Chapter Twelve: Inadvertent Kiss
Everyone came to their senses from the showdown just now, followed Zhang Jingrui and headed towards Zhang Xiaolin's residence. The Zhang Mansion covers a vast area, with pavilions and towers, and a rich fragrance rushes towards them. Looking up, the pool water in the flower bed rolls, and a milky white statue was revealed in the middle. The outline of the statue is blurry, and it is impossible to tell who it is, but the sprayed spring water constantly baptizes the statue, like a believer full of sins, trying to wash away the sins and dust with clean water.
Zhang Jingfang did not continue to stop her. She glared at Cheng Geng, ran towards Gu Qiu, and reached out to hold Gu Qiu's arm. Gu Qiu subconsciously wanted to shake it away, but finally felt relieved when she saw her innocent appearance. Zhang Jingfang happily came up and asked mysteriously, "Female hero, I'll ask you something."
Gu Qiu reluctantly discovered that he had no resistance to Zhang Jingfang and could not accept his own contrast in his heart. He stubbornly turned his head away and ignored Zhang Jingfang, which was a kind of deep resistance.
Zhang Jingfang refused to give in and shook Gu Qiu hard and said, "What do you think of my brother?"
The inexplicable question made Gu Qiu stunned, but in this moment of loss, Zhang Jingfang clapped with clarity, "I understand, haha, interesting, if you become my sister-in-law, that would be interesting. Watching you fight every day, it is so majestic, just like the ones who tell books in the teahouse, what's the name?" She couldn't remember for a moment, and she was so anxious that she just grabbed her head.
"The love between children in the world is deep." Cheng Geng reminded.
Zhang Jingfang clapped her hands and said, "Yes, it's the children of the world - deep love." She said and looked at Cheng Geng with a smile on her face. Her smile was as bright as a flower, and Cheng Geng was stunned.
Gu Qiu's eyes shot towards Cheng Geng as lightning. If it weren't for him, he wouldn't have been so embarrassed. All his anger was recorded on Cheng Geng's head and reached out to settle the score with Cheng Geng.
Cheng Geng reacted very quickly, his figure passed by quickly, and he hid behind Zhang Jingfang. Zhang Jingfang turned his face in panic and said that he happened to kiss Cheng Geng's cheek. Suddenly, the three of them were all on the spot, stunned, with a dark face.
Her whole body was numb, like lightning, and she was at a loss. Zhang Jingfang's snow-white cheeks flushed, and her eloquent eloquence seemed to be ineffective at this moment. She stomped her feet in shame and anger, and turned around and ran in the opposite direction.
Cheng Geng looked at Zhang Jingfang's distant figure, at a loss, everything was like a dream. Gu Qiu saw it in his eyes and sneered, "Why, it feels good, right?"
Cheng Geng reacted immediately. He wanted to argue for a few words, but found that a kind figure appeared in front of the magnificent hall and couldn't help but follow him.
This man had a righteous face, a national face, about sixty years old, not angry but with a sense of majesty. Cheng Geng couldn't help but wonder, "Will this man be Governor Zhang be Governor Zhang? But he had clearly seen him in the newspaper, Governor Zhang is not like Zhang."
Zhang Jingrui nodded respectfully to the man and said, "Uncle Fuku, my father is here. Please inform me and say Mr. Okamura is here."
Uncle Fu didn't say anything, accepted all his respect for Zhang Jingrui, and did not give any gifts, which made everyone more guess about Uncle Fu's identity. Zhang Jingrui saw everyone's doubts and explained, "This is the housekeeper of my father, and he is about to retire and return home."
Uncle Fu disappeared for a while and walked out solemnly, but still didn't say anything, just made an invitation. Zhang Jingrui led everyone into the hall with a smile.
There was a strong smell of sandalwood in this hall, but for Cheng Geng, a person with a keen sense of smell, he always felt that there was a strange smell in this sandalwood, but he couldn't say what it was. Cheng Geng looked around suspiciously. The hall was not as extravagant as he imagined, but it was in contrast to the outside, showing it very ordinary everywhere. Only this rich smell of sandalwood was really unbearable.
Looking around, there are various oil paintings hanging on the walls, but in terms of quality, they are not very clever. Cheng Geng can see the strange handwriting of the oil paintings, and he can hardly guess that this is from the hand of that Zhang Jingfang.
The few people were stunned. Zhang Jingrui and several people came to the center of the hall. They saw a gauze in front of them. Behind them, there was a Taishi chair. A figure could be seen vaguely on the chair. Looking at them, they could not see clearly the person's face, and even more unclear what the Zhang family was planning to deliberately set up such a formation.
Sure enough, Zhang Jingrui saluted to the person behind the curtain, "Father, Mr. Okamura is here."
"Yes." The shadow behind the gauze was thick and low, as if it was very weak. He moved obviously and then said, "Several people came from afar, Mr. Zhang was very happy, please sit down."
Several servants quickly moved out a few chairs from the side hall and placed them in line in front of several people, and then retreated out in a regular manner.
Xu Fusheng's eyes flashed, and he didn't dare to look at the gauze tent. He lowered his head and translated it at Okamura Jinghong. His eyes never left Gu Qiu, for fear that she would do something unstoppable. Along the way, from the alertness, even if she successfully assassinated Zhang Xiaolin, she would not want to go out alive.
Gu Qiu stared at the gauze, with complex eyes, his hands trembling, and his breathing became heavy. She secretly calculated how many steps it would take to get behind the gauze, and finally figured it out clearly. She was completely sure that after rushing into the gauze tent in ten breaths, she killed the person she hated the most in her life.
But when she saw Zhang Jingrui who was slowly turning around, she suddenly felt a cold sweat soaked her clothes. She stopped Zhang Jingrui. As long as this person was there, she would never be able to successfully assassinate him. Finally, she looked at Xu Fusheng and found that he had a concerned look on his face and an old face were secretly worried. She felt sad and didn't want to implicate this person who raised him with great difficulty.
"Mr. Okamura, you are sincere and really touched Zhang. I have seen the conditions of yourselves. I think there is something to discuss, but it is urgent. Please transport the weapons and ammunition I need as soon as possible, and let the teacher open the price." The person behind the tent had a dull and heavy voice, with a majesty, and seemed very heroic, but it seemed very impolite to pass through the tent with a tent across the people.
But the guest was as he pleased, and he was embarrassed to ask, so he could only accept this strange meeting ceremony. Cheng Geng faintly heard that the person behind the gauze tent was not the voice of Governor Zhang. He had heard Governor Zhang's voice, which was sharp and hoarse. However, the voice of this person was completely opposite, but through a layer of gauze, he could not confirm the true identity of the person behind the gauze tent.
Xu Fusheng translated it to Okamura Jinghong. Okamura Jinghong gradually became solemn, and then told Xu Fusheng that Xu Fusheng translated, "Governor Zhang, Mr. Okamura said that various countries have successively established concessions in Anxi, and the purpose of his visit to China this time was to negotiate with Governor Zhang whether the Oriental Black Dragon Association could also establish a concession in Anxi. Of course, relatively speaking, like other concessions, the Black Dragon Association will pay taxes to the Governor on time. If Governor Zhang agrees, this batch of transactions will not be charged, and even this batch of arms will be the Black Dragon Association’s thanks to Governor Zhang.”
The person behind the gauze tent fell into silence. After a long time, Governor Zhang said, "Since the Black Dragon is so generous, I can't refute Mr. Okamura's face. As for the matters in the concession, I will discuss it later. I need this batch of arms urgently. Please send this batch of arms first, and everything else is easy to say."
After Xu Fusheng translated it to Okamura Jinghong, Okamura Jinghong was overjoyed. After a conversation, Xu Fusheng conveyed, "Governor Zhang, as long as you promise, the arms will appear on time in Anxi Sea within ten days. At that time, Governor Zhang will take over. The next thing, the General of the Oriental Army Oshima will come to Anxi to have a meeting with Governor Zhang. This time, the meeting between the two parties is actually under pressure and public opinion. Therefore, we request a transaction at sea. If this transaction goes well, we will continue to provide weapons and equipment for the Governor Zhang every year in the future."
Gu Qiu stared at Xu Fusheng in surprise. She could hear clearly at Okamura Jinghong's words. Xu Fusheng nodded to her, and she resisted the curiosity in her heart. Xu Fusheng looked at Cheng Geng, and the two of them were tacit. This was the result of Xu Fusheng's careful consideration after Cheng Geng took the opportunity to secretly tell him the plan on the ship. If Ning Guoyuan could really catch Zhang Xiaolin, Gu Qiu would have a knot in his heart, which was also his long-cherished wish.
Xu Fusheng was surprised that even if Zhang Xiaolin had the possibility of forgetfulness, he would never forget himself. He was afraid that Zhang Xiaolin would recognize him at first, but this governor Zhang seemed to be very involved and did not see the clues. The fear did not happen. He breathed a deep breath and felt a little lucky. But in the blink of an eye, he realized that as he grew older, his face in the past was already indistinguishable. It was also within the normal category if the person behind the gauze tent could not recognize him. Thinking of this, he felt relieved and he became more comfortable in his heart.
This seemed to be a difficult thing to decide. The man behind the gauze tent thought for a long time and finally said, "Okay, I agree. I will trade in the sea area close to Anxi Pier for half a day. At that time, Zhang will go out in person. If General Oshima comes, I will personally visit General Oshima." After that, the man coughed anxiously. At this time, he saw a beautiful figure appearing in front of him through the gauze tent, leaning over and saying something, and then helping him leave.
Xu Fusheng translated it to Okamura Jinghong, and Okamura Jinghong said with doubts, "Xu Jun, can you ask why you trade at sea? Is it because Governor Zhang can't trust the Black Dragon?" But when he found Zhang Xiaolin's leaving figure, he could only give up the thought in his heart and thought to himself in annoyance, "This guy is really cunning, it's so hateful. My Black Dragon will never have such suspicion."
Xu Fusheng looked at Okamura Jinghong's complicated expression, afraid that he would be suspicious, and said with a smile, "Okamura Jun, you misunderstood. Governor Zhang is considering it for the sake of the Black Dragon. The land is not safe. If you encounter someone with ulterior motives, it will be troublesome."
Okamura Jinghong nodded, but he was always unwilling to show his true face to others, thinking, "Jun Xu, are you sure that the person was Governor Zhang just now?"
"Oh, did Mr. Okamura find something wrong?" Xu Fusheng thought that he had changed, let alone Zhang Xiaolin. He did not doubt Zhang Xiaolin's identity.
Cheng Geng's eyes were confused, and the strange smell became more and more strange. He could tell a faint smell of medicine from it, and even guessed that the person behind the gauze tent might be seriously ill, and that gauze was to cover up this fact.
Since the two sides had agreed, they exchanged greetings and Zhang Jingrui smiled, "Mr. Okamura, I will send my father's letter tomorrow. Everyone, please come with me." He took everyone away.
Chapter completed!