after being kidnapped by the general

But as soon as he said those words, Chu Hechao froze.

Yuan Li was also taken aback by these words, he opened his eyes wide in disbelief, whether the joke was too much.But when he saw the regretful look on the man's face, Yuanli became excited for a moment.

He almost lost to Chu Hechao last time, can he lose again this time?

Yuan Li thought for a while, but instead leaned forward, put his face in front of Chu Hechao, and said slowly, "Okay, then you'll have to work hard, General."

Chu Hechao, who was still regretting, choked for breath.

He looked at Yuanli in disbelief, what does this mean?

Is this... the meaning of agreeing with him to paint his lips with his lips?

The man tensed up all over, and exhausted his last rationale to put the oil bowl on the table, and said in a deep voice, "Don't talk nonsense."

Yuan Li suppressed a smile, pretended to be innocent and asked, "Didn't you want to do this?"

Chu Hechao sat upright like a rock, without moving at all.Yuan Li's smile deepened, and he teased, "General, what are you talking about?"

He looked Chu Hechao up and down, "You must be afraid."

Chu Hechao's complexion changed again and again, and finally he looked at Yuanli with heavy eyes.

The handsome young man's face was in front of his eyes, full of smiles and lively expressions.Even Chu Hechao could feel Yuanli's breathing, clear and shallow.When he lowered his eyes, he saw Yuan Li's fair chin and parched lips.

The lips are a little whitish and look a little rough.But inexplicably, Chu Hechao felt that the smiling young man in front of him had turned into a monster, luring Chu Hechao into the abyss.

Looking at the man who endured alone without saying a word, Yuan Li felt a little strange.

According to the usual, Chu Hechao should have returned from provocation long ago.

Suddenly, Yuanli remembered the guess that he had left behind because of being busy.

——Is Chu Hechao gay?

Now is a good time to test this guess.

Yuanli's curiosity that shouldn't appear at this time suddenly popped up, he struck out more powerfully, and moved forward again, "Chu Hechao?"

Lips open and close.

A steep and dark cliff once again appeared before Chu Hechao's eyes.

All the voices went away in an instant, Chu Hechao could only see Yuan Li's face and his lips.Rationality and desire were pulled, emotion and morality were restrained, and for a moment, a faint and hideous look appeared on the man's face.

Various voices sounded.

"Look at him, he is presumptuous in front of you without knowing it, you should teach him a lesson."

"Chu Hechao, he has already said such things, what are you still holding back?"

"But he is Chu Mingfeng's wife, and Chu Mingfeng's last words are for you to take good care of him."

"He is your sister-in-law, you can't touch it."

"We can't let him be scolded by the world."

Chu Hechao's hands slowly clenched into fists.

"But you are Chu Hechao, the general of Northern Xinjiang, you can make the world shut up like those comedians."

"As long as you use enough power, no one dares to say anything, and you can turn your sister-in-law into your wife."

"It's you and Yuanli who worshiped, and Yuanli drank Hebei wine, and you should be his husband."

The voice in his head was noisy, Chu Hechao's Adam's apple rolled, and he looked at Yuan Li with a somewhat terrifying expression.

Yuan Li wanted to see more clearly, but he bent over even harder, but slid off the chair and was about to pounce on Chu Hechao. Yuan Li reacted quickly, and immediately stretched out his hand to support Chu Hechao's leg Stabilized his figure.

The moment his hand touched it, Yuanli felt the muscles under his hand tense instantly.He raised his head, and Chu Hechao showed a bit of restrained pain on his face, and then he closed his eyes.

The man was as silent as a mountain, with his eyes closed showing forbearance, extremely sexy and handsome.

Yuanli's heartbeat quickened for some reason.

He suddenly had a weird and hesitant feeling.

Chu Hechao...

Do you like him?

……

Yuan Li swallowed, wondering if he felt wrong.

If he really liked him, how could Chu Hechao be so cruel to him?

I usually yell at him and tell him not to approach him. Is this the way he likes people?

But probably everyone has a nasty and mischievous side in their hearts. Seeing Chu Hechao's forbearance with his eyes closed and not daring to look at him, Yuan Li became bolder and insisted on forcing Chu Hechao to open his eyes.

After thinking for a while, he moved his hands on Chu Hechao's legs unfamiliarly, carefully observing Chu Hechao's expression.

The man's jaw tensed up in an attacking arc for an instant, his eyes were still closed, and his thick eyebrows were lowered.Every subtle expression was taken into Yuanli's eyes, and soon, all these expressions disappeared, and he became expressionless again.

But on the man's forehead, there were bean-sized beads of sweat sliding down the side of his face.

He has been driven to this point.

Yuan Li stared at the beads of sweat sliding from Chu Hechao's chin to his Adam's apple, and couldn't help wiping the drop of sweat with his hand.

Chu Hechao's Adam's apple rolled again.

More sweat broke out from his forehead, Yuan Li thoughtfully, and lightly touched Chu Hechao's Adam's apple in a haphazard manner.

Scary veins popped out of the man's neck, and he suddenly grabbed Yuan Li's hand that continued to make trouble.

Yuan Li, who was having fun, was taken aback, and looked at Chu Hechao in a panic.

Chu Hechao finally opened his eyes.

The man's face was covered with wet sweat, and his eyes were filled with terrible bloodshot eyes. He stared at Yuan Li, his eyes were dark and floating.

"Yuanli," he said hoarsely, word by word, "do you want me to die?"

Until he returned to the bedroom, Yuan Li still hadn't recovered from Chu Hechao's eyes.

When lying on the bed, Yuan Li touched his chest, only to find that his heart was beating a little fast.

At that glance, Yuan Li was a little terrified, and a little restless.

The mood is mixed with shocking shock, embarrassment, and something inexplicable.

Yuanli really felt that Chu Hechao liked him.

But to be sure, Yuanli was a little uncertain.

After all, this is too nonsense, although he knows that he has nothing to do with Chu Mingfeng, but in name he is Chu Hechao's elder sister-in-law, and he has always put on the attitude of elder sister-in-law to suppress Chu Hechao.Although Chu Hechao doesn't care about anything, he actually cares about his family, so how could Chu Hechao like him as the elder sister-in-law?

Yuanli struggled for a while, unable to figure it out.

I really want to know if Chu Hechao means that he likes him...

But Yuanli also understands intellectually that if this layer of window paper is really pierced, it will only be the two of them who will be embarrassed.

"Oh." Yuan Li sighed softly.

He pulled up the quilt to cover himself, forget it, don't think about it for now.

sleep.

The next morning, when Yuanli woke up, his eyes were a little black.

Lin Tian worriedly said: "Master, did you not sleep well?"

Yuan Li, who was tortured most of the night by his strong thirst for knowledge, sighed deeply and shook his head.

He woke up and went out to start his daily morning exercise.Yuan Li ran to Chu Hechao's training ground.

He originally thought that Chu Hechao had already practiced and went back. After all, Yuanli got up a little late today, but when Yuanli came over, he realized that Chu Hechao was still there.

The general was only wearing unlined clothing, and the heat was so hot that the white mist twisted in the morning.The robe on his upper body has been taken off and wrapped around his waist. On the honey-colored skin, beads of sweat rolled down with the movement of his muscles.

The waist and abdomen tied around the waist gasped and gasped, and the feeling of being full of strength and full of the complexion of a mature man reminded Yuanli of the time when he met him in early March last year.

Yuan Li looked at him with a sad face, hesitant to speak.

He really wanted to ask Chu Hechao directly if he liked him, but he thought it was too narcissistic to ask.

Wouldn't it be embarrassing if Chu Hechao didn't mean that.

The morning in March is still cold in the end of winter, but after the activities, the warmth can resist the coldness.

Sensing people, Chu Hechao raised his eyelids and looked back sharply.

After seeing Yuan Li, his forehead protruded loudly, his thin lips straightened, and he just looked at Yuan Li with no expression and as if he was hiding a lot of thoughts.

Yuan Li suddenly felt that his eyes were as heavy as a thousand catties, cold and hot, which made him shiver, turned around and ran away without saying hello.

After coming back to wash, not long after, a servant brought Yuanli a box of lip balm, not only lip balm, but also anti-freezing hand cream.

Now there are lip balm and jelly.The one for women is called Hongzhi, and the one for men is called Kouzhi. It is colorless and is only used to moisten lips.Naturally, the Chu Palace also existed, but it was all burned down by Xiao Ce's fire in winter.Yuanli didn't think about making people do it again.

Yuan Li was still surprised when he saw it, and asked, "Where did it come from?"

"The general sent someone to ask General He's mansion what he wanted," said the servant who came to deliver the lip balm, "Your Excellency, feel free to use it. If you run out, General He still has some."

He Langke lived so delicately, Yuan Li laughed, rubbed the lip balm a few times, coughed, and said solemnly: "Tell the general, I thank him very much."

The servant said goodbye and left.Yuan Li opened the box and smelled it, and there was a faint smell of honeysuckle inside. He wiped it on his lips, and finally felt a little better, and finally it didn't hurt when he opened his mouth to speak.

Half an hour after breakfast, Liu Jixin brought two people to visit Yuanli.

Yuanli pulled himself together and changed into a suit of clothes, and went to the main hall to wait.Not long after, Liu Jixin walked in with two thin young men, raised his hands and said in salute: "I pay my respects to the governor."

The two people behind him also followed closely: "Xiaomin Zheng Rong/Zhou Gongdan pays respects to Lord Inspector."

Yuan Li looked at the two with interest.

Standing on Liu Jixin's left was Zheng Rong. Yuanli had heard Liu Jixin's name before, and knew that he was Liu Jixin's wife and younger brother. Seeing him at this moment was quite unexpected.

Because Zheng Rong looked too weak, with a pale face, thin body, and weak hands and feet, Yuan Li could tell at a glance that he was very weak and had various minor problems.

As soon as he saw this kind of person, he wanted to drill him.Otherwise, with this physical fitness, even a little cold would not be able to survive.

The other literati was a little better, and he looked very upright, with a sense of freehand style in his behavior.With a smile on his face, his shoes are still patched, he is poor but clean, calm and at ease, without any discomfort.

"Zhou Gongdan," Yuan Li teased with a smile, "this name really has an extraordinary history."

He glanced at Zhou Gongdan's shoes from the corner of his eye, and his smile deepened.

In today's era, people who can read and write have a certain family background, even if they are from a poor family, this poor family is also a noble family.The common people will wear patched shoes, but no matter how poor the people who can read are, they will not be so poor.

Yuan Li knew at a glance that although this person wanted to rely on him, he was also testing him.

Test whether he dislikes the poor and loves the rich, judges people by their appearance, whether they are inconsistent with the outside, and judges the food according to the person.

Yuan Liquan pretended not to know.

Zhou Gongdan showed a helpless expression, cupped his fists at Yuan Li and said, "This name is really superior to Zhou Gong. It's also my fault that I was born in a hurry. When my mother was still asleep at night and dreamed of returning to Zhou Gong, I was born crying and crying. Alarming the midwife, I am really ashamed to have the same name as Zhou Gong. If the governor does not dislike it, please call me Wen Ning."

Yuan Li nodded, and looked at Zheng Rong again.

Zheng Rong was a little nervous, his voice was tense, but his words were very clear.

Liu Jixin recommended them to Yuanli, and Yuanli inspected the two of them, and found that both of them had good knowledge and overall outlook. Zheng Rong was good at people's livelihood, and Zhou Gongdan was good at military affairs. Both of them had good opinions in some aspects. .Yuanli was overjoyed and accepted these two talents with pleasure, and even gently stayed them for lunch.

The food in the manor was so much better than what Zheng Rong and Zhou Gongdan usually used for two days.The two people who always pay attention to their manners couldn't help but eat a lot, and they both felt a little full in the end.

After eating, Zhou Gongdan's attitude became much more enthusiastic.He sighed and thought to himself, even if it was just to eat such a meal every day, he would like to stay in Yuanli as a counselor.

They didn't stay in Yuanli too long. When they left, Yuanli gave them a gift respectively.

Zheng Rong was given a good inkstone and a set of brushes.What was given to Zhou Gongdan was ten pairs of simple and unpretentious boots.

"Read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles," Yuan Li said to Zhou Gongdan with a smile, "Without good shoes, how can you support Wen Ning to see all the great rivers and mountains?"

On the way back, Zhou Gongdan held a pair of boots thoughtfully.

Zheng Rong felt a little guilty, because he got such a good gift, and Zhou Gongdan only had ten pairs of boots, so he felt uncomfortable.He comforted in a low voice: "Wen Ning, it should be the adults who saw the patches on your boots and gave you the boots. This is the adults' love for talent, don't think too much about it."

Zhou Gongdan nodded with a smile, "Jiezhi, do you know why your lord gave me 'ten pairs'?"

Zheng Rong asked, "Why?"

"Because this is just another reminder from the adults to 'seek truth from facts'." Zhou Gongdan said.

Zheng Rong was a little confused, so Zhou Gongdan shook his head and suddenly laughed.

Yuanli did not enlist Zheng Rong and Zhou Gongdan as his own officials immediately, which means that he still has to investigate these two people for a period of time. Therefore, these two people cannot directly call Yuanli "Master", but still Addressed as adults.

These two people came at the right time. After spring, Yuanli's government affairs became more and more busy, and it was the time when manpower was needed.

Especially since it hasn't rained recently, Yuanli has more things to do.

At the end of March, it was the time to wait for the spring rain, but there was no rain in Youzhou for half a month, and the people were very impatient.Counties and counties from all over the country are submitting official documents to Yuanli, asking whether they are ready to deal with the drought.

Not only the common people are impatient, but also the powerful landlords in Yuanli are worried about the weather in Youzhou.

Yuanli also sent people to Bingzhou and Yizhou next door to inquire about it. There was very little rain in these two states this month.

If there is no more rain, it is estimated that it will cause a large-scale drought.

Yuanli's mood became increasingly heavy, and he even prepared for a drought.Finally, on the last day of March, when Yuanli checked the weather forecast updated every seven days on time, he was pleasantly surprised to find that there would be a thunderstorm in three days.

Moreover, it will rain for three consecutive days, and the rainfall is absolutely sufficient. Now, Yuanli can be regarded as relieved.

He knew it was raining, so he was in no hurry.But other people don't know yet, and they are still in a hurry.At this moment, Yuan Li calmly comforted these people, which made them admire him even more.

In private, when the big guys got together to talk, they all felt that Lord Inspector was indeed the youngest Inspector in the world, even if it didn't rain for half a month, he was so calm and unhurried.They even felt that there must be a way for Yuan Li to deal with it so calmly.

As soon as these words were uttered, more and more people agreed.Because of their trust in Yuanli, they were a little relieved from their anxiety.

Yuan Li didn't know what they were thinking, and was counting the rainy days day by day.Who knew that before the thundershower came, Gu Lichi and Mr. Karasuma from various ministries would arrive first.