his robbery

Bai Mani didn't know what happened today, but he was in a particularly good mood. After rushing into the study, without saying a word, he started singing and dancing to Huo Xiangzhen, humming and circling around the room.Huo Xiangzhen was sitting behind the writing desk, thinking of her watch deeply, and seeing his stupid appearance unexpectedly, she couldn't help but raise her head and ask with a smile, "Crazy?"

Bai Mani clasped his hands in front of his chest, posing as if he was about to sing a western opera.Taking a deep breath, he stretched out his hand to Huo Xiangzhen, and at the same time sang out of tune: "Brother—take me to Shanghai—will you—"

Huo Xiangzhen leaned back and laughed completely: "Little brat, what are you doing again? I don't have time to take you for a wild run in Shanghai."

Bai Mani stopped singing.After taking two steps forward, he slapped his upper body on the desk with a "snap".Extending his arms long towards Huo Xiangzhen, he seemed to be itching all over his body, he could no longer act like a baby: "Brother..."

Before he could finish speaking, there was a soft knock on the door of the study room.Immediately after the ringing, Ma Congrong didn't give him a chance to recover, and deliberately asked people outside the house to admire Young Master Bai's butt poking towards the door: "Master, Master Gu said he still has something to tell you."

Huo Xiangzhen was surprised, almost taken aback.Pulling Bai Mani's hand hanging on his lap, he whispered, "Get out."

Bai Mani slipped down from the large writing desk and looked back at Gu Chengxi, feeling a little embarrassed.He left the study quickly, and Ma Congrong closed the door as usual.

Huo Xiangzhen put both elbows on the desk, and asked from a distance: "Is there anything else?"

Gu Chengxi completely stopped looking at him, lowered his head and murmured: "Marshal... I, I don't want to go to the Salt Bureau, you... can you let me be a soldier? You are the one who leads the soldiers, I... …I……"

Huo Xiangzhen understood.Throwing a fountain pen at hand into the porcelain pen holder, he replied, "Yes."

The sentence "Yes" cut off Gu Chengxi's incoherent speech.The big thing in Gu Chengxi's heart, put in Huo Xiangzhen's mouth, is just "yes" or "no".

Gu Chengxi bowed deeply: "Thank you, Commander."

Huo Xiangzhen waved his hand wordlessly, but it's a pity that Gu Chengxi hung his head and couldn't understand his gesture.So Huo Xiangzhen had no choice but to speak extra: "Go."

Gu Chengxi walked out in a daze.As soon as the door opened, he heard Huo Xiangzhen shouting from behind: "Ma Congrong!"

Ma Congrong passed him by and entered the study, leaving him alone in the dark corridor.A door opened at the other end of the corridor, and someone was humming a weird little tune inside the door.Suddenly the person humming leaned out, Gu Chengxi saw clearly and recognized that it was the lively and beautiful Young Master Bai.Young Master Bai had already taken off his coat and hat, and was disheveled and pulling on a pair of rabbit fur slippers, as if he was about to go to bed at any time.Raising his eyebrows at Gu Chengxi, Young Master Bai gave a condescending smile, then retracted his head.

Gu Chengxi didn't laugh, because he felt that Young Master Bai seemed to regard himself as a good wild dog with human nature.

After a while, Ma Congrong came out of the study.Turning to Gu Chengxi while closing the door, Ma Congrong lowered his voice and smiled and asked, "Don't want to go to the Salt Bureau? In fact, the Salt Bureau is very good, it's a fat office."

Gu Chengxi felt that Ma Congrong was more amiable: "I...I want to work with the commander..."

Ma Congrong led him to the stairs, his voice was always very low: "Yes, with the guidance of a general, joining the army is more promising than going to the Salt Bureau. Just wait, I will definitely give you a good position, you Can you read?"

Gu Chengxi thought about it and replied: "I went to private school for a few days when I was young, and I could almost read the newspapers..."

Ma Congrong nodded: "Okay, that's enough. You don't need to learn at all."

Ma Congrong took Gu Chengxi away.The orderly was still carrying the large full-length mirror when he left the building, so Gu Chengxi was able to take another photo.Deeply imprinting his overall appearance in his heart, he firmly remembered his bear appearance today.

Gu Chengxi became a thorn in Huo Xiangzhen's heart, lying in ambush at the bottom of his heart, pricking him from time to time, making him hurt or startled, but he couldn't prick his blood.He got up and walked slowly towards the door, he wanted to see Bai Mani.However, as soon as the door opened, Ma Congrong smiled at him hesitantly: "Master, I sent you away."

Huo Xiangzhen nodded, "Yes."

Ma Congrong stepped into the room, and closed the door smoothly: "Master, the Salt Bureau is in need, Master Gu doesn't want it anymore, is it..."

Huo Xiangzhen nodded again: "Here you are."

Ma Congrong stopped him with a smile: "There is one more thing, I want to ask the uncle to help me with a word."

Huo Xiangzhen looked up at him: "Huh?"

Ma Congrong lowered his hands and stood like a smooth tree: "The former deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, He Kerou, has been idle at home for more than a year since he resigned. Recently, he found a way to join the Ministry of Finance. But there are too many people competing, so he asked me to vote for the uncle. With the uncle's current prestige, he can speak casually, which is tougher than any backstage. And He Kerou is also quite talented, he..."

Before Ma Congrong finished speaking, Huo Xiangzhen asked in a deep voice, "What is he going to the Ministry of Finance for?"

Ma Congrong accompanied him carefully and replied: "So he was a deputy chief, but now he wants to be the chief."

Huo Xiangzhen raised his hand and patted Ma Congrong's shoulder: "Okay, now even the chief executives outside are going to curry favor with you. You are buying and selling officials in my name, you are so majestic!"

Ma Congrong's face changed: "Master..."

Huo Xiangzhen shook his hand and slapped him in the mouth: "You bastard! I think you want to use me as a gunman! He Kerou is notoriously incompetent and shameless, a shit-like thing, you let me keep him as the finance minister? He is the best Living at home, he will suffer wherever he goes!"

Ma Congrong was shaken by him, half of his cheeks were burning red.His fingers moved slightly, but he didn't dare to raise his hand to cover his face.And Huo Xiangzhen opened the door and kicked him in the stomach: "Get lost!"

Ma Congrong staggered and fell into the corridor outside the door, staggered and fell to the ground.Getting up without saying a word, he ran downstairs against the wall.At the end of the corridor, someone blew a sharp whistle, and it was Bai Mani who was watching the fun with a smile: "Brother, what's the matter?"

Huo Xiangzhen stood at the door, glanced at him wordlessly, then turned and went back to the study.

Bai Mani entered the door quietly, and asked softly, "Brother, did Shangqing Wan make you angry?"

Huo Xiangzhen turned his back to him, looked out of the window and said angrily: "It's nothing more than a small official or a small position. At most, he just idles around and eats. He just takes advantage and doesn't harm others. I didn't expect him to be so bold that he even dared to take over the appointment of the chief! Don't say I'm not the president now, even if I become the president in the future, he is an adjutant and has no right to interfere in government affairs!"

Then he turned around and sat back on the sofa: "I've wanted to teach him a lesson for a long time. How much did he demand from me last year? His father is a good old man, how did he raise such a greedy son?"

Bai Mani heard it happily, and became even more joyful: "You know that he is greedy, but you still pamper him? I heard that you rewarded him [-] during the Chinese New Year?"

Huo Xiangzhen stared at the desk and replied: "He has his faults, but also has his credit."

Bai Mani muttered in a low voice: "He has merit? You think he has a hole?"

Huo Xiangzhen patted the desk: "You too!"

Bai Mani tugged at the hem of his shirt, and shook his head seriously at him: "I'm not going away. To tell you the truth, I'm not happy when you treat others well. If you marry a wife and have children in the future, I'll be even more unhappy. ...I want you to be my big brother alone. When I think of you sleeping with Shangqingwan, I wish I could dig a shovelful of soil and fill his hole. Do you understand?"

Huo Xiangzhen was originally angry, but when he suddenly heard Bai Mani's confession, he couldn't help laughing unexpectedly: "What nonsense!"

Bai Mani raised his hand and pointed at him, and made a grimace at the same time: "Look, are you smiling? You can laugh when you tease him, big brother is so good."

Huo Xiangzhen got up and walked around the writing desk, and walked to Bai Mani with a slight smile: "I won't go to Shanghai, Shanghai is too far away, brother doesn't have that time. Brother, let's take you to Tianjin and play for a week, okay?"

Bai Mani pursed his lips and smiled, while smiling, he raised his hand and pointed at his face: "Brother, bite me. You haven't taken me out to play for more than a year. Am I dreaming?"

Huo Xiangzhen patted him on the head and covered his face: "Little brat, put away your cheap looks."

Huo Xiangzhen did what he said, and he really took Bai Mani to Tianjin, and he didn't allow Ma Congjun to accompany him.Bai Mani was beaming, imagining that he could have a happy carnival this time.Unexpectedly, Huo Xiangzhen messed up his wishful thinking lightly and skillfully - Huo Xiangzhen's supervisory office was set up in Tianjin, and he didn't come on weekdays, the office was just an empty shell decoration; now that he came, the office immediately began to function as it deserves .Bai Mani went to the movies and went to the dance hall by himself, because he didn't have any friends with him, so he was even more lonely than when he was in Beijing.On the third night, he couldn't bear it anymore, and lost his temper at Huo Xiangzhen in the apartment: "I think you are really obsessed with officials! What are you here for? If you come to work, don't bring me here to play." A pretense! Don’t let me take your love either!”

Huo Xiangzhen pressed one temple with one hand, feeling a headache: "Son, how old are you? Do you need someone to play with you? Or—" He put down his hand, and suddenly felt empty around him, because Ma Congrong was missing : "Shall I find you a companion?"

Bai Mani stared at him covetously: "Okay, you can find it for me!"

After a night, the sky brightened.Bai Mani was still suffocated, and stopped playing, but just followed Huo Xiangzhen every step of the way, from the noisy apartment to the governor's office.The car was parked outside the gate of the government office, and when he got out of the car with Huo Xiangzhen, a group of people from the Military Supply Department happened to come from Beijing.

Huo Xiangzhen ignored it, and walked into the courtyard of the office with his head held high.Just as he was about to step over the threshold with one foot, his sleeve was suddenly pulled by Bai Mani: "Brother!"

Huo Xiangzhen turned her head in response, but she saw Gu Chengxi among the group of people in the Military Supply Department.

Gu Chengxi changed into a thin and neat military uniform, and stood in the crowd like a javelin, and it was impossible to tell if he was still limping.His eyes were sunken in the shadow of the brim of his hat, and he exhaled white mist in the cold early spring, and his eyes were bright in the mist.

Eyes crossed in an instant, Huo Xiangzhen turned to the front expressionlessly, and strode out with a big cloak of wind.And among the guards following him, Bai Mani's voice sounded, clear and sly: "Brother, give him to me! He is a good man, and he will definitely not lie to others!"

Huo Xiangzhen raised a hand without looking back, a noncommittal gesture.With a last flash of the black cloak, he entered the gate of the office without saying a word.

Bai Mani stayed in the courtyard.Turning around to face the direction of the Military Supplies Department, he raised his leather-gloved hand and hooked his finger at Gu Chengxi like a dog: "Come here, come here, I have a good job for you today! You really depend on your clothes." Rely on the saddle, I can't tell, you also look like a human being!"