. Murong's letter and learned that you were coming to Lingzhou, so he got ready early.
.”
Lu Ning turned to look at Elder Yun and raised his glass to him: "It seems that I want to toast Elder Yun. Uncle Ye is right. Elder Yun is really careful and considerate, and he does things properly. He is worthy of a great responsibility."
Elder Yun hurriedly raised his glass in reply: "Young Master, you are too polite, this is what an old man should do!"
Putting down the wine glass, Lu Ning hesitated for a moment and then asked: "In that case, Uncle Ye and Elder Yun must also know the purpose of my coming here, right?"
Elder Yun and Ye Guming looked at each other and seemed a little embarrassed to say: "Presumably... the young gang leader is here to escort the Annan refugees."
As soon as he finished speaking, Hu Qi beside him seemed to have choked on his wine and started coughing.
"Are you okay?" Ma Huilan sent her handkerchief with concern.
"I'm sorry, Hu is rude." Hu Qi took the handkerchief and wiped his mouth, his face flushed.
"That's right." Lu Ning looked at Ye Guming and Elder Yun, and continued: "In this case, when I took over as the leader of the gang, I should go to each semicolon to inspect it. Secondly, the civil strife in Annan was a serious matter, and even affected
Shengjing, so I had to come and take a look."
Ye Guming took a sip of wine and sighed heavily: "We can't be entirely blamed for this! If they had said earlier that the Crown Prince was among this group of people, I would have personally escorted them! Those bastards are not mine at all.
This would never happen to my opponent! But at the beginning they only said they were a group of ordinary refugees, so I didn’t take it to heart. Who knew... Hey!"
"Prince?" Lu Ning immediately became alert: "What's going on?"
Elder Yun twirled his beard and explained calmly: "The thing is like this. At first, a group of refugees from Annan entrusted us to send them to Shengjing. Seeing their ragged clothes and haggard appearance, Manager Ye thought they were
They were ordinary refugees, so they sent a few brothers with good martial arts to escort them. Unexpectedly, something happened halfway. Not only were the escorting brothers brutally killed, but the refugees also died. They escaped and no one was spared! And afterwards,
After investigation, we discovered that these are not ordinary refugees, but a group of guards disguised as ordinary people. Their mission is to send the last prince of Annan to Beiyu to seek the emperor's blessing!"
"Then Prince Annan..." Lu Ning's face changed slightly, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in his heart.
Elder Yun sighed deeply: "We don't know the appearance of the prince, so we can't be sure whether he has been killed or has escaped. However, even if he could escape at that time, he would not be able to escape the murderous hands of those assassins alone.
..."
Lu Ning frowned and asked in a deep voice, "Have you ever found out who is chasing the Crown Prince?"
"Who else could it be?" Ye Guming slapped the table and suddenly lost his temper: "It's not those rebellious bastards from Annan! It's not enough for them to overthrow their own King of Heaven, I have to kill them all!"
Ma Huilan coughed lightly and secretly tugged at the corner of his clothes. Ye Guming knew he had made a mistake and immediately closed his mouth.
Lu Ning propped up his chin and thought deeply for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "This matter is not trivial. We must do our best to find the whereabouts of the Crown Prince. Once Emperor Yu finds out about this matter, I am afraid that the caravan will be in disaster!"
"Young Master, please don't worry." Elder Yun sat upright and said quickly: "After the incident, we sent out our manpower to search for it as soon as possible! We will see people alive or dead! We will definitely give you an explanation!
"
"Then there's Elder Lao Yun!" Lu Ning smiled at him, but glanced at Ye Guming from the corner of his eye.
Except for his interest in mentioning Wuyi just now, whenever it came to matters involving the gang, he would either remain silent and let Elder Yun do the talking, or he would complain. She suddenly remembered Mr. Murong's evaluation, and felt a little worried.
"I wonder how long the young gang leader plans to stay in Lingzhou this time?" Elder Yun suddenly asked.
Lu Ning smiled faintly and said, "It depends on when the Prince Annan's affairs will make progress! I'm going to bother you here for a while, so I'm sorry for your troubles!"
"Young Master, what are you talking about? This is our fault. We still have to trouble Young Gang Master to take care of it. We feel guilty!" Elder Yun offered another toast with fear.
Compared with Elder Yun, who is decent in words and deeds, Ye Guming, who is the manager of the semicolon, obviously has a bigger heart.
With Toto by his side, he drank to his heart's content. He was already dizzy and drunk.
He put down his wine glass and sighed: "As soon as I see you two, I think of your adoptive father. We brothers have almost disappeared, and we miss him so much!"
Lu Ning's face turned red, slightly tinged with wine: "It's no wonder, Uncle Ye and his adoptive father became opposite-sex brothers more than ten years ago, and they have been friends for many years. Moreover, you have always been his right-hand man, and you can be said to be the veteran of the caravan.
.Actually, my adoptive father also misses you very much. You can go to southern Xinjiang to visit him when you have time. He will definitely be very happy!"
Ye Guming looked at Ma Huilan with drunken eyes and said with a smile: "Gui Lichi and I are not only brothers of the opposite sex, he is also the matchmaker between me and Lan Mei!"
Lu Ning was a little surprised. She looked at Ye Guming, whose face was red, and then at Ma Huilan, who had her eyes lowered and said nothing, and laughed softly: "I didn't expect that a rough man like my adoptive father would actually give advice on marriage.
Woolen cloth."
Immediately, her expression darkened and she sighed quietly: "It's a pity that he has been single all his life and didn't even leave any heirs..."
After finishing speaking, she suddenly caught a glimpse of Ma Huilan, who had been chatting and laughing just now, with her peripheral vision. Her face suddenly changed drastically, and there was anger in her eyes. Lu Ning was shocked.
Mentioning his wife, Ye Guming's face glowed red, his expression was very proud, and he talked to himself: "I think back then, Gui Lichi and I met Hui Lan at the same time. I was heartbroken when I first met Hui Lan.
I fell in love with her, but I was stupid and couldn't speak. Although I had intentions in my heart, I didn't dare to express them. Unexpectedly, Gui Lichi actually saw my thoughts and offered to be a matchmaker for the two of me. In this way, I could marry someone like this.
A virtuous and gentle wife, she also gave birth to a filial and intelligent child!"
After saying that, he looked at Ma Huilan with a smile and asked with a smile: "By the way, Sister Lan, where is Feng'er? Why don't you see him at the banquet today?"
Ma Huilan raised her head and took a sip of wine, and replied calmly: "Today, my cousin came to see him for something, so I asked him to go. If he didn't come back at this time, he might have been left to eat. You don't have to worry, my cousin will take care of him.
Feng'er will be fine!"
Ye Guming quickly waved his hands and laughed: "We are all relatives, what can I worry about? Besides, Feng'er inherited my sword skills and is very skilled. No one dares to bully him!"
As he was about to drink again, Ma Huilan stopped him and persuaded him softly: "Brother Ye, usually everyone says that you are introverted and taciturn. Why do you bring out those old things today? Today is the day.
Aren't you afraid that everyone will laugh at you when you say this to the young gang leader?"
Ye Guming's purple face turned slightly red, and he said in shock: "What Lan Mei said is that I was so happy today that I couldn't help but drink a few more drinks. I really made a mistake! I hope the young gang leader won't do it.
joke!"
With that said, he punished himself with three more cups.
When everyone in the hall heard this, they couldn't help laughing like thunder: "Mr. Ye, what are you talking about! You and your wife are very affectionate on weekdays, and everyone can see it! We can only envy you.
How dare you joke!"
Ma Huilan listened to everyone making fun of her. Although her face remained dignified, there was anger hidden in her eyes.
But the warm atmosphere made Ye Guming feel a little complacent. He continued to joke with his brothers, completely ignoring Ma Huilan's face, which became even more embarrassed.
Lu Ning anxiously wanted to change the topic, but he couldn't talk to a group of drunkards on his own.
Just at this time, there was a violent coughing sound. Hu Qizheng covered his mouth and coughed until he was out of breath, and his pale face turned crimson.
Ma Huilan asked with concern: "Brother Hu, why do you cough so badly?"
Hu Qi waved his hand, unable to speak due to coughing.
Ma Huilan immediately ordered her maid Huan'er to pat him on the back, turned around and asked Ye Guming for instructions: "Brother Ye, the night is cold and windy, and Brother Hu can't stand it if he sits down again."
.Otherwise, I’ll send him back first and let him rest!”
Ye Guming frowned and looked at the weak Hu Qi, and nodded: "Go quickly! There will be many opportunities in the future at the banquet, and the illness cannot delay it!"
The coughing gradually stopped, and Hu Qi looked at everyone apologetically, and said with cupped hands: "I'm sorry, Hu was seriously injured and was really exhausted, which ruined everyone's fun! In the future, when Hu recovers from his injury, I will treat everyone to a drink.
Have fun!"
Lu Ning looked at him worriedly: "Young master, you don't have to be polite. We caravan brothers are informal and no one would be so petty. You'd better go and have a rest!"...
Under the concerned eyes of everyone, Hu Qi left with Huan'er's help, walking in vain.
There is still a faint herbal fragrance in the elegant and tidy guest room.
The prepared medicine was placed on the small table in front of the bed, already dry and not hot to the touch.
Huan'er helped Hu Qi lie down on the bed. Ma Huilan came over and saw Hu Qi's snow-white clothes with dark blood stains on them. She couldn't help but exclaimed: "Oh, the wound started to bleed again! Take off your clothes quickly, I
Come and help you apply medicine!"
Hu Qi looked at her in astonishment and said calmly: "I won't bother Mrs. Ye! Let the servant do this little thing! After all...there are differences between men and women..."
Seeing his serious look, Ma Huilan couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile, and joked: "It is true that there are differences between men and women, but judging from your appearance, you are only about twenty years old, a few years older than my son, so you don't need to pay so much attention!"
"But..." Hu Qi frowned and blushed, still a little uneasy.
"Huan'er, undress Brother Hu!" Ma Huilan smiled and took the medicine box while Huan'er was undressing and taking off his belt.
"It's going to hurt a little. Brother Hu, please be patient." Ma Huilan carefully applied the medicine on him and then blew lightly on the wound.
Hu Qizhi's scalp was numb, and he felt a little strange in his heart. It was obvious that the other party was so hospitable, so he couldn't say much, so he could only bite the bullet and let her do what he wanted.