Chapter 520 ?????? Cautious?

Chapter 520   Cautious?

"Teacher, he...is not usually like this."

Helplessly looking at Mr. Hua who was sleeping soundly, Mr. Jing explained in an extremely pale way.

But in fact, as he said, Mr. Hua is really not like this.

To be exact, since the Battle of Bo'an City, Hua Lao has not been like this anymore.

At that time, in order to keep a clear mind, he finally made up his mind to quit drinking, and this habit did not change until he went to Xiyun City.

But today, General Luo and Chen Ze returned safely, which can be regarded as a not-so-perfect end to the battle of Nantes Province.

Although this full stop is not perfect, but Mr. Hua's own goal is to bring Chen Ze back. For him, this result is already very good.

So, Hua Lao, who let go of the big stone in his heart, was waiting for someone, with the attitude of me just taking a bite, and finally got himself drunk.

Of course, even if Chen Ze could guess the reason for this, he still couldn't figure it out, but they didn't have any urgent matters at the moment, so they could only laugh at Hua Lao's drunkenness.

Everyone didn't bother Mr. Hua, so naturally there was nothing to eat for the welcome banquet. Under Mr. Jing's arrangement, Mr. Luo and Chen Ze went back to their guest rooms to rest.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Hua fell asleep from his sleep at noon in the middle of the day until the dead of night.

Just when Chen Ze was about to take a break after reviewing some classic battles in the past, there was a soft knock on the door outside his room.

Chen Ze closed the book, and the corners of his mouth slightly moved upwards, making him chuckle.

He didn't ask who was outside, he just walked to the door, and also opened the door gently.

Mr. Jing stood outside the door. Seeing that Chen Ze opened the door directly, he was slightly surprised at first, then nodded slightly at Chen Ze, and said in a low voice, "You knew I would come?"

"I think... Mr. Jing, you should come."

Chen Ze nodded, looked around, and pointed out, "Otherwise you wouldn't have arranged my bedroom in this secluded place."

After discovering that Mr. Hua was already drunk, Mr. Jing arranged guest rooms for Chen Ze and Zongbing Luo respectively.

Luo Zongbing, as the commander-in-chief, has a much more noble status, so Mr. Jing arranged for Luo Zongbing to be the best housekeeper in the city lord's mansion.

As for Chen Ze, Mr. Jing used the excuse that Mr. Hua had just arrived and made some repairs to the City Lord's Mansion, and told him that other guest rooms could not be accommodated temporarily, and arranged for him to be located in a relatively secluded but relatively far west side of the City Lord's Mansion near the back garden.

At that time, no one said anything about this arrangement, and Chen Ze didn't reveal it at all, but when he heard it now, he seemed to have noticed it a long time ago.

Mr. Jing nodded. He deliberately made this arrangement to deceive others. Of course, he would not have too many conversations with Chen Ze through the door. He just lowered his voice and said, "Come with me, Mr. Hua wants to see you."

Chen Ze had no objection. Following Mr. Jing's turns and turns in the city lord's mansion, Chen Ze could see that on the route Mr. Jing chose, there were still many scouts lurking in the dark. Judging from their appearance, they were watching The surrounding situation, try to prevent the whereabouts of Mr. Jing and Chen Ze from being noticed.

The purpose of doing this...

Chen Ze frowned slightly.

This is the City Lord's Mansion, and it is no longer Zheng Yuanyun's City Lord's Mansion, but Hua Lao's City Lord's Mansion. Here, the biggest one should be Hua Lao.

It can be seen that Mr. Jing is so cautious, it doesn't seem to be the case?

Chen Ze wisely didn't open his mouth. In fact, when he saw Mr. Hua passed out drunk, he already had some doubts in his heart, but he didn't confirm it.

Now is obviously not a good time to ask questions. Chen Ze only followed Mr. Jing and walked a winding road in the City Lord's Mansion. Finally, he came to the small building on the side of the front door of the City Lord's Mansion across from the back garden. The concierge stopped.

This is...the so-called darkness under the lights?

Chen Ze looked left and right. In front of the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, two dark red lanterns hung high, providing light in the dark night, and it was also the brightest place in the entire City Lord's Mansion at this time.

However, this is the brightest place, but at this moment there is no shadow of a person nearby, even the gatekeeper who is supposed to guard the gate here is also missing at this time.

Presumably, Mr. Jing's men cleaned it up in advance.

"Elder Hua is waiting for you inside."

Without making Chen Ze guess too much, Mr. Jing said directly in his ear, then walked to the gatehouse and knocked lightly.

The voice was so quiet that Chen Ze was standing behind Mr. Jing, but he didn't hear a single sound.

But the door opened without a sound.

Chen Ze saw at a glance that in the small porter's room, Hua Lao was leaning on the table, holding a wine bottle in his hand, drinking one sip at a time, but his eyes were extremely clear.

He walked into the entrance room, but Mr. Jing didn't come in, but closed the door from the outside, presumably he was in charge of guarding outside.

"Hua Lao, long time no see."

Chen Ze entered, clasped his fists at Elder Hua to salute, paused and said: "That day, the boy sent someone back to ask for reinforcements. I haven't thanked Elder Hua for his success."

Opposite him, while drinking, Mr. Hua glanced at him slightly. He didn't express much thanks to Chen Ze. looking for you here?"

Chen Ze paused for a moment, straightened up, with a serious expression on his face, thought for a while and said, "There are... spies in the city lord's mansion?"

If there were no spies, why would Mr. Hua and Mr. Jing do it so covertly? Even as far as Chen Ze thought about it, Mr. Hua probably did it deliberately when he got drunk in the banquet hall during the day.

Although he didn't have much contact with Mr. Hua, he had never seen him ever get drunk, let alone as drunk as he was during the day.

How could a former wise general of Qingyang, a super general in the position of great general, have such a thing as drinking and making mistakes?

As for Hua Lao that Chen Ze met, no matter how drunk he was, he was actually under his control. Once something happened, Hua Lao could still make the most correct judgment in a very short time.

Such a person, ashamed in front of everyone, drinking to the point of getting drunk?

It's impossible just to think about it, at least, in Chen Ze's case, he doesn't really believe that Hua Lao will do so.

So, the scene during the day was not actually Hua Lao getting drunk, but just pretending to show some caring people?

As early as when Chen Ze first came to the city lord's mansion, he knew the word "spies", but he never found a chance to ask.

At the same time, he also sent information to Gu Qingfeng and others at that time, asking them to closely investigate the situation in the City Lord's Mansion.

It's just that right now he's in the Qingyang Empire, and he can't use the system to intuitively see who has problems and who doesn't before the other party in the dark shows hostility.