Stay away from beasts in the world of Siheyuan

After everyone left, Minister Guo sat alone in the living room quietly for a while before he slowly stood up and walked towards the study with slightly heavy steps.

After entering the study, Guo Chang walked straight to the desk and sat down. He reached out and picked up the receiver of the old-fashioned telephone on the table and skillfully dialed a number.

The call was quickly connected, and a familiar and friendly voice came from the other end of the receiver: "Hello?"

Hearing this, Minister Guo smiled unconsciously and said respectfully, "Old leader, why are you the one answering the phone?"

The other party was not surprised at all to receive a call from Minister Guo, and replied happily: "I was waiting for your call. How is your daughter's illness? What did Mr. Zhang say?"

Minister Guo smiled gratefully and continued, "Old leader, why do you bother to worry about my daughter's illness?"

After saying this, Guo Chang paused for a moment, thought about it and said, "Mr. Zhang doesn't have any good solution, but someone here found a doctor with good medical skills who said he can cure it."

After Minister Guo finished speaking, there was a clear silence on the other end of the phone for a moment, and then the other party smiled and said, "It's good that someone can cure it. If you need any help, call me."

Guo Chang quickly responded, "That's for sure. If I can't find a way out, I will definitely ask you for help."

Afterwards, the two chatted about some trivial matters. Finally, Director Guo glanced at the clock on the wall and felt that it was almost time, so he took the initiative to end the call: "Okay, old leader, then you go ahead and do your work. I'll come visit you when I have time."

After hanging up the phone, Guo Chang gently put the receiver back in place, then leaned back in his chair and took a long breath.

Faced with the old leader's questions, although he knew in his heart that the answer he gave would probably hardly satisfy the other party, he still gritted his teeth and decided to tell the truth.

A deep feeling of fatigue surged into his heart, and he sighed helplessly. Then he leaned back in his chair somewhat weakly, slowly closed his eyes, and prepared to recover some energy.

However, the thoughts in his mind kept surging like the tide, making it difficult for him to truly relax.

After a moment, he sighed, opened his eyes, and reached out again to pick up the document that Li Baiyang had returned to him today and began to read it.

Just as he was thinking hard, suddenly, a crisp and rapid knock on the door broke the silence in the room.

Guo Chang originally wanted to call the nanny to answer the door, but suddenly remembered that the nanny was upstairs looking after his daughter.

So he had to shake his head helplessly, sighed secretly, locked the documents in his hand into the drawer, and then walked towards the living room.

As the door was gently opened, Minister Guo immediately saw the security guards standing at the gate and Xu Changping who was carrying a huge box.

Before Minister Guo could ask a question, the young soldier quickly stood at attention, saluted him with a standard military salute, and said loudly:

"Hello, Minister Guo! This young comrade claims to be here to visit you. Although he holds a temporary pass, we found after inspection that the box he carried was full of various dangerous items. So before that, I need to verify the situation with you first."

"What dangerous goods?" Minister Guo frowned tightly and asked seriously.

The little tactician standing aside first glanced at Xu Changping cautiously, then moved his feet slightly, vaguely blocking his body in front of Minister Guo, and then slowly replied:

"There are some powdered drugs of unknown effects, and a few knives that look quite sharp." As he spoke, his eyes never left the box in Xu Changping's hand, as if he was very wary of the things inside.

Xu Changping, who was accused of something for no reason, became anxious and quickly explained loudly, "It's just some Chinese medicine powder that can't be bought outside, and some tools that might be used."

He muttered to himself, he just went back home to pick up some commonly used tools, why was he treated so seriously when he got here, it was simply a big deal!

Seeing Xu Changping so anxious, Minister Guo quickly spoke up to defend him, "This young comrade is the doctor I invited. He is holding things for medical treatment."

Although Minister Guo did not know what specific items were in Xu Changping's mysterious box, he was convinced that the other party would never have the intention to harm anyone.

After all, if there really was any ill intention, he could have done it long ago when he was treating me. Why wait until now?

After hearing what Minister Guo said, the young soldier nodded with a look of understanding.

Then, he took out a registration book and handed it to Minister Guo, saying, "In that case, please sign here to confirm that you personally agree to let him enter with these things."

"Here, right?" Guo Chang asked, pointing to an empty spot. After the young soldier nodded, he picked up the pen and signed his name.

After seeing off the young soldier, Xu Changping followed Guo Chang into the house.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, Minister Guo looked at the box that Xu Changping had placed on the ground and asked curiously, "What did you bring with you? Why did the guard at the door worry so much?"

Xu Changping thought for a moment, stood up and walked towards the box, saying, "These are all things I think I might need." Then, Minister Guo saw Xu Changping tap the box twice and take out a small porcelain bottle from a drawer that popped out.

"What is this?" Minister Guo looked at the porcelain vase and cast a puzzled look at Xu Changping.

"What's in here is the powdered medicine of 'Blood Lotus'." Xu Changping uncorked the bottle and tilted it slightly to show Minister Guo what was inside.

Hearing what Xu Changping said, Minister Guo was not angry, but asked solemnly: "You have the Blood Lotus here, what else do you want me to look for?"

Xu Changping said helplessly: "This little bit of stuff is barely enough to make medicinal baths, don't even think about using it directly to treat diseases." This has already cost him a large sum of points, and he still wants more. It's like wishful thinking.

"This...but since you have this thing in your hand, don't you know where to buy it?" Minister Guo withdrew his gaze from the porcelain bottle and asked.

"To be honest, this is a pass down in my family. I don't know where I got it from." Xu Changping carefully put the porcelain bottle back into the wooden box, saying helplessly.

"Oh, I see!" Minister Guo then remembered that there was no one at Xu Changping's home, so he could only nod with regret.

The room became quiet for a moment, but it didn't last long as the two were startled by the noise at the door.