Chapter 16: Chang'an See you again
Chang'an City is bustling and bustling as usual, and it will not suddenly change dramatically because of several people in the city. The hawkers are still drinking hard, calling passers-by to come. The cold wind can't reduce its rising enthusiasm at all.
Chen Rufeng, Hu Jiuwei and Ling Xiaoyu stood on the street, and only Ling Xiaoyu looked particularly excited. Although he mentioned to Chen Rufeng many times before, he came to Chang'an hundreds of times and knew Chang'an City well, even more familiar with it than his family.
Ling Xiaoyu's eyes without leisure seem to attract his attention fiercely in every shop and every stall on the street. On the contrary, Chen Rufeng and Hu Jiuwei both looked weak. Chen Rufeng, in particular, has a layer of gloomy on his face, because he understands that this trip to Chang'an is by no means leisurely and interesting.
The purpose of their trip was to discuss with Jiang Shengtian about the relocation of Tianfeng Gang, hoping to seek his opinion. Now Hu Jiuwei, Chai Yuanlang and Liu Hong are all opposed. Only Han Ling and Chen Rufeng agree, and Jiang Shengtian's opinion is particularly critical. If even he opposes it, the relocation will be blown away.
But Jiang Shengtian has already parted ways with Chen Rufeng, not to mention whether he will put forward his own opinions, even if he refuses to see them, which is a problem. For this reason, Chen Rufeng and others decided to go to the prime minister's office to talk to Jiang Shengtian face to face. However, it was difficult for Chen Rufeng to imagine that when he met Jiang Shengtian again, the two were no longer the thunderous brothers of that day, but two opposing people. What was the feeling?
And for Chen Rufeng, in addition to this thing, there is another thing he needs to do when he comes to Chang'an this time.
He wants to go to the prime minister's mansion to find Li Yinru to make clear about his and Pei Xinqing. Although he had put out all kinds of excuses in his heart to delay and escape, as Jiang Shengtian said earlier, the longer he dragged on, the higher the expectations in Li Yinru's heart would accumulate. At that time, once Chen Rufeng broke through this height. Expectations, the deeper the harm to her.
This kind of thing finally needs to be faced. Chen Rufeng made up his mind silently and kept thinking about the wording along the way to see how to say it to avoid harm to Li Yinru to the greatest extent.
However, at present, he still found Jiang Shengtian first. Chen Rufeng pulled back Ling Xiaoyu, who was about to run to the stall selling big cakes on the street. Ling Xiaoyu looked at the steaming and fragrant scallion cake and swallowed his saliva back to her throat.
They didn't bring much manpower when they came out this time. After all, this is not to fight with anyone. There is no need to bring out those fierce and powerful gangsters. It's not good to scare people accidentally. On the contrary, Chen Rufeng picked Ling Xiaoyu out and made him the only entourage of the two of them. Ling Xiaoyu was so happy that she thought that she might have a good time in Chang'an. Unexpectedly, as soon as she wanted to leave Chen Rufeng, she was pulled back by him. Looking at Chen Rufeng's green face, he didn't dare to say anything more, so she had to follow him obediently.
"Let's go to Xianlai Inn first." Chen Rufeng said that Hu Jiu did not nod his head. The two left the market with Ling Xiaoyu, who was reluctant, and rushed straight to the direction of Xianlai Inn.
Xianlai Inn is still full of guests, and the noisy conversation can be heard dozens of feet away from the door, especially a few people with high voices shaking their throats like a Hong Zhong earthquake, and most of them gathered in the rivers and lakes, so this situation is also sparse and flat. A common thing.
Chen Rufeng and the other two stepped into the Xianlai Inn, and Hu Jiuwei's eyes began to turn around as if they were looking for something. Ling Xiaoyu narrowed her extremely shrewd eyes and looked at the guests in the inn one by one.
"Dear Lord! You are coming!" A familiar voice came, and a scholar man in white and looked like a literary trotted to them and looked at Chen Rufeng with a warm smile. It was Xie Wencheng who was "saved" by Chen Rufeng that day.
Chen Rufeng quickly punched and saluted, "Son Cheng, I didn't expect you to be here today. I didn't see you when I came here in the past. What a coincidence!"
Xie Wencheng smiled and said, "Wencheng rarely stays here. He always enjoyed the scenery of Chang'an, or recited poems against a group of scholars and Confucian students. Today, my sister said that there were people in the store who were fake and their manpower was scarce, so I just came to help. I was lucky to meet my father-in-law!"
Looking at Xie Wencheng's face with inexhaust gratitude to him, Chen Rufeng was ashamed and no longer looked at him. He looked away and said, "Yes, where's Mrs. Xie?"
At this time, Chen Rufeng suddenly noticed that many guests in the inn were staring at him, as if they had seen a rare treasure, staying in their positions.
"Are you... Chen Rufeng, the leader of the Tianfeng Gang?" A tall, thin man with a thick beard said in a shrill voice. Chen Rufeng responded to everyone's eyes with a little astonishment and nodded.
Some people began to praise him, saying that he was really young and successful, heroes and teenagers, and even some gangsters came up to get close, which made Chen Rufeng a little bored.
"Hey, give it to me," Ling Xiaoyu stood up, put on a domineering look, and pushed the people who gathered up away with one hand.
"Kid, who are you? How dare you get in the way here? Believe it or not, I'll make you look good?" A fierce Jianghu man stretched out his fist and threatened.
Ling Xiaoyu hummed proudly, "It's easy to say that I'm the royal entourage of the Tianfeng Gang and the excellent helper Ling Xiaoyu of the Tianfeng Gang!"
Those people are funny when they hear it, royal use it? You still think you are the emperor.
Chen Rufeng frowned and said to them, "Guys, I'm only here today to drop the stack. As for other matters, I won't negotiate. Please take care of yourself!"
The people who gathered up heard Chen Rufeng say this and dispersed one after another, and some of them even glanced at Chen Rufeng unconvincedly.
"Oh, Master Chen came from afar. Why didn't you tell me in advance?" Xie Landing, the owner of the Xianlai Inn, gracefully walked down the stairs on the second floor, and the men in the field turned their eyes to her. Her white and flawless face and exquisite figure showed a seductive charm all the time. Even Ling Xiaoyu's upper and lower lips were wide open, and her eyes were deprived of all the divine light by her. Hu Jiuwei's cheeks were slightly red, and he lowered his face with great embarrassment to avoid being seen as ugly by her.
"Thank you, boss!" Chen Rufeng greeted the salute with a smile. Xie Lanting quickly saluted gracefully. Hu Jiu did not bury his head deeper, and Ling Xiaoyu stared at her without hesitation. Xie Lanting didn't care much. She was used to this kind of man.
"Boss Xie, the three of us have something to do in Chang'an recently. We want to stack here. I don't know if there are any rooms available?"
"Yes, the three of you can rest assured. I'm going to do something." Every smile of Xie Lanting was so touching that even she looked back full of amorous feelings. It was not until she walked back to the second floor that the reckless men on the first floor gradually came back to her senses.
A man couldn't help sighing and said, "Boss Xie is really like a fairy coming down to earth. If anyone can marry her, it's really a blessing from ten lives!"
"That's right!" Someone immediately echoed.
Chen Rufeng secretly glanced at Hu Jiuwei and found that his eyes had already gone with Xie Landing.
"Dear-in, let me treat you well!" Xie Wencheng enthusiastically pulled Chen Rufeng and took them to the second floor.
Chen Rufeng hesitated for a moment and said, "Mr. Wencheng, you still don't want to call me Rufeng."
"No! Thousands of years of kindness, how can I thank Wencheng for being those ungrateful people!" Xie Wencheng took them up the stairs.
"Then you can call me Master Chen." Chen Rufeng couldn't help but have to say so. He was afraid that if he would continue to call like this, one day he couldn't help telling him the truth of his "robbed" that day.
Xie Wencheng thought for a moment and finally made a compromise and called him "Master Chen". Chen Rufeng smiled with satisfaction, but saw Ling Xiaoyu's sneaky eyes on the side of the two.
"Hey, Elder Hu, what kind of kindness does the master have to this person that makes him so respectful to the master?"
"Your mouth is idle for me. Don't ask so many questions, okay?"
Ling Xiaoyu had to stick two lips.
Going to the second floor, the three of them chose a table and sat down. Xie Wencheng quickly made tea and poured water for them, and called Xiao Er to get a few dishes. When the work was finished, he sat down and smiled and said, "You have just arrived, must be hungry, right?"
Ling Xiaoyu was about to nod repeatedly, but Chen Rufeng said, "It doesn't matter. Mr. Wencheng doesn't need to specially entertain us. Just bring some shallow dishes that can be full."
Xie Wencheng was about to say a few polite words, but he heard footsteps from the stairs.
cluck, cluck.
Everyone couldn't help looking at the stairs and only heard someone say, "I didn't expect that this inn was very popular. The first floor was full of seats early."
Another voice said: "This inn has always been famous for its wine and dishes, and has been enthusiastically sought after by many people in the world. But the most eye-catching is the boss's wife here!"
The two people made a bad laugh that they understood.
But there was a familiar voice followed by them, "In fact, it doesn't matter on the second floor. On the contrary, it is quiet and quiet, which is much less disturbing."
"What Mr. Jiang said is reasonable!" Three people who talked and laughed came up. When Chen Rufeng and Hu Jiuwei saw them, their expression suddenly changed greatly.
Jiang Shengtian is among those three.
Jiang Sheng came to the second floor and saw Chen Rufeng and others at a glance. First, he was surprised and then regained his smile. On the contrary, Chen Rufeng tightened his face and stared at Jiang Shengtian to welcome the two to the seat.
Before Hu Jiu was deeply aware of the changes between the two, he greeted Jiang Shengtian and said, "Master Jiang!"
As soon as Ling Xiaoyu drank tea, she choked when she heard Hu Jiuwei say this and coughed heavily. Jiang Shengtian left when he first entered the Tianfeng Gang. Naturally, there was no chance at first sight. Unexpectedly, this person dressed in golden brocade clothes and waistband is the Jiangsheng Tianjiang gang that is often mentioned!
Jiang Shengtian and the two people he brought looked at Chen Rufeng. Jiang Shengtian did not nod or anything when he looked at Hu Jiuwei, but his smile added a little weirdness, which made Hu Jiuwei stunned. The other two's faces are very similar. Obviously, they are brothers. At the age of 30, they are oily and pink, with a tall and expensive atmosphere, but there is a little more evil between their eyebrows, and the cunning of their smile is not inferior to Jiang Shengtian.
"This must be the leader of Tianfeng Gang, Chen Rufeng and Chen, right?" The two actually stood up and hugged Chen Rufeng. Although Chen Rufeng did not know the identity of the two, he had to return the gift, so he had to stand up and arch his hand to the two. His eyes have been fixed on Jiang Shengtian's unfathomable smiling face, and Jiang Shengtian also looked at him motionlessly.
"We are the brothers of the Chang'an Gu family, Gu Hao, Gu Quan!" The person who introduced himself was obviously the eldest brother Gu Hao. He couldn't help but hide a little measure in Chen Rufeng's eyes.
"Guest officials, please sit down!" The sweet voice suddenly made everyone turn their heads, and Xie Lanting came with a soft smile and was extremely beautiful.