Chapter 217 Linglong(1/2)
"Look familiar? Why don't we say that, we are still acquaintances with him until now. After all, he came to Qingyuan last time, so he was good with us. "≤,"
"I'm not referring to the last time, my uncle thought about it."
"If you move forward, I will definitely not recognize him. Xiaotang, have you recognized him before? Which position did you follow your second brother and second sister-in-law?" asked Master Ji San.
"No, it's not that far. Uncle, think about it, when you fell into a trap on Qingxi Mountain." Ji Xiaotang gave Mr. Ji San another reminder.
"Oh, that time..." Master Ji San showed a thoughtful expression, but obviously he didn't remember what was related to Han Zhen.
"It was the hunter who brought people to save us in the mountain. Uncle, please recall it carefully, Han Zhen and that hunter..." Ji Xiaotang had no choice but to say again.
"Han Zhen and the hunter who saved ours?" Master Ji San finally knew what Ji Xiaotang was saying, "These two are incompatible."
In order to take the scientific examination, Master Ji San said that he was sharpening his guns in the last battle, but he always had some effect. Compared to the past, he was already very good at using these idioms that seemed very vivid and interesting to him.
"I didn't think so at first, but just now..."
Just now, Han Zhen stood in front of the Ji family's blessed land, and Master Ji Er talked with him, while Ji Xiaotang stood in the back. For a moment, he felt that Han Zhen's back was unexpectedly familiar.
Looking at Han Zhen's back, Ji Xiaotang suddenly thought of the hunter who saved them.
Han Zhen and the hunter who saved them were dressed differently, but their stature was the same, tall and tall, with long hands and feet.
"Speaking of this, the first time I saw him in the county government, I felt a little familiar. But I didn't think about the hunter at that time." Ji Xiaotang almost said to himself.
When Master Ji San heard Ji Xiaotang say this, he was trying hard to search for his memory. Unfortunately, he lost too much blood at that time and had no deep impression of the few people who saved him.
Even so, he still remembered the hunter's face.
"But they don't look like each other at all." The hunter was exposed to sunlight all year round and his face turned red. Han Zhen was obviously pampered. Even if he had to work harder to leave the Beijing office, his face was very different from that hunter. And not only his expression, but also his facial features were different.
"At that time, he was dressed as a hunter, and his face must have been tampered with his hands." Ji Xiaotang said slowly while thinking. The same person, with different temples and changes in his beard, would look completely different if he was not very familiar with him.
Because Han Zhen's back made her feel suspicious, Ji Xiaotang later observed Han Zhen very carefully.
"I dare not say anything else, but the noses and eyes of these two people are the same. Especially the eyes..."
At that time, the hunter's eyes once left a deep impression on Ji Xiaotang. They were definitely not the eyes that were chaired on ordinary hunters.∏∈,
"And, there is Long Yanxiang."
Han Zhen, like the hunter, was filled with Long Yanxiang. Even Long Yanxiang, the aroma will be slightly different because of the different processing methods and ingredients added by different craftsmen.
Han Zhen and Long Yanxiang on the hunter were exactly the same.
"Xiaotang, are you sure?" Ji Xiaotang said so accurately, and Master Ji San couldn't help but believe it.
Ji Xiaotang was a little confused when Master Ji San asked this.
Han Zhen was so similar to that hunter, especially the suspicious point on the hunter suddenly appeared, and the news suddenly disappeared without a trace. If it was Han Zhen, then everything would be explained.
However, even so, Ji Xiaotang could not say arbitrarily that Han Zhen was the hunter.
"Seven or eighteen." Ji Xiaotang said cautiously.
"If this happens, I can only ask him to confirm it in person." Master Ji San thought.
Yes, this is the only way.
"I'll try it." Ji Xiaotang nodded.
Before Ji Xiaotang could find the opportunity to verify with Han Zhen, Xie Huaijin came to the door.
Xie Huaijin now comes to see Mr. Ji Er every few days, and shows his new article to Mr. Ji Er, and then meet Mrs. Ji Er and Ji Xiaotang later. The same is true this time.
Because of Ji Xiaoyun's incident and Han Zhen's arrival, Master Ji Er was not as free as usual, but he still welcomed Xie Huaijin to speak in the study as before.
Master Ji Er told Xie Huaijin that the article would be left behind and that Xie Huaijin would come back to get it in a few days.
Xie Huaijin knew that Master Ji Er was busy and could not take time to read his articles for the time being.
"Uncle Ji is very important to be busy with important things, and I am not in a hurry to write this article." Xie Huaijin said this and proposed to pay tribute to Mrs. Ji Er.
It is still secondary to paying homage to Mrs. Ji, and the main thing is to meet Ji Xiaotang.
Master Ji Er didn't know what Xie Huaijin was thinking. He smiled slightly and asked the little girl to lead Xie Huaijin to the backyard.
Xie Huaijin saw Ji Xiaotang in Mrs. Ji'er's house.
Mrs. Ji said a few words to Xie Huaijin, and was invited by two daughters-in-charge who were in charge to deal with the matter, leaving Ji Xiaotang to talk to Xie Huaijin.
"Uncle Xie and I have been doing well recently." Ji Xiaotang asked the girl to bring up two fruits that Xie Huaijin liked to eat and asked Xie Huaijin.
Xie Huaijin told Ji Xiaotang that both Xie Magistrate and Mrs. Xie were very good.
"Because of the drought, my father has been very busy recently and is worried. He often goes to the countryside. Even when he comes back, he rarely rests and sometimes he doesn't sleep all night. ∮,"
County Magistrate Xie has always been diligent in political affairs, and Ji Xiaotang can imagine how busy and worried he is at this time.
"Thank you for your hard work in Uncle Xie. My father and uncle are also worried about the affairs in the village." Ji Xiaotang said.
The two of them talked about family matters for a while, and Xie Huaijin asked about Ji Xiaoyun again. Ji Xiaoyun came back from Huaiyuan and the Xie family knew it immediately. Mrs. Xie was going to visit her house, but she was stopped by Mrs. Ji and said she wanted to wait for Ji Xiaoyun.
Ji Xiaoyun's current appearance is not suitable for meeting outsiders at all.
"Sister meets someone wrong." Ji Xiaotang told Xie Huaijin that Ji Xiaoyun still needs to rest for some time.
Xie Huaijin guessed something vaguely, but when he saw that Ji Xiaotang was unwilling to say it, he stopped asking.
"Xiaotang, are there guests at home?" Xie Huaijin moved slightly on the chair, as if a little uneasy.
"What did Brother Huaijin see?" Ji Xiaotang asked. At this time, Xie Huaijin would not meet Han Zhen. Moreover, she asked Madam Cheng to make arrangements in person, and Xie Huaijin would not see that the Ji family was visiting.
"No, no." Xie Huaijin hurriedly said, "I'm just asking."
As she said this, Xie Huaijin quickly glanced at Ji Xiaotang.
"Oh..." Ji Xiaotang lowered his eyes, pondered for a moment, then raised his eyes and looked at Xie Huaijin again, "There is indeed a guest at home, but the guest told him that he did not want someone to know his whereabouts."
"Xiaotang..." Xie Huaijin's face turned slightly red.
It was not that he was embarrassed to ask what he shouldn't have asked, but he was happy. It was obvious that he wanted to hide it from others, but Ji Xiaotang refused to hide it from him.
"Brother Huaijin, it's okay to tell you." Ji Xiaotang lowered his voice and told Xie Huaijin, "It's the noble man I met at Brother Huaijin's house."
"Ah!" Xie Huaijin was shocked.
Ji Xiaotang hurriedly let out a whisper, telling Xie Huaijin not to show his travels.
Xie Huaijin hurriedly restrained the expression on his face and nodded to Ji Xiaotang repeatedly.
"Xiaotang, I can save it."
Xie Huaijin knew that Han Zhen was in the Ji family, so he understood the reason why Master Ji Er had no free time. Although he couldn't bear to part with Ji Xiaotang, he still stood up and said goodbye.
Ji Xiaotang sent Xie Huaijin to the door of Mrs. Ji Second, and watched Xie Huaijin walk away before returning to the room.
Soon, Master Ji San came.
"Xiaotang, you told Xie Huaijin about Han Zhen's here." As soon as he entered the door, Master Ji San asked Ji Xiaotang.
"How did my uncle know?" Ji Xiaotang asked. Xie Huaijin was definitely not a talkative person, and he knew that the matter was of great importance, so he would not say it out loud.
"He didn't say anything, I met him head-on, I saw it." Xie Huaijin walked away too quickly and looked different from usual. Master Ji San was suspicious. After a few words, he guessed it.
"Xiaotang, did you really say it?" Master Ji San was still suspicious, but when he saw Ji Xiaotang like this, he realized that he had guessed correctly.
"Yes." Ji Xiaotang did not deny it either.
"Xiaotang!" Master Ji San couldn't bear to criticize Ji Xiaotang, but his eyes and tone expressed his strong disagreement. When Xie Huaijin knew, it means that Xie Zhixian knew. Not to mention their current defense against Xie Zhixian, Han Zhen also expressed that he did not want Xie Zhixian to know about his coming to Qingyuan.
"Uncle, can you really hide such a guest from Uncle Xie's suspicion when we have come to our family?" Ji Xiaotang said lightly.
If County Magistrate Xie really knew nothing, then he had been an official in Qingyuan for the past few years.
"Oh..." Master Ji San stopped. "Xiaotang, what do you mean..."
"Uncle, what I mean is very simple. Everything is for the good of our Ji family!" Everything is for their family to survive the next natural disaster, and they must live well.
Master Ji San could not refute Ji Xiaotang's words.
"Xiaotang, I understand." Master Ji San said slowly.
"Uncle, if we want to survive, we have to rely on ourselves." Ji Xiaotang said softly when he saw that Master Ji San understood.
No matter what Han Zhen’s purpose is, Ji Xiaotang currently only wants to stabilize the situation and that person. Because if this is not the case, the Ji family will take the blame and stand on the cusp of the knife.
A whole family will always be injured. This is something Ji Xiaotang doesn't want to see anyway.
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Xie Huaijin hurriedly left the Ji family, feeling happy and worried. Xie Huaijin was happy that he would not hide such important matters from Ji Xiaotang, but was worried about the arrival of the distinguished guest.
Xie Huaijin didn't know the real identity of the distinguished guest, but he could guess that he must have an extraordinary identity.
This time, I came to Qingyuan twice and acted like this, Xie Huaijin couldn't help but worry.
Is there something big going on in Qingyuan? If something big going on in Qingyuan, then his family will take the blame. And judging from the noble man's attention to the Ji family, the Ji family cannot stay out of the matter.
Xie Huaijin can't worry about anything else, but she can't let go of this matter in her heart.
Thinking about this, Xie Huaijin quickly returned to the county government office. As soon as he stepped into the gate of the back government office, a servant came and asked him to go to the study. Xie Magistrate was waiting for him in the study.
Xie Zhixian went out early in the morning. Before leaving, he knew that he was going to the Ji family today. In fact, Xie Zhixian arranged additional homework for him in the past two days, reminding him to go to the Ji family and ask about Ji Xiaoyun's situation.
To be continued...