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Bai Mani had heard early that his elder brother was coming back today, but he couldn't see anyone when he waited left and right.In the end, he called Adjutant Zhao and asked, "When will Big Brother arrive home? Don't you have any news?"

Deputy Chief Zhao replied with a smile: "The commander-in-chief has already arrived home and is talking to the governor ahead of him. I think it means that the governor can't sit for a long time, and the commander-in-chief should be here soon."

Bai Mani winked at him, and said in a low voice, "Old Zhao, remember, you must keep it a secret for me!"

Deputy Chief Zhao gave a rather embarrassed smile: "Don't worry, Young Master Bai, as long as the commander-in-chief doesn't ask me, I'm sure I won't talk too much."

Bai Mani let Adjutant Zhao go, and then hastily opened the doors and windows for ventilation.Leaning on crutches, he walked around in a circle again, checking if there were any holes in the room.When he felt that the clothes were perfect, he sat in the wheelchair and continued to wait.

After waiting for more than an hour, he didn't even get a hair from his eldest brother.He became irritable, and rang the bell again to call Adjutant Zhao: "Has the Governor left yet?"

Deputy Chief Zhao smiled like a big cat, and his whole body was enveloped in harmony: "The governor left early, but a group of county governors came from other places. The commander-in-chief is lecturing them now!"

Bai Mani slapped the armrest of the wheelchair angrily: "They are not staying at home in the cold weather, why are they running around here?"

Deputy Chief Zhao felt that this was an indescribable matter, so he just laughed and couldn't explain it.

At the same time, the county magistrates had dispersed, and Huo Xiangzhen was sitting in the living room, eager to deal with Ma Congrong: "I heard that you sell a magistrate for [-] yuan?"

Ma Congrong stood in front of him with his head bowed, thinking that it would be New Year's Day soon, and it was time for me to meet people, so don't slap them in the face if you hit them.

Huo Xiangzhen slapped his thigh and started to roar: "Bastard! I don't care if you do business, but shouldn't you also pick and choose the buyer? Look at the group of things that came today, one by one, they look like ghosts! In broad daylight, the sky is bright, what a loss!" You can collect such a large group of ghosts and monsters for me to see!"

Ma Congrong said in a low voice: "Don't be angry, sir. Anyway, there are [-] officials who have served for one year. Next year, I will remove them all."

After the words fell, he said again in his heart: "Don't slap your face!"

Huo Xiangzhen stood up abruptly: "One year? To put it lightly! They are the parents and officials of one side, and let them do harm for one year, and the people who suffer and suffer are not ordinary people? Seeing the money-eyed scumbag, doing anything wrong for 8000 yuan, I think you are It's itchy again!"

At this moment, Deputy Chief Zhao gently pushed the door open and stretched out his head, and said timidly: "Marshal, Young Master Bai sent me to deliver a message."

Huo Xiangzhen turned to him suddenly: "Speak!"

Deputy Chief Zhao was startled by his loud voice: "Master Bai said... let you go back to Baoding to handle official business."

Huo Xiangzhen put her hands on her hips and said nothing, knowing that Bai Mani was about to lose her temper.After a brief hesitation, he walked towards the door.But Ma Congrong stood where he was, and subconsciously raised his hand to touch his face, knowing that he had escaped a catastrophe thanks to Bai Mani's blessing.

Huo Xiangzhen pushed the door open and entered Bai Mani's room.Bai Mani turned to him in the wheelchair, his face sinking like water, and he turned his big eyes to look up at the person.

Huo Xiangzhen smiled, walked to the wheelchair, bent over and stretched out his hands, and hugged Bai Mani from the middle.Bai Mani was always thin, light and weightless.Huo Xiangzhen treated him like a child, hugged him around, and rubbed his cheek against the front of his vest: "Little brother."

Bai Mani put his arm around his neck, and kicked him nimbly with his right leg: "Brother, go back to Baoding and do important things. The family doesn't need you, and I don't miss you at all."

Huo Xiangzhen lowered her head and smiled wryly at him: "Little brother..."

Bai Mani watched him quietly for a long time, then raised his hand and stroked his head: "The hair has grown."

Huo Xiangzhen answered immediately: "Cut it?"

Bai Mani finally showed a little smile: "Okay!"

Huo Xiangzhen sat on the ground with a white cloth sheet around her neck.Bai Mani stopped behind him in a wheelchair, holding a pair of small silver scissors in one hand, pinching a few strands of Huo Xiangzhen's hair with his fingers in the other, and holding a small wooden comb between his teeth.He stared at the hair with staring eyes. As usual, he didn't move the scissors for a long time, and only a few hairs fell out when he moved the scissors.After cutting like embroidery for half an afternoon, he gradually picked up the speed.Finally, he patted Huo Xiangzhen on the shoulder, and said, "Brother, go and look in the mirror! As for me, I won't serve you anymore!"

Huo Xiangzhen turned back with sleepy eyes: "What are you doing?"

Bai Mani smiled and replied, "I want to go to the movies!"

Huo Xiangzhen was very happy to hear that he knew that he had gone out for entertainment.And Bai Mani cleaned the stubble from his body, and went out in the car on his own.

However, his destination is not the cinema.

In the old sister's house in Bada Hutong, Bai Mani smoked enough opium.Lying lazily on the cigarette couch, all the pain on his body disappeared, and his left leg seemed to start to feel warm and soft.With his arms on his back, he complained childishly: "What should I do? My elder brother is home, and you make notes every day, so I can't see you anytime."

The old sister gave him an idea: "Don't you just want to find a quiet place? It's not easy, just open a monthly private room in a hotel. It's only a few hundred dollars, and it's not a problem for you. Open the door Guan, who will care about you?"

Then she whispered again: "Don't look for a big hotel with many people and miscellaneous eyes, meet your friends carefully. And don't go to a smoking hall, that place hides filth, it's very dirty, and it will defile you."

Bai Mani nodded approvingly, thinking that the old sister's idea is very feasible.Anyway, Huo Xiangzhen doesn't interfere much with his actions, he can definitely open up a small comfort zone outside.

After leaving the alley, he returned to Huo's mansion, because he was afraid that he would smell of opium on his body, so he opened the car window all the way and chewed gum all the way.The cold wind chilled him thoroughly, he closed his eyes and endured the cold, only feeling that life was dark, without hope and light at all.Suddenly he became resentful towards Huo Xiangzhen, he thought that not only would his elder brother not accompany him and care about him, but he would also force him to wander around like a thief.If the Huo Mansion wants to ban smoking, then go there, but his surname is not Huo, so why should he be under Huo Xiangzhen's control?

When Bai Mani returned home, he found that Huo Xiangzhen had moved back to live in the small building.Leaning on a cane in one hand and leaning on the wall with the other, he suddenly collapsed in front of the stairs: "You all know that I can't climb the stairs, why do you still want to live back in the building? How do you want me to go up and down?" He used the cane He slapped the banister of the stairs fiercely, bent over hysterically and shouted: "I don't live here, I don't live here!"

Ma Congrong first came out of the small living room on the first floor, his face was expressionless, and he just looked at him as if he was watching a play.Immediately there was a sound of thunderous footsteps upstairs, and it was Huo Xiangzhen who came striding over.Going down the stairs with an angry look, he yelled at Bai Mani: "It's late at night, what are you screaming for?"

Then he snatched the cane from Bai Mani's hand and threw it to Ma Congrong, who picked up Bai Mani and went upstairs.Bai Mani lay on his shoulders, clenched his fists and thumped his back: "Let me go, I want to go home! Let me go - either you go to Baoding, or I go home! I Don't stay with you! I'm annoying you, let me go!"

Huo Xiangzhen turned a corner on the second floor unmoved, and Bai Mani's voice became farther and farther away.Ma Congrong stood still, studied the cane with great interest, and then called for Adjutant Zhao loudly.

Passing the stick to Adjutant Zhao, he turned his head upstairs: "Send it up!"

He never took Bai Mani seriously.When he was an adjutant, he didn't bend over to Bai Mani once; now that he is the secretary-general, he can't be Bai Mani's slave.Shi Shiran returned to the small living room, he reckoned that he might not be able to go home today.The uncle left for several days, and finally came back today, can he spare himself?

Ma Congrong lit a cigarette for himself, intending to take a few puffs to relieve his boredom, but after a second thought, he put the cigarette out again, fearing that he would be stink of smoke.Across a floor, Bai Mani upstairs was still crying faintly.Ma Congrong neither sympathized with Huo Xiangzhen nor Bai Mani - Huo Xiangzhen scolded him during the day, now it is Bai Mani who avenged him.On the other hand, it would be futile for Bai Mani to make trouble. Huo Xiangzhen's ears have never been soft, and Bai Mani grew up with him, why can't he even recognize this?

Ma Congrong sat indifferently until twelve o'clock at night, but he never got an internal call to call him upstairs.So he got up and fastened his cloak and cap.Holding a pair of leather gloves in his hand, he left the Huo Mansion with his entourage and went home.

The next morning, Ma Congrong came over again for a stroll, and happened to see Huo Xiangzhen and Yuan Man each holding a Japanese-style wooden sword, fighting like a riddle.After a pose was established, the two stared at each other covetously, not moving for a long time.

Ma Congrong stopped aside and looked at it for a while, not interested, but found that Huo Xiangzhen's face was wounded - on the cheekbone, there was a shallow flesh wound, and a thin blood scab had formed.

"Yo!" He was really surprised: "Yuanman, did you beat the uncle?"

Yuan Man was concentrating on defense, and replied in a leisurely manner: "It's not me."

Ma Congrong circled around the two of them, and finally asked with a smile: "So, is it Young Master Bai?"

Immediately, his vision blurred, and he saw the wooden knife in Huo Xiangzhen's hand slashing towards him like lightning.Before he could dodge, the wooden knife was already attached to his throat.

Although he knew that this thing can't kill people, Ma Congrong still raised his hands in applause: "Master, surrender and don't kill."