Chapter 155: The New Agent
Li Rusong wanted to find a place to hide without thinking, but Su Luo grabbed him and said, "Why are you hiding? Are you not at the point where the king cannot meet the king?"
Su Luo did not deliberately lower her voice. When Li Rusong was stunned, Su Luo shouted to the door, "I'm not asleep yet, come in."
Qin Huai paused outside the door for some reason, then pushed it open and walked in. He was also surprised to see Li Rusong in the room, "Zimao?"
Su Luo pointed at Li Rusong and said to Qin Huai, "You're back just in time. Help me get rid of him. He won't let me sleep in the middle of the night."
Li Rusong was a little embarrassed. He climbed over the wall to get in. Was he caught by the master? He touched his nose awkwardly. "I will try to find that kind of wound medicine. I will use this for the next few days." He took out a small bottle from his arms. "This is commonly used by the Iron Guards. It is very effective for wound healing, but I am afraid it will leave scars..." He said a lot, and Su Luo and Qin Huai were silent. Finally, he couldn't say anything anymore. He put the medicine bottle on the table and said, "Then I'll leave first. You take care of her." Then he hurried out of the room.
"Zimao..." Qin Huai called a few times, but Li Rusong walked even faster. Qin Huai shook his head, turned around and smiled at Su Luo, "He is like this. He doesn't feel awkward when he cares about others." He picked up the medicine bottle on the table and said, "I haven't changed the medicine tonight. Come..."
Su Luo obediently turned around and let Qin Huai untie the cloth on her face. When the cloth was taken off, Su Luo gasped in pain, "Don't always speak well of him. He might hurt you at any time, and you have to act like you deserve a beating."
Qin Huai smiled, his eyelashes drooping slightly, "I thought you still hated him for killing Yun Lang..."
Su Luo was stunned, and Qin Huai continued: "Seeing that you are still bickering like usual, I feel much more relieved."
Su Luo's heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he turned around and said anxiously, "No... I said it's because... he also said that he hasn't found Yun Lang, so Yun Lang is still alive..."
Qin Huai said nothing, with a faint smile on his face. After listening to Su Luo's stuttering for a long time, his smile widened a little, "This is a good thing."
For some reason, Su Luo felt an embarrassment of being seen through under Qin Huai's gaze. She felt that Qin Huai already knew everything, and his smile made her feel inexplicably flustered.
"Qin Huai..."
"Let's go to the capital." Qin Huai said before Su Luo could speak: "A lot of things have happened recently. I will be worried if you stay here."
His expression was still gentle and his smile was warm. Su Luo's eyes suddenly felt sore for no reason, and she became more and more convinced that Qin Huai already knew everything.
"actually……"
"Don't say anything..." Qin Huai put his index finger on her lips and smiled softly, "Say nothing, I'll help you apply the medicine."
The slightly cool touch on his lips made Su Luo stunned. Qin Huai retracted his touch and picked up the clean white cloth on the table - that was what he prepared in the afternoon to facilitate Su Luo's changing of the dressing.
Qin Huai applied the cold ointment to the wound on Su Luo's cheek. His movements were gentle and focused. Su Luo couldn't help but ask, "Why did you come back so late?"
Qin Huai smiled and said, "Something happened in business."
Because of the medicine application, the two were very close. Su Luo glimpsed the bulge on Qin Huai's waist and couldn't help but reach out to touch it, "What is it..."
Qin Huai dodged, and Su Luo's hand stopped in the air, looking at him in surprise.
Qin Huai was a little embarrassed, "I..."
Su Luo shook his hands and said, "I understand. As people in the underworld, we must always be vigilant." Although he said that, Su Luo still couldn't help but glance at his waist and saw a thin green bottle mouth with a stopper in it.
Qin Huai didn't take out the things for Hong Suluo to see. He wrapped the clean cloth back and said, "Don't wash your face tomorrow morning. I'll come and change the medicine for you."
Su Luo nodded in agreement, and suddenly asked: "Do you know the captain of Wufeng?"
Qin Huai's pupils suddenly shrank, "What?"
Su Luo pursed her lips. "Although you don't say it, I always feel that you are related to a certain underworld organization. If you know about the Wufeng ship owner, go and tell Li Rusong. Actually... Actually, he didn't do it for himself..."
"I understand." Qin Huai's voice was a little stiff, "I understand..."
"And Yun Lang, he is a stubborn person who will do what he wants. Even if he gets away with it this time, I'm afraid he will still go looking for the people from the Wufeng Fleet..." At this point, Su Luo's eyes turned red. "Can you ask your friends in the martial arts world to find out his whereabouts? Whether it's smuggling or piracy, it's a road of no return. I don't want to see him live in fear, and I don't want him to turn against us one day. In fact, as long as we turn back, everything is not too late, right?"
Su Luo mentioned Yun Lang, implying Qin Huai. Whenever she thought of Qin Huai's deadly identity, she would panic. If one day in the future Qin Huai really wanted to oppose Li Rusong, what should she do?
"Don't worry." Qin Huai tied the cloth strip carefully behind Su Luo's ear, his voice as gentle as water, "Everything has a solution. No matter what the outcome of Yun Lang is, I don't think he will regret having a confidant like you. Just like me, no matter what happens in the future, I will not regret having a confidant like Zimao... and of course, you."
That night, Su Luo was completely sleepless and stared until dawn. All she could see was the confrontation between Qin Huai and Li Rusong. What could she do? They were close friends, so why did they become enemies?
Enemy? Su Luo suddenly thought of a person, Wan Yangui, who disappeared after picking up a not-so-sharp thorn on the night of the opening of the clothing store.
As she was thinking, she finally felt a little sleepy. Su Luo was confused for a while and then she heard someone calling her.
"Su Hong?" Su Luo rubbed his eyes. "Why are you here?"
"I'm here to give you some banknotes." Su Hong sat down on the stool beside the bed in a hurry. "Is your face okay?"
"I was slightly injured." Su Luo yawned.
Su Hong is a carefree person. When she heard Su Luo said that she didn't care, she thought it was okay. "I was really scared when I heard from the clerk yesterday morning that something happened in the shop. I wanted to come to see you with Sister Jiang, but there were too many things in the shop. This morning, Sister Jiang went home and said that you were injured. Sooner or later, I will scare you to death."
Su Luo laughed, "You came here just to see me?"
"Yes, oh..." Su Hong took out a stack of banknotes from her bosom, "Sister Jiang just went back this morning, and as soon as she got back she asked us to exchange banknotes, saying that she wanted to bring them to you in Beijing. Why? Are you going to Beijing to open a branch so soon?"
Su Luo took it and roughly counted it. If not eight thousand, there must be at least ten thousand. She was a little surprised, "So many?"
"Sister Jiang said that you are unfamiliar with the capital, so it would be good to have more money with you. However, she has kept a record in the account book, and will deduct it from your dividend in the future." Su Hong never cared about these things, and just said it casually. Su Luo smiled and put the banknotes on the bedside. Anyway, it would be deducted from the dividend, and she didn't intend to remember Su Jiang's favor. "By the way, where is Bihen? Although she is very capable, you have to let her come back to rest. Don't think of abusing her."
"How could I abuse her!" Su Hong almost jumped up, "She was busy all night yesterday and went to bed in the morning. I didn't wake her up."
Su Luo said seriously: "Although Bihen sold herself to me, I never treated her as a servant. If you are serious, treat her better."
Su Hong blushed, stood up and said, "Don't worry about it."
Su Luo admired this point about Su Hong. Although he seemed careless, he was actually a responsible young man.
"Let's go?" Su Luo said with a smile as he followed Su Hong's figure.
Su Hong waved her hand and said, "You should take good care of yourself. Bi Hen and I will come back to see you in the evening."
Su Hong went out and met Qin Huai at the door. Qin Huai asked in surprise, "Brother Su, so early?"
Qin Huai exchanged a few words with Su Hong before entering the room. "Did you sleep well?" Then he saw the black mark under Su Luo's eyes. Qin Huai chuckled and said, "Didn't you sleep last night?"
Su Luo nodded honestly, "Worried."
"worry about what?"
“Worry about everything.”
"Don't worry." Qin Huai's smile was like the warm sunshine in the sky, "I'll take care of everything."
Su Luo nodded involuntarily as if she was bewitched. After nodding, she cursed herself for being so stupid. What did he mean by everything? Wasn't he the one she was worried about?
"Come and change the medicine."
Su Luo got up obediently, and the moment she got out of bed, Qin Huai turned his face away, not wanting to look at her. Su Luo had said long ago that she was wearing a middle-length shirt with long sleeves and long trousers, but they just thought she was naked, which was really strange.
After changing the medicine, the housekeeper came to invite them to have breakfast. Su Luo picked up the banknotes on the bedside and looked around, not knowing where to put them. Qin Huai asked about the source of the banknotes and took out a small box from a box. Su Luo counted the banknotes absentmindedly, and suddenly one of the banknotes attracted his attention.
Qin Huai handed the box to Su Luo, "What's wrong?"
"It's okay." Su Luo took the box and put the banknote away. "Let's go."
After breakfast, Su Luo rejected Qin Huai's suggestion to go out for a walk. Qin Huai thought that she didn't want to see anyone because of the injury on her face, so he let her do it and went to Qin Ji by himself.
Su Luo returned to the room, bolted the door, took out the silver note box and flipped out one of the "silver notes". It was not a silver note at all, but an intelligence sheet with a "code" written on it. The code was the Chinese pinyin she said casually.
"Try to find the Five Peaks Ship Master's Token. The token is golden, half the size of a palm, with five peaks painted on the front and seal characters on the back. This token will be of great benefit to your actions. The word 'Song' is used."
Su Luo had seen several spy movies. After reading the secret order, they had to burn it immediately. If they couldn't burn it, they would just eat it directly to avoid leaving any traces. Not to mention whether eating paper would cause indigestion, Su Luo couldn't figure out why she became the target of Li Rusong's secret letter? Could it be that she had unknowingly assumed the role of a spy? The Imperial Secret Agent Ling Ling "Luo"?
Su Luo burned the pinyin paper and sat at the table worrying. Should she go along with Li Rusong? She had already deceived Qin Huai about Yun Lang. Now she was teaming up with Li Rusong to steal Qin Huai's things. That was really outrageous!
However... Li Rusong's analysis is not without reason. In the past two days, she has hinted to Qin Huai countless times, but Qin Huai either pretended not to hear or pretended not to understand. It seems that the chance of him coming back on his own initiative is very slim. So... go and take a look?
Su Luo really walked into Qin Huai's room with a nervous mood. Although she thought that such an important thing would not be thrown in the room casually, she had to at least confirm it, and even if she found it, she couldn't give it directly to Li Rusong. She could use this sign to threaten Li Rusong to tell her the whole plan, so that he wouldn't always pretend to be profound and treat others as fools!
Of course, this "others" refers to Su Luo.
Bedside... No;
Under the bed…no;
In the cupboard...nothing;
Su Luo almost wanted to lift up the quilt on the bed to see if there was a secret compartment. In fact, she did so, but found nothing except making Qin Huai's bed.
Su Luo scratched her head, thinking that he was probably not in the room. She looked around and her eyes fell on a bronze mirror. The mirror was placed in front of the window, and the base of the mirror looked like a drawer, but such an important thing would definitely not be placed here.
Thinking this in his mind, Su Luo went over and opened the drawer.
There were a few banknotes in the drawer, a small emerald green bottle, and... Su Luo's heart was pounding. The token! It was actually placed here!
But why are there two?
Su Luo picked up two similar tokens, one of which was exactly the Wufeng Ship Master's Token described by Li Rusong, and the other was the token of the Xuanfu General's Mansion. Su Luo had seen Qin Huai use it , so it should have been given to him by Li Rusong.
One soldier and one thief, two such important tokens were just casually thrown into the drawer at the bottom of the mirror. Su Luo didn't know what words to use to describe his feelings for a moment.
And there was that emerald green bottle. Su Luo felt that the color seemed familiar. Looking at the mouth of the bottle, Su Luo was sure that it was the bottle that Qin Huai had on his waist last night.
Su Luo pulled out the cork and smelled it. A medicinal fragrance wafted from the bottle. Was it medicine?
Su Luo touched his face. Could it be? Qin Huai came back so late yesterday. Was he not going to contact any pirates, but to find medicine for himself? Then... why didn't he take it out?
