his robbery

Ma Congrong and his party got off the train in Baoding, and then went straight to the camp outside the city.The distance between Beijing and Baoding is not far. When they set off, the sky was full of morning glow, and the sun was shining brightly when they arrived at the station.On the road, Ma Congrong, as the secretary-general, naturally cheered and hugged, and the surroundings were full of laughter and laughter.Bai Mani was a step behind, because he was not familiar with Ma Congrong's cronies, so he was deserted and alone. Fortunately, Gu Chengxi followed him not far or near.When it was time to get on the horse, Gu Chengxi gave him a push; when it was time to get off the horse, Gu Chengxi helped him; other than that, he didn't speak, and neither did Gu Chengxi.

The camp seemed endless. On a green pasture, a group of laughing young adjutants rode their horses and galloped up to Ma Congrong. Their temples were all wet with sweat: "Secretary-General!"

Ma Congrong pulled the reins and reined in the bay red warhorse: "Okay, I saw you guys having fun from a long distance away! Where's the commander?"

The leading adjutant raised his hand and pointed backwards: "Report to the Secretary-General, the commander is playing swords over there, don't let us go over there to make trouble!"

Ma Congrong was taken aback for a moment: "The commander-in-chief will play tricks?"

The little adjutant nodded confidently: "Yes, the commander has been playing for a long time! It seems to be quite exciting!"

Ma Congrong frowned in disbelief: "Who is he playing with?"

The little adjutant smiled: "Yuan Man!"

Ma Congrong glared at the little adjutant and opened his mouth: "He's playing tricks on Yuan Man? Say, how?"

The little adjutant let go of the rein, grasped the handle of the whip with both hands straight forward, then suddenly raised it to the side of his shoulder, and made a very standard appearance: "It's just playing with a Japanese knife!"

Ma Congrong laughed immediately: "Fuck! You know it's a knife, but you still call it a fucking sword! You little bastard scared me! Get out, I'll see the commander, don't get in my way!"

The adjutants dispersed in a hurry, while Ma Congrong swung his whip to urge the horse, and galloped forward for more than a mile in one go.The subordinates followed closely behind, also rushing forward against the long wind.And in front of a row of barracks in the distance, they really saw Huo Xiangzhen and Yuan Man.

The first impression of these two people is that they are hot.

Under the scorching sun, Huo Xiangzhen not only took off his military uniform jacket, but even opened his close-fitting shirt, revealing his firm chest and waist.He has lost weight, showing the shape of a muscular body.Holding a samurai sword in both hands, he was staring at Yuan Man.Yuan Man was bare-chested, his back was tanned and shiny, like a big black fish that had become fine.With the samurai sword in his hand horizontally in front of his face, he is obviously in a persistent defense.

Ma Congrong reined in his horse suddenly ten meters away, and at the same time raised his hand violently backward.Seeing the signal, a large number of followers at the rear immediately pulled the reins and slowed down.Amidst the low and messy neighing of horses, Huo Xiangzhen suddenly let out a loud roar, and at the same time slashed at Yuanman's Tianling Gai.And Yuan Man raised the saber upwards.Hearing a loud clang, Yuan Man staggered back a step, almost sitting on the grass.Huo Xiangzhen's blade landed dangerously on the tip of his hair, and within a hair's breadth, the outcome was decided.

Yuan Man seemed to be exhausted, and he was not afraid of the sharp knife above his head, just grinning and panting.Ma Congrong flew off his horse, and said with a smile as he walked, "Master, you are very skilled!"

Huo Xiangzhen slowly withdrew the knife, and then turned to Ma Congrong expressionlessly: "It's not good, he didn't eat in the morning. Otherwise——"

He didn't finish his sentence, because he accidentally raised his eyes and saw Bai Mani from the crowd.Bai Mani's riding skills were not very good, and he hurriedly chased the large army all the way, his hands and feet were all nervous and about to cramp.Gripping the reins tightly with sweaty hands, his trembling legs pinched the horse's belly, and he stuck out his tongue at Huo Xiangzhen from afar.

At the same time, a smile appeared on Huo Xiangzhen's face.The smile seemed to be there at first, then slowly expanded like ripples, and finally the rippling was so full of spring light between the brows.Pointing at Bai Mani with a knife, he asked loudly, "Boy, are you here too?"

Bai Mani bent over holding the horse's neck, and scrambled off the horse.He knew that he couldn't say any good words, so in front of outsiders, he just lowered his head with a shy smile, and stamped his numb feet vigorously.

He didn't answer, and Huo Xiangzhen didn't ask any more questions.Throwing the samurai sword casually, Huo Xiangzhen said to Ma Congrong: "Go, follow me back to the city!"

In front of everyone's eyes, Ma Congrong deliberately reached out and lifted his shirt: "Master is sweating all over, don't let the cool wind blow."

Without thinking, Huo Xiangzhen stuck out her chest to him, and let him button up her shirt.Then he took an Arabian horse from Yuan Man's hand, and he stepped on the stirrup and flew up.Reaching out his hand condescendingly to Bai Mani, he said, "Mani, come here, get on my horse!"

Bai Mani ran and jumped to his horse, and raised his hand to grab his hand.Huo Xiangzhen knew that it was difficult for him to mount a horse, so she used her arms and wanted to carry him directly onto the saddle.Bai Mani raised his leg winkingly halfway, stepped over the horse's head and sat on the horse's back, but he was face to face with Huo Xiangzhen.Huo Xiangzhen's smell of hot sweat rushed from the collar of his shirt to his nose.Smiling at Huo Xiangzhen, he said, "Brother, you are sitting upside down!"

Huo Xiangzhen also smiled: "Little brat, turn around!"

Bai Mani started to turn backwards on the horse's back as if performing acrobatics, his legs were extremely clumsy, and no matter how he moved them, it was wrong.Huo Xiangzhen laughed, and he also laughed anxiously.After finally sitting forward, he was relieved as if he had accomplished it, but he didn't let go to the end, and suddenly he met Gu Chengxi's gaze when he turned his head.

Gu Chengxi has been looking in his direction, looking piously, almost with a pitiful look in his eyes, and also smiling, with a silly look.Realizing Bai Mani's gaze, he lowered his head and stopped looking.

He stopped looking, and Bai Mani stopped laughing.Bai Mani felt that he was not qualified to rejoice—for his eldest brother, he had hidden a secret that could not be recalled.

Like Gu Chengxi, he lowered his head and saw Huo Xiangzhen's hand holding the rein.His hands were tanned and his fingers were rough.Huo Xiangzhen yelled and urged the horse to go, holding the rein with one hand and wrapping around Bai Mani's waist with the other.The waist is soft and slender, not enough to hold.Huo Xiangzhen went to look at Bai Mani's ears, the earlobes were pink and so tender that they were translucent.

"I'm not at home these days." He asked softly, "Have you caused trouble for me again?"

Bai Mani shrank and hid in his arms, always feeling that someone was staring at him from behind, of course it was Gu Chengxi's eyes.He tried his best to appear graceful, he was really afraid that Huo Xiangzhen would see his flaws: "No! I'm being honest! Brother, guess what I'm here for?"

Huo Xiangzhen smiled: "Didn't you come to see me?"

Bai Mani looked ahead, and his tone was very lively: "I see you on the one hand, and the other is to cut your hair." He suddenly turned his face to the side: "Brother, can you let me stay? I will give you a haircut at the end of the month Shave your head, and I can still keep you company at ordinary times."

Huo Xiangzhen asked back: "Baoding doesn't have a big hotel dance hall. If you stay, can you endure loneliness?"

Bai Mani nodded immediately: "Yes, yes, yes!"

Huo Xiangzhen gave a noncommittal "Yes", but she was actually unwilling to let Bai Mani stay in Baoding.Huo Pingchuan managed a team of tens of thousands of people into a bandit camp, and no one was in charge from top to bottom.When Huo Xiangzhen came, he acted vigorously and violently, presumably there would be many people who harbored hatred, once something went wrong, it would be difficult to deal with.

Thinking of this, he opened his mouth again: "No, little brother, you should go back to Beijing."

Bai Mani twisted in his arms, trying to act coquettishly and wildly.It's a pity that just as Jiao Heye showed his head, Huo Xiangzhen scolded him back.

Under the escort of the brigade guards, Huo Xiangzhen and his party entered the city.Huo Pingchuan has lived in Baoding for several years, so he naturally has a house, which is very luxurious, with a yard in front and a garden in the back, with all kinds of pavilions and pavilions.Huo Xiangzhen hosted a luncheon in a large flower hall, specially entertaining Ma Congrong and his group.He himself sat at the head, with Ma Congrong and Bai Mani on the left and right.The rest of the people were sorted according to their age and official position, and the well-behaved ones also took their seats.Gu Chengxi sat at the bottom seat, because the position was too inconspicuous, but it allowed him to look at Huo Xiangzhen to his heart's content.The two little white faces on the left and right reflect Huo Xiangzhen's blackness, blackness is blackness, but the blackness is clean and majestic, and looks even more difficult to provoke than before.

The chief Huo Xiangzhen was aloof, but the last seat Gu Chengxi felt a little affection for him.Gu Chengxi wished he could reach out and touch his head and pat his back.He is so big, and there are so many people present, only I can hug him.

Picking up the rice bowl while looking at it, Gu Chengxi was afraid of showing off, so he took the rice into his mouth unwillingly.There was no wine at the banquet, and because the commander-in-chief was "not talking about food" at the moment, no one else dared to speak out.In the flower hall, there was only the sound of chewing bowls and chopsticks one after another, from Ma Congrong down, everyone was eating so loudly that they didn't dare to breathe.After all the hard work, the commander put down the chopsticks, and everyone hurriedly stopped talking. Although they were not full, they breathed a sigh of relief.

No matter how unhappy the commander-in-chief gives a banquet, it is a matter of face. When the banquet is over, the chief of staff of the brigade comes over.Huo Xiangzhen took Ma Congrong and met the chief of staff in the small study next to the flower hall.The chief of staff held a compass, and when he entered the door, he saluted the military first. After the salute, he stared at the compass and walked sideways, but stood in the corner like a thief.

Huo Xiangzhen knew that this person was a magic stick. He had been in Baoding for a month and had seen many of his tricks, but today's move was very fresh, something he had never seen before: "What are you doing?"

The chief of staff replied very respectfully: "Report to the commander in chief, I made a divination this morning—"

Huo Xiangzhen waved his hand immediately: "That's enough, tell me why you're here!"

Huo Pingchuan's brigade has a large number of people, and some of them don't care about everything, causing others to have to take care of everything.The chief of staff belongs to the category of "managing everything". In addition to fortune-telling and divination, he also has to be distracted from military affairs.At this moment, he stood in the corner and said politely: "Commander, the military salary of the artillery brigade is still in arrears and has not been paid."

Huo Xiangzhen immediately turned to Ma Congrong: "Why didn't you send it?"

Ma Congrong replied with a smile: "I went back to Beijing a few days ago and didn't have time to pay my salary!"

Huo Xiangzhen nodded: "Hurry up, I know the Artillery Brigade, everyone is going to be poor."

The chief of staff had completed his task, and at this moment, he gave another military salute to Huo Xiangzhen, then counted his fingers in a murmur, and left with his compass in his hand.Huo Xiangzhen slapped the table, sighed and cursed: "Ping Chuan is such a bastard! Look at what he has raised! The staff office burns incense every day to support the spirits, and ten of the officers leading the troops below are heavy smokers! If there is nothing at home If you don’t, you can stay here for a few more days! I am no match for two fists and four hands, so you stay and take care of things!”

Ma Congrong answered immediately, twisted another towel and sent it to Huo Xiangzhen.Huo Xiangzhen held the towel in her hand, and wiped her head and face vigorously.Looking up after brushing, he found that Ma Congrong was looking at him and smiling.

He was puzzled: "What are you laughing at?"

Ma Congrong shook his head: "I thought the commander would drive me back to Beijing."

Huo Xiangzhen lowered his eyes and thought for a while, feeling that there seemed to be affection hidden in Ma Congrong's words, but he didn't need this affection.As long as Ma Congrong abides by his duty, his hard work is enough for Huo Xiangzhen to treat him kindly for the rest of his life.

So he handed the towel back to Ma Congrong, and he just said: "Don't talk nonsense!"

Then he stood up, and he decided to give himself half a day off to tease Bai Mani.