It had just rained and the weather was a little colder.
The brocade hat ermine Qiu Cuiran can keep out the severe winter wind and cold, but the exposed face has to be frozen. I walked through the noisy market in the early morning, bought the first basket of steamed buns steamed by the owner of the bun shop today, packed them in paper bags, and searched for them according to the address Xi Luo told me in my memory. After inquiring from several passers-by for a while, I walked around to a house and knocked on the door.
There was silence in the room, and I said:
"Helo, it's me. Lied."
The wooden door opened a narrow gap.
Then half a young face was revealed. Hilo opened the door to see me, her expression unchanged. I handed her the paper bag containing the buns in my hand, and Hilo took it. Although her face was still expressionless, she could clearly feel that she was happy. Hilo opened the door briskly, welcomed me into the room, and moved a chair.
The charcoal was burning inside the house, which was not very strong, but it was much better than the freezing weather outside.
As soon as I sat down, I heard a familiar female voice from the back room:
"Helo, I heard the door knocking, who is coming..."
Before the words fell, the man had already walked out. Twenty-three years old, with black hair tied back simply. Danfeng triangular eyes, willow leaf hanging eyebrows, beautiful with a bit of natural meanness. After seeing me, the woman froze for a moment, then bowed to me, and said hastily:
"The little girl has seen the city lord."
I also froze for a moment and asked:
"Frost?"
She nodded and said with a wry smile:
"I didn't expect to meet the city lord again one day. Hilo, please treat the city lord well first, and I'll make tea."
Hilo was sitting next to me with a bun in his mouth, his legs were dangling, and he nodded.
Shuang turned around, and after a short while brought tea, put it in front of me, and then stood quietly aside. I looked at her and said:
"Just sit down, you don't have to be so respectful. It makes me feel uncomfortable."
I just wanted to make a joke, but I didn't expect that just after I said this, Shuang, who was standing by the side, flicked her sleeves, knelt down on the ground, and said:
"It was all my fault that I ran into the city lord before. The city lord wanted to fight and kill, and the little girl had no complaints. The little girl is already a rootless duckweed. It is a blessing for the little girl to stay in Yuxi City. If the city lord does not Allowed, the little girl can only leave here and freeze to death in the wilderness... "
The face-changing speed is not so fast in Sichuan Opera!
Hilo swallowed the bun in his mouth, wiped the oil stains from his hands on his clothes, and ran over to help Shuang up. Shuang didn't move, just knelt down to me. I couldn't help but sigh this woman's shrewdness, but since I came to Yuxi City, I can be regarded as a person from Yuxi City. I don't have any special habit of digging up old accounts. Small fish and shrimp will not be too difficult.
I intend to run on her a few words, such as:
"Isn't Yama of the Ten Palaces difficult to use?"
"Have you ever seen someone who survived the Hidden Guard's assassination list? See you now?"
"Don't call others trash every day, look at yourself first. What's the use of having a strong mouth?"
some type of. But when the words came to his lips, he was too lazy to say them.
Maybe it's too cold.
I took a sip of tea and said slowly:
"Get up. Although I had some unpleasant experiences with you at that time, I will not lose a talent that Yuxi City can use because of my personal likes and dislikes. As long as you can let go of the identity of the herald of the hidden guard and help Yuxi City down-to-earth Get the Anbu organization together, and I guarantee that your status will not be worse than when you were in Lingwu. After all, you would rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail, and you understand this truth better than me."
Only then did Shuang get up from the cold ground, lowered her head, and said humbly:
"Yes. Thank you, Lord City Master."
After Frost sat on the other side of me, Shiloh took a meat bun from the paper bag and handed it to Frost. Although Shuang hesitated, she still took it and ate it in small bites. During this period, her brows were almost invisibly frowned, but she quickly regained her composure, put on a smiling face, and said to Hilo:
"taste good."
Some look against their will.
I know that she is different from Hilo, she didn't suffer too much, on the contrary life should be quite good. The food in the market was probably hard for her to swallow, and after a few mouthfuls, she held it in her hand and said nothing. I didn't say anything, I just took a bun and ate it silently. Shuang glanced at me and quickly finished the bun in her hand.
I asked Frost:
"Have you met Changqing? Did you chat with him?"
Frost lowered his eyes and said:
"Changqing is from Cangzhou, and the construction skills of the Anbu are not bad. The little girl will assist from the side, just check and fill in the gaps. The framework of the Anbu organization has been established, and the next step is the issue of adding personnel: now we The Anbu organization in the village can complete the monitoring of the five cities of Yuxi City, Zhenmo City, Iron Wall City, Lieyang City, and Tianqi City, but it is currently short of manpower and has not yet expanded outwards. I heard that this year's Yuxi City The financial situation is not optimistic, and we plan to expand the manpower after the spring of this year.”
I nod.
Although He Yue took the initiative to bring up the issue of funds, I still said brazenly at this time:
"I told He Yue, you just need to contact him after the spring, and he will approve the funds for you. Besides, I know Changqing's ability very well. He has certain ability, but he does support it. I can’t afford the operation of an Anbu organization. You have rich experience, and you can manage it up and down, and the Anbu organization will rely on you in the future.”
There was a strange look in Shuang's eyes, and he said respectfully:
"Thank you, Lord City Master, for your trust. The little girl will definitely do her best..."
I shook my head and said:
"Changqing is a good person. Don't use too many means of fighting for power and profit on him. In official affairs, you can do more, but you can't share too much of his power. You'd better keep that in mind. There are many."
Shuang suppressed the smile on her lips, and said seriously:
"yes."
I don’t know if Xiluo can understand what we are talking about. From the very beginning, she focused on the steamed buns on the table. There were at least seven or eight steamed buns in a big basket. Shuang and I left two of them. Everything under it was eaten up by Hilo. I couldn't help turning my suspicious eyes to Shuang, seriously suspecting that she abused Hilo during this period and refused to give her food. But Shuang obviously looked aggrieved, and said before I could speak:
"During this time, not to mention the food expenses, even part of the money for buying charcoal was given to her to buy food."
After hearing this, Hilo seemed a little embarrassed, and hesitantly put down half of the bun in his hand.
I laughed, patted her on the head, and said:
"It's time to grow your body, there's no harm in eating more."
Then he said to Frost:
"Although I'm in a hurry, I'm going to leave Yuxi City in a while and go to the capital. Hilo, please take care of me. At the same time, please keep an eye on the current five cities. We don't need to expand externally now, but When I'm not around, try not to let those cats and dogs outside mix into our city."
With a confident look on Shuang's face, she lowered her head and said:
"Yes. I can assure you, little girl, that unless those big shots take action in person, there won't be a single fly in Yuxi City."