his robbery

Huo's mansion is now like a deserted garden, and it cannot be moved in if it is not cleaned up, so Huo Xiangzhen only sent guards to replace the policemen guarding the gate, and he himself lived in Ma Congrong's house. There are plenty of vacant rooms for them to live in.

Huo Xiangzhen entered Beiping at midnight. After arriving at Ma Zhai, he washed his face, ate a supper, and it was dawn.He was so anxious that he couldn't sit still, he flew like an eagle to the Lian Zhai, wanting to go home with his little brother in his mouth.However, the little brother performed [-] kinds of martial arts in his arms, crying and howling, playing tricks like a live fish for a while, and resolutely refused to go with him.

Returning home in disgrace, he rumbled into the gate of the stable like a chariot, and walked away like a black whirlwind.All the officers and officers in the yard immediately backed away and stood at attention. Li Tianbao was chatting and laughing with people at the second gate, and looked back at him abruptly, and leaned against the wall on the spot in fright.

Kicking open the door, he entered a wing room, and then kicking again with a "bang", he kicked the door tightly shut like a live donkey kicking.Then the house was quiet, and the outside was even quieter.Everyone in the courtyard looked at each other in blank dismay, and no one dared to speak too much.Only Li Tianbao opened his mouth like a whisper, and asked softly from all directions: "Where is the Sir?"

Andre stood in the corner of the yard, Li Tianbao didn't make a sound, and no one paid attention to him; as soon as Li Tianbao made a sound, he immediately received a salute of attention.An adjutant Chen raised his legs and stepped lightly, walked forward quietly for one meter, then bent down to pick up a wooden pole from the ground, and he poked Andre's back from a distance: "My lord, go in and have a look!" !"

Andre looked back at Adjutant Chen, and then at Li Tianbao.Li Tianbao immediately exercised the power of deputy chief, raised his eyebrows and squinted at the door, raised his chin and twisted his mouth, and said nothing, but all the five senses spoke.

So Andre took a deep breath, and walked towards the wing step by step.As if a bomb was hidden in the room, the moment he raised his hand and pushed the door, the adjutants coaxed and all retreated spontaneously.

Andre walked into the wing alone regardless of others.There were three wing rooms, one bright and two dark. He closed the door with his hands behind his back and stopped. He saw Huo Xiangzhen sitting in front of the Eight Immortals table in the living room, with his arms crossed on the table. He bent over and lowered his head, motionless. He buried his face in his arms.

Andre tentatively walked to his side, raised his hand and patted his shoulder lightly, and Andre called out in a low voice, "Master?"

Huo Xiangzhen turned a deaf ear and did not respond.

Andre looked down at him helplessly.After looking at it for a while, he had an idea, and suddenly imitated Ma Congrong, and started stroking Huo Xiangzhen's back one by one.Usually Huo Xiangzhen was sitting and Ma Congrong was standing. Ma Congrong often rubbed him repeatedly while talking to him.Andre thinks this gesture is very gentle and intimate, and it may be able to soothe people's hearts.

However, Huo Xiangzhen buried her head and hid her face, remaining unmoved.

Huo Xiangzhen likes Bai Mani.Bai Mani has been lazy since he was a child, and he is completely useless when he grows up. Nothing meets his ideals and requirements, but even so, he still likes it.

The inspiration left too early and too long, and his face has gradually become blurred in his memory. Only Mani is left in his heart, but Mani refuses to go with him.He was willing to take the risk to save him, but refused to live a peaceful life with him, he didn't know the reason for this.It would be easy to say that Mani was imprisoned, and he would try his best to snatch him out.But no one detained him, he ran around in Beiping and Tianjin, fell asleep and smoked opium, and would rather fool around with Lian Yi than go home with himself.

In the past, he would have carried Bai Mani away with his head down.But today is not what it used to be, he is willing to carry it, but Bai Mani may not be willing to leave.If he really doesn't want to, he can no longer show his identity as the eldest brother and slap him with a single mouth.

Huo Xiangzhen couldn't figure it out, and the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't understand it.Lingji never played charades with him, so that he developed a straight heart, and when things turned a little bit, he became confused.

Slowly raised his head and straightened his waist, his mind throbbed with pain.Raising his head and turning his face, he looked at Andre above.Andre lowered his head and looked at him squarely. He saw him go out excitedly in the early morning, and now he came back angrily. There is no need to ask the reason, and he can guess clearly.

The two pairs of eyes, one black and one blue, looked at each other for a long time, and finally Huo Xiangzhen stood up with his hands on the edge of the Eight Immortals table, and at the same time whispered to Andre: "Go and call your cat, and say that you don't need to buy the house."

Andre opened his mouth, and he was about to say a word, but Li Tianbao's face was pasted outside the window - Li Tianbao knocked on the window glass lightly and delicately, and said softly, "report to the commander-in-chief , the Chief of Staff is here."

After hearing this, Huo Xiangzhen immediately walked over to open the door.And Andre closed his mouth, suddenly forgetting what he wanted to say.

Huo Xiangzhen and Li Kechen met in the upper hall. After talking in a few words, Huo Xiangzhen slowly drank a cup of hot tea, feeling that his mind was much clearer.The trip to the house in the early morning was a blow to him, it almost knocked him off track, but Li Kechen came in time and brought him back on track with military affairs.

"Anyway, the train station is fully prepared." Li Kechen raised his hand and gestured to him: "They are all stuffy tank cars, and they can start at any time."

Huo Xiangzhen pondered for a moment, and then said: "Since Xuebing arrived first, let Xuebing lead the troops into the car and leave first. This errand can't be escaped anyway, and it doesn't make sense to stay in Beiping to work abroad. It's better to go to Shandong to see the situation first." .”

Li Kechen nodded, and said to Huo Xiangzhen, "Lian Yi's soldiers have already moved to Jinpu Road."

Now the army leaders who stay in the Pingjin area have all become members of the Fifth Route Army. If it weren't for this, there would be no place for them in Pingjin.After hearing Li Kechen's words, Huo Xiangzhen immediately turned his attention to Bai Mani, but halfway there, he was dragged back abruptly.

"We have to stay away from Lian Yi." He told Li Kechen: "That person will defect if he says defection. Rabbits only eat grass on the edge of their nests. If you get close to him, you will be easily stabbed by him. Is there any movement from Gu Chengxi?"

Li Kechen shook his head: "Gu Chengxi has been standing still, I don't know what it means. But isn't Commander He going to treat guests tonight? It's time to see if he is there. If he is there, he won't be able to escape, and he will have to move sooner or later." "Without him, perhaps there would have been a big change."

Huo Xiangzhen stopped talking and looked straight ahead.After pondering for a long time, he finally said: "Let Xue Bing come over, I have something to tell him."

Li Kechen called and called Xuebing from the train station.The three of them held a meeting in the main room until the afternoon.Andre took a peek at Huo Xiangzhen, seeing that he had completely returned to normal without kicking his knees or laying down on the table, so he found a place to rest in peace.After resting for a while, he got up and went out again, and found Huo Xiangzhen: "Commander, sleep."

Huo Xiangzhen was walking around all over the floor, when he heard this, he was stunned: "Sleep?"

Andre explained to him: "You didn't sleep at night, and you didn't sleep during the day."

Huo Xiangzhen suddenly realized.While it was still early, he followed Andre into Ma Congrong's bedroom.He fell on the bed in all over the place, he meant to sleep as soon as he said he would sleep.Before Andre took off his leather shoes, he was already snoring slightly.So Andre got up, and specially used a pillow to support his crooked head.As soon as the head is straightened, breathing is immediately pleasant.

Huo Xiangzhen didn't sleep well this time, and there were always dreams in front of her eyes.Bai Mani, Lian Yi, and Gu Chengxi appeared on the stage one by one, and they all came out, and he didn't know what he was busy with in his dream, he was so flustered that he couldn't be idle all the time, he was almost busy to death.Later, he seemed to be trapped in a corner, unable to get up and move, the only comfort was that Bai Mani threw himself into his arms.He wrapped his arms around the other's slender waist with one hand, and stroked the other's back with the other. After stroking, he felt something was wrong, and lowered his head in surprise. big monkey.

People in dreams are always a little abnormal.He didn't lose his face in shock, but continued to stroke while thinking calmly: "My little brother has turned into a monkey, what should I do?"

He thought about "what to do" in an orderly manner, without any intention of waking up.And Andre, who was snoozing beside him, opened his eyes in a daze, and saw that he had put an arm across Huo Xiangzhen's chest at some point.The weather was hot, and his shirt cuffs were all rolled up, and Huo Xiangzhen closed his eyes tightly, and sighed solemnly while touching his furry arm.

Andre bowed: "Master?"

Huo Xiangzhen snored and sighed again.

In her dream, Huo Xiangzhen was holding a big monkey, walking around with a sad face, as if this monkey was very precious and would be snatched away if she didn't pay attention.I don't know how long he walked across the mountains, but he was forcibly shaken awake by Andre.

Andre opened his pocket watch and brought it to him, and showed him the time on it.Huo Xiangzhen saw the hour and minute hands clearly, and immediately jumped up - tonight he still has to go to Commander He's banquet, blindly dreaming big dreams won't work.

Commander He Bogao's banquet was held in a large restaurant in Dongcheng.He Bogao seems to be an elegant person close to the people, and the place he chose is not very noble, but there are pavilions and gardens in the restaurant, which are enough for the diners to linger and have fun after drinking and eating.The banquet was held in a small two-story building in the garden. The windows on all sides were fully opened, and the fragrance of flowers was blown in by the wind;Seeing Huo Xiangzhen coming upstairs, he got up and stretched out his hands, and went to greet him like a gust of wind; and because he had met Huo Xiangzhen a few days ago, so now they meet again, they are very affectionate, and they call him "brother" when they open their mouths.Huo Xiangzhen shook hands with him very kindly.When the greetings with him were over, Huo Xiangzhen looked at the guests at the banquet, and half of them were familiar faces, among them was Wan Guoqiang.This Wan Guoqiang is not a slow-witted Wan Guoqiang, but a big-tongued Wan Guoqiang who once served as the guard of Xuzhou.This Wanshuai Zishen suffered a crushing defeat during the Northern Expedition, and fled to the Tianjin Concession to hide for a long time. Now that the situation has changed, he reappears to call up the old department, and wants to start another career. He and Huo Xiangzhen feel pity for each other.Seeing Huo Xiangzhen coming now, he stood up, beckoning to him with both hands, and at the same time purring to say hello.But before he finished speaking, an officer next to him stood up with a smirk, and covered his mouth with his hand from behind.Wan Guoqiang's two hands were still planing in the air, he was attacked unexpectedly, and turned back immediately, wanting to fight back.There was another General Shi with a small mustache, who once served as a supervisor in Henan, and later served as the acting director of the military branch. At this time, taking advantage of the chaos, he took Huo Xiangzhen's hand and asked, "Jingheng, How are you doing these days?"

Huo Xiangzhen sat down with General Shi, and was about to speak when Wan Guoqiang made a loud commotion again.General Shi and Wan Guoqiang had a grudge against each other, they once fought in Beidaihe, and now the hatred has not subsided, hearing his voice makes him angry.Raising his hand to pat the table, he pointed at Wan Guoqiang and said angrily, "What are you arguing about? Are you letting others talk?"

Wan Guoqiang immediately scolded him - no one knew what he was scolding, but everyone was sure that he was scolding.Huo Xiangzhen had seen the fighting power of General Shi and Wan Guoqiang, so she immediately stood up and tried to persuade them, trying to separate the two of them.He Bogao stood watching from the side, couldn't help smiling wryly, smiling, and another guest arrived.This time he went downstairs in person, and everyone upstairs only heard him shouting from downstairs: "Haha, Old Feng!"

As soon as the word "Feng Lao" came out, someone immediately laughed, it was just a snickering, dare to laugh but dare not speak.General Shi grinned at Huo Xiangzhen, and Huo Xiangzhen frowned.The sound of footsteps was getting closer and closer along the stairs, and finally, accompanied by Commander He, Lian Yi showed his face with his hands behind his back, smiling, followed by a big man in military uniform, Gu Chengxi.

Huo Xiangzhen glanced at Gu Chengxi, then looked away, and nodded at Lian Yi.Judging from the current situation, Lian Yi holds a heavy army and almost has the capital of a separate party, so the kind Commander He is very close to him, and he must invite Mr. Feng to sit at the head.Lian Yi was not in a hurry, and walked behind Huo Xiangzhen.Raising his hand to put on Huo Xiangzhen's shoulder, he rubbed the short hair roots on the back of the other's neck with his thumb, while talking and laughing to Wan Guoqiang.General Shi took a glass of sherbet, sipped it, laughed silently, and gave Huo Xiangzhen a sneaky punch with his elbow.Huo Xiangzhen leaned back in the chair and folded her arms around her chest.In the small private room on the first floor, there are his friends and his enemies.There is a sense of self-restraint towards the enemy, and Lian Yi had exhausted his words. He turned around calmly and stretched out his hand to his superior: "Commander Lian, please sit down!"

Before turning around, he shook off Lian Yi's hand.And Lian Yi looked at him again with a smile on his face, and really walked away from him.Huo Xiangzhen resisted not taking out a handkerchief to wipe the back of her neck, and at the same time found that General Shi and Wan Guoqiang were fighting again.The two attacked each other by throwing candied fruit across a large round table.Huo Xiangzhen held down General Shi's hand with one hand, and caught a crabapple flying from Wan Guoqiang with the other.The crabapple was a honey-wax yellow color, and it was sticky and rubbed his hand with sugar juice.He was about to ask the waiter for a towel handle, but suddenly a hand stretched out diagonally and grabbed his wrist.He turned his head abruptly and found that the owner of that hand was actually Gu Chengxi.

Gu Chengxi didn't know when he sat next to him, holding his wrist with one hand, and holding a small hot towel in the other, he quickly wiped Huo Xiangzhen's hands clean.Immediately, he threw the small towel into the arms of the orderly behind him. He lowered his eyes to look at Huo Xiangzhen's hand, then raised his eyelids, and smiled again, with a meaningful smile.

Huo Xiangzhen withdrew his hand expressionlessly, then got up and walked behind General Shi.He raised his hand and patted General Shi on the shoulder, and he said, "Old Shi, please change seats with me."

General Shi turned his head inexplicably: "Huh? Switch positions?"

Huo Xiangzhen put his hands under General Shi's armpits and dragged him to his seat.Then he sat down on General Shi's seat, and pushed the half cup of sherbet in front of General Shi, "I have a grudge against Commander Gu, so it's not appropriate to sit side by side."