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

Looking helplessly at Mr. Hua, who was sleeping soundly, Mr. Jing explained in an extremely feeble manner.

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

To be precise, since the battle of Bo'an City, Hua Lao has no longer been like this.

At that time, in order to keep a clear head, he finally made up his mind to quit drinking. 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 in Nantes.

Although this ending is not perfect, Hua Lao's own purpose is just to bring Chen Ze back. For him, this result is already very good.

So, while waiting for someone, Hua Lao, who was relieved, had the attitude of "I'll just take a bite," and finally got himself drunk.

Of course, even if Chen Ze could guess the reason, he would still be unable to guess it. However, they had nothing urgent to do at the moment, so they could only laugh at Hua Lao's drunkenness.

No one bothered Mr. Hua, so naturally they didn't have to eat the feast. Under Mr. Jing's arrangement, Mr. Luo and Chen Ze returned to their guest rooms to rest.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Hua slept from noon until the dead of night.

Just when Chen Ze had read through some classic battle cases from the past and was about to take a rest, there was a gentle knock on the door of his room.

Chen Ze closed the book, pulled up the corners of his mouth slightly, and smiled softly.

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

Mr. Jing stood outside the door. Seeing Chen Ze open the door directly, he was slightly surprised at first, then nodded gently to Chen Ze and lowered his voice: "Did you know I would come?"

"I think...Mr. Jing, you should be here."

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

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

As the Commander-in-Chief, Chief Luo's status is naturally much more noble, so Mr. Jing arranged for Chief Luo to have the best room in the city lord's palace.

As for Chen Ze, Mr. Jing used the excuse that Mr. Hua had just arrived and had made some repairs to the City Lord's Mansion, and told him that other guest rooms could not be accommodated for the time being, and arranged for him to stay near the back garden on the west side of the City Lord's Mansion, which was relatively quiet but far away.

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 already noticed it.

Mr. Jing nodded. He deliberately made this arrangement to cover up others' eyes. Of course, he would not have too many conversations with Chen Ze through a door. He only lowered his voice and said: "Come with me, Mr. Hua wants to see you."

Chen Ze had no objection. As Mr. Jing walked around the city lord's palace, Chen Ze could see that on the route chosen by Mr. Jing, there were many scouts lurking under the cover of night. Judging from their appearance, they were monitoring

Due to the surrounding situation, we tried our best to prevent the whereabouts of Mr. Jing and Chen Ze from being noticed.

The purpose of 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. The biggest one here should be Hua Lao.

From how cautious Mr. Jing is, it doesn’t seem like this is the case?

Chen Ze wisely did not speak. In fact, when he saw Mr. Hua drunk, he had already had some doubts in his heart, but he was not sure.

It was obviously not a good time to ask at this moment. Chen Ze only followed Mr. Jing and walked a winding road in the City Lord's Mansion. Finally, he came to the small space on the side of the front door of the City Lord's Mansion, which was across from the back garden.

The concierge just stopped.

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

Chen Ze looked around and saw that in front of the gate of the City Lord's Mansion, two dark red lanterns hung high, providing illumination in the dark night. It was also the brightest place in the entire City Lord's Mansion at this time.

However, even in this brightest place, not a single person could be seen nearby at this moment. Even the concierge who was supposed to be guarding the door was missing.

I think it must have been cleaned up by Mr. Jing's men in advance.

"Mr. Hua is waiting for you inside."

Without letting Chen Ze guess too much, Mr. Jing said directly in his ear, then walked to the concierge and knocked gently.

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

But the door opened silently.

Chen Ze saw at a glance that Mr. Hua was leaning on the table in the small concierge, holding a wine bottle in his hand, drinking sips at a time, but his eyes were extremely clear.

He walked into the gatehouse, but Mr. Jing did not come in. Instead, he closed the door from the outside, thinking that he was on guard outside.

"Mr. Hua, long time no see."

When Chen Ze entered, he cupped his fists and saluted Mr. Hua. He paused and said, "I sent someone back that day to ask for reinforcements. I haven't thanked Mr. Hua enough for this."

Opposite him, Mr. Hua glanced at him slightly while drinking. He didn't express much gratitude to Chen Ze. After exhaling the breath of alcohol, he asked: "Aren't you surprised why I came up late at night?"

Looking for you to come here?"

Chen Ze paused and straightened up, with a look of solemnity on his face. After thinking for a while, he said: "There are... spies in the city lord's palace?"

If there were no spies, why would Hua Lao and Mr. Jing be so secretive? Even if Chen Ze thought about it, Hua Lao would be drunk in the banquet hall during the day, which was probably deliberate.

Although he didn't have much contact with Mr. Hua, he had never seen him drunk, let alone drunk to the point of unconsciousness like he did during the day.

How could a former Qingyang wise general, a super general who held the position of general, have such a thing as drinking and causing trouble?

As far as Chen Ze has seen Mr. Hua, no matter how drunk he is, he is actually under his control. Once a situation occurs, Mr. Hua can still make the most correct judgment in a very short period of time.

Such a person is embarrassed in front of everyone and drinks to the point of being drunk?

It's impossible just to think about it. At least, Chen Ze doesn't really believe that Mr. Hua would be like this.

So, the scene during the day was not actually that Mr. Hua was drunk, but was just a pretense for some interested people to see?

Chen Ze had been aware of the word spy as early as when he came to the City Lord's Mansion, but he never found a chance to ask.

At the same time, he also gave information to Gu Qingfeng and others at that time, asking them to closely investigate the situation in the city lord's palace.
Chapter completed!