It was already the middle of June. Jiang Pengji had already changed into cool summer clothes.
With Liu Huan's wedding as the deadline, Jiang Pengji had stayed in Shangjing for almost a month and a half.
"The weather is getting hotter and hotter. I've almost visited all of Shangjing … I'm worried about how to spend tomorrow …"
Hearing Jiang Pengji's complaints, a glint flashed across Feng Jue's eyes, which immediately turned into helplessness.
If it were anyone else, they would have long lost their patience. However, Jiang Pengji still ate and drank as she should. She could hold her liquor very well.
He did not know what his second brother thought of her. He actually felt that she was better than Bogao.
In terms of eating, drinking, and having fun, Bogao was indeed inferior to Liu Xi.
Compared to Feng Jue's probing from time to time, Huang Song played the role of a fair-weather friend vividly.
The three of them gathered together to eat, drink, and have fun. They did not talk about business, but only talked about romance.
"It's okay. We'll go somewhere else tomorrow. Brother Liu, don't worry. I know a lot of good places to go. "
Huang Song winked at her, looking like an adult who had a tacit understanding.
After they got closer, he originally wanted to call Jiang Pengji "Brother Xi," but she disliked the way he addressed her. She made him change it.
Jiang Pengji held a peanut in her mouth and joked, "If you say this to Huaiyu, I'll be happy the whole day tomorrow even if I don't go out."
After hearing that, Huang Song suddenly looked distressed.
"Brother Liu, you can't be like this. I'm doing this for your own good. It's fine if you don't repay my kindness, but why do you have to trick me? "
If a brother-con knew that he brought Feng Jue to indecent places all day long, wouldn't he slap him?
"Didn't the Old Master say that food and lust are human nature? This is the pursuit of life. Food with the left hand and lust with the right. Even saints can't avoid this custom, let alone ordinary people. Besides, Huaijie is not a three-year-old child. He only went there for a while and didn't do anything. Second Brother Feng is too strict, "Huang Song muttered quickly, as if he wanted to use this to calm the guilt in his heart.
Feng Jue mocked Huang Song for being semi-illiterate. There was nothing wrong with this evaluation.
He did instigate Feng Jue to look for an artist, but she had a strict upbringing. It was okay for her to sit and drink and watch the dance, but she refused to do anything that overstepped her boundaries.
"Haha, you can explain your fallacious reasoning in front of Huaiyu." Jiang Pengji sneered.
Feng Jin's control over his younger brother was very restrained, but he was secretly flirtatious. Huang Song was getting bolder and bolder. If it weren't for the fact that Wei Jingxian was about to give birth, which had almost squeezed out Feng Jin's mind and left him with no time to care about other things, he might have long discovered that Feng Jue had been abducted by Huang Song to run around and fool around.
"Brother Liu, your words hurt my heart."
Huang Song's face scrunched up into a ball. It was obvious that he was putting on a show.
This person's ability to liven up the atmosphere was not weak. In order to achieve his goals, he did not care about his personal image. When he was playing around, he was very open. Even if all the nobles in Shangjing spoke harshly to him, most of his peers of the same class followed his lead.
Jiang Pengji only found out about this after she got to know Huang Song up close. He was very popular.
"Where does it hurt?" Jiang Pengji asked with a smile.
Huang Song pretended to sigh. "Everywhere. It hurts. My heart is bleeding."
Jiang Pengji held back her laughter and teased, "Speaking of glib tongues, among the people I know, you're definitely one of the best."
After peeling the peanuts, she looked at the sky outside.
The sun was gradually setting, and the orange sky was filled with a different kind of beauty.
In the words of the audience in the livestream room, it was dusk, the time to meet the devil.
After paying, they each got on their horses.
Huang Song said, "Brother Jue, Brother Liu, I'll send you to Second Brother Feng's residence first."
"Okay, then I'll have to trouble you."
The medical officer and the midwife both said that Wei Jingxian was about to give birth in the next two days. After hearing the news, Jiang Pengji planned to go and take a look.
Feng Jin and his wife were also "hostages" who were under house arrest. Their personal freedom was not restricted, but pregnant women were sensitive and thoughtful. They lacked experienced elders to take care of them. It was their first child, so the young couple always felt uneasy.
On the way, Jiang Pengji looked at the street and frowned slightly. Something was not right …
Seeing the situation, Huang Song asked with concern, "Brother Liu, are you not feeling well?"
"No, I just feel that the streets have become much more deserted these two days. The stray cats and dogs that are usually seen have disappeared …"
Huang Song said, "Yes, after being reminded by you, I also feel strange … I suddenly remembered something. Two days ago, the wolf dog at home was in a strange mood. It scratched the wall all night and howled non-stop in the middle of the night. The old man wanted to kill that beast."
Jiang Pengji was startled. "Is that true?"
She did not keep any animals with her, so she did not pay much attention to it.
"Sigh, how can it be fake? When I go back tonight, I might see that beast stewed in a pot … "
Huang Song quite liked the wolf dog, but unfortunately, the old man was the master of the house. There was nothing he could do about it no matter how much he liked it.
Jiang Pengji smiled and said, "That's good. There's an extra meal tonight."
Huang Song said with a pained heart, "Brother, your words hurt."
Feng Jue looked at the two of them chatting and was suddenly speechless. He felt that he was leading two naughty children.
Jiang Pengji's heart was somewhat stifled. She vaguely had an ominous feeling.
Her mental strength was very strong. In wuxia terms, the intuition of a martial artist was also stronger than that of an ordinary person.
In layman's terms, her intuition was a hundred times stronger than that of a beast.
"Recently … have you seen any strange things when you patrol the streets?"
Huang Song was startled and asked, "What kind of things?"
"The stray cats and dogs on the streets, the snakes, insects, rats, ants, and cockroaches in the corners … Are there any abnormal behaviors?"
Where Jiang Pengji lived, she could not even see snakes, insects, rats, ants, or cockroaches, let alone stray cats and dogs.
As the patrol officer of Shangjing, even if Huang Song was only the head of the urban management, he often wandered outside. He must have seen more than her.
Feng Jue smelled something unusual and frowned.
Huang Song thought carefully and said, "There are. Anyway, I've seen fewer and fewer stray cats and dogs recently … This is normal. Anyway, many people will secretly catch them to eat with wine. It's a hot season now. It's normal that cats and dogs do not like to come out."
Huang Song's explanation seemed very reasonable, but Jiang Pengji's heart beat wildly.
A dark cloud lingered in her heart that could not be dispelled.
"What's wrong, Brother Liu?" Huang Song asked.
"Nothing. It's probably because the summer heat has been severe recently. I'm always feeling stuffy. I feel that something bad will happen."
"What bad thing?"
"The weather has been dry recently. It hasn't rained for a month. As the patrol officer of Shangjing, you have to be careful lest something catches fire." Most of the buildings nowadays were made of wood. If they caught fire, it would be difficult to put them out. Jiang Pengji warned, "It's not impossible."
Huang Song did not know whether to laugh or cry. "Brother Liu, you should be more considerate of me. If it really catches fire, you'll lose your lowly position as the patrol officer of Shangjing. "
"If you don't want to lose your position, you'll have to put in more effort."
Huang Song heard what she said and felt that it made sense.
Even if Jiang Pengji's words were not pleasant to hear, she had good intentions.
The current Huang Song wholeheartedly served the people. He came from a humble background, but he had the heart to help the world and save the people. He was usually sloppy, but when he was enforcing the law, he was upright and outspoken. He could be said to love the people as if they were his own children … It had to be said that it was not without reason that Feng Jue saw him in a different light.
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