Stealing the Pen: Kirin's Primordial Lotus

Every time Lu Jianxun visited Zhang Qishan, he was told that he was busy or out on inspection.

"Sir, Zhang Qishan is so arrogant, how about we..." The adjutant beside Lu Jianxun pointed above his head.

"Tell tales? You need to have evidence to catch us? He is busy with official duties now and has to clean up the bandits in the surrounding area. How can we tell tales?" Lu Jianxun patted the adjutant's head and said gritting his teeth.

"Since he won't see us, let's go find other people in this city first."

"It is said that a powerful dragon cannot defeat a local snake. We must also have a good relationship with the local snakes in this Sand City."

"Yes."

Lu Jianxun left Zhang's house with his adjutant and headed towards the busiest street in Shacheng.

The two walked and stopped when they passed a boat tavern.

“This is the store. It looks very grand!”

Lu Jianxun looked at the magnificently decorated pub, and saw men and women coming in and out wearing suits or cheongsams.

When the two men were about to go in, they were stopped by the waiter of the tavern.

"You two don't look like locals from Sand City. You two need to show us your ID so we can verify your identities."

"Why? You guys are running a business, do you still have to rely on others to serve you?"

Lu Jianxun looked at himself and his adjutant in military uniforms, and looked sternly at the waiter who stopped them.

"Two officers, we have rules at the Qingzhou Tavern. Anyone who comes to eat here must verify their capital. If you don't meet the standards, you can't enter." The waiter looked at the two men and saw that they didn't have the stars on their shoulders that represented their military ranks. He explained in a good-tempered manner, "Of course, if you don't want to verify your capital, that's fine, but you have to prove your military ranks."

"If it's lower than the rank of major, then we can only say sorry, you two should find another tavern to dine in."

Lu Jianxun naturally knew that he had not reached the level of a colonel at all. He only got the rank of second lieutenant by currying favor with his superiors. If he wanted to climb up further, he would have to go to the front line and fight with those people with swords and knives.

"Okay, okay, I finally got to know your Sand City." Lu Jianxun looked at their waiter with a dark face.

Lu Jianxun really didn't want to continue to embarrass himself, so he turned around and left. The adjutant glared at the waiter who was still smiling and seeing them off.

After the two men left, the waiter stood at the door and spat.

"What a person! A lieutenant dares to show off his military prowess at the gate of our Wanchong Mountain. He doesn't even take a piss to look at himself. His bones weighing only a few ounces can't tell east from west."

The waiter turned around and saw Hua Yu looking at him with her head tilted.

"Oh my god, you almost scared me to death." The waiter held his chest.

"Xiao Zhao, what are you talking about?" Hua Yu held the arm of Zhang Qiling, who had finally come to Shacheng, for fear that he would run away again if he was not careful.

"Nothing, just a confused guest came."

"Xiao Zhao, Shopkeeper Yu just called you, please go over there quickly."

When the waiter heard the shopkeeper calling him, he apologized to Hua Yu and the young gentleman, then spread his legs and trotted in the direction Hua Yu pointed.

After Hua Yu and Zhang Qiling left the pub, they strolled on the street.

While introducing the delicacies on the stall, Hua Yu told him what had happened in Sand City and what he had encountered during the years he was away.

When Zhang Qiling heard that Hua Yu met the man named Zhang Qishan, he frowned, but then he thought that the two of them would never have any intersection in the future.

Zhang Qiling walked beside Hua Yu, protecting him as he walked, while silently listening to the interesting stories Hua Yu told him.

"Brother, where have you been these years?"

"Is it true that the two elders of the clan are in poor health, and you are going to replace them?"

"But I heard from Uncle Qin that there is already a gatekeeper there. Why do you want to go there again?"

"How long will you stay in Sand City? Can you stay with me longer?"

"Brother, Xinyue said that they have a lot of good things in their restaurant recently, and asked me if I have time to go and take a look."

Zhang Qiling touched Hua Yu's head and answered each question one by one, "I will stay for about a month this time. The two elders are old. They were followed when they went out last time. I took people to deal with it."

"The bronze door has signs of someone having visited it, so I have to find out who it was. The gatekeeper you mentioned is hibernating inside, and generally he won't wake up unless there's too much noise."

"I can accompany you to Peking to attend the auction at the Crescent Hotel."

When Hua Yu heard Zhang Qiling say that there was only one month left, although she was not very happy, she also knew that Zhang Qiling was just trying to cover up for the previous generation of Zhang Qiling.

He stayed with his brother, and not only did his brother have to divide his attention to take care of his daily life, but he also had to be on guard against those people setting their sights on him. In the end, it was his brother who got tired the most.

"Then I'll come find you when you're done."