"Well... Okay, General Pei, if you have nothing else to do, just rest for the night and return to Qiuci tomorrow." Li Hong looked at Pei Xingjian in disbelief, touched his nose, kicked him and begged him The reward was white and he hurried out.
Although Pei Xingjian had been mentally prepared for a long time and basically knew that this desert bandit was from His Royal Highness, those were all guesses.
After he really found out, he still felt a little embarrassed and embarrassed. No wonder His Majesty asked him to go back quickly. He was probably also afraid of being discovered. The robber in the desert turned out to be His Highness the Crown Prince of the Tang Dynasty!
The master humiliated his minister to death, but this master is desecrating himself. As a minister, what should I do
Pei Xingjian was a little surprised when he saw the disappearing figures of one man and one wolf. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had all walked out of the mansion. Hua Meng, Mang Zhong, and the palace maids were not accompanied by anyone.
As soon as he walked out of the door of the house, Li Hong kicked Bai Qi again and cursed: "Are you stupid? You didn't see Pei Xingjian there, and you had the nerve to come back with a sheep in your mouth? Where did you steal it from?" "
Li Hong found that the wolf he picked up on the grassland had such a unique personality, and his unique style was getting more and more weird.
The wolf's cunning, cunning, intelligence, cold-bloodedness, and cruelty have all been completely inherited by the wolf. As long as there are livestock raising families in Loulan City, Bai Qi has taken care of them one by one.
Every time someone comes to ask for help, this idiot seems to know that people don't dare to enter the Governor's Mansion at will. Otherwise, he stands at the door and threatens others with his teeth bared. As a result, the people don't dare to enter the Governor's Mansion, so they have to cry out at the door of the Governor's Mansion. , everyone in Loulan City knew that most of Anxi's guards were helping the wolf to abuse him.
Every time it was someone from Xia Zhi or Xiao Xue, holding money in their hands, going to say good things to the herdsmen, compensate the chickens and sheep that were harmed by Bai Qi, and then grab the wolf back by its ears.
But it only worked for half a day. In the second half of the night, Bai Qi started his own activities. He didn't know why he was a lone wolf and went out at night.
Li Hong sent Hua Meng and Mang Zhong to follow Bai Qi, but in the end they discovered that this idiot was not only eating alone, but had now learned to fight in a group. The skinny wolves on the grassland who were hungry in winter did not know how to reach a consensus with him. .
Since the prairie wolf cannot enter the city where humans live, it has no choice but to wander around in the wild. After reaching a consensus with the pack of wolves, this idiot began his traitorous behavior.
No matter day or night, it walks in and out of Loulan as if it were on the ground. Everyone knows who its master is, so naturally they can't be offended.
Even after the city gate was closed at night, as long as the guards saw it, especially the nameplate made of pure gold ordered by Li Hong on its neck, they would open the city gate a crack and let it in.
So this idiot returned to the city at night, grabbed the guard's lapel in his mouth, attracted the guard's attention, and released the wolves into the outer city of Loulan City. After waiting for a full meal, he sent the wolves out.
When the herdsmen found out about it the next day, of course they went straight to the Duhu Mansion and cried, saying that they had no choice but to pay for the cubs.
Fortunately, the area around Loulan City is not very suitable for wolf activities. There are only one or two group crimes a year. Most of the rest of the time, Loulan is a hunting park for wolves.
On the bustling Loulan Street, one person, one wolf, one white and one black are walking freely. Today's Loulan City, except for the merchants coming and going, has long been completely controlled by Li Hong. Therefore, this is why Mang Zhong and others The reason why people can rest assured that he is walking on the streets of Loulan City alone.
Passing by a teahouse, before Li Hong could make any move, Bai Qi was about to walk in. As soon as he took two steps forward, Li Hong growled from behind: "Bai Qi, come back here. Don't go there." After shouting, Li Hong ignored Bai Qi and turned around to run away.
"Stop!" A female voice as clear as a silver bell sounded from behind.
"What are you doing?" Li Hong didn't want to be discovered anyway, so he turned around, looked at a woman standing at the door, and asked disdainfully.
"Hmph, when will you ask my father to come back? Didn't you say that he went to Chang'an for business?" The slender girl An Xiaohe was questioning Li Hong with her big beautiful eyes.
An Xiaohe has flaxen hair that reaches her waist, a beautiful face with clear outlines, and a thin felt hat on her head with two wild goose feathers stuck on it, which makes An Xiaohe look even more bright and charming.
"The longer she grows, the more beautiful she becomes. If this continues, Bai Chun will have a rival." Li Hong muttered in his heart.
But he said lazily: "How do I know why your father hasn't come back yet? Maybe he met a new woman in Chang'an and has already started a family."
"You are talking nonsense. My father would not be like this. Please tell me quickly when my father will come back." An Xiaohe's beautiful and bright eyes continued to stare at Li Hong. She knew that this guy was the chief guardian of the Anxi Protectorate. He has the final say in this entire Western Region.
As for his father, he was called away on the night he arrived, and then he was sent to Chang'an. It has been more than a year and he has not come back yet.
"Maybe the imperial court has another important use for your father. You and your mother don't have to wait. Let your mother find someone quickly..."
"Go to hell!" An Xiaohe threw a grape that he was going to give to Bai Qi and threw it at Li Hong: "Don't talk like that in the future, my mother will be sad."
"I'm not your father, why would it hurt your mother if I said that?" Li Hong muttered again.
The traitor in front of him was Bai Qi. The hungry wolf with no bottom line had now turned into a pervert. His huge head kept rubbing An Xiaohe's hand, signaling An Xiaohe to quickly feed it grapes.
Too lazy to argue with An Xiaohe, Li Hong changed the topic and asked: "How is it? Is the business in the store okay?"
"Very good. My mother and I are almost too busy. We don't have time to play with Bai Qi recently." An Xiaohe answered Li Hong's words, then squatted down to tease Bai Qi.
Li Hong was helpless. Bai Qi never got close to other people, but in the entire Loulan City, whenever he faced An Xiaohe, the pervert lost the dignity of a wolf and completely turned into a pet dog, acting coquettishly and cutely. Don't go to extremes.
"As long as the business is good, I'll leave first and let him go back later. Don't play too late." Li Hong stood in the sun, standing in the shade at the door of the teahouse. No matter how he looked, he felt like Silly boy.
After a few perfunctory words, Li Hong was ready to leave.
"You are not allowed to leave." An Xiaohe regained his composure, and walked straight into the bright sun regardless of the merchants coming and going at the door, who cast sidelong glances at her beautiful face.
"What do you want to do?" Li Hong looked at her warily.
An Xiaohe knew for a long time that he was the Chief Protector of the Anxi Protectorate, but from the first meeting, this little girl was not afraid of him and dared to talk to him so rudely.
"My family has no new tea leaves. Also, tell your men that you are not allowed to collect taxes from my family in the future." An Xiaohe looked at Li Hong and said confidently.
"Your family has no new tea leaves, so just buy them. What does it have to do with me? Also, what do you mean you are not allowed to collect taxes from your family? Look at the shops on the street. They don't collect taxes from your family, only from others. , Is it appropriate?" Li Hong frowned, An Xiaohe was really going too far, and he started to stop at the slightest taste.
One time, officials came to collect taxes, but when they caught up with Bai Qi playing with An Xiaohe, An Xiaohe looked at the tax collector with a cold expression. The pervert Bai Qi immediately understood that An Xiaohe didn't like these people, so It drives away tax collectors.
For several days, a big black wolf lay at the entrance of Xiaohe Teahouse every day, ignoring other people coming in and out. As long as the official wanted to come in, it would drive them away.
In the entire Loulan City, no one knew whose family this pervert belonged to. Naturally, they couldn't afford to offend him, so they had no choice but to give up that month's taxes.
"My tea leaves have been withheld by you! Of course I paid the taxes, but why should I pay the protection fee? If I wanted to pay it, I wouldn't pay it to you. It would also be paid to Bai Qi! You didn't protect us." An Xiaohe greeted us. Li Hong said in a strong tone.
Now she is just fifteen years old, and she doesn't know what An Xiaohe was fed in Anmo Shenpan back then. However, the fifteen-year-old girl has a model figure, and she is only a little shorter than Li Hong.
"The tea has been seized, so you go to ask for it. The protection fee is to protect the merchants' property from loss. This road is inaccessible, and you don't even think about it. The mountains are high and the road is far away. Without us to protect you, your property will arrive safely. "Is this not negotiable?" Li Hong looked at An Xiaohe speechlessly.
"Okay, we'll pay the protection fee, but the tea has been withheld. You have to help me get it back."
"Why did I help you get it back?" Li Hong stared at the boss and asked, avoiding An Xiaohe's proud figure that was about to get close to him.
"Humph, no reason, because your men are getting kickbacks, so you have to ask for it." An Xiaohe said proudly as he watched Li Hong avoid her.
Although Da Duhu didn't look like a good person, her vision was never as dangerous as that of others. That's why she dared to be so unscrupulous and push her proud figure forward, knowing that he would Afraid.
"Is there anyone taking kickbacks at the gate of Loulan City?" Li Hong didn't want to stand in the sun anymore. Firstly, it was hot, and secondly, he was stupid.
Zi Guzi walked into An Xiaohe's teahouse. Her mother was serving a table of guests. When she saw Li Hong coming in, she hurried over and said with a friendly smile: "This old woman has met the Great Protector."
"You're welcome, here's a pot of new tea." Li Hong said calmly as he glanced at the teahouse decorated like Jiangnan in the Tang Dynasty.
The old woman glanced behind Li Hong and watched An Xiaohe walk in. She sighed helplessly. This girl liked to quarrel with Da Duhu. She had told her several times but she just wouldn't listen.
"Xiaohe, go and make tea for the Protector." Mrs. An said hurriedly as she watched Xiaohe pouting his seductive red lips and following Li Hong in unhappily.
(End of chapter)